. >> we are never going to get our son back, matt garcia back. we can establish venues where people don't have to lose their sons. >> police handed out $100 gift cards for each weapon turned in. >> in his weekly address, president obama hailed the unemployment rate and ensure the economy keeps improving. >> our businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight. nearly 6.4 million new jobs in all. our manufactures are bringing jobs back to america. our stock market has rebounded. new homes are being built and sold at a faster pace. we need to do everything we can to keep that momentum going. >> the jobless rate of 7.7% is the lowest in five years. next week, the senate will take up the budget bill just passed by the house. it funds the government through september and keeps those sequester cuts. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the selection of the new pope. vatican officials were busy today that is set to start next week. workers installed the chimney atop the sistine chapel, for which the puff of white or black smoke will ap

in reducing gun violence. >> we're never going to get our son back, matt garcia back.o help establish venue where people don't have to low their son. >> this is the first countywide gun buyback held in vallejo county. >>> ktvu consumer editor take onto the span to show us the major milestone achieved today. >> reporter: like giantelo elephant trunks cranes lay truck after truck of superstrong conceit on the new eastern bay bridge span. >> 136 truck are transporting 1220 cubic yards of concrete and the space that they are filling in today is roughly 80 feet wide by 107 feet long length, that is about three football field. >> reporter: as strong as all that concrete is what really gives the bridge its superstrength is steel bebar that can handle any earthquake that the faults can hand out. >> this bridge is designed to withstand the strongest ground motions within a 1500-year period. >> reporter: as strong as the section is, because it's so lock it will have great flexibility to deal with everything from bearing traffic loads to changing temperatures to great earthquakes

matt garcia who was shot to death in 2008 told us he believes gun buy back events help reduce gun violence. >> we support the right to keep and bare arms but we also support the innovative ways to try to remove unwanted guns that are not being controlled properly in residential homes. >> organizers say many of the weapons were sawed many half and will be destroyed by the vallejo police department. >>> the investigation into the chevron refinery fire in richmond has created a riff between environmental regulators and federal agency investigating the incident. the san francisco chronical reports they are investigating the leading agent turn over notes from a six month probe. but the head of the safety board says turning over his findings to a grand jury would have a chilling effect on future investigations. a federal indictment could result in millions of dollars of indictment. >>> berkeley restaurant will start taking reservations tomorrow. the restaurant has canceled existing reservations through that date. it will start accepting new ones as we said tomorrow. the fire on friday damaged th

i'm matt barrie with your "sportscenter" update. >>> one more sports note. sergio garcia himself up in a tree in orlando. he hit a backhanded shot before jumping back down. play was canceled when a violent storm moved through. tiger woods is in the lead. and they'll try to finish it up today. >> awesome. he also hit one out of the water. it didn't end as good as that one, though. >>> up next, "the pulse." we'll go for a walk on the wild side. a close call with a crocodile. >>> and a cat walk of a different kind. different kind. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. for 25 years, new honey bunches of oats greek yohere we go.ole grain. honey cornflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digging this yogurt thing. i feel healthy. new honey bunches of oats greek. ♪ ♪ ♪ grown in america. picked and packed at the peak of ripeness.

. >> matt lauer from nbc's "today" show interviews christina garcia, the mother of mercedes nichols aboutthe actual beating on tape? do you think this has been overblown? >> i wouldn't say that. mercedes, my daughter warned this girl before she came into the house. the two girls that you have been running your mouth about over myspace and threatening are in the house. please do not go in the house. >> relatives of the other suspects also speak out. >> she is a very good person, and she's my baby girl, period. >> if y'all saw the video, it was a one-on-one fight. there was no gang beating. it's our sheriff trying to show this. that's all it is. >> sheriff grady judd doesn't buy it. he says that videotape speaks for itself. >> i was outraged. i mean, when you looked at the violence, when you looked at the animalistic behavior, the pack mentality where they just beat her and beat her and beat her, and the reality of it is, the piece that you're seeing on television is after they knocked her unconscious and she regained consciousness. there's a lot more to that beating than just that two or t

his son, matt, was just 22 when he was mistaken for someone else and shot in the head in 2008. garcia was fairfield's youngest elected city official. the gun used to kill hem was purchased illegally from a garage sale. the nonprofit organization in his memory was the sponsor of the gun buyback. >> had there been a gun buyback in prior to matt's death, maybe we wouldn't be grieving the loss of him today. >> the guns were disassembled and destroyed on the spot. the sheriff's department had $80,000 set aside for today's buyback. sellers got 100 tuesday for hand guns and shot guns and 200 for assault rifles. >> we received some donations and we also used money from our prior seizures to fund this program. reporter: money was paid in the form of cash and gift cards to area stores can but for some getting rid of the firearms was priceless. >> i know that guns don't kill people, people kill people, but just to know my gun is off the streets makes me feel better. >> in vallejo, abc7 news. >> ama: fundraiser held today in san francisco will impact the fight against cancer across the country. t

garcia took a double bogey he also made a nine on the sixth hole and later withdrew. >>> matt avery willimpressive shot on number two. the ball yoyos back into the hole for an eagle. woods trying to win this tournament for an eighth time. increased it to three after this birdie in the second hole. and then the rain came, and when they say rain in florida they mean it. they will resume play tomorrow. >>> the baltimore ravens who have been losing players all offseason today gained one. elvis dumerville has agreed to a five year contract. broncos had been trying to restructure a new contract but a deadline technicality and the effect that dume rville had a new agent swinged things in the baltimore favor. that's it for this late sunday night sports wrap. i don't remember that. >> we don't want to. thank you joe. that is our report for tonight. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> be sure to join the ktvu morning news for the long awaited opening of the new devil slide's tunnels. a big celebration planned for that. so be sure to tune in tomorrow morning. and remember we're always he

matt lauer thing to talk about. back with more on that in a moment. jenna: a golfer in the arnold palmer invitation algoes out on a limb to make a shot. sergio garciad break when his ball lands in a tree. how does doe that? that's part of the question we have in the story. he doesn't just leave it in the tree and take the one stroke penalty, he climbs up into the tree and takes the shot. back hands the ball onto the freeway. some considered it a great play. that didn't help his game. later he ended up dropping out. that was one for the record books somewhere. jon: that shot will live on forever. we'll have our news watch panel back with us in just a bit. also, cyprus reaches a last-minute bailout deal to save its financial system from total collapse, but look out the aftershocks to the global economies might be just beginning. victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. you know the giants don't have a mascot right mom? [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. i'm up next, but now i'm sging the heartbu