a massive cleanup is underway along the california coast where thousands of gallons of oil have spilled into the ocean. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. more on that in a minute. but first, developing news in the bay area. a switching problem is causing major delays across the entire b.a.r.t. system this noontime. we just got this video into the newsroom showing b.a.r.t. workers on the tracks in oakland. we are told the damage to trackside trackside equipment was it discovered and had to shut down service on the

richmond to san francisco line. the agency says it just finished those repairs within the past half-hour. passengers said it was a frustrating morning with little word on how long the delays would last. >> you just stand here waiting for an hour without any real indication when the trains will be moving. finally waited around for like 30 minutes, got on b.a.r.t. and the train was canceled and turned back around. now i'm not even sure if we get on the train in three minutes if that's gonna happen again. >> when b.a.r.t. is not working sometimes people head to the cars. this is the noontime traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. looks a little more backed up than normal. you can see the fastrack lanes. they seem to be moving a little more quickly there but a little more back yum than -- backup than normal at the bay bridge toll plaza. two weeks ago, a broken piece of track between the 16th

street and civic center stations caused serious delays. later that afternoon, a power outage shut down service between the castro valley and bayfair stations in san leandro. two days later, a track switch stopped working also at the bayfair station. b.a.r.t. needs $4.6 billion to maintain the aging system. it's considering raising fares and putting a bond measure on the november 2016 ballot. now to santa barbara county where a pipe has dumped thousands of oil and it's all washing up on the beach. adam housely is following this story from the refugio state beach. what's going on right now there. >> reporter: yeah, it's taking a break from the cleanup. it was 24 hours ago that this beach started to see oil. people in the area called firefighters saying they smelled gasoline. when firefighters got on scene, they found the oil in the water and that led to finding a pipe leaking into a culvert.

i'm gonna show you refugio state beach. as you come south on the 101 combine -- well, central california, really, as you leave the area where -- the solvang area, and it cuts to the water. that's where refugio is north of santa barbara right along the water is where the leak took place. it went under the 101 freeway and out into the ocean. they are saying right now, still officially 21 or 22,000 gallons. however, that could expand over 80,000 gallons of oil that may have been spimed out into this -- spilled out into this ocean over the course of two hours yesterday. they are still assessing. as your show was starting, the coast guard helicopter flew above us to assess to get a better idea how much oil went into the water, i can show you what's been done so far. these are some of the bags of

sand. they have been scooping it up, putting it in a plastic bag. they are doing the sand first. earlier there was 20 feet of sand. you can see the oil globs on the sand. if you look at the rocks, they are splattered, almost like someone took a paintbrush. this is the area where the oil is coming ashore, that slick is -- some estimates up to eight miles but it's breaking up is why it's gone so far down. the positive, if there is any positive, it hasn't gone into a marine sanctuary. the coast guard has a plan in place if it starts to work that way. they are in charge of that and the epa is in charge. overall operation -- is in charge of the overall operation. it's very potent here.

that's one reason why people have been told they can't stay here potentially for several weeks. >> it's so sad because it's such a beautiful sight behind you. thank you, adam housely, live for us in santa barbara and this is a grim reminders of the devastating 1969 spill that released more than 4 million gallons of crude along the same area of the santa barbara coast. that spill originated from a blowoff at an offshore rig. more nan 3500 sea birds were killed and oil continued to pollute local beaches for months after ward. outrage over that spill helped to gal an viz the movement in california and across the u.s. also months after that spill, the environmental protection agency was established by president richard nixon. the santa barbara spill inspired the first earth day which was celebrated in 1970 and in 1972, the california

coastal commission was founded. a domestic dispute has escalated into a police standoff that's now lasted more than 15 hours. it all started last night shortly after 8:00 at a home on sherin in sunnyvale. officers are on the scene. the man suspected of threatening his girlfriend is holed up inside his apartment. the standoff has forced neighbors to evacuate. negotiators have been trying to coax the man out. at one point, during the night, the suspect came out on a balcony and yelled at officers before going back inside. police tell us the girlfriend got out safely and was not harmed. we are he's getting new information about another whale that's washed up on a san mateo beach. kristin kafton has an update on this latest dead whale in half moon bay and the cleanup to deal with the other two.

