ktvu's john fowler is live at the toll plaza with the security measures that were activated today. john? >> witnesses told us that this was simply bizarre. in the westbound lanes leading up to the bay bridge. >> announcer: happened at 8:15, all lanes were blocked. news chopper 2 captured the back up. witnesses say a driver stopped his truck and intentionally set it on fire, baiting first responders. >> he looked like he was trying to threaten the firemen. he had a smile on his face. looked out of his mind. >> reporter: he took this photo as he drove by the scene. the security cameras on the bridge were crucial it track down the 32-year-old of sacramento. he was treated for burns and now is being held for psychiatric evaluation. investigators do not know his motive. his truck was destroyed. there was no other damage and  no one else was injured. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight we know the identity of a man killed in a accident at a tire shop. they identified the victim as a 65-year-old kill kim. cal-osha say he was moving a compressor at 9:00 a.m. this

. >> we have live team coverage, john fowler spent the day looking at how pilot training could change because of this. but first david stevenson on the lessons for first responders, david. >> reporter: yeah, ken those lessons have led to changes on how the department responds to emergencies like that one. but the department tells us it's also looking at the death of one of those passengers. the 16-year-old is passenger 41e the asiana victim who was thrown from her seat at the crash at sfo last july. national transportation board today said at least two firefighters missed their chance to rescue her before she was run over by two fire riggs. >> these individuals observed by multiple firefighters who believe she was deceased and therefor did not perform triage. >> it was devastating for us, the family and everyone involved. >> reporter: the girl's death spurred new guidelines in which a recon crew may scout a crash before riggs came close. and a so called blue card certification process with 50 hours of online training. a new triage system will track victims all the way from the hospita

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> earlier this year i was give an tour of the new stadium. walking through the locker room, the coolers where all the beer will be stored and rooftop garden that will be open to a select few. you can see that on www.ktvu.com. >>> sunnyvale police were going to investigate a murder but when they went to arrest the suspect police shot and killed the man. he was shot this morning at a home on north fair oaks avenue. police say he ignored commands and once officers forced their way in to the home he showed a gun. enable he was connected to a case of a missing woman that once lived there. >> scary. you never know who is living next door. could be a murder suspect and apparently this went bad fast. >> the shooting had a wide impact on the neighborhood. as you can see from news chopper 2 access was cut off by police. and a middle school went into brief lock down as a precaution. >>> continuing coverage now on the muni sick out. relief today. 90% of muni's vehicles including cable cars are running again in san francisco. this comes after a three day

john fowler shows us h it's costing you and how the cost is growing all the time. >> after neighbors noticed water spurting up in the street we discovered more than a decade of repeated water main failures. several places on this block of harvard drive i ronically a crew replacing the pipe with new is just a few yards away and a couple of more days would have changed out the section that failed today. it was first installed 83 years ago. >> they did not know the fault line ran through here. we didn't have a freeway that ran through the area. >> the green line is being replaced with 12,000 feet of steel pipe much of it in steep unstable soils. for some parts they might use flexible pipe inside it. they are spending $86 million this year to replace ten miles of critical pipe and repairing 42 miles on average two breaks a day. >> fix it as fast as possible because it's a waste of water and we want to stop leaks. >> they are raising rates a third of that increase to pay for new pipes. without new pipes they say the risk is in an earthquake you'll have no water. the crews here say they ha

reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> to washington, d.c.re a closer look at spending shows congress budgeted billions more than the penalty gone wanted. it went to contract that donated to members of congress. >> you can see the flow. >> the budget passed includes $1 billion for jets built by boeing even though the pentagon didn't want the jets. so far boeing donated $1.4 billion to members of congress. last year they spent $15 million. >> amount of money they get back in the size of their government contracts is worth it. >> lockheed martin got a half million more than the pentagon requested. >>> the mormon church excommunicated a woman. she was accused of undermining teachings for starting a group that advocates for equality for women. she can return to the church if she gives up her cause. >>> keeping voters safe on the water. what lawmakers want people to do before they get a boating license. >> able bodied people are trying to use these people, what police are doing about it. >> a thief caught in the act, his unusually slow get away. >

