say the 34-year-old waiter isn't disabled. >> reporter: he wasn't talking to us but now he will have to answer to two felony perjury charges. >> very unusual. >> reporter: he says he raised red flags when he appealed parking citations for misuse of a handicap placard last year and they discovered he forged his application. >> he had a forged doctor's signature. he is not a patient. >> reporter: 2 investigates exposed abuse of handicap placard last year but he went a step further, applying to the city to install this disabled parking space outside his apartment. investigators say he also submitted a false application to get this license plate. >> he doesn't work in the media field. at all. never. >> when the dmv caught up with

him saturday he wasn't parked in his spot, he was walking his dog when they arrested him. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i can't say -- i am not supposed to discuss the medical thing, even if it is fake. >> reporter: his arrest is the latest in the special operation blue zone. >> like park free card. >> reporter: with parking so limited in the bay area investigators say access to a blue parking zone could be like gold. he is out on $30,000 bail. if convicted he could face thousands of dollars in fines and jail time. it is one of 58 cases the dmv opened since last year. >> for those cases how do you fake your way? >> reporter: a question we had. and they say that because of

medical privacy laws it prevents the dmv from asking too many questions. as long as a doctor signs off most of the time it gets approved. >> you can tell your doctor anything if you are in cahoots. >> thank you. we have an update on another 2 investigates story. the hotel in oakland is being red tagged and residents were ordered to evacuate immediately. three residents reported feeling sick from the water. east bay mud did tests and the results were positive for bacteria that indicates contamination from fecal matter that could be the cause of the illnesses. the city is trying to find places for the residents to stay and we have been told that could be within 24 hours. ktvu's jana katsuyama is following the story and will have more tonight at 10:00 p.m. and if you have a tip for 2 investigates we would like to hear from you. e-mail 2investigates@ktvu.com

or call us at 2investigates@ktvu.com or call us at (510)874-0222. now to developing news in the search for a bay area father and his two children missing for two days after a camping trip. the family planned to take a remote route home from the trip. investigators say the weather is making things difficult for searchers. crews are looking for the family off highway 49. the family was planning to drive through sierra county on their way back home to oakland. ktvu fox 2 news paul chambers is live where the man works where friends are hopeful they will be found safe. >> reporter: that's correct. nicholas vlahos is a well known barber here. and owns the barbershop behind me. i talked to his co-workers, he travels on trips and they are shocked to hear he is missing but are also hopeful. >> friends and business

partners say not only is he a great barber but he knows how to take care of his family. >> truck was super equipped. wench. all this self-rescue equipment in the truck. >> reporter: these are the last pictures posted on nicholas vlahos' instagram four days ago. you can see him with his son and daughter. sheriff's office says they were camping with family members. they were last seen in the camp site in their truck. sheriff's deputies were told the family tried to take a drive through remote areas. >> she an -- he is an incredible driver. we spent 4 days in the desert driving across pretty rough terrain. >> that is why friends believe they are okay and will be found

unharmed. >> many years off road driving jeeps and off road vehicles. to take his kids is, like, taking your kids camping. >> i hope they are safe. i hope they are not harmed. and that they will be home soon. >> reporter: for the last two days here sheriff's deputies, cal fire and helicopter andtureture searched -- and chp is searching for them. >> paul chambers, thank you. strange weather day across northern california. here in the bay area a spring time storm brought us rain, winds and hail. we saw pea size pieces of frozen rain. in placer county, firefighters are putting out hot spots after

lightning started several fires. a tree and a few houses were struck. we saw fresh powder in the sierra. mountain resort saw 7-inches and chain requirements are in effect. and we are hearing reports of a possible funnel cloud in the north bay. our chief meteorologist bill martin, you have been hearing about this too? >> yeah. this morning. couple pictures came in. hard to determine. looks like a funnel cloud. you don't have damage on the ground. hard to do a survey. right now, it could have been a funnel cloud. unusual time of day for a funnel cloud. but we will find out more and let you know. the numbers that we had today. they were light. they happen there. mountain view .04. south bay area. gilroy, los gatos, san jose, fremont, more showers than most of us. watsonville .13. the shower activity that started in the mountains is now

working its way east to west which is an atypical direction. these systems are wrap around moisture coming in this way. it will work its way this way. expect showers. i have a few sprinkles showing up now and thundershowers or thunderstorms reported east of gilroy. in the mountain hamilton area. this activity dying down now. how does it play into the next 24 hours and the weekend? i will have that after the break. extra layers will be needed in the first stage of the women's tour of california. 84 women will circle lake tahoe tomorrow morning in the first women's race. there was more snow than sun out there today.