>> for the third time in two months, a dead whale has washed ashore. now scientists are trying to figure out why. >> the body of a female gray whale rolled into the surf off off half moon bay. >> they had it on the news. channel 2 news had it on there. i thought i would come by and bring my fishing pole and brag to my buddies what i caught. >> bill drove out from redwood redwood. >> they were out and they took a little chunk outer there. they couldn't get in as much as they wanted with the waves coming in so bad. >> this is the third whale to turn up dead on bay area feachs in the last two -- beaches in the last two months. >> it's a same that we have watched three like this. >> 15 minutes to the north, crews began bearing the second of two whales that washed up here in pacifica.

the cities of pacifica and san francisco will be splitting the bill to bury the whales. >> they didn't represent a health hazard but the smell was overwhelming. >> it was tolerable for a while. it wasn't as ugly as some other dying creature. it turned from very close to rotten to rotten. >> reporter: there's no word how this latest whale will be disposed of at this time. the east bay has a new representative in sacramento following a special election for a district 7 senate seat. steve glazer defeated susan bonilla. with all precincts reporting, he has 57%. bonilla 45%. glazer talked to us today on

"mornings on 2". >> banning strikes is a prudent thing to do. it's not about being an i-union but it's about making sure the economy can keep going and people can get to their jobs. >> glazer will have to run for a full six-year term next year. sloater turnout was about 23%. the secretary of state's office says glazer defeated bonilla by 10,000 vote. he received 54% of the vote, she has 45%. a san jose girl at the center of an amber alert is found safe. the people police say took her and how they know the child. already been some drizzle but actual rain could be next. mark tamayo has your full forecast. ktvu fox 2 continues its in- depth look at the drought -- the bear problem that's due to the drought and the unusual way some people are trying to tackle it.

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a 6-year-old san jose girl who was the focus of an amber alert is safe while two people accused of kidnapping her are now in custody. the abduction was reported in san jose. authorities say the two suspects you see here, 39-year- old maurice cheadle and 35-year- old dawn atkisson, took the 6- year-old girl from her home

near cleveland and olive avenues. police in stockton say the girl was found safe at a home in stockton, about 80 miles northeast of san jose. this is video of officers at the home in stockton. police say girl came out of the home with cheadle who surrendered peacefully. he's the ex-boyfriend of the girl's mother but he's not the biological father. the drought is having an impact on california wildlife. in fact there's concern that california black bears are breaking into homes because of the lack of rain and lack of food. ktvu's ken pritchett went to lake tahoe where drastic action may be needed to lure the bears away from home. >> reporter: late into the night, illuminated by a flashlight, a large california black bear wanders into the backyard of a lake tahoe home. it is not uncommon. and the next day -- >> it splintered the door which

is solid wood. >> reporter: another bear busted into this tahoe cabin. >> he obviously started pounding and sometimes they will turn backwards and go -- with their powerful back legs. >> reporter: ann bryant received a call from a neighbor, a splintered door, shattered glass. >> you guys be careful of the glass. it's little slippery in here. >> reporter: once inside it was clear from the wide open and raided refridge rater. >> there's a lot more food in here. but they always go for the ice cream first. >> reporter: a bear had been here. a pint of haagen-dazs licked clean and to go chips and bread at a nearby tree. but this was not all. >> there's another one down the hill. we'll go check that out. >> reporter: bryant and her tahoe-based bear league volunteers respond to calls of bear break-ins and on this day, two homes in one night. >> this was the smaller bear

than the other house. >> reporter: what's different this year says bryant is that this shouldn't be happening just yet. >> they are coming into the neighborhood a little too early and a little too much. >> reporter: bryant is worried about more of the same and blames california's historic drought now in its fourth year. >> this is the truckee river, it should be raging with rafters heading downstream, the water stretching bank to bank. it's an indicator of this severe drought in which mountain streams will be drying up very soon. >> reporter: with a lack of water so goes the natural food supply and some fear hungry bears will ent populated areas more often and become problem bears. >> it's a concern for sure. we're monitoring it. but we're not seeing any significant increases because of the drought in bears changing their behavior on a population level. >> reporter: jason holly is a biologist with the california department of fish and wildlife and says recent rains in the tahoe basin should mean there's

plenty of spring forest for bears but it might not last with the almost nonexistent snowpack. >> we're concerned about late summer. >> reporter: what ann bryant fears is a repeat of 2007 with the then-massive angora fire resulted in a rash of tahoe break-ins, sometimes ten a night. >> if it gets to the point where all hell has broken loose, we can't just sit back and hope for the best and wait for the worst. >> reporter: but what action she suggests is controversial, yet it has been done before. these are rarely-seen photographs of what's called supplemental or diversionary feeding. in 2007, volunteers placed natural food in the wilderness to lure problem bears away from homes to protect the bears that could be shot if deemed a nuisance or a threat. we can't show you the faces of these volunteers because

feeding bears is against the law. >> it's not only illegal to feed bears. it's somewhat unethical. >> reporter: holly says bears are well-adapted to the drought and he stays the solution is for homeowners to secure their garbage so bears are not lured in. he says those that feed bears intentionally run the risk of making them more apt to come around people or cause property damage. >> if that happens, there is a higher probability the bear may have to be taken. >> reporter: but bryant contends the feeding experiments while illegal worked. >> the results were amazing. the bear in those -- in those neighborhoods where this was done, there were no more break- ins. as soon as the bears caught on, there's food up there, let's go up there. >> reporter: her hope is that california will allow a pilot- feeding program under the guidance of fish and wildlife which she conceives is unlikely to happen. >> it's something -- i think you have to look at every option to avoid having an

