ktvu's ken pritchett is live in oakland with what it means for uninsured californians. ken? >> reporter: to be sure this ruling will have an impact on all of us, the biggest change is for those who do not qualify for assistance. millions will be insured who currently are not. >> reporter: how will the affordable care act effect people? >> same for me. >> reporter: his job doesn't provide insurance will be covered. >> i am not trying to -- couldn't afford to go to the doctor. >> uninsured californians will almost all have some option for coverage. >> reporter: she says the affordable care act will impact people differently. today medi-cal covers people who are poor. >> in 2014 if you are poor enough you will be eligible. >> reporter: the vast majority will get insurance through work. it is those that are uninsured and not poor that will have to take action. >> the team in between will face this requirement that they get coverage or face a penality. >> reporter: 7 million uninsured californians right now, even with this act, when it goes into effect, 2-3 million people living

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> www.ktvu.com has complete election results. find out what happened to the races and measures you voted on. >>> today lawmakers were finding out what it is like for firefighters attacking a fire. the firefighter's association set up its mobile burn trailer this afternoon. one law make who geared up to go inside said it was a real eye opening experience. >> easy to make decisions when you are removed and when you get here it is a lot of work, i think it is very helpful. >> with the budget deadline it was a reminder public safety officers need adequate funding. fire crews aided by light rain and cooler temperatures slowed a wildfire in the national forecast. broke out last friday. authorities say the fire is holding right now at 1800 acres and 55% contained. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> boaters are being warned to be wear of whales. whales are starting to appear in the waters. whales are often seen along the coast between spring and fall. boaters who encounter whales keep 300 feet away. >>> a kansas man

new, ken pritchett live where bart said they are taking action to try to target the this frequent crime. >> reporter: bart police say they caught a 47-year-old man down below here in the 24 street bart station in the act of steal a bike. they say that arrest then lead to a stash of stolen bikes, it's just one arrest but is part of the bigger problem when you look at the numbers. bart said a station agent sawt. a man walked up to a bike and took his pick of wheels, then tried to get away on a trainu. we consider him to be a busy bart thief because of the fact he had five and had a criminal history. >> reporter: five, five bikes were found at his home, all thought to be stolen. >> actually bart considers this a very serious issue. >> reporter: many riders who park their bikes also take theft very seriously just look at the cables and chains, snaking through the bikes and racks. >> bikes get stolen and . >> reporter: bart keeps track of how many are reported stolen. berkeley's ashby has 24 stolen this year. 16th street was second with 22, followed by pleasant hill, east dublin with fremont

coming up ken pritchett live in san francisco with how tonight's vote could possibly lead to six weeks of school being cut over the next two years. >>> a lot of people in california will be on the road this fourth of july holiday. aaa is predicting 5 million people will head out of town for the midweek holiday. and almost 4 million of them will be traveling by car, the biggest numbers in five years, that means freeways like berkeley will be probably backed up. more than half of those surveyed plan to begin their trip on friday and will be away for six days. >>> a group of students are in big trouble after trashing the september 11th memorial during a field trip to ground zero. the students were caught on surveillance video throwing trash including bottles and baseballs into the reflecting pools. they were kicked out but the incident has angered other visitors to what some consider a sacred site. one woman who's brother died at the towers says those children need to be educated. >> i can guarantee you if i was there, i would have pulled them aside and explained why i was there and who m

as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, the evident was not for the man but to share his unusual story. his fingers are nimble, what also seems clear is that chris durbey soon won't be able to play anymore. >> it could be any where between five to 10 years. >> reporter: he has huntington's degree, but this concert is not to -- the movie projected started 17 years ago when he returned to west virginia to see his mother wasted away from the brain disease which there is no cure. >> you have exaggerated movement. it's hard to talk because your tongue is always moving around. >> reporter: at age 30, after seeing what happened to his mother he had a dna test and learned his fate. >> if you were to go talk to a 30-year-old man, they would say when i turn 40 i'm going to kill myself. >> reporter: he's 46 now hoping for a cure that must come fast. he says his movie will be done by year's end. >> i know it's going to happen. >> reporter: kirbey hopes to show his movie to medical students. he says the concert will still return next year but with the money going to research. ken pritchett, ktvu new

