rita williams was in court in san francisco today as the jury was selected. >> today may be the most important day barry bonds perjury trial here. picking the 12 jurors who will decide whether the home run king is guilty of one count of lying and one of obstruction of justice when he told a jury here that he unknowingly taking steroids. to help decide each side to kick off. here's a sample of answers perspective jurors wrote and

rita williams was in court, rita. >> reporter: opposition and prosecution, those two views were given in opening statements today. prosecutors said not only did bonds lie to the federal grand jury investigating balco in 2003. but he intended to. despite being given immunity. quote all he had to do was tell the truth but he couldn't do it. prosecutors said giant's trainers bonds exmistress and others will talk about changes in bonds' body consistent with steroid use. and hoskins sister will talk about bonds' admissions and once witnessing an injection. plus a urine sample that contained balco's designer steroids. in court bond's attorney told jury bonds testified for more than two hours that day. more than seven years ago. quote he did his best, barry answered every answer he told the truth. ruby says bonds admits using it's just bonds believed what his trainer greg anderson told him. that he was taking flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. she called the two witnesses bitter. his cross-examination continues here tomorrow. reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a federal court has ordered seven east bay sewage districts to upgrade their sewage systems. environmental groups say 125 million gallons of raw and partially treated sewage has been spilled into the bay. several districts are in question including oakland, el cerrito, and richmond. >>> lawmakers will vote tomorrow on governor jerry brown's budget proposal which includes $12 billion in cuts. republicans are calling tomorrow's boat a drill as they said it does not feel like a joke to him with that state facing a $27 million deficits. brown hopes voters will agree to a five-year extension. >>> a new field poll suggests that if the election is held a majority of californians support a $0.01 sales tax increase and extending a quarter% hike in personal income tax for the next five years. 39% oppose the extension. however, by a narrow margin, voters oppose a plan to transport $1 billion in taxes dedicated to child development programs to the general fund. >>> today is a sad day for one oakland elementary school at 16 of 17 question teachers and princip

rita williams has late details about the 12 people who will be judging whether baseball's home run record holder lied about taking drugs. rita? >> that's right. today may be the most important day in the barry bonds' perjury trial here. picking the 12 jurors and four alternates who will decide whether the home run king is guilty, four counts of lying and one of obstruction of justice when he told a grand jury here more than seven years ago he never knowingly used steroids. >> we re-- re-- really what you are looking for are people you don't like, it's deselection. >> reporter: about 100 prospective jurors filled out these questionnaires and then today, the judge dismissed one of those potential jurors because of a death in her family and then defense attorneys eliminated 38 more and prosecutors two additional people for such things as strong opinions. here is a sample of answers prospective jurors wrote and spoke in court "don't they all take steroids and lie about it? it's a waste of government time. it's an unfair advantage to take drugs. i think he was singled out as because of -- out

rita williams, ktvu. >>> we have light showers today. there's clouds out there right now. overnight lows will be mild. maybe some patchy fog. this system rolled out of here this evening. we'll look for partly cloudy skies. tomorrow not a bad day. partly cloudy. it's going to be a little cooler as we go into the week weekend. we have more rain showing up. maybe some valley fog as i mentioned. as we move into tomorrow. we're looking for that cool air to drop our daytime highs on friday. down into the upper 50s and low 60s. when i come back, the latest computer model i'm going to roll you into the weekend. we're going to look into a rain chance. i'll show you exactly when that could occur. i'll see you back here about 10:45. >>> a new survey shows san franciscans are looking pretty food. another question found 44% responded that san francisco was going in the right direction. and 32% said the wrong direction. >>> the chamber of commerce also asked about what residency is the mayor issue facing san francisco. homelessness and pan handling were tops. second >>> in a matter of s

rita williams, ktvu. >>> we have light showers today. there's clouds out there right now. overnight lows will be mild. maybe some patchy fog. this system rolled out of here this evening. we'll look for partly cloudy skies. tomorrow not a bad day. partly cloudy. it's going to be a little cooler as we go into the week weekend. we have more rain showing up. maybe some valley fog as i mentioned. as we move into tomorrow. we're looking for that cool air to drop our daytime highs on friday. down into the upper 50s and low 60s. when i come back, the latest computer model i'm going to roll you into the weekend. we're going to look into a rain chance. i'll show you exactly when that could occur. i'll see you back here about 10:45. >>> a new survey shows san franciscans are looking pretty food. another question found 44% responded that san francisco was going in the right direction. and 32% said the wrong direction. >>> the chamber of commerce also asked about what residency is the mayor issue facing san francisco. homelessness and pan handling were tops. second >>> in a matter of s

