ktvu's deborah villalon has been exploring one theory about the person responsible. but we begin in the newsroom with ken wayne and the kitchen appliance used to make those bombs. >> reporter: investigators have made significant progress in the 34 hours since the attacks. they've determined who pressure cookers were used as bombs. investigators combing the blast area say they determined the items used in the bombs. they found the remains of a pressure cooker. they also recovered this pack it apparently contained one of the crude devices. >> it was determined that both the explosives were placed in a dark colored nylon bag or backpack. the bag would have been heavy because of the components believed to be in it. >> reporter: a boston tv station showed this imagine of a bag next to a mailbox amidst the marathon crowd and the same area after the blast. evidence perhaps of a point of origin. the images have been turned over to authorities. more than 2,000 tips have come in. >> the fbi is conducting the investigation. the fbi is very good at this. so i have no reason to b

ktvu's deborah villalon has been exploring one theory about the person responsible. but we begin in the newsroom with ken wayne and the kitchen appliance used to make those bombs. >> reporter: investigators have made significant progress in the 34 hours since the attacks. they've determined who pressure cookers were used as bombs. investigators combing the blast area say they determined the items used in the bombs. they found the remains of a pressure cooker. they also recovered this pack it apparently contained one of the crude devices. >> it was determined that both the explosives were placed in a dark colored nylon bag or backpack. the bag would have been heavy because of the components believed to be in it. >> reporter: a boston tv station showed this imagine of a bag next to a mailbox amidst the marathon crowd and the same area after the blast. evidence perhaps of a point of origin. the images have been turned over to authorities. more than 2,000 tips have come in. >> the fbi is conducting the investigation. the fbi is very good at this. so i have no reason to b

deborah villalon has reaction and advice from the experts. >> reporter: we found out many people here know about an ongoing meningitis outbreak in the city of new york city, now the possibility that it has come west. the message is sending ripples from california north. >> we had a case where a fit healthy man went to work out on monday to not showing up to work on friday. it kills that quickly. >> reporter: the victim just two weeks before had attended a white party in white springs. roving party, this white party attracted huge crowds and quite likely men two traveled to new york. >> it could be a coincidence, we don't know where his exposure occurred. >> reporter: san francisco's health department says they've been advising men to vaccinate against meningitis before going to new york. not so huge that san francisco is expanding it's travel vaccination advice. at least not until the staff has heard from l.a. authorities. >> they're going to be looking at when did he get sick. they're going to look closely where his exposures might have occurred. >> reporter: bacterial men -- meningi

deborah villalon was there again at the memorial lit by a candles. >> reporter: once again, the family gathered where an suv careened into a father and daughter. so many prayers, so many tears. >> i don't think you're ever okay. how can you be okay. >> reporter: life changed in an instant when a teenager killed a 9-year-old and her father. >> it's hard to believe he was going at 90 miles per hour down this road. >> i don't think she's even road a bike or gone to a park or done anything. >> we feel the presence of solom every time we go to the field and play. >> reporter: tonight a loving father and husband was remembered as a go to soccer coach. >> i think that sulemon measured life by depth not by length. >> it's really sad whenever i pass by here. i really miss her. >> reporter: starnuri no longer works at john hopkins -- john murray hospital, too painful since that's where her family was taken. but she says concord is where she belongs. >> reporter: tomorrow morning, a bench will be dedicated in suri's honor at the school where she attended. reporting live, deborah villalon, ktvu ne

deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now to some developing news that we're following tonight in oakland where police are at the scene of a third fatal shooting today. right now no arrests have been made in any of these homicides. this latest killing happened at 70s and haley in east oakland just about a few hours ago. the male victim appears to have been walking with a bicycle before being shot. police remain there on the scene right now marking multiple shell casings on the sidewalk and interviewing witnesses. >>> gunfire erupted at about 10:00 this morning in the 2400 block of 68th avenue in oakland. police say shot spotter alerted officers to that area and that's when they found the 31- year-old male victim. you can see here the shattered glass and multiple bullet holes in the driver side of the car. police say they are searching for three suspects in this case. no word tonight of a motive. then in the 8900 block of international boulevard, police found one victim shot and killed around 4:00 this afternoon. investigators though are releasing few details about that case. >>> t