ktvu's ken pritchett is live on the scene where he spoke with family members. >> reporter: while the names of the victims haven't been released a talked to a family member of one of the missing men, she came out here and she had a question that you would think would be easy to answer, was her cousin still missing in this dark water. >>> the water of whiskey slew is not fast moving, not cold. this is where the accident happened yesterday morning when a boat capsized. >> they were in a 12-foot aluminum boat, we are not sure as to the cause. >> reporter: one man made it to shore and then the search began for the other two men, one body recovered yesterday afternoon. today sheriff's boats used sonar and a drag line in the search for the missing man. it is taking place in full view of boating traffic. >> this is our second similar incident within a week. weed e monday morning very similar. >>> the similarity wasn't only with the loss of life but a safety tool all of the victims failed to use. >> life jackets. there were enough life jackets for every person on the boat. they were floating

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s. will remain on the cutting edge of space travel.hat is the opinion of a group of government officials. they say a space craft called orion is a good example of the partnership with the private space industry. construction is set to begin on a rocket in florida in two weeks it is scheduled to launch in 2014. if you want items from the space x probe you can make a big this weekend. an auction is hosted by the institute at the hyatt on saturday. it is a fund raider for the -- fundraiser for the institute. >>> california senator barbara boxer fought an effort to relax pollution rules. senators said the rules will hurt local economies but she argued it posed a public health risk. >> if that becomes the policy of this country, hundreds of thousands of americans every year will be harmed. >> the senate voted to keep the rules in tact. that means power plants must put in place cleaner technology. >>> how to prevent obesity could be added to the curriculum for school children. support for suggest education is among new policies. they will su

ktvu's ken pritchett tells us what the court decided and talked to two people who said this could change lives. ken? >> reporter: two courts in san francisco already ruled against portions of the defense of marriage act. what happened today was a ruling from a higher court that pullets it closer to a date -- that puts it closer to the date with the supreme court. >> reporter: whether same-sex couples could be denied benefit. they are legally married. they say the ruling could change their lives. >> every year we pay thousands of dollars extra in taxes because we are a same-sex couple, because we are not treated equally. >> reporter: with this and other court rulings president obama announcing his support for marriage equality they see momentum. >> if what we are looking at is social change moving in a dramatic direction, this is a big step but only a step in the direction. >> reporter: he says this ruling is far from the ultimate ruling on the right to marry but strike as portion of the defense of marriage act. >> what the court said was the united states congress did not justify orderin

ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live now from sacramento. >> reporter: they don't have the governor's okayn this. democrats do not have republican support. i talked to a staffer he says they just received the language from the budget but not all of the details have been revealed and the vote will take place in 24 hours. >> reporter: empty seats and a lot of them, that is how the hearing this afternoon on the democrat's budget plans started. >> they expect us to make a decision when we haven't seen it. >> reporter: republicans say it wasn't till this morning they saw the bill. she says the budget -- he says the budget balances the budget over the next three years. and it eliminates a billion dollars in social welfare cuts. as for reaching a deal with governor jerry brown on the plan -- >> no. we don't. but we are as close as you can be. >> reporter: last year governor jerry brown vetoed the budget. >> reporter: because this budget does not contain new taxes democrats do not need republican votes to pass the budget. instead the budget does rely on trigger cuts targeted at k-12 education. tho

ken pritchett has reaction and what this could mean for d.o.m.a.going forward. >> when it comes to legally married same-sex couples should the federal government be able to deny benefits under the defense of marriage act. today's court ruling says no. >> we were very pleased by today's ruling. >> reporter: ron lewis and stewart gagner are legally married by california law. they say the deal was declaring benefits unconstitutional could change their lives. >> every year john and i pay thousands of dollars extra in taxes because we're a same-sex couple. that's because we're not treated equally under federal tax law. >> reporter: the very fact they issued the opinion makes it highly significant. >> reporter: professor david levine says the appellate court's ruling sets up a supreme court review. but says the review only dealing with one part of d.o.m.a. >> this case is far away from what many people would consider the ultimate issue which is do we have to allow same-sex marriage in the states. >> reporter: but same-sex marriage advocates see a pattern

ken pritchett has reaction and what this could mean for d.o.m.a.going forward. >> when it comes to legally married same-sex couples should the federal government be able to deny benefits under the defense of marriage act. today's court ruling says no. >> we were very pleased by today's ruling. >> reporter: ron lewis and stewart gagner are legally married by california law. they say the deal was declaring benefits unconstitutional could change their lives. >> every year john and i pay thousands of dollars extra in taxes because we're a same-sex couple. that's because we're not treated equally under federal tax law. >> reporter: the very fact they issued the opinion makes it highly significant. >> reporter: professor david levine says the appellate court's ruling sets up a supreme court review. but says the review only dealing with one part of d.o.m.a. >> this case is far away from what many people would consider the ultimate issue which is do we have to allow same-sex marriage in the states. >> reporter: but same-sex marriage advocates see a pattern

