eric ration hue sen. >>> -- eric rasmussen. >>> as far as the over all weather story in the short term, we the talked about it. with that a drop off in visibilities could be down to about a quarter to half mile for the overnight hours as we do head into early wednesday morning? first thing tomorrow morning, most areas start out in the mid- to low 50s. santa rosa 50, antioch 56 and san jose forecast low of 55 degrees. high pressure returned today a bit. developing in southern california and tomorrow not too much changed. some warm to hot numbers especially in the coastline. this area of low pressure moves in for thursday and friday that will increase the marine layer increase the fog, and temperatures come down a few degrees for thursday, friday and that will continue right into, primarily the first half of the weekend. here's our forecast model shows you some of the fog tomorrow morning. once again locally dense, surging back into the bay. mostly clear skies well inland and then we'll take this into the evening hours. more sunshine around the bay and some warm temperatures out toward f

in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> activists rallied outside oakland district headquarters today, demanding that the oakland police chief be fired. bat and another officer were involved in a fatal shooting in january. protesters call it murder. but an investigation cleared the officers. bat took over on a temporary basis for peter sarna who resigned last week. >>> back here in ten minutes with a fog forecast that most likely will deliver fog to your neighborhood. >>> celebration in libya tonight. where is moammar gadhafi? the big incentive now being offered to find him. >> changes to security at sfo. what's being down to address privacy concerns, and why it's not being ruled out everywhere. sir, the plaintiff claims she changed her travel plans, paid the difference in airfare, but you added a 150-dollar change fee. oh, boo hoo. who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? me. well, she says she's going to fly southwest next time because they don't do that. they love customers, i love cash. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly so

used, eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: a few hours ago b.a.r.t. confirmed it cut off all cell phone service for everybody at the station here below me around the time that protest was expected to happen. it could have made a real emergency even worse. with a small army of police on the platform at b.a.r.t. civic center station and even more officers on stand by aboveground. authorities shut down a protest before it everyone started. the goal to repeat a repeat of this scene last month when another protest over the shooting of hill quickly got out of hand and disrupted service system wide. this time, the disruption didn't happen although we found a man who said he was there for the protest. >> reporter: what is going on? where is everybody? >> we never know. they might be here, they might not. >> reporter: but one thing we noticed was a lack of cell phone service. >> i'm scared now. >> reporter: especially when people realized it was not a normal outage. >> if you don't have cell service and something happens, what are going to do. at this briefing

but as eric rasmussen shows us, not everyone standing in line for free food eats it. >> reporter: areyou selling this food that you got from the food bank? >> reporter: it wasn't a question this man was willing to answer. but regulars at this corner say that's exactly where this food came from. >> do you think maybe it's not right to be selling food that you got for free? we counted at least six people selling brands of cereal you don't see at grocery stores. >> i don't know why they do it but it ain't right. >> reporter: around the corner, robert roosevelt says he's seen the same people getting food from charities. >> they're lying, and come out here and selling. >> reporter: that cheese that we saw them selling is the same that we see here at the food bank. but the food for sale is just a small amount than they distribute. >> reporter: all the same reason to make sure the food is getting in the hands of people who need it the most. >> it's frustrating for everyone involved. it's frustrating for other clients who need our assistance. it's frustrating to our donators. >> reporter: par

but as eric rasmussen shows us, not everyone standing in line for free food eats it. >> reporter: are this food that you got from the food bank? >> reporter: it wasn't a question this man was willing to answer. but regulars at this corner say that's exactly where this food came from. >> do you think maybe it's not right to be selling food that you got for free? we counted at least six people selling brands of cereal you don't see at grocery stores. >> i don't know why they do it but it ain't right. >> reporter: around the corner, robert roosevelt says he's seen the same people getting food from charities. >> they're lying, and come out here and selling. >> reporter: that cheese that we saw them selling is the same that we see here at the food bank. but the food for sale is just a small amount than they distribute. >> reporter: all the same reason to make sure the food is getting in the hands of people who need it the most. >> it's frustrating for everyone involved. it's frustrating for other clients who need our assistance. it's frustrating to our donators. >> reporter: part of the so