john fowler explains how that could be a big boost for that city. >>> for mountain view's light railtation it's a quick ride directly to that new stadium. as we reported, levi stadium parking has challenged many ticketholders face long walks. >> san francisco fans should be the first priority to get people who live in the city to be able to get to the stadium. >> reporter: they met this afternoon on a man to use these rail transit parking lots and other city parking up to 1,000 spaces on game day. plus caltrans is to put on different games. it could bring several thousand fans to bars and restaurants. >> it's usually good. weekends here is usually slow for mountain view. >> i think that mountain view we have a beautiful downtown with restaurants and bars that people could make their plans around coming in and grabbing a bite to eat and getting something to drink before getting on light rail. >> reporter: the big concern traffic and overcrowding. it may take a full season before the city knows how many fans would come. >> even prior to the stadium coming in, the city is concerned abou

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s.ade it into the next round of the world cup even though they were beat by germany this morning. >> hundreds of people packed san francisco to watch the game on the big screen there. in san jose it was standing room only. many people took the morning off to watch the game. germany won 1-0 but the u.s. makes it to the next round. the u.s. wasn't even supposed to make it this far. so fans say getting through the first stage was victory enough. >> it lacked drama but i am glad we advanced. >> the crowd wasn't really rowdy today. maybe by the time the u.s. makes it to the final or something. >> managers say they have seen huge turn outs for the world cup matches. now the u.s. advances to the second stage. that starts on saturday. the top two teams will advance to the round of 16. winners have an advantage. they get to play the runner up of another group so the u.s. will play the winner of group h, that is belgium and that is tuesday. the team that loses goes home and there are no ties. game

ktvu's john fowler is live to tell us how people are helping the fish. john? >> reporter: thanks to that help scientists say millions of young samren headed out to -- salmon are headed out to sea right now thanks to a trucking program. . >> reporter: salmon dumped into the bay after state fish and wildlife trucked them from hamries. >> the -- hatcheries. >> lower flows in the rivers. >> reporter: scientists say swimming through the delta puts them at great risk. they delivered 37 truck loads this season. that is 23 million salmon, the most ever. fewer fish may end up spawning but without trucking they may as well not raise any hatchings. development causes silt and pollution, that is also threatening salmon. they are disappearing. >> they are endangered. >> reporter: he wants to buy expensive creek side homes, repair the surrounding forest. >> make the houses ecologically sound and put a permanent conversation ease teammate protect them and re-- easement to protect them and resell them. >> reporter: they need a million dollars in donations. creating a first of

ktvu's john fowler is in the city where they continue tatangle -- to tangle. >> reporter: that's right. in san francisco one of the most savvy -- bike savvy areas in the bay area, you can see the green arrows. we found lots of road anxiety. >> reporter: more than 75,000 bicycle trip as day in san francisco you would think drivers and bicyclists would have it worked out. >> terrible in the city. yeah. with the bikes. unless all is a lane. >> reporter: bicyclists say the problem is distracted drivers. we caught this driver texting. >> seeing people driving and looking down. looking in their lap. >> reporter: professional bicycle safety instructor says he was pedaling right here. 10 days ago. wearing bright yellow. about to merge into the left lane when a driver slammed into him from behind. >> i dodged a bullet. >> reporter: he curved a con-- suffered a concussion. >> had to be distracted driver. he struck me right in the center of his car. >> reporter: new details reveal cars hit bicycles most often from behind and city crashes are more likely with more lanes. as you can see the bigger

