the faa will look at this aircraft to learn what caused this problem, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i can't imagine seeing something like that. as bad as it looked, you have been a pilot for a long time, were the passengers in danger? >> reporter: the biggest issue right now is cabin pressure. you are at 35,000 feet. if you lose pressure you could suffer loss of oxygen, you can blackout, you could die. what we know now, the oxygen masks did not drop during this flight. that is good news. that means there was no loss of cabin pressure. in that sense they were safe but what is troubling is what they describe as the sounds of rivets popping. if therapy metal on the skin of the plane that could be a very serious structural issue that could lead to the plane breaking apart. so that is what the faa will look at and find out what went

ktvu's ken wayne spoke with one man who says the sights and sounds were terrifying. >> one passengers describes the scene of near terror. >> all of a sudden the panel started ripping apart. from the outside in. and it ripped apart from the floor to the ceiling and all the way around on both sides. >> reporter: still climbing out of sfo, approaching the sera, 35 -- sierra, 35,000 feet, he says passengers tried to get the attention of the flight crew because they started seeing more of the paneling coming apart and could see insulation in the gaps. he says it took insistence to alert crew members. >> we were creaming. it was very, very loud and we tried to yell to the flight crew. this is coming apart. >> stay in your seats. no, no, it is coming apart. >> a pilot came back to take a look and determined the situation was serious enough to declare an emergency and turned back to sfo. the plane made a safe landing and the passengers were taken off but they are upset american airlines is snot getting them on other -- is not getting them on other flights or offering hotel rooms. the faa will

ken wayne is aboard and has more. >> reporter: we had the opportunity to ride along with the u.s.s.merica as it entered the golden gate. it's just now getting ready to tie up at piers 30, 32 south of the bay bridge in san francisco. 1100 sailers, 600 marines aboard this assault ship as it arrives in san francisco for fleet week. this is a brand-new ship. it hasn't even been commissioned yet. that happens later this week. while its principal mission with met with am bibbous assault it has humanitarian missions. >> the aircraft that the marines bring on board, especially the osprey brings tremendous capability to humanitarian assistance. marines can bring supplies, water, various medical equipment to shore. >> reporter: the ship will be open for openhouse starting on wednesday at 1:00 in the afternoon and then later in the week on thursday and then again on sunday/monday. a couple of other u.s. navy ships, the destroyer and cruiser will be having openhouses later this week during fleet week. we understand some canadian warships and the u.s. coast guard will be participating. again, th

ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> love it.three is scheduled for tomorrow at at&t park, 1:00 p.m. if you are nod attending the game, watch it on fox sports 1. >> that game three is crucial. especially when the series is tied 1-1. >>> now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. i heard you mention the possibility of wet weather? you think it will effect tomorrow's game? >> yeah. a big one. there is wet weather. game will be fine tomorrow. let that out right now. clouds come in after that. tomorrow's game, 65 degrees. after that the clouds thicken up. a nice looking weather system. that looks like something you see in december. the down side is, the impact will be north here. it will happen in this area. we will be on the south end like we have been the last couple system which means temperatures will cool but rainfall accumulations will be light. fog along the coast right now. sutro tower, 1800 feet above sea level, you see the fog layer. live picture. fog layer 1300 feet. that will provide us with a bunch of cooling tonight. t

in petaluma, ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> the bill signed by governor brown today could end the legal battlemartin's beach south of half-moon bay. the new law gives the owner billionaire of the new law one year to negotiate a resolution. after that the state can seize the right of way through imminent domain. the coast guard would have to take out a permit to keep the road closed. >>> the long awaited rainbow crosswalks went in at castro and 18th street. one of the final touches of a neighborhood improvement prompt -- project that's been going on since last march. the streets were already widened and plaques honoring lbdv. >>> the jet stream is well to the north. that's where all the weather is on. at least the clouds and the rain. we're under a high pressure ridge that is building even as we speak. as we look out there right now you can see we have not a lot of cloud cover and temperatures that are on the mild side. we've got 69 in antioch. 63 in fairfield. the winds are already starting to clock around offshore a little bit. and that's why temperatures are staying kind of warm. even at sfo

. >> and i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. police call it their top priority right now catching the man or men exposing themselves in palo alto. it's happened three times this week. monday and tuesday in a neighborhood with several schools and again today in another side of town in palo alto. cara liu is live with the story. >> reporter: this latest incident just happened around 3:30. the victim was a woman in her 20s. police are still investigating whether it was related to two other incidents. whether they're dealing with one predator or two this is being given high priority. >> police say they're on high alert. >> our hope is to stop this now so no one needs to be injured. >> reporter: they've increased patrols substantially looking for a predator or predators. >> we've brought in four additional officers every day this week since it's occurred. we've dropped all of our investigative cases and put the detectives on the field. >> reporter: the first case happened thursday afternoon as a girl, 14 was walking home from school.

