we begin outdoors with ktvu's lloyd lacuesta who's at the summit of highway 17. lloyd. >> reporter: frank the summit of 17 is at about the 2,000- foot level. that's high enough to have snow p it's cold enough. but right now all we're experiencing is a cold, cold rain. >> the it's going to get crazy up here. it's going to be some accidents, hopefully not too many. >> reporter: tow truck driver cole jennings was already towing one vehicle. signs of slippery roadways had been turned on and caltrans had dumped a pile of sand at a turn out should crews have to start

and lloyd lacuesta joins us. >> reporter: the rain has really arrived. you are seeing us from the camera on the mast of our van. that's because the rainwater logged our camera and we can't use that camera. but it's really coming down. just about an hour ago it was bone dry out here. it's not just wet, it's cold, and it's windy. winds of 20 to 40 miles per hour are already whipping through the santa clara valley and the surrounding mountains. one resident says because of strict vegetation on slopes, winds can blow across the ridges in excess of 60 miles per hour. >> you really have to baton down. it's the increased rain conditions. when the storm front does come in it's going to hit a little harder. >> reporter: that means the possibility of trees and tree limbs falling on power lines. >> have a generator and we have what it needs to get through a couple of days. it's never really that bad. but the generator is key, the wife and kids, have to keep them warm. >> reporter: rain can turn into snow as low as the 2,000 level. >> we can use the rain, we have to

and lloyd lacuesta joins us. >> reporter: the rain has really arrived. you are seeing us from the camera on the mast of our van. that's because the rainwater logged our camera and we can't use that camera. but it's really coming down. just about an hour ago it was bone dry out here. it's not just wet, it's cold, and it's windy. winds of 20 to 40 miles per hour are already whipping through the santa clara valley and the surrounding mountains. one resident says because of strict vegetation on slopes, winds can blow across the ridges in excess of 60 miles per hour. >> you really have to baton down. it's the increased rain conditions. when the storm front does come in it's going to hit a little harder. >> reporter: that means the possibility of trees and tree limbs falling on power lines. >> have a generator and we have what it needs to get through a couple of days. it's never really that bad. but the generator is key, the wife and kids, have to keep them warm. >> reporter: rain can turn into snow as low as the 2,000 level. >> we can use the rain, we have to

and lloyd lacuesta has seen snow on highway 17. we start with deborah villalon with snow there. it is the talk of the town. >> i wish it had stuck, maybe piled up a little bit. so do many people who savored snow while it lasted. >> we are just a few hundred feet above sea level, right? >> reporter: working in a vineyard the sun was shining one moment. it was snowing the next. but a dusting not a deluge. >> as soon as it hit my tongue and it's gone. >> i wish it snowed a lot, though. like instead of just a couple of little -- >> flurries? >> yeah. >> you want enough to sled in? >> yeah. >> snow was up mt. st. hell pen a helena -- but as night set in the outdoor patio was empty, the fire not even an enticement. >> we love the cold weather but we need the business. so we are happy to have it warm again. >> inside this bud there are at least two bunches of grapes. >> reporter: at the vineyard growers shrug off the deep- freeze. vines will be dormant another month. >> this freeze is not hurting us at all. it is actually good for the buds. it kills some of the insects that are harbori

as lloyd lacuesta explains, it's how that deal was made that's coming under fire. it happened during the 9/11 terrorists attacks almost ten years ago. and as recently as the mehserle verdict riots last year. there are communication break downs, lack of a unified system allowing agencies to talk to each other. the alameda county sheriff is trying to change that. >> we're trying to create a broad band 4g lt system. >> reporter: motorala received an opportunities program grant detop to construct the network for the bay area. >> unfortunately that money has been diverted to a different approach. doesn't involve the city of san jose, doesn't include the city of oakland, doesn't even involve the city of san francisco. we're kind of upset about that. >> reporter: san francisco mayor chuck reed and the san jose city council have so far voted against joining the system called bay web. it would connect the nine bay area counties and santa cruz. >> miss representations were made to the u.s. government in order to get funding from the federal government, so a grant was given d

