of el cerrito high. officers are going from home to home, searching the backyards along with the help of police dogs. we saw two people being detained. one was sitting down in handcuffs. you see behind the squad car. police say they are still looking for a third suspect. we don't know whether the person who was shot was a student at the school, but we believe that person is in stable condition. again, the headline at this hour, one person shot outside el cerrito high school. parents lined up outside that school waiting for police to lift the lockdown. authorities say students at the high school will only be released once that search is complete. we are working to get more information as we do, we will bring it to you. >> now to a horrible discovery in the south bay. students at piedmont hills high school were released earlier today after a body was found at the bottom of the school's pool. it's not believed that the victim was a student or a staff

member. ktvu's ann ruben is here now and tells us it's still a mystery how that person got into the locked pool area in the first place. ann. >> authorities are still trying to figure out how this happened. they say the fence around the pool is 15 feet high and covered in barbed wire and the alarm here was never triggered. a second period swim class made the discovery. the body of an adult male at the bottom of the deep end. aurora's 14-year-old son was among the witnesses. >> he got to see. they were pulling the covers off of the pool. >> there had been a tarp on the pool and school officials say the surrounding gate had been locked tight after swim practice. >> all of our pools are secure. they have an extra high fence, barbed wire around it t. all the doors from the inside are locked. so, you have to be intentional to get into the pool. >> authorities don't know how the man got in. they say the body was

discovered fully clothed and in their words, weighted down. >> we were able to utilize our special equipment to retrieve the body. to pull the body out of the pool. that body is in the custody of the coroner's office. >> officials at piedmont hills do not believe the person was a student and all staff members have been accounted for. they brought in counselors, but then decided to release students early. >> we are informing our students why we are releasing them and to be respectful of the situation and to allow them to have counseling if they need counseling. >> many parentings were distraught by the news. >> i am feeling really terrible. my son is doing swimming right now and it's scary. >> as it turns out, her son's swim class would have been later in the day. he is not sure he wants to dive back in any time soon. >> i didn't know the person, but i don't think i will go swimming in the pool ever again. >> school officials say more

counselors will be available on monday. a scheduled school spirit event for tonight has been postponed. >> and again, they are saying the body was fully clothed and weighted down? >> that's right, and they weren't real specific. they said it was held down by some sort of actual weight and that is what kept it on the bottom of the deep end of the pool. frank. >> all right, ann ruben in the south bay tonight. thank you. now to new developments in the wake of the mission district fire that killed a san francisco father and his daughter. funeral services were held this afternoon for 13-year-old amal. this is city hall steps up enforcement of fire safety code. ktvu's david stevenson tells us the city is targeting and what role ten role tenants play in all this. >> city officials hope getting tougher on repeat offenders will prevent more fires in the city. fresh flowers are posted to the

gate of marvin's corner liquor store in san francisco's mission district. as strangers and neighbors grieve the lives lost here. >> we used to come to the store all the time. they were just very friendly to everybody. just like going to your friend's house. >> the fire in the apartment above broke out march 11. 38-year-old mohommed who ran the store and lived here with his wife and three children died this weekend. his 13-year-old daughter, amal, died wednesday and layed to rest today, according to a family member. >> just a beautiful young girl, you know, so much potential. it's hard to make sense of anything like that. >> in the wake of this and other recent fires, the city says it is stepping up safety enforcement. this january 28 fire, a few blocks away, killed a man and left dozens of others homeless. inspectors said there were numerous safety violations, locked exits, and blocked fire escapes. >> this is more to send the signal to the owner. they are responsible to make sure the buildings are safe.

