john fowler has been talking -- we have live coverage this evening, john fowler has been walking with those protesters. >> but we begin with noelle at a peaceful protest so far. >> reporter: they are. it's hard to tell where they are right now, they are two blocks last time i could tell it looked to me about 100 protesters it might be more than that now. we are now back on broadway. we've essentially made a full circle in about the last 15 or 20 minutes. these protests started at 5:00 tonight at frank ogawa plaza. and then at 6:00 pretty much sharp they started to move. it looked like police were anticipating this because the streets were closed ahead of them as they marched, there is a line kind of at the end of this lock block where you can't see them. now it appears we're marching now back toward frank ogawa plaza. again this has been a very peaceful protest. now as it really kind of spread out over at least a couple of blocks of people, it's very difficult to tell how many people have joined in as this has gone through the streets but we have seen no trouble just people voicing th

ktvu's john fowler with more on tomorrow's ballot. john? >> reporter: there is a major transportation issue but all around the bay area people are asked to pone a up a lot more for school -- pony up a lot more for schools. >> reporter: 7 ballot measures just in alameda county. each wanting more money. >> i hope the money is used properly to really help the children. >> reporter: every bay area county is asking for bonds or a parcel tax to pay for education. this election is said to be the most expensive campaign in history. >> it is a waste of money. money that could be spent on schools. money that could be spent on preventing crime. >> reporter: public safety ballot measures asking to approve higher parking, higher utility or parcel taxes. we found little support. >> not doing anything. what the sense -- like beating a dead horse. >> san francisco, night lights and grass. sod, turf. measure h would ban artificial turf in golden gate park. >> well known as fuzzy concrete. it is notorious for injuries. i say yes. let's grow real grass. >> re

ktvu's john fowler where supporters are hoping for a different outcome tomorrow. >> reporter: that's right. right now they are campaigning. supporters for measure bb are hoping to convince voters to pay the highest county sales tax in california. >> reporter: a time change, bike light give away and a pitch for measure bb. >> we need more protected bike ways. >> reporter: it add as half cent sales tax to 9.5%, 8 billion dollars over 30 years. and funds transportation upgrades. repaves streets and improves bike, and rail service. they claim 30 years of sky high taxes will kill growth. many commuters today think it is worth it. >> it is very congested everywhere. we need more transportation in general from buses to rails. >> reporter: measure bb needs a 2/3 super majority to pass. two years ago it fell 721 votes short. now changes to bb's language have swung some taxpayer group whose were opposed to it now to support it. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> according to our poll tomorrow could set a record and not in a good way. 18million people are registered to vote in california but

we want to go to ktvu channel 2 news' john fowler. police are not taking any chances and trying out a new tactic. john? >> reporter: that's right. i spoke to oakland's chief of police who told me the chp cars you can see parked on broadway underneath highway 880 are part of a new strategy to use chp to protect the freeways so oakland's police officers can better protect the businesses. the chief acknowledged should have been better protected. about ten businesses suffered damage. this mobile store cleaned out by looters. and protesters were misguided. >> it is not going to fix anything. it is not going to change anybody's decision and it happened somewhere else, not here. >> reporter: people who witnessed this said it is unbelievable that police let it get so far out of hand. >> their show of force was like a dollar short, a day late. >> we tried to make a mass arrest. we arrested 92 people last night. the arrest on the freeway took up a significant number of our resources. >> reporter: just a few yards from where looters ransacked the

voters decided but now ktvu's john fowler has a look at the impact of measure d. john?a 3-1 landslide. still there is much opposition and maybe a challenge. >> that is ridiculous. >> reporter: he said he will walk a couple blocks to oakland for his sodas. >> the person's choice what they want oo drink. i shouldn't have to -- to drink. i shouldn't have to pay extra. >> reporter: the idea to decrease consumption and obesity. >> y dickulous -- ridiculous idea. they get away with everything. bad for business especially. stores like 7-eleven and liquor stores. >> sweetened coffees and energy drinks, diet sodas are exempt. >> i think it will make a difference because the price will go up but the people who like soda won't care. -deep tails of -- >> reporter: details on how to collect and spend the money haven't been worked out but what is the importance of the nation's first ever soda tax? >> not a big tax. the biggest impact will not be beyond the people in berkeley. >> when the country is looking at less regulation and less taxation, berkeley has done the opposite. >> repor

