janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> service is up and so is the demand for trains. cçrrú [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> bart service resumed but there are some delays still. ktvu's david stevenson is live with more. >> reporter: there is a sense of relief here at the powell street station that service has been restored. commuters are making their way in. slowly right now. we saw more anding in and out when -- more coming in and out when service was first restored. trains arriving here to know to the east -- to go to the east bay. here are some of the first trains. this is one of the bart's busiest stations. 3:50 service was back in effect and that was welcome news from people. >> a mess. it looks like a thousand people was that transbay terminal. >> relief not having to walk blocks to that station. but more happy i don't

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a gallon cost $4.01 in san jose. oakland $4.03. vallejo $4. santa rosa $3.99. san francisco the highest price $4.15. the numbers are moving fast. www.ktvu.com has resources to help you find the best price. click on the business tab. firefighters got real life practice while they were taking part in a training exercise. units swarmed over a two two- alarm fire in morgan hill. they were in the area practicing for the upcoming fire season. >> a perfect example. we are dealing with a commercial building and next to it we have wild land where a ember that comes up has a great opportunity spread into the wild land. >> the training continues for the next two days. >>> fire crews made quick work of a small grass fire, it started at 3:30 on interstate 230. it charred a patch of dry grass. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now with the weather. >> saturday's temperatures were up. high fire danger, that has gone away, thing of the past. now we are into a cooler weather pattern. winds out of the northwest at 16. live reading by red w

ktvu's janine de la vega is live with the change that is next for them. >> reporter: we are here at the community center where this room is filled with people who have gang affiliated tattoos. >> reporter: she spends her days watching her son and daughter. they are too young to understand the markings on her arm. >> the e and the s -- >> reporter: she was 14 years old when she got the tattoos. >> i think it is dumb now. >> reporter: she sold drugs, got into fights. when her son was born, something clicked. >> i see getting old. my family wasn't talking to me and i needed a change. >> reporter: she signed up for the clean slate program that offers tattoo removals. she had to complete 30 hours of community service and attend a life skills work shop. >> we do job prep. we have financial planning. we have a job searching. >> reporter: she is trying to influence her cousin who is still in a gang. >> she was trying trying to stop me before i get too far, too deep before i can't do anything about it. >> reporter: she says it will help complete her transformation. >> i want to go to school. i w

. >> now let's check in with janine de la vega at the ferry building in san francisco. one of the alternatives commuters are choosing tonight. >> reporter: things are running smoothly here that san francisco ferry terminal. these are people waiting. there is about 70 to 100 people waiting to go from san francisco to oakland and harbor bay. now that bart is running traffic has dropped here. this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. lines started building with commuters who wanted to avoid the crowds. they are running three boats. by 5:15 the crowds started shrinking here. >> not too bad. lucky that we have ferry terminals to get in and out of san francisco. another way of transportation. you know, instead of battling the traffic on the bay bridge. >> reporter: they will continue operating additional ferries from san francisco to harbor bay till 7:30 p.m. tonight and san francisco to oakland till 8:30 p.m. tonight. and again, ferries are coming here every 35 minutes. lines have been moving well here. reporting live from san francisco, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and from

it's happening in san jose and ktvu's janine de la vega is there tells us what police and firefighterswere out doing today to try and catch whoever is responsible, janine. >> reporter: frank, firefighters handed out fliers just like this all throughout the neighborhood warning people that there is an arsonist in the area. now behind me you can see where the fire was set, right near the gas and electric meters, now that place is unlivable. >> i peeked out and i was like oh my goodness, i saw the fire. >> reporter: lidna points out to where there was a fire. someone intentionally took one of her recycling bins, pushed it against her home and put it on fire. >> i'm scared, who doesn't to be scared of your own safety and your children. >> reporter: that fire is one of four fires intentionally set in the same neighborhood near blossom hill road. the same morning a home a block away was also set on fire. a week after that, another home was set on fire. >> the three last fires we've had started with a recycling bin. >> reporter: someone set a tarp on fire at near by oak grove high school. all