>> the department of building inspection this week fast tracked complaints against three other buildings to the city attorney for repeated safety code violations. the complaints allege missing or nonworking smoke detectors blocked fire escapes and chained exit doors. the dbi says it is under staffed. it hopes tenants will complain in order to make building owners compliant. >> they don't want to put them in jail. or punish them. we want them to do their job, to make sure to protect their lives. >> again, you can see some of the people who gathered here this evening at the memorial outside the store. the cause of the fire is under investigation, but a go fund me campaign has been set to benefit the surviving family members, which includes two sons and their mother. >> and amal was just 13. thank you, david. emergency crews today evacuated homes in a rural area in colfax with a propane tank exploded. investigators say a moving van caught fire on a property in the area of robbers ravine in

placer county. that's what triggered the explosion. fire officials say there was potentially hazardous material near that moving van and issued a voluntary evacuation order for everyone within a quarter mile radius of where the fire happened. >> the property owner had done a good job of preprepping this home from the defensible space standpoint, so he reduced a lot of the flammable grasses and things and that is in part responsible for keeping the fire contained to his property. >> it's not clear what initially started the fire, but authorities say no one was hurt. tonight, crews remain on the scene. keeping an eye on embers from that fire. >> it's the first day of spring and the lack of rain certainly isn't helping people who suffer from allergies. trees and flowers in full bloom. take a look at these cherry blossoms we found in concord today. we have been hearing from a lot of viewers about how bad their allergies are. a lot of people in our own newsroom are suffering. a look at conditions and bill, it's bad out there.

it's not all in our minds. >> it's bad. this dry winter has produced a lot of flourishing plants early on. so right now, we are seeing a lot of trees coming on. this shot from the east bay. look how green everything is, obviously, and a lot of green. it looks like a -- where all the trees are, the pollen is flying off. right now the trees are trending high. we've talked about this in the past. especially in the east bay and the developments down in the 50s. they plant male trees. male trees produce more pollen. those developments, a lot of those built in the 50s. there's a lot of male trees and they are producing tons of pollen at this time. the most, the heaviest pollen counts were yesterday when it was so warm. what we are seeing now is a change in the weather. what i mean by that is, we're seeing cloud cover move in and things will start to cool down and maybe some sprinkles in the

weekend forecast. so all that will serve to help with the pollen counts, but right now, tree pollen, they are right here and they are about -- the tree pollens are the most annoying because they are right at eye level, lots of different varieties and out right now. so, when i come back, we'll talk about the chance of rain and more about your bay area weekend. we'll see you back here. >> bill, thank you. isn't the experience most employers are looking for on a resume, but the governor came to the bay area today to encourage business leaders to hire people who have committed crimes and paid their debt to society. >> this is important work. >> at today's bay area employer forum, the governor said jobs are a major part of keeping offenders from reoffending and becoming part of what he called the machine of incarceration. >> the habits, the integrity, the trust, the respect, that comes out of work is fundamental. is. >> today's event was hosted by several organizations that cater to helping offenders find

jobs after they have been released. groups such as the california prison authority help some 8,000 offenders get jobs in service, manufacturing, or agriculture. besides a paycheck, the governor says there's a benefit. >> the world has changed and my world has changed. and your world is changing and the world of people in prison changes. and it can change for the better if they are working and they earn some respect. >> the governor said his goal is to put resources and help offenders give back to society. not go back to prison. that includes giving inmates work opportunities while still behind bars. >> i do have a lot of participants who actually was able to apply and got a good job. you know, making $30 an hour because of, you know, the experience that they got when they were incarcerated. >> business leaders here agree and hope the governor's message will spread, saying nothing will replace the pride and purpose that comes with a job. >> once a person has served their time and sentence, then they are coming home.

