there's been a gas leak at contra costa college. john sasaki is live from the college campus to let us know the situation there right now. good afternoon, john. >> reporter: tori this, has been a busy morning here at contra costa college. let's take you over here and show you this morning around 10:00 crews working up on the hill where the backhoe is working, they hit a gas line and that sent a lot of gas into this whole area and it caused the school to evacuate six different buildings. it's been very busy here with the crews. pg&e came in. fire crews came in. but it was not a busy morning for the students because they had to be evacuated. crasses -- classes were canceled between 10:00 a.m. and up until about noon. we taj talked to the president of the college just a few minutes ago. he told us this -- >> we were notified immediately, called pg&e, called fire, evacuated this end of the campus as a precaution, moved people to the north end of the -- north end of the campus. >> reporter: a little frustrating? >> oh, yeah. i travel a lo

at contra costa college in san pablo, fred inglis. >>> aric almirola is on the pole for the coca-colaotor speedway for the race today. travis pastrana had an x-games moment as he got spun out and ended up 24th clutch the winner was brad keselowski, who passes kasey kahne and held on for the win. he picked up his first nationwide win this year. tomorrow is also the indianapolis 500, ryan briscoe is on the pole. that will do it for this saturday night sportswrap. we'll see you again tomorrow at 10:00. >> thank you, joe. >>> is our report for tonight everyone, thank you so much for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time newsbreak. >> join ktvu morningings at 2 for the preparation of the big golden gate bridge 75th anniversary celebration. should be a lot of fun. and we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thanks for joining us. good night. >> and hopefully the fog stays away. stay safe. ñ#

. >>> breaking news in san small gas leak just forced evacuation of part of contra costa college. the leak is near the library. a spokesman says they've moved a few hundred students to the northside until pg&e is able to shut off the valve which the utility says should be happening within minutes. >>> in dublin police looking for the driver of a dark colored mercedes who hit a bicyclist and left the scene last night. police say the man was between 55 and 60. investigators found a piece of the car in the area and determined it was from a 2010 or 2011 mercedes benz. it may be a black car and likely have front end damage. >> two standoffs ended differently this morning. in oakland two armed carjackers got away following a four hourlong police search. the suspects pistol-whipped a driver and stole his car. police chased them until they crashed and ran. the suite team sealed off the area looks like they -- the s.w.a.t. team sealed off the area looks like they got away before the barricades went up with >> in richmond an armed man turned himself in he was wanted for attempted murder nea

. >>> breaking news in san small gas leak just forced evacuation of part of contra costa college. the leak is near the library. a spokesman says they've moved a few hundred students to the northside until pg&e is able to shut off the valve which the utility says should be happening within minutes. >>> in dublin police looking for the driver of a dark colored mercedes who hit a bicyclist and left the scene last night. police say the man was between 55 and 60. investigators found a piece of the car in the area and determined it was from a 2010 or 2011 mercedes benz. it may be a black car and likely have front end damage. >> two standoffs ended differently this morning. in oakland two armed carjackers got away following a four hourlong police search. the suspects pistol-whipped a driver and stole his car. police chased them until they crashed and ran. the suite team sealed off the area looks like they -- the s.w.a.t. team sealed off the area looks like they got away before the barricades went up with >> in richmond an armed man turned himself in he was wanted for attempted murder nea

. >>> a gasoline break near contra costa college set off a two hour evacuation as classes were getting underway. it's a story we brought you live on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. college officials say a construction crew hit the line after 10:00 this morning. the school evacuated 6 buildings on the south end of campus as a precaution. classes in those buildings were canceled and that frustrated many students. >> yes because i travel a long way to come to school. i live in the east bay. so when i got here yes, i was extremely upset and disappointed. >> abouting are capped the leak at noon today and student were allowed to return to class. >>> the waters off san mateo county draw big crowds wind surfers and kite boarders a newspaper development may change the reason they head to this particular air. john sasaki is live in san mateo with a natural element that may go away. >> reporter: this water is a paradise for wind surfers and kite boarders they are upset because a big new development could be coming right over there. they say there's nothing like their favorite sport. >> you get going

a construction crew broke the 3- inch line while digging near mission bell drive near contra costa college. as a precaution caution gas was cut off to 6 buildings on classes and classes were evacuated. >> we evacuated this end of the campus as a precaution. >> a little frustrating a little surprising. >> oh, my god yes. because i travel a long way to come to school. i live in the east bay. so when i got here yes, i was extremely upset and disappointed. >> the camp has has been reopened and we just spoke on the phone with pg&e they tell us all of the repairs should be finished by 6:30 tonight. >>> friday facebook is going public. and it could be the biggest initial public offering of stock in history. ken pritchet live at the capital. how it could ease some of california's budge cuts. >> reporter: the would could should be stressed. there are a lot of estimates some estimates that the facebook ipo could different california more than $2 billion. the numbers are staggering. so what is the connection between facebook going public and california reaching the benefit? >> the state gets money be

