rob roth -- good business sense.roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police have made an arrest in a bomb threat hoax that shut down market street yesterday. police were called after someone found a threatening note taped to a timer. the school was evacuated and market street was shut down for two hours. theyifiabley determined there -- they finally determined there was no threat. a 19-year-old face as misdemeanor charge of place -- face as misdemeanor charge of placing a false bomb on the premises. >>> san francisco bicycle lanes are seeing a huge spike. bicycling doubled between 2006 and 2013. we went on a ride-along today to show us what could be the biggest problem facing bicyclists. >> cars making right hand turns. at intersections is the number one sources of conflict between the motorists and bicyclists. >> the commandser says drivers who want -- commanders says drivers who want to turn right should signal and bicyclists should stay behinds the car. >>> there is a push to make sure workers get sick leave. 5million c

ktvu's rob roth was in court as the owner of the private road testified about shutting it down. rob? >> reporter: it was a highly anticipated day in superior court but the billionaire testified he couldn't remember much about the beach or the decisions that went into closing public access to it. >> reporter: he was questioned about decisions to deny public access to the beach near half moon bay but he appeared to have little memory of it or a decision by a judge saying denying access would need approval by the california coastal commission. plaintiff attorney do you recall seeing the document, no, and it is unlikely if i had i would have read it. you are saying you wouldn't have read it? that is what i am saying. i am not trying to be unreasonable. outside court attorneys seeking access to the beach had a sharp reaction. >> i was dumb founded of the lack of ability to explain or remember. >> reporter: since he bought the area this is as close as you can get. we needed a helicopter to get pictures of it. surfers remember when they used to go to the beach before he closed off publi

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a woman accused of attacking a child with a tire aaron is facing a -- iron is facing a hate crime charges. maria garate appeared before a judge today. authorities say she approached a father and his daughter inside the walmart store and swung a tire iron hitting the girl in the het. the father -- head. the father was also hit. maria garate targeted the victims because they were asian. they say maria garate was disappointed the girl survived the attack tuesday. >>> police found a stash of meth, marijuana, guns and ammunition during a raid in american canyon. the latest in a investigation over the past two months. it happened this morning on american canyon road. two dozen police officers join said sheriff's deputies to search this property. news chopper 2 was over head this morning. police arrested a 44-year-old. >> one of our jobs in law enforcement is to try to take guns off the streets because guns are equated to violence. >> one neighbor told us the property was watched for roosters and the sheriff's office confirms to ktvu deputies have been moni

rob roth tells us about her san francisco roots and talks to her son who lives in oakland. >> reporter: with a real bearing after a poor upbringing, maya angelou was an author and is poet with a voice powerful enough to inspire. perhaps the most famous moment was when president bill clinton asked her to recite a poem at his 1993 inauguration. >> lift your eyes upon this daybreaking for you. give birth again to the dream. >> reporter: as a teenager she moved to san francisco from arkansas. that's her in this 1945 washington high school yearbook picture. her name was marguerite johnson. she became the first african american female conductor. >> i had a cap with a bill. and i had a money changer and i wore a uniform. i said, step up, please. >> reporter: we spoke with angelou's son, guy johnson, who lives in oakland. he told us what she did when he misbehaved. >> she'd say, would a person who has any conscious do something like this? >> reporter: he told us what he'd miss most about his mother. >> her love. and the ability to call her. i saved her last message on my phone and i'm never ta

ktvu's rob roth learned the suspect and victim knew each other. >> reporter: police arrested 22-year-old gabriel alejo of san jose for stabbing the mother of a baby and twin 9- year-old girls inside the woman's apartment tuesday. police aren't saying how he is related to the victim, 28-year- old theresa player villa, but he has -- theresa teresa maravilla. but he has the same last name as her husband. neighbors are glad police made an arrest. >> she's not going to see her kids grow up, but i'm glad they caught him. >> reporter: a next-door neighbor told police he saw a man leave the apartment an hour before the body was discovered and that man left on a motorcycle. you saw him walk out? >> yeah. like nothing. >> reporter: police have not provided a motive. the neighbor says maravilla's husband came by this morning and told him this. >> that he was going to move from here, there's no reason for him to be here no more. >> reporter: in san jose, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> investigators say speed may to be blame for a crash that ill canned one person and left another -- killed one pe