john fowler reports it's facing some firefighters to make choices that could put their own communities risk. >> reporter: at his daughter's end of school party this afternoon at discovery bay, coloni dillan struggled with the decision he says he was forced to make. >> i have to look out for my future and my future for my family. >> reporter: after seven years, dillan is leaving east contra costa fire going to another department. >> i just worry about my community and my fellow firemen that i'm leaving behind. >> reporter: firefighter dike is also leaving. eight firefighters may leave this summer. by november 18 of 45 or 40% of the department could be gone. >> it's an unconfidentable feeling everyone for the 27 left knowing that you know they can't do what they want to do. to help the community out. >>> in the driest earlier fire season in memory two of five east county college stations may close. remaining firefighters stretched so thin a small blaze could turn catastrophic. it's a lack of resource that is has firefighters families nervous. >> it's scary for anyone we know in the area

john fowler joins us live from san francisco where some are calling for some changes there. >> reporterat's right that fiery fatal crash ended right here. and this is the fifth street off ramp about 10,000 cars a day use it. when it's crowded during the commute drivers tell us it actually feels more dangerous when the traffic is light and moving fast. across if bay bridge into san francisco. take the fifth street harrison off ramp. you don't watch your speed -- >> it is fast. yes. cars do come in pretty fast. >> reporter: you could get a nasty surprise. >> that kind of feels a bit dangerous because you can't see. >> reporter: at the end of the off ramp there's a sharp right turn. several speeding drivers have nearly rear ended jag sugidar who takes this off ramp every day. >> i've had close calls. quite a few times. >> reporter: 10 days ago a suspected drunk driver didn't make the turn and ran over and killed a homeless man sleeping in the a adjacent open space. fifth street is one of san francisco's most nerving off ramps. >> especially at a high speed because you have to slow yourself

ktvu's john fowler shows us how it works. >> reporter: you have likely seen the amber alert signs.eady for yellow alert for hit-and-run drivers. >> reporter: officials say more than half of serious hit and run offenders are never caught. you may recall the crash we told you about yesterday on highway 580. it seriously injured a woman. the hit-and-run driver is still at large. >> the dark sedan, possibly black in color with right side damage continued westbound 580 and never stopped at the scene. >> highway information signs would display descriptions of fleeing vehicles. great idea say people who have been hit and run victims. >> everything gets messed up and you pay the price. >> reporter: without an identified driver even medical costs are paid by the victims. hit and run penalties depand on the damage. it -- depend on the damage. it is time get tough he says. >> a strong message sent to people who would hit and run. if you do it, it is not worth it. >> some drivers said it sounds like another law. >> i don't know if it does any good. >> reporter: another issue is hit and run des

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> and a little cloud cover out there tonight.og is right along the coast at this hour. it's going to push a little further inland as we head into tomorrow. right now we have plenty of fog. it's not only showing up on the satellite but we have fog in the kensington area. the fog going into san pablo. so fog is moving inland. társ going to get -- so it's going to get this far inland. highs today were warmer than yesterday. we still got some significant wind. almost 30-mile an hour gusts at napa straight west. further inland we have 22-mile inland in fairfield. that will be there in the morning when you wake up. i think there will be plenty of cloud cover. but it clears out and temperatures warm up. 6:00a.m. you have a doze of fog heading out toward the livermore valley. most of it will get stuck up here in the east bay hills. all along the peninsula here. kind of out toward crystal springs then a break for san jose and fremont you will have fog. temperatures warm pretty rapidly. 90s start to show up in the far eastern inland bay va

john fowler live now in livermore with how we can all make a difference here, john. >> reporter: gasia, you can think of the livermore valley as like southern california. it's hot, it's dry, and much of its water comes from the delta. >> reporter: environmentalists warned that we're up against the wall. using much more water than nature provides. >> yet we're still not taking our water problem seriously. it's going to come back to bite us. >> reporter: the pacific institute and the natural defense layed out a program for improved homeowner efficiency and water reuse. >> the good news is there's things that should be done by a lot of different actors, the bad news is we haven't gotten together to do those things. >> reporter: millions of the gallons a day are washed out to sea. the livermore plant recycles 3- 1/2 million gallons of water day. that's about half the waste water produced in the city. but recycling does have its draw backs. >> citizens that don't have recycled water or in areas that we don't have recycled main the water is not doing any good. >> reporter: livermore is now s

