ktvu's david stevenson has seen that tape and coming up on ktvu 6:00 news, he'll tell us what that tape shows. >>> crews are retrieving boats that sank during the tsunami and the overall cost of the salvage operation keeps going up. that story next. >>> we are getting new images following last week's tsunami surge. 16 boats sank and almost 50 others were damaged. docks were destroyed and devastated the local fishing industry. they plan to send a team later this week with sonar equipment to help locate the sunken boats. >>> there are new damage estimates from santa cruz. robert honda is live where he learned less than an hour ago that officials are estimating the price tag will go above $25 million. robert. >> reporter: that's right, frank. it seems as if every hour, the cost of the cleanup and operation keep rising as more damage is discovered and more boats are pulled out from under the harbor. the pain staking process of retrieving the 13 sunken boats is just one of the many costs associated with the tsunami. at this point, recovering boats is still the top priority of emergency crews

ktvu's amber lee joins us now. she is in san francisco with a look at the local disaster relieve efforts. amber? >> reporter: julie, we are at the san francisco's sunset district. the restaurant owners are donating 10% of their proceeds to earthquake relief in japan. >> i couldn't get a hold of two of my friends who actually live at ground zero so they are still missing. >> reporter: eric fuji and his family own and operate four japanese restaurants in san francisco. sushi chef grew up near the area ravaged by the quake and tsunami. >> i called last night after i finished, maybe around the 20th time i couldn't reach, reach my family. >> we are on standby to provide assistance with supplies, financial support or personnel. >> reporter: in oakland this afternoon, the red cross set up a phone bank to accept donations and to answer questions about how people can help. >> the response has been good but not overwhelming. >> reporter: across the bay in san francisco, the red cross has emergency supplies ready to go. >> th

our ktvu newsroom found markers indicating multiple shots fired. then tonight, only on 2, an emergency meeting called by the interim police chief. ktvu's heather holmes talked with him and others at that meeting about effort to curb the violence. she has already learned what triggered today's shooting. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, the explosion of gang violence just continues here after someone messed with this memorial to saturday's victim who police say was a known gang member. today it was apparently payback. the gunman fired at least 15 rounds at a rival gang member standing on the sidewalk today in the mission. the latino male was hit once and a bullet pierced a nearby home. >> we have had several gang related shootings that deeply concern me. >> reporter: while his officers marked the spot where the shell casings landed on harrison and 24th streets the police chief called for an emergency meeting. the man injured but gang gunfire is the fourth injured in the mission since saturday. >> we are going to make a concerted effort to let them

our ktvu newsroom found markers indicating multiple shots fired. then tonight, only on 2, an emergency meeting called by the interim police chief. ktvu's heather holmes talked with him and others at that meeting about effort to curb the violence. she has already learned what triggered today's shooting. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, the explosion of gang violence just continues here after someone messed with this memorial to saturday's victim who police say was a known gang member. today it was apparently payback. the gunman fired at least 15 rounds at a rival gang member standing on the sidewalk today in the mission. the latino male was hit once and a bullet pierced a nearby home. >> we have had several gang related shootings that deeply concern me. >> reporter: while his officers marked the spot where the shell casings landed on harrison and 24th streets the police chief called for an emergency meeting. the man injured but gang gunfire is the fourth injured in the mission since saturday. >> we are going to make a concerted effort to let them

ktvu's heather holmes joins us now. she is there where police are concerned about public safety. >> reporter: yes, julie, they are concerned because come july 1st this will be their only fire station in operation. a closed sign was up today outside fire station 74 in the wooded pinol valley. they are also shut ten days a month because of budget cuts but will close permanently after tonight's vote. >>> things will get really bad. >> reporter: they need to cut $1.5 million from its budget. closing the station will save nearly $900,000. >> they could be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> reporter: but the fire chief warns the move could cost lives and property. this man hates to think of what might have happened if firefighters didn't arrive when they did after a small fire broke out in his kitchen. >> a neighbor across the street started banging on my door. i guess i must have sort of dosed off. and they called them and they came right away. so i really appreciate that they are here. >> i

ktvu ajade hernandez was there then the -- ktvu's jade hernandez was there when the announcement was made and joins us live. >> reporter: good afternoon. the district attorney says this is about public safety -- within the hour he said 67 cases will have been dismissed by the end of today. we learned all of these cases were drug cases and all cases can be refiled. but at this point, 57 cases have been dismissed. the cases involve eight police officers and warrant served at residential hotels. so far this video has surfaced showing what is reported as officer misconduct. >> when this office became aware that there may have been problems with officers at this department, out of an abundance of caution, we took very important steps not only to investigate this matter but also to notify the court that the cases we believe at the time we did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute these cases. >> reporter: the da doesn't know how long it will take to investigate these officers and how many there might be. the public defender on the other hand says they will be reviewing between 2,000 an