ktvu's rob roth with this update. >> no trespassing and eviction notices are taped to all the classroom doors at the san jose branch of the college. it is also small vocational school with primarily a health care curriculum. it's also a school apparently having financial troubles. the attorney for winchester llc, the building landlord says they owe approximately $82,000 in back rent. rent is $30,000 a month. >> my client's trying to work with the tenant, for obvious reasons. unfortunately, it just didn't work out. >> the attorney says they have received at least two other eviction notices this year the attorney said the two sides had negotiated a payment plan that proved unsuccessful. >> they are not able to service their contractual obligations. even when we give them more time and terms they say they can work and they just don't. >> the school is in good standing with the accrediting commission of career schools and colleges. an official there told us the commission is surprised and troubled by what's happened. the official says that the closure is more than temporary, the commission

rob roth is live in one of the hottest spots today.irst, we check in with our chief meteorologist. we're still under a heat advisory tonight. >> that's right, for the next couple hours, we have a heat advisory. and hear i'm going to show you why. we had records for the second straight day in the bay area. when you have downtown san francisco breaking a record, you're talking records going back to the 1800s. oldest records in california. that's a big deal. san francisco airport got a rot of 91. oakland 93 was a record. some more records again, oakland airport. that was 90 degrees and mountain view, 91 degrees and santa cruz hit 100 degrees today. so, what's happening out there? that heat advisory stays in effect until 8:00 tonight. basically for the entire bay area. things are changing around. i was looking at the wind directions and starting to see the wind arrows coming on shore. moving into the area. so you know that means fog is not far behind. i'll have the timing on that fog and the cooldown when i come back right after the break.

ktvu's rob roth is live now with the clause. rob? reporter: at issue what teachers can do or say in their personal lives. this mother may take her daughter out of high school if teachers are forced to sign a morality clause in the new contract. or if they are fired because they refuse to sign it. >> my family will leave. we are not going to walk away quietly. >> reporter: she was one of a handful of parents who protested in downtown oakland today. they are upset about a clause they fear would allow teachers to be fired if they violate it in their private lives. >> if you are not married and you have a partner, you have sex with your partner, that is a violation. it puts the teachers in jeopardy. >> reporter: this is the language causing concern. in both the employee's person and professional life the employee is expected to model and promote behavior in confirmity with the teaching of the roman catholic faith. they told us by phone this is not a witch hunt. >> there is no list of personal behaviors, there is no list of anything that

rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> gay rights leader, harvey milk was honored today. mayor ed lee tweeted this picture, honoring a new u.s. postage stamp that bears milk's image and name. it is already available at the post office. milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the united states. he was assassinated along with george moskoni in 1978. >>> they see a lot of this, and are saying, this is not fair. >> the south bay city without water restrictions. >> a chance we could see wet weather. i'll tell you when cooler, cloudy conditions could create the opportunity for drizzle. >> one ye >>> new video into the 10:00 news from san francisco, where a standoff is over. an armed robbery suspect has barricaded himself between 23rd and 24th street about 4:30 this afternoon. when our camera was there, we saw officers were moving possible evidence. police had to evacuate the building and call in a s.w.a.t. team as well as a hostage negotiator. that man surrendered to police. >>> food officers are responding to an outbreak that continues to make californians si

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a absence today at a hearing on misconduct at the va hospitals. >> familiar faces from va. is anybody here from va? three top members of veterans affairs were no shows. however they turned over thousands of e-mails. they are investigating 26 veterans affairs facilities across the country over claims that dozens of veterans died while waiting for care. >> they documented 20 something deaths. this is just beginning. this is not isolated the way they said to a couple bad offices. >> the committee issued subpoenas requiring the three officials to hand a hearing next week. >>> -- attend a hearing next week. >>> the statement he was making and why some say it wasn't the right place to do it. >> calls to conserve water or pay up now have many people complaining. how they are trying to fight. >> and a counter terrorism team dodges live gunfire. >> using helicopters. >> how what they learned half way around the world could make the bay area safer. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >>> here is the pic