and lloyd lacuesta has seen snow on highway 17. we start with deborah villalon with snow there. it is the talk of the town. >> i wish it had stuck, maybe piled up a little bit. so do many people who savored snow while it lasted. >> we are just a few hundred feet above sea level, right? >> reporter: working in a vineyard the sun was shining one moment. it was snowing the next. but a dusting not a deluge. >> as soon as it hit my tongue and it's gone. >> i wish it snowed a lot, though. like instead of just a couple of little -- >> flurries? >> yeah. >> you want enough to sled in? >> yeah. >> snow was up mt. st. hell pen a helena -- but as night set in the outdoor patio was empty, the fire not even an enticement. >> we love the cold weather but we need the business. so we are happy to have it warm again. >> inside this bud there are at least two bunches of grapes. >> reporter: at the vineyard growers shrug off the deep- freeze. vines will be dormant another month. >> this freeze is not hurting us at all. it is actually good for the buds. it kills some of the insects that are harbori

lloyd lacuesta tells us what did cause those vehicles to accelerate. >> reporter: this time last years very busy, not in the factory. a worldwide recall resulted over claims of sticky gas pedals. today the government released the findings of a 10 month investigation. >> let's be clear, the jury is back, the verdict is in, there is no electronic based cause for unintended high speed acceleration in toyotas period. >> reporter: nasa and the national safety administration conducted the study. >> we are incredible confidence that the only causes of acceleration are the two mechanical causes. floor mat entrapment and sticky pedal. >> it would make more sense that it would be mechanical or something with the mats. >> you could say it takes them off the hook a little bit. but i'm sure there's people that are still a little uneasy about it. especially the people that experienced the problem with their cars. >> reporter: the investigators report the majority of the problems were human error. toyota has since installed a break system. lloyd lacuesta. >>> toyota welcomed the government's finding

lloyd lacuesta tells us what did cause those vehicles to accelerate. >> reporter: this time last yeartoyota was very busy, not in the factory. a worldwide recall resulted over claims of sticky gas pedals. today the government released the findings of a 10 month investigation. >> let's be clear, the jury is back, the verdict is in, there is no electronic based cause for unintended high speed acceleration in toyotas period. >> reporter: nasa and the national safety administration conducted the study. >> we are incredible confidence that the only causes of acceleration are the two mechanical causes. floor mat entrapment and sticky pedal. >> it would make more sense that it would be mechanical or something with the mats. >> you could say it takes them off the hook a little bit. but i'm sure there's people that are still a little uneasy about it. especially the people that experienced the problem with their cars. >> reporter: the investigators report the majority of the problems were human error. toyota has since installed a break system. lloyd lacuesta. >>> toyota welcomed the government'

we begin outdoors with ktvu's lloyd lacuesta who's at the summit of highway 17. lloyd. >> reporter: frank the summit of 17 is at about the 2,000- foot level. that's high enough to have snow p it's cold enough. but right now all we're experiencing is a cold, cold rain. >> the it's going to get crazy up here. it's going to be some accidents, hopefully not too many. >> reporter: tow truck driver cole jennings was already towing one vehicle. signs of slippery roadways had been turned on and caltrans had dumped a pile of sand at a turn out should crews have to start sending to highway. plows were also ready to push any snow off the highway. it's already slippery. at the santa clara county, firefighters were getting snow chains ready just in case. firefighters know that besides accidents, snow has other problems. >> a lot of trees coming down. a lot of trees up here aren't used to having the snow load. they start breaking and tumbling. >> reporter: conditions have been to be right in order for snow to fall and stick to the ground. that's already happening in mount hamil

lloyd lacuesta live in san jose where he found one store crowded with folks looking for before gainsonight. >> i'm at the border's bookstore at the oak ridge center in san jose. it shut down for the night a little more than an hour ago. take a look at the aftermath of a day of bargain basement shopping. soon this store and others in the area will be closing down for good. as the national retailer tried to survive bankruptcy. >> it's busy. it's busy and it's the stock is definitely depleted, books but we did our fair damage. >> reporter: it is one what analysts calls the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the book business. with 200 of borders 642 stores shutting down, books and other merchandise are selling from 20 to 30% off. >> the line was big, but i didn't have any trouble finding anything. >> reporter: are they bargains or? >> well, compared to other times i've been in there it's cheaper. >> reporter: if borders had attracted the crowds it is getting now it probably would never have filed chapter 11. but the reality is, that americans are going online more and more for books.