ktvu channel 2 news. >>> after 2 days of deliberation a jury equilibriumed a poker player of murdering his parents. he beat and stabbed his parents at their home three years ago for money. he faces life in prison. >>> on the witness stand today the gunman in the murder of chauncey bailey. devaughndre broussard testified that yusef bey disliked chauncey bailey because of articles. and yusef bey ordered him to call another man because he is related to the man who killed his brother. yusef bey is facing three murder charges for the killings of chauncey bailey and two other men. devaughndre broussard is serving for those murders. antoine mackey is also on trial along side yusef bey. >>> embarrassing details about changes in barry bonds body took place today. kimberly bell said he developed acne and his testicles shrank. mike murphy testified his hat size grew in 2002. these changes of r evidence of steroid use. >>> property assessors arrived today in a neighborhood on the edge of a mudslide. assessors surveyed the damage on a half dozen homes. in santa cruz county work continued on a acces

so we have ktvu boots on the grounds here. and hope to bring viewers a lot of stories that they probably won't get to see on some of the, you know, larger networks. this will be more local coverage out here. >> janna, i know you just arrived there at the airport but do you have an expectation of where you will go to cover this story? do you expect to even be able to get to the north given that the infrastructure there is so damaged? >> well, ken, it's been a day- by-day kind of minute-by-minute thing here. we have just been hearing about the death toll that's now over 1,000, i believe. which was just in the hundreds, you know, 24 hours ago. so they have definitely cut things off. i spoke with somebody that i know in the foreign ministry here in tokyo. and he was telling me that at last check, they were still blocking access to the hardest hit area that was closest to the epicenter ofs in sendai and the surrounding area. we are just going to take it minute-by-minute to see if they open up. if they do of course we will try to ge

this is ktvu, channel 2 news at 10:00. >> this downpour tonight at dusk, it is just a taste of the deluge expected here in the bay area in the next few hours. good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we are back on storm watch tonight with the national weather service posting a number of warnings and advisories as another strong storm moves ashore. the most serious situation is in mendosino county where there is a flood warning on the navaro river. there is a flood watch right now for salano county. all bay areas except for santa clara are under a flood advisory. we also have a wind advisory for san francisco, the bay shoreline, coast and hilltop locations. we are bringing you team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist will tell us the approach of the storm but we begin with ken wayne. >> reporter: julie, in just ten minutes ago the rain started coming down here. at times it comes straight down but then the wind will pick up and swirl the rain around. at times it has even turned sideways. the water is calm and the boats appear to be secure. but some boat o

ktvu's amber lee joins us now. she is in san francisco with a look at the local disaster relieve efforts. amber? >> reporter: julie, we are at the san francisco's sunset district. the restaurant owners are donating 10% of their proceeds to earthquake relief in japan. >> i couldn't get a hold of two of my friends who actually live at ground zero so they are still missing. >> reporter: eric fuji and his family own and operate four japanese restaurants in san francisco. sushi chef grew up near the area ravaged by the quake and tsunami. >> i called last night after i finished, maybe around the 20th time i couldn't reach, reach my family. >> we are on standby to provide assistance with supplies, financial support or personnel. >> reporter: in oakland this afternoon, the red cross set up a phone bank to accept donations and to answer questions about how people can help. >> the response has been good but not overwhelming. >> reporter: across the bay in san francisco, the red cross has emergency supplies ready to go. >> th

ktvu's heather holmes joins us now. she is there where police are concerned about public safety. >> reporter: yes, julie, they are concerned because come july 1st this will be their only fire station in operation. a closed sign was up today outside fire station 74 in the wooded pinol valley. they are also shut ten days a month because of budget cuts but will close permanently after tonight's vote. >>> things will get really bad. >> reporter: they need to cut $1.5 million from its budget. closing the station will save nearly $900,000. >> they could be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> reporter: but the fire chief warns the move could cost lives and property. this man hates to think of what might have happened if firefighters didn't arrive when they did after a small fire broke out in his kitchen. >> a neighbor across the street started banging on my door. i guess i must have sort of dosed off. and they called them and they came right away. so i really appreciate that they are here. >> i

this is ktvu ktvu, channel 2 news. >> security measures are underway at this bay area high school after some serious incidents involving guns. >> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. and a school lockdown at this school just today. parents are concerned. ktvu's ken wayne is live at tonight's school board meeting where there has been hot debate about new security measures. ken? >> reporter: the school board is still meeting up there at this hour at the district headquarters meeting. there are a lot of ideas tonight on how to stop guns from getting on campus. one after another parents, students and concerned residents expressed their frustration at what's happening at berkeley high school. just today another report of a gun on campus prompted a lockdown this afternoon. >> my blood has been bowling the last week. i'm scared for my daughter. i'm scared for her friends. i'm scared for her teachers. >> reporter: one idea is to issue student bams and restrict access to a few gates. it is said to have worked at other schools. >> we've looked at various protocols for the

ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police say playing the lottery was unlucky for one. using surveillance video, officers tracked him down after he cashed in a number of scratchers. the problem? he stole the tickets when he burglarized a convenience store. he is held in jail. >>> more on the developing news we just learned about within the past hour. a glimmer of hope in the budget stand off. ktvu's ken pritchett is live to tell us what happened and what it means. >> reporter: about an hour ago the governor asked lawmakers to delay a vote on his budget. the governor in making his request sited positive negotiations with republicans whose votes he needs to pass his overall plan. >> reporter: the red tents simbaalize what affordable housing will look like. the deadline was tomorrow. >> there is a tiny bit of flexibility always within those dates and you know, i think we may be talking about the difference of a matter of days. >> reporter: democrats are ready to vote on cuts. the hold up is talks between the governor and five republicans. governor brown needs their votes.

the ktvu morning news begins at 4:30 tomorrow. have a great night.

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> a new light shoáus out -- a few light showers in bodega bay.you heard the nice lady talking about breaks between storms. and that's a good thing. with rain totals like this up to 3-inches in the mountains. 2-inches in moraga you need a break. if we had another storm keyed up right now we would be in a lot of trouble. the morning commute few scattered showers but you're moving pretty good for your friday morning. lunchtime tomorrow, few scattered showers. i have them in the forecast but they're going to be widely scattered. should see plenty of sunshine breaks and mild temperatures. 5:00. looks like a dry afternoon commute. look at this thing offshore. that's for saturday. when i come back i'm going to show you what the weekend system looks like. we'll enjoy this break. the five day forecast coming back here at 10:45. >>> and you can track weather conditions any time at ktvu.com. you will find live storm tracker 2 plus more pictures and video. just look for the storm watch tab on the front page. >>> and later this hour. more problems from floodi

ktvu's news chopper 2 is showing us these live pictures. again, it's unclear whether or not people can see the smoke because it's dark, but definitely as the sun comes up if there's fire still going on it will be visible from the nearby freeways. >> just to let you know, we have not confirmed whether or not that is in fact evergreen refinery, but given the address, that is the assumption being made at this point because the address is at cherry and smith in newark and that's where that evergreen refinery is located. so, again, we're going to have more information for you. news chopper 2 over the scene. sal is getting new information hopefully soon. we do have a reporter and crew on the way to the scene. so we'll bring you the very latest as soon as we can. >> absolutely. for all over breaking news and our time is now 6:02. meantime a saturated hillside is making a big mess in one hercules neighborhood. now several homes there are red tagged. ktvu's kraig debro is live in front of one of those red tagged homes right now. and the water is flo

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> a new light shoáus out -- a few light showers in bodega bay.you heard the nice lady talking about breaks between storms. and that's a good thing. with rain totals like this up to 3-inches in the mountains. 2-inches in moraga you need a break. if we had another storm keyed up right now we would be in a lot of trouble. the morning commute few scattered showers but you're moving pretty good for your friday morning. lunchtime tomorrow, few scattered showers. i have them in the forecast but they're going to be widely scattered. should see plenty of sunshine breaks and mild temperatures. 5:00. looks like a dry afternoon commute. look at this thing offshore. that's for saturday. when i come back i'm going to show you what the weekend system looks like. we'll enjoy this break. the five day forecast coming back here at 10:45. >>> and you can track weather conditions any time at ktvu.com. you will find live storm tracker 2 plus more pictures and video. just look for the storm watch tab on the front page. >>> and later this hour. more problems from floodi

reporting live in san francisco, deborah villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. [ music ] >>> ktvu has learned a san jose nightclub with a reputation as a trouble spot is now closing for go ahead. the owner of club wet has reached an agreement with the owner of the building to terminate the club's lease. the police have said there have been frequent complaints about public drunkenness and fights going on there. in its place will be a rock climbing company. san jose officials are said to be pleased. >> san jose firefighters consider their vote on a 10% pay cut this weekend, the city warned today layoffs are still possible. leaders of the firefighters union reached a tentative agreement on the pay cut in order to help the city with its $100 million plus budget deficit. firefighters say they are already thinly staffed and don't feel there is much choice. >>> we know what the guarantees are for sure if there are no concessions is that there would be 145 layoffs for sure. so we are concerned. >> the city is now negotiating with ten other labor unions hoping to agree them to 10% cay pay cuts. but sa

ktvu's jana katsuyama has this report. >> reporter: aftershocks. this afternoon i was in our hotel in tokyo and felt a 6.0 earthquake start shaking the building. the other thing, the cold, you can see, the trees, the wind that has come through. that is blowing in a big cold front covering japan, creating cold conditions and snow in some parts of the area effected by the earthquake and tsunami. with so many of those evacuees and those evacuated from the fukushima daiichi danger area, that's a large number of people in shelters with no heat. we did go to one of the train stations in tokyo and we found a number of young people moved by what they were seeing and they decided to raise money for the japanese red cross. >> we -- i thought i have to do it. what we can. >> lot of people have been leaving the city, many foreigners have been evacuating particularly due to the uncertainty over the radiation. reporting from tokyo, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> you can watch all of janna's reports by going to www.ktvu.com. look under the japan quake t

