. >>> increased security now on its way to mineta international airport in san jose. it's all in reaction to the stowaway incident involving a santa clara teen who got on a plane in the wheel well and flew to maui. kiet do joins us live now from san jose international airport to explain what measures are now being taken to make the airport safer. good morning, kiet. >> reporter: good morning, frank. the 15-year-old boy is forcing san jose mineta to spend a lot of money and to rethinkities security plans. two months later the airport says they now have their first steps towards locking the place down. they are working with a nonprofit called the national safe skies alliance. consumer reports magazine? well, they are kind of like that except for airport security technology. the tennessee-based group is evaluating private vendors selling radar sensors, infrared cameras and also low tech solutions like razor wire. in an exclusive interview, the stowaway told our betty yu it wasn't very hard for him to stow away on that flight to maui back in april. >> did you just hop a f

secretary mineta himself has been a pioneer and path breaker. people know a lot of the already, but i want to repeat his accomplishments. he has a long career as a politician that includes many firsts. the first asian-american mayor f a major american city. co-founder of the asian pacific american caucus. first asian american to serve in the president's cabinet under president bill clinton and later under president george bush. today is also about workers who literally laid the path for others to follow and it is about remembrance and making sure our history books tell our story. here, too, secretary mineta has played a pftal part in our history. during world war ii, and he his family were among the 120,000 americans of japanese ancestry who were forced into enterment. this is a dark chapter in our history, one that for many decades was glossed over or forgotten. after he became a member of congress, he waged a decade-long campaign to secure passage of the civil liberties act of 1988, which not only official al apologized for and offered restitu

we're live here at san jose mineta airport.o, kpix 5. >> congress is expected to take up the funding issue this fall. >>> 5:32. it is the most important forecast of the week! because it's what, lawrence? >> yes, it is my day off. [ laughter ] >> tomorrow? >> tomorrow! >> you are not playing ball here. >> it's the weekend! you're right. you know what? lots of stuff going on in the bay area this weekend so yeah, it is an important forecast. i think the weather is going to work out very nicely. starting out with patchy fog though this morning and some thick fog settling in along the coastline a little drizzle there, too. look at that, we have a cold front, a weak one, sliding into far northern california some showers actually up toward eureka and redding. here in the bay area, this afternoon we are going to see some sunshine and temperatures in the 80s inland. you will see lots of 70s inside the bay. of along the coastline cool 60s and breezy and patchy fog there. out over the bay now the clouds rolling on in. the temperatures int

this was the end of his journey that began when he jumped the fence at mineta. he hid at the airport for hours before choosing the hawaiian airlines flight and stowing away in the wheel well. san jose officials tell the mayor and city council, it's going to go over operation procedures. they will also be pushing for more funding to improve perimeter fencing. and they are going to partner with a nonprofit that specializes in airport security. >>> other bay area headlines, an electrical failure suspected of causing a smoky fire at the stanford linear accelerator. that's the first major fire there in 20 years. drivers on 280 reported seeing the smoke just before 10:00 last night. the two-mile-long building runs under the interstate near sand hill road and the accelerator was being used, had to be shut down at the time. part of the building was evacuated but no one was hurt and the fire was out in about 45 minutes. >>> a major commute mess all cleaned up now. but this was the scene this morning on northbound 680 in walnut creek. a big rig carrying dirt overturned an

to hawaii is speaking out for the first time. 15-year-old yahya abdi jumped the fence at san jose mineta airport back in april. and survived a five and a half hour flight in the wheel well of an airplane flying to maui. he's made his first public comments since the flight--and says he can't believe he survived the journey. he says he jumped on the closest airplane that was going west.and was trying to reach his mother in africa. abdi is staying in a temporary foster home. he will be a junior in high school this fall and plans to live with his aunt in minnesota. coming up. we talk to a young bay area girl. battling an extremely rare and deadly disease that affects only one in a million people. one bay area community is paying certain people * not* to kill. the program that is helping lower violence in one city. and helping people turns their lives around. a spooky photo that has the internet buzzing.=hear from the couple who snapped the picture next. the wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, th