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live where he's seen the problems firsthand but also discovered a silver lining, lloyd? >> reporter: we are between storms here in the santa cruz mountains. a light rain is falling and the roadway is still very, very slick. away from here, a driver is lucky to be alive. >> it was a freak accident, you know. it was raining really hard. not really freak, but just -- for me it's freak, you know. just because it scared the heck out of me. >> reporter: chip was driving this truck when the car in front of him suddenly slowed down. >> i went to put my brakes down and hydroplained. it's a -- hydroplaned. it spun around uncontrollably. >> reporter: miraculously all the cars behind missed hitting the truck. it took an hour before photographic was restored. this was one of several actions today. this driver was injured when he lost control on a curb and the car rolled over. >> the rain contributes to the accidents and, you know, the slower you go, obviously, the safer it is. >> reporter: down in the santa clara valley, the rain fell loud enough to tap a drum beat on windshi

lloyd lacuesta is live where he learned the stadium is not a done deal, not yet. >> reporter: the city council voted 7-0 to approve this rest louis which makes council -- resolution which makes council members the authority of the stadium. but it did not happen without opposition. >> you are misusing our money. i think you need to stop. i think your run will be overrun by the government for. >> we knowjerry brown is going to take it from us. be ready for it. he's going to steal our money, and balance his budget off of our backs. >>> voters approved the stadium project by a 68% vote and authorized a spending of up to $40 million in redevelopmentment agency money. but now governor jerry brown is proposing doing away with redevelopment agencies. >> that money has been committed by the community for the community. i'm not happy the fact that the state would want to help their financial problems. >> reporter: 49ers say they could look elsewhere for funding and they still have other options. >> if for some reason something would happen, we would continue to talk to san francisco and there's

lloyd lacuesta is live where he learned the stadium is not a done deal, not yet. >> reporter: the city council voted 7-0 to approve this rest louis which makes council -- resolution which makes council members the authority of the stadium. but it did not happen without opposition. >> you are misusing our money. i think you need to stop. i think your run will be overrun by the government for. >> we knowjerry brown is going to take it from us. be ready for it. he's going to steal our money, and balance his budget off of our backs. >>> voters approved the stadium project by a 68% vote and authorized a spending of up to $40 million in redevelopmentment agency money. but now governor jerry brown is proposing doing away with redevelopment agencies. >> that money has been committed by the community for the community. i'm not happy the fact that the state would want to help their financial problems. >> reporter: 49ers say they could look elsewhere for funding and they still have other options. >> if for some reason something would happen, we would continue to talk to san francisco and there's

lloyd lacuesta live in san jose where he found one store crowded with folks looking for before gains tonight. >> i'm at the border's bookstore at the oak ridge center in san jose. it shut down for the night a little more than an hour ago. take a look at the aftermath of a day of bargain basement shopping. soon this store and others in the area will be closing down for good. as the national retailer tried to survive bankruptcy. >> it's busy. it's busy and it's the stock is definitely depleted, books but we did our fair damage. >> reporter: it is one what analysts calls the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the book business. with 200 of borders 642 stores shutting down, books and other merchandise are selling from 20 to 30% off. >> the line was big, but i didn't have any trouble finding anything. >> reporter: are they bargains or? >> well, compared to other times i've been in there it's cheaper. >> reporter: if borders had attracted the crowds it is getting now it probably would never have filed chapter 11. but the reality is, that americans are going online more and more for books

