fowler is our jimmy. so, fowler never has opinions about a lot of these teams. good guy. >> jimmy: i see. >> corso, myself, desmond, we have to have opinions, so people love us or hate us. so, when we sit here and we have to give picks or thoughts on teams, then they tend to sway depending on how we feel. chris just kind of rides the middle of the line and just kind of, like, waves to people and shakes hands and -- >> jimmy: smart. >> you should read my twitter. >> jimmy: people throw things at you sometimes. >> we have a net now, jimmy. we do have a net. but before the net, we had -- we had beers, golf balls, radishes. >> corn. they threw corn at us in nebraska. >> corn pierced the net. >> jimmy: oh, really? in nebraska, i assume. >> you think it's funny. your audience is in front of you right here. our audience is behind us. >> jimmy: that's a mistake. >> you sit here and you talk, you look into these cameras. >> jimmy: i can dodge things. if i see them coming, i can go right around the desk. >> we have a full beer can that comes right over our net before we h

. >> reporter: fowler never naught -- thought he would get his ring back. in the pacific ocean. >> when i saw the ring, it was, joy. and just incredulous that it could even, that this could happen. >> reporter: the story begins here at bolinas beach in 1979. the then 18-year-old fowler went surfing but was wearing more than a wet suit. >> i remember the ring slipping off my finger. and into the you know into the dark frigid water and just going, that's it. >> reporter: the ring stayed buried in the surf until last month that's when larry fursig was out trolling the beach with his metal detector. he found this a ring with the initials fts and he took a picture of it. >> it was down a good 8-inches or so. >> growing up in marin, fursig knew fts stood for the school. >> i feel great. because the guy, kind of like won the lottery for the day you know. >> reporter: the two men met yesterday for the first time in this san francisco whole foods parking lot where the 53-year- old fowler now a dentist got the ring he lost as a teenager. >> it evokes a lot of really

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ktvu's john fowler with the story. >> reporter: san francisco publishers say it is a business decision. capitalizing on the culture around pot. >> starting brand new, i think i would go into this business. >> reporter: the new magazine called ever green could be a hit. good photographer, sharp writing, bay area news with pop stories and advertising. >> there is a possibility this could be a opportunity for advertisers that want to show they are not just a booing old fashioned company. >> reporter: it is to be published by the examiner. and sf weekly. it would be a bay area version of a dozen national marijuana themed publications and an underground culture gone main stream. >> they are welcome to join the green rush. >> reporter: he heads california's chapter which hopes to make pot legal in california next year. >> even the new york times except legal american so if it is okay with the new york times i would say it is acceptable now. >> reporter: it will be available and free, look for it in three weeks. in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a hammer attack left a ma

ktvu's john fowler reports from the east bay where so many trees have fallen. >> lucky for me. and for my family. >> reporter: he said god was smiling on his family. this pine crashed on his door step. >> waving back and forth. and then it just did its thing and fell. >> reporter: inches from where children were about to go out the door. >> people can lose their lives very easily. we were lucky. >> reporter: tree crews working late on this 50-year-old spruce, it fell on his house. >> trees were swaying. i did not even think about this happening. >> reporter: it drew worried neighbors. he said a few inches either way could have caused a disaster. >> house seemed find. no puncture wounds. i think we are okay. >> reporter: not so lucky the owner of this truck. the toyota is a total loss. two trees crashed across the busy road. no one seriously hurt. police said they closed the road if 18 hours till pg&e could restring downed power lines. crews have almost completely restored the 201,000 customer whose lost power. >> reporter: there are so many trees down all across the bay area th

ktvu's john fowler joins us now with a reminder for people and people who have pets. john? >> reporter: that's right. if you look around your yard tonight you may find what amounts to poison for pets. >> reporter: anywhere moist in the bay area is becoming a mushroom garden from lawns to open spaces. for dogs especially. mushrooms can be deadly. >> he is always sniffing at everything. chewing on stuff. keep him away from the mushrooms. >> reporter: every years dog die from mushroom poisoning. even kinds that are harm lose to humans. veterinarians say they could be brutal to pets. . >> become so weak. liver failure. and kidney failure. >> reporter: symptoms can take up to three days to develop. he says puppies are most at risk. mushrooms can take fishy, at least four varieties killed pets, including cats. treatment must be prompt. >> induce vomiting and give them car coal. >> reporter: -- charcoal. >> reporter: if a pet eats one, bring a sample to the vet. >> kind of a shot in the dark that is she going to be okay? do i have to take her to the emergency room? something to wa

