cristina rendon -- like this.ristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a disappointing turn out for tuesday's primary election. turn out is 18% and the previous low was about 33%. voter turn out in 2008 was lower, 28%. elections officials have thousands more outstanding ballots to count and expect the percentage to rise but it is not expected to go above 24%. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. a san francisco restaurant that helped turn chefs into celebrities is closing on june 28. he made it announcement. he joined the restaurant in 1986. he tells us he is turning 60 next week and the time seemed right. >> it is still very strange. even for me right now talking about it because that is our baby, 28 years. went through up and downs, fires, earthquake and each time we come back stronger. >> he is hardly retires. he will expand his burger bar chain and write books and host cooking shows. >>> 40 years after the vietnam war ended a veteran is getting long over due recognition. he was honored on a former navy ship. he said the honors

cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> temperatures continued to trend down last couple days. that helped firefighters on the three fires we have seen today. 78 fairfield today. 83 antioch. highs down from a couple days ago. the wind chewed up the marine layer. it is clear. fog reforms tonight. i will show you that. the main thing to note here, all the greens. all the temperatures on the cool side. we have a lot of wind today. a lot of moisture. temperatures are cooler. wind gusts at san francisco international airport 33 on the gusts. winds are dying off. less wind tomorrow. fog at the coast. temperatures come up. fog returns to the coast. even though you don't see it here. warmer tomorrow and warming into the bay area weekend. warmer. forecast for fog tomorrow morning. there it is. the winds chew it up. tomorrow morning patchy. it will burn off. breaks along the coast. it will fill back in tomorrow night. the forecast highs tomorrow warmer. you see that. right? 90s showing up. we have 80s. mid-80s and upper 80s in the valleys into the next couple days. vacaville 84. 83 fairf

ktvu's cristina rendon explains how the city stepped in. >> reporter: a repeated crime stepping from house was enough for home owners to fight back. >> we want something done. something will be done so this does not happen again. >> reporter: he is the president of a neighborhood crime prevention counsel. they documented years of problems caused by the family till things turned violent. >> you have a little kid and you are diving for the floor in your living room, because all the shootings going on, it just is totally unacceptable. >> reporter: they went to police asking authorities to exercise the nuisance abatement ordinance. it is the law for homeowners to keep their properties nuisance free. >> we identified a location that we felt needed to be addressed. >> the city stepped in and came to an agreement. the owner sold the home and the people moved out to avoid facing a fine. >> there are resources, tools and solutions available to neighborhoods. >> reporter: it is a picture perfect way of how the system should work and other communities should be empowered to do the same. >> if p

cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two bay area counties are among three in the country that will have federal election monitors tomorrow. the department of justice is sending a team to napa county to make sure polling places comply. napa must provide spanish election material. they will also be in alameda county. it is connected to a lawsuit ova lack of spanish and chinese election material. and www.ktvu.com has complete election coverage for you. find your polling place and check back tomorrow night for results after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. all of the information is under hot topics. >>> one man was shot in oakland this morning about 10:20 a.m. it appears he was shot while in an suv and then hit a power pole. video here shows the bullets. someone drove the man to the hospital. no arrests have been made. >>> we learned the identities of the two men killed in a horrible crane accident. both were from the bay area. a 49-year-old and a 25-year-old were killed when the basket they were in detached from a crane and fell 80 feet. they worked for a construction company which was bu

cristina rendon with how much it plans to say and why it's taking extreme measures r.n driving up to the golf club in antioch, changes are in full swing to roll out a new campaign where brown is the new green. >> if you see brown spouts on the golf course, that is the golf course weekend respond. >> reporter: they say the drought is impacting everyone. >> we decided if the homeowner has to do it why shouldn't the golf courses have to do it and we took it upon ourselves to join sides and do what is right. >> reporter: the club plans to reduce their watered usan by 30%, replacing it with bermuda grass on the driving range and suspecting off sinkplers to focus on the greens, tees and fairways. >> we can't control water falling, but he can control how much we use. so it's not a problem. >> reporter: brothers bill and joe brown are embracing the brown grass too. >> the ball goes further when it's harder and we both cannot hit the long ball and this enhances our score. >> reporter: fitzgerald says theip teg the integrity of the course won't be comprised and would save amount

