reporting live, jana katsuyama ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in san francisco tonight retired members of the military are at a fundraiser. those we spoke with were frank about the news of osama bin laden and that americans other enemy should know that they too will be dealt with. not enforcement agencies say they are in constant contact with homeland security about threats. there have been no specific bin laden related threats. they have batons and helmets on hand. >> we are taking it upon ourselves to be alert where people will gather. golden gate bridge authorities told us they are always at an elevated level of alert. >>> at present, business as usual at bay area airports. personnel are not doing anything different because of bin laden's death. police patrolled sfo terminals as usual any spokesman says the airport would increase security is a threat was imminent. some said they felt more secure flying today. >>> a danville woman who lost her mother shared with was her reaction upon hearing that u.s. forces killed bin laden. >> i did not want to get my hopes up. it started being broadcast

jana katsuyama is live. >> reporter: that's right, gasia. they lowered the flags as soon as they found out about the passing of omar ahmad. people are stunned because they say they just brought him here last night. >> good evening everybody. this is the meeting for may 9. >> reporter: colleagues say that omar ahmad was in good spirits. they learned that ahmad passed away in an ambulance this morning. >> he was a very good friend. >> reporter: ahmad won a seat on the city council and became mayor in november but his roots were in silicon valley working at companies such as netscape, napster, and several startups. friends came by with flowers. >> he touched so many people and he was such a great human being. >> he was full of optimism. he made people think about the possibilities. he is a great man. >> reporter: tonight on his facebook page, people posted condolences and remembered his leadership as a role model and a man with a sense of humor and a desire to make a difference. >> he had a collection of guitars and wanted to play. he went moun

jana katsuyama is live in dublin. >> reporter: you hear it every year. clear 100 feet around your house. this homeowners association did that today. very important. firefighters are working with fewer resources. >> i do worry about fire. >> reporter: they live on a hill in dublin with great views but it's also a perfect spot for fire. their homeowners association is preparing by clearing areas between homes today. >> are hill is pretty sparse because the fire department does not want any fuel for the fire. they limited the number of trees. >> reporter: tomorrow temperatures could creep into the 90s. >> you will start to see all of these southern exposures turn brown. >> reporter: this year could be tough. heavy rains have left thick layers of fuel on the ground. the firefighters plan to leave all stations open. >> the stacking on our fire engines will be three firefighters instead of four. >> reporter: local departments are also being hit. >> we are seeing 20-25% potential decrease in available government resources. >> reporter: fire chiefs urged people

jana katsuyama is live. >> reporter: forget april showers, this is may showers today. showers stoked to san francisco today, dousing people in a late may downpour. >> i do not remember it was raining -- raining this late in may. >> we had been expecting sunny days and we were trying to work on the railroad tracks. >> it has been a wetter than normal year. >> reporter: while the cool temperatures are about the same as last year, people's perception about more rain are not far from reality. >> most areas of california are 110-130% of normal. in the sierra, nevada,, the snowpack is important for the water supply. >> reporter: the grass is greener at the golden gate park polo fields much renovations were delayed a two weeks. still some bay area residents are soaking it in >> i love it. >> reporter: we have learned that's the grand reopening is set for saturday with a soccer tournament. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> weather may have played a role in a crash that happened on interstate 680. one victim was trying -- trapped inside a toyota four runner. because of t

jana katsuyama is live in hayward where the professors family tells us more. >> reporter: he has been a professor here for a number of years peevey he let for nigeria and has since become a political target. >> they see him as a threat to. >> reporter: she says that her husband called her last night saying that he had been arrested. he have gone on leave to campaign in nigeria. >> throughout the country that are all kinds of things include being on a hit list. >> reporter: he lost the race . his wife said he filed a fraud complaints. supporters believed there was an assassination attempt. >> his friends took the bullets for him. >> reporter: she says her husband felt passionate to go back to nigeria to improve malaria, aids, and improve healthcare. >> steven wanted to go and steal with that. >> he has been a target for the opposition. my worries continue because there's only so much that you can do. >> reporter: his family hopes people will urge senators to put pressure on nigeria. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> to uc berkeley graduates got some very high-profile support tod