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now, there are 12 cases in the bay area. not all of them are linked to the disneyland outbreak. officials confirmed two cases in marin. alameda has the highest number of cases in the bay area at six. >>> following developing news out of mountain view. a pedestrian was hit and killed by a cal train about 4:30 p.m. this afternoon south of the station in mountain view under the highway 237 over pass. authorities say it was an adult male. traction were shut in both directions but the north bound tracks are now back open. there are delays. a bus bridge is also in operation. authorities at this point say it appears the person who died may have committed suicide. >>> police are looking for a sexual predator who assaulted a 10-year-old boy this week. police say the boy was walking ob98th avenue when a man lure -- on 98th avenue when a man dured him and aal -- lured him and assaulted him. he is describered as male hispanic. 40-50 years old. 5'7", slender build. short hair, salt and pepper and a bushy beard. wearing a brown leather ja

protect you and your children and your neighbor's children. >> john fowler live in marin. thank you. >>> the crisis subsided in the rescue of all the birds covered with a goo in san francisco bay. the problem is they still don't know what the goo is. been a week since birds started showing up with the coating of goo. more than 500 contaminated birds were rounded up, half of them died. lab tests are underway. so far the tests indicate the goo is not an oil based project or a synthetic rubber but they don't know what it is. >> this whole case since friday noon is a mystery. >> investigators hope to learn more from lab tests by the end of the week to prevent this from hammenning again. -- happening again. >>> uber is trying to get people to share rides. ktvu's tom vacar looked at what is called uber pool and the discounts that come with it. >> reporter: in san francisco casual carpoolers gather at 3:00 p.m. for their daily commute. it works well and goes in popular. but always with a certain amount of caution. >> i usually get in cars i am familiar with. if i see a new car i

ktvu's john fowler explains where we are now and what needs to happen and when. >> another great daye beach. >> absolutely loving this weather. >> reporter: they just moved from texas. >> feels like summer. feels like a permanent vacation. >> reporter: but weather worry is settling in. >> it is not right. this is our 4th january like this. this is the worse one. >> reporter: there has never been a drier month ever. january's rainfall is zero. >> we should be concerned. >> reporter: he says zero gets your attention. these are the five next driest years. all recent. this graph shows precipitation. the top line average the last 90 years. that red line down here, this season. >> we need to continue to act as if it is a drought, because it is a drought. >> part of global warming is you have these big droughts and heavy rainfall periods. >> reporter: one forecast model hinting now at a sudden shift. >> i think it is likely february we will go back into precipitation. >> reporter: across the state reservoirs are at 61% of average. above last year but last year we had significant rain in feb

they say they were trying to help. >> all right, john fowler in the newsroom tonight. john, thank you. >>> hazardous material teams swarmed a home. that home is on henry lane in san ramon. john sasaki live now with new information john about an arrest made there. >> reporter: hazmat crews were at that home second one in here on henry lane for most of the day. they've already left and police wrapped up their work moments ago. they came here investigating reports of a marijuana grow. they discovered chemical that is could have been unstable creating a dangerous situation. they found several butane tanks as well. butane can be used to make hash oil. it's similarly explosive. they say this was honey oil. >> the butane tanks are dangerous. contra costa county hazmat was notified. they respond to the scene, they work with san ramon fire and they rendered the scene safe. at that point there was a search warrant that was authored and the remainder of the residents were searched. >> reporter: police arrested oneman who was at home at the time. they identify him at 31-year- old

john fowler, ktvu channel 2news. >>> tomorrow is another spare the air day here in the bay area. that means no wood burning for 24 hours, unless it's your only source of heat. air quality officials say a high pressure system off the coast will produce stagnant air that traps smoke close to the ground. this will be the 21st spare the air alert so far this winter season. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions tonight. >> he joins us now in the weather center. bill, you know how dangerous the waves and rip currents can be. >> yeah, and with the warmth, julie and frank, the combination of big surf and warmth drives people to the beaches. of course that's the rip tides at ocean beach, about as dangerous as they get anywhere in the world, certainly in the united states. one of the most dangerous beach breaks in terms of rip tides and other things. the reason for that is as you see the surf here peaking right now, the swell should start to fall off after midnight, but it's still very large. even though it's going to be smaller on sunday, here's the bay, right

