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. >>> good evening it is monday june 3, i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. which suddenly cut a fifth of its work force of financial trouble. it is our top story, live outside the head quart where it has been a steady stream. >> some experts say -- a lot of people can do virtually everything on their phone rather than on the computer. the company would not say exactly how many laid off workers but we did see a lot of people laid off walking out today. >> they received what's the company called a generous severance package. it is a tough day for hundreds of employees. >> you see this coming at all >> i have been noticed it for a while just because -f actually, i don't know why. >> maybe the company already made one round of cut last far. now, they're laying off 18% of its work force and 500 employees. although it is expected to save $70 million. >> yeah , there is no surprise here. xanga has been having huge trouble for a long time. >> and the company best known for game such as farm ville is at a touch time. >> it is the same thing that's affecting all xeern

i am gasia mikaelian. tonight following the developing news as we brought you here as the baseball fans learn that 20 league baseball players may face suspension, we are always here for you at ktvu.com, tmz is up next right here on tv 36. today on "tmz" -- >> rock ross in new york. he is calling your ass out harvey. >> you make sure they don't only play this one time. they play it a week straight. >> not going to happen rick ross. you show fear and you are done. >> i am legitimately afraid of rick ross. >> les moonves and julie chen. these celebrities eat italian five days a week. les says no, i like chinese, too. obviously.

. >>> good evening it is tuesday, june 11th, i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. we now know the identity o worker who was killed today. 63-year-old donald white died after he was struck by the elevator countier weight. he was a certified elevator mechanic. the contractor of the project decided to halt the work on the new stadium and sent everyone home for the day >> we have released all of our worker to go home and be with their families, we'll investigate and that way people can handle the grief and grieving on their own. >> the construction site is expected to remain close closed tomorrow and it should resume on thursday. >>> what's of the largest gang of the county history. a grand jury handed down the indictment today on charges rendering from drug dealing to murder. he says it should reduce gang activities across the south bay. >> the shots and in some situations are called for po troll of prison. you provide safety of the community. >> 3 8 men and ten women are name inside the indictment that dozens of crimes are alleged of taken place during the past three

. >>> good evening it is friday, e 21st i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. we are live right over the scene of breaking news in san francisco bay. following the report of a vehicle submerged into the water. there was words at least one person is trapped inside. it happened less than two hours the marina area. >> reporter: this is being described of a recovering mission. there is no way the driver could survive two hours into this dent happening. take a look you can see some of the divers going into the water right now. crews have been out here about 5:09, police and fire department in the area where the vehicle were last seen. first, take a look at this, we obtained of this photo as the witness described as a gold banner suv. people on the shore jumped into the water, three people swam out into the vehicle and climbed on top of it they got there before the fire department arrived and began to trying to get the driver out >> i thought he was on a raft and next thing i pulled over and this guy says somebody just drove into the bay and i saw a boat coming out o

. >>> good even it is monday, june 17 i am gasia mikaelian. we begin tonight in san jose authorities searching for a hit-and-run after a car hit and killed a bicyclist. the accident happened on taylor street near highway 87. police say this was a well traveled area. they hope anyone seeing anything related to the accident will give them a call. >> somebody didn't realized what was happening in front of them but now we are hoping that people goes home to watch the news tonight and take a second thought of what they saw and providing us with some useful information. >> they say they expect the area to remain off limits for several hours, this is san jose's 19 traffic related fatalities of the year. >>> we learn of a possible link between the crash and the theft of beer at a convenient store moments earlier. the beer was stolen from a seven-11. the car crash took place about 1 hour away. jana is live at the crash site with new information and the connection of the driver. >> reporter: just to give you a sense of impact, you can see places where t

it's thursday, june 13th, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> tonight, a fishing boat is at the bottom of the ocean. the mayday call came in about 9:30 this morning that a boat was taking on water, at pillar point. >> two boaters and their 11-year-old son were on board. the boat was taking on water faster than they could bail it out -- six passengers plus an 11-year-old boy. >> it's great to see everyone safe today. >> the boat sank within two minutes with some mechanical failure. >>> a gunman shot and killed a young man after their cars were involved in a fender bender. >> today would have been the 23rd birthday. >> the family says the university of oregon graduate was driving home last night probably from a basketball game at uc berkeley when his car was rear-ended at stanford and market streets. >> i got out to check the car, and two other guys got out of the car. >> there was a little bit of an argument and they just shot him. >> police are reviewing multiple surveillance cameras. >> there's also a $10,000 award leading to an arrest. >>> south bay, 31 people faced a judge today in san jose. >>