volunteers will check the course tomorrow for ice and snow. and alert bike riders of rough patches. >> rain or shine. these are professional athletes. something like this won't scare them. >> the men's race starts on sunday in sacramento. stage 3 will be held in san jose next tuesday. download our new ktvu weather app for the latest on the conditions. we are also posting updates on twitter and facebook. people in the east bay might notice a funny taste in their tap water. ktvu's tom vacar explains it has to do with the drought. >> reporter: in previous years all of east bay mud's water supply came from sierra snow melt flowing down the river and pumped to customers from the bottom of the reservoir. this spring the water will come

from the warmer top of the reservoir and from the sacramento river. it will taste and smell different. >> we wanted to preserve as much cold water as possible so that we could release it later in the year. >> reporter: regulations require the cold water be released later when salmon are spawning. east bay mud has no choice but to comply. this situation could go on for years till the drought breaks. >> definitely months to come and into next year if things don't improve. it is getting worse every year. >> from whatever source and stage the water is in the treatment, samples are taken and by the time it gates the end point -- gets to the end point it is perfectly safe. >> the water is absolutely stife drink. we continue a meet all standards. >> reporter: east bay mud tried this last month and got

complaints. this time it will be done gradually. folks wanting to blunt the taste and smell should chill it and run it through a carbon filter. which will remove a lot of the taste and smell. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. a scare for a bay area woman after a hike with her pet ended to a trip to the vet's office. >> i was like what? >> the warning about dogs and drugs and why the problem is more common than you think. >> the numbers confirm, we will look at the record high rents in san francisco and how they compare.

police will be evaluating a woman's ability to drive after she drove through a window this morning at a business. crystal spring shopping center. the woman was trying to park but hit the gas instead of the break. no one was hurt but there was a woman sitting in the middle of the shop just moments before the car went through the window. one of the two los angeles men convicted of beating san francisco giants' fan bryan stow asked a judge for mercy today. louie sanchez on the right, the man with the glasses is marvin norwood, louie sanchez pleaded guilty to a weapons charge. his sentencing was postponed. louie sanchez wrote a letter to the judge and apologized to bryan stow and called the event an accident. he said he was angry because he thought his family was attack. the weapons charge is from the investigation of the bryan stow

case. the district attorney is expanding a task force that is investigating the scandal involving racist and homophobic text messages sent by police officers. >> extreme hate and biased towards african americans, members of the lgbt community and women. >> he announced today that three retired judges will go through 3,000 cases from the past decade to see if any bias by the officers effected the cases. the officers have been transferred to duties that don't involve contact with the public but recommendations have been sent for their termination. >> the scent passed a -- senate passed a bill that would prohibit the use of grand juries in police shootings and in which a person days to from excessive force during an arrest. grand juries in missouri and new york failed to indict white officer whose killed unarmed

black men. the bill aims to place the decision to prosecute officers with local district attorneys. the bill now goes to the assembly. law makers are speaking out today in support of an initiative that could reduce the number of mentally ill individuals behind bars. people with a mental illness are more likely to offend and get stuck in the system without treatment. they unvalled a plan that would put them into recovery problems. -- unveiled a plan that would put them into recovery problems. >> -- into recovery programs. >> getting the treatment they need to ensure they don't reoffend. >> the plan calls for reallocation of $14 million for local alternatives for those individuals. new at 6:00 p.m. a scare for a bay area woman on

a hike with her dog after something the dog ate brought them to the vet's office and they said the dog was stoned. ktvu's john sasaki with how this reflects a bigger problem. >> go get it. >> reporter: he is a playful dog. >> we go on hikes every monday and tuesday. >> reporter: this monday's hike didn't go as planned. >> walking like he was drunk. >> reporter: he got sick and once in the house things got worse. >> he goes to drink his water and his legs slid out from under him. i am like, that is not right. >> reporter: so she took him to the animal hospital. >> i am home and the vet calls me, we are not going to do testing, it is pot. i was like what, yeah, your dog is stoned. >> reporter: the park is a popular spot for dog owners.

>> sometimes you want him to have sniffing time. you don't know what he is sniffing. >> reporter: or eating. he got sick from something he found and ate here. but that exposure is rare. what is more common is dogs getting sick from something they found at home. >> it is probably weekly now. never used to be but it increased. >> reporter: they say they see it 3-4 times a week. he says dogs love edibles like cookies. >> usually it is an over dose as well. people need oo stash their stash -- to stash their stash and recognize when the animal got into the american. . >> reporter: they stagger, leak yearn and startled. -- urine and startled. john sasaki, ktvu fox 2 news.