ktvu's janine has more on this story. >> reporter: it's surreal down here. you can see there is garbage and debris every wear on the sidewalk. look over here. more debris. soaked carpet and wood. they are just trying to pull out of this. >> reporter: everywhere you look there are people cleaning. instead of shopping, there are workers. >> people walking by, offering condolences. it's -- it's been hard. >> reporter: a drainage pipe failed and water and sewage came rushing down into the village. heavy rains hit again. they are working on a permanent solution. >> we got a engineer team coming in to look at what was the cause of the failure, what are the -- what is the necessary repair and what is the long-term fix. >> reporter: the city has workers going door to door asking what type of assistance they need. >> the second flood hit all this. >> reporter: the family own business runs the gallery, paintings are now drenched with sewage water. the owners are hoping for help. >> financial help for the loss. we had insurance for flood but not this type of a flood. n

ktvu's amber lee is live in san jose with this newly released evidence of the shooting at the mexicali club, amber. >> reporter: the mexicali club has been shut since the triple homicides took place here. now police are releasing video from these surveillance cameras in hopes of finding these two suspects. police are looking for this unidentified men chaising club owner sanchez around the club. >> it's an intense video to watch. it's not common to release videos of this type. but we believe the man on the video is armed and dangerous and it's important for him to be found. >> reporter: sanchez survived but we're told he's now in a wheelchair. what you don't see is a gun battle going on inside the club at the same time. all three died. neighbors who asked us not to reveal their identities say they don't want the club to reopen. >> it was devastating. it's like i have kids. >> i am just against a place that attracts a crowd that's going to be doing that kind of deed. then coming over here and parking and leaving a dead body in the neighborhood where we live. >> reporter: police are now l

but the police tell ktvu so far no one has come forward because they might be afraid. police say just one call could help crack the case. also in san jose, police reported today that 26 people were arrested during mardi gras celebrations there, the same number as last year. the arrests started after our 10:00 newscast last night. most of the arrests were for probation or parole violations or illegal weapons. but so far no one has been arrested for an assault on a woman in a parking garage. >>> it is one of san francisco's most beloved treasures. but it has been the target of vandals that has taken a toll. despite the damage golden gate park appears to be thriving. >> reporter: it is one of the most picturesque places the dutch wind mill in the you will incompetent garden. vicky got married last october but came here today to take wedding photos when there was more colourful. >> it is very beautiful and not just because of the flowers but the wind mill. >> reporter: but some of that beauty was taken away from vandals struck in the park cutting down the trees. the vandal

this is ktvu, channel 2 news at 10:00. >> this downpour tonight at dusk, it is just a taste of the deluge expected here in the bay area in the next few hours. good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we are back on storm watch tonight with the national weather service posting a number of warnings and advisories as another strong storm moves ashore. the most serious situation is in mendosino county where there is a flood warning on the navaro river. there is a flood watch right now for salano county. all bay areas except for santa clara are under a flood advisory. we also have a wind advisory for san francisco, the bay shoreline, coast and hilltop locations. we are bringing you team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist will tell us the approach of the storm but we begin with ken wayne. >> reporter: julie, in just ten minutes ago the rain started coming down here. at times it comes straight down but then the wind will pick up and swirl the rain around. at times it has even turned sideways. the water is calm and the boats appear to be secure. but some boat o

this is ktvu ktvu, channel 2 news. >> security measures are underway at this bay area high school afterserious incidents involving guns. >> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. and a school lockdown at this school just today. parents are concerned. ktvu's ken wayne is live at tonight's school board meeting where there has been hot debate about new security measures. ken? >> reporter: the school board is still meeting up there at this hour at the district headquarters meeting. there are a lot of ideas tonight on how to stop guns from getting on campus. one after another parents, students and concerned residents expressed their frustration at what's happening at berkeley high school. just today another report of a gun on campus prompted a lockdown this afternoon. >> my blood has been bowling the last week. i'm scared for my daughter. i'm scared for her friends. i'm scared for her teachers. >> reporter: one idea is to issue student bams and restrict access to a few gates. it is said to have worked at other schools. >> we've looked at various protocols for the issues

ktvu cameras caught the man with a bank of america grudge. walking around a benke took over 6 hours ago. >> i was trembling. >> reporter: she said she was depositing a check and she went silent and a look of fear on her hive. >> he was not pointing the gun to anybody, he was moving the gun, he told me if you want to get out just get out. >> reporter: silva though was concerned about those remaining inside. >> it was like a pain for my heart, i know i'm getting out, but how about the ones that are gonna stay here. >> reporter: officials from several law enforcement agencies including the f.b.i. soon arrived, they blocked off a half mile radius and began negotiations. s.w.a.t. team members surrounded the building and 15 minutes later the remaining 6 bank customers and through employees were released. >> he has told us he doesn't want to hurt anybody but we have seen him, he does have a handgun, don't know if it's a replica or a role handgun at this time. >> reporter: the 25-year-old man has accused have the bank of cheating him and has put up s