. >> and i am gasia mikaelian -- >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian.is off tonight. a man was killed. ktvu's paul chambers is live where you learned what happened in the moments just before the shooting. >> reporter: that's correct. within an hour the family came out here to put the roses out here to pay their respects. she was the last person with her son after he was shot. >> reporter: this woman was there when he took his last breath. >> i pulled over. ran towards him. he couldn't talk. he was gasping for air. >> reporter: he would have turned 23 today. these are to mourn his death. >> he was non-confrontational. he always backed down. let it be. he never tried to pick a fight. >> reporter: that is why the family is shocked to learn mese say he was in -- lice say he was in his car when he was rear ended. he pulled over. >> he checked the car. and the guys came out, there was an argument and then they shot him. >> the woman who stayed with him said all day long she had his family on his mind. he received a phone call. >> he had his phone and keys in

. >>> good evening it is friday, may 31st i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. it is a slow commute out of san francisco tonight with more people in their cars, massive delays on -- we have been monitoring traffic all day, it is been slow going to motorists heading in and out of the city all even. after an accident involved maintenance created a mess during rush hour. damaging about 400 of the electric rail. the transit does not know the cause of the action but authorities told us it may have been a break failure. causing delays of up to an hour or longer. continuing coverage now today east community live at the west oakland bar station after hopping on a train tonight of the rush hour commute. lorraine. >> reporter: it took us ten minutes to get hm the station at height evening commute. >> from the man who shine shoes to the people who run restaurants the tough morning commute on bart and on the bay bridge caused quite a mess. >> a whole a lot of wait, and a whole moving trains and a lot of agitated people >> i waited about an hour for the train arrive and it t

. >> gasia mikaelian. >> tell us about the public out krooi that prompted the security agency -- outcry that prompted the security agency. >> one passenger brought this cork screw with the blade. >> it's the size of a finger or toe nail and thumbnail and they wouldn't let it on. >> this cork screw is a tool of the trade for marcus who is in the wine business. >> i put it in my carry on thinking the tsa would approve knives. >> they backed down to let people carry them into the passenger cabins. >> the idea of loosening the bans that have been in place since the 9/11 high jackings jackings made flight attendants edgy. >> it was such an outrageous policy we knew it wouldn't go through. >> we're flabbergasted they came up with the decision to try to implement this in the first place. >> i think it's much of a danger. >> while some passengers agreed, they say they pose a more bigger threat. >> i think say should relax a little. >> i think sports equipment should be allowed, question. >> so, to prevent any confusion, or having something confiscated, the tsa recommends you check a list on the

it's thursday, june 6th, this is bay area news at seven clock, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> president obama is in the bay area a at this hour, attending two democratic fundraisers. >> ktvu brought you these pictures live about 20 minutes ago when air force 1 touched down. >> the president shook hands with well wishers. >> tonight, fundraisers are at private homes. >> then talk about his affordable healthcare act tomorrow morning. >>> right now we want to check in with jade hernandez, live in palo alto and shows us a crowd was on hand when the president arrived within the past hour go jade? >>> gasia, the president a arrived a few minutes ago and protestors are chanting. >> he's still inside the fund raising reception now, and it hasn't been easy to get around because of security and because of the president's stay tomorrow morning, it won't be in san jose, either. >> police barricades were already up and signs warn drivers about tow away zones. >> officers shut down the street around the hotel where the president, tomorrow morning will discuss his healthcare reform. >> .45 minutes away in p

