ktvu's robert handa is live with a controversy on why it took the clean up so long. robert? >>> the clean up, the repairs and the healing process continues and so does the debate over how leaders dealt with removing the graffiti. >> reporter: the priest blessed the new cross put up this morning. the original cross was knocked to the ground. other vandalism including spray painting of joseph is mary -- joseph and mary. he still feels no hate for the vandals. >> as a priest i offer my forgiveness and compassion. >> reporter: the vandalism through visitors because he chose not to remove the graffiti right away for a teachable moment. >> looking at the desecration i started to get more anger but then i knew repentson the way of salvation. >> reporter: some agreed. >> i pray personally that we do leave it up for a while and let others see. >> reporter: but other pastors disagree. >> cover it up so not to give whoever did it that, you know, hey, we got free publicity. >> reporter: late this afternoon they cleaned the statues and a crew began removing the graffiti. >> hopefully the

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the father of a congressman is being honored. he is being awarded the gungressional gold medal. the family was sent to a camp in 1942, the next year he started serving in the military. the honor is a bittersweet one for the family. >> maybe i should be happy but -- i couldn't think -- >> his wife said they will accept the award at a ceremony thursday. >>> california's death row was the center of a large rotest today. ktvu's rob roth -- protest today. ktvu's rob roth is live. >> reporter: the protesters gathered here at san quentin and left peacefully. >> reporter: they called it occupy san quentin. people rallied this afternoon outside the prison gates, calling the justest system an injustice system. >> building more schools. >> it is like a cycle. >> reporter: the prison beefed up security today. because there were so many officers out front, the programs and yard activities were canceled. the road into san quentin was closed. residents couldn't leave or come back. >> as long as it remains peaceful i have no problem with people

robert handa live in hayward with the new information he's received from investigators during the past 50 minutes. >>> there is a much different mood in the neighborhood right now. a police car still stationed here but the neighbors are no longer so afraid. >> the strange chase started saturday night when jose hernandez came to an apartment complex. police came here after his ex- girlfriend called police. then paramedics had to treat hernandez after stabbing his chest and slashing his throat. at around 4:30 this afternoon, a hayward special duty searching some of hernandez' old addresses spotted him in a car at castro valley boulevard and stanton avenue. police say he surrendered without incident. neighbors say they are released for himself and ex-girlfriend. >> thank god they caught him. thank god but the lady is not here. and i hope she get it is news that she's already caught. it makes a relief for this neighborhood. >>> police say at this hour hernandez is being held in the hayward city jail on $110,000 warrant that was issued. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in the l

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> republican presidential hopeful mitt romney caused a stir with this remark doing an interview today. >> i am in the race because i care about americans. i am not concerned about the poor. we have a safety net there. i am not concerned about the very rich, they are doing fine. i am concerned about the heart of american who is struggling. i will take that message across the nation. >> asked to clarify his remark that he is not concerned about the very poor, he said they have a safety net. >> now, let me say something here. i am fed up with politicians dividing americans against each other. >> in reno, newt gingrich responded to what mitt romney said. newt gingrich said he is concerned about all the american people. he says he will keep up the fight for the nomination despite a second place showing in florida. >>> nevada holds caucuses on saturday. ktvu's ken pritchett will be there. >>> president obama today asked congress to provide more help to u.s. homeowners. >> it is wrong for anybody to suggest the only option for struggling responsible homeo

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the nfl approved a $200 million loan for the 49ers stadium project. the rest comes from a loan granted to the 49ers and the city of santa clara. naming rights are expected to generate millions of dollars. stay with us on www.ktvu.com for the latest on the 49ers move >>> facebook's new menlo p headquarters. inside facebook's cafe for lunch today, 2,000 employees lining up for free meals. upstairs, employees use computers to monitor the website. 85% of facebook's revenue comes from advertisement. >> google is still struggling to break free in another area where they could get more revenue. facebook looks like they will make money on things more than advertising. >> right now half of the 8 buildings are filled but they have plans to expand. >>> facebook was corrected to connect the world but for some it is more isolating. 9 news reporter john fowler joins us with new information he uncovered. >> reporter: research suggests that self-esteem of facebook usesers the key to whether their experience is good or not so good. >> reporter: 3-4 teens are active o