john fowler is in oakland now with an exclusive look at how technology is helping kaiser cope with thisstrike, john. >> reporter: well frank, first i want to show you nurses, they have been out here 11 hours now, this sometimes noisy picket line. but the hospital kaiser says that dealing with this strike is helping it benefit patient safety. thousands of kaiser nurses went on strike this morning. at 21 hospitals and 35 clinics if they last through tomorrow. >> we're striking because our patients are suffering. they have a denial of care. they're not achieving receiveing the care they've actually paid for. >> reporter: kaiser says it trained 2,800 temporary nurses for this two day strike. cancelled some elective procedures insisting there have been no patient safety problems. this afternoon, we got exclusive access to kaiser's regional command center. 300 staffers. doctors, pharmacists and nurses monitoring each hospital unit minute to minute. >> looking for gaps in care or changes in patient conditions. >> reporter: melinda skeart showed me their patient updates realtime. she calls it e

ktvu's john fowler is in the city with more obthis. john -- on this, john?reporter: they need better care. he is proposing a urban forestry fund at taxpayer's expense. >> reporter: maintenance like this on city planted street trees is up to private property owners. >> they are worth it. they are what provided oxygen. >> four collapsing trees in a single day. one nearly killed one man, crushed this car. maintenance is too important and should be the city's responsibility. >> we have a lot of trees that are in bad shape. some homeowners are hiring people who are mutilating the trees. >> he proposed a urban forest fund of 15 million to $30 million a year to maintain the city trees. >> i think it is a great improvement. >> the money could come from a fund or added property tax. >> i pay more than that to trim my own trees. >> the majority do not have city owned trees to trim and a partial tax or a amendment would need go to the voters. at the earliest next year. frank? >> john fowler in san francisco tonight. thank you. >>> super shutter drivers are back at work

ktvu's john fowler is live in san francisco. john -- san francisco. john, this issue is far from settled. >> reporter: that's correct. and folks were saying it is as dreary outside as it was inside and the protesters made their point loudly. >> reporter: demonstrators and police clashed. one glass door broke and a student arrested. before the uc regents voteicide 7-2 during a noisy -- voted 7-2 during a nosy afternoon they voted raising tuition 5% a year for 5 years. >> i am a freshman, this will affect me. >> reporter: this group of students drove 5 hours to voice their opinions. >> i have seen my tuition increase over 30% since i first started. right now i am heartbroken. >> the committee did hear from students. >> i don't see the quality anymore. my last mid-term i took in an over crowded classroom. it is hard to get personal time. it is strange when i hear people talking about we are becoming more privatized but we don't have the quality of the private universities. >> reporter: the legislator provided too little money after two years of freezes.

ktvu's john fowler look that bay area's water supply and gives us good news, good news. the tale of two droughts, if you will. >> reporter: that is what i would call it. we have seen a little bit of drizzle here. people are really looking forward to rain here where already their water situation may be the best in the state. >> residents beginning to see lawns turn green and people are smiling. >> to see many places where the new grass is beginning to grow is lovely. >> water is stored in 7 reservoirs, all from local rainfall. toteerals 89% higher -- totals are 89% higher now than last year. . >> praying for more. hopeful. >> the low water may be a little bit misleading. reservoirs are 94% of normal for this date. still officials insist people need to continue oo conserve. >> please turn off your sprinklers because mother nature can water for you. >> reporter: in the south bay, look at this. a bad situation is becoming dire. reservoirs bone dry. >> we have less water in our reservoirs than a week ago. >> reporter: watt use exceeded rainfall. -- water use exceeded rainfall

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police outside st.is, missouri are bracing for a grand jury decision on whether or not to indict the officer who killed michael brown. today they heard from a doctor who performed a private autopsy on michael brown's body. he is one of the final witnesses giving testimony before the grand jury, he and the st. louis medical examiner say the teenager was shot at least six times by officer darren wilson. the family attorney made a plea for calm as tension mounts. >> we realize that some people are anxious, angry and want incident answers however violet and rioting is not a responsible way of expressing those feelings. >> the shooting sparked protests after the shooting and stores are already boarding up windows incase the officer is not indicted. the governor said he is prepared to call in the national guard if necessary. >>> the first pictures from the lander after the touch down on the surface of the comment. this shows -- comet. this shows the surface of the comet 310 million miles away. the european sp