. >>> the director of mineta san jose airport is telling officials what is being done to secure the airport. airport officials are also looking the new technology that could warn when someone crosses on to a restricted part of the airport. >> with as many technologies out there but those technologies are expensive and we are determining what will work for our airport specifically. >> airport executives says one of the biggest obstacles remains the cost. so they are asking for an increase on airline tickets. >>> now to the continuing coverage of the crisis in iraq and syria. president obama hopes monday will help topple the syrian regime. the white house says the money could stabilize parts of the volatile region. moderates are currently battling both government forces and sunni extremists. meantime in iraq the death toll is mounting by isis. they have executed between 160 and 190 captives earlier this month. the calculation was made through satellite images and grizzly photos released by the militants themselves. iraq's top claireer called on a political block. >>> coming up are you a prime

the threats started after her son hopped a fence at mineta san jose. this is a picture of the boy after he jumped out of the wheel in hawaii. the mother believes the calls are coming from her ex-husband's relatives. however, that side of the family has not responded to questions. >>> two planes collided on a boston runway this morning. airport authorities say the southwest flight was headed for kansas city when the plane backed up from the gate and struck a parked jetblue plane. aviation investigators are looking into what caused that accident. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> happening right now, president obama is about to sign an executive order designed to help college graduates thrive while paying back their student loans, which we know can be quite hefty. a 2010 law allows borrowers to pay no more than 10% of their loan in payments. this order expands it to include people who started borrowing between 2010. >>> happening today in just about 15 minutes, chuck reed will officially announce he is throwing his support behind sam lacardo as the city's

he talked with betty yu about hiding in the wheel well of the plane out of mineta san jose airport. he says it was easy to get on the airport property and on the plane because of lax security. >> if they had a guard or through there. so it was the tsa fault, not mine. >> did you just hop a fence, it was that easy? >> yeah. at the make it easy for me because i was short, about 6 feet. >> he says he actually spent the night in the wheel well of the plane that eventually flew to hawaii with him as a stowaway. >>> lawyers for the wife of clippers owner donald sterling are accusing him of harassment. they walked into court today asking for a restraining order. shelly sterling says her husband and his lawyer are threatening the doctors who determined the 81-year-old is mentally incapacitated. those doctors could testify next month at a trial to determine if shelly can sell the clippers franchise for some $2 billion. the nba banned donald sterling after racist comments became public. >>> a san francisco man who set off a nationwide manhunt will be in court today for a status conference. th

bottom of your television screen shows me the winds at mineta airport. they are at 16 miles per hour right now sustained. that is the pretty stiff breeze but it's certainly not as windy as it could be. live neighborhood network in san jose showing a west wind at 12 with gusts to 19 miles per hour and finally we are going to the future now. futurecast wind product what's going to happen over the next couple of hours. 15, 20 miles per hour currently as the sun sets, typically winds relax and that will happen in the south bay down to 5 to 10 miles an hour by 8 or 9: as we look live at the shot again from our tower cam, i'm looking at rainfall totals. san jose average rain for the water year from last july 1 to now is 15" of rain. so far, this water year, 6. so we're about 40% of our normal rainfall. fires like this, we are just going to see more of them because it has been dry for years and the past 12 months exceptionally dry. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new details about a truck fire that wreaked havoc at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. turns o

mineta hired national safe skies alliance. >> police hope to reunite thousands of dollars worth of jewelry to rightful owners. detectives recovered it while serving a search warrant. that search followed arrest of two brothers suspected of breaking into a dealership on memorial day. >> there is some items that were suspicious in nature. we did confiscate them. and those are the items posted on our pinterest page. >> you can find photos of the recovered jewelry visiting our web site abc7 news.com >> the new amelia earhart took off, amelia rose air heart she began from the same place her name sake did in 1937. this trip is a gruelling 28,000 mile journey with 17 stops in 14 countries. she is a 31-year-old weather and traffic reporter by trade and said she was actually ashamed of her name as a child but grew to admire the female pilot they're not related the trip expected to take three weeks to a month. amelia earhart, the original her plane disappeared in the central pacific ocean. >> still to come at 6:00, just ahead wall street dab you've a camera cup. what is it that made their recorders