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

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now on that labor agreement. the four year deal is retroactive to august of 2009. it provides more money for pension, and includes some workload reductions. as for pay, there is an incremental $2 an hour raise for nontipped workers over the length of the contract. and a $1 raise for tipped workers by the end of the year. >>> and live storm tracker 2. the live radar sweep is gone but you don't see any lain -- you don't see any rain. the radar right now dry. so things outside trying out as we go through time. we are looking for conditions to begin to change as we go into thursday, we're looking for rain back in the bay area forecast. so when i come back at 10:45, i'm going to show you a computer model. then we're going to have the five day forecast so we can take a look at that weekend early. we'll see you back here at 10:45. >>> powerful winds have been causing problems all day. a truck overturned in palm springs. some flights at the palm springs airport were delayed or cancelled. the winds also knocked down powe

. >>> rita williams was in court when a top member of the u.s. anti doping agency took the stand in the barry bonds case. >> reporter: frank, one a day. so far we've had three days of testimony and finished with three witnesses. coming and going defendant barry bonds runs the gauntlet of cameras for his perjury trial here. today he and the jury talked to one of the world's experts in detects performance enhancing drugs. dr.anders testified about side effects for using hgh. prosecutors say still to come witnesses will link bonds to those conditions. road rage, shrunken test cals. enlarged head feet and breasts. acne on upper back and chest, baldness. he also testified about a medicine to find the use of steroids called the clear, or thg. under cross-examination bowers testified that there was no evidence on the clear. just anecdotal evidence. reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jury selection started today in the trial of a doctor charged in the death of michael jackson. dr.conrad murray has pled not guilty in

rita williams was in court in san francisco today as the jury was selected. >> today may be the most important day barry bonds perjury trial here. picking the 12 jurors who will decide whether the home run king is guilty of one count of lying and one of obstruction of justice when he told a jury here that he unknowingly taking steroids. to help decide each side to kick off. here's a sample of answers perspective jurors wrote and spoke in court today. quote, don't they all take steroids and lie about it? it's a waste of government time. it's an unfair advantage to take drugs. and i think he was singled out because of his race. those people were all cut. then just before 3:00 this afternoon, the judge atphoupsed both sides had agreed on a jury. four men and eight women. two women are african american, the other jurors are white, there are two alternates -- announced both sides agreed to a jury. >> we look forward to presenting this case to them. >> reporter: and that finally will begin here tomorrow morning with each side expecting to take about an hour to lay out its case to the jury.

rita williams is in court and she is live now with details on what happened today. >> reporter: frank the hearing here ended just two hours ago with the judge not yet deciding this question. this first amendment attorney asked the judge to allow the media and public to see the forms respective jurors fill out about their background. prosecutors and defense attorneys objected saying identifying jurors could lead to harassment. >> it's not the type of case where a juror tampering or witness tampering or threats to safety of the juror are at issue. >>> in the past few weeks, the judges ruling have set the stage for the home run king's trial on charges he lied more than seven years ago when he told the grand jury he did not knowingly used performing enhancing drugs. the prosecution will call veteran giants clubhouse manager mike murphy to testify about barry bonds growing hat size. a nike shoe employee will talk about bonds growing shoe side. and a photo spread will show bonds growing physique. and bonds long time mistress will talk about his decreased testical size. the judge is expected

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

rita williams was in court in san francisco today as the jury was selected. >> today may be the most important day barry bonds perjury trial here. picking the 12 jurors who will decide whether the home run king is guilty of one count of lying and one of obstruction of justice when he told a jury here that he unknowingly taking steroids. to help decide each side to kick off. here's a sample of answers perspective jurors wrote and spoke in court today. quote, don't they all take steroids and lie about it? it's a waste of government time. it's an unfair advantage to take drugs. and i think he was singled out because of his race. those people were all cut. then just before 3:00 this afternoon, the judge atphoupsed both sides had agreed on a jury. four men and eight women. two women are african american, the other jurors are white, there are two alternates -- announced both sides agreed to a jury. >> we look forward to presenting this case to them. >> reporter: and that finally will begin here tomorrow morning with each side expecting to take about an hour to lay out its case to the jury.