reporting live in san francisco, deborah villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. [ music ] >>> ktvu has learned a san jose nightclub with a reputation as a trouble spot is now closing for go ahead. the owner of club wet has reached an agreement with the owner of the building to terminate the club's lease. the police have said there have been frequent complaints about public drunkenness and fights going on there. in its place will be a rock climbing company. san jose officials are said to be pleased. >> san jose firefighters consider their vote on a 10% pay cut this weekend, the city warned today layoffs are still possible. leaders of the firefighters union reached a tentative agreement on the pay cut in order to help the city with its $100 million plus budget deficit. firefighters say they are already thinly staffed and don't feel there is much choice. >>> we know what the guarantees are for sure if there are no concessions is that there would be 145 layoffs for sure. so we are concerned. >> the city is now negotiating with ten other labor unions hoping to agree them to 10% cay pay cuts. but sa

rita williams, ktvu news. >>> now to the crisis in japan. tonight the food and drug administration has halted the imports of food products grown and produced near the area of the fukushima plant. as for fish and other products, the fda says it will screen those for radiation and if they are deemed safe they can be sold to the public. japanese food make less than 4% of all u.s. food imports. >>> scientists at uc berkeley and the epa say they are seeing trace amounts of radio active isotopes from the japanese nuclear incident here and in the bay area. researchers at uc berkeley believe the isotopes will decline in the next few days. >>> operators of the fukushima made progress today but also suffered set backs. tomorrow they hope to restart the cooling systems to the damaged reactors providing the pumps were not damaged by the tsunami. workers stopped working on the electrical system to pour water on the fuel rods. >>> executives of the tokyo electric power company went to shelters today and apologized to people for the nuclear plant leak. >>>

this is ktvu, channel 2 news at 10:00. >> from floodwaters to homes teetering on the edge, people are picking up the pieces tonight after mother nature delivers another blow to the bay area. good evening i'm ken wayne. heather holmes is off tonight. the storm that blew through the bay area this morning has left extensive damage tonight in the coastal community of capitola where a torrent of water roared through the heart of town. as you can see in this slide picture, most of the water is gone but a mess remains. and the cleanup is going to take sometime. as ktvu's jim vargas reports, the flooding was caused by a broken drainage pipe that first collapsed on thursday. >> reporter: this video was shot by a local resident this morning. they thought they could beat the storm and repair the culvert. the forces of nature handed them defeat and ended in destruction since thursday. >> this was worse than thursday. this was close to three feet coming out that did this damage. >> reporter: pretty bad? >> really bad. if you had a raft you may as well go rafting. it was very, very high water just

go to ktvu for more on the huge bridge construction. you will fee photo slide shows and also information on the bridge traffic due tier that will be coming up in -- detour that will be coming up in may. >>> this morning, ktvu has received a statement from the fbi that has been investigating the san francisco police department. agents did not elaborate on whether they were called in or automatically stepped in. the officers are the target of several misconduct investigations following the arrests of several drug dealers. ktvu obtained the video of one drug arrest. >>> traffic is flowing on san mateo bridge shortly after a brinks truck overturned. it happened on the westbound lanes on the toll plaza. the highway patrol says that the brinks truck hit the curb causing it to overturn. a large tow truck had to be brought in to upright the truck. before the scene could be completely clear, the cargo aboard the truck had to be unloaded. >> again, it's brinks truck. they did have money on board. they had to have another truck come and transfer w

ktvu's amber lee is live in san jose with this newly released evidence of the shooting at the mexicali club, amber. >> reporter: the mexicali club has been shut since the triple homicides took place here. now police are releasing video from these surveillance cameras in hopes of finding these two suspects. police are looking for this unidentified men chaising club owner sanchez around the club. >> it's an intense video to watch. it's not common to release videos of this type. but we believe the man on the video is armed and dangerous and it's important for him to be found. >> reporter: sanchez survived but we're told he's now in a wheelchair. what you don't see is a gun battle going on inside the club at the same time. all three died. neighbors who asked us not to reveal their identities say they don't want the club to reopen. >> it was devastating. it's like i have kids. >> i am just against a place that attracts a crowd that's going to be doing that kind of deed. then coming over here and parking and leaving a dead body in the neighborhood where we live. >> reporter: police are now l