. >>> good evening, it is tuesday, june 25th i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. developing news right now at san mateo county, a man on countered a shark today while fishing with a kayak. police assessing the damages to the boat, happening at 4:00 this afternoon. the man was kayaking before the great white shark appeared. the fisherman says the shark thrashed around with the kayak in his teeth. he says he's lost his fishing gear but he was not hurt. the rain began yesterday continued through the most of the day today. a lot of umbrellas, our chief meteorologist martin with the rain right now with a look of the 24 -hour. >> i am getting reports around 3 inches of rain. that's why the rain came down. the rain just kind of coming down and still showers coming up, very light, these are some of the rainfall accumulations of the total last 24 hours. santa rosa is over an inch. look at san jose. 02 inches. not a lot of rain there. so when i come back we are going to take the computer model and i will you can expect for tomorrow. all of that is coming up at after the bre

. >>> good evening it is monday june 24, i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. what we expect for summer weather was nowhere to be found today. an unusual weather pattern is bringing in a significant rain for this time of the year, we've live coverage right now, our meteorologist is here to update the weather right now. live right now. >> reporter: usually this place is packed. and right now it is just a swim team and a bunch of empty wet deck chairs and certainly something has put adam pers as you said on many people's summer plans. >> reporter: an afternoon showers came down and windshield wipers came on. with drivers navigating wet roads usually seen in january, and not june. small spots of color on an otherwise gray day. the wet weather is bad for business at this cafe. people were passing by wet tables and chairs. >> people usually hang out here at the transit center and i have not had anybody not even the usual today. >> and passing on the cool fruit smoothies. >> the only sunny thing sunflowers in the pot and the cafe owner smiled greeting a few customers

. >>> good evening, it's wednesday, june 19th, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> you may have heard cell phones are a prime target. >> live in san francisco, taking a closer look at the latest cases involving cell phone robberies, eric? >> reporter: we look through these 80 pages of daily crime reports from san francisco police and we found more than 60 cases of cell phone robberies, there have already been a few more today. >> they clearly didn't know it, but these women were walking down an alley where a man's cell phone was the target of an armed robbery. >> i see you have your cell phone? >> we're not from here. >> just a few blocks away, another person was hit a little after 3:30 a.m. >> it was the 63 rd cell phone robbery in san francisco this month. >> police say two suspects with a gun approached the victim demanding money and his cell phone. he handed over his cash but the suspect went into his pocket to take the phone. >> going through every san francisco crime report in june, more than half involved a cell phone. so far this month, 16 cell phone robberies in the mission district, alo

it's wednesday, june 26th, i'm gasia mikaelian. this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> e lagz atlation at san francisco city hall after word on historic prop sigz proposition 8. >> people have gone gathering. the streets are packed. >> you could see just how crowded it is in the castro right now. >> we'll take you to the festivity yities in just a minute, and learn more about the legalities of same sex couples. >> on the steps of the supreme court building, minutes after the high court issued its ruling, today, we can go back to california and say to our own children, your family is just as good as everybody else's family. >> in dismissing an appeal regarding proposition 8, the justices said private parties do not have standing to extend the voter approved measure. >> i'm here on behalf of the state of california to express our disappoint. we believe every vote should count. >> we remain committed to the continued enforcement of proposition 8 until there is an order otherwise. >> same-sex marriage can resume in california. >> we look f

. >>> good evening it is tuesday june 18 i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. a 6-year-old boy is dead after bitten by the family's dog. tonight we learned that the owner is a police officer. >> reporter: this is the 6-year-old lieu. >> we are not doing good at all. it is a huge tragic and a huge lost in our family. >> he was also playing with the family's dog of the pitbull. it was appeared that had the he was sitting on the dog's back. he heard a comotion downstairs and he went down stair and he saw the dog had the child and he went to the dog immediately and took a hold of the dog at the jaw and the dog released. >> the owner of the dog was an pfr with the san mateo. the dog never exited aggressive behaviors before. >> so we never had any problem with him at all. i take him around with him and my kids loved him. >> this is a big surprise. >> a huge shocked. >> the dog is at the quarantine at the city animal shelter. it would have boston bombings pn union city, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the murder trial of accused southeasterly killer joseph nas o, he's repres

