jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: julie that little boy 5-year-old collin has been diagnosedwith a rare disease. he was adopted and against all the odds, they found the match who arrived here at sfo today. and it is his own brother. >> reporter: collin mcfadden walks with a spring in his step and today he and his family drove from nevada to sfo for a meeting that could save his life. collin was adopted from vietnam when he was 14 months old, in 2011 his parents learned his son has a rare disease. >> my bottom hurts and my back hurts. >> reporter: a doctor told them that a bone marrow transplant was the only way to save him. >> reporter: collin is lucky. his parents have kept in touch with his birth family in vietnam and just before christmas they learned collin's brother. >> i'm meeting tah. >> reporter: tell us who that is? >> tho is my brother. >> nervous, nervous to meet him. excited, nervous. >> reporter: and finally they saw him. >> that's him. >> there he is. >> after 14,000 miles tho gave his little brother he hasn't seen in years a hug. it was a difficult trip though.

jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: julie that little boy 5-year-old collin has been diagnosed with a rare disease. he was adopted and against all the odds, they found the match who arrived here at sfo today. and it is his own brother. >> reporter: collin mcfadden walks with a spring in his step and today he and his family drove from nevada to sfo for a meeting that could save his life. collin was adopted from vietnam when he was 14 months old, in 2011 his parents learned his son has a rare disease. >> my bottom hurts and my back hurts. >> reporter: a doctor told them that a bone marrow transplant was the only way to save him. >> reporter: collin is lucky. his parents have kept in touch with his birth family in vietnam and just before christmas they learned collin's brother. >> i'm meeting tah. >> reporter: tell us who that is? >> tho is my brother. >> nervous, nervous to meet him. excited, nervous. >> reporter: and finally they saw him. >> that's him. >> there he is. >> after 14,000 miles tho gave his little brother he hasn't seen in years a hug. it was a difficult trip though

jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> lawyers are representing the man accused of killing people in a colorado movie theater say they're trying to prevent the death penalty. prosecutors are said to be talking with victims, and their families. the next hearing in the case is set for monday. >>> on wall street, investors are still worried about uncertainty in europe. the dow lost 33 points, nasdaq gained 4. analysts say investors are waiting to see if cypress can fix its banking system and if italy can form a new government. a federal bankruptcy judge signed off on the $11 billion deal. american has been operating under bankruptcy protection for 16 months. the merger still needs approval from the justice department and shareholders of u.s. awares. that could happen this fall. >>> there are reports tonight that google's smart phone like glasses will be head here in the bay area. the highly anticipated device, called glass, will be manufacturerred in santa clara. they will be put together at a facility run by foxcon. that company is known for assembling iphones, ipads, and other appl

jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> lawyers are representing the man accused of killing people in a colorado movie theater say they're trying to prevent the death penalty. prosecutors are said to be talking with victims, and their families. the next hearing in the case is set for monday. >>> on wall street, investors are still worried about uncertainty in europe. the dow lost 33 points, nasdaq gained 4. analysts say investors are waiting to see if cypress can fix its banking system and if italy can form a new government. a federal bankruptcy judge signed off on the $11 billion deal. american has been operating under bankruptcy protection for 16 months. the merger still needs approval from the justice department and shareholders of u.s. awares. that could happen this fall. >>> there are reports tonight that google's smart phone like glasses will be head here in the bay area. the highly anticipated device, called glass, will be manufacturerred in santa clara. they will be put together at a facility run by foxcon. that company is known for assembling iphones, ipads, and other appl

ktvu's jana katsuyama tells us why this could have far reaching implications. >> reporter: bob says heas protesting in san francisco when he was arrested. >> i was engaged in a completely nonviolent, a completely peaceful medium. >> the police looked through his private messages. >> we shouldn't give up our right to privacy. >> reporter: the aclu joined him in a lawsuit filed against san francisco police. >> please need a warrant to search our phones. >> reporter: under federal law, it's legal for police to search cell phones, but it has not been tested under california law. >> when the phone is searched, it's not just a privacy of the person who is arrested that's violated. >> reporter: experts say the legal battle is being fought across the nation. >> every jurisdiction has cases on this. some cases say cell phones are protected without a search warrant all the time. some cases say they're never protected. some cases say they're protected if it's password protection, but not if it isn't. >> reporter: i called the san francisco police department and the city attorney office, both offi

jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> yosemite is among the national parks looking for ways to dealith this automatic budget cuts known as sequestration. the park service is considering a wide range of options to deal with the loss of $130 million from its budget. yellowstone park is already announced a delayed spring opening, and some camp grounds and national parks may not open at all this summer. >>> a jury convicted the former mayor, and four former councilmembers of bell, california, for misusing taxpayer money. the other counts resulted in a deadlock. a judge declared the mistrial for the remaining accounts in the corruption case. prosecutors accused the city leaders of using taxpayer money to help boost their part time pay to nearly $100,000 a year. >>> three northern california cities are among the areas with the fastest rising home prices in the countries. according to zillow.com, phoenix topped the list with a 23% increase last month. san francisco came in second with a 19% increase in prices. las vegas was third. sacramento in fifth with a 15% increase in prices. in all,

