christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a san francisco art gallery is being threatened for selling the book ends that look like balloon animals. he says he received a cease and desist order that looks too much like a famous balloon dog statue. >>> coming up, a goat was found hogtied in a trunk and how he will soon see much better days of. >>> how will fog impact your commute tomorrow? bill martin will explain where the fog will be the biggest. >>> you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> with all of the runoff that has poured into reservoirs, we decided to take a look at reservoirs in marin county. newschopper2 caught this reservoir and they say all seven reservoirs are at 100% capacity. one year ago they were 67% full. >>> here in the bay area, or chief meteorologist bill martin told us that we should expect some spare the air alerts >> if you remember in 1992, we saw 25 inches of rain in the san francisco area due to el niÑo. >> no rain like that now. we have clear skies overhead. you will see plenty of fog before leav

christien kafton has been following the story. >> reporter: late this afternoon, i got this 132 count charges of two suspects that terrorized families. the suspects targeted neighborhoods like this one at 21st avenue and 25th street. neighborhoods with large immigrant communities.. investigators say between march and november of last year robbers terrorized the city with a string of home invasions. demanding to come in, stealing electronics, jewelry and money all at gunpoint. >> victims from two years of age to 60 years of age. >> reporter: prosecutors have now charged morio simmons bayless and malerough. >> on the interviews we never got the answers to that. >> reporter: the district attorney says the three suspects collectively face more than 300 years prison time. but the case does not meet the standards to prosecute them with hate crimes. >> the hate crime statute has some components to it that require a certain element of proof. >> reporter: our investigator told me today that breaking down the language barriers between the victims and police helped them to connect all 24 cases.

christien kafton attended the celebration and has this report. >> reporter: the freedom train departed san jose this morning. riders say their journey symbolizes the path to equality. >> civil rights and all the way up to today where we have obama as president. >> the martin luther king junior movement was not just for african-americans or one race. >> reporter: marchers made their way to the martin luther king jr. fountain and joined members of the community and reverend brown studied under dr. king and said if he were alive today he would still fight for the rights of all americans. >> given what he taught me in school we must come to grips with this issue of homophobia and realize that every person whether gay or straight is to be respected. >> reporter: nancy pelosi told the crowd that the civil rights leader will be honored with a tribute usually reserved for presidents. >> issued in washington i am proud to say that we will unveiled a monument, a magnificent memorial to martin luther king jr. >> christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> someone thousand people gathered in sacram

christien kafton, ktvu news. >>> and governor elect brown is planning a no frills inauguration.overnor electric scott plans to lead a parade with 26 marchs bands before a black tie dinner for 2,500. >>> and governor newsom apparently appears to be waiting until the last second to step down from his job as mayor in a bid to influence the selection of his replacement. the state constitution requires the governor to be sworn in on the first monday after january 1st. it's not clear the lieutenant governor also has to be sworn in at the same time. >>> what do you think the stop 10 stories of 2010 were here in the bay area. after the break, we're going to give your our list. >>> and where you can try to catch a glimpse of whales in the bay area. >>> and the pothole that will not go away. it's still not fixed. how long it'll take for you to see repairs. >>> 2010 has been a year of amazing stories both tragic and inspirational. the battle for same-sex battle, jerry brown and san francisco celebrated a world series. >> reporter: these highlights of 2010 are in no particular order expect

new at 10:00 ktvu's christ yin kafton was at that vigil at modesto and the boy's mother was asking for an informal beamed. >> reporter: juliannei cardase' mother was here at the vigil in modesto just about two and a half hours ago and certain her son is alive. she thinks her ex-boyfriend may be disguising the boy and she is asking everyone to keep an eye out for the suspect, josi rodriguez. >> maybe more people could see it, and maybe we could get that tip to bring him home. >> reporter: follow the news of the statewide amber alert has been called off, tabitha cardenas is asking people around the state to continue to post leaflets of her son and his suspected kidnapper, josi rodriguez. police say rodriguez scene of that accidented the boy from his grandmother's arms. rodriguez' car was pulled from the water friday afternoon. two windows on that car were open, but there were no signs of boy or rodriguez inside. >> josi is still out there, and all of the people who are watching, they need to keep their eyes out for josi. because he is going to be easier to spot than my son. i mean, becau

