six of the largest police departments. >> every department has a policy about when and under what circumstances officers are allowed to start high speed pursuits. >> reporter: when police decide to chase suspects at a high rate of speed there are things they are supposed to consider. >> time of day, weather, conditions of traffic, conditions of the person driving, condition of our own people driving. >> reporter: we took a look at the policies of several agencies. in richmond officers are allowed to initiate a pursuit if the driver refuses to stop. saturday night an officer chased a driver for speeding. it hit another car and killed the passenger inside. the crash is under investigation but it appears the officer acted within policy. other departments have stricter rules. oakland is only allowed when

they are chasing a person suspect odcommitting a felony. they -- suspected of committing a felony. san francisco is similar, officers are not alod to chase for stolen cars -- not allowed to chase for stolen cars, speeding or red lights. robbers fleeing police hit and killed a pedestrian. the chase fell within guidelines. >> your pursuing a vehicle that we know is armed. we know has been involved in a violent felony robbery. >> reporter: officers can pursue anyone suspected of committing any crime. he says the outcome each time is different. >> we have had, you know, 10 second pursuits that were fating and half hour pursuits where there was no incident. >> reporter: he says in the past many moved to make the policies more strict.

>> there is a risk of liability. there is a risk that the victims will come around and they will shoe to department and they will -- sue the department and they will say they acted negligent and put the victims in danger. >> reporter: but choosing not to pursue comes with risk. >> the criminals know this so they drive as bad as they can because they know you will not chase them. >> reporter: all police departments require officers to notify a supervisor before they start a pursuit and the supervisor is authorized to call off the pursuit at any time. rally -- allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you. a major connector is shut down in san jose because of a man who is threatening to jump off an over crossing. parts of highway 101 and 680 are closed as support authorities try to get him to come down.

280 and 680 split is also closed. these are live pictures from sky fox. you get an idea of how bad that back up is. it goes on for as far as the eye can see. the man is on the highest over crossing in the area. 100 feet up in the air. the situation began at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon and it is still going on. you should stay away from that area if you can because otherwise you will be stuck in what is a monster traffic jam. we are working to get more information. if we do we will bring it to you. now it is the day giants fans have been waiting for. the home opener at at&t park. ktvu's mark ibanez and joe fonzi are inside at&t park with what it was like. >> reporter: yeah. you mentioned fans were waiting for this. wee still waiting for -- we are still waiting for tunes be scored. -- runs to be scored.

fantastic atmosphere but we never saw the action that they came here for unfold. >> reporter: it was the third opener for the giants. opened in arizona and san diego won, but couldn't win at home. celebrating their third world series champion in five years and that was special. >> reporter: players bringing out the world series trophies and you figure, nothing but good could happen because we have been spoiled. >> then the big question, madison bumgarner was supposed to ride a horse in the parade, he didn't do it then but he got his opportunity today. >> reporter: and that was had highlight of the day. and, of course, madison bumgarner was asked about his ride after the game. >> probably say i will never get a chance to do that again. [ laughter ] >> it was interesting. it was fun to do it in front of

fans here. we had a good time. >> awesome. to be carrying the banner like he was, it was awesome. cool stuff. >> i saw the horses, one looked spooked. that was cool. i am glad he got off okay. >> reporter: all right. if you are looking at a silver lining about this loss, second good start in a row from the youngster chris hesten. >> reporter: a guy that got a

spot start because matt cain couldn't go in arizona. pitched well, got the win there. from candlestick park -- i mean, at&t -- [ laughter ] [ talking at the same time ] >> all right. thank you. >> we will have more later. >> thank you. now to ktvu's john sasaki who is outside at&t park and you have been talking to fans. you talked to one man who said the game has deeper meaning for him. >> reporter: it feels like candlestick park out here. very, very windy. opening day is a huge event in san francisco and today was bigger with the world series championship. >> the sounds of opening day filled the air outside at&t park. spring here and so is baseball. >> spring time. and baseball. hot dogs. the american flag. u.s.a. life begins on opening day. >> reporter: we met a man for whom this day has a deeper meaning. he has colon cancer that spread to his liver. >> just being here is making me feel better already. if they win, they win. if they lose, they lose. it will be a tough year.