. >>> good evening, it's thursday, june 27th, this is bay area at 7:00, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> there's a new resource for women who think they have nowhere to turn. john sasaki's here with the new arrangement expected to make a big difference >> reporter: gasia, san francisco has a new approach at helping victims and cutting down on crime. >> prove san francisco san francisco district attorney gathered his staff in a conference. the office is battling domestic violence crimes. >> before all the components were spread out across the third floor with not enough people to do the job. >> we knew that we did not have enough attorneys, enough paralegals, we did not have enough victim advocates, investigators. >> a supplemental budget allowed the office to add nine people to the mix and they're housed together on the second floor. >> it really is going to help survivors get all their services in one place. >> they say housing the services together will protect survivors from their abusers. >> you run the risk of running into the perpetrator or the perpetrator's family. there can be intimidati

. >> i am gasia mikaelian. >> it was rain coats and umbrellas today.eek of summer the bay area is seeing rain in june. we have live team coverage. noelle walker from the roads to the air but we start with ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the storm. >> not seeing the big winds and rain. there is more rain in the forecast but we just had moist air mass moving over the bay area over the last 24 hours. and the rain has been light. and the hills i have seen a little more. currently raining, come in close, the heaviest rain is east of half moon bay. showers across the bridge. rainfall in the areas moderate to light. south towards san jose, we have seen rain accumulations 4/100 affan inch. a -- of an inch. roads are getting wet. it hasn't been wet in a while and things are slick. fire danger taking a vacation. when i come back, more rain, a heavier round, more significant rainfall is on the way. >> the first round of rain left a mess on roads and at the airports. ktvu's noelle walker is live in napa where they are bracing for more. >> we

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm ken wayne.here's been an encounter between a kayaker and a shark. the shark thrashed around shaking the kayak. the fisherman lost his gear but says he wasn't hurt. locals say that shark measured between 10 and 15 feet long. >>> all eyes are on the supreme court where in just 13 hours the high court is set to issue it's landmark ruling on proposition eight. california's ban on same-sex marriage. people are preparing for any outcome with rallies being planned across the region. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live now from the castro district in san francisco where the biggest event for tomorrow is in the works. ken. >> reporter: here where i'm standing at market and castro streets at this time tomorrow thousands of people are expected to gather to either celebrate or possibly protest the ruling that comes out of the supreme court tomorrow. if it's not a clear cut ruling at least discuss what it all means. >> reporter: the castro can be a noisy place but this is the quiet before what could be a loud

. >> reporter: good evening it is monday june 10th i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. just a remarkable display of dry lightning for mother nature in the past 24 hours has turned into a massive for firefighters. more than 6000 lightning strikes recorded nor northern california. almost 50 separate wildfires are burns as a result. most are quite small here, burning only two acres or less, it is still a challenge of burning in remote locations and not accessible for fire crews. >> the high humidities are helping the firefighters to contain the fire. if it is real hot and dry we'll definitely have a bigger problem in our hand. >> thankfully there is no reports of any injuries. >> and we saw quite a bit of lightning in the over night hours according to the national weather service, at least 400 strikes in areas right around the bay, before i zoom in closer, i want to show you in the bay area, very quiet, it is in the north and in the east, where we saw quite an amazing show. i am going to stop here at 1:45 this morning. take a look at that, santa rosa and wind hills and ar