so they need to come home to some opportunities to give back. and one way to give back is to be employed gainfully. >> the women's version of march madness tipped off this afternoon at uc berkeley. right now the cal women's basketball team is hosting wichita state in the first round of the ncaa tournament. paul, cal is the number four seed. a lot of excitement tonight. >> reporter: frank, that is so true. march madness is not just about the men, it's also about the women. i came outside and you can feel the excitement by everyone inside. >> i think it's the greatest thing to bring womens basketball here. cal has been a great women's basketball program. the fans are getting really into it. >> reporter: but the problem is the crowd isn't as large as some would like. they say women work just as hard as the men, but aren't given the same coverage. but the hope is that will change as cal women end the

season at 23-9. the team has improved and so has the attendance. the added bonus, they have a chance to not only see the team, they get to see them at home. cal is hosting the first two rounds of the tournament, which is good for the bay area and the entire conference. >> we have five teams from the pack 12 that made it into the ncaa game. that's terrific. and having local cal and stanford say as lot for us. >> five seconds remaining. >> reporter: that's a big deal because stanford is in the tournament, also ranked number four. they are hosting games in stanford. we can come back out here live. we'll bring you more about this and of course you can hear more about it in sports because we are giving full coverage of cal women basketball. frank. >> just checked, the first quarter, cal is up by 1. paul chambers outside the pavilion tonight, thanks, paul. two tragic accidents years apart, but sharing devastating similarities. >> we kind of relate. >> how a woman who lost both

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netanyahu. in recent weeks, the two have clashed over everything from the on going iran nuclear talks to the creation of a palestinian state. now the white house has hinted the u.s. might not support israel at the united nations. reporter, joel waldman explains why. >> two days after prime minister benjamin netanyahu won reelection and reject a new palestinian state, president obama called to congratulate the isreali leader. but the president made it clear the u.s. would reassess how it approaches the mideast peace process. >> even the divergent comments of the prime minister, legitimately call into question his commitment to this policy principle. >> the white house stopped short of saying it would pull its support of israel. meanwhile, netanyahu insisted his position on a two-state solution has not changed. he claimed it cannot happen now because of instability in the region. >> conditions in the middle

east have changed to the point where any territory withdraw from, it is immediately taken up by iranian backed terrorists. >> netanyahu blasted a potential deal, meanwhile the president just released this video directly to the iranian people asking for their support. >> if iran's leaders can agree to a reasonable deal, it can lead to a better path. the path of greater opportunities for the iranian people. more trade and ties with the world. >> house speaker, john boehner, who angered the obama administration when he invited netanyahu to deliver a speech without consulting the white house first, announced he will travel to israel at the end of the month. in washington, joel waledman, fox news. >> at this time of year, the mountains in the sierra should have a deep snow pack. that isn't the case this year. for comparison, check out these time lapse videos taken by the

yosemite conservancy. this is march 19, 2011. a lot of snow. fast forward two years later on the same date in 2013. and you only see the tops of peeks with snow. then yesterday. look at that. the same camera angle and only a tiny amount of snow on the far distant peeks. boy, that's something. california is heading into a fourth year of drought. yesterday governor brown and state lawmakers announced a plan to spend more than a billion dollars to improve the infrastructure to prepare the long-term. the plan would provide emergency help to communities that don't have water now. the state water board is also issued new restrictions, including limits on outdoor water and bar and restaurants from automatically serving water. they have to ask you if you want the water before they bring it to your table. >> we're so in need of water, any time the chance of maybe sprinkles, we get excited. but bill, to read your face and your forecast -- >> don't try to read my face. >> i mean, it's not what we need. >> it's not what we need. and i'm trying to keep an

upbeat attitude. because we had had this discussion that you know, we need rain. we know we need rain, but we can't always seem sad because it's nice. in other words, we have to move forward. i know we need rain. but it is what it is. we have a great weekend coming up. it will be stunning out there. it's going to be mostly dry. now as gasia points out, a slight chance of a sprinkle. you see the boats out there and you see the clouds. a few clouds moving in and these clouds are the clouds that drop temperatures down a few degrees today and will bring a chance of sprinkles as we head into sunday night. and into monday. the system here. but you can see how weak they look. even the untrained eye, these are weak systems. they don't have a lot going on. here's the cloud cover now. no rain in the area. there might be a little drizzle on the north coast tonight. for the most part, tomorrow turns out to be a nice day. you have current temperatures that are cooler than they were last night. remember yesterday we had some