ktvu's john fowler is live where this is creating controversy. >> reporter: absolutely right.ed for offices this land may soon become a mega grocery and retail mall. >> i like things the way they are. i love seeing the open field and the empty space. >> i don't have any problems with it. >> it will be a problem for traffic in the area. >> reporter: this animation shows the proposal of 55,000 square foot safetyway. restaurants, a fitness center and re-- safeway, restaurants and a fitness sister, a children's play area and a park. >> good for the city. consistent with our policies. >> reporter: she says across the street nob hill foods may go under but retail demand is high and vacancy is low. traffic could increase. >> there are measures being proposed. >> i don't need another super market. >> reporter: she says cutting down 200 trees is wrong. >> some of them are highly protected. 35 to be exact. you can't replace that with tiny new trees. >> the city says safeway plans to save some, replant others. if approved they plan a legal challenge to stop production. reporting live, jo

. >> that was john fowler reporting. crews are replacing this entire section of this 83-year-old pipe. they planned to replace this section two days from now. coming up at 6 the high cost of replacing this old pipe and even higher cost of not replacing it. >>> the u.s. postal worker once awarded federal employee of the year accused of stealing mail. he's being held without bail and is considered a flight risk. he's facing several charges including mail theft possession of stolen mail and destruction of u.s. mail. he was caught on surveillance cameras. the items he's accused of stealing include cash prescription pills marijuana passports jewelry and. >> when i hear something like this it really makes me mad because mail is personal. people send it out and expect it to get to where it's supposed to go and when something like this happens it really makes me mad. >> howard is set to appear in court monday. he could face up to 20 years in prison. >>> more details in the case against torres. charged? the disappearance and kill

john fowler is in brentwood. >> this fire station could close as early as this summer as the budget crisis is forcing firefighters to leave. at his daughter's end of school party veteran firefighters struggled with the decision he was forced to make. i have to look out for my future. >> after seven years he's leaving east contra costa fire and going to another department. i worry about my community. >> another plans to leave after voters rejected partial taxes. layoffs are looming. >> we are naive not to prepare for the worst, just by the way things are going. >> eight firefighters may leave this summer. by november 18 of 45, or 40% of the department could be gone. it's an uncomfortable feeling knowing they can't do what they want to do to help the community out. in the earliest fire season two of five stations could close. it's a lack of resources that has families nervous. >> it's scary for anyone we know out here. there could be one incident at one place and all five engines get dispatches. >> with property tax revenue low, contributings to pensions forced to go up there's no good solut

and as john fowler reported in 2011, sharks and other predators crowd the coastline in california along what you might call well traveled ocean highways. >> using this sailboat and other crafters from off the ferolon island to the coast of alaska to new zealand, scientists tagged and tracked a very important -- >> some of them went away but they always came back. we were surprised with this homing ability of white sharks and blue fin tuna, whales and what we're learning is that this is their neighborhood. >> reporter: this animation shows the migrations. the path of apex predators. for the first time revealing the pad earn of life of these valuable animals. >> the importance of knowing where animals are and where they two is we can now protect these animals. >> they also tagged and tracked elephant seals. the next step is to get international recognition of these hot spots then continue monitoring with satellite tags like these to make sure the protection works. >> one of the bay area hot spots is the marine sanctuary which lies north and west of san francisco. more than 1200 square mil

in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> state board voted today add the gray wolf tot of endangered species. they voted 3-1 to add protection for the gray wolf. they are assuming they will migrate down into california. gray wolves all but disappeared from california in the 1920s. they made a come back in northern america and the obama administration proposed removing them from the federal endangered species list. >>> controversial development in walnut creek is moving forward. the city counsel voted in favor of it last night. the project involves 25 acres of land. there will be a safeway, restaurants, retail stores, fitness center and senior housing all shown here. it is estimated it will bring in quimillion dollars a year -- $83 million a year in sales. opponents say 200 trees will have to be cut down. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. responding to criticism over this video. one day after being placed on leave. a high school security officer goes online to address her critics. >> the fight against crime in oakland is a community effort, how people in this neighborhood helped off

