in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and this hour negotiations continue at music hall to end the symphony strike. late this evening the symphony canceled tomorrow's 2:00 performance. this is the fourth concert to be canceled since the musicians went on strike on wednesday. they are upset over management proposeolal to breeze their pay the first year and 1% increases in the second year. >>> vallejo police are trying to identify a pedestrian seriously injured this morning when she was hit by a car. the woman was walking near the intersection of springs road and columbus parkway before 4:00 a.m. when she was hit. the driver called 911 and he was not arrested. police say the victim was

ktvu's allie rasmus spoke to the mother and she is live on 34 and telegraph with the video showing the woman where she was last seen. >> reporter: that video comes from the surveillance cameras mounted here in oakland. they captured video of her walking by on thursday morning. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows her on a morning walk near 34th and telegraph. it brings her mother to tears. >> it is hard. very hard. she looked happy. >> reporter: thursday morning was the last time they saw her. since then they launched a search effort handing out flyers, talking to residents and reaching out to commuters at the bart station. some local businesses helped out by sharing surveillance video. >> extremely worried. wondering how we can keep our community safe. >> search of her computer shows she looked up information on san francisco parks before she disappeared. >> feel positive they know what they are doing. >> reporter: police wouldn't talk on camera about the case but provided this update saying investigators received information she was seen in west oakland after she was reported m

ktvu's allie rasmus is live in san francisco where she talked to the artist who designed the bay lightsorter: at 9:00 tonight is where the man who designed the bay lights project will turn the switch that will transform the nighttime view of the bay bridge for the next two years. this is what the lights are going to look like. the bay lights will look like tonight and every night. this is video from one of the lighting tests performed last week. the design that the 25,000 sparkling l.e.d. lights will make will be different every single night. the pattern will never repeat. the people involved in the project spoke at a press conference that wrapped up about an hour ago here at the ferry building. the artist who created the display says part of the inspiration for using l.e.d. lights coming from the bay area's reputation as a technology hub. an estimated 50 million people are expected to see this public arts display over the next two years. >> this piece is incredibly accessible. you don't have to buy a ticket. you don't have to go into any building. it's there and available. light has a

allie rasmus is live with more. >> reporter: well, we're on 45th avenue.take a look behind us, we're on a bit of an incline. there's a slight distance from here to the ocean. we're just four blocks away from the beach. but we're here -- but here we're safe. if a massive wave came crashing down on ocean beach, most people know which way they would run. >> definitely east. get away from the ocean. >> reporter: but how far would you have to go to be safe. >> as far as mapping out a route from here to there, i can't say i've done it or considered it. >> reporter: that's what the sign are for. >> any place in an inundation zone has the signs up so residents, neighbors and visitors know what to do. >> reporter: this goes from ocean beach to about 47th avenue. on the bayside, the embarcadero, pier and several blocks of the marina are included. in march of 2007, the last time the tsunami warning was issued, santa cruz took the brunt of the impact. >> santa cruz because it's closed in, you know, the u- shape it is much more vulnerable than we are. >> that being sai

ktvu's allie rasmus was at a player vigil for the oakland woman who disappeared three days ago. >> we >> yes. >> reporter: resiting prayers and breaking out into song. members of the first congregational church held a vigil for a 13-year-old missing since thursdays morning. >> she's my daughter. she's been gone too long. it's frightening to me. >> reporter: gloria torrez says the past year had been tough on her daughter. erica lost her husband to cancer but she took over her computer business and had started going for morning jobs around her neighborhood. a surveillance camera captured video of erica running by. no one here has seen her since. >> this person is not missing voluntarily. i know my daughter she wouldn't do that. >> reporter: church members canvassed the neighborhood after the vigil. family and friends say they are frustrated with theinvestigation into disappearance. police issued a missing person's alert but her family says that's not enough. >> when was the last time her phone was used. in what area. was her atm used any where. by her or someone else. >> those would be