70s and 80s and temperatures much warmer. much warmer yesterday than today. today was cooler because of the cloud cover. a nice day nonetheless. you know what tomorrow looks like? a lot like today. not much different. 6:00 a.m. cloud cover. maybe a little coastal fog. clouds kind of partly cloudy, partly sunny, and we get daytime high of 72, 73, 75 degrees up in the concorde -- toward sacramento. most of us tomorrow are going to be upper 60s and low 70s for your forecast high for your saturday. sunday will be probably about the same, but slightly cooler because of the cloud cover and that chance of sprinkles late in the day on sunday. weekend is not a washout. the way it goes is, saturday is your best day, sunday is pretty great. but somewhere around 2:00, 3:00, i think the thickening of the clouds and the opportunity for a sprinkle may limit what you can do out thereto. but, it's not going to lose me. i'm not going to change anything. it's not enough of a threat of rain. if you have a baseball game cued up or something like that,

it's going to do it. take an umbrella. take a jacket or something. temperatures will be on the mild side. i said it will be like san diego weather today. it was with the hazy sunshine. tomorrow very similar, right? just kind of a few clouds, temperatures on the mild side. nicest day on the weekend, which nothing to sneeze at, and the five-day forecast coming up with the bay area weekend in view and you can see it right here. frank, push the button. push this one. push the green button. >> the green one. nice. >> there we go. >> how about that. so if you don't like the forecast, get on frank for it, because he transitioned to it. the weekend looks good. >> so you know, when you work in television news, you always want to work in one of the top ten markets, especially san francisco and especially if you grew up here and it was ten years ago tomorrow that you were hired. do you remember your first thought? >> like oh, i screamed. like you guys, i was coming home, parents still here,

siblings still here and all this. looking back ten years, i see your eye roll bill martin. i checked out my first report. i put a snap chat of it. let me share that with you and you'll see it. let's take a look. >> we're seeing the product of a rare bay area tornado. ktvu's gasia mikaelian has that report. >> one day after a tornado -- >> can i tell you -- a little trouble pronouncing the name. >> there were multiple e- mails. but wait, there's a standup from ten years and 12-pounds ago, you're about to see my very first day. i ran home so i could see this on the 10:00 news on ktvu. i was watching with my parents at home in livermore. and bill looks the same. i freaked when i heard dennis richmond say my name on ktvu. it was like the planets aligned. >> your parents must have been still thrilled. >> and they still are. it's so nice i get to call you guys friends. it means a lot to me. i mean, ten years is nothing compared to you guys and so many others in our newsroom

have. i just thought it was -- >> what are you closing in on? >> 20. >> and you? >> 22, 23 or something like that. >> mccormick was here. >> he was still here. >> charlie and humphrey. >> you guys tune in tomorrow, because it's my half birthday. >> and you know what -- >> we're really going to blow it up. >> i'm going to bake you half a cake. it's been a blast. >> you're sweet. i'm so thankful. thanks, you guys. let's get to the news now. thank you so much. there was a pretty dramatic court hearing about a case we have been following. a rap mogul faced a judge and something else happened. >> we'll tell you what may have contributed to the collapse in court today. >> now let's go to julie haener in the newsroom with what we are working on new at 6:00. >> coming up after a yearlong investigation, authorities arrest dozens of alleged members and associates of a violent gang. new at 6:00, details about the cash and drugs that were seized and even coated gang

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at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at the apartments for low income seniors. police say fire crews found one man in an elevator and a second victim in an office. the man in the office had been shot several times. >> we're going to be continuing to look into any possible relationships they had once we have their identities confirmed to see whether there was some kind of ensuing argument or something that occurred in the pass and may have led up to what happened. >> we're told one man was in his 60s. the other was in his 70s and that both men lived at that complex. >> rap music mogul and murder suspect collapsed in a los angeles courtroom this morning. it happened right after a judge agreed with the prosecution and set his bail at $25 million. he is charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly running over two men back in january with his truck after an argument in connection with an upcoming movie. prosecutors accused knight of a pattern of violent behavior, including threats, money laundering, and extortion. two deadly accidents, sadly similar.