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. sparks are flying on capitol hill.ublicans held a committee hearing today on a new rule that requires employers to provide ensure coverage for birth control. several leaders were invited to speak on the issue. >> whatever it takes not to violate, that is what we will do. >> female democrats walked out as a protest because the only people invited to testify were men. >>> a new poll shows the country is divided on the issue, half of americans saying they oppose the new policy. 44% approve it. two other surveys show stronger support for the coverage. >>> the two leading republican candidates for president barn stormed for votes in michigan. rick santorum has been surging in the polls, threatening to take michigan from mitt romney. rick santorum criticized president obama. >> this president is not interested in providing jobs. he is interested in redistributing wealth. >> rick santorum said he believes in economics. mitt romney also scored up a big endorsement from the governor. he apaired with the governor at a lunch -- h

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on the story. santa clara filed a lawsuit from putting the project back on the ballot. they filed complaint today. leaders vowed league action after voting to deny aneft for another measure. it would have given voters to overturn the loan to the 49ers. the city argues because the project was approved in 2010 it can't be challenged a second time. >>> a court ruled today that videos of san francisco's land mark 2010 same-sex marriage trial will not be made public. they document the trial over proposition 8. organizations and the toecaps who sued to overturn the band petitioned to have it released. a former prosecutor said the tapes would have gave the public an inside look at the trial. >> i think it would have been interesting for everybody to see the evidence. >> most people never step inside a courtroom. they see 2 minutes on the news about what happens. >> sponsors argued releasing the footage could suggest witnesses to huracement. >> dennis said a 43 society deserves maximum transparency to the

ktvu's robert handa is here with more. >> reporter: we are at the civic auditorium where the mayor williver his address soon. pension reform is part of his peach and a citizen complaint filed against him today. >> reporter: the san jose firefighter's union delivered the complaint this afternoon, signed by 800, that accused the mayor and other officials of ethics violations. they said the mayor has been promoting his ballot measure by saying city retirement contributions would hit $625 million. unions say e-mails and interviews show officials knew $650 million was speculation not based on fact and the mayor was warned not to use that figure publicly but did. members took pay cuts and resigned out of fear generated by the comments. >> morale is at an all time low. the mayor has been beating us up side the het with the numbers -- the head with the numbers. >> they are prohibited from lying, misleading, or deceiving member of the city counsel or public. >> reporter: the mayor denied being warned, saying it has always been used as a worst case scenario. >> the figure sarisinal ballpark figur

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been tracking the showers. what is to come? >> the scattered showers had winds today. we talked about that. showers are continuing right now. we are basically in the heart of the afternoon commute. it is going on down here. stop the radar. coming up here now on the bridge, this area of rain moving across the bridge, south, into san jose as well. moderate showers. the yellows represent moderate train. scattered showers today. heaviest rainfall was in the north bay, or in the mountains. here is oakland. scattered showers, those showers dying down in oakland. picking up in san jose. we have more pictures. the wind was blowing. the wind across the bridges, 25- 35 miles per hour. there was flight delays that airports because of the winds. as we look that rainfall totals. the totals were not that heavy. accumulations in the mountains had the most. the rest of us a quarter of the inch when i come back we will look that totals, a chance of more showers.

robert handa, ktvu news. >>> the surveillance video police released is generating new leads into a groupof attacks where rocks were launched into homes. a white police believe was involved in attacks early saturday morning just south of vasco road. police believe the vandals used a powerful slingshot like the one you see there to fire rocks into homes. whoever is responsible will face felony vandalism charges. >>> despite finding more than a thousand bones and bone fragments, a convicted serial killer says they were digging in the wrong place. our ken pritchett live there with another strange turn the story is taking today. >> reporter: gasia, let me set the scene for you first, if you look at the very top of that hill back there that's the site of the well that investigators dug up where they found about 1,000 bones and bone fragments. but this death row inmate speaking to a bounty hunter says that the well he drew is not up there but some where to my right. about 100 yards down the road in that field buried and out of sight. today crews smoothed over the soil. the final finishing touch

ktvu's robert handa has more on what wolf told them. >> reporter: well, we're at the proposed stadium site downtown, where san jose and the a's owner whether or not wolf owner lou wofl wants to bring the team. he came to discuss the progress, if any of moving the team here. and sensing that wolf had heard a decision from the commissioner, bud selig, he made an immediate announcement. >> and i really wish i was here with a fantastic announcement for you. i commend you to read the parable, about the hare and the tortoise. >> reporter: he says he was worried about the three-year delay, but at one point wolf gave a time table for how long he wanted to wait. >> we have a way of demanding a vote. but that is not our nature. so the best thing for us to do in the next couple of months, see where we go. >> reporter: but later he backed off. >> was that a sort of time table? >> no. >> reporter: what is the two months -- >> i don't know what i said -- i take it back. >> you just said you wouldn't wait -- >> i don't want to wait forever. i think we're getting close to either a yes or no decision,

