. >>> ktvu's claudine wong with a new approach to learning that encouraging all students to stand up.reporter: take a look around mrs. gray's classroom and you will notice something a bit different. >> you may take your stand back to your desk. >> reporter: yes that was mrs. gray telling all her students to take a stand at their desk. look closely and you will see those desks don't come with chairs. >> i remember being having these desks constantly asking my students to take a seat but never really knowing why. >> reporter: m mrs. gray's class is one of four at balosito's elementary school that's equipped with standing desks. >> it was something i had no idea existed or had the possibility. >> reporter: until after she was approach bid two of her parents. a couple of years ago while volunteering at the school they started noticing something pretty alarming. >> most pe had been eliminate, the rise of technology. the fact that kids are driven to school and not walking anymore. we had been recommending this and sending our kids off to sit all day at school. >> reporter: so they came to t

claudine wong ktvu fox 2 news. >> those homes start at $145,000 and range in price up to $6 that 25,000 but then of course you have to account for the fact that you need to purchase the land and then there are site costs as well. there are now design centers and model homes you can look at in vallejo, redwood city and also in l.a.. if you'd like to nominate someone for our made in the bay segment, there is a submission form. you can find that on our home page at ktvu.com. beautiful homes. >> gorgeous. i love that house. of course the lot matters. >> you've got to have the land somewhere. >> a lot of cool things made in the bay here. >> there really are. >>> 4:41 is the time. there are changes to the way you get paid for over time. coming up in 20 minutes, the reason the president says too many workers are not getting a fair deal and what he plans to do about it. >> marriage equality may be the law of the land now but some states continue to refuse that, refuse to issue licenses. what some county clerks are being told to say when same sex couples try to tie the knot. >> if you have opene

ktvu's claw bean w shows -- claudine wong shows us more. >> reporter: this video from firefighters showswith when they arrived on scene after 11:30 p.m. last night. flames coming from four new cars. it didn't take long before firefighters were calling this arson. >> it could point to someone who has done this before, killed be a customer -- could be a customer, an employee. not ruling anything out. it is suspicious. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire started in this car. by the time the sun came up that car was towed away. also critical to the investigation was the video shot by this camera. it belongs to the restaurant next door and last night it was pointed right at the four cars involved. >> what a waste. you know? damage four cars for what? >> the question today, why would someone do this. >> you are not getting property or anything. we have to take this with a different approach. >> reporter: a different safety approach is also required when you are dealing with car fires. look at this video. you will see a projectile flying through an air. that is common as the car melts a

ktvu's claudine wong shows us more. >> reporter: h luxury prefab -- luxerary pretab. >> they are build reporter: this is not what people picture when you say pre- fab home. >> it is really well known for being a indoor, outdoor home that has court yards on both sides. >> reporter: you are seeing blue homes new approach to housing. >> 2300 square feet. blue homes is bigger than that. 3,000 square feet. >> all of this fits on a truck? >> that's right. yes. what is amazing there are hinges here. >> reporter: maybe it is easier to understand it all by going into the factor. >> nobody else does this. >> reporter: it stretches the length of three football fields. >> this is the beginning. we cut it. putting it into the floors. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> the construction process takes 40 days for a big, 3,000 square foot house. [ indiscernible ] >> right now 40 days. as we grow it will take three days. >> reporter: they follow codes and as we moved along it production line it started taking shape. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> you can see you are getting

ktvu fox 2 news claudine wong looks at a new approach to learning that is encouraging children to standook around this classroom and you will notice something different. yes, that was her telling her students to take a stand at their desk. look and you will see those desks don't come with chairs. >> i believe before having the desks, asking my students take seat but never knowing why. >> reporter: the class is one of four that is equipped with standing desks. >> something i had no idea was a possibility. >> reporter: till she was approached by parents. they own a gym and travel around the world talking about health and mobility. a couple years ago they started noticing something. >> pa has been alim-- pe has been eliminated and students are driven to school now. . >> reporter: they came to the principal with a proposal. let us buy you 25 standing desks and see what happens. >> i had no idea. i had no idea how they would react. >> reporter: they had option of grabbing a stool and the desk also comes with this bar. >> you can put your foot on and you can swing it so you are getting a litt