earlier we caught up with jana katsuyama outside the ballpark.it's all even in the series. >> today's exhibition featured good pitches by both teams. what does it mean? not much unless your name is nick nunez. a.j. griffith serves a big pitch to griego b lanco. and blanco legs out to triple. next batter is nick nunen. yes nick nunen is trying to win the final utility player guy. nunen gets two of the giant hits and they very well blocked up the roster spot. >>> the news of the day was catcher buster posey new nine year $127 million contract. buster's new deal leads all those in major league in just three years. >> i'm excited to put on this uniform and go to work with all these guys and all my teammates for the next nine years. >>> we have an easter sunday treat for you. destiny to dynasty. the a's built for success special is on ktvu sunday and 8:30 on kicu. each show is shown back to back on each station. >>> no conference team got past the sweet 16 after a midwest region stop seed louisville lead from wire to wire and beat the ducks tonight 77

ktvu's jana katsuyama tells us why this could have far reaching implications. >> reporter: bob says heas protesting in san francisco when he was arrested. >> i was engaged in a completely nonviolent, a completely peaceful medium. >> the police looked through his private messages. >> we shouldn't give up our right to privacy. >> reporter: the aclu joined him in a lawsuit filed against san francisco police. >> please need a warrant to search our phones. >> reporter: under federal law, it's legal for police to search cell phones, but it has not been tested under california law. >> when the phone is searched, it's not just a privacy of the person who is arrested that's violated. >> reporter: experts say the legal battle is being fought across the nation. >> every jurisdiction has cases on this. some cases say cell phones are protected without a search warrant all the time. some cases say they're never protected. some cases say they're protected if it's password protection, but not if it isn't. >> reporter: i called the san francisco police department and the city attorney office, both offi

earlier we caught up with jana katsuyama outside the ballpark. and it's all even in the series. >> today's exhibition featured good pitches by both teams. what does it mean? not much unless your name is nick nunez. a.j. griffith serves a big pitch to griego b lanco. and blanco legs out to triple. next batter is nick nunen. yes nick nunen is trying to win the final utility player guy. nunen gets two of the giant hits and they very well blocked up the roster spot. >>> the news of the day was catcher buster posey new nine year $127 million contract. buster's new deal leads all those in major league in just three years. >> i'm excited to put on this uniform and go to work with all these guys and all my teammates for the next nine years. >>> we have an easter sunday treat for you. destiny to dynasty. the a's built for success special is on ktvu sunday and 8:30 on kicu. each show is shown back to back on each station. >>> no conference team got past the sweet 16 after a midwest region stop seed louisville lead from wire to wire and beat the ducks tonig

jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> yosemite is among the national parks looking for ways to dealith the loss of $130 million from its budget. yellowstone park is already announced a delayed spring opening, and some camp grounds and national parks may not open at all this summer. >>> a jury convicted the former mayor, and four former councilmembers of bell, california, for misusing taxpayer money. the other counts resulted in a deadlock. a judge declared the mistrial for the remaining accounts in the corruption case. prosecutors accused the city leaders of using taxpayer money to help boost their part time pay to nearly $100,000 a year. >>> three northern california cities are among the areas with the fastest rising home prices in the countries. according to zillow.com, phoenix topped the list with a 23% increase last month. san francisco came in second with a 19% increase in prices. las vegas was third. sacramento in fifth with a 15% increase in prices. in all, zillow looked at 30 major metropolitan areas across the country. >>> a foreclosure fight is forcing an east bay man from

jana katsuyama is here with what led to the biggest year. >> reporter: 49er and giant fans brought someo. in the form of color and cash to the city. >> how much do you think you'll be spending? >> about $300. >> doing what? >> going out, drinking, enjoying the game. >> reporter: tour >> reporter: -- tourism is san francisco's biggest revenue. >> it is a record at $8.9 billion this past year. we only see indications that it's going to continue to grow. >> reporter: hosting big events such as the 2012 golf tournament helped as well as a robust convention industry. and organizers say the city's combination of culture, beauty, good food and attraction helped attendance. >> it's a destination place so people really want to come to san francisco and stay. they actually come to stay. they stay a week before and after. >> it's great to come back to a city that i love. >> i go to los angeles, i still like san francisco a little better. being vegetarian i've been able to eat really well here. i like that. >> reporter: and the city may see more tourism with the return of the golf open and the bay

jana katsuyama is here with what led to the biggest year. >> reporter: 49er and giant fans brought someen to san francisco. in the form of color and cash to the city. >> how much do you think you'll be spending? >> about $300. >> doing what? >> going out, drinking, enjoying the game. >> reporter: tour >> reporter: -- tourism is san francisco's biggest revenue. >> it is a record at $8.9 billion this past year. we only see indications that it's going to continue to grow. >> reporter: hosting big events such as the 2012 golf tournament helped as well as a robust convention industry. and organizers say the city's combination of culture, beauty, good food and attraction helped attendance. >> it's a destination place so people really want to come to san francisco and stay. they actually come to stay. they stay a week before and after. >> it's great to come back to a city that i love. >> i go to los angeles, i still like san francisco a little better. being vegetarian i've been able to eat really well here. i like that. >> reporter: and the city may see more tourism with the return of the golf