live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a

live in oakland, ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> in san francisco tonight, one of the city's most famous landmarks is taking on a whole new meaning. ktvu's heather holmes is showing us how the city is honoring those two fallen firefighters. >> reporter: you can see the famed coit tower tonight is glowing red in recognition of those two that risked it all to save others. before the world champion san francisco giants took the field tonight. >> i would like tonight to dedicate the first pitch to our fallen firefighters. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee honored two champions of the fire fighting community. >> calling on those watching the game to honor the actions of lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> they are all our heros and if i can to exhibit our deep appreciation to them and to

ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> a big time storm for this late in june. there it goes, it's moving off to the east but not before we had some records set here. the big one is san francisco downtown. .78 of an inch. the old record was .22. those records go back to 1849. that's the oldest record in this city. these would be a big year in february for one storm. .9 of an inch in napa. over an inch in oakland. that was the biggest rain accumlator. down toward san jose about .5 an inch of rain. lots of rain coming down, and the roads are still wet. we'll see you back here in just a little bit. we'll have tomorrow's forecast for you. >>> at 10:45 we will check on south bay reservoirs where they stand tonight heading into what's typically our dry season. and of course you can check ktvu.com any time for up to the minute weather conditions and live storm tracker 2. >>> ktvu looks at clean up at a reservoir. >> reporter: firefighters say calls started coming in after one clock this afternoon that a sheen was covering about 5 acres of the surface of lake merit. >>

ken wayne is here with video, allegations of animal cruelty and safeway's reaction. >> reporter: juliewe wouldn't show you the most graphic video of piglets being castrated and having thrág tails cut off, but what we can show you is is enough to make bacon lovers think twice about where their foods come from. sous being kept in gestation crates so small they can barely turn around. these undercover images were shot at iowa select farms >> the abuse is documented, whilehorrifying to most americans are considered standard and largely acceptable in the pork industry. >> reporter: animal rights group released the video to try to pressure costkaczynski o, saáeufpway from buying pork in factory farms engaining in these practices. >> in a civilized society, it's an obligation to help keep even pigs from needless cruelty and violence. >> reporter: safeway has issued a statement, saying in part -- . we showed part of the video to customers outside of this lafayette safeway >> they kind of really step up and let people know where they are getting their food from and how badly they are treating a

live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a power grabby grab by the city. and officials are making plans in case those workers decide to go on strike. the city is still in me gauche i negotiations with the police department. the cuts approved today will save $10 million. the city is hoping to save $38 million from all of the anticipated union concessions. >>> tomorrow morning, san francisco major ed lee is scheduled to

live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a power grabby grab by the city. and officials are making plans in case those workers decide to go on strike. the city is still in me gauche i negotiations with the police department. the cuts approved today will save $10 million. the city is hoping to save $38 million from all of the anticipated union concessions. >>> tomorrow morning, san francisco major ed lee is scheduled to

ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> a big time storm for this late in june. there it goes, it's moving off to the east but not before we had some records set here. the big one is san francisco downtown. .78 of an inch. the old record was .22. those records go back to 1849. that's the oldest record in this city. these would be a big year in february for one storm. .9 of an inch in napa. over an inch in oakland. that was the biggest rain accumlator. down toward san jose about .5 an inch of rain. lots of rain coming down, and the roads are still wet. we'll see you back here in just a little bit. we'll have tomorrow's forecast for you. >>> at 10:45 we will check on south bay reservoirs where they stand tonight heading into what's typically our dry season. and of course you can check ktvu.com any time for up to the minute weather conditions and live storm tracker 2. >>> ktvu looks at clean up at a reservoir. >> reporter: firefighters say calls started coming in after one clock this afternoon that a sheen was covering about 5 acres of the surface of lake merit. >>