new at 7:00, jana katsuyama is live outside the hospital with the labor dispute is already impacting patients. >> reporter: nurses are expected to start picketing at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. patients could find that this quietness tomorrow is not so quiet. joshua is just two years old, too young to understand the impact that his mother does. she drove more than 100 miles so she could make three dr. appointments today. >> he had an appointment tomorrow and they had to reschedule it today because they are going on strike. >> reporter: negotiations are breaking down and two-day nurses prepare their picket signs. >> we had been negotiating since last may and our contract expired last july. >> reporter: they say that the hospital lags behind other hospital and they say $4000 a year in health insurance premiums is too much. >> the hospital currently pays $23,000 per employee for health benefits. >> reporter: doctors and staff say they had canceled some elective surgery. the emergency room will remain open. >> we have brought in replacement nurses to says they did in october. i am told we are st

reporting live in the mission district in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is a bold crime caught on tape. new at 6:00, ktvu's david stevenson telling us how a burglar cleared out a cultural education center in san francisco and is now holding up production, david. >> reporter: well julie, the victims are calling this alleged burglar surprisingly confident. everyone as he's caught on surveillance tape. >> the only copy that we have. >> reporter: global film initiative helps distribute independent films around the world but it's most seen film this week is this surveillance video. >> we had people come in within 12:00 to 5:00 in the morning on sunday. came in and systematically cleaned us out of all of our computers. >> reporter: the cfi shares the building with the jewish film directors. >> he looks familiar to just about everybody. we just can't put a finger. >> reporter: the thief hurt the film maker by stealing their computer. >> they have access. not necessarily to any private or sensitive information, but they have, they restrict our ability to do our j

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> san francisco supervisors took a definitive step today toward reducing the amount of wasted paper from people throwing out their phone books. supervisors approved a move to forbid phone books from being left on doorsteps. >>> the proposal could be a moneymaker, b.a.r.t. could receive millions from an advertising company for displaying commercials. the b.a.r.t. board is expected to take up the measure this thursday. >>> the fog is moving in quickly tonight, lots of fog moving in around the bay. temperatures are going to start dropping here and even a chance of rain in the long range forecast. i will she show you when that can happen. >>> a man is killed when his truck stalled on the freeway. and the circumstances really upset his friends. >>> some call him a hero for jump >>> we're learning more tonight about a man killed in a horrifying accident. the victim had pulled over on the side of the road and lloyd lacuesta tells us what happened next. >> reporter: news chopper two was over the scene shortly after 7:00 this morning. the driver of the dodge pickup

jana katsuyama, channel two news. >>> and the reaction varied at a mosque in san francisco. mostly say the world is better off without osama bin laden. some question whether the u.s. should have killed him and suggested he should have been capture and put on trial. several people also said osama bin laden was not considered a muslim leader by most members of their faith. >> justice has been done. you know so many innocent people got killed with also the bad name that he is giving to islam. >> reporter: link tv also in san francisco monitors broadcast in the arab world. most of the coverage welcomed the news of osama bin laden's death. one man noted osama bin laden killed more muslims than westerners. >>> robert honda spoke to several bay area parents -- >> reporter: barber put balloons up and celebrated the work of osama bin laden's death. her son is in the navy. >> i know he's safer but i don't know how long. i'm being optimistic. >> our men and women that are out in afghanistan, in iraq in other countries they are at risk. they've got a bigger target on their back now. >>

reporting live, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> poor housing news and the report detailing a drop in the industrial market. the dow was also hurt by a poor earnings report by hewelett packered. a warning from the ceo warning of another poor quarter was we leased. the palo alto based company finished the day down 7%. >>> he is known as a civil rights leader who was killed. the video campaign to keep students home on harvey milk day. >>> and back here in less than 10 minute, we will roll up the computer model and show you when the rain >>> a california group that calls itself profamily to keep their children home as schools plan to commemorate harvey milk day. the head of save california.com says children should not be learning about milk or his beliefs. >> he was a notorious gay activist who believed in polygamy, gay marriage, cross dressing, sex change operations. >> he stands for courage and for rightness, for represent and dignity. >>> dan white killed milk and masconi. this sunday would have been harvey milk's 84th birthday. >>> today california congressman duncan hunter c

ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now at oakland with a judge's ruling that came down late today. > reporter: julie we saw this jones town memorial that's here at evergreen cemetery. it's about 90% completed. some of the victim's families today asked the court to put a temporary stop to the project. but the judge has denied the request. the memorial sits on a hilltop high over oakland marking the spot where nearly half of the 18 people who died in the jones town massacre are buried. the tragedy in gayana is thought to be the biggest suicide murders. >> i think the key thing is that it's a place of remembrance, and it's a memorial to a tragedy that's overdue. >> reporter: today jim jones jr. was at the alameda courtroom. a judge heard arguments to stop the project filed by norwood. the judge ruled against the temporary injunction to stop the project. so far the jones town memorial fund has spent 130,000 for the stones. an attorney told us the cemetery staff is caught in the middle. >> i don't think it's the cemetery's role to decide these type of disputes. it should be resolved by t

reporting live, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> poor housing news and the report detailing amarket. the dow was also hurt by a poor earnings report by hewelett packered. a warning from the ceo warning of another poor quarter was we leased. the palo alto based company finished the day down 7%. >>> he is known as a civil rights leader who was killed. the video campaign to keep students home on harvey milk day. >>> and back here in less than 10 minute, we will roll up the computer model and show you when the rain is going to end. >>> the scene in ireland unlike any other in 100 years. >>> a california group that calls itself profamily to keep their children home as schools plan to commemorate harvey milk day. the head of save california.com says children should not be learning about milk or his beliefs. >> he was a notorious gay activist who believed in polygamy, gay marriage, cross dressing, sex change operations. >> he stands for courage and for rightness, for represent and dignity. >>> dan white killed milk and masconi. this sunday would have been harvey milk's 84th birthday.

ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now at oakland with a judge's ruling that came down late today. e we saw this jones town memorial that's here at evergreen cemetery. it's about 90% completed. some of the victim's families today asked the court to put a temporary stop to the project. but the judge has denied the request. the memorial sits on a hilltop high over oakland marking the spot where nearly half of the 18 people who died in the jones town massacre are buried. the tragedy in gayana is thought to be the biggest suicide murders. >> i think the key thing is that it's a place of remembrance, and it's a memorial to a tragedy that's overdue. >> reporter: today jim jones jr. was at the alameda courtroom. a judge heard arguments to stop the project filed by norwood. the judge ruled against the temporary injunction to stop the project. so far the jones town memorial fund has spent 130,000 for the stones. an attorney told us the cemetery staff is caught in the middle. >> i don't think it's the cemetery's role to decide these type of disputes. it should be resolved by these parties. >>

jana katsuyama brought us live coverage on the news at 5:00 and 6:00 and she joins us now with what is going on are. >> reporter: we're going on six hours since the fire started and firefighters are still here. they've been clearing out the debris from inside this huge pile all came from the house right here. we understand that it's the building, the victorian in the middle where it actually started. all people got out about 10 minutes ago, the red cross said they've counted 20 people who lived in the building and crews managed to also save that historic home over on the corner which was built back in the 1880s. the winds fanned the flames and smoke pureed out of this building at 506 cap. the fire spread to other buildings. >> we saw the build just start to smoke up. >> reporter: crews got the call about 5:15 this afternoon. >> when crews arrived there was heavy fire in the building. >> reporter: the fire spread to the top floor next door and then to a three level house behind it. firefighters sounded a three alarm calling for support as people gathered in the corner to watch. andre ra

jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and you just saw jana in san francisco.re's live storm tracker 2 showing the showerings. this line of showers moving off rapidly. let's go vague right to the computer model. you see scattered showers, we're getting close to your morning commute. 3:00a.m., more scattered showers. you see how it is now. morning commute pretty dry for the most part. no rain from the sky, just wet on the roads from overnight. then we go into the lunchtime period and we see cloudy. then this one tees up offshore, this next system for tomorrow late afternoon. then it shows up wednesday morning. we have a computer model that goes well beyond the 24 hour. >>> the mgm tour of california got started today after yesterday's first leg was cancelled because of snow in the sierra. today the cyclists raced through sacramento to the cheers of bike racing fans. the bicycle started in nevada city and then did three circuits to complete 64- mileless. the snow yesterday made conditions too hazardous. tomorrow the raise begins in auburn and will end in modesto.