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two car crashes years apart. sadly, share a number of similarities and the tragedies are bringing together two grieving families. a 56-year-old afghan immigrant was killed in a horrific car crash. tragic similarities to another fatal crash in concord three years ago. john is live now at the scene with how these two families are finding a way to help each other through their pain. john. >> reporter: they are indeed, gasia. this is where his life ended and it's created a connection for these two grieving families. a connection that seems to be helping everyone. >> pink paint still marks the spot where the car containing 56-year-old, mohommed came to rest on wednesday morning. >> he was a very loving, caring man. always looked out for people. >> police say the father of four was traveling on ayres road when he was broadsided by

a pickup truck on concord boulevard. investigators say the other driver blew through a red light. >> i know she didn't mean to wake up that morning and you know, thinking she was going to kill somebody. >> bliss say the impact was so great, that she was killed instantly. >> doesn't look like the phone or distracted driving was involved. you know, we're looking at speeds. >> two days later, still nearly inconsoleable. a nephew comforted her. >> they are devastated. even me, i don't want to believe it until this point. >> the banquet manager at the embassy suites hotel for 25 years. a nurse at the medical center is working with his wife and family. >> she was amazed. she just said, you know, you feel my pain and i said i do. >> became a police chaplain after her own devastating loss when her husband and daughter were killed by speeding suv driven by a 17-year-old three years ago. >> so we held me, i held her

hand and i looked at her and she looked at me and we relate, felt each other's pain. >> both families are from afghanistan. >> she really understood that god called upon him and we're supposed to believe our time is here, we are supposed to accept that. so i kind of looked at her and said wow, you inspired me. >> the other driver is now facing a charge of vehicular manslaughter. people here at the scene are expressing sorrow for her family as well. back to you. >> john, thank you. more now on our top story that shooting right in front of el cerrito high school this afternoon. the lockdown at that school was just lifted. sky fox is over the campus right now. you can see all the cars there lined up. those are parents picking up their students as they are leaving school. the school was put on lockdown while police searched for a suspect who shot and wounded

someone right in front of the school. the search area spanned an 8 block area, which they sealed off and we saw officers going through home to home searching through backyards with the help of police dogs and with their weapons drawn. from what we understand, the victim is in stable condition, but we're trying to confirm whether the victim was a student at the school. again, live pictures here from el cerrito high, where you see the lockdown following a shooting has been lifted. >> a sentencing hearing was postponed today in the east bay for a san francisco attorney who pled guilty for felony hit- and-run and vehicular manslaughter charges. spencer smith appeared in a hayward courtroom. he is being sentenced in connection with the death of bicyclist in dublin two years ago. the judges signed a sentence to recues himself. some of the letters smith submitted as character references references were written by someone the judge knew. >> an employee at ucsf was arrested earlier this year for

allegedly planting a hidden camera inside a restroom to record female workers. ktvu's mike tonight on how that camera was finally discovered. >> a ucsf pull my nare and sleep practice office on the campus is located right here in this building on post street. according to court documents, the office receptionist, 34- year-old, ken lamb was arrested in january and charged with secretly recording five female coworkers. san francisco d.a. spokesman. >> any time you have allegations, it's disturbing, especially when you invade someone's privacy. >> it was up on the fourth floor office when an employee first noticed what appeared to be a pen camera. according to court documents that we were able to obtain, that camera was located in a metal tampon dispenser and there up to 90 days. according to a police detective's written statement, the camera contained 50 files and captured the five women in