to hawaii is speaking out for the first time. 15-year-old yahya abdi jumped the fence at san jose mineta airport back in april. >> pam: and he climbed into the >> reporter: wheel well of an airplane to hawaii. he survived the five and a half hour flight and landed safely in maui. >> reporter:he's made his first public comments since the flight--and says he can't believe he survived the journey. >> reporter:he says he jumped on the closest airplane that was going west.and was trying to reach his mother in africa. >> reporter:abdi was able to speak with his mother over the phone yesterday.and was happy to hear she's alive. abdi is staying in a temporary foster home. he will be a junior in high school this fall and plans to live with his aunt in minnesota. >> pam: police are looking for two men who robbed a 60 year old man in a wheelchair in a palo alto parking last wednessday. >> pam: police say two men approached the victim in this town and country shopping center parking lot that's right across from stanford university they say. one of the men asked him if he had any money.and then felt

. >>> mineta international airport is taking some steps to shore up security after the stowaway jumped on a plane to maui. more from kpix 5's betty yu in san jose. >>> reporter: >> i would say -- >> reporter: yahye abdi is talking about the san jose airport. he exclusively told me last week, it wasn't very hard for him to famously stow away on that flight to maui back in april. in fact, he spent the night in this wheel well. what's your response to him saying that? >> we appreciate the information the young man shared. law enforcement has interviewed him. so we are taking the information that he shared and looking at how we'll continue to improve our security. >> reporter: the san jose airport explained just how it will do that. it's brought in an faa-funded nonprofit called the national safe skies alliance. >> what they do is they vet technology that may help airports improve their perimeter security. >> reporter: the tennessee- based group is already looking at pitches from private vendors. one option? a radar sensor called spotter rs. it sends an alert when it picks up unusual movem

. >> officials at mineta san jose international airport say they're taking steps to prevent a repeatof this episode. in april, a 15-year-old run away scaled the fence, hopping into a wheel well of a plane going to hawaii. it raised alarms and officials are looking for possible solutions. >> it makes it easier to see if this breech happened. >> among things airport has done, or is doing will be reviewing walks to determine priority areas for enhancement. to vet companies they believe will enhance security. >> the golden gate bridge is set to get a barrier. since opening in 137, more than 1400 people have killed themselves by jumping off the bridge. kevin heinz tried to do it a decade ago. he says it is crucial. >> i had no knowledge of the golden gate bridge and that anyone would survive. i only thought if you jumped sh would you die. if there was a net boy have had to have ask for help. >> it will cost $76 million. funding came together after the president signed a law eligible for federal money. >> time to check on the accu-weather forecast. >> a lot more clouds around. it's sunny a

mineta hired national safe skies alliance. >> police hope to reunite thousands of dollars worth of jewelry to rightful owners. detectives recovered it while serving a search warrant. that search followed arrest of two brothers suspected of breaking into a dealership on memorial day. >> there is some items that were suspicious in nature. we did confiscate them. and those are the items posted on our pinterest page. >> you can find photos of the recovered jewelry visiting our web site abc7 news.com >> the new amelia earhart took off, amelia rose air heart she began from the same place her name sake did in 1937 this trip is a gruelling 28,000 mile journey with 17 stops in 14 countries. she is a 31-year-old weather and traffic reporter by trade and said she was actually ashamed of her ne as a child but grew to admire the female pilot they're not related the trip expected to take three weeks to a month. amelia earhart, the original her plane disappeared in the central pacific ocean. >> still to come at 6:00, just ahead wall street dab you've a camera cup. what is it that made their recorders so

look into the emergency landing of a small plane in san jose touching down at mineta international afternoon. it was losing hydraulic fluid and the pilot had trouble with the navigation. the fire department sent the trucks to the airport as a precaution. >> the aircraft has landed safely on the right and it is a business jet and the issue is that it doesn't have any brakes. >> we will make contact when the plane stops at a safe location. >>> two people were on board and they were not hurt. >>> developing news, target says this morning that it has resolve add widespread computer glitch that stranded many customers, which left check out registers completely disabled at the stores. upset cuss remains took to twitter and facebook to complain about the lines and waits. customers reached the check out many could not use the credit cards or were charged twice. target tweeted out an apology saying the issue was resolved and it was faced to a security issue not connected to the attack by, whaters. >>> the san francisco municipal transportation agency and the mayor will celebrate the completion of a t