absolute out and out war. >> reporter: a war that bryant says she's seen before. during a drought here when more homes were damaged and more bears were shot. the question is that coming in the summer ahead and what, if anything, is the right solution? at lake tahoe, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can watch more of the in- depth coverage at ktvu.com. we have a special section and ways you can save water. look under the news tab on our home page. a little precipitation is in our forecast, right, mark. >> that's right. may have the possibility of a few popup light showers or drizzle as we head into the thursday forecast and possibly into friday. today, we still have this, lingering clouds. that's our camera looking out to the bay. as you can see from this camera, parts of the north bay and the east bay enjoying a little more sunshine. also tracking some showers, not

here in the bay area but also out to the east and up to the north. in fact, a thunderstorm complex developing here this morning. you can see right around the clearlake area, around lakeport. in fact, you can see some. of the -- some of the activity with the lightning strikes. approaching mendocino county, getting close to willits and ukiah. the rest of the region, we have the fog, the low clouds, over portions of the bay, to san francisco, oakland and right near the immediate coastline. current numbers right now in the 60s out toward concord and walnut creek and livermore but san francisco you get an why where we have the fog. 54 in san francisco. 56 half moon bay. oakland, only in the upper 50s. forecast headlines for today, low clouds with fair skies. the chance of a light shower or sphrinkgle for tomorrow -- sprinkle for tomorrow and temperatures will tread up for the weekend. a cool weather pattern has been the theme all week long. really not changing too much. what's happening, we have this

trough, what we call in terms of weather, this area of low pressure up here, another system developing. this will be heading toward southern california. as it does approach the coastline. that's when we bring in the chance of a popup shower or a few sprinkles. that could be for tomorrow morning. here's our forecast model showing you this and showing you the rain showers, the possible thunderstorms especially for the northern poxes of lake county -- portions of lake county and the coast. and then tomorrow, it's not widespread, nothing too significant. you might be dodging a few drops out there and then into the afternoon hours, still ing willerring clouds, once again, friday we could have the chance for drizzle or popup showers. rainfall expectation, trace amounts to maybe a few 1/100ths of an inch. that's about it. 60s and 70s. san jose 68. half moon bay, 58 and the santa cruz, 66 degrees. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast -- you can see temperatures really not changing too much at least in the short term. in fact cooling off a bit for thursday and friday with your

weekend coming up, memorial day weekend, slightly warmer temperatures. you can see fairly quiet and kind of cool out there. might have to bring the sweater or jacket out especially in san francisco. that's been the case all week long. >> and hee we are at the end of -- here we are at the end of may. >> exactly. some of the biggest banks in the world will have to pay up the multibillion-dollar fine they face for manipulating global markets.

stocks started the day flat but are moving fair. the minutes show it was split whether the winter weakness was temporarily or might last longer but they agreed june would be too early to start raising interest rates. the dow down 26. the nasdaq is up and the s&p down 1. four big banks will pay $.5 billion in fines. those banks are jpmorgan chase, the royal bank of scotland and citibank. according to a etel isment, the banks will also plead guilty to criminally manipulating the global currency markets going back to 2007. the justice department said the banks conspired with one another to fix rates on u.s. dollars and euros. >> this department of justice intends to vigorously prosecute all of those who tilt the economic system in their favor,

who subvert our marketplaces and enrich themselves at the expense of the american consumer. >> the attorney general says she cannot say whether the department is bringing any further charges at this time since the investigation is still ongoing. one of the largest whole foods stores in northern california opened today in the bay area. it opened in dublin at 10:00. it's the first store in the trivalley area. it's huge. 40,000 square feet. inside, customers can hang out in a wine tasting room and tap bar. the store has one of the largest pizza ven chews, a noodle bar, barbecue bar. there is an outdoor patio with a fire pit where people will be able to enjoy live music. >> i think it's great for dublin. they don't have a lot of things here. they have the small restaurants. but as far as a concept of whole foods, i think it will do real well. as far as the wine, it's great. [laughter] >> i will be here friday night.

>> shoppers came out early and enjoyed free espresso drinks while they waited for the doors to open at 10:00. whole foods wanted the store in dublin because it knows there are a lot of families there who live an active lifestyle and are interested in fresh, organic food. police from across the bay area are stepping up enforcement of seat belt and traffic law. 20 agencies were out in fremont helping to prevent injury crashes. we saw these officers out around the area of mowry avenue. they say they are doing high visibility enforcement. this area is where police have responded to a number of recent injury accidents. >> what we're trying to do is help people to drive safely. we want to curve dangerous driving behavior. and actually coin sides with our annual click it or ticket campaign. >> traffic officers from multi- agencies will be out enforcing traffic laws in another bay area city next month.

and we'll be topping this developing news of the oil spill in santa barbara after a pipeline broke. the company that owns the pop line now says the pipeline was at maximum capacity when it broke. more at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

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