fowler? am i making any mistakes here? >> i think you are making one mistake that is critical to understanding how this case went down. the federal investigation wasn't about the prosecutor, bill. the federal investigation was about whether or not darren wilson violated michael brun's civil rights. and clearly, as soon as since the federal government has chosen not to prosecute, they are indicating that his civil rights weren't violated. dolls that mean that darren wilson didn't profile him? of course it doesn't. we do know he did profile him. >> i think you both don't understand what the statute says. if any misconduct took place in the investigation, it doesn't -- it can go from the actual shooting to how it was prosecuted. then the federal government could file civil rights charges saying that an american citizen, michael brown, rights were violated because the prosecutors didn't do their job or the police didn't do their job or whatever. they have a big tent to go into. >> but that wasn't the line of the federal invest

ktvu's john fowler went to where it happened. i don't know, what can you say? >> reporter: it is. witnesses tell us it was shocking, greed, and cowardice. >> reporter: it happened at 8 8th and union in west oakland. >> i don't know how to wrap my mind around that level of indecency. >> reporter: a bicyclist, 24- year-old man, knocked unconscious by a truck driven by an 81-year-old driver you see here. witnesses tell us a crowd of people laughing robbed them both. >> you would call it bottom feeding in a sense. if you don't have a resource and you see resource, that is what you will do. >> reporter: some in the neighborhood say poverty and hopelessness changes folks. >> no respect for old people first off and second, they are helping someone. you know? that is awful. >> reporter: the bicyclists is from the neighborhood. he is poor and struggling. police are investigating. the bicyclists is hospitalized. robbery suspects are not yet identified. >> you wouldn't want that to happen to your family, you know, don't do it here. we are better than that. >> reporter: sh

ktvu's john fowler reports on what it means for our future and the biggest of the big trees. >>> for many our forests are fundamental to enjoying life. >> i love nature and being out in it. >> reporter: scientists report significant and rapid changes happening right now in the structure of california forests. >> the thing i think that was worrisome is how widespread this is. >> reporter: they examined detailed tree data collected in the 1920s and 1930s, today big trees are disappearing and shifting to more oaks and scrubs. >> these changes will have empaths on the way animal -- impacts on the way animals use the forecast and the way we use the forest. >> reporter: california warming. >> the warming temperatures make it a drier world. even though we are not certain about the rainfall the temperature will have this impact. >> reporter: on the left, the water deficit. drier soil, more evaporation and on the right the loss of big trees. >> there is nothing we can do to slow down climate change. >> reporter: sometime short considering the forests are hundreds of thousands of years old, th

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> the storm damage is now cleaned up.on of highway 1 in marin is now back open after being shut down for seven weeks. news chopper 2 flew over the reopened section this afternoon. it was closed between millvalely and muir woods after a storm washed away the edge of the highway. crews have been working since then to get the road reopened and they said they finished the repairs ahead of schedule. >>> a day today a lot like yesterday, with highs back in the upper 60s. 70 in santa rosa, 71 in san rafael. another warm day, another dry day. the big exemption was the fog that showed up in the santa clara county. and up in the north bay where we had dense fog advisories this morning. i have the same kind of dynamics working. we have the coastal fog. that's going to spill up over the san bruno gap here. it's going to fill up a little bit to the bay. now we have valley fog. radiation fog. they're going to merge up. especially around the bay and san francisco. sfo could have delays tomorrow. dense fog advisory is a possibility. when

. >> john fowler and the disruption that happened on b.a.r.t. there were a couple of arrests? >> reporter: that's right. there were two and many headaches for commuters. we wondered about organizers asking demonstrators to bring spoons with them. now we know why. >> reporter: at san francisco's montgomery b.a.r.t. station what one called an annoying protest. beginning at 7:00 a.m. about 200 demonstrators swarmed the stations bemanding charges be dropped against b.a.r.t. protesters arrested three months ago, even as officers arrested two more protesters. [ indiscernible ] >> the message here, no business as usual for however long that police violence, the attacks on the community. >> the morning commute snarled system wide. >> my husband said the station is closed. we will see what happens. >> reporter: what happened, trains didn't stop. b.a.r.t. safety procedure and service at the free station disrupted two hours. and even commuters sympathetic to the issues were turned off. >> i come from a generation where we protested for a purpose. this is all non-sense. >> reporter: b.a.r