ken wayne is on the scene now with details. >> reporter: very busy night for these workers, you look over my shoulder you can see the wreckage from the big rig cab that is being attached to a giant tow truck to haul it out of the area. we have two other big tow trucks that have to pull the trailer out of the here so this job can take a couple of hours or more. we want to show you a live picture from news chopper 2 to give you a sense where this is. we're about a thousand feet east from the bay bridge toll plaza. the big rig fell over the side of the west grand avenue onramp: we're going to step to the side while the big rig tries to pull the cab out of the area because there's still some work going on here. this all happened at 8:05 this evening when the truck was traveling eastbound off the grand avenue avenue to eastbound 80 and it crashed over the side. can we come back to a live picture. i want to show you they are now pulling the big rig cab from the scene as we speak. i just wanted to take a moment to show you that and you can see the damage to the big rig. it fell 30 feet over

ken wayne is on the scene now with details. >> reporter: very busy night for these workers, you look over my shoulder you can see the wreckage from the big rig cab that is being attached to a giant tow truck to haul it out of the area. we have two other big tow trucks that have to pull the trailer out of the here so this job can take a couple of hours or more. we want to show you a live picture from news chopper 2 to give you a sense where this is. we're about a thousand feet east from the bay bridge toll plaza. the big rig fell over the side of the west grand avenue onramp: we're going to step to the side while the big rig tries to pull the cab out of the area because there's still some work going on here. this all happened at 8:05 this evening when the truck was traveling eastbound off the grand avenue avenue to eastbound 80 and it crashed over the side. can we come back to a live picture. i want to show you they are now pulling the big rig cab from the scene as we speak. i just wanted to take a moment to show you that and you can see the damage to the big rig. it fell 30 feet over

. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. >> the tragic shooting death of an infant is prompting a strong response from east palo alto police and from city leaders there. a news conference wrapped up just about 60 minutes ago. ktvu's janine de la vega was there as they give new information about the status of the baby's parents. >> reporter: heather, we were just told by police that the mother suffered a gunshot wound to her back from trying to shield her children from those bullets. she and the children's father are now in serious condition at stanford hospital and police just released these two sketches of two latino men they believe are responsible for the shootings. police spent the day going door- to-door in this neighborhood on wisteria drive, seeing if anyone knew more about the two men who opened fire on a family of four. officers say the family, who is from redwood city was leaving a baby shower held at this yellow house when two men approached their mini van. >> the gunshots erupted and they saw their infant was struck by a bullet. the parents got out of there

ken wayne is there with the family reaction. ken?> reporter: julie, stow's sister tells me tonight that bryan stow is being weaken weaned off the last of four coma drugs here at san francisco general hospital. while the family focus has been on his recovery they can't help but hear the news coming out of la. 31-year-old ramirez was at la's old police headquarters parker center to undergo a polygraph. the second lie detector test in two days. one yesterday for his attorneys and one today for the police. >> we think 100% our client is innocent. he didn't beat bryan stow and he wasn't at dodgers stadium. he has never been to dodgers stadium. >> both sides of the case have agreed not to disclose the results. but a former fbi polygraph expert, who administered yesterday's test said he asked some tough questions. >> did you assault bryan stow? did you beat bryan stow? >> a new wrinkle developed today with an la t.v. station reporting that ramirez is a suspect in a shooting in henderson, nevada last november. the henderson police department

ken wayne is there with the family reaction. ken? >> reporter: julie, stow's sister tells me tonight that bryan stow is being weaken weaned off the last of four coma drugs here at san francisco general hospital. while the family focus has been on his recovery they can't help but hear the news coming out of la. 31-year-old ramirez was at la's old police headquarters parker center to undergo a polygraph. the second lie detector test in two days. one yesterday for his attorneys and one today for the police. >> we think 100% our client is innocent. he didn't beat bryan stow and he wasn't at dodgers stadium. he has never been to dodgers stadium. >> both sides of the case have agreed not to disclose the results. but a former fbi polygraph expert, who administered yesterday's test said he asked some tough questions. >> did you assault bryan stow? did you beat bryan stow? >> a new wrinkle developed today with an la t.v. station reporting that ramirez is a suspect in a shooting in henderson, nevada last november. the henderson police departme

