noelle walker is live now on highway 24. i bet there were a lot of crashes. >> reporter: we called the chp to see if they had a number and they were too busy. that gives you an idea. the chp is just trying to keep up. going from crash to crash to crash, many along highway 24. >> reporter: the steady rain is keeping the voice at the other end of the scanner very busy. >> the entire day. going from crash to crash. >> reporter: so many accidents. so many of them single car spin out like this one this afternoon. a bmw hit a light pole. the driver walked away with minor injuries. the pole, not so much. >> all we ask is people slow down. pay attention to the roads. don't get distracted. that is how these things happen. >> reporter: we had more rain in june than we did in january. this weather seems to have caused some -- caught some drivers off guard. two on highway 24 this morning within a half hour of the other. the most serious, firefighters had to pull a driver from his crashed truck. >> looks like he got out of control trying

ktvu's noelle walker with a look at what it can do. >> reporter: when you have wind, heat and dry brush, one spark is all it takes. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> a neighbor to this property was grinding on metal that caused sparks. >> reporter: a fire in antioch burned through dry fields up to the backdoor of neighboring businesses. >> we called called the fire protection district when the fire was right over there. >> reporter: a few wood pallets burned. >> it went across the field. >> reporter: the defensible space and sprinkler system saved the day. we are in the middle of a drought at the beginning of summer. now more than ever defensible space can mean the difference between having a fire and being a victim. >> what saved this building and the neighborhood over there was the abatement. >> reporter: and defensible space are key to protect people and more. >> this is the only national wildlife refuge dedicated to insects. >> reporter: the butterfly lives down the road in the gated community of the national wildlife refuge. >> tukers only here -- it occurs only here. . >> rep

ktvu's noelle walker has been talking to people who oppose that idea and she was in san francisco tonight. >> reporter: against the district attorney's wishes the tagger was released without bail while he awaits trial. officials say since he has got out he has gone back to tagging. this is why people have been writing the judge and some plan to go to the hearing tomorrow. >> reporter: on a beautiful clear day in san francisco there is one thing that could spoil the view. >> crist. the name crist. >> you can find it on sidewalks, signs and stair rails. >> asulting the neighborhood. >> -- assaulting the neighborhood. >> from walls to doors, from market to treasure island. >> just all over the place tagging. in a serious way. not only does it cost a lot of money, it is hard to keep up. >> reporter: he is trying to rally the community to come to a court hearing tomorrow where the tagger's attorney will ask to reduce the felonies to misdemeanors. >> he admitted to doing it on camera to ktvu. >> reporter: to amber lee after his arrest in march. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> crist means

noelle walker, thank you. all of those icons are showing is accidents along bay area roads and the red lines there, that is where it is slow going on this wednesday night. download our ktvu weather app to get the latest on the conditions. it is available for download on android and apple devices. >>> breaking news now. police arrested a man expected of setting -- suspected of setting new cars on fire. police say he targeted a dealership on red wood road monday night. he was arrested this morning and booked into jail. police released this surveillance video last night showing an arsonist lighting the cars on fire. he set fire to four cars. two were destroyed. at one point the suspect walks across the street within full view of the surveillance camera. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. a new twist on tax fraud. a man received a number of checks worth more than $100,000 from the irs. all for a return he never filed. he keeps reporting the fraud to the irs and sending the checks back only to get more in the mail. ktvu's ann ru

ktvu's noelle walker tells us victim after victim told the judge why vandalism by the tagger should be treated more seriously. >> reporter: went he showed up for a court hearing today he said nothing but inside department 20 the victims and residents had plenty to say. >> we all suffer from graffiti. >> it is awful. >> like having dirt thrown at us. >> the tagger has left his mark. painting crist and sheep -- >> thick, red paint. >> reporter: across the city. >> sometimes he did blue. >> reporter: from market street to treasure island. >> this is one of the most agreges examples ofandivism. >> reporter: which is why they charged him with 10 felonies and 25 misdemeanor counts. today the defense asked the judge to drop the felony charges to misdemeanor. >> what example ever would warrant a felony? >> i want him to clean up graffiti. i want that to be his punishment. >> the department of public works knows all the names. walls and fences are a tagger's year book. >> every time we turn around there is somebody knew. >> never see them. they do it while i am sleeping. >> reporter: they paint