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a lot to think about. people don't like the get shots for their kids. they think it will cause problems. there is a reason to get them. >> bill martin now, beautiful sunset. >> yeah. stunning. still up. maybe we could throw that on. beautiful. beautiful sky. look at that. how pretty is this city? >> compared to the east coast -- [ talking at the same time ] >> so lucky. >> we live in the prettiest city in the world. san francisco, san jose, mountain view. beautiful. livermore. i-minuted to get -- i wanted to get all the cities. sorry. satellite image. we have the main rain going to stay to the north. everything is up and over. this is dry. dry from real rain. that would be a sweetheart of a system but it will miss us. we are seeing a secondary circulation from the south, showers in los angeles, showers around santa barbara -- showers around santa barbara. a chance for a sprinkle. but nothing more than a trace amount. temperatures are mild despite the cloud cover. cloudy skies now. because of the system you

john fowler, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> some very warm temperatures today.e records, oakland hit a record at 71. richmond at 70. santa cruise for the second straight day, 78 degrees. no record there, but pretty darn warm. other temperatures around the area that were well above average. anywhere from 5 to 10 to 15, even 18 degrees above average in a couple of places. these aren't records, these are just temperatures well above the average. it's cooling off tomorrow. all of these clouds are going to start filtering into the area. a weak system will impact us as we go into thursday and friday. it doesn't mean rain. it just means a cool down with filtered sunshine. today was the day in terms of warm, nice, perfect. tomorrow, you'll notice more clouds and slightly cooler. overnight lows impacted. kind of mild right now. temperatures this time of night are running a good, in some places 8 degrees warmer than they were just a few nights ago at this time. the temperatures out there are a little bit warmer already. overnight lows in the upper 30s. lower 40s. highs to

richard fowler, rick grenell thanks very much. after the break, mike huckabee is running for president, a job even more important than hosting a fox show. though why does everyone keep asking him about beyonce. e... it's a full day for me, and i love it. but when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. i don't like asking for help. i took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. so my daughter brought over some aleve. it's just two pills, all day! and now, i'm back! aleve. two pills. all day strong, all day long. and now introducing aleve pm for a better am. >>> mike huckabee is aggressively looking at a presidential bid. that's why he gave up his fox news show and the most important issue facing the country is beyonce. that's because he's pushing his book, god, guns grits and gravy and the media can't resist his siren song against the superstar. >> what do you got against beyonce? >> nothing. >> no, come on now. >> she is half a page in a 24-page -- >> you are pushing beyonce. >> no. >> i can't e

as john fowler reports, it's a contagious infection that can lead to death or permanent brain damage. >> about 450 people work at this alameda work center for kaiser permanente -- one worker told us there's lingering fear after a female coworker died a few days ago. we obtained e-mails to a woman working here. it says kaiser has been advised the woman had bacterial meningitis and that employees who worked to near proximity have already been contacted. worry is normal says dr. arthur reingolg. >> those who recover may have permanent damage to the brain. people should generally be reassured that we really don't see transmission of this in the workplace. >> reporter: in fact, he says that has never been known to happen in the united states. a second case of meningitis has been reported but that one is viral. not contagious, people recover in a few days. in alameda, john fowler, ktvu news. >>> also tonight, we're learning tests came out negative for a second patient being tested for ebola. a person showing symptoms consistent with the virus was admitted on wednesday to a hospital in south

in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> flu season is getting worse. the centers for disease control and prevention reported that the flu is now widespread in 43 states. that is up from 36 states last week. six more children have died after getting the flu. that brings the total number of children deaths to 21 nationwide this season. it is not widespread in california yet but it is just a matter of time. >>> now at sick p.m. officers open fire -- 6:00 p.m. officers open fire on a man, now we are learning about the message he left for those officers. >> the 49ers are out of the post season but they are still in the spotlight. the allegations of discrimination made against the team and the ceo. >> new shuttle buses in mountain view today, what google and the city hope taaccomplish -- to accomplish with the free shuttle. . >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> in the past 15 minutes the san francisco police department released new information about a deadly shooting outside a police station and th

richard fowler, rick grenell thanks very much. after the break, mike huckabee is running for president, a job even more important than hosting a fox show. though why does everyone keep asking him about beyonce. e. test >>> mike huckabee is aggressively looking at a presidential bid. that's why he gave up his fox news show and the most important issue facing the country is beyonce. that's because he's pushing his book, god, guns grits and gravy and the media can't resist his siren song against the superstar. >> what do you got against beyonce? >> nothing. >> no, come on now. >> she is half a page in a 24-page -- >> you are pushing beyonce. >> no. >> i can't even -- >> here's the point. you could not repeat the lyrics. >> you view that as a sort of a permissiveness that you think is not great for our children. is that correct? >> well, it was one page out of a 240 -- >> i understand but it's representative -- >> you know when a parent says honey if you make really good grades some day when you're 12 or 13 we'll get you your own stri

