stions from investigators today and left that meeting with a lawyer. so far 7 people have died. 200 others have been hurin philadelphia tonight with more on the investigation. >> reporter: this is a very ongoing investigation. we have seen cranes lifting some of the rain cars, mangled train cars, lights brought in, new tracks brought in behind me at the junction north of philadelphia. look, we are 24 hours since the accident. . >> to see it in the day time, it is painful. >> reporter: philadelphia's mayor says it is incredible that so many people walked away from last night's derailment. >> i saw people on the street behind us walking off of that train. i don't know how that happened but for the grace of god. >> reporter: he says it will

take time to figure out what caused northeast regional train 188 to come off the tracks tuesday night. right now a team of federal investigators is on the scene along with heavy equipment to move the wreckage. also the data recorders are being analyzed. >> when the engineer induced, break application was applied. the train was traveling 106 miles per hour. >> reporter: passengers say it was like movie. people were climbing out windows, scrambling to escape. >> all of a sudden my head hit the window. we were going down. >> reporter: dozens were rushed to hospitals while other stayed behind to help. including a veteran and former pennsylvania congressman. >> we said prayers to say thank you. >> reporter: that train was

going 106 miles per hour. and just in a few seconds the engineer hit the emergency break but in the seconds the train went down a 102 miles per hour. right now the investigators are looking that barbara boxer and that data recorder and looking at the camera that is put at the front of the train so they can figure out exactly what happened here. clearly, speed a factor. >> you said speed is a factor. is it human caused or mechanical? >> reporter: those are the questions. the mayor has spoken out and talked about that this engineer was irresponsible in the speed that he was going at but we don't know -- we don't know whether it was mechanical or on the engineer. but the engineer decided not to speak to police and the ntsb is giving him a day or two to get

over the shot and hopeful to get more answers to figure out what happened. >> on the human side of things, are all the people accounted for yet? >> reporter: no. not everyone is accounted for. there were 243 people on the train. 238 passengers, 5 crew. there are reports of 2 people unaccounted for. the mayor said this is an ongoing investigation. they are still searching. they brought in k9 dogs. as terrible as it sounds, this train, 102 miles per hour, bodies could have flown outside of the train. the 7th body was found this afternoon. so they are still searching and there are two people unaccounted. >> thank you. the number of train fatalities in the u.s. is low compared to

other modes of transportation. 158 amtrak passengers died since 1975. 2013, three people lied in airline crashes. 32,000 people died in traffic accidents that year. the transportation secretary said he can't comment directly, he did say the accident will likely draw attention to the nation's aging rail infrastructure. >> our rail systems, passengers rail systems in particular, have been living a -- [ indiscernible ] >> h a federal report in 2013 found the 80-mile stretch between washington, d.c. to new york city has age nothing structure that is susceptible to failure. police arrested one of the systems involved in a

terrifying home invasion robbery caught on surveillance video. we showed you the video yesterday. cameras captured the two men arming themselves with knives and going through the home. it happened last friday in san jose. the suspects got up stairs, they realized two women and a baby locked themselves in a room and what they tried to do, watch it, tried to kick down the door. today a 17-year-old suspect turned himself in. he was arrested and booked in juvenile hall. the morning commute would be a wet one. our -- could be a wet one. our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> rain showers in the forecast. talking about it all week. good news. we need showers. but it will have an impact on the commute. here is the system as it slides in. lots of moisture streaming. a flow like this. already showers showing up in

northern california. we had snow flurries around mount shasta yesterday. raining up there now. showers east of ukiah. outside we have -- off shore clear skies. but that will change quickly. the next system gets in here with a chance of thunderstorms, starts off tomorrow morning, lasts throughout the day. a winter storm warning around lake tahoe. half inch of rain. maybe an inch of rain. this will have an impact on the commutes tomorrow. we you back here. to gilroy. four people killed in a car crash. only the driver -- only the driver survived and he was drunk while he was driving. all victims were under 25, three still in high school. here are pictures of the three victims. ktvu's azenith smith is in gilroy. the loss here is unimaginable.