reporting live, rita williams, channel 2 news. >>> one person killed and two airlifted to a hospital following a collision. the crash happened at 1:15 on highway 160y. the force of the collision sent both vehicles flying off the roadway. crews worked to free the victims. the chp is investigating the cause but with the wet weather, drivers need to slow down. >>> a follow up on a story we brought you last week. the judge presiding over the barry bonds perjury trial moved to allow jury question airs. the trial is set to begin march 21. barry bonds is accuse of lying in 2003. >>> a jury convicted a care taker today in the killing of her boss. jurors found her guilty of stabbing marry jane last year. she has a history of mental illness claims she was hallucinating. she faces 16 years in prison. >>> lessoned learned from last week's tsunami, what will help improve early detection systems. the tsunami wiped out the lively hoods for some fisherman. >>> soggy from the first storm and this evening, a second already approaching the coast. san francisco, mostly gray at the moment. when we next s

ktvu's rita williams with the group that holds military funerals. >> it gives me a place to come sit and think about the boys. >> reporter: the boys she think about is her son lieutenant ken ball lard 26 when killed in iraq almost seven years ago. >> ken was my onlied child. >> reporter: he is buried at arlington national cemetery. when she has visited she has encountered these anti-gay protestors from a kansas church. ♪ you are going straight to hell ♪ >> today the u.s. supreme court in an 8-1 ruling say they had the right to protest near military funerals spreading their belief that soldiers are dying because god is punishing the country for "the sin of homosexuality." the court said however the speech is protected by the first amendment. >> having your feelings hurt over words is not enough to shut up a speech. >> reporter: the father of schneider killed in iraq sued the church when it inning picketed his son's funeral. >> we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. >> reporter: they may have an official legal right to say it, but that does

rita williams tells us why no less than eight people testified today about urine. >> reporter: formernd player testified that the barry bonds's anderson injected him in arizona parking lots during spring training 2002. asked for the effect he said i had more endurance, strength. he said anderson did not give him the designer steroids the cream in the clear. bonds is on trial for allegedly lying when he told a grand jury here in 2003 he did not knowingly take steroids or human growth hormone and that anderson never injected him. bonds did say that anderson gave him the cream in the clear but said anderson told him they were an arthritis balm and flaxseed oil. but former giant marvin bernard told him that anderson told him they were undetectable steroids. and the giambi brothers said anderson called them steroid- like. >> prosecutors called eight witnesses today to testify about what's called chain of custody of barry bonds' 2003 union sample provided for a major league baseball drug test. prosecutors say it later tested positive in a ucla lab for the clear. >> this is a case in which t

as ktvu's rita williams reports, prosecutors played an audiotape that they say is true. >> reporter: for the first time since a bitter break-up in 2003 barry bonds came face-to-face to a childhood friend and business partner in sports memorabilia who testified against him in court today. steve hoskins says he secretly taped bonds' trainer james anderson in the locker-room in 2003 so he could prove to bonds' father bonds was taking steroids, that he was worried about barry's health. the recording is hard to hear as anderson talks about cysts forming as steroids are injecting into the same spot. listen and read it now. (audiotape playing). >> hoskins testified he saw anderson leave bonds' bedroom during spring 2000 with a syringe and assumed anderson had injected bonds with steroids. and h oskins said in 1999 bonds asked him to research the steroid winstrong. on cross-examination bonds' lead attorney accused hoskins of taping anderson to extort money from bonds. hoskins denied that. the attorney then accused hoskins of what we first reported in 2006, an allegation from bonds' previous