. >>> the director of mineta san jose airport told the council about security improvements after a disturbingident earlier this year. back in april a teenager hopped a fence and stowed away in a rear wheel of a plane that flew to hawaii. airport officials are also looking at new technology to warn wherever someone crosses on to a restricted part of the airport. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the crisis in iraq and syria. president obama hopes money will help topple the syrian regime. he is asking congress for-a billion dollars -- for half a billion dollars to train. >>> in iraq the death toll is mounting by isis. iraqi insurgents have executed between 160 to 190 captives earlier this month. earlier this morning in an attempt to end the blood shed they called on political blocks to reach a consensus on a prime minister before the parliament convenes on tuesday. >>> our time is 5:56. a big bust in one east bay county. how it's all tied to the fourth of july and cakes list. >>> final testimony expected in the oscar grant trial. >>> we are still seeing slow traffic in solano county because

clouds and fog just bubbling over the santa cruz mountains with a plane on schedule here landing at minetaernational airport and temperatures today, there's the span, san francisco spot on for this time of the year. it was below average in concord and morgan hill by 8 degrees. our numbers are in the 60s and 70s. a pleasant easy although breezy with an onshore wind out of the west gusting to 24 miles an hour. tonight with the breeze that strong onshore push, we will see our numbers down to the low and mid-50s. high pressure this right here is going to produce a pretty strong, uhm, offshore flow of our inland areas with the heat wave and we'll see the clouds scour out of the coast by sunday. here's your futurecast. you can play along at home by watching the clock tick on by. 7 a.m., the low clouds and fog have made a it 40 miles inland toward the tri-valley but rapidly retreating. you will see some of the areas except around the sunset district and also the avenues, clearing out for the most part, half moon bay also with some overcast conditions. and then gradually some late day clearing the

. >>> mineta san jose international airport told the city of san jose today it's working on changes to security following the stowaway incident. the airport says it is going over its operational procedures and it will also check out some high-tech options to improve security. officials are going to work on partnering with a nonprofit that specializes in airport security. it is also going to take a long hard look at security on the perimeter. last week, yahye abdi told kpix 5 that he had no trouble jumping the fence. >> if they had like guards or something, i wouldn't have gone through there. so it's the tsa fault, not mine. they make it easy for me because i was short. >> no charges have been filed against abdi for the security breach. >>> closing arguments today in bryan stow's civil case against the former owner of the dodgers and now it is up to the jury to decide. cbs' dave lopez with a look inside the heated courtroom battle. >> quite honestly, they didn't care if somebody like bryan got smashed and would be this way the rest of his life. >> the court instruction to you says do no

clara teenager talked with kpix 5's betty yu about stowing away in the wheel well of the plane in minetanternational airport in san jose. he said it was easy to get on the property and he jumped on that plane he said because of lax security. >> if they had guards or something i wouldn't have gone through there. so it was the tsa fault, not mine. >> did you just hop a fence? it was that easy? >> yeah. they make it easy for me because i was short. >> he says he spent the night in the wheel well of the plane that eventually flew to hawaii with him stowed away. >>> there is a new push to make kill switches mandatory on cell phones. anne makovec in the newsroom reports oakland officials want something done even if they have to do it themselves. >> they are going to make an announcement this morning. >> reporter: meantime, it looks like the cell phone makers are voluntarily jumping on board. san francisco district attorney george gascon is making a joint announcement this morning with the d.a.s of new york and london about that. but the question is whether or not the kill switch will be mandat