ktvu's john fowler discovered why hackers may have done it and how to protect yourself. hn is live tonight. john? >> reporter: thank you. apple has been hack free until now. this malware experts say ushers in a new era and is apple's biggest threat yet. >> reporter: this bad code may have infected 350,000 iphones. >> someone was bound to do it at some point. matter of figuring out how. wire lurker gets in through apps. the programs we love and appears to have originated in china. >> one thing i have been worried about. >> reporter: he says apps can be risky. >> with this news coming out it makes me hesitant. >> reporter: experts say it is not clear what it is after. it steals address books and takes over phones and computers. >> apple has been pretty good so, you know, one virus isn't the end of the world. >> he says the good news is people who get apps through the apple store is okay. it spread through a third party app website. >> the people who are likely to hack are probably not the biggest apple fans to start with so it was going to happen. it will keep happening. >>

reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. the nation watching and waiting to find out if a police officer will face charges in the shooting death of michael brown 467. >> pablo sandoval is -- >> pablo sandoval is heading to the red sox, and what the giants said about the move. >> and new rules on who can fly drones. >> ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> breaking news tonight in missouri. any minute now we are expected to learn a grand grand jury's decision. at ixue whether a -- at issue whether a police officer should face charges in the shooting death of michael brown. a live look at ferguson, missouri. the crowds gathered in anticipation of that announcement. tonight the governor of missouri is calling for peace, respect and restraint. >> 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed on august 9 by officer darren wilson. the shooting has ignited racial tensions and the debate over police tactics. and tonight a grand jury decided whether charges should be filed against the officer. good evening every

as john fowler shows us now, the level of your local reservoir depend on where you live. >> reporter: san rafael residents beginning to see their lawns turn green and people are smiling. >> to see places, many places where the new grass is already beginning to grow it's lovely. >> reporter: marin county water is stored in several reservoirs and all of it from rainfall. rain totals are 80% higher now than at this date last year. >> i'm just praying for more be hopeful. this definitely makes me an optimist. >> reporter: the low water may be a little bit misleading, marin county reservoirs are about 94% of normal for this day. still water officials insist, people need to continue to conserve. >> please turn off your sprinkler systems if you haven't done so already, because mother nature can water it for you. >> we actually have less water in our reserves today than we did a week ago even with this rain. >> reporter: water use exceeded rainfall. the santa clara water district says conservation fell short of the 20% voluntary reduction. it's calling for even tighter conservation going into

. >> john fowler explains how those fish got there, and why crews are taking such extreme measures toars ago by an earthquake, san francisco's mountain lake, now a popular park, fenced off so crews could spread buckets of poison, killing all the fish to save the lake. >> that's unfortunate. i don't think they necessarily need to kill the lake. i think there's other ways. >> reporter: they tried for three years to eliminate invasive fish by netting them. poisoning them is the last resort. buckets full of invasive bass and carp. fish put in the lake by people. >> getting rid of their pets. probably a lot of different reasons why they got in there. >> reporter: biologists expect all the fish to be dead in days. the big problem is how to keep people from putting non- invasive species in the lake. >> put never should have let their own pets into the lake. >> reporter: they plan to restalk this lake with native fish, frogs and turtles. as for people with goldfish to dispositive, biologists have planned an amnesty station. >> a little pond-ish site, that's covered, then we will rescue them f

ktvu's john fowler was at the meeting. >> reporter: protesters arrived and held signs outside.ide trying to disrupt the vote. it wasn't close. 14-7 in favor of the hike. >> i am absolutely devastated. i have three jobs. i can't afford to go to school. >> reporter: she is a straight a computer science major. >> i have two years to go. >> reporter: students promised retaliation, a day of action monday and more. >> planning on organizing boycotts and redistributed this pain you are inflicting on us. >> reporter: 5% a year for 5 years is a 28% increase. a spokesman told us it is not set in stone. >> the state comes up with increases beyond what has been promised it could lower or get rid of it all together. >> reporter: some see this as a public fight over reforming the system. >> not having the reform discussions. it is a sad day for higher education. >> reporter: as police followed demonstrators out there are options to return some of the money legislators cut from funding. the urgency now is ratcheted up. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 200 students are now occupying the u