a contractor or get contra costa college a gas line at around 10:00 a.m.. six buildings on campus had >>catherine: in high school girls' basketball coach in santa rosa seated not guilty he is facing two charges stemming from an incident last month. the girl's parents told police about what was inappropriate contact with explicit messages on their daughter islam. >> 19 people are in custody after a drug bust across several california counties. 14 indoor marijuana grower facilities, and 96 lbs. of processed marijuana, 36 guns, a grenade launcher, a bulletproof vest, the dea started the investigation in early 2011. the suspects appeared in federal court today. >> more than 1000 calls is imperative and a late michael center provinces and states. here is the e-reader office have been found near 80 into 80. the construction at the site has stopped. doing routine! it came across behind boxes buried about 6 ft. deep. the ladies to be known as a cemetery. county officials suspect there could be as many as 1450 coffins. the area. the boxes found were not compromised

pg&e says they are close to repairing that gas line that shut down contra costa college. a construction crew damaged the line while digging in san pablo. thankfully no one was hurt and t classrooms did reopen late today. when the smoke cleared fire crews discovered a marijuana den. more than 2,000 pot plants worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were uncovered. firefighters initially responded to reports of an electrical fire and found the large scale grow operation. >> the city was unaware of this grow operation, and we do some dispensaries but there is a process you have to go through, an approval process. >> so far no arrests have been made. officers seized and destroyed the marijuana plant. >> the city of san francisco is being ordered to garnish the wages of fire chief after a judge declared her a deadbeat divorcee. she stopped paying to support her ex-husband 14 months ago after he pled no contest to child endangerment for roughing up one of their teenaged sons. last year the chief says she obtained a restraining order against her ex prohibiting him from seeing her

normally receive a lot of attention, but you haven't met defensive stand-out claudian kennedy of contra costa colleges overcome a lifetime of challenges. he was shot in the leg while in high school. his little brother was shot four times in the back. his dad also lost a leg to diabetes. despite those obstacles kenzie is graduating with a 3.7 g.p.a. and has earned a college football scholarship. >> to me the classroom has always been a badge of honor for me. instead of me going out and throwing my life away, i decided to use everything as more motivation. >> kennedy will attend the university of north dakota. >>> the cal softball team is one win away from the women's college world series. [ cheers and applause ] >> high drive, right center. headed towards the bleachers, and over the bleachers! >> yesterday cal star valerie arioto smacked a two-run homer in the 5-0 shut-out against the washington huskies. top ranked bears needed one more win in the best of three series to advance. >>> google is paying tribute to the golden gate bridge's 75th anniversary. a doodle on its home page shows a boat near the

college and everything. >> reporter: truancy is missing 9% of school or more. and the school says that she failed to take the child to school 30% of the time. early this year contra costa district attorney mark peterson filed criminal charges against katherine marie faria. and this woman keisha wite nburg. faria seems to have all but disappeared. but whiteberg took the time to explain. >> if i have to get to doctor's appointments i have to get on a bus and find a ride. there's days when my youngest son gets real sick and i have no one to watch him. maybe my boy will miss a day or two out of school. >> it was okay for me but not to them. >> reporter: it suddenly stopped being okay when contra costa authorities hit her with an arrest warrant. telling her that she could face charges and spend time in jail if her son did not start going to school every day. >> so i had to do what i had to do. because i have two kids that i can't leave behind because nobody is going to treat them like i treat them. >> reporter: now despite still having some medical problems and bullies on the school bus from the west county projects, whitenberg's son is doing spectacularly well in class. th

we talked to a mother in contra costa county who thinks the situation will get worse for her can you describe. >> i pay my taxes and we are trying to get the kids in colleged tb. >> people move here because it is grit. it we are in a bad place. >> governor brown said they must approve tax hikes in november. temporarily raising the hikes. and then increase income taxes on people earning $250,000 a year. >> we posted the entire speech as well as the most recent budget. just click on the bay area news tab. >> they will receive much needed revenues with the initial offering of facebook. it is expected to happen on friday. >> the ipo will be 25 to $28 a share. >> they predict more than a billion dollars in the next fiscal year. >> they are trying to determine if a body found in a car is that of a transit worker. >> the body was discovered in a green honda accord. >> it is registered to ray hausel and he disappeared on thursday on the way home to the central valley. >> he said he forgot to bring the diabetes and blood blood pressure medications with him on that day. >> they are mourning the loss of two students while studying and brad. >> carrying a group of to