into the emergency landing of a small plane in san jose and video shows the plane touching down at mineta international after losing fluid and the pilot had trouble with the aircraft navigation. the fire department quickly sent fire trucks to the airport as a precaution. >>> the aircraft has landed safely. it is a business jet. the issue is it doesn't have any brakes. we will make contact when the plane stops at a safe location. >>> two people were on board and they were not hurt. >>> the san francisco municipal transportation agency and mayor lee will sell operate the completion of the tunneling work for the subway today. two, 350' long boring machines dug through 8,500' to connect two sun knells allowing the trains to travel quickly between south of market and union square and chinatown when the suspect opens in 2019. >>> a slow council member is posing to get the residents in shape by a challenge. he has partnered with the kaiser permanente to launch a health and fitness challenge to all san jose residents that will get local residents to improve their health and well-being through tec

in april, abdi hopped the security fence at san jose mineta airport. then, he stowed away in the wheel well of an airplane, during a five -and a- half- hour flight to hawaii. >> pam: this surveillance video shows abdi after the planeexperts say, he is lucky to have survived the flight. abdi told investigators, he was trying to get to africa to see his mother. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. >> pam: a high-speed police chase. with a very unusual ending. we have the video you won't want to miss. then -- the latest on a bay area political consultant. accused of possessing exploves. we have new information thatthe investigation actually started thousands of miles away. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. are those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse re

the quakes new stadium at mineta is expected to be finished november 24 and that's plenty of time before the 2015 mls season which begins in march. >>> u.s. and germany square off at 9 a.m. and we want to know what your excuse will be to get out of work and watch the game. we have monitors at a desk. we can watch while we work. check us out at twitter at #cbssf or go to our facebook page kpix 5 and hopefully we'll share some letters. >>> a toddler dies after his father left him alone in a car while he was at work. why police don't believe it was an accident. >> a new home for a rare tree the details behind the decision to relocate the redwood tree and where you will soon find it coming your way. >> raindrops on the rooftops this morning and now we'll pinpoint the locations that will be a good 10 degrees below normal. >> and we have a traffic alert this morning in gilroy. so if you are heading farther out of town south, watch out for this. an overturned tractor-trailer still blocking a couple of lanes. i'll have all the details on your morning drive to work but first we want to know what'

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. >> reporter:yahya abdi jumped te at san jose mineta airport back in april. >> reporter:and he climbedf an airplane to hawaii. >> reporter:he survived the five and a half hour flight and landed safely in maui. he's made his first public comments since the flight-- and says he can't believe he survived the journey. he says he jumped on the closest airplane that was going west.and was trying to reach his mother in africa. >> reporter:abdi was able to speak with his mother over the phone yesterday.and was happy to hear she's alive. abdi is staying in a temporary foster home. he will be a junior in high school this fall and plans to live with his aunt in minnesota. >> pam: the new transbay transit terminal in san francisco is making progress. this past week the second level of concrete was poured. >> pam: the multi-billion dollar transit center will occupy a total of four blocks in the city's south of market neighborhood. >> pam: it will serve buses from seven transit agencies and eventually electric trains from caltrain and high-speed rail. coming this fall -- workers will begin working o

the director of mineta san jose airport, told the city council what's being done to increase securityrbing incident earlier this year. in april a teenager hopped a fence and stowed away on a plane to hawaii. that's prompted the airport to find location where is security can be approved. airport officials are looking at new technology that could warn when someone crosses into a restricted part of the airport. >> there's many technologies out there. those technologies are expensive and we are determining what will work for our airport specifically. >> airport executives say one of the biggest obstacles remains costs. they are asking for an increase in the federal fee passengers pay on airline tickets. >>> san francisco's harding park golf course reportedly about to make a big announcement. golf digest magazine reports harding park will host the pga championship in 2020. harding park has hosted several big tournaments featuring some of the stars of golf since it was renovated in 2002. an official announcement we're told is expected next wednesday. >>> a controversial billboard targeting