as ktvu's rita williams reports, prosecutors played an audiotape that they say is true. >> reporter: for the first time since a bitter break-up in 2003 barry bonds came face-to-face to a childhood friend and business partner in sports memorabilia who testified against him in court today. steve hoskins says he secretly taped bonds' trainer james anderson in the locker-room in 2003 so he could prove to bonds' father bonds was taking steroids, that he was worried about barry's health. the recording is hard to hear as anderson talks about cysts forming as steroids are injecting into the same spot. listen and read it now. (audiotape playing). >> hoskins testified he saw anderson leave bonds' bedroom during spring 2000 with a syringe and assumed anderson had injected bonds with steroids. and h oskins said in 1999 bonds asked him to research the steroid winstrong. on cross-examination bonds' lead attorney accused hoskins of taping anderson to extort money from bonds. hoskins denied that. the attorney then accused hoskins of what we first reported in 2006, an allegation from bonds' previous

ktvu's rita williams is live with why the group says their critics are getting it all wrong. >>> frank, the local director of care was prepared with a counter attack today. >> the committee of homeland security will come to order. >> reporter: new york republican king made this his flier. the ad briefly posted on his website in january, telling muslims not to talk to the fbi. >> they are not well reserved. >> we thought the ad was taken out of content. >> reporter: after some right wing groups complained, care took the poster off the website less than two weeks after it went up. >> it's a strong piece of evidence was the poster that was created several decades ago. >> reporter: that's right the poster was created and first used during anti protest by nonmuslims. c.a.r.e. took it down because it didn't correctly represent the committee. >> it doesn't necessarily mean don't talk to the fbi. we encourage constitutionally informed cooperation. >> reporter: she says, at the same time just last week c.a.r.e. sued the fbi for putting a gps tracker on a muslim american's car in santa clara. c.

in oakland rita william, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> come monday, dog owners plan to protest a proposal to require their pets to be on a leash. the national park service wants to reduce the number of places in the golden gate national recreation area where dogs can go off leash. one of the organizers said there are already very few places where dogs can run free. they plan to hold a rally at fort mason after a 4 p.m. meeting there. >>> we are following some developing news. we have just learned about a possible kidnapping. we will tell you what we know right after the break. >>> i am tracking a storm to the north of the bay area. coming up at 10:45 we will have the rainfall timing as far as the heaviest dawn pours in the one part of the region that could get up to in inch. >>> and an autopsy report shows what caused a 16-year-old basketball player die just moments after he made a game winning shot. [ music ] . >>> developing news right now. we are getting late word of a possible kidnapping in oakland tonight. this is what we have learned. a teenage girl who said she was kidnapped was ta

reporting live in oakland, rita williams channel 2 news. >> the latest economic interestw some shows his investments are worth millions. elicits his ties to different wineries, inn, and other businesses. governor jerry brown's filing is simpler and list stock and property in oakland. governor brown is gaining the support of business leaders as he pushes a combination of program cuts and tax xefrngs. he was in san francisco this -- exemption. he was in san francisco this afternoon and close to putting tax exemptions on the ballot in june. >>i didn't come here to try to put sugar and on the problem. i'm telling you the way it is, and the way it is it's either 12.5 billion in cuts or 25 billion, and i'll try to make it as painless as possible. >> he expects state lawmakers tn the plan by next thursday. >>> san jose workers are being asked to take significant pay cuts. the city's director of employee relations told us he hopes they would be replicated with the other ten unions. some workers said they can't afford such a hit. they are facing $105 million budget gap. >>> union workers say

rita williams tells us why no less than eight people testified today about urine. >> reporter: former oakland player testified that the barry bonds's anderson injected him in arizona parking lots during spring training 2002. asked for the effect he said i had more endurance, strength. he said anderson did not give him the designer steroids the cream in the clear. bonds is on trial for allegedly lying when he told a grand jury here in 2003 he did not knowingly take steroids or human growth hormone and that anderson never injected him. bonds did say that anderson gave him the cream in the clear but said anderson told him they were an arthritis balm and flaxseed oil. but former giant marvin bernard told him that anderson told him they were undetectable steroids. and the giambi brothers said anderson called them steroid- like. >> prosecutors called eight witnesses today to testify about what's called chain of custody of barry bonds' 2003 union sample provided for a major league baseball drug test. prosecutors say it later tested positive in a ucla lab for the clear. >> this is a case in w