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >> in five minutes an update on ross mirkarimi's effort to try to keep hisb. what a commission ruled today on the suspended sheriff's request that the city should pay for his defense team. >>> for the first time mitt romney and the republicans have raised more campaign contributions in a month than president obama and the democrats. the gop collected $76 million in may. the democrats took in 60 million. that compares with april when the democrats had 83-1/2 million while the republicans had 80 million. >>> president obama visited los angeles today. and today led to -- this morning a pilot flew into the off limits area near the orange county airport. military jets escorted two other planes out of the no fly fly zone yesterday morning. the faa is investigating. >>> a cure for hiv, the procedure a san francisco man says saved his life and might have stopped the disease thought to be incurable. >>> and no contract, no problem. who plans to offer a prepaid version of one of the most popular smart phones and how much it'll cost you. you're going down! it's all ove

ken pritchett is at donner tonight. it looks like winter behind you. >> reporter: it does indeed. you can see light snow coming down. about a half hour ago, it was snowing much harder than this. you look at the ground here, none of this snow was here this morning, say around 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. the ground was bare. no snow at all. as you heard bill mention, snow in june, it's not terribly unusual, but it certainly caught a lot of travelers offguard. we saw them running from cars to shelter, and we saw them all ready for warm weather. running in shorts. >> it was a beautiful weekend, i thought it was going to rain lightly, but i didn't think it was going to do this. >> reporter: at about 2:00, at donner summit, it really start today come down, and pile up on the under. >> it's nice. my first time coming here. i'm very excited. >> reporter: june know is not unusual, it happens more often than not. last year on about this same day, several inches of snow fell. the sierras saw 4 inches of precipitation in june of last year. for people we talked to, they expected something dif

in sacramento, ken pritchett. >> more details now on the state budget. there is a chance the governor could veto the budget without even looking at the bill. if that happens, democrats would need republican votes to override his veto. california need raise budget in place by july 1st when the new fiscal year start or it won't be able to make may payments to schools. >> new information on a judge accused of elder financial abuse. the judge is free tonight on 52 5,000 dollars bail. he was arraigned today in oakland on 12 felony charges. according to court documents he got power of attorney in 1999 for ann and lee nutting who have passed away. the couple lived across the street from him in berkeley. he was quiet as his attorney spoke for him. >> we have no comments to make and i haven't seen any of the discovery. we haven't had a chance to read the complaint that we just got and have no comments. >> prosecutors say he took over the couple's financial affairs for his own gain. he is expected to enter a plea on july 3rd. >> stock markets ended the week at the

in sacramento, ken pritchett. >> more details now on the state budget. there is a chance the governor could veto the budget without even looking at the bill. if that happens, democrats would need republican votes to override his veto. california need raise budget in place by july 1st when the new fiscal year start or it won't be able to make may payments to schools. >> new information on a judge accused of elder financial abuse. the judge is free tonight on 52 5,000 dollars bail. he was arraigned today in oakland on 12 felony charges. according to court documents he got power of attorney in 1999 for ann and lee nutting who have passed away. the couple lived across the street from him in berkeley. he was quiet as his attorney spoke for him. >> we have no comments to make and i haven't seen any of the discovery. we haven't had a chance to read the complaint that we just got and have no comments. >> prosecutors say he took over the couple's financial affairs for his own gain. he is expected to enter a plea on july 3rd. >> stock markets ended the week at the