ktvu channel 2's lloyd lacuesta is live where sheriff investigate -- investigators are trying to find out what happened. >>> tonight, authorities in the bay area are looking for the husband after his wife turned up dead in san francisco. >> right now, we are assisting the san francisco police department with a suspicious death investigation. >> reporter: at 1 yesterday afternoon, a hotel worker found the body of colleen waterman at a room of a ramada in san francisco. police are waiting for a coroner's autopsy before they call it a homicide. one and a half hours later, county sheriff's deputies found the couple's tan chevy blazer near devil's slide, but they haven't found 51 year old billy waterman. >> we searched the entire cliff area where the vehicle was found yesterday about 150 feet down the cliff, no sign of anybody. >> reporter: the watermans are from near palm springs. the family says they disappeared in january, but no one got worried until this week. >> it's odd right now because there's a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: we're learning tonight the surface could be

we begin outdoors with ktvu's lloyd lacuesta who's at the summit of highway 17. lloyd. >> reporter: frank the summit of 17 is at about the 2,000- foot level. that's high enough to have snow p it's cold enough. but right now all we're experiencing is a cold, cold rain. >> the it's going to get crazy up here. it's going to be some accidents, hopefully not too many. >> reporter: tow truck driver cole jennings was already towing one vehicle. signs of slippery roadways had been turned on and caltrans had dumped a pile of sand at a turn out should crews have to start sending to highway. plows were also ready to push any snow off the highway. it's already slippery. at the santa clara county, firefighters were getting snow chains ready just in case. firefighters know that besides accidents, snow has other problems. >> a lot of trees coming down. a lot of trees up here aren't used to having the snow load. they start breaking and tumbling. >> reporter: conditions have been to be right in order for snow to fall and stick to the ground. that's already happening in mount hamil

ktvu channel 2's lloyd lacuesta is live where sheriff investigate -- investigators are trying to find out what happened. >>> tonight, authorities in the bay area are looking for the husband after his wife turned up dead in san francisco. >> right now, we are assisting the san francisco police department with a suspicious death investigation. >> reporter: at 1 yesterday afternoon, a hotel worker found the body of colleen waterman at a room of a ramada in san francisco. police are waiting for a coroner's autopsy before they call it a homicide. one and a half hours later, county sheriff's deputies found the couple's tan chevy blazer near devil's slide, but they haven't found 51 year old billy waterman. >> we searched the entire cliff area where the vehicle was found yesterday about 150 feet down the cliff, no sign of anybody. >> reporter: the watermans are from near palm springs. the family says they disappeared in january, but no one got worried until this week. >> it's odd right now because there's a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: we're learning tonight the surface could be

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live where he's seen the problems firsthand but also discovered a silver lining, lloyd? >> reporter: we are between storms here in the santa cruz mountains. a light rain is falling and the roadway is still very, very slick. away from here, a driver is lucky to be alive. >> it was a freak accident, you know. it was raining really hard. not really freak, but just -- for me it's freak, you know. just because it scared the heck out of me. >> reporter: chip was driving this truck when the car in front of him suddenly slowed down. >> i went to put my brakes down and hydroplained. it's a -- hydroplaned. it spun around uncontrollably. >> reporter: miraculously all the cars behind missed hitting the truck. it took an hour before photographic was restored. this was one of several actions today. this driver was injured when he lost control on a curb and the car rolled over. >> the rain contributes to the accidents and, you know, the slower you go, obviously, the safer it is. >> reporter: down in the santa clara valley, the rain fell loud enough to tap a drum beat on windshi

live in san mateo, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have an update now on identical twinsfrom vallejo who enlisted on the same day. they will take the oath tomorrow. the 19-year-olds enlisted just days before their mother died of cancer. >>> it appears it is a go for astronaut mark kelly. husband of wounded congresswoman giffords. kelly will announce tomorrow whether he will command endeavor on its final mission. one clue as to kelly's decision is that he is scheduled to appear at a nasa news conference tomorrow and his back up is not. >>> and we've got a little bit of coastal fog out there tonight. not valley fog but right along ocean beach, up near mira beach and marin county a little bit of fog. tonight is going to be cool and clear just like last night. look for a little bit of coastal fog in the morning. a little bit of valley fog up toward napa. we've been selling this weekend sunny and warm. probably one of the nicest, warmest weekend we have seen in a long time. these are the highs from today. it was mild. 63 in napa. highs tomorrow are coming up. we will see lots