rob roth tells us why the bus driver is also being investigatedded. >> reporter: as school is about tobegin here at wilson elementary yesterday morning a fifth grader who looked like he had been crying approached the principal. >> his words to me was i was attacked by a dad. >> reporter: authorities say yesterday morning a father followed his second grade son on to a school bus for special needs students. he first began shouting then the man grabbed kelvin davis who was sitting in his seat. this is the picture the boy's guardian sent us it shows a cut on the cheek and a swollen ear. police then arrest bernice hurd. he was drink, he was upset about an incident. the driver simply droppedded the students off at school and drove off. >> i would have preferred that the bus driver escorted the student into the office and let me know exactly what had occurred. >> reporter: we've been told the driver has been reassigned but he is still operating a school bus. the school district is reviewing procedures. >> i don't believe from what i've heard this was an appropriate response by the individuals

ktvu's rob roth is in oakland and spoke with a lot of folk whose are saying oakland could be the next high tech hub? >> reporter: right frank, the number of jobs increased 25% in oakland as officials work over time it get oakland on a high tech radar. >> reporter: while oakland may not have the glamor of san francisco it is attracting high tech business. the company used to be based in downtown san francisco but the founders moved it to oakland cutting their business costs in half. >> the community here is just a little different from san francisco. >> reporter: oakland scored another victory over san francisco, landing a high tech conference, which for the past four years was held in san francisco. the conference has attracted 900 people, most of them entrepreneurs. >> it has a great community here for today's generation of entrepreneurs. >> reporter: pandora already has its headquarters here. one of between 200 to 300 high tech companies in oakland. another company may soon join them. >> the mission was oakland 5, 10 years ago and this is the new mission. >>> as san francisco knows

ktvu's rob roth is live in oakland where we talked to fans who can't help but be excited.ime around here. >> reporter: yes, it is. today was a great day for the a's and a great time for baseball fans on both sides of the bay. >> reporter: there is plenty to cheer about. and the same is true for giants fans. they each played home games this afternoon. both teams are in first place in their division and while it may be only may, it is more than fans in southern california can brag about. >> not all about the yankees and the dodgers. so it is early but it is looking good. >> giants have it easy over there in their nice stadium. >> exciting. we won't know till the end but the journey is not a surprise. >> reporter: too early to talk world series? probably. the last time it happened was 25 seasons ago and it was interrupted by a 6.9 earthquake. >> i would love to see that. >>> for fans baseball is about fun and games and lots and lots of hot dogs. >> took us forever in line. we said we are not going back a second time. >> reporter: today it was also about family, reflection and

ktvu's rob roth is live in oakland. how did this begin? >> reporter: a stray cat is alive and well thanks to quick thinking by commuters. >> holding on for dear life. >> reporter: pointing inside the wheel well of her car where a scared kitten was hiding. >> banging here. we had a stick. nothing. >> reporter: it happened before 8:30 a.m. this morning. she was stuck in traffic in the far left lane on highway 580 when she saw a kitten try to jump on top of the median. she saw the kitten go behind her when another commuter pointed to the wheel. >> shaking. big eyes, sad, horrible. horrified. >> reporter: she called authority whose sent tow truck operators. one jacked up the car and crawled underneath. >> found a kitten under the springs. and got his gloves on and it came to him. >> she was planning to take the kitten to an animal shelter but a man who was stuck in traffic, that is him, said he would take the kit the woman -- kit the woman had this message. >> enjoy your new home. . >> reporter: nobody is sure where the kilten came from -- kit

so many foster children don't get the help they need, but as ktvu's rob roth shows us, this one caseas an inspiration to many to never give up hope. >> reporter: bucking the odds. he coaches kids basketball and he teaches in an oakland charter school. but perhaps most remarkably, he grew up in a foster home, and is now a foster father himself. >> this is only the beginning. i see myself doing a lot of great things. >> reporter: he was only 7 years old when an alameda court took him away from his drug addicted woman and put him in a foster home. >> i was pretty angry. >> reporter: he was placed with mildred walls. >> i held onto him no matter what he did. i think he recognized that. >> when i was breaking things, and being a knuckle head, she stuck with me. >> reporter: deon has taken in a 15-year-old boy. >> i can deal with things so when my son is depressed, i used to be depressed when i was his age. >> he's getting back some of the things he did to me. >> reporter: he hopes his foster son won't be a statistic. 30% end up homeless as adults. here's one more statistic. the number of