in berkeley, claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >> if you want to submit ideas you have for products madee bay, go to our website and click in the made in the bay tab. >>> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> dozens of teachers, and staff terminated from a elementary school and all of them told they will have to reapply to get their jobs back or be transferred to different schools. >> been in the district for 28 years. you know? never seen anything like this. >> i have been physically ill and so upset and hurt. >> good evening. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> workers at west valley elementary school are blaming a lack of leadership and now they are fighting to get their jobs back. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's ann rubin live with the controversy. >> reporter: there is a meeting tonight that is just about to get underway. a chance for everyone here to meet the new principal and to hear about the vision for how to fix the problems that west valley elementary school next year. >> reporter: they were notified one hour after school let out for the summer. everyone

claudine wong is in the newsroom and joins us with with the latest. >> today, the sheriff's office announced the two shootings are gang relate and they believe they are -- related and they believe they are linked. the most recent happened on highway 4 and women low pass road in baypoint. a 26-year-old man and a 19-year- old woman were in a white car when someone fired multiple shots at them. one of them was able to drive the car to john muir hospital in concord. the woman died at the hospital. but the man survived. investigators now believe that shooting is linked to the deadly shooting saturday afternoon. that claimed the life of 20- year-old toms mendez of pittsburg. he was shot and killed while drive ing along highway 4 near bailey road. >> what concerns me most our local gang members have no fear and no worry about going out and doing this type of thing. i want to make sure the citizens are safe when they are driving up and down the roadway. >> what we're waiting for is any kind of information on suspect descriptions. as far as we know no arrests have been made. but this latest informati

ktvu's claudine wong got on board today to find out. >> reporter: if you want to find frustrated muniersation. >> horrible. i don't know why we keep giving them more money. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: local leaders are promising to get on muni every day for the next 22 days. >> i am going to make sure that i ride avenue day. i am go -- every day. i am going to try new lines. >> reporter: they were challenged by the union who challenged them to make good on a policy. >> reporter: do you think they out of touch? >> i wouldn't say they are out of touch but we want to make sure they understand what it means to users. >> reporter: he admits things could be better. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> we are doing a good job at getting better. >> reporter: he said improvements are coming. >> voters approved $500 million over 5 years for infrastructure. >> riders say they like the challenge but want to make sure the leaders get a real ride. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] [ indiscernible ] >> because it is over crowded. >> i see glitches. the mission line is very over crowded. >> re

ktvu's claudine wong talked to some about the challenges and what is at stake. >> reporter: nba finals, what does mean? >> it is huge. not just the economic impact of having all the people in town for the few days but just a generation of excitement and team spirit. it galvanized the city. >> reporter: do you think people see the warriors as oakland? they are the golden state warriors. >> the warriors are definitely an oakland team. >> reporter: when the country is watching how do you convince them to look at oakland and what oakland has to offer? >> we are working with the espn producers who are showing the game to ensure they have beautiful shots and images of oakland. when we watch sporting events half the images are of san francisco. we are ensuring and we have a commitment that they will show a lot of oakland. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> absolutely. absolutely. [ talking at the same time ] >> they lump the bay area, golden gate bridge, not like a super bowl. >> reporter: what people see on tv is maybe a bigger deal. >> [bleep]ly. the game will be broadcast all over the