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the baby was born december 6.se he says his brother is a miracle. >>> now at sick p.m. forced from their home -- 6:00 p.m. forced from their homes, but they say the meetings that determined their fate weren't held in a language they speak. >> barbara boxer is ready to move on from capitol hill. her announcement and what she promising not to give up. >> 35 years later a class ring the owner thought he would never see again and the unexpected find on a trip to the beach. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> these fammies will be forced to move -- families will be forced to move but they say the decision was made without them being part of the discussion. good evening. >>> hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. julie haener has the night off. a dozen families are speaking out. they claim the city is discriminating against them. they say they are being forced from their homes for a new housing development. ktvu's cristina rendon is live wit

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ktvu channel 2 news' john fowler in the east bay hills.hese alerts are also financial. >> reporter: that's right. this may surprise some people. from here, we can clearly see the pollution problem. look at this ugly low level air. air quality officials say 40% of that particjurat pollution is food smoke. >> many are upset about not being able to burn but others are unset about not being to breathe. >> reporter: no smoke allowed. >> i wish we could have the old days back. but i think for quality of life and health, i think we got to do it. >> reporter: no burn really hurts firewood sales. >> a lot of our wood buyers are from the city and it puts a little damper on that wood- buying business. >> reporter: on spare the air days, bay area investigators patrol looking for smoking chimneys and look into individual homeowner complaints. >> we have received 10% more complaints this year than last year. what that tells us is more people are aware of the health impact. >> reporter: christine roseila says many people may not realize the financial imp

and ktvu's john fowler discovered some people are getting tired of the water conservation message rightt important. >> reporter: with no rain on the horizon state water officials report key reservoirs are even lower than at this time last year. >> california should embrace for a fourth year of drought and expect mitigating the economic and ecological harm of drought could be even harder than it was last year. >> reporter: homeowners talk about last month's storms. >> i think we've had enough rain and enough snow so that we shouldn't be talking about drought anymore. >> it's very tempting to turn that sprinkler on. december super wet. the fifth wettest in east fremont history. january, bone dry. the future is very uncertain. >> reporter: east bay mud customers conserved 13% last year. now the utility wants people to use even less water a 15% reduction. >> we put in astroturf. in our front and backyard. >> so we don't water our yard and you can come by in the summer and we'll prove it. >> reporter: the paradigm shift, that green lawns should be as offensive as smoking in a crowd. >> i thi

i'm john fowler, that is segment two for tonight. >> in the schumer of 2002, he was released into a wild and in a month ended up in norway. 870miles away. and he allowed feel people and play with him, and children crawled on his back for rides. keepers fed him and took him on walks leading him around the ocean, but in december of 2003, he started to show signs of problems and suddenly died. vets are saying the cause was pneumonia. he was 27-year-old. and in new zealand, a dolphin needed help from a diver after getting caught in a pot. reese came to the aid of the killer whale in 2012 after he received a call from the department of conservation that the animal needed help. he said it was nervous when five large orcas started to swim around him. >> i went up to him, he didn't seem to mind. he seemed fine once i cut the rope and quickly swam away. >> no one in the world has been tagged by an orca in the wild. three people in captivity. 93-- no one in the wild. >> the trapped animal appeared to have teeth marks around his neck from other orcas trying to free him. this suspect in washington s

. >> john fowler, thank you. >>> san francisco has been added to a list of cities offering students freea. it is available to can show their i.d. or reportered to get w/ -- card to );s to get the tickets. >>> how to deal with the drought was the topic of a meeting in lcxwvsan francisco. conversation dealing with low water use. australia has similar weather 6 patterns as california. >> i think one of the key messages i would give california is to promote management > conversation as far as possible. >> australia faced a decade long drought where citizens cut back nb y. a hazy day across the bay area. here is the view looking towards san francisco from the east bay this afternoon. today is another m day because ct of the unhealthy air. no wood burning for 24 hours. the 11th connective spare the air day for the bay area. that ties the 2013 record for connective days. but >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin now, where does the weather -- where does ,n that is -- inversion is rally. i noticed it in berkeley, the fog settles in, valley y.fog, the pollutants get caught up and picked up in t