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> san francisco supervisors took a definitive step today toward reducing the amount of wasted paper from people throwing out their phone books. supervisors approved a move to forbid phone books from being left on doorsteps. >>> the proposal could be a moneymaker, b.a.r.t. could receive millions from an advertising company for displaying commercials. the b.a.r.t. board is expected to take up the measure this thursday. >>> the fog is moving in quickly tonight, lots of fog moving in around the bay. temperatures are going to start dropping here and even a chance of rain in the long range forecast. i will she show you when that can happen. >>> a man is killed when his truck stalled on the freeway. and the circumstances really upset his friends. >>> some call him a hero for jumping into action on board a passenger jet. what made this retired police officer choke up today. >>> we're learning more tonight about a man killed in a horrifying accident. the victim had pulled over on the side of the road and lloyd lacuesta tells us what happened next. >> reporter: news

in dublin, i'm jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> pg & e started releases gas in preparation for a major test. that's the sound of gas escaping. the section of pipeline in mountain view is the first in the bay area to undergo special pressurizization tests in the wake of san bruno explosion. on monday, crews will pump water at different pressures to see if it meets testing. >>> pg & e says state regulators are creating roadblocks. advocates for customers say pg & e should pay the coast itself since the explosion was pg & e's fault. >>> two senior citizens are being held in the jail on drug chargings. aline lamb and virginia were arrested on monday. officers say they found a pot growth in their home. >>> the board of supervisors approved new regulations on medical marijuana clubs. they determined not to limit the amount of clubs. but the board did mandate that clubs must be 800 feet apart from each other. the new regulations also call for labeling that says whether the marijuana was grown inside or outside and whether pesticides were used. >>> the santa cruz sheriff's department is still

in dublin, i'm jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> pg & e started releases gas in preparation for a major test. that's the sound of gas escaping. the section of pipeline in mountain view is the first in the bay area to undergo special pressurizization tests in the wake of san bruno explosion. on monday, crews will pump water at different pressures to see if it meets testing. >>> pg & e says state regulators are creating roadblocks. advocates for customers say pg & e should pay the coast itself since the explosion was pg & e's fault. >>> two senior citizens are being held in the jail on drug chargings. aline lamb and virginia were arrested on monday. officers say they found a pot growth in their home. >>> the board of supervisors approved new regulations on medical marijuana clubs. they determined not to limit the amount of clubs. but the board did mandate that clubs must be 800 feet apart from each other. the new regulations also call for labeling that says whether the marijuana was grown inside or outside and whether pesticides were used. >>> the santa cruz sheriff's department is still

jana katsuyama, channel two news. >>> and the reaction varied at a mosque in san francisco. mostly say the world is better off without osama bin laden. some question whether the u.s. should have killed him and suggested he should have been capture and put on trial. several people also said osama bin laden was not considered a muslim leader by most members of their faith. >> justice has been done. you know so many innocent people got killed with also the bad name that he is giving to islam. >> reporter: link tv also in san francisco monitors broadcast in the arab world. most of the coverage welcomed the news of osama bin laden's death. one man noted osama bin laden killed more muslims than westerners. >>> robert honda spoke to several bay area parents -- >> reporter: barber put balloons up and celebrated the work of osama bin laden's death. her son is in the navy. >> i know he's safer but i don't know how long. i'm being optimistic. >> our men and women that are out in afghanistan, in iraq in other countries they are at risk. they've got a bigger target on their back now. >>

jana katsuyama brought us live coverage on the news at 5:00 and 6:00 and she joins us now with what is going on are. >> reporter: we're going on six hours since the fire started and firefighters are still here. they've been clearing out the debris from inside this huge pile all came from the house right here. we understand that it's the building, the victorian in the middle where it actually started. all people got out about 10 minutes ago, the red cross said they've counted 20 people who lived in the building and crews managed to also save that historic home over on the corner which was built back in the 1880s. the winds fanned the flames and smoke pureed out of this building at 506 cap. the fire spread to other buildings. >> we saw the build just start to smoke up. >> reporter: crews got the call about 5:15 this afternoon. >> when crews arrived there was heavy fire in the building. >> reporter: the fire spread to the top floor next door and then to a three level house behind it. firefighters sounded a three alarm calling for support as people gathered in the corner to watch. andre ra