ktvu's rita williams with the group that holds military funerals. >> it gives me a place to come sit and think about the boys. >> reporter: the boys she think about is her son lieutenant ken ball lard 26 when killed in iraq almost seven years ago. >> ken was my onlied child. >> reporter: he is buried at arlington national cemetery. when she has visited she has encountered these anti-gay protestors from a kansas church. ♪ you are going straight to hell ♪ >> today the u.s. supreme court in an 8-1 ruling say they had the right to protest near military funerals spreading their belief that soldiers are dying because god is punishing the country for "the sin of homosexuality." the court said however the speech is protected by the first amendment. >> having your feelings hurt over words is not enough to shut up a speech. >> reporter: the father of schneider killed in iraq sued the church when it inning picketed his son's funeral. >> we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. >> reporter: they may have an official legal right to say it, but that does

ktvu's rita williams tells us why there are signs now that the international community is on the verge of taking military action to remove moammar gadhafi from power. (gunfire). >> reporter: on the eve of the anniversary of the u.s. attack on iraq, the united states again has committed to using military muscle against an arab dictator. >> the international community will impose consequences and the resolution will be enforced through military action. >> reporter: the leader is libya's moammar gadhafi. but president obama made it clear this time the united states is not going it alone. an enforcement of a u.n. no-fly zone over libya is to save civilians. >> the change in the region will not and cannot be imposed by the united states or any foreign power. >> reporter: after a full month of fighting, rebels trying to overthrow moammar gadhafi could not do it alone. unlike european leaders, the u.s. secretary of state today said regime change is a goal. >> we do believe that a final result of any negotiations would have to be the decision by colonel moammar gadhafi to leave. >> the problem

ktvu's rita williams tells us why there are signs now that the international community is on the verge of taking military action to remove moammar gadhafi from power. (gunfire). >> reporter: on the eve of the anniversary of the u.s. attack on iraq, the united states again has committed to using military muscle against an arab dictator. >> the international community will impose consequences and the resolution will be enforced through military action. >> reporter: the leader is libya's moammar gadhafi. but president obama made it clear this time the united states is not going it alone. an enforcement of a u.n. no-fly zone over libya is to save civilians. >> the change in the region will not and cannot be imposed by the united states or any foreign power. >> reporter: after a full month of fighting, rebels trying to overthrow moammar gadhafi could not do it alone. unlike european leaders, the u.s. secretary of state today said regime change is a goal. >> we do believe that a final result of any negotiations would have to be the decision by colonel moammar gadhafi to leave. >> the problem

reporting live in san francisco, rita williams. >>> grief counselors were at one elementary school today after a 5-year-old died on friday from a flu-related illness. the little boy attended kindergarten and was in class as recently as thursday. the child was taken to the hospital on thursday evening with flu-like symptoms and tested positive for the influenza virus. >> we know the death was flu related but we don't know if the flu actually caused the death. >> the child's name is not being released. school officials do not think that other children are at risk but cleaning crews came in over the weekend. >>> an accident with a shuttle bus injured two pedestrians in downtown berkeley at shadick and center streets. a preliminary investigation shows a bus struck one of two women walking together in a crosswalk, trapping her under the bus, and the other woman banged on the side of the bus to get the driver's attention and injured her hand as a result. the firefighters rescued the woman under the bus. she is hospitalized with serious injuries. the shuttle bus is from the lawrence berkeley ha

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rita williams said driving to her home was kind of an adventure. it was raining. westbound bay bridge bark under at the toll plaza. it seems to be improving a little bit. this morning's drive on the san jose freeway, the slow slowdowns have on in mountain view, palo alto because of earlier problems. 7:55. here's rosemary. we're starting out with a mixed bag of sorts for weather. we're dealing with scattered showers, rita williams seeing some sunshine and giving you a live look at sunshine -- and the sunshine playing with the clouds. that sunshine bringing along instability. so perhaps thunderstorms in the forecast. but boy, is that sunshine a welcoming site. we will be in the 40s over the next hour or so our noontime numbers barely getting to 50. in some cases, 53 will be thage in many area mid- to upper 50s expected by the second half of the afternoon. the showers will begin to taper off. we won't dry out 100%. by tomorrow afternoon, the next observed storm hits the coast. this next storm expected to bring anywhere from .50 to 1 inch of rain and we could see up t