and i'm ken prichard in for ken wayne. >>> thousands of united passengers were left stranded today, and ken da -- and debora talked to passengers caught up in the delay. >> reporter: it's better now than any time in the last 24 hours. the airline and the computers playing catchup all day. >> reporter: from the mouths of babes, the last 24 hours worth wailing about for united airlines and its passengers. this was s.f.o. last night as a massive computer failure planes and stranded travelers. fast forward to this morning, lines incredibly long because even though the technology was humming again, nothing else was. >> when it stops for 5 hours, all the airplanes stopped moving. they are not where they need to be. what they have to do is not only take care of all the passengers being rebooked but they are trying to reposition flight crews and airplanes to be in the right locations also. >> reporter: the boredom, the worry, the fatigue, all easing now. from completely idle to back on their feet. lines are manageable and moving again. >> we had no problems. we checked in online, we are here, a

. >> i'm ken wayne. >>> the san francisco fire department and its extended family tonight are mourning the loss of 53-year-old anthony la layer yo who died this morning -- valerio died this morning. we have the live story from the victim's fire station with the outpouring of support. >> reporter: this is station 26 which went today from mourning one firefighter to 400ing two. there's a growing memorial inside -- mourning two. there's a growing memorial inside the station for firefighter anthony valerio all paying tribute to the men killed by thursday's fire. the body of firefighter tony valerio was escorted out of san francisco general hospital on a cold dreary day. >> today we grieve the loss of another firefighter. >> reporter: news of valerio's death two days after the fire that also killed his colleague vince perez has devastated the department all over again. >> it is particularly difficult. you're mourning the loss of one and then to have another one very close from the same fire is challenging for us. it's painful for us, but we will be strong. >> reporter: the chief inside her

. >> and i'm ken prithett in for ken wayne. it may be the beginning of the end for that congressman weaner. pressure is mounting for him to resign. he will seek help for admitting to sending k rated pictures for women on line. nancy pal and -- nancy pilosi is asking for him to step down. >> i made some pretty mysterious mistaking and i am trying to redeem myself and get back to normal and serve the people of michael congress. >> he made contact with a minor, a 17-year-old girl through twitter. but wiener and the police say the twits were in no way inappropriate. >>> the police are investigating yet another homicide. we have learned the identity. hector garcia was a san jose resident. as ktvu's all was -- alli rasmussen tells us. >> reporter: police woke up to find police tape along the street. >> we went for a walk and saw a lot of police officers. what's going on. are. >> reporter: investigators searched for clues to find out why a man in his 20s was found dead. it was a disturbing scene for this woman who has lived here for m

. >> and i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. the accident east of reno left six people dead including the conductor of the california's effort who has bay area ties. tonight patti lee spoke to the conductors family who says they're focused on the t ragedy. >> reporter: lee's family is gathering behind me. and i had a chance to speak to her family. she says the family is the center of their family. this is lee who died after who a truck plowed through crossing tracks. >> i was still hoping to say no that wasn't my mom's train. and this time it was. it's, it's hard. >> reporter: lee's family is focusing on the human tragedy. not only the investigation and the fact that five people are unaccounted for. federal investigators are looking at the records of the driver and the nevada trucking company he worked for. it turns out the company has been cited repeatedly for crash, unsafe driving and tires so bald it was taken off the road. >> she put her work in and she's following the rules and this guy just, -- >> reporter: lee's friend sa

. >> and i'm ken wayne. eric rasmussen is there with what made this fire so dangerous. >> reporter: look how high the brush has grown, it's this type of fuel that sent flames racing across the hillside, firefighters say. the sounds of flames burning through this dry brush had some people fearing the worse for their home. >> i was sure it was going to burn down. >> reporter: firefighters got the call after 3:00 and crews from five departments rushed in to help. firefighters did not have much time or room to spare, the flames came right up this hill and even took out the backside of this home. >> we got scared, my mom started crying and everything. it was scary. >> reporter: moses and his family were among those on francisca and rinconada court who said they had to evacuate. the type of brush burning in this fire is among the most volatile in the area and we could be in store for a high fire season. they managed to contain the fire to two acres before the flames reached any homes or crossed the highway. but it