robert handa has more on the parker impact felt there by the heat. >> reporter: well right now the concern is the wind picking up, causing concern about fire danger and allergies, but many are benefiting from the warm weather here in the valley. and in the santa clara valley it is even boosting the economy. it is definitely not a sight you see very often in san jose in mid-february, a full-fledged construction project going on, while others are under way in the city. the south bay council says it is a complete turn around from last year when heavy rain kept hundreds home, and stalled thework on the site. >> it is a benefit for all of us, the log book, if they had any, they can go out and bid for more work. a big benefit for all of us in the construction industry. >> reporter: a lot of industries that usually lay low in the winter are usually flying high during the stretch. the aviation airport is riding it full tilt. >> and this weather is just fantastic for that. i mean it really kicked up the volume of -- of people flying, this particular winter. >> it is the joy of flying, and in this k

robert handa has the story and he watched the game to be the with his friend from palo alto high. >> reporter: this is where liny played, he led his team then went on to harvard where he started to courts there leading to t-shirts like this the jeremy lin show. tonight he had an amazing show. many madison square garden, jeremy lin dropped in 38 points. even outscoring laker star kobe bryant. >> there it is. get it. >> yeah. >> reporter: in the dutch goose bar, lin's high school coach and two high school teammates gathered to watch the 23-year- old sensation. >> he's incredibly confident in he's ability and he's fearless. he'll go at it and go for it every chance he gets. >> reporter: tonight was lin's fourth straight start as an nba proand since he started the knicks are undefeated. >> he's never going to get caught up in all this insanity thing that's happening right now. he's just taking it like an average show and i think that's the best part about jeremy. >> reporter: friends also say he's deeply religious. in high school it was church and basketball. lin is the first american of

robert handa is joining us right -- lloyd lacuesta is joining us right now. >> reporter: we found peoplestrong feelings about rick santorum. not necessarily positive. >> i believe that there is a lot of anger toward women and we need somebody to represent the country that is equal, that is not bias to sex, race, creed. >> i can't abide some of his ideology. when he starts talking, when he gets a sort of stiff spine about religion. >> reporter: yes the former pennsylvania senator is now considered the republican's front runner for the party's presidential nomination. the gallop poll gives him a 10% lead over mitt romney. a san jose state political scientist says the anybody but mitt attitude probably may play a role. >> he comes across as very genuine. whether you agree with him or not. secondly he appeals very strongly to the conservative element and the tea party element. >> reporter: uncertain how he will play with the democratic delegates. the former head of the california republican party says accomplished gop leaders do not feel santorum is a candidate they want running against pres

robert handa has the story and he watched the game to be the with his friend from palo alto high. >> reporter: this is where liny played, he led his team then went on to harvard where he started to courts there leading to t-shirts like this the jeremy lin show. tonight he had an amazing show. many madison square garden, jeremy lin dropped in 38 points. even outscoring laker star kobe bryant. >> there it is. get it. >> yeah. >> reporter: in the dutch goose bar, lin's high school coach and two high school teammates gathered to watch the 23-year- old sensation. >> he's incredibly confident in he's ability and he's fearless. he'll go at it and go for it every chance he gets. >> reporter: tonight was lin's fourth straight start as an nba proand since he started the knicks are undefeated. >> he's never going to get caught up in all this insanity thing that's happening right now. he's just taking it like an average show and i think that's the best part about jeremy. >> reporter: friends also say he's deeply religious. in high school it was church and basketball. lin is the first american of

robert handa is joining us right -- lloyd lacuesta is joining us right now. >> reporter: we found peoplewith strong feelings about rick santorum. not necessarily positive. >> i believe that there is a lot of anger toward women and we need somebody to represent the country that is equal, that is not bias to sex, race, creed. >> i can't abide some of his ideology. when he starts talking, when he gets a sort of stiff spine about religion. >> reporter: yes the former pennsylvania senator is now considered the republican's front runner for the party's presidential nomination. the gallop poll gives him a 10% lead over mitt romney. a san jose state political scientist says the anybody but mitt attitude probably may play a role. >> he comes across as very genuine. whether you agree with him or not. secondly he appeals very strongly to the conservative element and the tea party element. >> reporter: uncertain how he will play with the democratic delegates. the former head of the california republican party says accomplished gop leaders do not feel santorum is a candidate they want running against