>> reporter: yeah, it is. three of the victims were seniors and they all went to three different high schools in gilroy. all day classmates have been coming by the crash site to pay their respects. lay down flowers. say prayers for the victims. these schools, as well as the families are all grieving today. >> reporter: loved ones of the victims left the chp office in disbelief. these two girls were her classmates in high school. >> knowing she had three weeks left, she would have graduated with us. [ crying ] >> she should have been there with us. >> reporter: around 10:30 p.m. tuesday night 5 people were in

a car headed eastbound when the driver, a 24-year-old failed to turb right at a curve -- turn right at a curve, instead it veered and crashed. all four passengers died at the scene. all but one were wearing seatbelts. the driver suffered major injuries. he was driving under the influence. >> there was a container of alcoholic beverage on scene. and there was also drugs taken as evidence from the scene as well. >> the girls went to three different high schools. the superintendent says grief counselors were at the schools to help students and staff cope. >> the thought of losing your child is probably the worse thing you can think about and then to have it happen, my heart goes out to the parents, the siblings, the families. >> reporter: there is a 4th family effected here.

the driver. a fifth family. the driver could face vehicular manslaughter and dui charges. the superintendent tells me that next month when the graduation happens the students will be remembered since they won't be there with their classmates. frank? >> azenith smith, thank you. a former san francisco political consultant appeared in court on child pornography charges. he pleaded not guilty to six felony charges including possession and distribution of child pornography. today the judge increased his bail to$400,000. >> i think it is -- to $400,000. >> i think it is unfair to raise the bail. but he will be posting the bail and getting out and we will fight the charges. >> he is due back in court june 12. now to the nba playoffs. game five tonight between the

arizona and the grizzlies. the -- the warriors and the grizblys. sports director mark ibanez and joe fonzi are live. they looked great the other night. >> reporter: they did. back to the warriors we have been experiencing. we were all very fond of saying turning point. it was a turning point moment. but usually when a series is 2- 2 you get game 5 and you look back it usually is a turning point. >> reporter: the dynamic in the playoffs, you don't see a team for potentially 7 straight games. so there are adjustments and counter moves that happen. what we saw was the grizzlies are effective in games two and three and the warriors had to counter. >> reporter: nice coaching moves. that is where the eye is on the coaching. doesn't if if you have greene having his best game of the series. and stef back to business.

that makes a coach look good. >> the key was they had down games in 2 and 3. they are not going to do that consistently. the warriors expect more from them. >> you are saying who do we guard? >> reporter: no doubt about it, there were doubters. don't think for a moment the warriors didn't hear the whispers. >> as far as i know none of the guys said anything about this being over when it was 2-1 or now that it is 2-2. it is exactly what you said -- 24 hours of chatter. that is why i don't know -- i -- i don't read anything during the playoffs. you can't get wrapped up in that. it means nothing. we just think about the games. >> i encouraged the guys to watch a movie or read book

during the playoffinize stead of listen oo -- playoffs instead of listen to the chatter. i think our team is focused. that is all we are concerned about. you get to talk about everything else. >> reporter: all right. justin holiday warming up. one of the reserves in the back. the warriors do a thing where they get in a lot of work, hours, 2-1/2 hours away from the start and they are already loosening up. >> reporter: steph curry has the most strategic routine. [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: makes the shot. all retene for them and they want to keep -- routine for them and they want to keep it that way. >> reporter: we are going to send it back to the studio unless, frank, is it possible you have a question for us -- [

laughter ] >> as a matter of fact i do. for someone who has never been to oracle arena, what is it like the experience warriors game, especially during the playoffs, how loud does it get and does it make a difference? >> reporter: we have to get frank out here. [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: the warriors fans well known for turning up the decibels. i don't think they have ever been accused of pumping in sound. playoff basketball a different -- [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: up another notch. on the flip side, we saw this in memphis, the thing that is interesting to watch when you have a riled up crowd and the visiting team quits them down. >> reporter: game two, when the warriors lost, it was quiet in the second half of the game and the warriors trying to make

sure that doesn't happen again. we have more on the 6:00 p.m. news. i am mark ibanez, back to the studio, and get you out here soon, frank. >> all right. see you later. coming up here, a daring burglary. thieves smash an suv through the doors of a bloomingdales and snatch jewelry but they left behind a clue and a new purpose for an old landfill, the plans to make this lot a clean and green power plant. >> and not something you see that often. live storm sky fox 2 captures whales swimming in san francisco bay.