i have a feeling. being here opening day, making it for another one is fantastic. >> reporter: inside the dugout store we met people who could relate to his struggle. his faced terminal cancer. >> favor day of the year. opening day. >> such a wonderful person. he had his celebration of life here. >> he died monday a week before this day. >> when he got diagnosed, everything he wanted to do was raise awareness for cancer. he did that. times a thousand. >> reporter: as the first pitch approached you can catch some of the pageantry outside. especially this american fly

by. continuing the theme we met one man who helped carry the flag on to the field. >> opening day is up here already. then world series champion and then being able to hold the american flag on the field. >> reporter: and here is the sive years everybody got today. and despite -- here is the souvenir everybody got today. back to you guys. >> did anyone not want to talk to you because they were supposed to be at work? >> reporter: whether they were influenced by the excitement and forgot they were supposed to be at work, i don't know, but everybody was happy. >> john sasaki live outside at&t park tonight. thank you. robert kennedy, jr. is apologizing for remarks he made in sacramento about children and vaccines. he believes there is a link between vaccines and autism.

even though the claims have been disproved by scientists. last week he described the number of children injured by vaccines as a holocaust. today he issued a statement saying he was struggling for a way to convey the effects. east bay mud is about to declare a stage 4 drought emergency. conserve water or pay up. tomorrow they plan to vote on new restrictions. ktvu's tom vacar has a look at what customers can expect. >> reporter: this picture of the reservoir, 3/4 empty proves we are in real water trouble. >> our snow pack is gone. melted. >> reporter: they will declare a stage four drought. its highest drought emergency to adopt emergency rules likely to be this. july 1 customer's bills will be

surcharged 25%. even with that, customers will have to cut use by 20% instead of 15. since the average house uses 246 gallons a day, a cut of 20 more gallons a day is needed. what about water hogs? using more than 1100 gallons a day will start collecting penalties. using more than 1476 gallons a day will pay the most. >> for those people, if they do not cut back you are looking at penalties of $100 a month. >> single family with landscape and irrigation customers. if they could cut back, then we think we can meet the 20% cut back. >> reporter: one strategy, choose to keep part of your lawn and also choose not to

keep part. they will also exercise its right to buy additional water to ensure it will get through had summer. -- the summer. >> it is a two month supply. it will stretch our supply. >> it will adopt rules. >> reporter: all of this will be voted on tomorrow and we will be there. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. in sacramento today a rally for healthcare for undocumented immigrants. >> a few hundred people marched to support healthcare for all. it would allowuds tuesday sign up for --uds -- allow undocumented immigrants to sign up for medicare or medi-cal.

>> i am hoping to give visibility and make sure they know we are here and passionate about this issue. >> conservative lawmakers are opposed saying it doesn't say how much it would cost taxpayers or impact the healthcare system. officials announced today 106 people on board a cruise ship are suffering from norovirus. the ship arrived in san diego today after a cruise it mexico. the staff did extra cleaning and disinfecting. according to the port of san francisco, the cruise will visit the 80 is may 15. an -- city on may 15. sounds heard from a cargo hold. alaska flight was 14 minutes

into flight from the seattle airport heading south to los angeles. that is when the pilot heard banging from the cargo hold. the jet immediately returned to the airport. it was a ramp worker who fallen asleep. the airline says the hold is pressurized pressurized and temperatured. the worker -- temperaturized. the worker is okay. outfitting officers with body cameras. many police departments do it. now san jose considering doing it. the impact it could have on policing. >> and why lawmakers want to make it or difficult to build synthetic turf fields. >> warm up into today. the winds now, a chance for a sprinkle and then it warms up in the 5 day. i will have the specifics after the break.

san jose police officers may be soon wearing body cameras. tomorrow they are expected to move forward with a program for a dozen officers to be out filted with the devices. -- out fitted with the devices. ktvu's azenith smith reports. >> reporter: from south carolina tosunnyvale, around -- to sunnyvale,and the country p- - around the country more and more are sitting the record button. officials want toarm officials -- to arm officials with body cameras as well. >> there have been increasing concerns. >> reporter: another set of

eyes. effective in oklahoma. a deputy pulled out a gun instead of a taser. the mayor says the hold up? securing funding and developing a policy on how they will be used and how long the data will be stored. the union wants a policy that won't infringe on the officer's rights. >> the policy is that it is legal and safe. doesn't vilight rights. >> reporter: -- violate rights. >> he says last year the department received 340 complaints. she believes the complaints would drop as well as police use of force. >> i think they will make everybody behave better. >> reporter: i wanted to see how people would react. i found many people in san jose were open to the idea. >> if i was a police officer and you were being recorded --