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening right now, a rally of parents and teachers dispersed but the fight to save lakeview elementary school is nowhere near over. ktvu's rob roth is live at the school where a camp out is pitting parents against police. rob? >> reporter: protesters just now gone out on to the median strip at lakeview elementary school trying to build support. parents say they will spend their fourth night here and a rally just ended. parents and teachers are protesting the closure of this school and four others in the district. at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon a dozen police officers came to tour the building after a security alarm had gone off. >> you are here and they are here to make sure, you know, no one is hurt. anything like that. >> reporter: police say they are not going to remun the encampment. they say they will leave only when they reverse their decision to close the schools. >> this is power to the peaceful. we want to show our children how to stand up for what is in the best interest of the community. >> reporter: at this point it is unclear if polic

good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. this is the 42nd year san francisco celebrated the gay community and hosted the pride parade. there were of course the elaborate costumes and floats, but new this year, optimism. >> reporter: pride parade 2012 that rolling in with the dykes on bikes. >> colorful parade celebrating the rainbow flag. >> it's a pleasure to be here to share this joy. >> reporter: visitors traveled from near and far just to watch the parade and show their own pride. >> actually in houston this weekend is our pride, but i heard this is the biggest pride in the united states of america and i had to be here. >> reporter: amidst the fun there was also a serious message, marriage equality. >> absolutely we deserve the same rights everybody else has. >> reporter: san francisco's mayor hailed president obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage. >> i think the time has come in history, will be with us when the highest court makes that decision. >> reporter: paradegoers agreed that will be a day to cheer and

in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> state officials and game wardens had a couple of unexpected arrivals on their hands. the odd way this pair ended up in state custody and what one man may have been doing to unload them. >>> it's been a delay in the case of a morgan hill man accused of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar. angela torres will be represented by an attorney from the alternate defenders's office, because ken mandel is leaving the case, citing an unspecified conflict the interest. the hearing has been postponed to to july 31. >>> in the case of injured giants fan brian stow. today for the first time in court, a witness identified one of the two men charged as stow's attacker. the woman attended the dodger's giants game of opening day of last year. she said she heard stow's head hit the ground and saw a man she identified as luis sanchez kick stow. luis sanchez's sister, who is the fiancee of the other defendant, marvin norwood also testified. doreen sanchez said she did not see a fight but later saw blood on norwood's hand as they drove away. >> did you a

ktvu's ken pritchett says there are lot of different answers. ken? >> reporter: there are. mainly because it depends on who you are. who do you work for? what is your income? some will see a big change when it comes to coverages, others may not notice a change at all. >> reporter: for them very little will change under the affordable care act. they will remain on medi-cal but a different story for him who is uninsured. >> at her age, very hard to find a good job that have health insurance. >> reporter: she will be eligible as will everyone else. >> i am happy about this ruling. >> reporter: he says 20% of patients will be effected by the affordable care act. >> many of them are un-un-and have -- are uninsured and no way tohelp with their cost -- to help with their cost. >> reporter: by some estimates, 7 million californians are without insurance. >> they will now almost have some option for getting coverage. >> reporter: she says most californians will continue to get insurance through their work or public programs. >> the people who are in between will face this requiremen

. >>> proceeds from the tinner will -- >>> ken pritchett tells us, the deal means more cuts but a softerblow to californians most needy. >> we were resisting budget cuts to cal works. we made additional cuts in each of those areas. >> reporter: but the compromised announce by signburg does make deep cuts to child care programs. child care services will be cut to 80,000. cal works or welfare to work will limb recipients. and healthy families will be eliminated with over 8,000 children being shifted to medica. >> mark: if compromised plan relosing a budget gap. supplies they are not beiging on the people of california passing a tax which may not actually happen. >> and if we pass those taxes in november, we will really be starting i believe a new chapter here in california. >>> there will be more budget votes next week on bills that we protect this deal, the budget is expected to be ready for the tkpwoár -- ready to be on your toes, ready, rdd - - w i ll be able to stay only because of volunteers. that includes samuel p state park, capital state his the toric pant in indo these kwrao. >>>

ktvu's ken pritchett is live in oakland where the steps residents are taking a stop the crime wave. >> reporter: we talked to a number of neighbors, some say there have been a large number of burglaries. in the latest case what was caught on video may help lead to an arrest. >> reporter: at first you hear much re