>> okay. interesting. haven't heard of that. >> me neither. all right. our chief meteorologist bill martin now. got everything today. >> little bit of everything. hail, thunder and lightning. gilroy. sunshine showing up at ocean beach. clear skies for now. fog is coming back tonight and tomorrow. this system instead of coming towards us, see that bird, it is going this way. everything is working its way south and east of -- or south and east -- or south and west of the area. there is the system. that is what we have been tracking. in the last 45 minutes we picked up on this activity. out here near gilroy. that activity would be going up into the hills but moving towards gilroy. morgan hill, gilroy, heard thunder and lightning. perhaps getting heavy rain. i am sure you are.

rain is coming down hard. this system is not going this way. this way. it will work its way towards the monterey area. tracking that for you. all this moisture, all this stuff is coming off shore and moving out into the pacific. there is the system. tracking there. there it goes. moves out. your bay area weekend sets up. high pressure sets up. you get into a better pattern. you also see a return of the coastal fog. so highs back on the weekend. dry forecast. temperatures come back into the mid-70s, upper 70s. computer model shows it spinning out of here, tonight, 10:00 p.m., and tomorrow morning and maybe tomorrow afternoon you get shower activity. wrap around moisture. 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. fog along the coast. that is a notable feature

friday night. you will notice that. lake tahoe friday night, showers and snow showers. i mentioned earlier, 7 inches, 8 inches of snow. kirkwood, heavenly valley. 72 tomorrow. friday forecast then. more sunshine than today. no rain in the forecast tomorrow. temperatures on the mild side. warmer than today. 72 morgan hill. 72 gilroy. along the coast, not a bad day. by the afternoon the fog comes back in. 61 before noon and after that the fog returns. five-day forecast, there it is. mother's day on sunday. and temperatures should be nice. beautiful spring day. fog at the coast. rain leaving the area in the next 12 hours. >> nice weekend. thank you. a new record, one people who live in san francisco won't

like. rent rates hit a record high in the 1st quarter of the year. the average rent is $3,400 a month. that is from a studio up to a three bedroom apartment. a 13% jump from last year when it was around $3,000 a month. the over all rate is up 14% from last year. the biggest jump was in alameda county. that is where rents jumped 15%. well, when it comes to afternoon games, it seems like it is a no win situation and the warriors coach, hear from him about why losing the last game against memphis was almost a necessity. mark ibanez is up with those stories and more after this. and on ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. we have continuing coverage of today's rare spring storms that brought all types of strange weather and chris brown got a

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employees for levis was giving back to the community this year. a thousand employees helped remove weeds in san francisco. robert f. kennedy, jr. was volunteering as was the president of water keeper. this was one of many projects they completed today. mark ibanez is here. steve kerr is taking a zen approach to the loss. >> yeah. like phil jackson. i think what the problem was

this loss by the warriors the other night caught people off guard. they never lose at home and then the way they lost, which found them behind most of the way threw everybody off but today he offered perspective as he puts the warriors through their paces. they take off for memphis about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow out of oakland. have to figure out a way to stop that gay. sensational game. but he spoke to the team about the loss and told them don't blow things out of proportion. >> i told our guys, there has never been a team in the history of the league that hasn't felt like we did yesterday and today. part of what elevates your play to a higher level is the adversity you have to go through to get there. >> there you go. game three in memphis on

saturday night. 5:00 p.m. our time. the a's, a weird thing about their season, they have not won a single afternoon game. you can say that or you can say there is your moment of the day. problem is, the error making a's right now. second most in the majors. cost them here. big two run single put the twins up 6-24. davis makes -- 6-4. davis makes it 6-5. a's lose 3-4. baseball history, tonight yankees stadium, a-rod hits home run number 661. solo homer. there it is. a-rod taking a curtain call. he passes the great willie mays. 84 yesterday. >> only one willie mays. [ talking at the same time ] >> couldn't agree more. >> thank you.

>> tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news problems with fast track toll collection systems. the errors logged after day and why some drivers find themselves in financial troubles because of the charges. those stories and more at 10:00 p.m. thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thank you are joining us. >> good night.

egging. no begging. stella, you're breaking my heart here. what's breaking your heart is that sausage and bacon. can you just pick one? don't worry. i'm gonna burn it off on the golf course. [ chuckles ] how, jay? by riding the little cart or by kicking the ball back into play? here. i'm gonna take joe fulgencio to the park. can you please stop by the grocery store? why doesn't the nanny do this? gloria has fired five nannies. i don't like another woman in my house. i want to be the star. stars have nannies. you know that some of this is manny's fault. gloria: manny! so, marie, what do you feel like doing for dinner tonight? you're eating dino-bites because you are a little boy. mom! i'm telling you, there's an embarrassing