. >>> ktvu's jana katsuyama says they don't want to see their favorite mountain biking trailing closedto shell out their own money. >> reporter: the sun was out and people were out. for them it's a rare haven where bikes are allowed to roam free. >> concern is the park going into disrepair. i think it will give it a lot of abuse. >> i come out here almost every day. so for me to close it would be a huge loss. >> reporter: for now mountain bikers are moving into high gear to save this 5,000-acre park. carlos perez and bike monkey is holding an event here next week. >> it makes sense that users help to raise money for the park. >> reporter: he and others worry if the park closes, bicyclers will still use the park and will get trespassing tickets. >> we need donations from the state park. not just from the mountain biking community but from all users. >> reporter: the irony is the park does charge a $2 fee at its main entrance. but there are so many small entrances it makes it difficult to patrol. the state is set to close it in july 2012. in santa rosa, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 new

jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new taxi that is being called tough as a tank but green showed itself off today in san francisco. now for the ada approved taxis are approved for service. they say that the taxis will run 300 miles on a tank of compressed natural gas. >>> across the bay at the oakland airport officials unveiled three charging stations for electric cars. drivers have to pay for parking but the dutch city is free. >>> the u.s. senate defeated a were proposal to expand offshore drilling. it would have opened additional areas for drilling off, alaska,, virginia, and the gulf of mexico. >>> cyclists and fans go to great lengths to see the tour de california. >> the rain clouds are moving out of the bay area. coming up i will show you where the fog will be focused and if you will be tracking any rain drops as we head into the weekend. our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop fl

. >>> ktvu's jana katsuyama says they don't want to see their favorite mountain biking trailing closedhey have to shell out their own money. >> reporter: the sun was out and people were out. for them it's a rare haven where bikes are allowed to roam free. >> concern is the park going into disrepair. i think it will give it a lot of abuse. >> i come out here almost every day. so for me to close it would be a huge loss. >> reporter: for now mountain bikers are moving into high gear to save this 5,000-acre park. carlos perez and bike monkey is holding an event here next week. >> it makes sense that users help to raise money for the park. >> reporter: he and others worry if the park closes, bicyclers will still use the park and will get trespassing tickets. >> we need donations from the state park. not just from the mountain biking community but from all users. >> reporter: the irony is the park does charge a $2 fee at its main entrance. but there are so many small entrances it makes it difficult to patrol. the state is set to close it in july 2012. in santa rosa, jana katsuyama, ktvu chan

jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and you just saw jana in san francisco.here's live storm tracker 2 showing the showerings. this line of showers moving off rapidly. let's go vague right to the computer model. you see scattered showers, we're getting close to your morning commute. 3:00a.m., more scattered showers. you see how it is now. morning commute pretty dry for the most part. no rain from the sky, just wet on the roads from overnight. then we go into the lunchtime period and we see cloudy. then this one tees up offshore, this next system for tomorrow late afternoon. then it shows up wednesday morning. we have a computer model that goes well beyond the 24 hour. >>> the mgm tour of california got started today after yesterday's first leg was cancelled because of snow in the sierra. today the cyclists raced through sacramento to the cheers of bike racing fans. the bicycle started in nevada city and then did three circuits to complete 64- mileless. the snow yesterday made conditions too hazardous. tomorrow the raise begins in auburn and will end in modest