. >>> proceeds from the tinner will -- >>> ken pritchett tells us, the deal means more cuts but a softerow to californians most needy. >> we were resisting budget cuts to cal works. we made additional cuts in each of those areas. >> reporter: but the compromised announce by signburg does make deep cuts to child care programs. child care services will be cut to 80,000. cal works or welfare to work will limb recipients. and healthy families will be eliminated with over 8,000 children being shifted to medica. >> mark: if compromised plan relosing a budget gap. supplies they are not beiging on the people of california passing a tax which may not actually happen. >> and if we pass those taxes in november, we will really be starting i believe a new chapter here in california. >>> there will be more budget votes next week on bills that we protect this deal, the budget is expected to be ready for the tkpwoár -- ready to be on your toes, ready, rdd - - w i ll be able to stay only because of volunteers. that includes samuel p state park, capital state his the toric pant in indo these kwrao. >>> a

in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> mitt romney's personal e- mail account may have been hacked. an anonymous tipster claims to have gained access to the hot mail address. romney's campaign said the proper authorities are now looking into the matter. >>> back now to more of the congressional races on the ballot here in the bay area. >> ktvu's ken wayne has been keeping a look at the ballots. >> we're talking about long time familiar faces in the bay area. george miller has been in congress since 1975 up for reelection again has a comfortable lead. he's out in front by 58%. now we're going to move over to district 12, you know this territory. san francisco former speaker of house nancy pelosi now way out front. 74% lead in her district. lee, used to work are dellums comfortably out in front. jack key speier, and down the peninsula she's way out in front with a 74% lead and there are her challengers as well. these incumbents are doing well. the only real close race we looked at was pete stark but that was with 52% of the race. coming up we're going to go outside of the cali

in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> mitt romney's personal e- mail account may have beenn anonymous tipster claims to have gained access to the hot mail address. romney's campaign said the proper authorities are now looking into the matter. >>> back now to more of the congressional races on the ballot here in the bay area. >> ktvu's ken wayne has been keeping a look at the ballots. >> we're talking about long time familiar faces in the bay area. george miller has been in congress since 1975 up for reelection again has a comfortable lead. he's out in front by 58%. now we're going to move over to district 12, you know this territory. san francisco former speaker of house nancy pelosi now way out front. 74% lead in her district. lee, used to work are dellums comfortably out in front. jack key speier, and down the peninsula she's way out in front with a 74% lead and there are her challengers as well. these incumbents are doing well. the only real close race we looked at was pete stark but that was with 52% of the race. coming up we're going to go outside of the california as

ken pritchett reports tonight on what b.a.r.t.is doing to curve the problem. >> reporter: a station agent saw it happen a 47-year-old man walked up to this bike rack in a 24th station, took his pick of wheels and tried to get away on a train, he failed. >> he had five and he had a criminal history. >> reporter: five, five bikes found at the suspect's home and believed to all be stolen. those who ride bikes take it serious, just look at the chains on bikes. b.a.r.t. keeps track on how many bikes are reported stolen and where. berkeley's station tops the list. fremont and civic center tieing for fifth place. those numbers outpace last year when 507 bikes were reported stolen from b.a.r.t. stations. b.a.r.t. began a task force to tackle the problem but say the public must help by securing their bikes. even eve parent uses a lock. >> nobody wants it because it looks so bad. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says they are using a number of tactics including using these tags on advice on how to secure unsecured bikes and they are also using underco

coming up at 10:45, ken pritchett tells us whether the apparent defeat of prop 49 may be a sign of things to come this fall. >>> members of linked in may have had their confidential information compromised. a hacker managed to steal more than 6 million user passwords and post them to the web. people who pay to use the site are at risk for having credit card information stolen. even nonpaying users could be at risk, because many people use the same password across multiple sites. a similar hacker is targeting eharmony. the hacker posted two lists on the internet, containing a total of 8 million passwords from the two companies. the advice for anyone using linked in, or eharmony, you should change your password. >>> us stock markets soared higher today. the dow jones industrial average was up 286 points. that is its largest gain so far this year. the nasdaq was up 66 points. the markets had been clobbered in recent weeks. right now, the dow is close to where it was at the start of the year. >>> traders were encouraged that the fed today reported economic growth so far this spring in 10 of 1

ken pritchett reports tonight on what b.a.r.t.is doing to curve the problem. >> reporter: a station agent saw it happen a 47-year-old man walked up to this bike rack in a 24th station, took his pick of wheels and tried to get away on a train, he failed. >> he had five and he had a criminal history. >> reporter: five, five bikes found at the suspect's home and believed to all be stolen. those who ride bikes take it serious, just look at the chains on bikes. b.a.r.t. keeps track on how many bikes are reported stolen and where. berkeley's station tops the list. fremont and civic center tieing for fifth place. those numbers outpace last year when 507 bikes were reported stolen from b.a.r.t. stations. b.a.r.t. began a task force to tackle the problem but say the public must help by securing their bikes. even eve parent uses a lock. >> nobody wants it because it looks so bad. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says they are using a number of tactics including using these tags on advice on how to secure unsecured bikes and they are also using underco