also placer county deputies tell ktvu that they have found the body of -- a medical problem may have contributed to his death. >>> here is a live picture of interstate 80 in the sierra. right now it is smooth sailing there. chains were required earlier today for trucks on interstate 80 and highway 50. but cal trance has since cancelled that traffic advisory. >>> an update now on a story we first told you about last night at 6:00. problems continue in a santa cruz county neighborhood cut off by a massive landslide. >> oh my god, we better move. a cell phone camera captured this video as the mud and rock came tumbling down yesterday on nelson road in scotts valley. there are 26 homes on the other side of that slide. right now the only way to get there is on foot. through a makeshift trail, the geologists inspected the landslide today and is still evaluating the situation there. >>> engineers are keeping a close eye on a cracked levee in southern county. work crews from a conservation core spent the day patching a section of the levee north of sacramento. they covered it with high grade

ktvu's mike mibach was there. >> some students ran. others decided to walk lap after lap around their school they went for five hours. >> it helps raise money for our teachers and everything. >> reporter: 250 elementary school students and their parents walked for a purpose hoping to raise $2500 they are not getting from the state. >> 100% of the money goes towards the pta. they fund the physical education program, the music problems, our library, the teacherer's aids. or or. >> reporter: even and in the rain these little feet continue to shuffle and hoping that the sunshine financially on the district. that was exactly the topic downtown in oakland city hall. today a town hall meeting to hammer out the issue of public school funding in oakland. >> how many children can you stuff into a room? whole schools have been gutted. >> the more diverse the state has become the less well funded education has been. >> reporter: observing unified district superintendent tony smith. >> from my perspective it is one of the clearest examples of racis

ktvu crews are spanned out throughout the bay area. and our chief meteorologist is tracking the storm. let's start with all of that snow in the sierra, here's ken pritchett. >> you can see the snow is still coming down here at blue canyon. and we got very heavy snow yesterday. what you're looking at right now -- [audio difficulties] >> westbound interstate 80 was closed at coalfax. the result a long line of cars packed the parking lots. >> about 5:00 i spent a couple of hours and turned around and went back. >> reporter: stephanie has spent hours waiting in her suv watching dvd. >> we got a couple of bottles of wine in auburn. >> reporter: she and other drivers lined up expecting the interstate to open soon. >> just started about 15 minutes ago, i'm going to wait to see if they open it up at noon. >> reporter: caltrans said noon would be the time. that changed. still looking like noon? no, 3:00. good luck sir. >> reporter: so much snow fell it simply took time to clear the road. some people decided to call it quits. >> we had to turn a

ktvu's john sasaki is live on the scene.e's gathering new information as we speak and we will find out what he's learned coming up live at 5:30. >>> the national transportation safety board today wrapped up three days of public hearings into the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. carol han live now from washington, d.c. where pg & e is already making plans for big changes. >> reporter: the san bruno group will be coming home tomorrow and they are returning with a victory. pg & e says it's learned its lesson and it's clanging the way it does business. all pg & e customers living 2,000 feet from its pipelines should expect to receive a letter from pg & e. pg & e will begin installing valves that can be shut off remotely. >>pg & e is a new pg preponderance & e and i think it can become the gold standard for this country that all other operators should follow --pg & e. >> reporter: the changes came after the company got slammed. this afternoon the head of the agency called the news encouraging. >> this is exactly the type of p

. >>> ktvu's jana is in tokyo where it is now 10:00 a.m. on wednesday morning. she joins us live now via skype with the latest on what's happening. >> reporter: julie and frank, woke up this morning, it's about 10:00 a.m. and the big headline is the radiation. a lot of concerns just four hours ago that there was a fire at the fukushima plant. a worker apparently was going by and saw smoke coming out of that. it looks like it's contained, but a lot of concern. we do have video of an area that has had quite a bit of problems and one thing we're hearing is that there's going to be a cold blast that will come over the country today, possibly bringing snow to that area. you can just imagine how much more difficult that will make relief efforts and not only for the earthquake evacwees, but now you mention coming from the fukushima radiation danger zone. one thing i have to point out, there are workers at that plant who agreed to stay behind and you know, you can't help but call them heros with high levels of radiation. they are trying to do what they can to save it an

be sure to keep it right here on ktvu. for now live in union city, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. time now 6:19. let's get you to where you need to go this morning. how's it looking out there, sal? >>> just as christian was talking we found out about an accident on 101 in san francisco just came across. it's reportedly on the 10th street onramp to southbound 101. you can kind of see it there. looks like there's already a flashing light there blocking one of the lanes right there with 80 and 101 come together. chp has just been dispatched now. the police again are on the way. northbound 101 is not effected but it's over to the right. you see that flashing light there on the 10th street onramp to southbound 101. this will cause some problems especially if you try to get onto 101 to head south down the peninsula. you want to think about using the 280 sixth street onramp extension might be better for you at this time. look at the bay bridge toll plaza just as we suspected there's more of a crowd gathering. westbound meter