. >> and i'm ken wayne. a 2 -month-old baby boy is dead tonight. the victim of a shooting attack as his family was leaving a baby shower in east palo alto. janine de la vega tells us police are hopeful they will find the gunmen soon. >> reporter: police went door to door in this neighborhood. officers say the family that was from redwood city was leaving a baby shower this morning at this yellow house when two hooded men approached the car. >> as they were leaving the party, the gunshot opened. they saw the baby was injured by a bullet. so they rushed him to the hospital. >> reporter: the baby died at the hospital, but his 3-year- old brother survived. >> it was just a regular sunday. to go from that and to hear everything that has happened here, i can say i'm in complete shock. >> reporter: investigators say this was a targeted shooting. witnesses describe one suspect as a latino man as in his 30s. the second suspect is a also a latino man in his 20s. weapons were found but are unsure if it was in connection with the shooting. >> i'm hoping the co

being i'm ken pritchett in for ken waynes. >> hello, i'm haener holmes. three people were hospitalized and many in the neighborhood were forced to evacuate. kutv's deborah villalon is live at the scene where deborah, that house was completely destroyed. we're on valley drive, where they are boarding the place up. this-bedroom house a total lois tonight. a call came in as a fire alarm, those are often false alarm, but crewses could see smoke from a mile way and called for backup. the family that lived her got out. they called 911 when the fire broke out. the house next door suffered some damage, broken windows, melted blinds, but firefighters kept the main fire from spreading, very tough with the winds that were whipping it along. at its peak contra costa fire with nine engines here. >> the fire was fully involved and winds blowing flames into the explosion and the home next door and not only did we have to worry about the home on fire, but vehicles, the home next door and also the home behind it. the home had a pool, which was a hazard to the firefighters

ken wayne has the story. >> reporter: well gasia, tonight the alameda city council will discuss what is listed on their agenda as the crown beach incident. here is what that is. if you look out into the water about 100 yards, that's where a man apparently suicidal waited out fully clothed as police and fire waited out here on the beach and did not attempt a rescue. it's a basic lack of action according to one retired oakland firefighter. this is a still imagine of alameda firefighters standing on the beach on memorial day while a fully clothed 52-year- old waded out into just 5 feet of water, no rescue, no apparent action to save him. >> i'm very disgusted and discouraged by the scenario. >> daniel lisker is speaking out against another fire department as a moral obligation. >> i believe it was a very simple rescue that needed to take place. >> reporter: the alameda fire department says funding cuts led to a cut in funding for water rescues. and lisker asks why other rescue teams were not called out to the scene. >> they told me dan it was strictly a matter of just walking out to thi

. >> and i'm ken pritchett sitting in for ken wayne. >>> well, the crowd was there, the emotion was there. protestors gathered in oakland on the release of mehserle. mehserle's fatal shooting of oscar grant touched off numerous violent protests in the past. but tonight things remained peaceful. we have team coverage of today's events. deborah villalon monitored the crowd downtown. but we start with ktvu's eric rasmussen at the fruitvale bart station where the crowd heard from oscar grant's family. >> reporter: they did, ken. this is something of a symbolic sight after oscar grant was shot and killed up on that part of the platform there two and a half years ago. knowing that mehserle could now get out of jail in la in a matter of hours, people here were certainly angry but peaceful. >> protesting for who? >> oscar grant. >> protesting for who? >> oscar grant. >> reporter: 200 or 300 people took to the streets in oakland in the name of oscar grant once again. >> protest for peace. >> reporter: the i am meant release -- i am meant release of mehserle 11 months into a sentence for shooting o