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it is estimated 8% of the sexual assaults on college campuses are not reported to

law enforcement. 80%. and today the state attorney general kamala harris unveiled new measures to do something about that. ktvu fox 2 news mike mibach, a lot of criticism. >> reporter: talking about reports of sexual assaults being hidden by universities and not being investigated thoroughly. that has been the criticism towards major universities across the united states and the reason kamala harris directed colleges to notify authorities when a sexual assault is reported on campus. kamala harris with university of california president janet napolitano released a guide for law enforcement agencies and colleges to follow as a way to improve their coordination and transparency in sexual assault cases. one measure listed in the guide, school and police officials conducting joint interviews with the victims so they don't need to repeatedly go over the experience.

california is one of a few states requires colleges to have agreements with local law enforcement and crisis centers in handling a response. >> what it makes clear is that there will be training. what it makes clear is that there will be designated points of contact. >> not only about reacting after, it is designed to prevent future harm. >> reporter: a federal law requiring all colleges and universities to have this type of agreement in place with law enforcement has been stymied in congress. critics say that contradicts existing federal statutes allowing victims to decide whether or not law enforcement should be notified. >> mike mibach in the news room, thank you. state prison officials are taking new measures and doing their part to save water. they have been monitoring water use to meet the goals set by governor jerry brown. now they are regulating. inmates are limited to three showers a week for 5 minutes.

officials say they have been cutting water since the drought started. >> what we learned is that we actually have saved 1.5 billion gallons of water each year for the last 4 years. >> prisons cut water use by 20%. now the goal is 25%. there are 34 prisons across california. a warning is out for local boaters after three whiles were spotted in fran bay. sky fox 2 was over -- san francisco bay. live storm tracker 2 was over head. a third was spotted. the coast guard is notifying boaters so they can watch out for the whales and it is illegal to speed up or change direction in the presence of whales. it is also illegal to follow or approach them. i can never get over how they are so huge and yet so graceful. >> right. right. i love that video.

i know this happened before. let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin, are they looking for food, is the water warmer? >> a lot of teams if they get too far up they get -- [ talking at the same time ] >> sometimes they will beach themselves. they come into the bay a lot. they have been coming in more. it is a healthier bay environment -- [ talking at the same time ] >> more of them. the bay is healthier. the san francisco bay was polluted, even during the gold rush. sediments. pollutants in the water and now the bay is becoming cleaning. more than we saw 10, 15 years ago. okay. there is the cloud cover now. what is interesting, i remember 20 years ago, you didn't see canada geese, now they are everywhere. all good signs.

the system i am tracking. more rain in the forecast. you can see showers showing up up north. closer here. what we are tracking. the showers are going going to set us up with a cooler day tomorrow. winds are blowing, bringing this system in. south there. south there. southwest. south east there. the winds are clocking around. that low pressure. winds are southwest at sfo. that is a rain direction. old days, that is how you tell the weather. there is a wind shift. humidity changed, right? the wind shift is occurring. shows up late tonight and tomorrow morning and lingers throughout the day. the main pop from the low, stays off shore, best case scenario is this way but it

will stay off shore. momentum will be into southern california. orange county, los angeles, inch and a half of rain. that is a lot of rain. that will come fast. we could see thundershowers. and also wrap around moisture. here is the model. tomorrow morning, good stuff. right? morning commute, potential to be wet. cloudy as well. lunchtime. the real deal right there. rain. you will get a quarter inch. quarter inch just on that cell. reds popping up, east of oakland. going off. a good system. in the afternoon, because it is scattered, 6:00 p.m., wet on the roads and friday night, getting into the wrap around moisture stuff. tomorrow, a wet day. not super wet. enough to slow the commutes. enough to water my lawn. enough to water your lawn. good stuff. and might be a thundershowers as well. if we could get one of these a

week -- [ talking at the same time ] >> good. so it is a good system. snow in the mountains. winter storm warning there. could see south of kirkwood 2 feet of snow. >> thank you. the mystery is deepening about what caused a crash involving a bus full of high school students. the conflicting reports about one of the drivers. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, a warning tonight from bay area police about robbers lying their way into people's homes. >> they seem to be successful in making entry. >> we talked to one victim about the strategy the robbers used to steal jewelry. >> also every drop counts during a drought. now residents are getting their water for free. the program making it possible and what some might call a catch. >> plus new information into the news room, the train