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

coming up on our 5:00 news, rita williams will tell you what happened for the rest of the day here at court. >> thank you, tara. and you can also get updates on the trial any time at ktvu.com, just click on the bonds trial tab. >>> san jose moves a step closer to bridging its went 5 million-dollar budget gap. last night the leaders of three city labor unions said they had tentatively agreed to the request for a 10% cut in pay and benefits. a few weeks ago, the san jose firefighters union accepted the reduction. seven city unions, including the police, are still negotiating. >> if the other comes don't, the county sill will have to decide whether or not to impose terms of employment for the next year. but with the police union, we don't have the right to impose. they have a right to go to arbitration. >> if all 11 unions agree to the cuts, the city says it will save $38 million, but a city manager's office source tells ktvu there will still be layoffs, even if all the unions agree to the cuts. >>> governor jerry brown is expected to take action on the state budget at 1:00 this afternoo

ktvu's rita williams is at the headquarters and will have a full report coming up tonight at the 10:00 news. >>> there is movement tonight on the state budget battle. >> the lawmakers say they will vote on the governor's budget plan tomorrow, which includes massive cuts. why some say it is nothing but a drill. >>> and it looks like a video game. the unique view of a roadway you could soon be driving on. >>> right now, lawmakers are nearing a vote on the state budget. late today, senate president proteem darryl called for a vote on governor brown's government proposal. ken pritchett is in sacramento with the latest on whether this could happen. whether the plan has any chance of passing. ken. >> gasia, in the rain and underneath umbrellas here, you can see union workers on the capital protesting among other things pension cuts for state workers. pension cuts have been a major sticking point in their budget negotiations and despite that impact, lawmakers say they will vote on massive cuts tomorrow. >> governor jerry brown today said talks with republicans continue, but there's no deal to

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> before kimberly bell took the stand, mike murphy testified that bonds' hat size grew. an experttoid head growth could be a side effect. under cross examination he acknowledged the hat size of other players grown. >>> a jury returned guilty verdicts against a teenager who detonated pipe bombs. they found alexander youshock guilty of murder for targeting his teacher in the attack. the trial resumes tomorrow. >>> tonight, investigators are helping police investigate that bomb that went off after being planted inside a newspaper. neighbors are afraid that bombing could be the beginning. >> reporter: this is a neighborhood living in fear. yesterday's bomb was concealed inside a newspaper. look here. you can see this neighbor left their newspaper in their drive way and it's a common sight. neighbors said nobody wanted to pick up their newspaper this morning. the crater in the front lop lawn is a grim reminder. rich says it rang out through the neighbor. >> we were drinking coffee when we heard the explosion. it was scary. >> reporter: pol

. >>> it's a story ktvu's rita williams has been following since 2003 when we first learned of the balco scandal. >> reporter: if you didn't get a summons to appear here at the san francisco federal building today, forget it you won't be on barry bond's jury. about 100 people from 15 counties did. and filled out these 19 pages of questions designed to root out strong opinions or biases. here's one. do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of barry bonds or no opinion. >> it's always the mush in the middle that ends up mostly on juries with a few exceptions. you will have a couple of leaders. sometimes in opposite directions. >> reporter: attorneys and jury consultants on both sides will pour other the completed questionnaires this weekend and start asking questions in person monday morning. the judge ruled today those picked to sit here as jurors will not be allowed to hear some heated angry and at times profanity laced voice mails bonds left for his exmistress kimberly bell. >> you're up to something other than that. girl, i ain't playing. >> reporter: but bell will be allowed to

. >>> it's a story ktvu's rita williams has been following since 2003 when we first learned of the balco scandal. >> reporter: if you didn't get a summons to appear here at the san francisco federal building today, forget it you won't be on barry bond's jury. about 100 people from 15 counties did. and filled out these 19 pages of questions designed to root out strong opinions or biases. here's one. do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of barry bonds or no opinion. >> it's always the mush in the middle that ends up mostly on juries with a few exceptions. you will have a couple of leaders. sometimes in opposite directions. >> reporter: attorneys and jury consultants on both sides will pour other the completed questionnaires this weekend and start asking questions in person monday morning. the judge ruled today those picked to sit here as jurors will not be allowed to hear some heated angry and at times profanity laced voice mails bonds left for his exmistress kimberly bell. >> you're up to something other than that. girl, i ain't playing. >> reporter: but bell will be allowed to