i'm claudine wong. thank you for joining us.ng a little different this morning because in anticipation of game two we wanted to do part of our show from the warriors set. >> allie rasmus is splitting the duty with us this morning as we cover the nba finals. she's up there in the third floor balcony with the local artist who is using his talent to -- there you are, spread some cheer. >> reporter: i was especially thralled by the artwork goingen. we have the artist with us, george utria, he's called a live artist. he'll explain that to us what that is. he's working on a painting. i don't know if you recognize some of the people in this painting. jorge, what exactly is a live artist? >> a live artist, an artist that paints to music, creates while -- a concert or at a club or anything. just painting to music and i would say creating something with the moment, and just put it on canvas. >> reporter: that's what you do for a living. you said you were a live artist hired to paint during a concert. what inspires you while you're up ther

in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> a bit of fog out there right now. it burns off today in san francisco. temperature in the city got into the upper 60s, some low 70s out in golden gate park here in the upper 60s. mid-60s today. rain to the north of us. low pressure lingers to the north of area, it continues with this pattern that we've been experiencing now for the entire month of may, and now into the first week of june. means slightly below temperatures. the low clouds and fog nights and mornings. tomorrow morning, setting up a lot like today. temperatures outside. right now, in the 50s, even low 60s. tomorrow morning, you end up low 50s, and upper 40s in the cool spots. then some mid-and upper 50s towards san jose. here's the fog footprint for tomorrow morning. not bad. a break here in the north bay. sunshine here. a little more towards the delta. watch how quickly it burns off. in this model, it suggests a lot of it pulls away from the coast. areas north. even ocean beach and out there by fort point likes like it wants to clear out. the 80s show i

it's father's day today, i'm claudine wong. >> i'm savid alex savidge. before we get sunshine? i need it soon. >> the pressure is on. >> no pressure. hour to two hours, we'll begun to see that clearing. then mostly sunny skies away from the coastline today. temperatures cooling off for the afternoon. hopefully that makes you smile a bit. it's been a bit hot for inland community folks. live look over the oakland estuary, san francisco in the backdrop and you can see again the low clouds joining us. fairly widespread, marine layer deemer and onshore breeze is stronger. so the two items that we look, to make sure that cooldown is coming our way for the afternoon. you can see it's in the north bay, south bay into the east bay. and in and around sonoma where they have the hot air balloon. festivities going on. fairfield, we've tracked this onshore breeze, now gusting to 39 miles per hour so it's increased over the last hour or so. that will continue to pump that cool pacific air into your area. and the 24-hour temperature change, as a result. fairfield 7 degr

welcome to mornings mornings mornings, i'm claudine wong. >> i'm allie rasmus.t we're all wear shades of blue showing warriors pride. even rosemary is outside wearing blue as well. giving us a look at the weather. kind of getting a little nice out there? >> reporter: yes, the sun breaking through the clouds, for the first five minutes of being out here i tried to save the hair but there's no point. that sea breeze is blowing this morning and that will aid in our continued cooldown for the afternoon. but as we look up towards the sky you can see blue there mixed in with the low clouds, again, they are beginning to burn away. as we get into your morning, temperature right now in oakland 58 degrees. 48 in novato. so 10-degree difference there. upper 50s and low 60s in areas where we have sunshine. concord reporting 60. 62 livermore at this hour. if you're heading to san francisco we have temperature in the low to mid-60s expected for the afternoon. the north beach festival 57 degrees at 10:00. we'll have 60 at noontime. and 64 expected for the afternoon. along the

i'm claudine wong. >> i'm paul chambers.ant to make sure you have the proper clothing. rosemary is talking about the weather and preparing for that long day. fun day, but a good time over there in san francisco. >> you are right. in san francisco like we know, make sure you dress unlayers. we're off to a cool start. mild in the afternoon. then the sea breeze will be turning on at some point, and it will be cool once again. let's start out in the east bay, giving you a live look at mount diablo. mostly sunny skies at this point. most of us early on had partly to mostly cloudy skies. a few showers reported at times in the overnight hours as a plume of moisture moved in and overhead sprinkles reported from san jose into portions of the east bay and into the north bay. so all of us have that opportunity there. at this point that has since moved on to the north as you can see. and we are looking at just partly to mostly cloudy skies inside the bay, along the peninsula, along the coastline, our inland communities looking at partly