ktvu's christien kafton reports. >> reporter: mayor-elect jen quan enjoyed a celebration of the after two decades of public service, first on the school board and eight years as city councilwoman she will be sworn- in tomorrow. quan has appeared at events around town since winning office. homicides and crime in general are among the top questions the that the people of oakland have for their new mayor. >> what i want to know from the new mayor? clean up the crime on the streets. >> you know? there is so much killing and maybe she can do something. >> murders are a hard issue to deal with, because a lot of young men involved in murder are a lot of young men who don't have hope and to give them hope you have to do long- term and short-term things. >> reporter: the key quan says is education and job-training, which brings up the other major issue, economic development. >> i want to know what is going on with the job rate here in oakland? >> we're really going to focus on job-training, particularly for young people, for people come back from prison, for people who have been laid-off and n

christien kafton live with more. >> reporter: the suspects targeted neighborhoods like this one in fact, one of the home invasion robberies took place on this street. now these are neighborhoods with large immigrant communities. late this afternoon, i got this charging document from the district attorney's office. 132 counts including firearms charges, assault and two dozen home invasions. police say the robbers pattern was to confront the victim in the street. demand to be let into the home then steal cash, jewelry and electronics all while holding the victim and their family at gunpoint. >> i don't think there's anything more terrorizing than being at your home in the sanitity of your residence with your family, and have someone shove in the door and put guns in their faces. >> reporter: investigators say the break in the case came in early november when a victim managed to call police and officers arrived while the robbery was still under way. >> they quickly got a perimeter around one of the residents that was currently being robbed. the suspects exited. one of the suspects at that

live in san francisco, christian kafton, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> san mateo congresswoman jackie spear among are other members of the congress met with their constituents today. the program congress on the corner continues despite the assassination attempt against tucson lawmaker gabrielle giffords. spear chatted with residents on the streets in san carlos saying today's meeting was symbolic. >> it is an important message to send to everyone that engaging with your member of congress will continue. that we are not afraid. and as you have probably seen with people that have come out today, they want to be able to have conversations with their member of congress. and to engage in a public debate. >> the congress woman's normal security was supplemented by local police. gabrielle giffords is recovering in -- recovering in a houston rehab facility. >> the federal case against jared loughner has moved back to tucson. prosecutors agreed to remove it from phoenix to shorten the trip for victims and witnesses who may testify in the trial. the deal does not prevent defense attorney judy clark f

christen kafton is live with more. >> reporter: well, the latest search just wrapped up. we've pulled aside one of the investigators. that's not the vehicle you are looking for? >> no. that vehicle was a lexus that was stolen out in earlgy january -- in early january. >> reporter: and you will be inviting that person out to see if that is the car that they saw go in the canal. >> absolutely, as well as the tracks. so we're either gonna eliminate that vehicle as the vehicle a the witness saw and then we're back to square one. >> reporter: aud are s uspending -- and you are suspending dive operations. >> direct -- correct. we didn't find the little boy. the amber alert is still alive. we want people looking for the suspect, the vehicle and our little boy that's been k idnapped -- kidnapped. the amber alert continues. everybody in today's society in the age of technology leaves some type of electronic signature every where they go, whether it's purchases with a debit card, utilizing your cell phone, text messaging and so far there's been nothing like that that we're monitori

christien kafton, channel 2 news. >>> and california public utilities commission has set a march 15 deadline, it's asking pg & e to make sure it's pipeline records are current and accurate. in the past board members have said if pg & e can't figure out safe pressure levels from their records it should perform high pressure water tests. >>> we have a special section on the pipeline explosion and fire. go to ktvu.com and then click on the san bruno fire tab. once there, you will find a link. >>> there is more good news tonight regarding representative giffords recovery from a gunshot wound to her head. doctors say that giffords is opening her eyes more frequently and responding to commands. investigators today released more details about the shooting time line, saying the suspected shooter loughner posed for photos in a gun and posed on with a g string and had the photos developed a day from the shooting. >>> and there's a vigil happening right now. organizers say they want people to come together in compassion and respect for other people's differences. >>> security was tight in tucson today

christien kafton is live in san francisco tonight with more on this. >> reporter: san francisco transportationcials confirmed for me that vandals are targeting parking meters trying to break them so they can park for free. take a look, you can see why this meter