ken wayne live in san francisco. ng to show us how parking can really cause a fortune. >> gasia, this is one of those choke points at masconi center. in some cases you had to sit in an awful lot of traffic before you could get here in an awful lot of traffic. >> reporter: this is not the morning commute. we hit the toll plaza at 12:30 this afternoon. what's usually smooth sailing is a slow slog across the span. >> we came from san francisco, it took forever. the traffic was just fine up until probably the bridge. and finding parking is ridiculous. >> reporter: 150 bucks to park at momos across from the ballpark. and this guy was complaining, he paid $80. >> i paid 80 bucks. >> where? >> just down the street on third street. so i'm feeling a lot of pain right now. >> reporter: the smart fans took the giants party train. also known as muni. >> just like a game day train. >> yeah and it's a lot of fun. there's a sense of community with it so you don't mind how crowded it is because everybody is rooting for the giants and

i am ken wayne. >> and i am julie haener. new developments in the investigation of the deadly crash. ktvu's noelle walker is live in hayward where she learned vealingers found the big rig -- investigators found the big rig. >> reporter: those photos helped the chp identify the trucking company and then identify the driver of the truck they believe collided with the motorcycle. they spoke to the driverb and told us -- driver and told us the driver knew something happened but it is unclear whether or not he knew he hit anyone or whether or not he knew and kept going. >> we are trying to determine if this was a hit and run or a possible misunderstanding. >> reporter: chp investigators want you to look at the photos of the big rig. it is a white cap with red trim. the second photo shows it has two chrome colored tanks. it was in the eastbound lanes on mission boulevard west of warm springs road when the motorcycle and the truck came in contact causing the motorcyclist's death. investigators want anyone who witnessed the crash to

. >> i'm ken pritchett in tonight for ken wayne.are on the edges of our -- edge of our seats as the giants games continues in washington, d.c. >> right now tied at one each and a playoff game certain to be record book worthy. what a game, huh? >> college game wasn't bad either. >> i like it. >> man, the giants for a while it was just like our nation's capitol, fast and efficient for about 8 2/3 innings and then it was really bogged down. the washington nats fans know how important it is. runs hard to come by against their -- brandon belt whips and nails hunter pen. tim hudson looking good, the only run he will give up, anthony ran doan off the -- rendon off the glove. worked out of jams here in the fourth gets ramas looking with a runner at second and the 6th, rendon at third. gets him swinging and hudson a career high eight strike-outs. he was tough today. he went 7 1/3. 9th inning big play, matt williams after his starter walked tannic with two outs. that's all he did. in comes two runs after opposing singles, slide down the -- sl

good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes and phenoms so good to be saying that. we have live team coverage as the giants are chasing that championship from the bay area in st. louis tonight. we'll get to fan and team reaction, but we want to start with our sports director mark ibaÑez with the highlights. >> reporter:  there is no sense pouting about whatever the giants are doing to have to start on the road and they do their job well and tonight in st. louis, game 16 nlcs and facing the ace right- hander adam wainwight. no problem. travis ishikawa will take it. the guy wasn't on the giant's roster when the season started. matt carpenter has been a hitting hero for the cardinal new jersey dodger victory, but not tonight with the geof. hunter pence scores 2-0. on to the 4th, 3-0, madison bum bumgarner got away with maybe a balk in the late going but it didn't matter, sandationo casilla gets the final out and the giants are victorious over the cardinals to the tune of 3- 0. and taking that lead. and by virtue of the victory, threbasically wipe out the home- field

good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. when pg & e set out to restore those plates they didn't expect the traffic to come to a crawl but that's exactly what happened. steel breaks caused drivers to hit the breaks. david stevenson has been following this story. and says caltrans has put that project on hold and find out what happens next -- christien kafton has been following this story. >> reporter: you see those steel plates that caused friday's commute are now gone. friday's commute over the bay bridge is a nightmare. traffic backed up into the maze. crossing the bridge took people more than an hour. >> i came across the bridge at 6:30 and it was backed up all the way through the maze. >> reporter: the problem, drivers slowing down as they approached these metal plates. >> the traffic back ups really were horrendous. we've been looking for a way to do this without causing the back ups. >> reporter: the commute should be back to normal starting monday. crews will be meeting tomorrow to fill -- figure out how to get -- >>