ken pritchett. >> facebook reaches out for younger friends. what moms told us about a plan to open facebook to children. >> and back here in just ten minutes we have cool overnight lows to talk about. it'll be chilly tomorrow morning. ly see you here in ten. >> we are continuing to monitor developing news. . >>> dive teams hope a new technology will help them in their search for sierra lamar. they were back at the reservoir using equipment that they say produces clearer images making easier to see things beneath the water. search teams have searched it and six others. >>> in san gut statements a woman who husband and teen sons were killed in a case of mistaken identity. the suspect's attorney was surprisingly candid about what could happen to her client. >> reporter: raw emotion filled the courtroom. members of the family were allowed to address him. with her hands shaking danielle held up photographs of the three murder victims, her husband and two sons. one photograph was of 16-year- old matthew before she had him taken off life support. she

ken pritchett. >> facebook reaches out for younger friends. what moms told us about a plan to open facebook to children. >> and back here in just ten minutes we have cool overnight lows to talk about. it'll be chilly tomorrow morning. ly see you here in ten. >> we are continuing to monitor developing news. amber lee is gathering more information about the scene of the hostage situation. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. . >>> dive teams hope a new technology will help them in their search for sierra lamar. they were back at the reservoir using equipment that they say produces clearer images making easier to see things beneath the water. search teams have searched it and six others. >>> in san francisco, gut statements a woman who husband and teen sons were killed in a case of mistaken identity. the suspect's attorney was surprisingly candid about what

coming up at 10:45, ken pritchett tells us whether the apparent defeat of prop 49 may be a sign of things to come this fall. >>> members of linked in may have had their confidential information compromised. a hacker managed to steal more than 6 million user passwords and post them to the web. people who pay to use the site are at risk for having credit card information stolen. even nonpaying users could be at risk, because many people use the same password across multiple sites. a similar hacker is targeting eharmony. the hacker posted two lists on the internet, containing a total of 8 million passwords from the two companies. the advice for anyone using linked in, or eharmony, you should change your password. >>> us stock markets soared higher today. the dow jones industrial average was up 286 points. that is its largest gain so far this year. the nasdaq was up 66 points. the markets had been clobbered in recent weeks. right now, the dow is close to where it was at the start of the year. >>> traders were encouraged that the fed today reported economic growth so far this spring in 10 of 1

i'm ken pritchett. >> i'm heather holmes. pride was on parade in san francisco today as thousands gathered on the sidewalks downtown for one of the largest gay pride parades in the world. christian was at the event. he joins us now live from civic center plaza the scene of another big pride celebration. >> reporter: a big pride celebration. take a look. the crowds out. the party under are underway. there is something for everybody. there is cheerleading, music, the theme this year is global equality. pride parade 2012 got rolling the dykes on bikes, more than a hundred groups marched. colorful parade celebrating the rainbow flag. >> pleasure to be here to share the joy. >> reporter: visitors travel from near and far just to watch the parade and show their own pride. >> actually in houston this weekend is our pride. i heard this is the biggest pride in the united states of america and i had to be here. >> reporter: amid the fun there was a serious message. marriage equality. >> absolutely we deserve the same rights everybody e

. >>> there's a big if to the spending plan, ktvu's ken pritchett is in san francisco at the state capitalith what democrats are hoping for, ken. >> reporter: well technically they beat the deadline because the main budget bill passed this afternoon and it will be sent to the governor's desk before midnight tonight. however there are about 30 bills mostly smaller bills that make up the entirety of the budget and some of those haven't even been written yet. >> corbit, i correa. >> the votes were mostly split. democrats yes, republicans no. democrats say this budget was the best they could do with republicans refusing to raise taxes. >> i would ask you respectfully to tear up your pledges so we can have an honest conversation, addition and subtraction. >> reporter: the budget includes 15.7 billion deficit, 8 billion in cuts, and 8.3 billion in revenue. >> if we pass these taxes in november it gives us every prospect and every opportunity to make this the last year of budget deficit in california and that's what we aim to do. >> reporter: republicans argue that this budget is not on time, not