from espn, chris fowler and kirk herbstreit. and music from priory. with cleto and the cletones.and now, stay right where you are, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, cleto. hi, everybody. well, that's very nice.'m the host of the show. thank you for watching at home. thank you for coming here. it's very -- very good to see you. well, i thank you for that. we have what i think -- i think

ktvu's john fowler is now live. this is something of a personal story for you, right?rt of ma marin county years ago. one of my best discoveries was the sunny side nursery. >> you might think half off is a great winter discount, but it's a going out of business sale. >> i have been in this business my entire life, since i worked as a kid for my grandfather pulling weeds. >> now 61, tom perry, descendent of pioneers is closing shop. his grandpa opened sunny side 75 years ago. we found long-time customers stopping by. >> i count on them to answer any question i come in with and they always do. and i was a bit sad to hear that they are leaving at the end of the month and i wanted to give, you know, my business to the local guys. >> part of what is happening is economics. small businesses hurt by chain stores. >> that's where maybe people are shopping now. i don't know. i think it's sad to see a business like this in marin county that is privately owned go out of business. >> nurseries, particularly hurt by drought. >> i planted less last year. i'll tell you that much. >>

. >> coming up ktvu's john fowler will have more on the new health care, a deadly case of meningitis mitt romney made an announcement today: we are working on these stories for you coming up at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. female announcer: don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set up, and removal of your old set. and sleep train's 100 day money back guarantee. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> yosemite national park is increasing its fees starting march 1. they fielded 3600 e- mails and phone calls about the increases. a 7 day pass goes to 25 or $30 depending on the time of year. animal pass will -- annual pass will cost $60 and camping will increase 20%. >>> all right. mark is here now with sports. sharks had a great night last night. >> something the fans are wanting to se

ktvu channel 2 news' john fowler spoke to some of the concerned teachers who were afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs. >> reporter: teachers we did speak with are worried that students are being forced to take more basic math and science courses despite being ready for calculus or physics and classes are mandated solely by grade level. some teachers fear this could turn off higher performing students and cause more harm than good. common core for education, new standards students call demanding. >> it all pays off eventually. the credits go great and look amazing for colleges and universities. >> reporter: but that template can be too flexible. >> everybody doing the same thing at the same time in the same sequence. at the same grade levels. >> reporter: scott dickerman says his san francisco school, the math and the physics sequences don't allow for differences among students. >> why is the intent to come up with a one size fits all implementation for common core? >> reporter: the district says it is still working on the scope and sequence of science education. but that

from espn, chris fowler and kirk herbstreit. and music from priory. with cleto and the cletones. now, stay right where you are, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, cleto. hi, everybody. well, that's very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching at home. thank you for coming here. it's very -- very good to see you. well,

from espn, chris fowler and kirk herbstreit. and music from priory. with cleto and the cletones.'s jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, cleto. hi, everybody. well, that's very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching at home. thank you for coming here. it's very -- very good to see

>> larry foresig was able to find fowler through the school and set up a meeting.th a special bobble bottle of giants edition champagne. seems appropriate. he also says he will not wear the ring surfing again. >> no more. >>> 7:16. a dog in tulsa, oklahoma apparently likes jewelry and has very expensive taste. a labrador puppy swallowed her owner's $23,000 engagement and wedding band. stephanie lamb noticed her two dogs were by the table where she put the rings, when the rings disappeared, and she knew something was wrong. she took both dogs to the vet to be x-rayed to determine which dog ate her rings. >> i knew that it was sierra because she's just a little bit of a trouble maker, kind of the instigator. >> but there's good news. sierra's okay. the vet surgically removed both rings. he also found rocks and twigs in her stomach. stephanie's engagement ring is okay, but her wedding ring is damaged. kind of beat up. >> looks a little bent. >> we had a beagle once. he ate a stick of butter, the wrapper and everything. dogs. >>> 7:17. let's check in with sal, checking

. >> pam: police say don fowler is has a long rap sheet, including an arrest last month that happen in the same area where you shot the officer involved in the shooting was not her during the confrontation >> reporter: tonight evidence of a gruesome attack pictures that make you cringe these images come after an attack in fairfield. now three suspects all members of the solano community college women's basketball team are under arrest. >> reporter: of bechtel blue fur tells reporters that the four young women were all friends but had a falling out. she says sisters and justice and janice robinson along with key arab beach man told the victim to meet them at allen went hard to discuss their differences. >> reporter: blue ford said the attack lasted 10 minutes with a crowbar one of rise was still swollen shut. the trio the trio was arrested were booked for assault with a deadly weapon conspiracy and vandalism and a been expelled from school. >> pam: protesters are planning another rally at the bart station tonight. that's after protests in downtown san francisco disrupted barge service a