rita williams has what happened earlier. >> reporter: as you know barry bonds is on trial for testifying here in 2003 that he never knowingly took performance enhancing drugs. well today some other players said they told that same grand jury they took them and knew it. the giambi brothers were the first baseball players to testify that they also worked with bond's training greg anderson. jason giambi then with the yankees in 2002 said jason tested his urine. then sent him packages some containing balco's clean and clear. one raised testosterone levels, the other mask it. asked about the effects they had on him, giambi answered question i didn't find much. eight months later, giambi says he stopped using them and has never seen anderson again. under cross-examination, giambi says he described the cream as steroid like and undetectable. last up, former giant marvin bernard says he started taking steroids in mexico. drugs intended for animals. he says when he got to spring training anderson gave him injectable deca and a cream in the clear. bernard said anderson described the clear and the

as ktvu's rita williams report, jason and jeremy giambi testified about their own use of performing enhancing drugs. >> the giambi brothers were the first baseball players to testify that they also worked with bonds' trainer anderson. jason giambi said anderson tested his blood and urine. some containing balco's cream and clear. giambi said anderson explained that one raised testosterone levels the other mask it from mlb drug tests for steroids. asked about the effects they had on him, giambi answered quote, i didn't find much. eight months later after paying anderson $10,000. giambi said she stopped using them and has never seen anderson again. giambi said anderson described the cream and clear as steroid like and undetectable. the younger jeremy giambi recounted similar testing, a first package with human growth hormone and needles quote, i already knew how to take it. and viles of the cream and clear. last up former giant bernore said he started taking steroids in mexico, drugs intended for animals. he says when he got to spring training, anderson gave him the creme and the clear. >> the g

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are tracking rain right now with downpours in some areas and in about eight minutes, bill is back with how it's going to affect your >>> tonight dozens of oakland residents got on their bikes to ride around the city and show the opposition for both a current and proposed gang injunction. the bike riders plan to stop and talk to community organizations about those injunctions. currently, the court is considering an injunction to keep about 40 gang members from talking to each other. >>> in the past week and a half, three pharmacies have been hit in concord, clayton and the latest just last night in pleasanthill. it's another story that is new at 10:00 tonight. heather holmes talked about detectives who told them the mo for these crimes is unusual. heather. >> it certainly is. let's talk about bold. this guy he walked right through the front doors of this rite-aid. then walked straight to the pharmacy, climbed over the counter then he went after the cough syrup. imagine the pharmacist surprised after a man hopped the counter and

rita williams will join us on her take on what happened in court. julie haener is in the newsroom with more. >>> today marks the day when four oakland police officers were killed in the line of duty. ktvu has new information about the gunman. >>> and decades' old information about abuse by a priest are coming to light. it wasn't the victim who came forward. how a job application started the investigation. ♪ the waves are breaking >> and johnny cash's daughter fathers her -- follows her father's footsteps in prison. >>> how safe are u.s. nuclear power plants? that's the question the nuclear regular that roarly asked at its -- regulatory asked at it's meeting in maryland. the organization said they will review all 104 u.s. nuclear plants and determine if any changes are needed. >> here in the ups, we have an obligation to the american people to -- united states, we have an obligation to the american people to have safety. >> lawmakers and anti-nuclear activists are also calling for safety measures here in california. >>> prince william finished up his

as ktvu's rita williams report, jason and jeremy giambi testified about their own use of performing enhancing drugs. >> the giambi brothers were the first baseball players to testify that they also worked with bonds' trainer anderson. jason giambi said anderson tested his blood and urine. some containing balco's cream and clear. giambi said anderson explained that one raised testosterone levels the other mask it from mlb drug tests for steroids. asked about the effects they had on him, giambi answered quote, i didn't find much. eight months later after paying anderson $10,000. giambi said she stopped using them and has never seen anderson again. giambi said anderson described the cream and clear as steroid like and undetectable. the younger jeremy giambi recounted similar testing, a first package with human growth hormone and needles quote, i already knew how to take it. and viles of the cream and clear. last up former giant bernore said he started taking steroids in mexico, drugs intended for animals. he says when he got to spring training, anderson gave him the creme and the clear. >> the g