jana katsuyama is live at school district headquarters to tell us why this type of drink is so dangerous. >> reporter: the warning came from novato police and the school district issued this e- mail. please bottle bombs are filled with household chemicals and could be very dangerous. online videos are nothing new. what is new is reports of these devices popping up around novato. >> i would say the last few weeks there has been a pickup. >> reporter: an e-mail blast went out this morning. >> i was glad the district was able to supply the information to the schools and to be another parents. >> reporter: the concern is if somebody picks up a bottle bomb it could shake it enough to set off a chemical reaction and an explosion. >> i find it alarming and scary. >> reporter: so far no one has been injured but officers to arrest a group of teenagers at the end of january. police say the devices are dangerous. >> if the fluid is boiling hot and it is exposed with great force, it can cause you to lose fingers. a soda bottle that has a few pieces of tinfoil image, do not touch it and call local la

jana katsuyama got information from a retired navy seal in cupertino and here's her report. >> reporter: the faces and names of the navy seal team six who captured him remain a secret. part of an elite brotherhood that rarely comes out of the shadows. phil svalya is an attorney and former navy seal. >> we went a total of five days with four hours sleep. and most of that you were freezing cold. >> reporter: there are an estimated 2,500 navy seals who syvalya says often operate on teams throughout the world and are on stand by for the worse missions. >> that's the black ops when people go in on particular occasion to kill someone, body snatch them or blow things up. >> reporter: navy seals in team six are the elite of the elite. they completed the mission in just 40 minutes, even though one helicopter malfunctioned and had to be destroyed. an team that reports directly to the president. >>> when somali pirates took control of a ship, americans cheered when navy seals rescued the crew. >> reporter: pirates approached in skifs like these carrying automatic weapon, seized the ship and took t

jana katsuyama is live with more. >> reporter: these researchers put out the welcome mat and try to go as many spam sites, such as this one, to find out the origin. tech savvy entrepreneurs and customers have plenty to say about spam. >> i hate it. it clogs up my inbox a lot. >> reporter: is an easy way for people to push products. >> viagra is the spam master, i would say. >> reporter: but where do the millions of messages come from? >> a group of 15 researchers in berkeley and san diego have some answers. >> reporter: they published a study after tracking 300 million spam messages over one year. >> 160 million spam messages come from just one company. >> reporter: they say when they purchase products and follow the trail it crisscrosses the globe. researchers found at -- >> and 95% of the purchases went through three banks. >> reporter: the study found that the banks and credit card companies could be one key to stopping the flood of spam. >> if you make it so they can no longer make money off of it, that will cost the spam of volume to go down. >> reporter: one of the challenges is

we do have a reporter jana katsuyama on the scene right now.information and talking to people there. we will find out what those people are telling her coming up live at 6:00. >>> now to the south bay where police in santa clara today released the identity of a man found yesterday dying on a city sidewalk. luis enrique tavara was known in the community as the church man. a man who regularly attended church and always carried a bible. efforts to saved him failed. police still have not said how he died or if there are any suspects in this case. >>> we spoke to san francisco police and have learned that just about two hours ago an issue affecting dispatchers has been fixed. claudine wong tells us what the problem was when it started and how officers worked around it. >> reporter: at the 911 dispatch center in san francisco things moved smoothly this morning. you couldn't tell just by watching the dispatchers that one of their main programs remained down. >> our dispatchers do train for an event like this. if the cad system has a problem with it. s

jana katsuyama is live with more. >> reporter: gasia, this is one of the trails that lead into the park that the state plans to close. now there is a grassroots movement to keep it. at this msl and mountain bikers were on the move. it is a rare haven where bikes are allowed to go off road. >> the concern is the park going into disrepair. i think it will get a lot of abuse. >> i come out here almost every day. it would be a huge loss. >> reporter: mountain bikers are moving into high gear to save this state park. they are organizing a race to be held here next week. >> it makes sense that we do something to raise funds for the state park. about 50-75% of users are mountain bikers. >> reporter: the state estimates it will cost about a half million dollars a year to keep the park open. >> if we have to pay annually, that is fine. >> we need donations for the state park. >> reporter: the irony here is that the main entrance does charge a $2 entry fee by there are so many other smaller engines is that it makes it difficult to control. without funds, this could be the last summer to enjoy the

reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama. >>> shades of silican valley's hay day on wall street today as linked in the debuted on wall street today. the initial public offering for the mountain view company opened at $85 a share. but when the stock market closed it closed at $94 a share. it's also the first big social media site to offer stock to the market. the success of linked incould be a preview of what's to come. >>> the dow rose 45 points, the nasdaq picked up eight. also today the price for a barrel of oil once again dropped below $100. >>> back here in less than 10 minutes with friday forecast that calls for warmer daytime highs. >> san jose mounted unit our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you

reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama. >>> shades of silican valley's hay day on wall street today as linked in the debuted on wall street today. the initial public offering for the mountain view company opened at $85 a share. but when the stock market closed it closed at $94 a share. it's also the first big social media site to offer stock to the market. the success of linked incould be a preview of what's to come. >>> the dow rose 45 points, the nasdaq picked up eight. also today the price for a barrel of oil once again dropped below $100. >>> back here in less than 10 minutes with friday forecast that calls for warmer daytime highs. >> san jose mounted unit has an ally to keep police officers on horses on the street. >>> and how one plan could change how much income tax you pay from one county to the next. >> it happened just before noon in commerce in southern california. take a look at this mess. this county sheriff's bus collided with three other buses carrying military personnel. >>> in san jose the mounted police is there have been around since the mid-80s but tonight

and jana katsuyama is live with a look at what's at stake. >> reporter: it's a tough battle today. today the nurses took their picket line right up to this security fence that children's hospital put around the building. the main battle is over health care benefits and it could have an impact on nurses region wide. >>> nurses waged picket signs and passing cars honked their horns. inside clinics and operation rooms are running at slightly lower capacity today. >> i understand that it's 40% or so of the nurses that were supposed to work today crossed and aren't working. >> reporter: the union represents 794 nurses at the hospital. what happens on this picket line could have a domino effect throughout the region. for decades the union says the bay area standards has been that bay area nurses do not pay monthly premiums for their health care. >> so if we did that that could have an effect on all the other nurses. >> reporter: that includes all the other nurses. >> we're afraid that the same thing is going to happen to us that they are going to chop away our health benefits. >> reporte

and jana katsuyama is live with a look at what's at stake. >> reporter: it's a tough battle today. today the nurses took their picket line right up to this security fence that children's hospital put around the building. the main battle is over health care benefits and it could have an impact on nurses region wide. >>> nurses waged picket signs and passing cars honked their horns. inside clinics and operation rooms are running at slightly lower capacity today. >> i understand that it's 40% or so of the nurses that were supposed to work today crossed and aren't working. >> reporter: the union represents 794 nurses at the hospital. what happens on this picket line could have a domino effect throughout the region. for decades the union says the bay area standards has been that bay area nurses do not pay monthly premiums for their health care. >> so if we did that that could have an effect on all the other nurses. >> reporter: that includes all the other nurses. >> we're afraid that the same thing is going to happen to us that they are going to chop away our health benefits. >> reporte

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> and we are tracking a late season storm moving into the bay area. rain already north up around cape mendecino. the showers are at the shore but are going to make their way south. 4:00a.m. there it is moving in now and that's just for some the very early part of the commute. we move to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 a.m. and that's just light shower activity down toward mountain view and areas along the peninsula. not a heavy rain but it doesn't take much to slow things down. 11:00a.m. still scattered showers. a winter weather advisory into the mountains. we're going to look at the five day forecast which includes the weekend, see you back here at 10:45. >>> and the digits you will soon be dialing and the decision today that means everyone is affected. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> and we are tracking a late season storm moving into the bay area. rain already north up around cape mendecino. the showers are at the shore but are going to make their way south. 4:00a.m. there it is moving in now and that's just for some the very early part of the commute. we move to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 a.m. and that's just light shower activity down toward mountain view and areas along the peninsula. not a heavy rain but it doesn't take much to slow things down. 11:00a.m. still scattered showers. a winter weather advisory into the mountains. we're going to look at the five day forecast which includes the weekend, see you back here at 10:45. >>> and the digits you will soon be dialing and the decision today that means everyone is affected. >>> a pipeline like you've never seen before. a new side look at the latest pg & e efforts to pinpoint problems. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male