ktvu's john fowler is live in conquered where another tree -- concord where another tree has fallen. >> reporter: right behind me is a 60-foot pine. it couldn't stand up in the wind and it is one of many downed trees with hair raising stories but some with good fortune on this new year's eve. >> reporter: tree crews working late. gusty winds blew down this 50- year-old spruce. it smashed into his house in walnut creek. >> the trees were swaying. but i did not even think about something like this happening. >> reporter: it drew a neighborhood crowd. a few inches either way this could have been a disaster. >> house looked find. no puncture wounds from the inside. i think we are okay. >> you see the dent. >> he was smiling on his family. his pine crashed on his door step, inches from where children were about to go out the door. >> people could lose their lives very easily. we were lucky. >> reporter: not so lucky, the owner of this truck in this surveillance video. the owner told us his toyota is a total loss. two trees crashed across the street. again no one seriously hurt. police sai

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> american idols 14 season kicks off tomorrow night on fox. >> show producers released this video on youtube of some of the top contestants. jennifer lopez, keith urban, and harry connick junior are returning. randy jackson will not be back and will be replaced by scott or shadow -- orchetta. you can get a sneak peek on our website. >>> major progress in the search for the airasia plane in the java sea. >>> 70 degree weather in january. i will lay out the conditions prompting hazy skies and another spare the air day. >>> the red carpets rollout in san francisco tonight, the screening for a show portraying the lives of three gay men living in the city. >>> redwood city officials getting the word out that there is help for people recovering from storms last month. redwood city and the group rebuilding together hosted a meeting tonight. it focused on helping people from two flooded mobile home parks get assistance to pay for repairs. residents of those two parks were ordered to evacuate because of possible health risks caused by the standing water. state water off

john fowler tells us about the debate going on and why some parents are dead set on having their kidsnated. >> reporter: what doctors today call a hot spot for a measles outbreak. >> we're fortunate that we haven't yet had a case. but we're really relying on luck at this point. >> reporter: matt willis says in some neighborhoods less than 50% of children are vaccinated. >> if i had my brother's children, they would not have had it. they would not have had their vaccine. >> reporter: the lower the vaccination rate according to the district. sonoma and marin the lowest. this man takes some of the blame. many people believe vaccines are too risky. >> because there's so much that's not known on the vaccines. i think a lot of it started with the autistic thing. >> and whooping cough are threats. science shows nothing is 100%, vaccines do work. are vastly safer than the diseases they prevent and by protecting us they also protect those like infants who can't get vaccines themselves. >> we owe it to them to make sure that all of us are doing our part to protect the community as a whole again

jilly is a writer for the national review and richard fouler host of the richard fowler show. jillian what did you think about the strategy. which side is winning the strategy battle here? >> it is the democrats that are wining this right now. executive action was a political sly move. if you look at what it does for immigrants tis not putting them with a green card or path of immigration, it is a temporary measure and it plays on the party divisions and it is a controversial and we are talking about the legality of executive action rather than passing lasting immigration reform. >> richard, the president said he didn't have the power and then he he justify it? >> i think jillian is right. it is a small fix on a larger larger problem. the president had to act. he waited so long for congress to do something as millions of americans live in the shadows and the president had to act. and jeff sessions in the senate and house want to play russian roulette after what happened in paris, they are making a mistake. shutting down the department of homeland security is not the answer. >>

. >> george fowler fled cuba in 1960 when he was nine years old. he's now an attorney for the cuban american foundation. under castro, he said opening trade does nothing for the people still struggling. >> what about other countries that the u.s. does business with communist countries? >> the chinese and the vietnamese can make money from their transactions. they can become millionaires and a billionaires. >> kevin is sensitive to the needs are those in cuba but said current restrictions put u.s. farmers at a disadvantage. >> we're the ones in my opinion that are getting hurt from not being able to trade about cuba. rice farmers they get their rice from somewheres else. >> 10 months after malaysia airline vanished, the search for survivors is caught off and called an accident. 239 people onboard the marsh 2013 flight are presumed dead. officials say today's announcements allows 60s' families to move on and begin the process of claiming compensation. >> crash investigators say it was the less experienced co pilot at the controls of the fate am air f