ktvu's heather holmes has more on today's special meeting. where the city council decided the fate of billions of the dollars. >> reporter: hand off is what essentially the council told the state. their vote is on the one and only item on the agenda an agreement to spend $4 million of redevelopment money. money currently at risk under the governor's budget plan. it could be a game changer to build a new stadium for the 49ers. securing $4 million from the state. >> i understand his stakes in the situation to try to balance the budget. >> reporter: the council pushed to tie the millions of the redevelopment money to preconduction cost for the new stadium. >> you have to put in fire hydrants. >> improvements the mayor argues benefit the city. >> i'm afraid that we're making a decision that -- >> reporter: but tonight, some residents questioned the spending. >> the use it or lose it is just plain blarge. >> this is action we're taking on behalf of the citizens. >> reporter: santa clara joins many other bay area cities rushing to spend that redeve

our coverage continues on ktvu.com and with our 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. keep in mind "tmz" is up next on tv 36.

ktvu's sal castaneda is in the traffic center to tell us which areas to avoid. how bad is it out there? >> reporter: it is not good at all. john just showed the 880 picture northbound. some people think, not a problem i'll get on 580. but i want to show you 580, it is a mess because there's flooding. a lot of people getting on 580, that is very slow. as you cross the bridge, san francisco northbound 101 is backed up from near silver avenue to the lower deck of the bay bridge. we are just getting this into the newsroom. that the ace train has stopped running because of a mud slide that came on the track. so train service has been stopped because of a mud slide. they do have a bus bridge set up. but the train is not running and we'll get you more information on that as it develops. now let's go back to the studio. >>> now back to the hardest hit areas today, the north bay. today's storm brought more than 2-inches of rain there. mike mibach now live. you saw flooding and a small landslide. >> reporter: even a sewage spill, there was so much rain out here that the s

ktvu's jana katsuyama just arrived from japan. she filed this report. >> reporter: here earn tokyo it's a regular work day but many people's thoughts are on the situation in sendai and also fukushima where the nuclear power crisis is continuing. the headlines today, radiation fears grow. and there has been a cold front descended on the country. bringing snow to the area making it more difficult for the people. today we found some people whose hearts and minds were very much with the people in the effected areas. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: young people moved by what they are seeing sided to go out and help raise money for the japanese red cross. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: a lot of people have been leaving the city, particularly many foreigners, partly due to the sun certainty over radiation and what could happen with fukushima daiichi. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the continuing troubles at the nuclear plant jolted financial markets today. on wall street, all major indexes ended at their

rita williams, ktvu news. >>> now to the crisis in japan. tonight the food and drug administration has halted the imports of food products grown and produced near the area of the fukushima plant. as for fish and other products, the fda says it will screen those for radiation and if they are deemed safe they can be sold to the public. japanese food make less than 4% of all u.s. food imports. >>> scientists at uc berkeley and the epa say they are seeing trace amounts of radio active isotopes from the japanese nuclear incident here and in the bay area. researchers at uc berkeley believe the isotopes will decline in the next few days. >>> operators of the fukushima made progress today but also suffered set backs. tomorrow they hope to restart the cooling systems to the damaged reactors providing the pumps were not damaged by the tsunami. workers stopped working on the electrical system to pour water on the fuel rods. >>> executives of the tokyo electric power company went to shelters today and apologized to people for the nuclear plant leak. >>>

ktvu news has been following developments since these incidents began. jana katsuyama is here to show us the latest developments that happened. >> reporter: thins changed very quickly in the last hour. the steps are empty but they still have the metal barricades. some police officers have been coming out of the building now after a very long stand off that lasted about 7.5 hours. take a look at this video that we took just about 30 minutes ago. when the students that were on the ledge were finally led out. it was a moment where the students were cheering, they were raising their hands in victory. so let me tell you they were up there for about 7.5 hours and it was the end of a very long day. it was about 2:00 p.m. when protesters swarmed the steps of wheeler. students said they were protesting tuition fee hikes, budget cut, lay offs and the university's disciplinary action against protesters. they lowered a red banner over the entrance. >> i think people are getting pretty desperate for fighting for their education and i feel we need to support them. >>>

ktvu's heather holmes has more on today's special meeting. where the city council decided the fate of billions of the dollars. >> reporter: hand off is what essentially the council told the state. their vote is on the one and only item on the agenda an agreement to spend $4 million of redevelopment money. money currently at risk under the governor's budget plan. it could be a game changer to build a new stadium for the 49ers. securing $4 million from the state. >> i understand his stakes in the situation to try to balance the budget. >> reporter: the council pushed to tie the millions of the redevelopment money to preconduction cost for the new stadium. >> you have to put in fire hydrants. >> improvements the mayor argues benefit the city. >> i'm afraid that we're making a decision that -- >> reporter: but tonight, some residents questioned the spending. >> the use it or lose it is just plain blarge. >> this is action we're taking on behalf of the citizens. >> reporter: santa clara joins many other bay area cities rushing to spend that redeve