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more than a year since 10 people died in a crash east of chico and investigators still haven't determined the cause. a fedex truck veered from the southbound lanes into the north bound lanes crashing into a bus carrying high school students last april 10. one student said the driver's head was down and he was

slumped towards had door. reports say the driver appeared to be healthy. investigators did not indicate when a final report may be complete. the man accused of killing sierra lamar was back in court. that is him on the left there. today's hearing was to set a trial date. but that decision was pushed back. this time to july. it has been three years since he was arrested and charged with the killing even though her body has never been found. a jury is deliberating on whether suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev should be put to death or life in prison. dzhokhar tsarnaev was following the lead of his brother said the defense. prosecutors claim he is a terrorist who deserves to die. the death penalty is not popular in massachusetts. so despite the fact this is a

federal case jurors may be reluctant to agree to it. three people were killed and 264 were injured. the u.s. olympic sprint relay team is forced to return its 2012 silver medal. the team won the silver medal, two people with knowledge of the situation say the team will be stripped as a result of a doping case. he returned his medal last year after accepting a one year suspension. the olympic committee was notified the u.s. olympic committee all the medals need to be returned. the latest problems with the eastern span of the bay bridge, we spoke with the head of the transportation commission, he is also the person who over saw the project and he has layed much of the blame on caltrains. he said they didn't sweat the details and that is what led to

money problems. today we got a response from caltrains. they said the bay bridge is operational and safe. caltrans and its contractors have been diligent in its commitment to pride quality product for the people of california. thieves smash an suv through a store and steal jewelry. the clue police recovered today. >> san francisco spends half a million dollars a day on services for the homeless. tonight why the mayor says that budget should be higher. and reports of hackers are targeting coffee drinkers. why they may be going after starbucks customers.

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new surveillance video shows another smash and grab burglary in the bay area. this time they used a car to smash into bloomingdales. ktvu's john sasaki is at the shopping center. the police released the video this afternoon? >> reporter: we be it for you. these were unwelcomed guests here who paid not with money but with an suv through the front door. >> the surveillance video is dramatic. 4:00 a.m. a red jeep burst through the

doors of blooming dales. and then thieves got -- bloomingdales and then three thieves got to work. >> from the side of it, ran in, smashed glass. >> they were inside for 1 minute but they made off with a lot of lute. >> unbelievable -- loot. >> unbelievable. >> thankfully no one was here. if they hit somebody. it could have killed somebody. >> reporter: i took photos of the display cases. i counted six. >> a lot of wealth here. people are going to come to the areas where there is money. >> similar crime happened in february. >> they busted that with a brick. left a brick on our counter. >> you can see a tire mark on the carpet after someone drove a van through the doors and stole camera equipment. >> we were surprised they are

still at it. i hope the police catch them in the end. >> reporter: is there a sense this is related? >> we don't know. >> reporter: the thieves raced away and then dumped the jeep. it was stolen a day earlier. >> the officer that found it he knows in the past we had vehicles dumped there. that is why he checked that area. >> police have yet to figure out who the thieves were. you can't tell on the surveillance video what their race is. they were all wearing hoodies. i checked over here, where the door is, it has been plugged up with wood. the people say it will be a few days before they replace the doors. back to you. >> john sasaki, thank you. [ music ] many people are worried about aeries war that provides drinking water for millions of

people. hetch hetchy is fed by snow felt. ktvu's meteorology m-t -- minimum wage m-t went -- mark tamayo -- meteorologist mark tamayo went there. >> reporter: h we should be standing in 5 -- >> we should be standing in 5 feet of snow. >> this is the first time we had zero snow. >> the snow pack is at record low. one of the reservoirs is feeling the impact. hetch hetchy collects melting snow. 85% of our supply comes from the sierra. over 2 million people rely on this water source. while park visitors walk on the dam, we hopped on a boat to see how the drought was effecting hetch hetchy. you might think it would be

empty -- >> 80 billion gallons right now. >> reporter: she the assistant general manager for water at the california public utilities commission. even though it is 70% full, there should be a lot more. >> we will go up here, won't see snow. >> he has been a water shed keeper for 9 years. seen the highs and the lows. >> on a good year that water fall almost falls directly into the reservoir. when it is running hard and the lake is full, you don't see these rocks. >> reporter: it is flowing at 2300 gallons a second. for a normal year it would be 5 times that rate. >> a little rain would be nice. >> reporter: more evidence of the drought. dark areas where falls should be flowing. rock structures that should be submerged. and high water marks. an area seen by few. the connection between river

and a reservoir. this cup of water will take three days to make it to the bay area. behind me is the river, the main source of snow melt. remnant snow is melting now. by june storage crest at 8% of capacity. we are still borrowing from history. the supply includes water from the past couple winters. >> we started planning as if we might have 8-1/2 years of drought. series of dry years. and so where you see that planning we have done to help us manage through the reality of the drought. >> reporter: it is one piece of the puzzle. the system supply in the bay area, five more reservoirs and a water reserve is 54% of capacity. hoping for productive winter is