as ktvu's cristina rendon, the shooting also left two young men wounded. >> reporter: flashing lights at an east oakland crime scene faded with the sunrise soon replaced by religious candles marking a spot where a 15-year- old girl named samantha was killed saturday night. police say she was a passenger in a car with two men in their 20s. they were shot too but survived the shooting that woke up homeowners. >> we're still, terrified about almost -- >> i thought it was fire worked. by the time i came out the house, police were flying up and down the streets, blocking, putting the tape up. >> reporter: the friends were driving when a gunman outside opened fire as they approached a street. the driver backed up against the fence before he and another were rushed to the hospital. the girl's death has left the community grieving. >> why does it happen like that. for a little girl like that that has a future. >> reporter: on the heels of this tragedy, libby shaft is holding a council meeting that she says is greatly needed. >> last night's tragedy just showing the critical nature of finding

cristina rendon. >> you will find important voting information including where your polling place is.ur web team has posted it all under hot topics. >>> new at 10:00, by now you have no doubt seen and heard about the hero cat video. it already has more than 22 million views on you tube. and it's on track to become one of the most watched videos of all time. we talked to an expert to try to find out why. >> reporter: every great viral video has a twist. this is one. but this is the real surprise. the cat who attacks the dog to save the child. >> this was a unique people that the cat united the world in this one moment. >> reporter: it was picked up by a bakersfield. by noon it was on tmz, the huffington postand daily mail in london. >> in under eight hours this event that happened in someone's personal driveway spread all around the world and had thousands of hits on you tube. in addition to the twist, he says viewers have an emotional stake in the video. >> you can be at home, you can be sitting on the couch. petting your cat. watching you tube and think i wonder if my cat will save m

. >> cristina rendon was there with the hundreds of thousands of people at the longest parade in the city's history. a colorful party of happiness floated down castro street. marking an anniversary to ellenburger. >> it's been a while. i finally have the ring. >> reporter: pride parade and festival lured out the two military men who were stationed in different states but got married at city hall three days ago. >> it's nice. all my sergeants helped me out so that way i would be able to get out here and get married. >> reporter: the parade saw a record number of floats with a record number of tech companies participating making it one of the longest ever in the city. >> i can't be more proud than this time right now because the city of san francisco is shining on its great diversity. it's all the talent we would wish for. >> and independence day, it's a freedom. >> reporter: among the glitter and sparkle was 16-year-old julius gutierrez. the transgender team was honored as the youngest ever community grand marshal. >> i'm pretty sure there's people out there who feel they're different

cristina rendon explains. >> reporter: intense flames sparked numerous calls for help saturday morning. >> at first it looked like the building was on fire, but we could see the playground and the flames come. >> reporter: the playground at loma vista elementary was engulfed in flames as the smell of burning plastic spread across the neighborhood. >> i thought it could have been an electrical fire because it smelled a lot of like burned rubber. >> reporter: fire crews say it's a big loss for the schools. >> the damage is about $25,000- and investigators believe that arsonist maize be to blame because the uple gym and bark chips were burning senatorially. one saw a group of children leaving the school before the fire. >> with the children running by and hearing their conversation, i kind of figured that maybe they were up to something, because i saw them in the school earlier playing. >> it had to either be little kids or someone with some real issues. >> the charred playground is now off-limits unusable for students during the last two weeks of school. neighbors are grateful class wasn

ktvu's cristina rendon is live now where the fire started near highway 101. >> reporter: we could tell you this fire burned 20 homes in this neighborhood and if you look behind us you could see how close the fire came to the homes. fire investigators think started on the other side of the hill near a bike trail. >> the dry grass is all the fuel this fire needed to take off. a ktvu channel 2 news viewer captured this video of smoke. the flames spread over the hill into his backyard while he was stuck in traffic trying to get home. >> what do you do? you are helpless. it was nice to see they were on top of it. >> reporter: the fire chief says crews quickly got a handle on the suspicious is fire. >> at this point it is suspicious. it could -- but it is unlikely it was accidental. >> reporter: 3.5 acres was charred. the third one in the last four days. on thursday a fire broke out at samuel p. taylor state park. investigators are calling that one suspicious too. saying it started in several locations. >> a wake up call given the weather and the fuel conditions. >> reporter: he clears space

ktvu's cristina rendon is here now with more on the turn out. 134 people may not -- >> reporter: some people may not know they were welcoming early voters. when we were there a hand full of peach showed up. >> reporter: while volunteers open doors and count an unusually low number of ballots, down the hall it is quiet. empty booths waited for voters to come in. >> slower than what we would normally see. >> reporter: he says of the counties 800,000 voters, 35% usually turn out for a primary but this year may be different. >> right now we received 83,000 vote by mails out of 400,000. so it is about 10% so far but we are going to hopefully see more turned in at the polls and people coming in on tuesday. >> reporter: they planned to have all four of these machines running but they are down to just one that shows how few ballots have been mailed in. she wasn't surprised to find herself alone at the polls. >> people don't vote in primary elections and it is just as important. >> reporter: she showed up because she will be out of town on tuesday. she is excited because now they will advance