eric rasmussen. >>> there's new concern about bryan stow.re has been a set back, he is currently running a high fever and is suffering from urinary tract and staff infection. the family calls stow's condition a step backward but says he remains conscious and is able to recognize family members. their statement said in part, nobody should feel afraid to root for their team or bring their families to games. when someone is injured they are not the only victims. their families, loved ones and worse of all their children are victims as well. >>> the reward for information leading to a conviction of the hit and run driver who killed a prominent san francisco attorney has been increased now to $12,500. a funeral was held for don casper this morning. casper was struck and killed while jogging on river road and sonoma county. investigators say the hit and run driver was in a white pickup truck with an extended cab and a gold stripe around the bottom. >>> and the fog is right back at the coast but it's not that far inland so it's still pretty warm ri

in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> activists rallied outside oakland district headquarters today, demanding that the oakland police chief be fired. bat and another officer were involved in a fatal shooting in january. protesters call it murder. but an investigation cleared the officers. bat took over on a temporary basis for peter sarna who resigned last week. >>> back here in ten minutes with a fog forecast that most likely will deliver fog to your neighborhood. >>> celebration in libya tonight. where is moammar gadhafi? the big incentive now being offered to find >>> in downtown tripoli, rebels set off fireworks tonight and fired their guns in celebration. rebels claim they now control 80, to 90% of the country. the whereabouts of moammar gadhafi are still unknown, but there is a big incentive to turn him in. >> reporter: rebels say the stakeholder moammar gadhafi's loyalists are taking there, may mean the ousted leader is nearby, or it's a ruse to keep them busy, while gadhafi's supporters move him elsewhere. >> he's looking for a spider hole, and howling, t

eric rasmussen. >>> there's new concern about bryan stow.re has been a set back, he is currently running a high fever and is suffering from urinary tract and staff infection. the family calls stow's condition a step backward but says he remains conscious and is able to recognize family members. their statement said in part, nobody should feel afraid to root for their team or bring their families to games. when someone is injured they are not the only victims. their families, loved ones and worse of all their children are victims as well. >>> the reward for information leading to a conviction of the hit and run driver who killed a prominent san francisco attorney has been increased now to $12,500. a funeral was held for don casper this morning. casper was struck and killed while jogging on river road and sonoma county. investigators say the hit and run driver was in a white pickup truck with an extended cab and a gold stripe around the bottom. >>> and the fog is right back at the coast but it's not that far inland so it's still pretty warm ri

eric rasmussen is live tonight. eric? >> reporter: frank, b.a.r.t. police say the goal is to throw off potentially rowdy protestors at the civic center location but b.a.r.t. confirmed it cut off cell service from here toetet embarkadaro to daly city. the b.a.r.t. director isn't satisfied with the explanation for cutting off communication for passengers on thursday. >> if someone has an emergency and they can't get to their family or they can't get to their children, it just doesn't work in my head. >> it all boils down to the safety of the public. >> reporter: b.a.r.t.'s deputy police chief told us the agency decided to turn off underground cell service because of intelligence that the same protestors who got out of hand last month were planning something potentially violent. but others say the image of b.a.r.t. customers without cell or internet service was more reminiscent of tactics in egypt. >> we aren't a third world car. barring communications takes us to somewhere where i don't want to see b.a.r.t. go. >> reporter: we are getting plenty of bar

eric rasmussen is live in san francisco to tell us who's missing out. >> reporter: for every dollar peoplespend in food stamps it generates another $1.80 in economic activity. that's one of the reasons they are concerned that only half of the people who qualify for food stamps is getting it. >> i don't know if i want to go through that again, it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: cassandra is one of the persons who qualify for food stamps but does not get them. >> a lot of people don't want to put up with the red tape. >> reporter: she's out of work but is reluctant to look for fresh because of a bad past experience. food banks in the bay area say that's not nearly enough. >> when we're missing people who are qualified or eligible for the program, these are people who really need the help. people that we're seeing at the food bank because often times because they can't get that sort of assistance. >> reporter: advocates estimate alameda county alone is missing out on almost $107 million in federal help. about $93 million are going unused in san francisco and in contra costa county it's close