. >>> john fowler tells us why some say evergreen could be a hit as attitudes about marijuana change. francisco publishers say it's a business decision. capitalizing on the cannabis boom. >> i think i would go into this business. >> reporter: consumer psychologist kip euro says if new magazine could be a hit. promising good photography, sharp writing and advertising possibly big name. >> there is a possibility are that this could be a genuine opportunity for advertisers that want to show that they are not just a boring old fashioned company that they're socially relevant. >> reporter: this to be published by the folks who put out the examiner and sf weekly. about a dozen national marijuana themed publications. >> there you go. >> reporter: and underground culture gone suddenly mainstream. >> they're welcomed to join the green rush as it's called. >> reporter: beringer heads the reform of marijuana laws. >> now everyone the new york times accepts legal and advocates legal marijuana. so if it's okay with the new york times i would say -- audio difficulties >>> to add to the middle of th

caught under five, and it is three behind, rickie fowler. >> i played well, and made ten birdies. i hear a lot of fair ways, they are quite sharp. so it is very difficult to score when you play like this. >> nfl player has been charged. the attorney says it is client all the allegations against him. well one known cricket has decided to call it a day, former australian brett lee. the fourth highest taker he will finish homicide career at the end of the 2020 season for the sidney. more sport on our website. more sport for now now in the u.s. the oscar no, ma'am faces have been announced at a ceremony in hollywood. there were some predictable choices but also some surprises. now the golden globes on the way. and then it is the oscars the big one and now we know about which actors and movies are up for awards. so there are 24 categories but there are some that get more attention than others. first of all best director. we have the boyhood bennett miller, wes anderson here. morton till done for the invitation day and hardly a surprise he is the favorite to win for this. >> you were a

richard fowler is the host of the richard fowler radio show, and rory murdoch is a syndicated columnistr a moment. let me get your reaction to this first. what do you think? >> i heard al sharpton's organizing an emergency meeting. finally we'll have an emergency meeting on the black unemployment rate which is about 10.4% versus about 5.6 overall, or maybe it's on the fact that 32% of black kids never get out of high school never graduate high school? or maybe an emergency meeting over the fact that in 2013 about 5,600 black people were murdered by other black people, but it turns out to be about the academy awards. given all the problems facing black people today, it seems like he ought to organize a whole bunch of other emergency meetings before he has a total people facebookout about how the awards are playing themselves out. martha: yeah. richard, you're back. what's your reaction to this all-white academy awards? twitter hashtags, oscar's so white making the rounds out there. what do you make of it? >> reason, i think -- listen, i think they need to be more diverse, but here's the

. >> reporter: george fowler fled cuba in 1960 when he was 9 years old and he is an attorney for theuban american foundation, under castro he says opening trade does nothing for the people still struggling in cuba. >> the only one that benefits is fidel castro. >> what about countries like china and vietnam that we do business with? >> the chinese and vietnamese can make money from transactions and can become millionaires and billionaires or even just well to do. >> we stay away from politics. >> reporter: he too is sensitive to the needs of those in cuba but current trade restrictions put u.s. farmers at a disadvantage. >> we are the ones in my opinion that are getting hurt from not being able to trade with cuba. rice farmers, i mean they get their rice from somewhere else. >> reporter: let's stay in louisiana where there is high anxiety over low oil prices and coming up, a project that was supposed to create hundreds of jobs there is now in jeopardy, you are watching "real money" and next week this show moves to prime time and it will be 10:30 eastern and 7:30 pacific starting mond

ktvu channel 2 news' john fowler spoke to some of the concerned teachers who were afraid to speak out. >> reporter: teachers we did speak with are worried that students are being forced to take more basic math and science courses despite being ready for calculus or physics and classes are mandated solely by grade level. some teachers fear this could turn off higher performing students and cause more harm than good. common core for education, new standards students call demanding. >> it all pays off eventually. the credits go great and look amazing for colleges and universities. >> reporter: but that template can be too flexible. >> everybody doing the same thing at the same time in the same sequence. at the

john fowler is here with a bay area woman who says she struggled with privacy issues after she triedn it comes to privacy of course not is more precious than your personal health information. 26-year-old artisan marketing rep geseau says she lost her privacy searching for health coverage. >> i think it's scary it can get out any where. >> reporter: she says she went to the covered california website last month. >> i put my phone number and all my information in my covered california account. >> reporter: and got a phone call the next day. >> i talked to someone. decided i wasn't going to go with them. i didn't need their help. i didn't call anyone else or pursue any other health insurance after that. >> reporter: a week later she says more calls. >>