different stages of being undressed. lamb told the detective he bought the two pen cameras on ebay for $20 each. that he viewed the videos on his own laptop and used the camera initially because he had a crush on his coworker. the camera captured the accused setting up and adjusting the camera and based on that footage, detectives question lamb. one of the five victims who filed charges said on the phone today about the alleged crime, it hurts, really affecting my personal life having to go there to work every day. >> we have a situation where it takes a lot of time to really get back to where you were before the incident. and at the end of the day, that is why these cases are viewed so seriously and that is why we charged them when we have evidence to do so. >> the one victim spoke to us on the phone says lam does not work in the office anymore. his attorney and ucsf public apairs did not return our calls. he posted $50,000 bail in his

pretrial is scheduled for next month. ktvu fox 2 news. >> she did a figure. now monica is taking her very public struggles and turning it into a campaign for change. >> the agents arrived in mississippi after the body of a black man is found hanging from a tree. what they are saying about his death and what we have learned about the man. >> and one northern california community is taking conservation very seriously during the drought. it is fines against water wasters.

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new information tonight about a plaque man found hanging from a tree. today he was identified as 54- year-old, otis bird. he had been missing for more than two weeks. his body was discovered yesterday hanging from a tree by a bed sheet. there is still no word if this case is a homicide or a suicide. tonight, there are some reports that the evidence so far seems to suggest there was no foul play. but fbi agents are quick to say they still don't know what happened. >> everybody heard rumors, including myself, as to who may be behind this and why. we're going to hold off and not come to any conclusions until the facts take us to a definitive answer we are all seeking. >> preliminary autopsy reports are expected next week. investigators are also looking into bird's past.

he spent more than 20 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a woman in 1980. water wasters in santa cruz racked up a total of $1.6 million in fines last year. the city implemented mandatory rationing rules last year. of the fines, only half were actually collected. that's because violators are able to fix leaks or attend conservation classes instead of paying up. santa cruz lifted mandatory rationing, but it could be brought back this summer. california's unemployment rate dipped lower in february falling to 6.7%. it's been seven years since the unemployment rate has been that low. the employment development said leisure and hospitality added some 12,600 jobs. in all, california added 29,400 jobs last month. that's a total gain of $1.8 million positions since the economic recovery began five years ago. monica lewinsky is issuing a call to action against cyber

bullying. she spoke this week at an event in vancouver and said public humiliation has to stop. >> needs to know one thing, you can survive it. i know it's hard. >> lewinsky told the crowd it's not painless, not quick, it's not easy, but you can insist on a different ending to your story. back in 1998, lewinsky was a 24- year-old white house intern linked to president bill clinton. he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with her. lewinsky became the butt of countless jokes and made international headlines. over the years, she tried to redefine herself and put her past behind her. now, she is trying to use her story and the consequences she experienced as a learning tool to help young people. the bay area scientist being honored for her ground breaking research. >> the work she has done that

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prince of whales are in kentucky today. prince charles and his wife visited the african american heritage center in louisville for a cultural festival.

the final day of their four-day visit. yesterday they visited with president obama at the white house. that's where the president can be heard saying americans like the royals much better than their own politicians. this is charles' 20th official visit to the state. the second with his wife. tomorrow alameda county is going to honor 12 new unduck tees into the women's hall of fame. one of them is a scientist. as ktvu fox 2's claudine wong tells us, her work has proven to the world that was once considered impossible isn't. and what you are doing now could be key to homeland security. >> at the lawrence livermore national laboratory, inside the lounge. that sound never stops. >> i have been living with this sound for, i don't know. i started in 1983. >> but that is what ground breaking science sounds like.