. >>> good evening it is friday june 28, i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. we begin breaking news of same sex wedding resume in california, it was the first wedding since the u.s. supreme court lifted this. david is live now from san francisco hall. >> reporter: here at city hall you can see the same sex couples who has just gotten married here in the last hour or an hour and a half, of the first wedding of this afternoon of a historic week. now, notice that this very special wedding was going to happen about 3:30 and it prompted ahmad rush of city hall by the media and friends and family. chris perry and sandy. the plaintiff who came to city hall to get their marriage license today and be wed by harris. >> by the state of california, i now declare you spouses for life. >> reporter: that was the scene just before 5:00, hundreds of people lining up to watch history. perry one of their three sons acted as ring bearer. >> it is a great day in san francisco, it is a great day in california, it is a great day in the united states of america because sandy and i ar

i'm gasia mikaelian. >> this is bay area news at 7:00. >> it is the oldest fleet in the nation with many trains so old they've been on the track since the very first day bart open. >> now, ktvu news describes plans to buy new trains. >> information will be presented to the bart board tomorrow. >> after spending the afternoon in bart's maintenance pit, where those old cars get repaired, jana? >> reporter: it was quite an experience. >> this is the report i grot a copy of before tomorrow's release. >> it shows bart has the oldest fleet in the us. more than half of the cars have been running since 1972 when bart open. >> going to the richmond maintenance yard, and you'll see keeping cars on track is no easy feet. >> the 220 mechanics keep the cars running. >> there are usually long lines. >> we have two lists. >> the bart cars were state of the a art in 1972, but not now. >> more than four decades later we've learned 439 of those original cars are still being used. >> the average age of bart's train cars is 30 years according to a recent study compared to 26 years in chicago and about 20 in

. >>> good evening, it's thursday, june 20th, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> this is bay area news at 7:00. >> the case of a taxi driver hitting and killing a pedestrian and leaving the scene is in the hands of a jury. >> we obtained exclusive video taken from inside the cab that shows what happened that night and what made the driver eventually stop and turnaround. >> camera's mounded inside this town taxi cab, showing the moment of impact when the driver strikes and kills a young man. >> the accident a happened in late october of 2010, alberto rodriguez. >> his family and a san francisco jury heard closing statements on the case in what would have been his 22nd birthday. >> he was a really bright, special person. >> taxi driver, san yu chin is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a an accident. >> chin ran a red light and must have known he struck someone by the noise and the broken windshield. >> he drove more than a half mile from mission street and geneva avenue, before his friends caught up to him and demanded he go back to the crime scene. >> defense attorneys tol

. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> we begin with team coverage on a scary sight. 400 lightning strikesin 24 hours. thunderstorms covered parts of the north bay, east bay and the peninsula over night. leaving many people nervous. >> the lightning strikes combined with dry brush kept firefighters busy. about 20 wildfires were reported. a tree caught fire after being struck by lightning. a live look at the conditions in the north bay where the chance of thunderstorms is down. >> ktvu's ken pritchett has more on the problems the lightning caused but let's been with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> the last thing you want to see are lightning strikes and we got them. last night after midnight. 12:31 a.m. watch the lightning streaks. fairfield, you are getting hammered. 1:00 a.m. in the morning. keep your eyes in the north bay. 2:00 a.m. watch them cluster. talking about hundreds of lightning strikes with very little rain. lot of lightning was cloud to cloud. it wasn't hitting the ground. which is good news are firefighters. morning hours you see the lightning strikes moving off. clos

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. san jose police announced a plan targeting the city's growing gang problem. san jose has seen 25 homicides. 8 are gang related. >> robert handa is live with how police plan to take on these violent gangs. >> reporter: we are at san jose police headquarters where we have watched one unit after another roll out of here as the department begins phase one of its summer crackdown on violence. the target, gang hot spots. this this is the kind of scene you expect to see when youngsters are on summer vacation. getting relief from the neighborhood ice cream truck. where san jose's 25th homicide and eighth gang related killing took place. the shooting of a 16-year-old kick started the three phase summer crackdown on violence. one family told us they're glad there will be more cops on the street. right now gangs act like they run the neighborhood. >> it's bad. if you walk down the street and you're wearing a color you're not supposed to, they'll probably come up to you. >> much better. you know,