in palo alto, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> b.a.r.t. getting a chance to weigh in on cars of the future. b.a.r.t. is offering three options now for the interior of cars. concept a features seats that are easier to clean. concept b has an open style lounge area. and the third has s shaped poles for riders to grasp. and portals to view the tracks and tunnel. b.a.r.t. will be showing the options around the bay area beginning on thursday. you can go to ktvu.com for more information on where you can check out those designs. it's in the right now section. >>> up next tonight, another night of violence in england but not on the same scale. as the government decides not to use tougher tactics. >>> a few minor changes to the bay area forecast. i'll highlight the warmest day of the week. >>> and take a >>> an investigation is under way in los angeles after a blast rocked a building in the this afternoon. firefighters say three people were hurt, two of them critically. firefighters say the commercial building was being used by a family run alterna

in palo alto, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> b.a.r.t.are getting a chance to weigh in on cars of the future. b.a.r.t. is offering three options now for the interior of cars. concept a features seats that are easier to clean. concept b has an open style lounge area. and the third has s shaped poles for riders to grasp. and portals to view the tracks and tunnel. b.a.r.t. will be showing the options around the bay area beginning on thursday. you can go to ktvu.com for more information on where you can check out those designs. it's in the right now section. >>> up next tonight, another night of violence in england but not on the same scale. as the government decides not to use tougher tactics. >>> a few minor changes to the bay area forecast. i'll highlight the warmest day of the week. >>> and take a look at this, the mystery of how a tractor trailer ended up hurt against an overhead sign. >>> an investigation is under way in los angeles after a blast rocked a commercial building in the somar district this afternoon. firefighters say three p

eric rasmussen is live in san francisco to tell us who's missing out. >> reporter: for every dollar peoplespend in food stamps it generates another $1.80 in economic activity. that's one of the reasons they are concerned that only half of the people who qualify for food stamps is getting it. >> i don't know if i want to go through that again, it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: cassandra is one of the persons who qualify for food stamps but does not get them. >> a lot of people don't want to put up with the red tape. >> reporter: she's out of work but is reluctant to look for fresh because of a bad past experience. food banks in the bay area say that's not nearly enough. >> when we're missing people who are qualified or eligible for the program, these are people who really need the help. people that we're seeing at the food bank because often times because they can't get that sort of assistance. >> reporter: advocates estimate alameda county alone is missing out on almost $107 million in federal help. about $93 million are going unused in san francisco and in contra costa county it's close

used, eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: a few hours ago b.a.r.t.confirmed it cut off all cell phone service for everybody at the station here below me around the time that protest was expected to happen. it could have made a real emergency even worse. with a small army of police on the platform at b.a.r.t. civic center station and even more officers on stand by aboveground. authorities shut down a protest before it everyone started. the goal to repeat a repeat of this scene last month when another protest over the shooting of hill quickly got out of hand and disrupted service system wide. this time, the disruption didn't happen although we found a man who said he was there for the protest. >> reporter: what is going on? where is everybody? >> we never know. they might be here, they might not. >> reporter: but one thing we noticed was a lack of cell phone service. >> i'm scared now. >> reporter: especially when people realized it was not a normal outage. >> if you don't have cell service and something happens, what are going to do. at this briefing

eric rasmussen is live tonight. eric? >> reporter: frank, b.a.r.t. police say the goal is to throw off potentially rowdy protestors at the civic center location but b.a.r.t. confirmed it cut off cell service from here toetet embarkadaro to daly city. the b.a.r.t. director isn't satisfied with the explanation for cutting off communication for passengers on thursday. >> if someone has an emergency and they can't get to their family or they can't get to their children, it just doesn't work in my head. >> it all boils down to the safety of the public. >> reporter: b.a.r.t.'s deputy police chief told us the agency decided to turn off underground cell service because of intelligence that the same protestors who got out of hand last month were planning something potentially violent. but others say the image of b.a.r.t. customers without cell or internet service was more reminiscent of tactics in egypt. >> we aren't a third world car. barring communications takes us to somewhere where i don't want to see b.a.r.t. go. >> reporter: we are getting plenty of bar