. >> we have live team coverage, john fowler spent the day looking at how pilot training could change but first david stevenson on the lessons for first responders, david. >> reporter: yeah, ke

reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a tricky operation is underway to get a sum meant truck back on its wheels. it is on its side in the hills. this is video from news chopper 2. you can see a tow truck next to the truck that is sideways. it is not clear why it tipped over. the tank you can see is lying on a down hill slope. >>> firefighters worked hard to put out two grass fires this afternoon. took them about 2 hours to do it. these are pictures from news chopper 2. the fire burned near the 580 approach to the bridge. firefighters say the fires were likely related to homeless encampments in the area. the fire started before 2:30 p.m. this afternoon, no one was injured. >>> another fire about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. news chopper 2 was over head there as well and took this picture of cal fire helicopters making water drops. cal fire also had ground crews working to keep the fire from burning. it was burning near adopey road -- adobe road amid dry brush and trees. three acres ended up burning. >>> san francisco mother arrested accused of driving drunk and crashing her

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> medical marijuana supporters are gathering signatures for a referendum that would undo new regulations for pot clubs. pot club supporters need to collect 100,000 signatures in the next 30 days to put the measure in a special election. the new rules restrict the club to industrial areas and require them to only sell marijuana that they grow themselvesless. club owners say these new restrictions will force them out of business. >> we don't have a choice. it's do or die literally. either we pull this off or we shut down. >> i'm not worried about a referendum. we will meet that head on and win. >> reporter: cannabis club supporters put a referendum and won when the city tried to limit the number of marijuana clubs to just 10. and clubs say they plan to do it again. >>> a college chain could be at risk of closing. corinthian college incorporated will have to wait 21 days to access federal funds. if the company can't secure a short term loan it may have to shut down. the department of education imposed sanctions due to issues with job placement data used for m

john fowler ktvu channel 2 news.will ask the city council to buy a new security surveillance system to help fight crime. the $300,000 system includes cameras and license plate readers. they would be put on about a dozen roads leading in and out of the city. the police department says the cameras and readers are needed because the majority of the crimes in fremont are committed by people who don't live there. the city council is set to vote on the proposal during its meeting which begins at 7:00 tonight. >>> some high tech tools have uncovered a hidden image in an early painting by pablo picasso. he created the blue room in 1901. it's considered one of his first masterpieces. curators at the phillips collection washington d. c. suspected there might be something underneath the paint. so they used an infrared camera to scan the painting, and the researchers discovered a portrait of an unknown man wearing a bowtie underneath the existing painting of a woman bathing. >> it's one of those things that makes what you do spe

me now, two of our favorite radio talk show hots, fox news radio's, john gibson and nationally syndicated talk show host, richard fowlerentlemen, thank you for joining us. let's start quickly with iraq. john, i'll start with you here in the studio. what are our options? none of them are good, but what are our options as we watch this country fall apart after so many gave their lives to stabilize it. >> the best option is realize it's three little iraqistans and get used to it. i don't hear a lot. i see the president discussing them and think he's probably going to do something that makes it look like he's doing something but it's not going to do much good. he has to face the fact he lost this war. ashley: yeah, richard, would you agree with john? what can the president do here? you know, it is a sad fact, we had a congressman on before who acted as battlefield and he feels sorry for soldiers who gave their lives to restore stability. but frankly, all of us saw it coming, didn't we? >> the truth of the matter is this. i tend to agree, there are three-state solution is the only solution that can work in the situation. jo