live in san mateo, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have an update now on identical twinsfrom vallejo who enlisted on the same day. they will take the oath tomorrow. the 19-year-olds enlisted just days before their mother died of cancer. >>> it appears it is a go for astronaut mark kelly. husband of wounded congresswoman giffords. kelly will announce tomorrow whether he will command endeavor on its final mission. one clue as to kelly's decision is that he is scheduled to appear at a nasa news conference tomorrow and his back up is not. >>> and we've got a little bit of coastal fog out there tonight. not valley fog but right along ocean beach, up near mira beach and marin county a little bit of fog. tonight is going to be cool and clear just like last night. look for a little bit of coastal fog in the morning. a little bit of valley fog up toward napa. we've been selling this weekend sunny and warm. probably one of the nicest, warmest weekend we have seen in a long time. these are the highs from today. it was mild. 63 in napa. highs tomorrow are coming up. we will see lots

. >> reporter: we also want to are report that lloyd lacuesta has learned that the president will be dining with those silican dining leaders in wood side this evening. that's a dinner expected to be attended by the ceos of a number of top silican valley business, oracle, steve jobs from apple computers. we have mark zuckerberg from facebook as well too. the president will be greeted here by san francisco mayor lee but we've also seen pamela harris and lieutenant governor gavin newsom. they come out under cloudy skies but thankfully dry skies right now to meet the president out here on the ground. he will then be taken on one of three helicopters named marine one to the location to the dinner tonight. his visit will be fairly short, less than 24 hours before he heads to oregon to visit an intel plant there. the focus of his visit here will be on green jobs, sustainable jobs, education and creating an economic boom in areas outside the silican valley as well, frank. >> okay, david stevenson will stay on the scene and bring us more details next on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. we'll be

lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose with more on this. >> reporter: frank, i'm at the ice center where the sam bony is refreshing the ice after a san diego state and texas a&m club hockey game. san diego was supposed to have played the spartans tonight. but the season of the 25 members spartan hockey team has been suspended. university officials have started an investigation. >> we received a telephone call from a parent who was very concerned about behavior amongst some of the team members. and we understand that this behavior involved drinking. >> reporter: while the school would not comment, a source told me tonight that there is a video of a rookie underaged player drinking alcohol out of a skating boot. and in another incident some team members drank alcohol on a flight from an out of town game. >> can we talk to you about this? >> not. >> reporter: madam, can we talk to you? >> the team and parents had a closed-door meeting tonight. and afterwards opal the coach would speak. but he wasn't saying much about allegations of drinking and hazing. >> i am confident the players will be

lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose with more on this. >> reporter: frank, i'm at the ice center where the sam bony is refreshing the ice after a san diego state and texas a&m club hockey game. san diego was supposed to have played the spartans tonight. but the season of the 25 members spartan hockey team has been suspended. university officials have started an investigation. >> we received a telephone call from a parent who was very concerned about behavior amongst some of the team members. and we understand that this behavior involved drinking. >> reporter: while the school would not comment, a source told me tonight that there is a video of a rookie underaged player drinking alcohol out of a skating boot. and in another incident some team members drank alcohol on a flight from an out of town game. >> can we talk to you about this? >> not. >> reporter: madam, can we talk to you? >> the team and parents had a closed-door meeting tonight. and afterwards opal the coach would speak. but he wasn't saying much about allegations of drinking and hazing. >> i am confident the players will be