as ktvu's allie rasmus reports hosting this ship will mean an economic boost to the city. >> reporterd go along the embarcadero, but this is the first time in years that a ship has made san francisco its home place. once passengers disemback, they faced long lines for a cab. while thousands of new passengers tried to board the ship at the same time to get to hawai'i. >> you have 400 passengers coming off and you have 2700 coming on. >> reporter: expect to see more big crowds like this getting on and off the ship in the future. pier 35 will be the home for the port bringing 100,000 passengers to san francisco. some passengers felt the city was a little unprepared for this first-time crowd. >> are you staying in san francisco? >> if i ever get to my hotel. [ laughter ] i might just end up taking a taxi to the airport. >> reporter: the pedicabs, porters and taxicab drivers weren't complaining. big crowds mean good money. >> it's really good. goods by business. >> reporter: port officials hope it will be good business for the entire city and they estimate the cruise lineer's passengers wi

in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 65 convicted felons have been grabbed clemencygovernor felon brown. this is the second time in the last year that governor has announced his pardons the day before a major christian holiday. if you would like to take a look at the complete list of pardons visit our website, ktvu.com and click on "hot topics," state lawmakers plan to take up a bill next week to make it easier to discipline and fire teach accused misconduct. ill bill was listed by alamo assemblywoman joann buchanan. coverage's largest teachers union is backing this measure. buchanan's new measure would still allow a panel of teachers and a judge to resolve disputes. >>> still to come we'll have a live report from oakland where a sheriff's deputy has just been shot. >>> also rain has already made its way to the bay area. we'll check back with in our meteorologist rosemary orozco with what t in your neighborhood tomorrow. . >>> back now to that breaking news out of oakland we're getting word an alameda county sheriff's deputies has been injured after a traffic stop in

. >> allie rasmus tells thus suv was -- tells thus suv was upside down in the water. >> two lane highway. this is state route 4, the site of a fatal accident this morning. before 10:00 a.m. a male driver in a toyota and his passenger ended up trapped in their suv upside in water. >> the vehicle drifted off the shoulder to the right. crossed through the right shoulder area and down into a drainage. >> we were trying to help them out. >> i got a bar here, i handed it over to those guys trying to open the door. >> reporter: but they couldn't get to the victims in time. they were pronounced dead at the scene. people are familiar with the hazards. >> should be widened or a k bar. >> reporter: dangerous because of the narrow shoulders and speedy drivers anxious to pass the many trucks on the road. >> people come near me when they are passing. >> reporter: the chp is investigating the cause of the crash. they don't know why the driver veered off the road but speed was not a factor. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police arrested three men last night in oakland after a high-speed chase an

and as ktvu's allie rasmus explains, the police are trying to combat crime. >> oakland has a very diverse community. >> reporter: under a new plan that starts this weekend oakland will be quited into five different police districts each district will have a captain. >> the captains will have the responsibility of targeting their area. it's really neighborhood policing, we're giving commanders a more manageable area with the direction of not only are you going to fight crime but you're going to strengthen the relationship we have with the community. >> i'm really excited about the fact that it's going to bring extra resources. >> reporter: councilman reid says opd has tried a similar strategy with success. >> they decided to based on our resources put the city into two areas now we're going back to the way it was. >> reporter: 40 year oakland resident robertson likes the idea of seeing the same officers, commanders and sergeants every day. >> they need to know the people they patrol. that way they know the good guys and the bad guys. >> reporter: if the results are good they'll expand the

and as ktvu's allie rasmus explains, the police are trying to combat crime. >> oakland has a very diverse community. >> reporter: under a new plan that starts this weekend oakland will be quited into five different police districts each district will have a captain. >> the captains will have the responsibility of targeting their area. it's really neighborhood policing, we're giving commanders a more manageable area with the direction of not only are you going to fight crime but you're going to strengthen the relationship we have with the community. >> i'm really excited about the fact that it's going to bring extra resources. >> reporter: councilman reid says opd has tried a similar strategy with success. >> they decided to based on our resources put the city into two areas now we're going back to the way it was. >> reporter: 40 year oakland resident robertson likes the idea of seeing the same officers, commanders and sergeants every day. >> they need to know the people they patrol. that way they know the good guys and the bad guys. >> reporter: if the results are good they'll expand the

in oakland, allie rasmus. >>> four people have been arrested in connection with a wedding proposal stuntral on you tube. you may remember this video hundreds of motorcycle riders shut down part of interstate 10 in southern california back in january to allow for that proposal. the chp now says it has arrested four men including the man who proposed all for participation in an unlawful assembly. >>> prosecutors have arrested a man for stashing a cayman. prosecutor say they cannot determine who was responsible for the cayman's poor health. one person arrested in the case is due in court next month on a drug charge. >>> nasa says there is new evidence to suggest that 7 billion years ago mars may have been home to tiny microorganisms. the sample contains sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and carbon the key ingredients for life. >> it went down just a few centimeters and hitting a gray planet instead of a red plant to me was very surprising. >> reporter: they found an environment which could have been suitable for life. so far they have found no signs of actual microbes on mars.