>> i actually agree with janine. i am a democrat.w y'all think we democrats love big government but i love my privacy just as much if not more. this is intrusion and invasion of privacy when you are looking to go after terrorists, pedophiles, other types of criminals and you are doing it in such a sweep, it is such an invasion of the masses who are not tastes pedophiles and in addition, bill, a lot of these folks are one step ahead the wall. i think they will find a way around t, when you a spy program, part of the idea of spy something to do it secretly. this legislation would not be doing that. >> all right. here is the deal. i'm playing devil's advocate here because i don't want this to come to america. it's way way too much police power for any central government to have. the british system is different from our system. it's a much tighter society. what's happening is the criminals now are using cyberspace to use move narcotics for example. can you order illegal drugs of any kind on the computer, sent to your home, cops can't sto

you're buying that janine? >> i believe it. >> bill: you do. >> i believe they want to monopolize the time on the interview with that nothing can be pinned down such as obama wants to fundamentally change america. >> bill: okay. >> they like ambiguity. they like it. >> bill: marianne, certainly this is reminiscent of newt gingrich attacking in south carolina at the debate another cnn guy. john cain for not talking about anything about glitch's ex-wife saying he wanted open marriage and being in the hot tub with 18 women or whatever it was, i forget. or something like that. glitch wailed offer cnn and he won the primary. that's exactly what sununu is doing here, is he not? >> exactly right. when you pick a fight with the media, you avoid picking a fight on a topic you don't want to engage on or in this fight a fight between conservatives and independent voters. >> bill: new hampshire openly said he doesn't think that barack obama did anything wrong in his birth certificate. why we want tone gauge? why we want to

ktvu's janine de la vega is live in san jose.n the courtroom when the judge made a ruling about the priest testimony. >> reporter: the retired priest is refusing to talk. he is alleging he was beat up by william lynch. but today inside the courtroom that priest took the fifth amendment and now they are wondering how can the assault be proven. ep

janine de la vega spoke with sierra lamar's father about the rally and why he decided not to attend a meeting. >> reporter: we caught up with her father who had a meeting with sheriff's investigators today. >> reporter: steve lamar spent part of the afternoon being reinterviewed about his 15-year- old daughter sierra. lamar says he was asked about. >> sierra's activity on social media and texting that kind of thing. >> reporter: lamar says it was too painful to attend yesterday's court hearing of garcia torrez the man suspected of abducting and murdering sierra. lamar says he has witnessed torrez on television and says he wonders why. >> people were giving their condolences and ip sierra and i was like stop it, we're not even there. so we wanted to convey to the public and the children there's still hope. >> reporter: isen's daughter has been spreading the word around campus about the event which is being called the hope and faith rally. >> we want to make this one happy to remember her and remember what kind of person she was and how bubbly she is. because yeah she's not gone but she

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us a surprising development caused the case to take a new turn. defense attorneys for lynch were reeling with frustration when they left the courtroom this afternoon. they called retired priest lidner a coward for taking the fifth amendment and refusing to testify. >> we want a full cross- examination, we want a chance to have the truth. clearly what happened is nobody is interested in the truth. the prosecution certainly is. >> reporter: the prosecution is accusing lynch of attacking lidner. the prosecution told the judge the priest would probably lie on the stand. >> he's concerned that there's going to be a perjury investigation and what's interesting is he's never been convicted and he's never admitted it. >> reporter: defense attorneys told judge cina it will hurt their case if they are not allowed to cross examine lidner. that mean it is jury will have to ignore the priest testimony from last week. >> i think it is a -- when we are supposed to get the opportunity to question him and cross examine him and we don't get to. >> reporter: the def

reporting in san leandro, janine de la vega. >>> overseas former egyptian president hosni mubarak issaid to be close to death tonight and this is adding to the turmoil that's already gripping that country. officials said mubarak was on life support after suffering a stroke in prison but they are denying other reports that he's been declared clinically dead. the 84-year-old mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for the killings of protesters during last year's uprising. mubara ruled egypt with an iron fist for three decades. >>>-- that leaves little power to the next president. the muslim brotherhood claims that its candidate won that election but his rival a former member of the mubarak regime is also claiming victory. final results are expected this thursday. >>> it's been two weeks since california voters cast their ballot and the measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes is still too close to call. 500,000 ballots outstanding. proposition 29 is trailing by 1,500 votes. in order for the tax to pass, 54% of the remaining ballots would have to favor the measure. since

reporting in san leandro, janine de la vega. >>> overseas former egyptian president hosni mubarak issaid to be close to death tonight and this is adding to the turmoil that's already gripping that country. officials said mubarak was on life support after suffering a stroke in prison but they are denying other reports that he's been declared clinically dead. the 84-year-old mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for the killings of protesters during last year's uprising. mubara ruled egypt with an iron fist for three decades. >>>-- that leaves little power to the next president. the muslim brotherhood claims that its candidate won that election but his rival a former member of the mubarak regime is also claiming victory. final results are expected this thursday. >>> it's been two weeks since california voters cast their ballot and the measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes is still too close to call. 500,000 ballots outstanding. proposition 29 is trailing by 1,500 votes. in order for the tax to pass, 54% of the remaining ballots would have to favor the measure. since