lloyd lacuesta is live tonight in concord where a couple of school board members really got an ear fulltonight, lloyd. >> reporter: students took their time tonight to make these signs to save their school. well also tonight parents took their frustrations out of the mount diablo district board president. >> you are like a politician. >> thank you. >> reporter: it was school board president gary epelhart who on tuesday night proposed converting westwood school. their current westwood students would go to another school. students are upset. >> i'm a little bit afraid that we'll have to go to another school. >> we're a family. why separate us up if the idea is to keep schools together. it doesn't make sense. >> i hope you guys make the right decision and not take westwood away from us. >> most of it has to do with the teachers and staff. and to disrupt that, other money makes me sick. >> reporter: but the school board president says changes are necessaried because the money isn't there. the district needs to cut $11 million out of its budget. >> these last three years are worse than the c

lloyd lacuesta is live tonight in concord where a couple of school board members really got an ear fulltonight, lloyd. >> reporter: students took their time tonight to make these signs to save their school. well also tonight parents took their frustrations out of the mount diablo district board president. >> you are you. >> reporter: it was school board president gary epelhart who on tuesday night proposed converting westwood school. their current westwood students would go to another school. students are upset. >> i'm a little bit afraid that we'll have to go to another school. >> we're a family. why separate us up if the idea is to keep schools together. it doesn't make sense. >> i hope you guys make the right decision and not take westwood away from us. >> most of it has to do with the teachers and staff. and to disrupt that, other money makes me sick. >> reporter: but the school board president says changes are necessaried because the money isn't there. the district needs to cut $11 million out of its budget. >> these last three years are worse than the cuts that we experienced in t

lloyd lacuesta is in mountain view where he learned it all has to do with tieing numbers to names. >>ter: i'm at the computer history museum in mountain view which chronicles the internet story. it started with two computers started with each other, now there's billions. every time you go to an internet website like ktvu.com, you are actually going to a numerical address. this week the internet runs out of those addresses. >> it's 215.56.27 for example. >> reporter: alex buhareck gave me a tour and internet history lesson. >> the first connection was made between a computer at ucla and sri in menlow park. >> reporter: now it's the worldwide web with two computers talking to each other. now it's 2 billion computers talking to each other. >> was allocated to one of the addresses. >> reporter: don't worry web surfing isn't ending. there are new numbers under a system called ip version six. new addresses will be created. however adjustments will have to be made by internet provider for a smooth transition. >> it's a footnote that helps us gain insight into the rapid addaption of the inter

live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city of san francisco is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who collapsed yesterday after running a half marathon in golden state park. peter hass of orinda he was president of pet sport usa. according to the san francisco chronicle, runners and spectators suspected hass had suffered a heart attack. witnesses say paramedics did not arrive for 20 minutes. while there were reports of the lack of a qualified attendants at the marathon that is not true. >>> a dubious distinction for a small city in california. sebastapool has the smallest amount of officers for their population. >> reporter: it's busy tonight and even worse on weekends as thousands flock to the sonoma coast. many of those out of towners can get messed up by one way streets and lane changes as they travel through sebasta pool. >> murphy saw the aftermath of a crash right outside her business. the police department has just 14 officers and only two or three on duty at any given time. >> i would say the majority of the time no officer

lloyd lacuesta is in mountain view where he learned it all has to do with tieing numbers to names. >>ter: i'm at the computer history museum in mountain view which chronicles the internet story. it started with two computers started with each other, now there's billions. every time you go to an internet website like ktvu.com, you are actually going to a numerical address. this week the internet runs out of those addresses. >> it's 215.56.27 for example. >> reporter: alex buhareck gave me a tour and internet history lesson. >> the first connection was made between a computer at ucla and sri in menlow park. >> reporter: now it's the worldwide web with two computers talking to each other. now it's 2 billion computers talking to each other. >> was allocated to one of the addresses. >> reporter: don't worry web surfing isn't ending. there are new numbers under a system called ip version six. new addresses will be created. however adjustments will have to be made by internet provider for a smooth transition. >> it's a footnote that helps us gain insight into the rapid addaption of the inter