happening now, the main pride event, ktvu's cristina rendon was at the gay pride parade at market street and joins us now live. >> reporter: you can see how big the crowd is but it is not just -- more supporters turned today's pride celebration into one for the record books. >>> colorful party of happiness. >> i finally have the ring. >> reporter: san francisco's gay pride parade and festival. they got married at city hall three days ago. >> nice all my sergeants helped me out. >> reporter: officials say the parade saw a record number of floats with tech companies participating, making it one of the longest ever in the city. >> i can't be more proud than this time right now because san francisco is shining on its great diversity. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: among the glittal was a transgender teen. honored as the youngest ever grand marshal. >> i am sure many people feel like they are different but they are not the only one. >> reporter: it comes days after a court ruled same-sex couples have a right to marry. a ruling celebrated with the parade's theme color me with pride. >> reporte

cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> working breaking news in the east bay. actually the south bay. fire crews on the scene of a house fire in the 3200 block of shadow park place in san jose. temperatures in the south bay today very warm. as we see fire crews do their work, they are under extreme conditions. we see hoses, we see water being put on the fire. a two alarm house fire. no reports of injuries but that intersection on shadow place lane is very busy. >> infinitely it looks like there is not -- unfortunately it looks like there is not a lot left of that house. >>> now our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> a red flag warning over the weekend, red flag warnings, we have been void of those but it is hot enough to have one. just not windy enough. ocean beach 57 degrees. 48-degree spread between coast and inland. hot inland but at the coast they are trying to stay warm. that is how it will be. fog right now, golden gate park. a million people in this area, the san francisco area. two big climates. the cool coast, 57 degrees and south of market, temperatu

cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police investigated a deadly crash. it happened in san jose before 7:00 a.m. this morning. according to the investigation the driver hit a motorcyclist while trying to make an illegal u-turn. the driver hit the motorcyclist who was in the fast lane in the same direction. >> when officers arrived they found the motorcyclist underneath the vehicle. fire and paramedics were on scene and pronounced the motorcyclist deceased at the time. >> this is san jose's 18th 18th traffic fatality of the year. >>> rare weather phenomenon spot in nebraska, twin -- spotted in nebraska. twin tornadoes. they caused extensive damage when they touched down. the national weather service says a tornado watch is in effect for eastern nebraska and western iowa. i don'ti don't think i have seen that before. >>> in the bay area, breezy today, let's go now to our chief meteorologist. >> it was cool last couple days. windy at the coast right now. no wind advisory right now except the bridges. sand closed the great highway. from ocean beach to the cli

reporting in oakland, cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san jose's outgoing mayor chuck reedevealed who he wants to replace him as major when his term ends later this year. today major reed officially endorsed sam licardo. licardo is facing off against cortezi. cortezi got 33% compared to 25% for licardo. the two men will now go head to head during the november election. mayor reed's endorsement of licardo does not come as a surprise because licardo sports reed's reform. >> we need to continue to work to ensure future residents resources that are sustainable and prosperous. >> that was the issue in the primary. obviously people trusted me enough to make me the front runner in the primary. >> reporter: dave cortese has the support of law enforcement and is promising an overhall at city hall and a stronger focus on public safety. >>> supporters of marcus books held a rally tonight asking for then con at the then -- contents of the business to be returned. owners say they were locked out by the new owners. they claim the new owners have taken their books and equipment in retalia

the woman also called oakland police for help and ktvu's cristina rendon tells me why she's upset onlice handled the situation. >> i never had to use a taser before. >> reporter: she says on thursday an intoxicated man was in and out of her store harassing her and her customers refusing to leave. >> he at that point threatened to slap me. that's when i came in and called the police the first time. >> reporter: she grabbed a taser from behind the counter to protect herself. she went outside asking him to go. >> he came at me from about the third table there. >> reporter: that's when davidson deployed the taser. >> he made it a few steps toward me. i fell right here. >> reporter: this is the photo of the man getting up from behind the bush. >> reporter: he wasn't going to go quietly. >> reporter: davidson called police a second time and they showed up 30 minutes late enaerocited the man for a -- minutes late and police cite the man for assault. that's until he came back at night looking for his property. >> we need more officers out here. >> reporter: there are recent results of car br

cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. the request follows recent school shootings. one was just yesterday at seattle pacific university. classes there have been canceled today after a gunman killed one person and injured three others. police say the shooter is 26- year-old aaron ybarra in custody. he does not go to the school and police say he has no known connection to it. witnesses say he went into the engineering building yesterday armed with a knife and a shot gun and started shooting. as the gunman was reloading, police say a student working as a building monitor subdued him with pepper spray. >>> and tonight, hundreds of people are expected to gather in san jose to remember a local teen skilled in the isla vista rampage. george chen was one of six people killed in the massacre year the uc santa barbara cam pause two weeks ago. he -- campus two weeks ago. he graduated from leland high in 2012. the memorial service is scheduled for 8:00 tonight at the chinese church of christ south valley in san jose. >>> there is a new twist in the criminal case of leland yee a

cristina rendon. >>> new details tonight about yesterday's deadly plane crash in livermore.what close friends are telling us about that fire. >>> and soccer star hope solo heads to court. what authorities are saying about the level of domestic violence against her. >> no car no problem right. the new concern about san francisco's famed lombart street is closed to cars. >>> new at 10:00, we are learning more tonight about that pilot killed yesterday in livermore. he jumped to his death from his burning flame over livermore. he was a veteran, engineer and skilled aviator. debora villalon is live in livermore and she's been talking to those who knew and flew with jerry parker. >> reporter: those we have supposing to say 64-year-old german -- jerry parker was a skilled pilot and somebody who could build something from scratch. jerry parker posted this video of him flying off in his plane kit that took him four years to build. >> he was planning about visiting south to visit his daughter. >> reporter: two minutes into another flight the plane caught fire and jerry jumped from the

. >> reporter: in contra costa county, cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> fi crews say a neighbor's dog may have saved their lives in union city. a one alarm fire broke out around 4:15 this morning near d street. firefighters say the neighbor across the street woke up when his dog kept barking. that neighbor then called 911 and help the person in the burning home get out safely. officials a wall-mound gas heater may have been the cause. >>> san bruno city leaders are slamming a decision by state regulators to end an investigation into missing pg&e gas pipeline testing record as sudden and shocking. the probe by the california public utilities commission will help determine how much utility will pay in penalties for the san bruno pipeline explosion and fire in 2010. the find could reach $2 billion. eight people were killed, dozens were hurt and 38 homes destroyed. the san francisco chronicle reports that the cpuc says, "its case is strong and a continued case would only delay the case. >> reporter: san bruno mayor reauane says iraq we are concerned it may be the result of inappropria

ktvu's cristina rendon talks about how the community and police worked to get some neighbors to move. >> it's not we're going to do something or something might be down, something will be done so this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: he says they documented years of escalating problems caused by the family until things turned violent. >> you have a little kid and you're diving for the floor in your own living room, because of all the shootings going on, it just, totally unacceptable. >> reporter: the council went to oakland police asking authorities to exercise the city's nuisance abatement ordnance. lieutenant courtman says it's the law for residents to keep their property nuisance free. >> as a group working together through city community who says we've identified a location that needed to be addressed. >> reporter: the owner sold the home and the people moved out to avoid facing a hefty fine. >> it's really important to share that there are resources, there are tools and there are solutions available to neighborhoods. >> reporter: link says it's a picture perfect way of how the

cristina rendon is here to explain the discrepancy. >> reporter: here's a look at where the previous under water search has been in the indian ocean. investigators plan to move the search here hundreds of miles south along the arch. but a south bay man is part of a group that says the search has to be here 100 miles further southwest. the disappearance of malaysia flight 370 has been a mystery for 107 days. >> our plane with 70 people on board, such a big plane would disappear into the middle of nowhere. >> reporter: tim ferra is the communications expert. when flight 270 went missing he wrote a postabout airplane pings and received information from all over the world. >> me and this group came together spontaneously on the internet. >> reporter: the group has come together and found a new area to search. 800miles further from where the search is expected to start. >> the team had more information. what we would just like to figure out is what additional information they have dealing into what looks into a different conclusion. >> reporter: investigators are now saying the plane whic

ktvu's cristina rendon is live to let us know about the specific steps being taken. >> reporter: san leandro police will be meeting tonight with other agencies in the east bay to create a specific task force to crack down on the crime that they are seeing. they are gonna be talking about collaborating towards improving public safety. the bayfair b.a.r.t. station is one of the stations that teenagers are using as a getaway after their attacks. police are calling these attacks -- they say last weekend dozens of teens terrorized people at this station and chased them to the bayfair parking lot. people are having items stolen, getting hit with guns and knocked unconscious. they say the incident started in may and they've been getting worse since then. they did arrest one teen for a minor offense but they say something needs to be done. >> people are trying to work, do their own thing and these kids come and disrupt their lives. i don't think it's cool at all. >> reporter: and tonight's meeting starts at 5:30. there are other agencies other than san leandro police that are expected to be