not enough. the planning is happening now and that could include more cuts. >> if we have next year as bad as this year we will go to mandatory rationing. we will be in a more severe condition and we will have to assume it will get worse. the falls will dry up and the river trickle -- the river just a trickle. mark tamayo, ktvu fox 2 news. racing for the big one -- bracing bracing for the big one. what pg&e did to make sure it is ready to respond in case a major earthquake hits. plus -- >> this landfill sat here for a half century. now, it will be used to create a lot of energy.

new at 5:00 p.m. lands unused for decades is getting a new life. the old landfill is being turned into a solar farm with southerly panels to -- with solar panels to power bay area homes. ktvu's tom vacar shows us it is gaining nation attention. >> reporter: it closed down in the 1970s. a huge piece of land forgotten. >> it is a site that is not

available for development. >> reporter: now it will be repurposed, soon tahouse 19 -- to house 19,000 solar panels. that is enough energy tosupply 1200 bay area -- to supply 1200 bay area homes next year. . >> cost of pg&e power escalating rapidly. getting together and reducing the cost of operations. >> reporter: they have 100 search projects online in california. >> we need have the right partners to give us access to land to repurpose and provide the revenue and the cost savings back to the community. >> reporter: today the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency came out to

celebrate this. they operate 186 solar facilities. >> the largest collaboration of government agencies that have ever gotten together to join forces to buy renewable energy. >> it is creating 800 renewable energy jobs and huge savings for the members. >> so that we could have more teachers, more firefighters, more police officers. >> reporter: with 4 bay area counties involved that leaves 5 others, all of which, have lots of spaces that would be otherwise unusable. they can be used now. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. it looks like another democrat is considering challenging california attorney general kamala harris in the race if barbara boxer's u.s. senate seat. orange county congress woman sent out an e-mail saying she planned to run. but they then said the e-mail was sent in error and then

today the campaign said a significant announcement will be made tomorrow. san francisco spends half a million dollars a day on homeless services. tonight why the mayor says the services require even more taxpayer dollars and how it compares to other departments. >> also ahead report that hackers -- ahead that -- ahead a report that hackers are targeting starbucks. >> rain in the forecast, i will dial it in right after the break.

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san francisco spends more than $150 million a year to help homeless problem but is the problem getting better? mayor ed lee announced additional services. ktvu's rob roth spoke with the mayor today in san francisco with what the mayor had to say. >> reporter: he can add hundreds of hotel rooms for homeless people throughout the city and he says he is willing to spend the money to do it. >> reporter: he has been homeless for 20 years. today he showed us his new home. a room in a hotel better than the streets. >> i had various drinking problems. >> reporter: he says he stopped drinking. he was one of more than 6,000

people living on san francisco streets and shelters or in housing. the city is spending $452,000 a day on homelessness. $167million a year price tag for homelessness, $4 million more than the recreation and park budget. we asked mayor ed lee why it cost so much for a problem that never improves. >> when people say we see less homeless on the streets, it is not easy. we have to present all the issues and offer up great solutions. >> he is optimistic there will be solutions. he is prosing spending -- proposing spending $30 million to provide 500 hotel rooms with support systems and that should make a dent in some areas. >> we get to the differences that union square or downtown, we will because now we have a

model that the homeless individuals believe in. >> for the first time he is proposing a 30 bed medical clinic for homeless people that should cut down on emergency services. advocates applaud the move. >> we have so many folks with medical conditions that the shelters aren't equipped and who are dying on the streets. >> reporter: now, mayor ed lee says without the money the city spends on homelessness we would see the number of homeless people on the treat double. >> rob roth -- street double. >> rob roth, thank you. >> starbucks is dying hackers got ahold of customer credit cards. media reports claimed they got access, some advocates say people should disable that auto reload function on their phones to deny hackers access to their credit cards. but starbucks said those reports are false. the company insists it has safe

guards in place to protect customers. our weather. we have rain on the way. and before we get to that, i read a story, so many lawns are turning brown people are pulling out green point -- >> interesting. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> yeah, we will get wet, though, and that will help to green things up. a live camera shot. it is getting brown but we had good run of late season showers. major drought we are in. we are seeing showers as we did a week ago. this next system gets in tomorrow morning. impacts the morning and afternoon commute. drops significant snow. sierra nevada, south lake tahoe south. truckee as well. south of the lake they will get a ton of snow. already have stuff up here, right? this is all good. a very good pattern for this