live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city of san francisco is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who collapsed yesterday after running a half marathon in golden state park. peter hass of orinda he was president of pet sport usa. according to the san francisco chronicle, runners and spectators suspected hass had suffered a heart attack. witnesses say paramedics did not arrive for 20 minutes. while there were reports of the lack of a qualified attendants at the marathon that is not true. >>> a dubious distinction for a small city in california. sebastapool has the smallest amount of officers for their population. >> reporter: it's busy tonight and even worse on weekends as thousands flock to the sonoma coast. many of those out of towners can get messed up by one way streets and lane changes as they travel through sebasta pool. >> murphy saw the aftermath of a crash right outside her business. the police department has just 14 officers and only two or three on duty at any given time. >> i would say the majority of the time no officer

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta live in san jose this evening where he listened to the speech that was dominatedby the city's huge deficit. >> reporter: it's been a dreary day weather wise. and today the mayor of the largest city in the bay area delivered his state of the city address. he said even darker days are ahead. >> let me emphasize there is no more money. the well is dry. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed's fifth state of the city address was his bleakest. with san jose facing a projected budget deficit of $110 million. >> the danger from the deficit has grown like a cancer. >> reporter: the mayor says san jose's largest cost are for police and fire pensions. and will take significant concessions to avoid lay offs. at its worse, $349 could lose their jobs. >> the less officers you have in a city of a million, the harder it's going to be for us to get to handle those calls for service when people call. >> reporter: last year, san jose cut 800 city jobs. this year the mayor wants all city workers to take 10% pay cuts. >> not all employees are created equal. we represent employees in this city

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta live in san jose this evening where he listened to the speech that was dominatedby the city's huge deficit. >> reporter: it's been a dreary day weather wise. and today the mayor of the largest city in the bay area delivered his state of the city address. he said even darker days are ahead. >> let me emphasize there is no more money. the well is dry. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed's fifth state of the city address was his bleakest. with san jose facing a projected budget deficit of $110 million. >> the danger from the deficit has grown like a cancer. >> reporter: the mayor says san jose's largest cost are for police and fire pensions. and will take significant concessions to avoid lay offs. at its worse, $349 could lose their jobs. >> the less officers you have in a city of a million, the harder it's going to be for us to get to handle those calls for service when people call. >> reporter: last year, san jose cut 800 city jobs. this year the mayor wants all city workers to take 10% pay cuts. >> not all employees are created equal. we represent employees in this city

live in palo alto, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> oakland police are asking for help in tracking down a person of interest in a sexual assault case. police sent thus video of the man they want to find. he may be a suspect in a sexual assault and beating of a woman in her 50s two weeks ago. the attack occurred in the woman's apartment in oakland's chinatown. police say this case is a high priority. oakland police also tell ktvu they are looking for three people following the vicious beating of a man early this morning. it happened at 2:30 a.m. at 81st avenue and holly street. ktvu has exclusive video of one of the suspects being arrested. police say a total of four suspects beat the victim who was hospitalized with critical injuries. there is no word on what motivated the attack. >> gay rights activists are celebrating what some say is a watershed moment. the justice department revealed today it will no longer support the federal defense of marriage act. supporters of same-sex marriage toasted the decision. the act known as doma defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.

live in palo alto, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> oakland police are asking for help in tracking down a person of interest in a sexual assault case. police sent thus video of the man they want to find. he may be a suspect in a sexual assault and beating of a woman in her 50s two weeks ago. the attack occurred in the woman's apartment in oakland's chinatown. police say this case is a high priority. oakland police also tell ktvu they are looking for three people following the vicious beating of a man early this morning. it happened at 2:30 a.m. at 81st avenue and holly street. ktvu has exclusive video of one of the suspects being arrested. police say a total of four suspects beat the victim who was hospitalized with critical injuries. there is no word on what motivated the attack. >> gay rights activists are celebrating what some say is a watershed moment. the justice department revealed today it will no longer support the federal defense of marriage act. supporters of same-sex marriage toasted the decision. the act known as doma defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.