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us a surprising development caused the case to take a new turn. defense attorneys for lynch were reeling with frustration when they left the courtroom this afternoon. they called retired priest lidner a coward for taking the fifth amendment and refusing to testify. >> we want a full cross- examination, we want a chance to have the truth. clearly what happened is nobody is interested in the truth. the prosecution certainly is. >> reporter: the prosecution is accusing lynch of attacking lidner. the prosecution told the judge the priest would probably lie on the stand. >> he's concerned that there's going to be a perjury investigation and what's interesting is he's never been convicted and he's never admitted it. >> reporter: defense attorneys told judge cina it will hurt their case if they are not allowed to cross examine lidner. that mean it is jury will have to ignore the priest testimony from last week. >> i think it is a -- when we are supposed to get the opportunity to question him and cross examine him and we don't get to. >> reporter: the def

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> www.ktvu.com has complete coverage of the case, including video. >>> a judge today set a new date for the man accused in the university shooting. he arrived today for a pre- trial the judge postponed till october 1. he pleaded not guilty for the april 2 shooting rampage. >>> police say no one was hurt today when an officer shot at a suspect. it occurred this afternoon. authorities say investigators were attempting to pull over a suspected stolen vehicle when the driver rammed the officers. that is when the officer opened fire. one person has been detained. >>> another officer involved shooting in antioch, left the suspect with a wound to the stomach. witnesses say the officer and the suspect had a con41itation. the suspect -- confrontation. the suspect is expected to survive. >> a fire caught the attention of drivers who called 911. started before 1:00 p.m. this afternoon in pittsburg. firefighter said controlled the -- firefighters controlled the no reports on injuries and no word on how the fire started. >>> a whale

after brad, janine. >> good afternoon. i represent construction and development. i want to reiterate a couple of points that have been made that i truly believe from the standpoint that the opposition has had years to disclose and express their concerns and i think the developer has responded in a way that considers and creates a project that is approvable. the challenges to the eir based on the open ended steady have been addressed. i think it is now established the project -- it has now is that the project as a good project, that will be of benefit to the city of san francisco as well. i'm speaking as a developer and standing up at a time that not too many developers are standing up for this kind of housing. by doing this, we are proving that we are still in business, and i welcome that. thank you for your time. >> thank you. after jeanine, dr. wong. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is johnny moss and i'm an architect -- jenny moss and i'm an architect in downtown san francisco. i am pleased to be here on behalf of the many individuals who have worked e

and janine will let you know if there's any more at 5:00. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 25-year-old ed ramos was convicted last month for three counts of murder in connection with the shooting of tony ba lonia -- tony bologna and his three sons. ramos was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> the rain returned today, just as our ktvu meteorologist said it would. this is a live picture of the walnut creek area looking toward mt. diablo. the rain is moving east butty -- east but appears to be tapering off. the roads can be slick in the wet weather. the highway patrol advisers drivers to slow down and to return to turn on headlights when using windshield wipers. rosemary has more. >> this system, atypical for june. we have roads out there and a lot of people are needing that umbrella. a lot of people caught offguard. you can see to the north bay, we're actually watching the rain taper off over the peninsula as well where we're seeing it still ease and south. to the east bay inland, down to danville, antioch, seeing

reporting from sonoma, janine de la vega. >>> it was another sporting event right here in the bay areahat changed this man's life forever. in a story you will see only on two, we're with the football player as he returned to the field where he was seriously injured. his request coming up at 10:30. >>> a big day in egyptian politics a new leader is finally announced why the newly elected president is already making history. >>> deadly weather to tell you about in florida. the havoc tropical storm debby is already causing. >>> in the bay area we currently have mostly clear skies. coming up a temperature change you will notice for your monday, and when 80-degree heat returns to your bay area forecast. >>> tropical storm debby is blamed tonight for the death of a woman in florida who's home was destroyed by the storm. debby continues to dump heavy rain on both florida and alabama. meteorologists now say the storm should meander north for several days before making land fall later in the weekend. either florida or alabama. in the gulf of mexico, 33% of oil and gas production is now suspende