in oakland, allie rasmus. >>> four people have been arrested in connection with a wedding proposal stuntent viral on you tube. you may remember this video hundreds of motorcycle riders shut down part of interstate 10 in southern california back in january to allow for that proposal. the chp now says it has arrested four men including the man who proposed all for participation in an unlawful assembly. >>> prosecutors have arrested a man for stashing a cayman. prosecutor say they cannot determine who was responsible for the cayman's poor health. one person arrested in the case is due in court next month on a drug charge. >>> nasa says there is new evidence to suggest that 7 billion years ago mars may have been home to tiny microorganisms. the sample contains sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and carbon the key ingredients for life. >> it went down just a few centimeters and hitting a gray planet instead of a red plant to me was very surprising. >> reporter: they found an environment which could have been suitable for life. so far they have found no signs of actual microbes on

allie rasmus live with the latest on the fire. >> reporter: to my right you can see some of the wooden boards where they're getting ready to board up the broken windows here. they're canceling all of the reservations at least through march 23rd. the restaurant will be shut down because of the fire. there were lots of hugs. >> it definitely touches me deeply. i care about this neighborhood and businesses. i mean it's just our 41st year. >> reporter: the fire broke out at 3: 3: 3:00 this morning. it started underneath the business. >> where the fire originated there's some electrical equipment there. >> when the fire got into that room it fused that sprinkler head and the flow from that sprinkler head prevented the fire from extending into the building. >> reporter: these photos show the damage it smells like smoke but the upstairs kitchen and cafe are untouched. waters hopes to have the cafe open in a week or so. but the downstairs will take a month or so to repair. >> it's something that i think we can fix. we're very good at this. i thought just give me any place and i can transform i

allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> investigators are still trying to learn the motive behind that murder/suicide that killed two people from the bay area. on thursday, the sergeant lopez of pacifica shot and killed sarah castro of oakly and another marine before turning the gun on himself. a friend of the castro was shocked by the news. >> i just miss her so much like when i found out about this, i couldn't believe it. she had been my best friend since the 6th grade. i wish it was not her. she was just an innocent girl and all she was doing was serving her country. >> the killing was the result of a love triangle and they have not released an official motive. >> the third person involved in that deadly shooting was corporal jacob woolly and woolly was also a candidate in wantco. friends say he was just a few months away from returning home. >>> they are investigating a deadly accident on eastbound 580 in san leandro just before 12:30 this morning. a man got out of the stopped car and ran across the freeway when the driver tried to avoid the man but he ended up hitting him and

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police arrested three men last night in oakland after a high-speed chase and think the suspects might be linked to crimes in hayward and san jose. it ended after the car they were in spun out. it started in hayward when officers tried to pull the driver or for driving under the for the fluence. police -- influence. police think they were involved in a shooting. >> there was a incident that involved a shooting from a vehicle. we are determining whether or not this vehicle was involved in that. >> police are also investigating whether the three men were involved in a armed robbery and shooting in san san jose. >>> the castro district will be the scene of a rally and march in support of same-sex marriage. ktvu's noelle walker is live where the supreme court court, all eyes on the supreme court. >> reporter: we have seen a few people here with signs and flags. they are starting to set up for a huge rally and march to city hall. supreme court is taking up the debate tomorrow and this is not a black and white issue. there are a number of ways the court can

repair the keel and the owner is due to arrive and we will have more coming up with our co-worker allie rasmus>>> they found a 20-year-old man wounded and lying on the corner. they rushed him to san francisco general hospital where he died. about two blocks away on keith street, officers arrested a 22- year-old man. >> their officer and training officer did locate the suspect. they engaged in a foot pursuit. the suspect did -- and subsequently was taken into custody and nothing was recovered. >> reporter: investigators don't know the motive or if the shooting was gang related. >>> a man was shot in campbell and they are looking for the suspect in the first homicide in years. they heard gunshots for the first time on west lattimore avenue. they found the man lying on the ground and he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. no arrests have been made the and a motive is not yet known. >> we don't know exactly what happened. we don't have any information that there was a verbal confrontation but we are looking into all possibilities. >> police say a dark colored sedan was seen leaving the