good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. will there be peace or will there be problems? former bart police officer mehserle is about to go free having served his time for killing an unarmed passenger. some merchants are already taking precautions downtown. live with deborah villalon. >> reporter: her on broadway, heather. on youth radio here oscar grant is remembered. but notice his image is plastered on plywood, put up for protection. when officer grant was shot and mehserle was charged protests erupted. >> what do we want? justice. when do we want it? >> now. are. >> reporter: later when mehserle got a ten month sentence protests again. >> we are not sure how this will play out. >> reporter: these merchants say they will be here whatever happens and that oscar grant's uncle said he will help watch their stores if needed. >> they never anticipated this and they never wanted this. we all want justice. but it is what it is. >> past protests have led to vandalism and burglary, cars set on fire and mounting damage. the city has

ken wayne is live from where that train was supposed to arrive. >> reporter: there were 204 people onthem were bound here for the emeryville station this afternoon. two have been confirmed dead in this accident. a law enforcement officer told me one of the dead is the conductor. take a look now at some video of the crash, video that was shot by a passenger. you can see one of the

good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. it has been decades since the san francisco fire department has endured this kind of tragedy. already mourning the loss of one firefighter. tonight the department is dealt another heartbreaking loss. after a 40-hour struggle to save his life, firefighter anthony valerio died today from injuries sustained battling thursday's blaze. vincent perez, fellow firefighter was also killed. john sasaki was at san francisco general as the city's firefighting community was once again plunged into sadness. >> on a cold and dreary day the body of tony valerio was escorted out of san francisco general hospital. >> today we grieve the loss of another firefighter. >> reporter: news of his death two days after the fire that also killed his colleague vince perez has devastated the department all over again. >> it is likely difficult. you are mourning the loss of one and then to have another one very close from the same fire is challenging for us, painful for us. but we will be strong. >> reporter: the c

ken wayne talked to officials who said they would do an open and transparent investigation but foundeither. >> reporter: there appears to be a bunker mentality in this city with one official after another dodging our attempts. the fire chief said he isn't interviewing, the mayor, city manager and city attorney all said to be unavailable. the deputy city manager making a break for the door. >> i'm not authorized to talk to you. >> reporter: nobody offering an explanation. >> i'm shocked by the mismanagement and the thing things ha hamed. >> reporter: previously officials said budget cuts eliminated funding for the fire department's water rescue program. tonight some are pointing to the department's own budget on the city website saying it was prepared to handle eight such less eyes a year and a memo showing funding was reinstated two years ago. >> i think there is a cover up, they are stonewalling. >> reporter: county fire officials were called about the status of their rescue boat but it wasn't requested to be sent. >> we were asked if they -- what our eta might be, we said we had a

ken wayne talked to officials who said they would do an open and transparent investigation but foundeither. >> reporter: there appears to be a bunker mentality in this city with one official after another dodging our attempts. the fire chief said he isn't interviewing, the mayor, city manager and city attorney all said to be unavailable. the deputy city manager making a break for the door. >> i'm not authorized to talk to you. >> reporter: nobody offering an explanation. >> i'm shocked by the mismanagement and the thing things ha hamed. >> reporter: previously officials said budget cuts eliminated funding for the fire department's water rescue program. tonight some are pointing to the department's own budget on the city website saying it was prepared to handle eight such less eyes a year and a memo showing funding was reinstated two years ago. >> i think there is a cover up, they are stonewalling. >> reporter: county fire officials were called about the status of their rescue boat but it wasn't requested to be sent. >> we were asked if they -- what our eta might be, we said we had a

the story from reporter ken wayne with ktau. >> reporter: people spoke out. to a lack of funding for shore-to-water rescue, firefighters said they had no one properly trained to go into the water. they stood by and watched as an apparently suicidal man treaded water just offshore and then drown. >> it strike mez as unbelievably callous that no one there with any sort of training could strip off their gear and go and help this person. >> reporter: one witness said there were about two dozen first responders and not one of them got their boots wet. >> i asked the fire unit or the police department and also the coast guard what were they thinking when they did nothing? >> reporter: alameda's interim police chief said if it had been a child, officers would have jumped in. but in this case it was a large adu adult, so they were concerned about officer safety. >> it's muddy out there. we don't want them sinking. we don't want them in distress. >> reporter: fire officials say they will restore funding for water rescue training by july and tonight the mayor said ther