. >> inspired by the food truck revolution in los angeles, janine and stacy started their own boutiquewheels early last year. >> we really do truly believe that fashion is everywhere. it's not just in the big cities. it's not just in the hip neighborhoods of los angeles. it's everywhere. >> the l.a. based business moves to a new area almost daily. using social media to help shoppers find them. >> if we were going to rent out a space, it was -- we wouldn't be able to do as many things as we could. this was affordable for us. >> yeah. >> stocked with clothes from local designers to accessories made by romo herself, no item is more than $42. there's even a small dressing room to ensure a proper fit. >> that is so you right there. >> when you have a store that's just on a corner of a street you're waiting for that customer to come in to your store. when you have a mobile truck, you're actually going to that customer. that's what really works. >> a new definition for fashion forward. >> i'm not a very traditional person so i love it. >> it's actually a really cool idea. i like it. >> coming

reporting from sonoma, janine de la vega. >>> it was another sporting event right here in the bay area man's life forever. in a story you will see only on two, we're with the football player as he returned to the field where he was seriously injured. his request coming up at 10:30. >>> a big day in egyptian politics a new leader is finally announced why the newly elected president is already making history. >>> deadly weather to tell you about in florida. the havoc trop laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. >>> tropical storm debby is blamed tonight for the death of a woman in florida who's home was destroyed by the storm. debby continues to du

reporting in san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> pg & e and the san francisco firent say they are working together to improve communication between the two agencies. this comes after the wake of a fire. fire officials say the utility detailed improvements it is now making in dispatch, response and mapping. >>> he dressed up as a woman and attacked a singer during a performance. how spoátars defended the man -- how supporters defended the man even as his sentence was coming down. >>> we have clouds throughout most of the bay area. the clouds will be clearing out. the temperature change you can expect for ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ pop goes the world [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. pop in. stand out. >>> wind whipped flames today fogged the city of saratoga springs. authorities there ordered the evacuation of 1,600 homes. t

reporting in san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> pg & e and the san francisco they are working together to improve communication between the two agencies. this comes after the wake of a fire. fire officials say the utility detailed improvements it is now making in dispatch, response and mapping. >>> he dressed up as a woman and attacked a singer during a performance. how spoátars defended the man -- how supporters defended the man even as his sentence was coming down. >>> we have clouds throughout most of the bay area. the clouds will be clearing out. the temperature change you can expect for sunday, and the break out for our next real warming trend. >>> and a vietnamese are holding a rally. they're calling to talk to the country's president. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> wind whipped flames today fogged the city of saratoga springs. authorities there ordered the evacuation of 1,600 homes. the fire started yesterday near a

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is hot out there.e have a fire burning in the east bay. let's check in with bill martin and see what we need to be concerned about this weekend. >> definitely we've been talking about the fire danger increasing and that's because it's going to be hot tomorrow. temperatures will go into the triple digits. most likely it'll be the highest temperatures we've seen this season. 101, 103 in the central valley. we go out toward concord and we can check out some of the wind gauges. right near pittsburgh, -- pittsburg, we have winds gusting to eight. the winds are really light in this area east of south of livermore down in this area where my cursor is. typically this time of night it's howling. the winds are light, the etch the -- the temperatures are not that high. and there's a red flag warning that goes into effect in the next few hours. the humidity drops to 30%. that's the north bay hills i would not be surprised if the east bay hills would get themselves a red flag warning as well. the high heat is defin

. >> reporter: inspired by the food truck revolution in los angeles, janine and stacy started their ownst year. >> we really do truly believe that fashion is everywhere. it's not just in the big cities. it's not just in the hip neighborhoods of los angeles. it's everywhere. >> reporter: the l.a.-based business moves to a new area almost daily. using social media to help shoppers find them. >> if we were going to rent out a space, it was a lease, we wouldn't be able to do as many things as we could. and this was affordable for us. >> reporter: stocked with clothes from local designers to accessories made by romo herself, no item is more than $42. there's even a small dressing room to ensure a proper fit. >> that is so you right there. >> reporter: it's not just the small stores. big name brands are revving their engines, too. designer cynthia rowley first drove her converted shipping truck in 2009. this spring, madewell packed up an airstream and stopped on a 14 city road trip with stops in new york, boston and chicago. >> one of the things we love about denim, we wanted to bring that to

