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

>> reporter: he told us child pornography is a big enough problem that the task force bussed 2-3 people a week. and could arrest more if they had more officers dedicated to finding them. >> if you are engaging in this behavior, downloading child pornography they are doing everything they can to stop you. >> reporter: if convicted pelphony possession of child pornography carries an 11 month

jail sentence. anyone convicted has to register as a sex offender. and that is for life. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. a horpying discovery underneath -- horrifying discovery under neath a home. a body of an infant wrapped up inside a box. ktvu's ann rubin spoke to the man who found the body. >> reporter: he says she not sure how long the box had been there but he doesn't remember seeing it before. authorities are trying to figure out who this little girl was and how she died. >> reporter: authorities call her baby jane doe. she was found here in the crawl space beneath a mobile home. >> i feel so mad. i don't know how the people can do that. >> reporter: he does maintenance at the mobile home park made the discovery.

it was a small box tied with pink ripen -- ribbon. >> i told the manager i think i found a dead baby. >> when i take it out of the box i can smell it was something dead in there. when i see the head i am -- i am -- i think -- i am not sure. >> reporter: he called his manager who called 911. san jose homicide detectives responded to the scene but say there were no obvious signs of foul play. the question remains how long the baby was the. >> it is really sad. but i also would like to know what is behind it. what happened. >> it is a tragic loss. i can't believe people would do that to an infant that small.

>> reporter: the baby appeared to have been quite young and authorities are now passing the investigation on to the medical examiner office. >> can't imagine what it must be like to discover something like that. ann rubin, thank you. bail was lowered today for a street performer known as evil elmo. adam sandler went before a judge today in san francisco. he is accused of having obscene. [ indiscernible ] and threatening to kill a store manager. adam sandler has been in custody since his arrest last month. [ indiscernible ] >> he made a threat to a woman -- threat to a woman. [ indiscernible ]

>> the prosecutor objected to the bail reduction saying he is a flight risk. he live as transient lifestyle. criminals could be clever. case in point, security at san mineta international airport found cocaine. they searched through belongings and found a bag of raw meat. they found three vacuumed sealed packs of cocaine hidden inside the raw meat. the passenger was arrested. big rig accident that snarled traffic in san jose is now clore for the evening commute. police say the truck was heading southbound on 101 when it blew a tire. the rig toppled and blocked traffic. there is no word on the

driver's condition. another back up in oakland is stiching into the evening commute after a big rig -- stretching into the evening commute after a big rig crash. crews needed to remove the truck and check the over crossing for damage. we learned they are replacing the guard rail. drivers are advised to take 580 to avoid the mess. the california highway patrol says the lanes will be blocked till 7:30 p.m. tonight. construction worker was hurt and a car damaged by downed trees over night and that is sparking new talk about cutting down a particular kind of tree. that would come with a cost. ktvu's david stevenson looks at the plans and he is in san francisco tonight. >> reporter: take a look. the ficus tree toppled over this morning. it damaged the fence that you can see at the playground. along with the basketball court here. with today's 4 incidents officials say it is time for

many of the cities' aging trees to go. >> reporter: crews worked to restore power lines to muni buses in san francisco. a ficus tree toppled this morning in the after math of the rain. a construction worker was injured. knocked unconscious and pinned down by a branch. >> the trees out there break all the time. so -- and those branches can be a couple thousand pounds. >> three other downed trees damaged cars. the destruction highlighted worries about the aging ficus trees planted decades ago and now towering over worried people. >> one day this tree might fall down. >> reporter: he says the city doesn't have enough people to manage the trees. >> took us 5 years to get this tree trimmed. it got to the point where you could get on the roof.

>> these trees were pruned a couple months ago. >> reporter: the city's department of public works is working on a plan to replace hundreds of the trees. >> it is huge. each tree removal can go from 500 to $1,500. >> reporter: another live look at the damage. for your information the construction worker was taken to san francisco general hospital. portions of the avenue were shut down for up to 5 hours as they cleared away the damaged tree. >> all of this comes as the city is trying to shift more responsibility for maintenance oo proper owners. -- to property owners. . >> reporter: they won't shift responsibility for trees that are damaged or in danger of falling down but it aims to stream line the process to

remove the trees. it is complicated in san francisco and the director told us he wants to stream line the process to get the ones in danger out of the way. >> all right. david stevenson live in san francisco tonight. thank you. governor jerry brown is meeting with the governor of nevada to discuss the best ways to handle the drought. governor jerry brown and the november governor met in sacramento to talk specifically about the drought's impact on agricultural. planning is in place to manage the water supply. >> i think the drought will test our imagination and our science, our technology and our political capacity to collaborate. >> the governors will meet again tomorrow and then another meeting is set for next month. student activists will meet with the canceler at university of california at berkeley over

land the university plans to develop. the track has been the topic of protests for several years now. a year ago the planning commission approved the development plans. but protesters say the land should be used for its historic purpose instead as farmland. the meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. a 16-year-old is sharing her story after she broke free from a man who was trying to sexual assault her. >> scientists say this drought isn't just squeezing our water supply, it is impacting the air we breathe. >> we had showers on the morning commute, there is more showers in the forecast. i will have the details after the break. my whole life, i didn't have health insurance