good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >> and hello everyone i'm heather holmes. investigators in hayward are trying to figure out what would motivate the college student to kill his mother. rosemary bariali was found dead in her house last night. the death has underbring shocked neighbors there. we get new information tonight from ktvu's katie utehs. she's been talking to neighbors there who tell her that the son is a student at uc berkeley. >> reporter: neighbors tell us that he is very nice. we don't know what went on inside of the home but we know it resulted in the death of a mother and possibly three dogs. >> that house is just full of love. full of family. >> reporter: elizabeth jimenez saw her friend and neighbor rosemary barieali. >> she was telling me how blessed she was with her kids. >> reporter: but by the evening bariali'sson came to her for help. >> finally he told me, he killed her. he killed her. so i started screaming. the boy came walking and stood up in front of us while the neighbor was calling the police. and then i asked him, son, why did yo

. >> and i'm ken wayne. ktvu's debora villalon is live in the marine head lands after talking to the man who rescued the man. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a day of fun turned into a tragedy. rodeo beach is shallow then dropped off. with churning current along the rocks. firing at noon two men were swept away, one survived taken to the hospital. hyperthermic from the cold water but other wise okay. >> he looked like he had been in the water for a while. his clothes were soaked. >> reporter: the man was tired after being tossed in the surf for an hour. >> he was cold, he was a little out of it. >> reporter: a life guard crew pulled the other man. he was unconscious and could not be revived. his fishing wader were found full of water. they may have weighed him down. >> it's not surprising. we try to keep our distance is scary. >> reporter: surfers and swimmers will attempt to wade the waves. >> sneaker waves are very common this time of year: always they're not intending to get in the water. >> reporter

i'm ken wayne, frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener. a hit-and-run crash left a motorcyclist dead this afternoon, jana katsuyama is live on mission boulevard, where the accident happened. the chp is notifying drivers to be cafe on -- careful on that stretch of the roadway. >> reporter: they're trying to find this semi rig by using tips and surveillance video. but as ken mentioned earlier, this driver might not even realize that he or she collide with the motorcycle. the motorcycle rider, a 61-year- old man was found in the middle of the street, killed when his motorcycle crashed. heavy traffic came to a halt as the chp closed the stretch of mission boulevard at 1:15 this afternoon. what caused the crash is a mystery that the chp is still trying to unravel tonight. >> a big rig that was towing two chrome colored tanks, it's potentially a vehicle that left the scene. >> reporter: the chp says witnesses told them the big rig collided with the motorcycle, and never stopped. now, investigators are searching for the silver big rig tanker. the

. >> >>> good evening, i'm ken wayne >> and i'm heather holmes. today's rough surf showed how dangerous it is. two men were swept into the water. one did not survive. we'll go to debraville la lone with warnings at that beach. >> reporter: this is a beach with a strong surf year round. you can see it is busy out here on this sunny day, but it was down on the south end on the rocks about 1:00, where two men were swept away while fishing and only one of them survived. that survivor was pulled from the water by a fire department rescue swimmer and taken to lorraine general hospital. he is in his late 40s, early 50s. he was hypothermic, but otherwise, uninjured and very lucky considering he was in the ocean for 40 minutes. his companion and we are not sure of the age or the relationship between him was recovered 100-yards off shore by rescuers on a u.s. coast guard boat. that man was floating unconscious and efforts to resuscitate him failed. there is an advisory out, warning of dangerous swells swells. >> even if they don't have a high surf warning,

. >> >>> good evening, i'm ken pritchard in for ken wayne >> and i'm heather holmes. >> san francisco giants kansas city bound. the players showed up at at & t park to sign autographs for a friendly group of fans. game one of the world series is set for tuesday in kansas city. today. n o, lle caught up with the fans. >> reporter: going on a giant spending spree, it's like christmas, but everything is orange and black. the giants played today. a friendly game with familiar names as the giants took on -- well, the joins. >> they get a chance to run around like a giant. >> reporter: playing in the shadow of at & t park. >> >> today, the world series bound giants signed autographs and boarded a bus for the airport. next stop, kansas city. where stub hub is selling tickets, starting at $388, a bargain, compared to neck week's home games going for as much as $625, right now. we have no business being here, but here we are, just like the last few times. it's awesome. >> reporter: they are stocking up on hats and official world series gear at the dugout at at & t park. everything -- twins and