. >>> the eric rasmussen live in san francisco with the last minute reprieve that is keeping a family together tonight, eric. >> reporter: the family's lawyer says it took hundreds of letters even a call from dick durbin to take another look at the case of this father and son who pays taxes and had never been in trouble before. >> reporter: these deportation papers ordered arturo and his son to leave by tuesday. >> my family, my school, my girlfriend. my job everything just, it's really devastating. >> reporter: but immigration officials granted them a 30 day extension. >> in spanish benfrito sr. says i feel comforted because we finally got the news we wanted. while renfrito's wife won a stay in court, he and his son were denied. >> a father and a son away from a mother and a son. >> reporter: despite being just hours away from leaving the u.s. for good, benfrito sr. never packed a single bag he said out of faith of god that there would be a resolution. his son calls it a miracle. >> to have the chance to live an american dream, but it's all in god's hands. >> reporter: a family's att

eric rasmussen got special access to see what is changing. >> reporter: it is an impressive feat of engineering. the crew on this judging barges making the harbor at the pt of oakland deeper, one giant scoop at a time. >> itis great. >> reporter: they gave us special access to board the barge and see for ourselves. this team is pulling up sentiments to restore it. this one point by million dollar job is just the first step to capitalize on $18 million in federal funding to deepen the entire harbor while the port of oakland is alerted if it is used in the country, officials say they cannot compete accommodate a larger ships without this kind of an upgrade. >> they say the payoff is thousands thousands of jobs. >> the launcher workers they seen moving cargo, truckers, railroad operators. >> reporter: they will finish this for the job at the end of the month previous to all of that sentiment scooped from the bottom is used to restore what and. we came out give you another view of this operation. on the water, and rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a wild boar attacks and -- attack sent a hunter t

eric rasmussen is live in san francisco with the new defense bart is using tonight. eric? >> reporter: frank, bart said the circumstances were different when it decided not to cut off cell phone service during a protest here yesterday. but like you said, the fcc is still asking questions about that decision to kill cell service last week and bart is offering a new defense. >> outside of bart stations in san francisco, the debate about whether it had the right to cut off underground cell service is far from over. >> do you think bart did the right thing. >> i don't have a problem with turning off -- that's not an extra service. that's not something we're guaranteed. >> i think it's a slippery slope. i think if they don't have anybody telling them when they have the right to do it and when they don't. then they have the opportunity to abuse it. >> reporter: facing an inquiry from the fcc, bart held this news conference. >> we lover the first amendment. >> reporter: chief spokesman lyndon johnson said that four times. >> let me make this clear, bart loves free speech. this ag

eric ere rasmussen is there as investigators look into whether a passing train is responsible. >> reporter: there's no official call yet. but firefighters say there might be no coincidence that these fires started right as a train was passing by. fire fighters suddenly had five separate fires going at the same time. >> flames, just orange, everything burning. black smoke everywhere. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: deputies evacuated students from nightson elementary school and neighbors near by got the call to take shelter. >> go inside and close all windows and doors. >> reporter: the thickest black column of smoke came from bill hudson's home where classes cars were stored. his friends lost these 22 beehives. the fire required help from firefighters as as far as morgan hill. investigators stop this freight train going by right after the fire started. no cause has been determined but bradley told us he expects the railroad to cover his losses. >> with all their technology it seems a little odd that they have all these things that tell them when the doors are open and all this stuff, it

eric ere rasmussen is there as investigators look into whether a passing train is responsible. >> reporter: there's no official call yet. but firefighters say there might be no coincidence that these fires started right as a train was passing by. fire fighters suddenly had five separate fires going at the same time. >> flames, just orange, everything burning. black smoke everywhere. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: deputies evacuated students from nightson elementary school and neighbors near by got the call to take shelter. >> go inside and close all windows and doors. >> reporter: the thickest black column of smoke came from bill hudson's home where classes cars were stored. his friends lost these 22 beehives. the fire required help from firefighters as as far as morgan hill. investigators stop this freight train going by right after the fire started. no cause has been determined but bradley told us he expects the railroad to cover his losses. >> with all their technology it seems a little odd that they have all these things that tell them when the doors are open and all this stuff, it

eric rasmussen has more on what he discovered about the game this weekend. >> reporter: tickets are going for as little as $1 to see the niners take on the houston texans. police hope this sketch will help them track down one of the most violent people who walked through these gates last weekend. as fists blew in the stands there was also plenty of witnesses in a bathroom at candle stick park. some of those witnesses helped them develop this sketch of a man who beat a fan unconscious. >> i am told it was a crowded restroom. it was during the game, hopefully when this picture goes out, someone will recognize him. >> reporter: police have also made plans to have more officers on hand. while the match up doesn't have the same reputation for trouble, some fans told us they are staying away. >> it gets to the point where you wonder is it better to stay away. >> reporter: some fans told channel 2 they are giving their tickets away. but with a ban on tailgating after kick off, fans may feel safer. >> we'll have officers on foot in both the stadium and parking lot. but also we'll have officers on