. >>> good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville.fighters made good progress on a three-alarm fire. these are live pictures of news chopper 2 over the scene. if it were to pan back a little bit, you could tell this fire is all out, just that little area right there is still burning. the fire broke out just after 3:30 this afternoon and quickly went to three alarms and it did get close to some buildings, but at this point, we haven't heard of any structures being damaged. >> fire burned between rose drive, and east herman road. you can tell by these pictures, it was windy out there. our chief meteorologist, bill martin here after tracking conditions in that part of benicia. >> not hot. humidity is a relatively high. what was happening out in the benicia area is the strong winds. you can see that smoke plume. the smoke is blowing horizontal to the ground. winds are blowing 25 to 30 miles per hour. see how brown it is. some green out there a couple weeks ago, but you are seeing lots of brown. the grass and weeds are dried out and becaus

. >>> good evening i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm ken wayne. 83-year-old patrick chang had just eaten dinner and was starting to walk home. the alleged killer is just a teenager, john has the story. >> reporter: this is the parking lot where patrick chang was beaten and robbed he had just had lunch, dinner perhaps at jack in the box when police say a teenager walked up and mugged him. patrick chang was a beloved pay to -- patriarch of his family. >> everywhere he goes for his walks, he talks to people about peace. how the world would be different. >> reporter: he was attacked and robbed until the parking lot of orchard supply hardware. >> he suffered very -- a lot of massive head trauma. brain injuries, spinal cord injuries. fracture vertibrae. >> reporter: now his family is struggling to place his remains next to his son who died 10 years ago of leukemia. >> we're looking to see if the public will help us for the public to help us to put our father with his son. >> reporter: police are looking to church the teenage suspect with murder. the reason he was robbing chang to get money to

. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> a man robbed and killed on his way home from work in san jose.eople accused of killing him have their day in court. ktvu's robert handa joins us live where the suspects were arraigned and you spoke with the sister of one of the accused. >> the suspects are going through the system here in an unusual way. first the two adults and the juvenile were charged but some of the records have been sealed. police released the picture of the juvenile because he will be treated as an adult. >> reporter: san jose police announced they made arrests for the june 13 homicide of gregorio ogana. he was stabbed to death by three gang members who police say targeted him randomly at his home. >> their indept was to rob the victim. -- intent was to rob the victim. >> the family is still in pain from the loss of gregorio ogana. three were taken into custody saturday. robert alvarez of san jose and cassandra reyes of san jose and a 17-year-old. records regarding why they were arrested have been sealed. >> they used a knife. typically they will rob a person, in this case

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. 15 people including 7 children taken to the hospital after a muni bus and trolleys all happened just after 11 at 6th and market streets. it involved the f line trolley. david stevenson joins us live from the scene to tell us how badly the passengers were hurt. >> reporter: s? s described a sudden crash and frightening moments for the young passengers aboard that bus. news chopper 2 captured the scene as san o poce, firefighters and balances rushed to aid injured passengers. >> there's a potential for multiple injuries. >> reporter: just after 11 at the intersection of market and 6th streets this f line trolley car rammed the rear of a bus. 15 people were transported to san francisco hospitals with minor injuries. including 7 children from san francisco's vision academy who were aboard the bus for a field trip. >> a few bumps and bruises, headaches. one of the little girls said it was a field trip to the cable car museum. >> reporter: this nearby human offered refuge to two dozen other uninjured children. >> i saw the children. they were crying. they were traumatize

i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm frank somerville. julie haener is off tonight. new details tonight, noel walker live in san jose on taylor street near highway 87, where the driver of that car inadvertently left a key piece of evidence at the scene. noel? >> reporter: frank, police reopened this section of taylor street a little more than an hour ago. it's one of a disturbing trend in san jose this year. only this time, police are looking for a hit and run driver. it was the beginning of the afternoon rush hour. everything on a busy trailer street in san jose came to a full stop. >> when i walked by, and i seen what happened, my immediate concern was it had something to do with someone speeding and a bicyclist and sure enough. >> he was likely struck by a vehicle. that vehicle fled the scene. >> reporter: investigators are calling it a felony hit and run. >> one of our big questions is, how many people actually saw this? >> taylor street tends to be pretty busy all day. >> reporter: the force of the crash knocked the victim out of his shoes. what appears to be a