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now about the bonds' case. long-time san francisco giants equipment manager mike murphy testified today saying that he needed a larger hat surprise the hat size of other players had also grown but that occurred later in life after their careers ended. an expert testified that head growth can be a side effect of taking human growth hormone. >>> right now you will find more of today's testimony on the home page of www.ktvu.com. >>> a federal brief was fy 'filed to get don't ask, don't tell ended once and for all. the pentagon is training troops on how to deal with openly gay soldiers until the training is completed, don't ask, don't tell is in effect. gay rights advocates say that is absurd. >>> a marin county supervisor is dead after collapsing while preparing to leave lake tahoe after skiing. an off duty emt tried to give him cpr. he was a strong supporter for preve serving the environment. governor brown will appoint a replacement to his seat. >>> and we have a cool night out there tonight. patchy valley fog a

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now about the bonds' case. long-time san francisco giants equipment manager mike murphy testified today saying that he needed a larger hat surprise the hat size of other players had also grown but that occurred later in life after their careers ended. an expert testified that head growth can be a side effect of taking human growth hormone. >>> right now you will find more of today's testimony on the home page of www.ktvu.com. >>> a federal brief was fy 'filed to get don't ask, don't tell ended once and for all. the pentagon is training troops on how to deal with openly gay soldiers until the training is completed, don't ask, don't tell is in effect. gay rights advocates say that is absurd. >>> a marin county supervisor is dead after collapsing while preparing to leave lake tahoe after skiing. an off duty emt tried to give him cpr. he was a strong supporter for preve serving the environment. governor brown will appoint a replacement to his seat. >>> and we have a cool night out there tonight. patchy valley fog a

reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2news. >> we have continuing coverage onthe barry bonds trial on our website. there you will find information on the history of this case, pictures of bonds over the years as well as grand jury testimony. just go to the home page and click on the barry bonds trial tab all at ktvu.com. >>> an oakland police officer testified today that he found two loaded sawed off shut guns during a raid of 2007 of the business known as your black muslim bakery. this comes on the third day of the trial for the two accused of plotting to murder oakland journalist chauncey bailey to keep him from writing a story on the bakery's finances. one of the shotguns found was used to kill bailey. >>> allied forces air strikes and patrols over libya are continuing tonight for a fifth day and they appear to be having the desired effect. people living in the western city say forces loyal to moammar gadhafi have pulled back. the u.s. commander says the coalition is targeting gadaffi's mobile mission sites. defense secretary saying nato forces could take ov

rita williams reports a san jose man is keeping track of all the violence in his homeland from afar.> reporter: his san jose house is 6,800 miles from his homeland. >> the first few days, i was very helpless. >> reporter: so zaden turned that helplessness into action. using his expertise as a web analyst to set up this website in arabic for people in libya to know what's happening. it's not always pretty. this toddler killed in the uprising. now, haunted by the dead, zaden lived in libya from age 7 to 22. he says with only 6 million people there, libyans know each other. so these soldiers were killed for refusing to shoot fellow libyans. >> this guy is holding the spoken. >> reporter: this just-posted cellphone video of one of qaddafi's armed sons shows qaddafi is still recruiting to fight. >> he's promising these guys to provide them with weapons. >> reporter: he's still optimistic, says it took protesters 18 days to win in egypt, three weeks in tunisia, and now it's 14 days in libya. >> and it's a matter of days, and i see it happening very quickly. >> reporter: but he worries how

rita williams reports a san jose man is keeping track of all the violence in his homeland from afar. >> reporter: his san jose house is 6,800 miles from his homeland. >> the first few days, i was very helpless. >> reporter: so zaden turned that helplessness into action. using his expertise as a web analyst to set up this website in arabic for people in libya to know what's happening. it's not always pretty. this toddler killed in the uprising. now, haunted by the dead, zaden lived in libya from age 7 to 22. he says with only 6 million people there, libyans know each other. so these soldiers were killed for refusing to shoot fellow libyans. >> this guy is holding the spoken. >> reporter: this just-posted cellphone video of one of qaddafi's armed sons shows qaddafi is still recruiting to fight. >> he's promising these guys to provide them with weapons. >> reporter: he's still optimistic, says it took protesters 18 days to win in egypt, three weeks in tunisia, and now it's 14 days in libya. >> and it's a matter of days, and i see it happening very quickly. >> reporter: but he worries ho