ktvu's christian kafton reports. are. >> reporter: some of napa county's highest peaks rang in the new year wrapped in a blanket of white. the snow trapped a handful of cars. the highway patrol had to lead drivers through the snow on highway 29. cal trans warned driver of the winter weather conditions. at the same time, crews worked to clear the roads. >> a lot of snow. especially for up here. >> cynthia perez was hard at work clearing the roads by 4:00 this morning and says the wet slushy conditions can be tough for drivers. >> adverse weather just drive slow, please. you know, we do have families and want to get home to them. >> reporter: plenty of families decided to hit the road and brave the elements. >> we stopped this morning and we are going to go see the snow. it's fun. >> reporter: the fisher family said snow just 45 minutes away from their home was too good an opportunity to pass up. >> he has been up once before when he was 3-year-old. but this is his second time coming up here so close to the snow. >> re

ktvu's christien kafton visited the center this afternoon, and even after eight months of repair, there's still a lot of work to do. >> reporter: morgana is ready for a new home. for the first time since the fire ripped through the center, the adoption center is ready for visitors. >> this is the first kick off where we want to welcome people to come back in and see all the beautiful cats and in the future we have to have more and more dogs. >> reporter: investigators still have not figured out what sparked the fire. 15 cats died in that fire and there was severe damage. >> all of this has been extensively cleaned and fixed up, repainted, deodderrized and we're back able to dispense all of our medicine. >> reporter: a lot of the work has already been done like getting this operating room ready. but you can see this operating room is still dark. if you look over here you can see that it's still boarded up. what they need is more money to get this place running back at 100%. >> we're still in our plans stage. the initial amount we put out there was $4 million of what the total project will

ktvu's christian kafton reports. >> reporter: firearms enthusiasts lined up at the cow palace today for the crossroads of the gun show. but this is a show mark leno tried to keep this from returning was vetoed by arnold schwarzenegger. they are considering reviving the bile with a new governor. >> we are looking at whether we will introduce it this year. we haven't made that determination yet. but sooner or later we are going to let the people's will and voice be heard. >> reporter: leno told me today he crafted his previous legislation specifically for gun shows here at the cow palace because he says people living in this area have told him that guns sold legally here at the cow palace wind up here in the neighborhood's around the cow palace. >> if people want to have a gun show go to a community which welcomes you. but don't impose it upon a neighborhood which in fact, at times. >>> , is a war zone. >> visitors to the gun show say the resurrection of a proposed ban on open carry and the news that a gun show ban may be revived are assaults on their second amendment privileges. >> if yo

christian kafton explains. >> reporter: ok closely. man in this surveillance video approaches a toyota highlander, unlocks the door and opens it up and starts rummaging through it. the problem it is not his car. it belongs to lisa from oakland. she has asked us not to use her name and she discovered the burglary in november. all of a sudden, oh, somebody broke into high car. we went back and looked at the tapes for that night and we saw what had happened. >> reporter: then just a few weeks later, lisa's surveillance camera caught a second borrowing alreadiy. this time a car pulls along the highlander and the doors open up automatically again. they only made off with parking change. since posting this video on the internet two more neighbors have reported similar barge alreadiys. lisa says she can only guess thousand how they are doing it. >> they have the actual key or some software that figures out what the code is. >> reporter: we called toyota and they are not aware of anyone hacking into their keyless door system. the remote freque

christian kafton explains. >> reporter: look closely. the man in this surveillance video approaches a toyota highlander, unlocks the door and opens it up and starts rummaging through it. the problem it is not his car. it belongs to lisa from oakland. she has asked us not to use her name and she discovered the burglary in november. all of a sudden, oh, somebody broke into high car. we went back and looked at the tapes for that night and we saw what had happened. >> reporter: then just a few weeks later, lisa's surveillance camera caught a second borrowing alreadiy. this time a car pulls along the highlander and the doors open up automatically again. they only made off with parking change. since posting this video on the internet two more neighbors have reported similar barge alreadiys. lisa says she can only guess thousand how they are doing it. >> they have the actual key or some software that figures out what the code is. >> reporter: we called toyota and they are not aware of anyone hacking into their keyless door system. the remote fr