deborah villalon live with how the new security may be the new normal. >> reporter: the game has just and fans are enjoying a fire work show right now. >> the city of boston and -- >> reporter: before play ball, a pause for tragedy 2,600 miles away. >> now a moment of silence as we honor the victims of this attack. >> reporter: a moment missed by thousands of fans stuck in line longer than anyone could remember. hour plus waits to get in because every bag was being searched. every body scanned. >> it doesn't make you safe at all. not at all. >> reporter: fans complained in frustration, the terrorists won. >> it's what they wanted to do was they wanted to get the situation where they would slow everything down for everybody. and they've been successful in that. >> this turns the clock back. it makes a new normal today much like september 11. >> reporter: san francisco police watched how the city shut down, knowing that one day his port city might have to do the same. >> the public gets it. we've been saying for better than 10 years it's not a question of if but when. when was monday. >

deborah villalon live with how the new security may be the new normal. >> reporter: the game has just ended and fans are enjoying a fire work show right now. >> the city of boston and -- >> reporter: before play ball, a pause for tragedy 2,600 miles away. >> now a moment of silence as we honor the victims of this attack. >> reporter: a moment missed by thousands of fans stuck in line longer than anyone could remember. hour plus waits to get in because every bag was being searched. every body scanned. >> it doesn't make you safe at all. not at all. >> reporter: fans complained in frustration, the terrorists won. >> it's what they wanted to do was they wanted to get the situation where they would slow everything down for everybody. and they've been successful in that. >> this turns the clock back. it makes a new normal today much like september 11. >> reporter: san francisco police watched how the city shut down, knowing that one day his port city might have to do the same. >> the public gets it. we've been saying for better than 10 years it's not a question of if but when. when was mon

deborah villalon is live, she joins us with why outraged bird lovers says caltranss is breaking the law, deborah. >> reporter: ken just look up. these pillars have net strung around them to discourage birds from nesting inside those holes but the nets have become death traps. arriving from south america, the swallows have returned to the petaluma river bridge. to nest in it nooks with the wetlands below. >> i think on sunday there were 13 dead birds in the net. >> reporter: this year a manmade hazard trapping the swallows. >> they die a slow terrible death. some of them literally bake in the sun. >> reporter: advocates have been documenting the deaths. >> this season it seems they should have been prepared for it. they could have done a much better job. >> reporter: caltrans wants to discourage the swallows as it start as three year widening project on highway 101 and the bridge. but driven by habit, the swallows continue. >> they've achieved nothing. >> reporter: nothing but dead birds. myers now has workers remove at night. >> they've been trying to go nightly trying to repair the net

it's all happening in vallejo and that's where ktvu's deborah villalon is now on how where the league there is responding. deborah. >> reporter: it happened at a tee ball game, five and 6-year- olds in north vallejo. no one hurt but for now baseball takes a backseat to safety. >> and the gunfire started, we told the kids all to get down on the ground. >> reporter: this coach describing dozens of shots that sent people running in panic from this baseball field. two men had argued in the parking lot and when one drove away the other opened fire. >> he riddled the victim's vehicle with bullets and the victim was able to get out of the area without being hit. >> i understand he may be a parent. >> reporter: the league president doesn't know the shooter. but in light of what happened, he suspended play. the board is calling all families together for an emergency meeting to discuss safety in a neighborhood not known for it. >> one option would be if we have to we will go across town and we will play. we will find a way for these kids to play ball and enjoy their childhood. >> these poor lit