the faa is supposed to come out with its decision today and coming up on ktvu news at 5:00 allie rasmus will let you know what happens. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i am jacqueline fell outside the u.s. supreme court where people are lining up for a seat to get inside for tuesday's arguments over prop 8 banning same sex marriage, that story coming up. >> chief meteorologist bill martin is looking ahead to the weekend and got news about next week's weather. >>> also a woman's desperate search to find her dog taken on a bart train, why the animal is so important to her health. if you like shrimp, then you're going to love sizzler's shrimp combos starting at just $9.99! four kinds of shrimp, seasoned just right and served in three new combinations. at sizzler! >>> a parolee who may be connected to the killing of colorado's state prison chief has died, evan ebel had been on life support after he was wounded yesterday in a high speed chase and shootout with police in texas. investigators are trying to figure out if he is linked to tuesday's killing of the corrections department hea

allie rasmus spoke to police. >> reporter: a tow truck took an older honda mini van.is passenger is dead after an officer involved shooting. >> the driver could have complied. >> reporter: hayward police says an officer tried to pull over pacman for speeding but he did not stop. the officer led the suspect into this area. the officer happened to have a civilian doing a ride along with him. >> made several movements to intentionally drive at the officer. >> reporter: pacman wasn't struck by the police gunfire but his passenger was. >> then you hear three shots fast. then you hear another two and you hear the door slam fast. >> reporter: police pursued pacman as he sped down d street. he was caught and arrested. police say pacman's last known address was in oakley. he is now in jail and homicide -- jail charged with homicide for the death of his passenger. >>> police continue to investigate a an officer involved shooting. when he blew out a tire and ran from the vehicle, officers say he appeared to be hiding a gun and he opened fire. neighbors heard the commotion. >> i'

allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> investigators are still trying to learn the motive behind that murder/suicide that killed two people from the bay area. on thursday, the sergeant lopez of pacifica shot and killed sarah castro of oakly and another marine before turning the gun on himself. a friend of the castro was shocked by the news. >> i just miss her so much like when i found out about this, i couldn't believe it. she had been my best friend since the 6th grade. i wish it was not her. she was just an innocent girl and all she was doing was serving her country. >> the killing was the result of a love triangle and they have not released an official motive. >> the third person involved in that deadly shooting was corporal jacob woolly and woolly was also a candidate in wantco. friends say he was just a few months away from returning home. >>> they are investigating a deadly accident on eastbound 580 in san leandro just before 12:30 this morning. a man got out of the stopped car and ran across the freeway when the driver tried to avoid the man but he ended up hitting him and

allie rasmus. >>> a youth baseball coach charged with child molestation has turned himself in. the contra costa county investigator says that joel kauffman was booked and released this afternoon. he was charged with two counts of lewd acts with a child. he coached at oakland bishop odouse high school. >>> a batch of marijuana laced brownnies could be the cause of the sickening of some teenagers. >> reporter: these brownnies were passed around at wood shop. the district will only confirm five students got sick but some family members have been here in the hospital today insist it was more than that. as kids walked out of martin luther king middle school they had already heard the news. someone was handing out brownnies laced with marijuana. >> reporter: eduardo palomino says his for did not know what was in the brownnie. >> she felt drowsiness, tired, numbness, tingling. >> the school district has to take action on this like right away. it's not acceptable. >> reporter: the girl's family say it is school told them the brownnies and cookies came from a near by high school student

allie rasmus shows us the place where veterans and civilians alike reflected. >> reporter: the crosses sprung up after the start of the iraq war. over time the panels became canvases. decorated with personal messages for the slain service members. >> how can you not look at that hillside and remember and feel sad. >> each one of those people were a husband, a wife, a son, a mother, a father. >> reporter: today the federal building was the site of a memorial and protest. scott olsen who was critically injured in an occupy oakland spoke out against the war and his two tours of duty. >> eight of the marines in our battalion did not make it home. i did not see a liberated iraq. i saw an occupation. >> reporter: a field organizer with iraq veterans against the war says many of the veterans he works with struggle to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. >> we're pushing the government to overhaul the system and provide more case officers, more help. >> reporter: back in lafayette, people who live near this display are still reflecting on the war and its cost. >> i think the sadde