robert handa is live with a proposal to ask riders to pay for it whether they ride the trains or not. >> reporter: it's a system that's looking for ways to keep the trains running. 86 trains transport 30,000 people every workday. but theirs alone cannot keep the trains running, it costs $100 million a year and caltrain has no dedicated funding source. >> we were almost forced to cut our service in half just a year ago because some the same kind of funding issues. >> reporter: there is sufficient funding since 2014 and ridership is up double digits. >> operationally, caltrain has been improving. >> reporter: looking down the tracks, a grass roots group called friends of caltrain is proposing a tax increase to pay for caltrain. >> the caltrain measure will be a local measure. it's a self-fund locally funded measure to fund all of us. >> reporter: every tax increase has to be approved by voters. >> probably vote against it. >> reporter: why? >> caltrain already costs enough. >> why not? it's all worth it. we need to keep caltrain. >> reporter: officially caltrain says it is premature to

robert handa is live with a proposal to ask riders to pay for it whether they ride the trains or not. >> reporter: it's a system that's looking for ways to keep the trains running. 86 trains transport 30,000 people every workday. but theirs alone cannot keep the trains running, it costs $100 million a year and caltrain has no dedicated funding source. >> we were almost forced to cut our service in half just a year ago because some the same kind of funding issues. >> reporter: there is sufficient funding since 2014 and ridership is up double digits. >> operationally, caltrain has been improving. >> reporter: looking down the tracks, a grass roots group called friends of caltrain is proposing a tax increase to pay for caltrain. >> the caltrain measure will be a local measure. it's a self-fund locally funded measure to fund all of us. >> reporter: every tax increase has to be approved by voters. >> probably vote against it. >> reporter: why? >> caltrain already costs enough. >> why not? it's all worth it. we need to keep caltrain. >> reporter: officially caltrain says it is premature to

at lexington, robert handa, ktvu news. >> our coverage continues on our website. you can also go to ktvu.com, just click on the storm tracker 2 tab on the very top of our home page. >>> yahoo announced a big shake up at the top of the -- yahoo cofounder jerry yang resigned last month. the company also hired ted thompson as its fourth ceo in less than five years. >>> federal reserved chairman ben bernanke said the u.s. job market is still weak despite recent figures showing a drop in unemployment. speaking before a senate committee, bernanke acknowledged some markets are improving but he also noted that the market only changed modestly and said there is still a long way to go. >> the 8.3% no doubt understate it is weakness of the labor market in some broad sense. >> reporter: bernanke conceded the fed would keep key interest rates near zero for at least two more years. >> reporter: the feds h keeping taxes low helped wall street today. investors also reacted positively to news that greece appeared close to announcing a deal with its creditors. the dow closed at its

robert handa has why more staff members are being drawn in this case. >> reporter: the abuse allegationsating more investigations and anger. there was a lot of emotion swirling around the roosevelt school, the special education preschool is housed on campus. and parents were already reeling after finding out last week that a teacher 43-year-old alexia bogdis was arrested for striking two students. >> the allegations are that mrs. bogdis conducted five counts of alleged child abuse. >> reporter: the investigation led to eight other teachers and aides put on administrative leave. >> when you have kids at school you trust the teachers and if someone wants to become a teacher they also have to think about the consequences and what they're getting into. especially with special needs kids. >> reporter: the attorney for one of the family of the children struck by bogdis spoke to us. >> they don't know how to care for that child because the school district won't tell them what happened. >> reporter: the school district says it is seeking an independent investigation. >> each of these aids and te

at 6:00, we'll show you some of those benefiting from the weird winter weather, live, san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 action news. >>> and bill martin says we could break records today. >> and we did, santa cruz broke a record, santa rosa broke a record as well. 7 degrees, just short of 80 degrees, temperatures in february, 10-15 degrees above the average. these are the current temperatures outside. it does not look like february. these look like june temperatures. 74 in fairfield, 72, livermore, very warm daytime highs. there is the record, santa rosa, 79. in san francisco, 71, santa cruz setting a record at 79 degrees as well. there is a wind advisory at higher elevations. and we have some very warm temperatures in your forecast tomorrow. i am back here at 5:18, going to tomorrow's forecast. i'll show you where we could see more possible records and where the hottest spots will be. i'll see you back here. >>> the search continues for more possible sites in san joaquin county where the victims of a pair of serial killers may be buried. ktvu's ken pritchett has more on the story, and