noelle walker tells us why it took so long to find the girl's body. >> reporter: at the banks of thever before it even got started. >> that's her right there. >> reporter: that's 16-year-old angelica contreras still smiling. >> there was nobody that didn't like her. nobody understands why she was hit. >> reporter: one bad decision. >> i was supposed to hang out with her on friday night after graduation. >> reporter: changed everything. >> but they came down here to watch a street race. >> reporter: a group of teenagers decision to drag race late friday night on this narrow country road ended in a crash and angelica being hit and thrown 150 feet to the rivers edge. >> if you're going to do stupid things like that, then you need to know what you're doing. >> reporter: christian also made a decision that night. >> i could have said yes. but i said no. >> no one knew to look for her because no one knew she had been hit. >> reporter: a passer by found angelica's body under the bridge. eight hours after the crash. friends thought she had run away. >> if they cared about her they would have

ktvu's noelle walker is live at chp headquarters tonight. >> reporter: both drivers potentially faceghter charges. one of the drivers was here earlier today talking to investigators. the other driver, the one who investigators say hit angelica contreras, he is just 16-year- old. the chp says it is unclear if he had a license, if it did it would have been provisional and he should not have had a passenger in the car. [ speaking foreign language ] >> a good child. she had dreams. >> the little girl who grew to be a beautiful teenager is not here to live her dreams. >> he wanted to be a investigator. >> reporter: instead angelica contreras is the subject of a criminal investigation. she went to watch friends street race. one of the cars crashed into a barrier, catapulting her 150 feet to the river bed below. she was found dead the next morning. >> thinking it was a dream. >> reporter: he visits the memorial each day. >> could have been anybody's kid. that is why they have to think about what they are doing. >> looks fun on tv, in the movies. >> reporter: from the sock hop days of americ

noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the nba finals are even at one game a piece. now the warriors are in cleveland for game three. at 10:30, has last night's nail biter shaken the confidence of fans? >> there are changes coming for tomorrow. i'll let you know what we can expect as we head into your bay area tuesday. >> finding another way across the bay. the mayor closures plannedded for the summer and what can be done to avoid commute chaos. >>> b.a.r.t. is getting ready to do something it hasn't done before. shut down all service between san francisco and the east bay so that it can make repairs to the tracks. ktvu's news has obtained an e- mail showing that b.a.r.t. has a tentative part to stop all transbay service beneath the bay. heather holmes is in san francisco tonight. she's been finding out how transportation agencies plan to help people get around, heather. >> reporter: frank, you know bath service across the bay will most likely mean a backed up bay bridge. while these closures are expected to happen during lighter weekends of trouble, everyone admits

noelle walker is at the airport. gusting to 30. the sea breeze takes all the cool air and bumps into the heat that is coming from the desert southwest. a classic hot pattern. especially inland. some of the heat bleeds into the bay area. san jose, and gilroy and morgan hill. but lot of the areas are going to stay cool, coast and san francisco. you have 58 degrees in san francisco. tomorrow 40 miles inland 104, 103. your 40-degree spread. the forecast highs. purples are 100s. marine air along the coast. highs tomorrow. 103 vacaville. easy to hit 100 tomorrow. days are long. warm over night. fire danger is a concern. not so much because of the winds. but the heat. right? we will see brush fires next couple days. heating up tomorrow. wednesday is the warmest day of the week. towards the 4th of july, everything will be dry. concerned about fires there. we are concerned about fires starting three weeks ago through the ends of october. >> we saw the fires last week. they came like that and it will be hot this week. a lot to handle. >> we

ktvu's noelle walker is in the oakland hills. i live in that area. i have seen some.: we did. it took some looking but we did see a few wild turkeys. they are native to california. they are reintroduced decades ago and they flourished. there are a dart million state -- quarter million statewide but not all are living out here in the wild. >> reporter: it is murphy's law. when you are looking for something you will find everything but the thing you are looking for. >> where can you find wild turkeys? >> reporter: then there in the brush it appeared. >> i have seen turkeys in downtown berkeley. freeway off ramps in oakland. surprising where they are. >> reporter: just yesterday this mother and her babies were roaming in a backyard. this picture was taken near downtown walnut creek. >> like the elviss of the bird world. >> sighting everywhere you go. complaints fouling up yards and aggression towards people. >> they like to walk down the street. they are stubborn and they look at you. >> reporter: we found a group grazing in the grass. >> we have seen a whole family grow