>> you see that? >> inside that liquid are crystals. >> it will grow much faster. >> they are growing and growing quickly. >> we put a small seed and crystals start growing in that solution. >> it is a science. >> it's ultraviolet light. >> better seen in the dark. >> it uses much more light. >> what you don't see is how fast they grow. or the technique called rapid crystal growth. that was perfected. >> there's no way to erode these crystals by traditional techniques because it would take two or three years to grow such a crystal. >> back in the 90s, how to do that in months, making large crystal growth 10 to 100 times faster. her crystals are being used at the lab's facility. her technique is being used around the world. >> but that was the 90s and now she turned her attention to something else that no one thought was possible. >> here we are cooking -- >> her crystals are ground

breaking because they can distinguish neutrons from gama rays. the presence of neutrons are critical to homeland security and stopping someone with a bomb. >> it's like x-ray at the airport. but x-ray is looking for metal. but here we are looking for radioactive material. >> she wants to make it cheaper and more acceptable. >> i believe what we have is the best in the world. we know more in our plastics provide better performance. >> this is our prototype of a neutron detecter. >> put it in a device this size and you can put it in the hands of police officers. >> you might imagine a large number of people in law enforcement having this in their pocket. >> that's why we are doing a huge amount of experiments. >> i like. not the lab, because quiet lab means that there are no growing

crystals. >> that sound never stops. because that is the sound of progress. in livermore, claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >> amazing. i know. and i talked to claudine wong when she came back and she was talking about gamma rays and neutrons. just her eyes were this big. so impressive. >> that is one smart woman and doing some great work and it's great to see women in science because that's always an issue. all right, let's bring in our chief meteorologist, bill martin. i was talking to my nephew in new york, 6 or 7 inches of new york. >> like they needed that. i'm so sick of this and we could use any of that we could get. >> those are real scientists. i am a meteorologist, but those guys, when i deal with those guys, those are phd's, that's some serious studies. >> serious brain power. listen to the scientists, they don't steer you wrong. we'll talk about that some other time. the five-day forecast coming up. i think you'll like it. it's going to show some real

nice looking weekend. look at the highs we have today. numbers today, even though it cooled off, a lot of areas around the bay, we saw 830 degrees in fairfield. 830 degrees in antioch. 76 in livermore. so most areas cool, but inland, they stayed in the low 80s for the most part. look at that. that is the kind of day it was. that's the kind of day it will be tomorrow and sunday. what we had today, let's push it into tomorrow, how you experience the day. it was a good day, you can push that into it, too. the idea of the cloud cover, the 70s, the temperatures that way. and then sunday is pretty much the same deal except late in the day on sunday, we'll get a chance of a sprinkle. so, as we take a look at the spinning radar, you see a little bit of precipitation trying to show up. not much of anything. maybe some drizzle up there by those areas north. temperatures outside right now in the 60s in most areas. here comes that system. mainly into sunday and sunday evening is your best chance.

most of the day will look like this. and sunday evening this thing gets closer and wants to push out a few sprinkles. the model and just take it for what it's worth. these models are this far out and this model won't hit it directly. 3/4 of an inch. that might be a stretch. maybe half inch up here. they paint .07 over san francisco through monday morning. so it's going to be sunday afternoon overnight into monday morning. it's not a heck of a lot of rain. and i'm not sure we'll -- maybe a tenth of an inch in the north bay. i think that would be about it. we'll track it for you. we'll be around this weekend. but, don't change your plans over that. i don't think it's enough to do that. cause not to be able to go out and enjoy the afternoon. especially the early part of the day. 72 in san jose. 72 in morgan hill. 64 in daily city and 66 in san francisco. and the five-day forecast, bay area weekend in view. and i said that about the scientist because i am a

scientist. i went to berkeley. a graduate degree in meteorology. i have a lot of stuff. but i'm telling you, they have so much stuff. semester, five semesters of calculus. such a high level and have such respect when i see real scientists doing real work. >> in this building, you're a big shot. >> it's like they are talking a different language. >> thank you, bill. >> it's a state of the art building and it supports multiple public agencies. >> and tonight we got an inside look. >> it's a farulous building. fabulous in every way it can be and it means a lot to the future of san francisco's public safety. now back once again to julie haener in the newsroom with what we are working on at 6:00. >> dozens of dogs have been rescued from a dog farm in south korea. tonight, bay area groups helping to relocate those dogs

in the high interest in adopting. also, it is one of the biggest takedowns of a violent prison gang operating in the south bay. details of the operation the task force calls a success, but also what authorities are worried about now. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00. ♪ at kaiser permanente