it's all happening in vallejo and that's where ktvu's deborah villalon is now on how where the league, five and 6-year- olds in north vallejo. no one hurt but for now baseball takes a backseat to safety. >> and the gunfire started, we told the kids all to get down on the ground. >> reporter: this coach describing dozens of shots that sent people running in panic from this baseball field. two men had argued in the parking lot and when one drove away the other opened fire. >> he riddled the victim's vehicle with bullets and the victim was able to get out of the area without being hit. >> i understand he may be a parent. >> reporter: the league president doesn't know the shooter. but in light of what happened, he suspended play. the board is calling all families together for an emergency meeting to discuss safety in a neighborhood not known for it. >> one option would be if we have to we will go across town and we will play. we will find a way for these kids to play ball and enjoy their childhood. >> these poor little kids were crying, and they were shaking. >> reporter: bullets not only

deborah villalon has the story. >> reporter: and too loud. during the bottle rock festival they'll be jamming from noon to 10:00 at night. >> that's where zack brown and the kings of leon. >> reporter: it was easy to get headliners to agree to come play in napa. but winning over residents a different tune. >> it might blow up in their faces and they could have five days of crisis management. >> yeah this is we're breaking new ground here so there's a little bit of trepidation like what is it going to be? >> reporter: it's going to be napa's biggest event ever. 60 bounds in three days tucked into the complex downtown. food and wine all local. >> you would be able to get oysters to go with your blanc. >> reporter: a one day ticket is $139. they max out at 600 for a vip pass. >> on thursday that will be primus another bay area iconic band. >> reporter: organizers have been -- have tried to meet every need. bottle rock will be more than the fair. smaller than the arts festival in san francisco's golden gate park. >> it's transformative historic e

deborah villalon, ktvu knew. >>> now to the south bay where three 16-year-olds who sexually assaulted a teenage girl who later committed suicide. this is a photo of 15-year-old audrey pott. her parents gave permission to release her name. aubrey was a senior when she committed suicide just days after someone posted the photo of the alleged assault online. the sheriff says two of the boys were arrested this morning at saratoga high. a third was arrested at christopher high school in gilroy. pott was apparently drunk and unconscious when the rape took place. today we talked to the attorney about today's arrest. >> the family hopes these boys are brought to custody and face the toughest charges available, regardless the age. >> the three boys are facing felony charges. >>> friends and family in san jose's family victims honored to remember him. viet tran was shot and killed outside a party last saturday. family and friends say tran was a peaceful man and the victim of a senseless crime. >> he's just a very gentle soul. big guy, tough looking guy, but we beneath that he was just a very ge

deborah villalon is live, she joins us with why outraged bird lovers says caltranss is breaking the law, deborah. >> reporter: ken just look up. these pillars have net strung around them to discourage birds from nesting inside those holes but the nets have become death traps. arriving from south america, the swallows have returned to the petaluma river bridge. to nest in it nooks with the wetlands below. >> i think on sunday there were 13 dead birds in the net. >> reporter: this year a manmade hazard trapping the swallows. >> they die a slow terrible death. some of them literally bake in the sun. >> reporter: advocates have been documenting the deaths. >> this season it seems they should have been prepared for it. they could have done a much better job. >> reporter: caltrans wants to discourage the swallows as it start as three year widening project on highway 101 and the bridge. but driven by habit, the swallows continue. >> they've achieved nothing. >> reporter: nothing but dead birds. myers now has workers remove at night. >> they've been trying to go nightly trying to repair the net

deborah villalon has been talking to some of those who remember the last time ebert visited the city. >> reporter: go back three years and the san francisco international film festival. roger ebert here at the castro theater saluted by fans and film makers. >> he seems happy. delighted to be there. >> reporter: cancer took his speech but never his enthusiasm. roger ebert accepting an award from film directors he admired and basking in a three minute ovation from the crowd. >> the wall of clapping and love from the audience it was almost physical i could feel it coming up on the stage. - - even though he had lost his voice, his face and his eyes were so expressive. >> he did not just curl up and disappear. >> reporter: ebert's fans knew him first on paper then on television. >> we would talk about it as a family. if he didn't like something we were a little skeptical but we still would go see it ourselves. i think he stayed accessible to a variety of people and fluctuated with time. >> i started going to the movies when i was a little child. my aunt would take me to the adult movies. >