good evening, i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener. berkely police release surveillance video tonight in hopes of finding whoever attacked an elderly woman from behind as she walked down the street. ken pritchett is live on alston street, where that attack happened. >> reporter: the victim and a family member were walking here on shaddic, and they made the turn onto all stone street. where you see that second street, that's where she was attacked. >> reporter: the two women walking the other way have no idea what's coming next. >> ooh. >> reporter: that was a common reaction to this. the attacker, purring a shopping cart, suddenly turns and pushes the victim to the pavement, face first. >> that was on shaddic? >> that was right by that curved tree. >> reporter: the attack was caught on this surveillance camera. >> the lady didn't say anything to the other. it was unprovoked, it was uncalled for. she didn't see it coming. >> reporter: police say that's true, and that the woman suffered serious injuries that put her in the hospital. >> at

i am ken wayne. >> and i am julie haener.in the investigation of the deadly crash. ktvu's noelle walker is live in hayward where she learned vealingers found the big rig -- investigators found the big rig. >> reporter: those photos helped the chp identify the trucking company and then identify the driver of the truck they believe collided with the motorcycle. they spoke to the driverb and told us -- driver and told us the driver knew something happened but it is unclear whether or not he knew he hit anyone or whether or not he knew and kept going. >> we are trying to determine if this was a hit and run or a possible misunderstanding. >> reporter: chp investigators want you

ken wayne has the story. >> reporter: petaluma police say they're not taking any chances.ng up patrol and warning schools to be on guard. >> a man came and gestured to this female to come over to the car and she refused to and said she was going to call the police department. >> reporter: there's been at least four such incidents since school started. all have been near petaluma or casa grande high school. although yesterday's included a 15-year-old walking near nehy elementary. >> we have one person or a repeat events that are looking for targets. we don't want any targets. >> reporter: police arrested carlos antonio cruz of san francisco last week on felony charges for allegedly trying to lure girls to his car. cruz bailed out yesterday and then there was the incident. >> it kind of matches similar indent s have have occurred here. >> reporter: police are now showing the the picture of cruz to the victims. for now, schools are alerting parents with a letter. >> don't put your kids in a situation where they're walking home alone. >> it's very scary. i don't understand it

. >> and i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. the play off fever will continue. just over 30 minutes ago the san francisco giants clenched their third appearance in the nlcs in five years. mark ibanez is standing by with all the highlights from tonight's nail biter. but we begin with jana katsuyama with a lot of happy fans. she's outside of at&t park. >> reporter: take a look behind me. you see the fans are still pouring out of the stadium. but it's a celebration out here tonight take a look. the fans are just packing across the street moving ton the muni buses. but let me tell you this was definitely a classic san francisco giants fans victory. they have certainly gotten used to the very close nail biter like games they've had in the postseason. they've used to that. they came prepared for that. they came ready to pour their hearts into this. you can see with that sign across the street back to the torture. that could almost be one of the themes we kept hearing from the fans tonight. torture, the closeness. but also the love. the deep deep love of this game. and

. >> i'm ken wayne. frank and julie have the night off. a runaway missile is how they describe the trailer that killed a man this summer. now manslaughter charges are being sought against that driver towing a large pizza oven. live with the new developments on the multiple violations that the investigators found. deb? >> reporter: it was called a freak accident. the pizza oven being towed back to this restaurant that broke loose and flipped a car. but now chp says not one, but three things were wrong. a memorial fund honors the 32- year-old michigan usher asking for help for his two sons, ages 4 and 8. boys who were in the pack seat of their dad's honda -- backseat of their dad's honda when this pizza oven detached from the van towing it broadsiding the electrician, killing him. >> it looks like it may have pounced right off -- bounced right off. they are required to have an independent breaking system as the backup. that the brick oven didn't. >> and it was almost a 4,000- pound missile going down the road at probably 60 miles an hour. >>

ken wayne stein. >> is there any evidence that anybody outside this department worked on this. >> no, we worked very hard to find out if anybody know about the deficiency of these classes and we didn't find that knowledge. >> tutors wrote his papers and the coaching staff knew of the bogus classes, but he refused to cooperate. the coaches denied the and the investigators found no evidence they knew. today, unc students were stunned and embarrassed. >> especially right now, the image is tainted. >> i can say that myself, you know, i've had to bust my butt my entire time here, and just to hear that is a little discouraging. it is. >> unc insists the fraud ended in 2011. nine staffers have been fired or disciplined and none of the current coaches were involved. the full report now goes to the ncaa which could impose further sanctions. tom costello, nbc news. >> joining me is terence moore, national sports columnist and james peterson, director of african studies at lehigh university. >> this is clearly pref are preferential treatment for athletes that generate revenue. how else do we rea