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new at 6:00 p.m. a teenager is telling a frightening story. ktvu's mike mibach is live with more. >> reporter: in the middle there, a 16-year-old girl on this day home from school because of what happened after school. >> he because big, choking me. >> reporter: wednesday, 2:45 p.m. she just walked out of the high school, when a man threw his arm around her neck. >> choking me. i couldn't yell. i could barely breathe. he told me to shut up and he tried to stick his hand down my

pants and i kicked him. >> she was hysterical. she was pushing on the doors. >> reporter: seconds later she put a call into the police department, within 10 minutes there was an officer outside the house, knocking on the door. >> took the report. said they were going to search the area. >> reporter: she did not have a cell phone gave the officer this description of the attacker. mid-30s, mustache, black hoody, blue genes and black basketball shoes. police did not return our calls calls and the school district warned parents about the incident. they say they are coming forward now with the story in hopes it will catch the man responsible and to prevent other girls from being attacked. >> i would think other people should be aware. my grandma tells me, i just think -- i don't know, i think

it could never happen to me. >> reporter: strong but still shaken. she is now back home surrounded by those she loves. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. a family is searching for answers after someone shot and killed a man outside his mother's oakland home. the victim worked as a handy man and was on his way to care for his mother. >> he comes here. cuts her grass. takes her to the doctor. sells hers can. i am going to find out who you are and make sure justice is served. >> he was the youngest of 11 children. his sister tells us every day he would travel from hayward to east oakland to care for his 85- year-old mother. after 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon he was gunned down outside his mother's home. his death marks the 73 homicide this year. police are not releasing information on possible suspects and the motive for the

killing is under investigation. crime stoppers is offering $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. in concord police say the man who was shot and killed by officers last night may have had a gun. this afternoon they identified the man as 26 years old of bay point, a convicted felon on probation. sheriff's deputies spotted a man driving a stolen car on highway 4 before 9:00 p.m. last noth. they followed him to the mall in -- night, they followed him to the mall where the driver ditched the car, ran to the shopping center. police say the man carjacked a driver and tried to get away but police officers boxed him in. when the man rammed his vehicle into a police car one officer opened fire. employees and customers took cover. >> kind of just -- shocking. just kind of slow motion going

through it. >> police say they found a weapon near the car that he abandon. a woman who lost her husband in a crash on highway 17 is accusing caltrans of negligence. he was killed in 2012 when his car slid through a break in the barrier in wet weather. it happened at a spot people call dead man's curve. a jury trial began today in a lawsuit filed by his widow. she claims caltrans knew for years the curve was dangerous and the chp requested a barrier 9 days before the incident. >> i don't want anybody else to go through what myself and his -- our family gone through. >> her attorney says a new barrier went up six days after the crash at a cost of $20,000. they are also urging caltrans

to lower the speed limit there. fema inspected 2,000 homes damaged by that napa earthquake. homeowners can receive federal help to rebuild or replace uninsured losses. people can file for assistance till december 29. that earthquake in napa happened on august 24. 6.0 earthquake the largest since the 1989 earthquake and it caused damage in petaluma as well. bill said it was going to rain and bam, it started raining. are we done for now? >> we are done for now but we have more coming. the end of this week and next week things change around and we get back into a wet weather pattern. these are the showers that we had this morning. last night they started and they lasted through the morning commute. the morning commute was dicey. very slowed down because of the

wet roads. this is not an amazing amount of rainfall. .3 in san francisco. but it is something. it was there. gave us an improvement. do not be daunted or upset by these number. 35% of average in santa rosa, doesn't take much. one big storm will bring that to 100%. that could happen. a couple good ones want to come in here. right now, cloud cover. i think the next few days we will have partly sunny skies. we will see -- fair weather in terms of rainfall. no rain. the clouds will keep spilling in off the specific. under high pressure ridge. the radar shows light areas of sprinkle or drizzle. over night lows 40s. wet over night or this morning. wet grounds over night. wet ground over night will cool and we will see fog forming tonight, tomorrow morning. in the central valley and

around here. remember that. we have seen it already. we will see more tomorrow. much more. and especially, redding, south to bakersfield, i-5, 99, davis, fog. these are the clouds. this is a high pressure ridge. fair weather. not wet. clouds stream in over the top. high clouds coming over the top. no rain. just enough to blot out the sun and trend temperatures down. instead of low 70s. mid-60s. that is how the forecast goes for tomorrow. for saturday. for sunday. right? continues on. upper 60s. warmer on monday. on tuesday, jet stream drops down and brings in weather systems. there is a few of them out there. good sign things are loosening up. >> all right. thank you. the california drought is making the air worse. that is according to air

quality researchers. they say the hot dry conditions coupled with a lack of rain caused pollution to stay trapped in the air. scientists say they recorded the worse air pollution in a decade throughout the state. >> rain will washout some of the particles in the atmosphere which is a good thing but also it will -- rain is accompanied by winds and it will get rid of it. >> the air quality is so bad in the central valley that air quality officials are telling people stop burning wood and reduce driving when possible. major league baseball announced the most valuable players today. who were the best players from the american and national league? scott reiss is up next with sports: bulldog: oooh!

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scott is in for mark tonight. baseball gone but not forgotten. >> the post season awards. baseball fans brace yourself for 40 seconds. the votes are in and both most valuable players come from down south. we have the world series, we can give them this. clayton kershaw the national

league mvp. not often it goes to a pitcher. won 21 games and leads the league in e.r.a. clayton kershaw the first national league player to sweep thei sung and -- cy young and mvp awards since 1968. and mike trout is the youngest mvp winner ever. he finished second the last two seasons. the 49ers are covering serious mileage. new orleans last week, and they are dealing dealing with excess baggage. more like the knowledge that patrick willsis out for the seesman -- willsis out for the season. he has -- willis is out for the season. problem.

>> jim has done aiate job with -- great job with the inside linebackers. >> execution, which is all those things. >> back to baseball. and the loss of a former great with multiple bay area ties. alvine dark passed away. he was on first base when bobby hit the shot heard around the work as the new york dodgers took the pennate from the brocklen dodgers. -- brooklyn dodgers. he managed 13 years including san francisco and oakland, won a title with the a's. dead at the age of 92 years old. he was a fixture in the game of baseball. >> i remember seeing him that coliseum when i was a kid.

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