>> it would be a deterrent. >> depends. [ indiscernible ] >> i think we are being recorded everywhere else. i think it is fine. >> reporter: if all goes well in september body cameras for the department could happen next year. in san jose, azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. bill debated today is aimed at blocking the use of synthetic turf on sports fields. 2 investigates told you about the health concerns of turf made from crum rubber. the bill would prohibit schools from using money from the fees paid when new tires are purchased and it would require a new stud tee look into health problems. some studies found possible links to cancer but the turf industry says the product is safe. what is happening with the weather. mild outside today.

things are supposed to heat up, to bill in the weather center to find out. >> dialing it in. today, felt spring like. it is spring. wimbledony. temperatures are -- windy. temperatures are on the mild side. fog this morning. jack london square area. you can see the -- appreciate that camera shot. you can see the flag blowing. that is windy. gusts to 30 miles per hour in parts of the bay area. lower flags. surface, lower down, sometimes the wind is not as strong. you have winds. the point being, it is windy out there. breezy tonight and again tomorrow that see system slides through. it will create a pressure gradient that will allow the winds to pick up. it will bring us a sprinkle or two and take the fog and let it

come back tomorrow afternoon. the idea being is this slides through, we get a few sprinkles tonight and tomorrow morning. i will show you that. closer. current temperatures, mid-60s. 64 fairfield. 64 concord. not a hot day. but a breezy day. fairfield 29 miles per hour. gusts down here. sustained winds, 20 miles per hour sustained at napa. sfo, gusting to 21 miles per hour. winds tomorrow stronger. breezy conditions. and i think the pollens will be an issue. winds kick up. just the kind of day we have. here is the system that slides through. tonight, tomorrow morning. midnight. right? what is that? nothing. mountains get something. look. north of 80.

sprinkles. this is 2:00 a.m. clears out. that low leaves and the high builds in and the winds kick up. slight chance of a sprinkle. not a big deal. but then the winds kick up in the afternoon. highs tomorrow with mid-60s where there were mid-70s. low 70s where there were, you know, mid-80s. inland valleys upper 60s. a couple low 70s as well. the forecast to the next couple days, a warming trend. that warming trend takes us into the bay area friday, temperatures into the mid-80s. upper 80s. maybe low 90s. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, no rain in this one. there is plenty of sunshine. the winds are what you will notice tomorrow. >> clears it out. thank you. the defending champions make it home to celebrate their third world series in 5 years.

mark ibanez is at at&t park with all the festivities and to tell us how the giants did today. >> now to the news room, gasia mikaelian with a look at what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. >> coming up at 7:00 p.m. a 43-year-old republican senator from florida becomes the latest candidate in the race for the white house. how he hopes to beat hillary clinton and apple's new watch has been getting a lot of attention. we will see if the sales are living up to the hype. >> we are working on these stories and more coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36.

on this beautiful day thousands of baseball fans packed at&t park today for the giants home opener. mark ibanez is at the park with

joe fonzi. keep thinking about the first pitch thrown out by the daughters of lon simmons today. >> reporter: yeah. beautiful moment. touching. they were into baseball. we are dodging seagulls. kind of like celebrating a championship. waiting for the rally that never came today. >> reporter: we have seen plenty of these. >> reporter: giant fans are spoiled. man, we just got blasted. [ laughter ] >> reporter: live tv. giants had won -- six in a row on opening day but not today. and the three world championships. man. [ laughter ] >> flying the banning. and giants with a good shot at it here. two outs. pagan, grounder, turns into nothing but an end of threat.

4th inning, the rockies get across the first run of the game. rbi single that scores a run. 1-0 rockies. and then little later on, great chance here for the rockies to score and they do. buster posey tossing to hester. looks like they get the out. but the ball is dropped. they review the play. and the correct call is made. the second run of the game. that was going to be enough, giants strand 12 runners. >> yeah. they didn't get the key hits and the players know they need to get the timely hits. >> reporter: just didn't happen. >> just takes one feels like. we are not getting the job done. guys are getting on base, just not getting the key hit. >> one, two hits away today. had a lot of guys on base. we need to get that hit.

once we do, flood gates will open up. >> reporter: you got tocompliment him for -- to compliment him for -- sorry we are laughing because we got blasted by the seagulls. we will head to the dry cleaners. >> clean up before you come home -- [ laughter ] [ talking at the same time ] >> we will see you later.

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