rob roth tells us why the bus driver is also being investigatedded. >> reporter: as school is about ton here at wilson elementary yesterday morning a fifth grader who looked like he had been crying approached the principal. >> his words to me was i was attacked by a dad. >> reporter: authorities say yesterday morning a father followed his second grade son on to a school bus for special needs students. he first began shouting then the man grabbed kelvin davis who was sitting in his seat. this is the picture the boy's guardian sent us it shows a cut on the cheek and a swollen ear. police then arrest bernice hurd. he was drink, he was upset about an incident. the driver simply droppedded the students off at school and drove off. >> i would have preferred that the bus driver escorted the student into the office and let me know exactly what had occurred. >> reporter: we've been told the driver has been reassigned but he is still operating a school bus. the school district is reviewing procedures. >> i don't believe from what i've heard this was an appropriate response by the individuals wor

ktvu's rob roth is live, and rob it was a very happy homecoming. >> reporter: they are soldiers who spentt 11 months in afghanistan. this afternoon they touched down here at oakland airport to cheers and some tears. wives and husbands, children and parents waited in the terminal at oakland airport until waiting seemed almost impossible. >> i'm very anxious, excited, nervous, everything. >> reporter: she made a sign for her husband. this 6-year-old girl just wanted to see her daddy. >> i'm going to give him a big hug. >> reporter: then they arrived. the proximate 90 soldiers for the army national guard unit based in vallejo returned home from afghanistan. >> excited, overwhelmed. >> reporter: the unit was spread all over afghanistan. their mission was to decide what military equipment should be shipped home and what should be destroyed. but for these soldiers that job is done now. and that 6-year-old girl finally got her daddy back. >> it's, the best feeling. i took a about a year off from my life. now they're all here. and it's amazing. >> reporter: this sergeant from pittsburg got to mee

so many foster children don't get the help they need, but as ktvu's rob roth shows us, this one case serves as an inspiration to many to never give up hope. >> reporter: bucking the odds. he coaches kids basketball and he teaches in an oakland charter school. but perhaps most remarkably, he grew up in a foster home, and is now a foster father himself. >> this is only the beginning. i see myself doing a lot of great things. >> reporter: he was only 7 years old when an alameda court took him away from his drug addicted woman and put him in a foster home. >> i was pretty angry. >> reporter: he was placed with mildred walls. >> i held onto him no matter what he did. i think he recognized that. >> when i was breaking things, and being a knuckle head, she stuck with me. >> reporter: deon has taken in a 15-year-old boy. >> i can deal with things so when my son is depressed, i used to be depressed when i was his age. >> he's getting back some of the things he did to me. >> reporter: he hopes his foster son won't be a statistic. 30% end up homeless as adults. here's one more statistic. the nu

rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> gay rights leader, harvey milk was honored today.or ed lee tweeted this picture, honoring a new u.s. postage stamp that bears milk's image and name. it is already available at the post office. milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the united states. he was assassinated along with george moskoni in 1978. >>> they see a lot of this, and are saying, this is not fair. >> the south bay city without water restrictions. >> a chance we could see wet weather. i'll tell you when cooler, cloudy conditions could create the opportunity for drizzle. >> one year after a salmonella outbreak, and people are still getting sick. the claims about antibiotics and chicken that has one organization suing the government. >>> new video into the 10:00 news from san francisco, where a standoff is over. an armed robbery suspect has barricaded himself between 23rd and 24th street about 4:30 this afternoon. when our camera was there, we saw officers were moving possible evidence. police had to evacuate the building and call in a s.w.a.t. team

rob roth with a new proposal to get them help. rob. >> reporter: gasia, the oakland city council public safety committee is expected to meet here at city hall in about an hour. it's expected to take up a plan aimed at fully staffing the shorthanded oakland police department. >> reporter: oakland police officers are stretched thin. four years ago there were 801 officers on the streets, today just 649. >> you want to just turn the place over to the crooks? i don't. i don't want to have to worry about walking down the street at night. but now i do. >> reporter: according to city councilwoman libby shaft who is also running for oakland mayor, almost 100 of those 649 officers are not on the street because of training or disability. she blames mayor jean quan. >> parking lot -- part of the trouble we're in is because the department was unrealistic about their expectations. about how many officers were retiring every month. >> reporter: libby schaaf released a plan that she thinks will get the officers needed. she has created incentives