ktvu's john fowler was at the meeting today and john is in san francisco with key details about who will and who won't be effected by this. >> reporter: that is an important part of this story for students and families. when the uc regents showed up they were met with noisy protests. >> reporter: angry demonstrated said the 5% per year tuition hike is unbearable, even though the students do get financial aid. >> i make above the cut offline for financial aid so i will be struggling and bearing the burden. >> reporter: officials say financial aid and scholarship -- after three years of no increases they said they have no choice. >> we don't have time to kick the can down the road. we have to make a decision today. >> reporter: it would raise $100 million that the legislator failed to provide. >> shame on us for being in this position today that got this bus load of students from all over the state to have to come here and listen to us point pingers at each other -- fingers at each other. shame on us. >> reporter: the 7-2 vote recommends the board adopt the tuition hike. students blame the

ktvu channel 2 news' john fowler was there to show us this is why the only way to restore the lake. >o's mountain lake, now a popular neighborhood park fenced off so crews could spread buckets of poisoning killing all the fish to save the lake. >> that is unfortunate. i don't think they necessarily need to kill the lake to save it. >> reporter: the trust which manages the lake says it had become an algae filled putrid pond. they tried for years to control the fish by netting them. poisoning is their last resort. fish put in the lake by people. some for sport, others just thrown away. >> getting rid of their pets. so there were probably a lot of different reasons about how they got in there. >> reporter: bonings expect all the fish to be dead within a few days. but they say the big challenge is how to keep people from putting nonnative species back in the lake. >> it need to be done. people never should have let their pets into the lake. >> reporter: then, when the invasive species are gone, they are going to restock the lake with native fish, frogs, and turtles. as for disposing of pe

my ktvu partner john fowler is out here. he will have more on the news at 5:00 and 6:00. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. >>> a threat of a mass shooting has forced the closure of a santa cruz high school to keep students and staff safe. there are no classes being held at santa cruz high school as police and the fbi investigate the threat. police say it came into an e- mail last night to the school's principal. it was specific and mentioned times, places, weapons, and even students. it's unknown who sent the e- mail but investigators say it came from a server using physical crated encryption. >>> a puzzling stand joch is over but the suspect is still missing. police received reports of an armed man who ended up holed up in a house on larch grove place. s.w.a.t. officers used brash bang grenades to clear it -- -- dash flash bang grenades inside. there bhoos suspect inside. >> our merge officers removed the occupants. they removed seven children ranging in age from 1 to 13. the suspect we're looking for was not inside the residence. we're conducting i

ktvu's john fowler was there and tells us why in this ceremony it was the first of its kind. >> reporter veterans day there was a very moving and meaningful ceremony aboard the coast guard cutter. [ singing the national anthem ] >> the ceremony aboard a coast guard vessel for member of the military family. >> honor today not only to call you our brothers and sisters in arms but to call you our fellow americans. >> i take this obligation freely. without any mental ressersivation. >> reporter: -- reservation. >> reporter: he immigrated from the philippines as a child and joined the marines at 19. he served two combat tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> that is me right now there afghan kids. i felt like i was doing exactly what i signed up to do. >> he is still serving. he is a recruiter. another new citizen from mexico also a marine corps veteran who served in afghanistan. >> this country did so much for me i needed to do something for it. >> today the 239th birthday. one these veterans will long cherish. >> it feels really good. >> reporter: his wife and child are already citizens. >> he d

. >>> someone is bringing rare fish and marine mammals to our coastline and john fowler has good news for whale watchers, right now. john >>reporter: good news for surfers. these unusually warm waters are making it great for surfers. in fact, some of them are braving the waves without wet suits. also today, environmentalist told me something unusual. the last few days they've seen humpback whales near the golden gate bridge. >> warmer water off the coast causing blue whales to leave and humps backs into shallow water. >> it's very unusual for them. >> the fair line biologist says the ocean is weird. >> we were seeing water temperatures, sometimes in some areas 10 degrees higher than normal. >> the calm wind weather pattern that has caused the drought responsibility for that warmer water. >> fisherman showed us the 20 pound salmon he caught today outside the golden gate. >> we've noticed there's a lot of fish deep, like right on the bottom. >> where it's cold. >> and salmon going up steam to spawn right now hitting normal water. >> eggs in the gravel are not going to survive. the water

john fowler in oakland, gasia back to you. >> john, thank you. >>> one of four fire stations in east contra costa county will be closed until the end of the year because of a mold problem. bacteria was found in a well at station 94 in the community of nightson. and additional tests show a higher than acceptable level of mold in the air. crews will be working over the next several weeks to get rid of the mold. that nightson station is scheduled to reopen on january 1st. in the meantime there are reports that the station's crew will work out of brentwood that was closed last september because of financial problems. >>> today around the country people pause to honor the men and women who serve our nation. this was the scene in midtown manhattan for the annual veteran's day parade.  the nation's oldest veteran's day parade. joe biden honored all veterans. >> the veterans in america the most trusted among us and the most tested of all americans americans. you're not only the heart and soul but you're the very spine of this nation. >> reporter: vice president biden also helped place the