ktvu's noelle walker tells us the principal is a former preserve principal and he thinks this is thee of the future. >> reporter: newark memorial high school is out for the summer. when students return they went just have surveillance cameras watching them, this campus will have another layer of technology listening for a very specific danger. to save time and lives. we asked police to demonstrate. the country's first shots spotter on a high school campus. >> it will open up and zoom to the location where the incident occurred on campus. >> reporter: it sends out an alert to smart phones pinpointing where they would heard so police can direct students away from the danger. >> we look at this the next step of safety. the superintendent points out there are sprinklers in case of a fire that rarely happens, why not a system to minimize the danger from an active shooter but newark is far from the most dangerous place so why here? >> because why not? >> reporter: the principal points out -- >> it happens anywhere. >> reporter: places that seemed safe, until they weren't. >> it is not abou

ktvu's noelle walker is live in richmond at the museum. >> reporter: this is the only national parks museum dedicated to the story of rosy the riveter. do the job that he left behind. those women were riveters and welders as well. now the rosies of today are getting older and their numbers are dwindling but they want the younger generations to know their stories. >> place where american history -- comes to live. >> and do they have stories to tell. [ indiscernible ] >> they got enamored with the noise. >> reporter: rosy the riveter "one woman, she was every -- wasn't one woman, she was every woman who worked for the war effort. >> i worked on the p38. the bomber planes. >> reporter: they traded girlhood dreams -- >> a nurse. i never did get to be a nurse. >> reporter: to work in a man's world. >> i didn't want to sit in an office. [ indiscernible ] >> we were young. and adventures. >> reporter: every year they meet to share stories. >> what memory comes back? >> it is hard to remember back then. >> reporter: they are living history. most in their 90s now. >> i didn't know what a weld

noelle walker, thank you. >>> spike in temperatures acaused a -- caused a number of power outages. and a skirl caused problems as well. >>> tom vacar asks pg&e about the power outages. >> reporter: power outages bay area wide that cut power to 75,000 customers. all but one was due to the high heat and high demand for electricity. >> there were multiple things that were involved. some incidences could be transformers and equipment. but, you know, due to that load and amount that people were using at once. >> much of your transmission and distribution equipment is limited by the amount of heat that it can tolerate. >> reporter: many parts of the electric grid are nearing the ends of their life spans. >> if you have a transformer that might be on the verge of over loading it might be okay on a cold day. that power through the transformer on a hot day will put it over the edge. >> reporter: 45,000 customers were out thanks to a squirrel. >> we have mitigations to prevent animals from getting into our stations and equipment. but in this case it did and we are investigating exactly what

we get new developments now from noelle walker she's in berkeley outside that apartment complex whichght next to the library there in berkeley. people tonight noelle are wondering how could this happen. >> reporter: yes, they are. kindred street is still blocked off tonight. there were 13 people on that balcony when it broke and they fell five stories. if i take a step back you can see that people continue to come here tonight dropping off flowers and lighting candles. there are 500 students irish students on visas tonight the council general says there's almost no one in his small country who isn't touchedded by what happened here today. >> a single bag pipe, a company two weak, an irish flag and countless prayers. >> this has been a very tragic day for ireland. e don't think there's a family in ireland that hasn't been touched by the tragedy that happened here. >> medic two for medical emergency. >> reporter: at 12:41 this morning. >> 2020. >> reporter: a balcony at the library gardens apartment in berkeley. >> i'll be advising that one of the balconies broke. >> reporter: collapsed

ktvu's noelle walker is live at the u.s.ey with some answers. >> reporter: this isn't a new problem. they have been trying to figure out a better way to decipher the phantom quakes from the larger quakes near alaska and japan. >> reporter: h all right. let's see -- >> all right, let's see here. >> reporter: she spends her day looking at a computer to see what is shaking beneath her feet. >> i may feel i am being picked on but that is not what is happening. >> reporter: what happened this weekend, three large earthquakes. 7.8 shook japan saturday and another 6.7 earthquake hit alaska. >> the deep earthquakes fooled our automatic processing system. >> reporter: earthquake censors in northern california mistakenly read the energy wave from the large quakes far away as three moderate 4-5 quakes here. >> this is one of the ones that made it out. >> the u.s. geological survey has tracking software to screen the difference between a real earthquake in napa and the energy from big earthquake. >> unfortunately on friday and then on s