deborah villalon, ktvu knew. >>> now to the south bay where three 16-year-olds who sexually assaulted a teenage girl who later committed suicide. this is a photo of 15-year-old audrey pott. her parents gave permission to release her name. aubrey was a senior when she committed suicide just days after someone posted the photo of the alleged assault online. the sheriff says two of the boys were arrested this morning at saratoga high. a third was arrested at christopher high school in gilroy. pott was apparently drunk and unconscious when the rape took place. today we talked to the attorney about today's arrest. >> the family hopes these boys are brought to custody and face the toughest charges available, regardless the age. >> the three boys are facing felony charges. >>> friends and family in san jose's family victims honored to remember him. viet tran was shot and killed outside a party last saturday. family and friends say tran was a peaceful man and the victim of a senseless crime. >> he's just a very gentle soul. big guy, tough looking guy, but we beneath that he was just a very ge

our live team coverage continues with deborah villalon. she's at the site of two games tonight, side by side, deborah. >> reporter: yeah the a's and warriors both at home tonight and both getting extra security because of what happened in boston. >> reporter: kick off tonight and a sold out crowd. they don't realize bomb sniffing dogs were scouring the seats just a few hours ago, up and down every aisle. >> you have to go into the mind of someone who wants to be damage and search those areas. >> reporter: which meant a complete sweep of the parking lot too. including trash cans where the boston bombs lurked. >> we got a special briefing. just be alert of everything. don't let nothing slip past you. >> reporter: some fans said it seemed the bag searches tonight were more thorough than usual. and the passage through the metal detector a bit more rigorous. andy akai's family said they were more concerned about performing the anthem than the safety. >> i feel safe. i guess because of the security checking in. >> reporter: and the city doubled t

our live team coverage continues with deborah villalon. she's at the site of two games tonight, side by side, deborah. >> reporter: yeah the a's and warriors both at home tonight and both getting extra security because of what happened in boston. >> reporter: kick off tonight and a sold out crowd. they don't realize bomb sniffing dogs were scouring the seats just a few hours ago, up and down every aisle. >> you have to go into the mind of someone who wants to be damage and search those areas. >> reporter: which meant a complete sweep of the parking lot too. including trash cans where the boston bombs lurked. >> we got a special briefing. just be alert of everything. don't let nothing slip past you. >> reporter: some fans said it seemed the bag searches tonight were more thorough than usual. and the passage through the metal detector a bit more rigorous. andy akai's family said they were more concerned about performing the anthem than the safety. >> i feel safe. i guess because of the security checking in. >> reporter: and the city doubled t

deborah villalon has the story. >> reporter: and too loud. during the bottle rock festival they'll be jamming from noon to 10:00 at night. >> that's where zack brown and the kings of leon. >> reporter: it was easy to get headliners to agree to come play in napa. but winning over residents a different tune. >> it might blow up in their faces and they could have five days of crisis management. >> yeah this is we're breaking new ground here so there's a little bit of trepidation like what is it going to be? >> reporter: it's going to be napa's biggest event ever. 60 bounds in three days tucked into the complex downtown. food and wine all local. >> you would be able to get oysters to go with your blanc. >> reporter: a one day ticket is $139. they max out at 600 for a vip pass. >> on thursday that will be primus another bay area iconic band. >> reporter: organizers have been -- have tried to meet every need. bottle rock will be more than the fair. smaller than the arts festival in san francisco's golden gate park. >> it's transformative historic e

deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and from oakland we go to san francisco. taking a live look now at san francisco city hall. of course the city moving forward with a new waterfront stadium for the warriors. you can see city hall all lit up in warriors colors tonight of alternating blue and gold. >>> coming up in sports wrap, our joe fo nzi will be all the high highlights from tonight's games and what's coming up for the warriors. >>> family, friends and lots of strangers hit the track for a bay area boy injured in the boston marathon bombings. their efforts to try to help his family. >> sequestered cuts hitting the bay area. the high profile areas that are seeing security suspended. >> i find it despicable, i find it unethical. >> a bad use of donations. we'll tell you how bay area elders are being swindled. and we'll tell you how to avoid the scam. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't

ktvu's deborah villalon was live as they rolled out furloughs there. >> reporter: this tower went dark over an hour ago. it's closed overnight. it will reopen at 6:00 a.m. for another busy day of small planes, business jets and commercial flights and fewer controllers to manage the mix. >>> a rise in airlines prepared for take off to los angeles. one of nine flights keeping this santa rosa terminal busy today under the watchful eye of the tower. down by at least one controller, maybe two. the one who answered said he was too busy to talk about it. >> who knows, today was the first day of sequester that's probably why we were late. >> reporter: this flight from seattle delayed a half an hour. a mechanical, not staffing related delays. but passengers don't need these fliers to warn them about furloughs, many have heard and don't like them. >> because that's not going to do the economy any good. we all need to make a living. we make a living, we spend money, we buy goods, we sell goods it just keeps it going. >> every business can buckle up a little bit. >> cuts make sense, some say. but

reporting live in san francisco, deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police say a taxi passenger faked being sick early this morning in order to steal a cab that he then led officers on a wild chase. this is video of the pursuit. it all started about 1:15 this morning at san francisco state university. police say they chased the cab to pacifica then back to the university where the suspect crashed the vehicle and took off running. investigators are now reviewing surveillance footage from inside that cab. also in san francisco, we're learning new details about a police chase in the tenderloin last night that ended in a crash. police today revealed that the suspects arrested were involved in two separate smart phone robberies. officers say the vehicle they were in matched the description of a vehicle linked to those robberies. investigators say 19-year-old edwin toby and evans both of san francisco are now facing several charges including robbery and conspiracy. >>> new at 10:00, a kayaker is being hailed as a hero tonight after he helped save a family who's suv cr

deborah villalon has been talking to some of those who remember the last time ebert visited the city. >> reporter: go back three years and the san francisco international film festival. roger ebert here at the castro theater saluted by fans and film makers. >> he seems happy. delighted to be there. >> reporter: cancer took his speech but never his enthusiasm. roger ebert accepting an award from film directors he admired and basking in a three minute ovation from the crowd. >> the wall of clapping and love from the audience it was almost physical i could feel it coming up on the stage. - - even though he had lost his voice, his face and his eyes were so expressive. >> he did not just curl up and disappear. >> reporter: ebert's fans knew him first on paper then on television. >> we would talk about it as a family. if he didn't like something we were a little skeptical but we still would go see it ourselves. i think he stayed accessible to a variety of people and fluctuated with time. >> i started going to the movies when i was a little child. my aunt would take me to the adult movies. >

reporting live in san francisco, deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police saya taxi passenger faked being sick early this morning in order to steal a cab that he then led officers on a wild chase. this is video of the pursuit. it all started about 1:15 this morning at san francisco state university. police say they chased the cab to pacifica then back to the university where the suspect crashed the vehicle and took off running. investigators are now reviewing surveillance footage from inside that cab. also in san francisco, we're learning new details about a police chase in the tenderloin last night that ended in a crash. police today revealed that the suspects arrested were involved in two separate smart phone robberies. officers say the vehicle they were in matched the description of a vehicle linked to those robberies. investigators say 19-year-old edwin toby and evans both of san francisco are now facing several charges including robbery and conspiracy. >>> new at 10:00, a kayaker is being hailed as a hero tonight after he helped save a family who's suv cra