. >> i am gasia mikaelian. >>> it has become a new flash point as activists rally to keep the land as an urban farm. ktvu's jay hernandez at the former hayes valley farm where police forcibly evicted protestors earlier this week to see them return today. >> reporter: as you can see officers are not going any where. activists continue to fight for this land right here, saying they want the city to keep it as an urban farm not space for a condo development as it is expected to become. at first it was a clash between neighbors and demonstrators. >> never seen you before in the neighbourhood you know, i don't know who you are. i don't know who those people are. >> clear it out. >> reporter: demonstrators and police as protestors march towards san francisco, officers blocking off what used to be the temporary hayes valley farm. >> hey hey go home. >> reporter: no one crossed the yellow caution tape or the dozens of officers strategically placed to control any growing crowd. people we spoke to have become tired of this growing unpredictable movement. richard walks his dog around this block

. >> i am gasia mikaelian. >>> it has become a new flash point as activists rally to keep the land as an urban farm. ktvu's jay hernandez at the former hayes valley farm where police forcibly evicted protestors earlier this week to see them return today. >> reporter: as you can see officers are not going any where. activists continue to fight for this land right here, saying they want the city to keep it as an urban farm not space for a condo development as it is expected to become. at first it was a clash between neighbors and demonstrators. >> never seen you before in the neighbourhood you know, i don't know who you are. i don't know who those people are. >> clear it out. >> reporter: demonstrators and police as protestors march towards san francisco, officers blocking off what used to be the temporary hayes valley farm. >> hey hey go home. >> reporter: no one crossed the yellow caution tape or the dozens of officers strategically placed to control any growing crowd. people we spoke to have become tired of this growing unpredictable movement. richard walks his dog around this block

i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm frank somerville. julie haener is off tonight. new details tonight, noel walker live in san jose on taylor street near highway 87, where the driver of that car inadvertently left a key piece of evidence at the scene. noel? >> reporter: frank, police reopened this section of taylor street a little more than an hour ago. it's one of a disturbing trend in san jose this year. only this time, police are looking for a hit and run driver. it was the beginning of the afternoon rush hour. everything on a busy trailer street in san jose came to a full stop. >> when i walked by, and i seen what happened, my immediate concern was it had something to do with someone speeding and a bicyclist and sure enough. >> he was likely struck by a vehicle. that vehicle fled the scene. >> reporter: investigators are calling it a felony hit and run. >> one of our big questions is, how many people actually saw this? >> taylor street tends to be pretty busy all day. >> reporter: the force of the crash knocked the victim out of his shoes. what appears to be a

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. in tonight for julie.ars in incentives were offered to contractors working on new span of the bay bridge. 14 bay area lawmakers are demanding to know details of the incentive and whether they jeopardize the schedule of the opening. talked to the man in charge of the project and asked about the $300 million golden carrot. >> reporter: this letter says legislators want assurances that they're not affecting a safety compromising construction rush. -- long before the broken bolt issue arose. >> we have offered a series of incentives, financial incentives to contractors. we have also used disincentives to make sure contractors get their work done. >> reporter: one big incentive. about $20 million to the contractors if the work is done by labor day. this is for work on and above the roadway. something which has nothing to do with the broken bolts below. every day the work is late th

. >>> good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.gin with breaking news. this video was shot 30 minutes ago when you could see flames and a lot of smoke shooting from the roof of a six story apartment building on ellis street in san francisco. not far from levenworth. the fire broke out in one of the upper floors. the fire is pretty much out now, but a lot of questions that remain. ktvu's john is on his way to the scene. we will hear from him as soon as he gets there. >>> fire crews are mopping up after a grass fire that quickly burned 50-acres late this afternoon. the three-alarm fire was reported 2:20 this afternoon near lake herman road, west of highway 680. an air tanker joined crews to get the fire out. 90 minutes ago. so far, there is no word on the cause. >> tired of waiting on the sidelines? san jose is going to hit a home run and bring the oakland athletics to town by suing major league baseball. ktvu's robert honda is live to tell us the city is highlighting recent problems at the coliseum to make his point. >> what has bee