they'll be in sacramento all of them on tour again in concord, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> a lone pilot is in a holding pattern over the eastern pacific tonight trying to complete a nonstop flight to hawaii. andre boshburg took off from china in what is expected to be at least a five day flight. flight engineers decided to have the aircraft circle for a few hours to the west of japan. while the support team decides how to cross a weather front now forcast for the fifth day of the flight just before the plane is set to arrive in hawaii. pilot and crew had waited in china for several weeks for the right weather to begin their trip. >> we know there won't be any typhoons because these we can predict. we're not sure of course exactly how the weather looks like. so the team on the ground will work and help me to steer this plane and keep it in the right weather conditions. >> during the day, thousands of solar cells power the electric motors of the solar impulse two, during the night the plane glides slowly toward earth while wolshburg takes a brief snap. >>> and the sailboat that left oakla

and ktvu's noelle walker spoke with one father whose son was killed for no apparent reason. noelle. >> a few months ago after he was murdered and since then, he has been turning his grief into action. he was here oakland city hall hoping to share some of the spotlight the warriors are getting in an effort of peace in oakland. a lot of nations on oakland the next couple of weeks with the hopes of an nba title. there are some who wiped tears from their eyes and hope for a better community. >> the city of oakland is a great city. >> christopher ellis' 14-year- old son, devon was murdered in oakland. >> rolled down the street and killed him for nothing. >> reporter: the shooting happened on february 28 in the fruitvale neighborhood where generations grew up. >> he was my only son. he was everything i ever wanted in a son. and it was all gone just like that. >> ellis is trying to turn the attention. the warriors success is bringing to oakland to success stories on the street of oakland. >> it does not necessarily taking all the guns off the streets because they can always get more

. >>> noelle walker is in the news room with a look at what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. >> coming up at 7:00 p.m. former florida governor jeb bush launched his presidential campaign today. he knows a plan to distinguish himself from other republican counter parts and learning about details about the similarities between yesterday's two shark attacks off the coast of north carolina. working on these stories and more coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. >>> some school kids are kicking off their summer vacation at leg odai camp. a -- legos day camp. to focus on robotics, programming and coding. counselors say they try get the kids to think about the skills employers are looking for and to come up with ideas to help build a better robot. it is paid for by grants from the county. >>> mark here now. all about the warriors. >> yeah. absolutely. i think a lot of warrior fans were waiting for yesterday's game in that steph curry was -- [ talking at the same time ] >> you could make a race for lebron james no matter -- case for lebron james no m

noelle walker is live at the scene. >> reporter: the fire was reported just before 9:00. the roads are still blocked off. you can see why. those fire hoses are still snaking across the street. firefighters are still down there mopping you, checking for hot spots and trying to figure out just how this fire started. everyone made it out of the home and the neighboring homes okay. that's the good news. the bad news, this was a challenge for firefighters. they had a difficult time getting access to the flames. there were four or five pit bulls we were told in the backyard. they had move the dogs first and then they encountered a garage that was full of materials, full of stuff. so they had to go in another way to attack the flames. this went to three alarms because when the fire was first reported, those initial reports were one or two people might be trapped inside. >> ultimately, it was determined that those people had already exited the building. crews worked really hard and the conditions were really terrible inside. a lot of black, thick smoke for most of the time they w

in richmond, noelle walker. >>> firefighter are making progress in a wildfire that began last tuesday fire was sparked by lightning in the shasta forest. the forest service said it had 71% containment. firefighters say dry conditions and steep terrain have made their jobs difficult but they expect better fire fighting conditions tomorrow with cooler temperatures and increasing humidity. >>> investigators in texas say the men linked to an assault on dallas police headquarters had a violent past. police say two years ago he choked his own mother. the suspect was identified as james balwear. investigators say he planted pipe bombs and shot at the investigators and officers. he then led offices on an 11 hour chase to the small community of hutchins. he remained held up for hours until he was shot by a sniper. >>> the naacp postponed a meeting set for tomorrow where its member was supposed to speak. the spokane chapter said the meeting would be rescheduled because of need to continue speaking with national leaders. the naacp is investigates whether she lied about her ethnicity when she app

in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a b.a.r.t. rider is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly making a threat to blow up a train. b.a.r.t. police said the incident started around 3:00 when a passenger heard a rider talking about explosives. that rider called police who took the suspect into custody. san francisco police used the bomb sniffing dog to in fact, the truck but found nothing suspicious. normal weekend service resumed. >>> it happened around 7:40 in the barriesta neighborhood. police say a passenger was hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. the train con -- conductor was not injured and there were no passengers on that train. >>> police say that anyone found with fireworks could be fined. sane fireworks are allowed in certain areas but not on beaches. >>> anthem announced yesterday it planned to offer $184 per share. today cig -- signa called the offer inadequate. the two companies have been in talks since last summer. >>> it has now been more than two weeks and after 1,500 leads the trail remains