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it took 3 1/2 days, police in texas recently set off 20,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized by federal authorities. court ordered the fireworks be destroyed. which you see here, police said they set up the fireworks during the daylight hours because it wasn't meant to be a fireworks show. the city of san francisco showed off the building. >> and ktvu's fox 2's tam tom vacar went on the tour. tom is here now with what he saw. tom. >> well this is what we have. a quarter billion dollar brand- new headquarters for the san francisco police department. also we have southern station police station and engine house number 4. all in one building, all of it opens next week. 200 people have signed up to tour the building today and tomorrow. sitting among mission days brand-new buildings, the ball park, and the waterfront, is an

iconic structure. art, and spectacular views. in the reception area, a solemn tribute to those officers killed in the line of duty. this is the most facility in existence anywhere. >> it represents the city very well. we moved ahead. we have gotten e-mail after everybody else in @ private sector got it. so here we are. we are getting on the cutting edge. >> the idea, use everything natural, including light, waste nothing, including sunk and shower water as well as rain. >> capture rainwater for irrigation and to use for the cooling towers. and we'll be capturing water to flush toilets. >> the structure rests on 220 pilings and goes down to bedrock 200 feet below the surface. it can go off the grid, but

fully functional for four entire days and nights. funding was approved four years ago to move critical command facilities out of the aging, low tech hall of justice on brian street. >> it is spectacular. it will be a pleasure to work here. it will be a pleasure to bring the community in. to work with them. >> speaking of time, architecturally embraces the much smaller fire station that served this area long, long ago. >> it was designed in 1927. it has been decommissioned for decades, but now we're repurposing it for community meeting space. >> by the way, this is the office of police chief, greg sir. a commanding view, a corner view of the san francisco bay. quite a treat from the old building that they will be leaving. ktvu fox 2 news. >> that is a nice view. what impressed you the most about all this? >> what impresses me most

about this is just the massive size of this place. it took about 45 minutes just to walk around. it was a quick tour and you really have to admire what they have done here. there's no question. i have been in a lot of technical facilities around the bay area and around the country. this is the most advanced ones that i have seen. that will pay off big time for the police in doing their work as well as for the local station here and a lot of money is going to go to the other stations to upgrade them. this is a great move forward. >> tom vacar in san francisco tonight. thank you. graco agreed to pay $10 million stemming from a recall of millions of child car seats. the recall was because of buckles that were hard for parents and care givers to open. their company recalled more than 6 million of those car seats. the company says it will pay a $3 million fine for delays in reporting the problem to the national highway traffic safety administration. it will also invest $7 million in child safety programs and

education. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 starts now. a yearlong effort dubbed operation red october, leads to what law enforcement is calling one of the largest takedowns of a violent prison gang operating out of the south bay. good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> 24 members and associates of the nuestra familia gang were arrested with a slew of charges. details on how they were caught. azna. >> reporter: they were working under the direction of that notorious gang. now they are off the streets of san jose. >> when we take gang members of this level off the street, automatically for people in san jose, we have created a level of security that we haven't seen in over a year. >> you're taking a look at two dozen gang members working under the gang ranging in age from 17 to 51.

some like big happy, bam bam, and giggles. they are behind bars, responsible for drug smuggling in the city. the d.a. office announcing their indictment after the santa clara violent task force used gang sources and reviewed gang writings known as kites. they have discovered a sophisticated scheme. >> hooping is when you take methamphetamine and gang communications inside a body cavity in and out of a prison facility. that's how the gang gained control of the streets from behind prison. >> during a major read in san jose, where the fbi task force seized cash, drugs, and guns. >> for those younger youth out there, contemplating these lifestyles, these operations send the message, if you get into this lifestyle, you'll do time for it. >> mario is with the mayor's gang task force. while he agrees