eric rasmussen has more on what he discovered about the game this weekend. >> reporter: tickets are going for as little as $1 to see the niners take on the houston texans. police hope this sketch will help them track down one of the most violent people who walked through these gates last weekend. as fists blew in the stands there was also plenty of witnesses in a bathroom at candle stick park. some of those witnesses helped them develop this sketch of a man who beat a fan unconscious. >> i am told it was a crowded restroom. it was during the game, hopefully when this picture goes out, someone will recognize him. >> reporter: police have also made plans to have more officers on hand. while the match up doesn't have the same reputation for trouble, some fans told us they are staying away. >> it gets to the point where you wonder is it better to stay away. >> reporter: some fans told channel 2 they are giving their tickets away. but with a ban on tailgating after kick off, fans may feel safer. >> we'll have officers on foot in both the stadium and parking lot. but also we'll have officers on

the door to sell your gold jewelry, shop around, get several estimates and check with the bbb, eric rasmussen ktvu. >>> and the high price of gold could also be behind a crime surge in oakland. police there say a number of robberies were reported throughout the city where people just essentially rip the gold necklaces off people's necking. a majority of those thefts occurred near the fruitvale bart station in the early evening hours, authority say they had as many as four of these robberies a day. >>> and crews practicing how to put out the wildfires today. the city laid off 49 firefighters last year because of federal budget cuts. then they allowed them to hire back 22 of them. some have not had training since the cutbacks. >> we're really happy that these firefighters have come back and are helping support the city and providing a really good service. >> the firefighters practice containing a fire by raking the embers towards the burned area. they say these are all wild land fires. >>> california firefighters with a special tool to help fight wildfires. starting next month, a major fire lik

the door to sell your gold jewelry, shop around, get several estimates and check with the bbb, eric rasmussenktvu. >>> and the high price of gold could also be behind a crime surge in oakland. police there say a number of robberies were reported throughout the city where people just essentially rip the gold necklaces off people's necking. a majority of those thefts occurred near the fruitvale bart station in the early evening hours, authority say they had as many as four of these robberies a day. >>> and crews practicing how to put out the wildfires today. the city laid off 49 firefighters last year because of federal budget cuts. then they allowed them to hire back 22 of them. some have not had training since the cutbacks. >> we're really happy that these firefighters have come back and are helping support the city and providing a really good service. >> the firefighters practice containing a fire by raking the embers towards the burned area. they say these are all wild land fires. >>> california firefighters with a special tool to help fight wildfires. starting next month, a major fire like

eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> and the protesters were disrupted because it happened at the busier stations, at the most busy time. bart says many get off that station every weekday. at the montgomery it is 34,000, at civic center station, 18,000 people get off there every weekday. >> the bottom line for bart is that downtown san francisco at 5:00 is the maximum stress point at the maximum stress time. >> bart says the average train car heading from embarcadero carries 94 people. >>> and an issue in place in san francisco after a work crew there hit a gas line setting off a leak, at about 11:45 between mission and howard street forcing a closure for two hours. the crews were digging for a terminal. it took the crews about an hour to set off the gas. they then repaired that line and nobody was injured. >>> and federal regulators looking at putting together tougher restrictions this year after last year's explosion at san bruno. the changes could include increased inspections, no safety exemptions for pipelines built before 1970 and requiring emergency shut off valves. >>> and a surge in the

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's been 24 hours since yesterday's protest in san francisco but the anxiety still lingers among some riders. >> i was hesitant to hop on bart today. i came to a meeting and i saw there was security so it was okay. >> it prompted the closure of four downtown stations and sent people into the streets during the rush hour and tens of thousands of people were affected. >> we can't let protests disrupt the thousands of people that use bart and the public transportation system every day that rely to get home to pick up their kids and other things. so it's not cool. >> our coverage of the protest continues later on in this newscast. you've heard from bart authorities and part passengers and now at 5:30 we'll hear from others about their response. >>> carlos nava was gunned down last week in oakland. what carlos' father said when he spoke publicly today for the first time. rob? >> reporter: frank, we're outside of saint mary's cemetery where carlos nava has been laid to rest in a day of sadness and support. more than 200 family friends and strangers c