ktvu's noelle walker explains. >> reporter: it has been so long since they had the titles warriors fansight here there are people who go hungry every day. the number of people who use the alameda county community food bank each year could fill oracle arena 22 times over. >> reporter: they are standing in line and then there is a life line. without all this -- >> two bags of beans. >> reporter: -- many stomachs would be empty. one-5 people in alameda county rely on food banks. she is a volunteer -- >> and a client. >> who knows the need. and that is where the nba finals steps in. when teams meet there is usually a wager between cities. this time it is a challenge. raise $5,000 for food banks in each team's city. should be an easy goal to reach considering the cheap seats are going for more than $600. >> that could feed frus a whole month. one -- us for a whole month. one ticket. >> reporter: around veggie day is a good day at the alameda county community food bank. >> i wonder about the specific family that is getting it. i would love to know where this particular bag ended up. >> report

noelle walker. sub>>> supreme court deciding on several big cases. the affordable health care act.re's also a challenge to the president's environmental rules requiring power plants to cut toxic seemings. another deals with oklahoma's protocalls for lethal injection. >>> just a hit of patchy fog out there in the city now but most of the fog is cleared from outside by the house. clear skies in san francisco. a live shot. follow me back tonight you knew that but not quite as much as we've been seeing. that's the temperature trend. increasing daytime highs as we go into the middle of the week. some of the warmest inland day valleys. the fog, obviously, no rain as it goes by but it's clear right along the coast right now. radar showing conditions. but that fog will fill in a bit tonight and create some fog in the the morning. less of it means a warmer day tomorrow. so 58 right now in oakland. 62 in fairfield. the wind has been blowing a bit out there. here is the fog for the morning hours. just barely there. but most of it stays offshore. what does it do to numbers? temperatures increa

in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> tracking that warm up out there. it's actually a little warmer tonight than it was last night. with that we have no fog at the coast. it's going to be warmer tomorrow with virtue of being a little warmer than it was last night. there's the fog blowing. it's not blowing that hard. clear skyline. beautiful sunset out by the cliff house. you can see it, fog wasn't there the typical summertime fog. having trouble setting up. and right now as we go up the neighborhood toward daly city and pacifica you're fog free. the models bring in a little bit of fog tomorrow morning. i feel like there might be a little bit aggressive but i think there's just going to be patching of it. it's going to be mostly clear tomorrow. that means a very warm day. fairfield 67 degrees. that's a few degrees warmer than it was last night too. so much warmer, the winds are there but mainly in the inland bay valley out around fairfield. let's see what sfo is doing. 24. still blowing through the gap but still pretty mild for this time of night. here's

ktvu's noelle walker with the plan to try help families of the victims find peace. >> reporter: policesing fbi funding to highlight cold cases on a billboard and posts twice a year and they are setting up a website for unsolved murders. some of the cases that were highlighted today happened last year, others a decade ago. the thing they have in common is no one has been arrested. >> reporter: they speak for those who can't. >> i am here for my son. >> he was murdered july, 2010. >> reporter: they are parents of oakland murder victims. >> please, we have to stop this. >> reporter: today oakland police announced a new initiative, unveiling posters, highlighting unsolved murders. oakland's 46th homicide victim last year. >> that is not just a number. not 46. somebody's sister, somebody's daughter, somebody's friend. >> a human being. a sweet human being who had a lot of knowledge; you know, who was going somewhere in life. >> she was shot july 10 last year. police know there are witnesses. >> tipping point. what if that was my child that was just getting something to eat? >> the posters s

noelle walker live in the district. >> reporter: pride weekend is always a party but things could get a little emotional this weekend. there is hope here the supreme court ruling will go the way of the tide that has allowed same sex couples to be married and recognized as married in most states. >> slopping paint on here. >> reporter: big ideas. >> i think it's pretty special. >> reporter: starts with powerful words. >> they're going to bow out community and respect. >> reporter: words to live by. >> you can live anywhere and do anything so long as you have a community that sports and respects you. >> reporter: the float being built at pier 54. >> can you please primer the top part. >> reporter: a community for san francisco's pride week. >> did you guys get that rainbow bolted down? this is the biggest pride i've before been part of building. >> reporter: the pride parade growth has support in the community. >> we directly see the impact of the enthusiasm behind the decisions being made. >> reporter: eight years ago there were 8 floats in the pride parade. this year nearly 30. gloss