janine murphy is in a similaa sstuation.r old son suffers from cerebral palsy and is covered by medicaid. murphy says: "affordable health care is really important to me right now because, ith his condition and therapy anddhii medications, i need him to be &pcovered" mckeever says: "when your child has a medical condition you are on edge anyway. thhn when you have the finances with it that you are not going to have the ability to pay for mmi's, or x-rays or mmdicine. it's just another burden" burden" the most controversial part of the new law requires all americans to purchase some coverage or face a fine. there will be subsidies for those who ccnnot afford to pay. 3 all of this brings us to ouu agree with the supreme court's ruling on theehealth care law? we'll take your calls lattr this hour. you can also go to fox-baatimore dot com and tell us what you think... sound off through facebook or send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. stay tuned to fox45 morning of the health care ruling.ge - here's a look at our undown this morning

janine, the president was on time magazine. what did they do today? not much. eastern airlines gone. so many big companies gone. very vulnerable. they are vulnerable to us. i want to suggest part of the solution leaders the large part of the solution, had to move into a new mindset, a new goal, a decent rate of return, a decent rate of return. but do so only within the context of creating a grant. that my grandson will want to inherit. said some boundaries around it. only in the context of being socially and environmentally responsible. only within the framework of creating a sustainable, just and peaceful world. let that be the guidelines and we have precedents in this country and president for that to serve as a model for the entire world. for the first hundred years the united states with the country. no corporations could get a charter in any state until it proved it was going to serve a public interest. the charter lasted on average ten years and the corporation had to go back and prove it served public-interest and would continue to do so in order to rene

. >> they have janine turner. >> and chuck norris. >> stephanie: eric boehlert from media matters. [ applause ] >> i really do think ann coulter hangs out here in los angeles than she does wherever she -- >> stephanie: that's where the cool kids are. sorry. >> i want to see limbaugh in a 50-yard dash against obama. >> stephanie: like he could throw. drop on the pitcher's mound. hi, ricky in st. paul. you're on "the stephanie miller show." good morning. >> caller: first time calling into a talk show but it is refreshing to see a true liberal show that's truly liberal. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i was calling in. i wanted to talk about i think a lot of the things about the election is overanalyzed and i feel that a lot of people, they're going to vote for who they're going to vote for. most of us already know who we're going to vote for. i don't believe a lot of the people who call themselves moderates or whatever are as moderate as they say they are because i consider myself to be a moderate but i look at a lot of conservative thoughts and ideals. i'm almost 60 years old. >

think of as a barrier to the freedom of expression, but it is also a barrier to the internet from janine for the economic and social benefits. cyber security, ways of looking at spam, fraud, etc. -- the topics are understandable. there is a reason to be concerned about them, but the mechanisms to address them tend to be inclusive. it is important to figure out the concerns, and figure out ways to get at them. the final one that has been mentioned by several speakers is that the internet is a network of networks, handing off traffic through handshake, informal agreements, and to turn that into a regulated exchange will create all sorts of distortions of the system and complexity. i hope that is a good summary. >> yes. thank you. dick, we mentioned your boss, ambassador philip, and it calls to mind that i had the privilege of serving with him three decades ago at the fcc, and most of you would not know this. fortunately for you you are too young to know it, but within a short time span i was at the fcc, phil surged as chief of the cable bureau, the broadcast bureau, and in the common carri

. >> they have janine turner. >> and chuck norris. >> stephanie: eric boehlert from media matters.pleasure, sir. see you next week. there he goes. [ applause ] >> i really do think ann coulter hangs out here in los angeles [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? >>forget it. [[vo]]that will never happen on current. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: and if you think nameing a dorm after a woman is sexist you obviously have never seen-- [ bleep ] >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." 34 minutes after the hour. waiting for carlos carlos, commodan extraordinaire. 1-800-steph-12 toll-free from anywhere. in the could have fay where mitt romney had a tough time identifying a donut. >> what is that chocolaty confession. ha ha, ha. >> stephanie: the owner of the cafe said his staff and was disrespectful toward her establishment. what? >> no, shine my shoes. >> stephanie: romney called the owner to offer an apology, and