ktvu is live in mountain view with the break down. maurine. >> reporter: frank, that helicopter is housed here and next month, the aircraft will be temporarily grounded here and could remain so permanently. air 2 flies up to three missions a day over san jose. but starting march 20, the chopper will be grounded for three months as a trial cost saving measure. >> we want to make sure exactly what type of impact it will be. it's a very valuable tool. >> most of the $1.4 million goes toward pilot salaries and benefits. grounding it will mean officers on parole. the move concerns this mother. >> you can see it and hear it when it's out and it's doing its job. so that's unfortunate. i hope they don't. >> the benefit of the chopper is it's an eye in the sky. able to hone in on a specific area and quickly cover ground in a city with more than a million people. >> the guy in the helicopter can see around buildings. it has a thermal imaging device up there that can tell if somebody is hiding in the bushes. >> police union president said it is

ktvu channel 2 news. >>> japan's stocks posted strong gains in early friday trading. the nikkei was up 30 points. >>> the japanese market was bolstered by an agreement today by g7 officials to try to weaken the japanese yen. the currency has surged following last week's earthquake and tsunami. the strong yen may increase the economic impact of the disaster. the g7 announcement came just as stock trading opened in tokyo on friday. >>> the crisis in japan is forcing general motors to halt production of two of its vehicles. the chevrolet colorado and gmc canyon trucks are made in f reeport louisiana, however some parts come from japan and that has halted production. previously toyota and subaru stalled production. >>> hawaii is the top -- and brought almost $2 billion in tourist dollars just last year. typically there are 13 direct flights from japan to hawaii each day. >>> japan's fukashima nuclear power plant first began generating electricity 40 years ago. i was design bid general electric and is one of the largest nuclear power stations in the world. eric rassmusen s

stay with ktvu for more. rita williams will be back here live with a report and channel 2news at 5:00. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2news. >>> home owners in san pablo have spent the last few days watching the hillsides around their homes continue to slide and now they are looking for help. jade hernandez joins us live from san pablo with where that situation stands now. jade. >> reporter: it rained 21 days in march and this hillside just could not take it. this house right here was yellow-tagged by the city and the home owners are staying at a local hotel. we have been following them since their backyard started sliding. >> i removed this because we are not going to get any rain, and hopefully it will be able to dry out. >> reporter: this morning, leon walker took steps to ensure the ground could soak up something other than the rain. beforehand, an east bay m.u.d. employee showed him and his wife a map of their area after he turned off their water. the utility wasn't the only visitor to the property

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> bolts of lightning tonight put an exclamation mark on a day of wild weather around the bay area. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a tornado touches down in sonoma county. a water spout forms on ocean beach and it is caught on camera. >>> and i-880 closed tonight after a crash involving dozens of vehicles. we are on storm watch this evening as the waning days of winter produce storms. this is hail covering the cars in albany. and another picture shows hail from the system picture coating a deck. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the weather. and lloyd lacuesta has information about the release of water at local reservoirs. but we begin with ktvu's deborah villalon and the ea-1 tornado that touched down. >> reporter: frank, it sure left a mark. that big pile right there was a building, almost the same size as the one next to it. and we found this piece of metal hundreds of feet away. >> i couldn't believe it when you start seeing something flying through the area -- air. >> reporter: sue and her son at her

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> bolts of lightning tonight put an exclamation mark on a day of wild weather around the bay area. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a tornado touches down in sonoma county. a water spout forms on ocean beach and it is caught on camera. >>> and i-880 closed tonight after a crash involving dozens of vehicles. we are on storm watch this evening as the waning days of winter produce storms. this is hail covering the cars in albany. and another picture shows hail from the system picture coating a deck. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the weather. and lloyd lacuesta has information about the release of water at local reservoirs. but we begin with ktvu's deborah villalon and the ea-1 tornado that touched down. >> reporter: frank, it sure left a mark. that big pile right there was a building, almost the same size as the one next to it. and we found this piece of metal hundreds of feet away. >> i couldn't believe it when you start seeing something flying through the area -- air. >> reporter: sue and her son at her

jim vargas ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one person's trash is another person's treasure. tons of dead sardines in southern california are a boom for a fertilizing company. they will use the dead fish to make fertilizer. 65-tons went elsewhere. the fish contain a toxin they might have gotten from poison algae and that might have caused them to flood the harbor area where they used up on the oxygen and suffocated. >>> we are following developments where a gunman is reportedly inside a bank of america. we are working to get a live report at 6:00. also ahead, pg&e faces a deadline tomorrow, what it has to prove to state regulatorrer, plus how would you like an advanced warning that a earthquake is going to hit. also san francisco sunday street is expanding into new neighborhoods and will there be a salmon season. all that and more coming up at 6:00. >>> how hot is it on the planet mercury? data will flow from the messcher that blasted off seven years ago. its mission is to collect temperature readings. the craft should begin orbiting mercury on thursday and then the first rea