reporting live in san jose, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> do you know if the contractor called pg&e before digging? >> reporter: well, that is what they are supposed to do. i asked pg&e about that and they said they are investigating. as of this hour the contractor did not call pg&e before digging and that could play into liability. >> thank you. >>> we have learned that robin williams did not have any alcohol or illegal drugs in his system when he died. the sheriff's department released the information as part of the autopsy report. robin williams committed suicide on august 11. he was 63 years old. his cause of death is ruled as aphasia due to hanging. prescription medications were in his system. rb republican's wife said -- robin williams' wife said he was struggling with depression and parkinson's. >>> a search underway for a man who has been missing since halloween. the 26-year-old hasn't been home or to his job since he left his apartment october 31. he suffers from dizzy spells that could make it hard to speak. he was last seen nearby forth street. >>> oakland's new mayo

ktvu's john fowler went to a briefing by city leaders this afternoon. and john is in downtown oakland. there's many people dealing with major losses tonight, john. >> reporter: that's right gasia. right now there are a handful of protesters here on seventh and broadway. where inside just a short moment ago, the police chief said his forces are tonight better prepared. >> we will try to facilitate a protest where we do not set the direction of that march. >> reporter: while the police chief spoke at 20th and broadway crews were building barricades in case the protesters came this direction. the protection was for a federal officer. at the metro pcs phone store on broadway. workers were cleaning up. managers tell us looters monday night broke windows and stole merchandise worth $40,000. >> for everybody who did this, you know, shame to you. it's like, we're hard working people trying to make a living for our families. >> reporter: he told us looters left this flier behind. crews at the smart and final a block away stacking up pallets, hoping to stave off l

john fowler. >>> we have new information on a fatal officer involved shooting in concord we first told killed as 26-year-old jose avalos of bay point. they say he was driving a stolen honda when officers chased him to the sun valley mall. they say he ran across the street in the willows shopping center where he carjacked a man. an investigation is under way to determine if the killing was justified. >>> the ceo of a texas armoured car company subjected himself to an impressive test of confidence in his company's bullet-proof glass. >> okay that's pretty impressive. this is you tube video of someone shooting at the suv with the ceo sitting at the driver's seat. the video started with two pages of warning saying, absolutely do not try this at home and that no product is truly 100%. >> we had showers this morning but they have since moved out. it's 65 or was 65 in napa. so tomorrow's high look at these and push them forward. look at these temperatures and push them through. we're talking mid-upper 60s, low 70s. the clouds will be a constant as well. not just the high and low clouds. the r

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we want to get a check of those conditions right now. meteorologist bill martin is tracking what is coming our way tonight. bill. >> reporter: yeah. hard to imagine a more event- packed day. with everything going on in the city, the rain, halloween. halloween is always a big weather night anyway because we are concerned about the kids. we're getting away with it. the showers basically missed the early morning commute. it's not really that wet on the afternoon commute. there is rain all around us. as we head into this evening, looks like we will get away with it as well. great news. in the mountains, it is snowing. there is more snow in the fact tonight and tomorrow morning. the current radar is spinning and going off down here towards gilroy. that is the real deal. kind of slid by us. we got heavy rain, but nothing like that. heaviest rain to the south. starting to dry out, but not completely. we have showers in the forecast for tomorrow morning. here we are at 4:00 a.m. san mateo, oakland. it will be close to the thunder shower. a lot o

i talked to a former dean at uva, john fowler, today. he thinks the university's primary concern is their public reputation. if you'd like to donate to that defense fund, we'll have a link on our site. >>> president obama follows last night's immigration announcement with a trip to las vegas today highlighting plans to shield millions from deportation. republicans are furious. they promise to retaliate and craig boswell is covering it all from the white house. >> reporter: at a campaignlike rally in las vegas president obama explained why he took action to shield as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. >> we are a nation of immigrants and that means that we're constantly being replenished with strivers who believe in the american dream. >> reporter: adults with children born in the u.s. or with permanent legal status can apply for a three year work permit, a simplified visa process allowing hi-tech workers and foreign students in stem courses to stay longer. it keeps heightened security on the southern border and f