allie rasmus explains why other neighborhoods could be at risk. >> reporter: engineers insert metal rodsstability of the floor. >> we need to make decisions for our future for our children who were living in a hotel at the airport. >> reporter: this sink hole was caused by a busted water ma. but sink holes could happen any where where water runs through the ground. certain types of soil are more vulnerable to erosion and sink holes than other. so what's underneath the concrete in san francisco, much of the city is built on sand. the ground underneath this palatial home was sand and clay. and back in 2005 it collapsed after a busted sewer pipe and rain caused the ground to run off. san francisco city engineer says radar devices can detect early signs of a sink hole. but san francisco spreads over 4900 square miles. >> it's almost impossible to survey the entire city for something like this. whether it's caused by flooding or underground streams, sometimes the ground can open up beneath us without much warning. >>> in florida, another sink hole has opened up three miles from where a man wa

allie rasmus explains why other neighborhoods could be at risk. >> reporter: engineers insert metal rods into the ground. they're testing the stability of the floor. >> we need to make decisions for our future for our children who were living in a hotel at the airport. >> reporter: this sink hole was caused by a busted water main. but sink holes could happen any where where water runs through the ground. certain types of soil are more vulnerable to erosion and sink holes than other. so what's underneath the concrete in san francisco, much of the city is built on sand. the ground underneath this palatial home was sand and clay. and back in 2005 it collapsed after a busted sewer pipe and rain caused the ground to run off. san francisco city engineer says radar devices can detect early signs of a sink hole. but san francisco spreads over 4900 square miles. >> it's almost impossible to survey the entire city for something like this. whether it's caused by flooding or underground streams, sometimes the ground can open up beneath us without much warning. >>> in florida, another sink hole has o

allie rasmus shows us the place where veterans and civilians alike reflected. >> reporter: the crosseser the start of the iraq war. over time the panels became canvases. decorated with personal messages for the slain service members. >> how can you not look at that hillside and remember and feel sad. >> each one of those people were a husband, a wife, a son, a mother, a father. >> reporter: today the federal building was the site of a memorial and protest. scott olsen who was critically injured in an occupy oakland spoke out against the war and his two tours of duty. >> eight of the marines in our battalion did not make it home. i did not see a liberated iraq. i saw an occupation. >> reporter: a field organizer with iraq veterans against the war says many of the veterans he works with struggle to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. >> we're pushing the government to overhaul the system and provide more case officers, more help. >> reporter: back in lafayette, people who live near this display are still reflecting on the war and its cost. >> i think the saddest part is the

allie rasmus, ktvu, channel 2news. >>> and new analysis shows that the last two wars will be the most and $6 trillion have cost taxpayers $2 trillion so far. the larger future expenses will be medical care and disability benefits. >>> a deadly day in iraq after a series of bombings. at least 22 people are dead. the attacks are the latest by the insurgents. the deadliest bombing was a car bomb after worshippers were leaving a mosque after prayers. >>> and a $2500 reward for information of a man who robbed a mechanics bank. police say this a man walked in at 11:45 on tuesday morning and demanded money from the teller who gave him an undisclose said amount of cash, and he took off. he is described as a black nan his 40s, 5'8" with a shaved head and thin mustache. anyone with information is asked to call oakland police or crime stoppers. >>> the singer caught up with a gay rights controversy is expressing herself by not expressing herself. michelle shocked was supposed to perform in santa cruz last night, but you can see here that she sat silently outside the club to protest the fact that

ktvu's allie rasmus is live. >> he started out heading this direction toward us. the car drove through this island here. if you take a look at the pavement you can see some of the scrape marks where the hub cap scraped the concrete. it jumped the curve and crashed in to the post on the corner. >> reporter: a tow truck hauled an older model honda away from the crash scene. arthur packman is in jail. >> the officer responded to a threat. what could have happened differently is the driver could have complied. >> reporter: at 3:30 this morning hayward police say an officer tried to pull over packman for speeding but he didn't stop. >> we don't know why other than he didn't want to stay and talk to the officer i guess. >> reporter: police followed the honda to watkins and fletcher lane, a dead end. >> the car was coming fast. you just hear the tires turningk and then it stopped. >> reporter: the officer happened to have a civilian doing a ridealong with him. police say the officer opened fire when the honda accelerated, hitting the car. packman was hit by the gunfire b