ktvu's rob roth spoke with the driver. he is live in dublin. the driver told you he only did what anyone would do. >> reporter: right, gasia. this is where it all took place, right in front of the pinole public library. many people are calling the bus driver a hero, except, of course, for the bus driver himself. >> and the dog just kept barking. i just kept, just kept going like this. >> reporter: what craig willis says he saw from his west contra costa transit authority bus was scary. >> it was a bad situation. it was a dangerous situation, but somebody had to be there for the kid. >> reporter: from this bus surveillance video, you can see a pitbull on the right of the screen charging back and forth. lewis says it was barking menacingly first at one teenager, then at another teenage boy and girl all in front of the pinole public library. willis said he had one thought. >> i had to man up and make sure these kids were going to be okay. >> reporter: willis got out of his bus. that's him on the left. >> i said it's going to be you or me. i said t

. >>> that was rob roth reporting. oak land mayor jean qwon is glad to know of the support and wants to work with the city council to fund the safety council priority. if approved it will go to the full council in early june. >>> a father of three was shot to death three years ago and gathered this evening to remember him to find its killer. the vigil marked the death of 30-year-old ron kid that was shot to death while driving home at 7th and market in west oak land. >>> this could happen to anybody. it could be your son, your husband. your dad. anyone of your family. it won't stop. >> detectives say they have little to go on and not a good description of the vehicle used during the shooting. the $10,000 reward is being offered and police hopes someone will come forward with a lead to break the case. >>> a teenager was injured by a drive by shooting in san jose that says her and her cousin running for cover. carla rodriguez said a bullet flew in to her arm and sent debris in her arm and chest. >> i was in the house and

reporting live in half moon bay, rob roth. >>> we are working to learn more tonight about the safety and security that surrounds the air shows. we are speaking with an expert who puts on local shows. about how they respond to these type of crashes, we'll have that story for you coming up tonight at 6. >> homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of two people in south san jose. they are not clear if it is a murder suicide. there is also no word on the gender of the two people killed. neighbors say a man lived there by himself and last night they heard gunshots. homicide investigators discovered the bodies today after receiving a tip. we have a crew at the scene. >>> could be another busy night for law enforcement with people celebrating cinco de mayo and tonight an update on the number of arrests on the weekend in san jose. there were 44 arrests and 63 citations. police were out in force last night and the cameras rolling as several people jumped on a city bus and took over santa clara street. increased patrols have been in place all weekend and will continue tonight as police

in santa rosa, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> now to the case over public access to a beach in san mateo county. today a judge on the case held court at the beach. >> this gate did exist but they were both open so that the public had the right to come down here. >> reporter: attorney jim todd represents the county. closing argumenting are expected in a few weeks. >>> a little bit of fog returns to the coast today. that helped drop temperatures. temperatures inland became very warm. 95 in livermore. tomorrow's temperatures cooler still. we have a pretty robust on shore flow. patchy fog there's not a ton of it. patchy fog right along ocean beach. patchy fog out toward the sunset district toward stinson beach. that patchy fog will fill in and those winds are going to continue tomorrow. that's why temperatures are going to drop several degrees. 59, 53 in san francisco. 63 there's that cool sea breeze. you can see the green. you can see the sea breeze as it works inland. you're going to see more cooling tomorrow, a cooler day for friday and a cooler day as we head into your bay area saturday as well

in santa rosa, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> now to the case over public access to a beach in san mateo county. today a judge on the case held court at the beach. >> this gate did exist but they were both open so that the public had the right to come down here. >> reporter: attorney jim todd represents the county. closing argumenting are expected in a few weeks. >>> a little bit of fog returns to the coast today. that helped drop temperatures. temperatures inland became very warm. 95 in livermore. tomorrow's temperatures cooler still. we have a pretty robust on shore flow. patchy fog there's not a ton of it. patchy fog right along ocean beach. patchy fog out toward the sunset district toward stinson beach. that patchy fog will fill in and those winds are going to continue tomorrow. that's why temperatures are going to drop several degrees. 59, 53 in san francisco. 63 there's that cool sea breeze. you can see the green. you can see the sea breeze as it works inland. you're going to see more cooling tomorrow, a cooler day for friday and a cooler day as we head into your bay area saturday as well