time of year. we have the chance of a thundershowers. which you knew. be prepared for that. temperatures with the cloud cover, 60s. next system gets in here tomorrow morning, could produce a half inch of rain. some of the models, hard to bite off on it, couple models are suggesting that eastern livermore valley, maybe an inch and a half of rain. seems out of line but i think it is safe to say we will fall in this range. some areas less. some areas more. south. down in ben lomond. an inch and a half of rain. great stuff. here comes the system. not well organized. the reason the thunderstorms have a potential because you bring instability in. moisture, cool air. with the sun angle you get ground heating, and you get convection. like when you boil a pot and

see the bubbles, that is the convection. that is what happens in the atmosphere. creates something like this. that is a significant cell. thursday morning, here we are, thursday afternoon. east bay. more showers on thursday. never stops around lake tahoe. talking about a winter weather -- or winter storm warning into the bay area next couple days. here we go. snow levels down to 5500 feet. easily 6-12 inches. i suspend more south of the lake. a winter storm warning. unusual for this late in the season. 65 napa tomorrow. cloudy tomorrow. despite the rain, right? time of year, sun comes out. you get warmed up quickly and that could fuel had thunderstorms. an interesting weather day tomorrow. not the end of the world. i think -- not going to have to paint our lawns -- [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] imagine cars that could

speak to each other. help technology of the future become reality. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, an 11-year-old boy from the east bay is fighting for his life after collapsing while playing baseball. >> very scary. very healthy kid. kid full of life. loves his family and friends. plays sports. >> why doctors are having trouble figuring out what happened and the signs giving the family hope and robbers knocking on doors and lying to get into homes. the warning from police and the one group being targeted. also new information just in, the train conductor involved in the deadly train derailment in philadelphia has ties to cal train. the latest at 6:00 p.m.

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pg&e says it wants to be ready when the big one hits. they simulate ad7.0 earthquake. pg&e tests its response to electric and natural gast disasters. >> the main departments throughout the company make sure the field resources have the adequate amount of materials, vehicles and people to get the job done.

>> the drills continue tomorrow. regulators have a hard time keeping up with fast changing technology. today they talked about self- driving cars and vehicle is to vehicle communication. ktvu's ann rubin has more now on the plans to get more technology on the road. >> reporter: he spoke to a company whose self-driving car just made a across country trip. he says this is just one example. >> we welcome safety enhancing technology. >> reporter: he says the d.o.t. is speeding up plans to regulate vehicle to vehicle technology, which allows cars to communicate with each other, something which may be a requirement on all vehicles. >> something that we believe can have a huge impact on preventing accidents and helping us produce a car that

can drive itself. >> reporter: there are also plans to look at the frame work over all so grid lock in washington doesn't cause grid lock in silicon valley. >> technology will continue to advance so we have to continue to keep up with it. >> reporter: speaking later he said he is taking a lean in position. >> because i believe it can solve some of the problems we face in the future. >> reporter: they want to make sure regulation can keep up with innovation. >> the toughest challenge for us is when the average life cycle of a project is six months and the average time to pass anything in washington, d.c. can be decades. >> reporter: if things don't change -- >> i think we waste a lot of money and time. >> reporter: traffic congestion, she touring several states hoping to draw attention

to long term funding. ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> a warning tonight from bay area police about robbers knocking on doors and lying to people to get inside their homes and tonight we are hearing from a victim who experienced it first hand. good evening everyone. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> police call it a fencing scam. robbers claiming to be working on backyard fences to gain access to homes and it happened a half dozen times in the bay area. new at 6:00 p.m. tonight ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco where he spoke with one victim about what happened and what she lost. david? >> reporter: what worries police and the victims is the robbers seem to have done research before striking. >> reporter: police say the targets are elderly women home

alone. >> this guy is a robber. >> reporter: she is one of six victims. with the help of her daughter she described how a man claimed to be a contractor hired by the owner to work on the fence. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i said what, you know the name of the owner. >> reporter: police say an accomplice slipped in and stole jewelry. valuable items given to her 50 years ago. [ speaking foreign language ] >> they come, my bracelets, three gold rings with diamonds. and bracelets. >> a fencing scam. >> reporter: police released two sketches and surveillance video, two white and hispanic males. >> they dress up in a white