tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the phoenix area is bracing another dust storm tonight. check out pictures from last night of the dust storm that rolled in yesterday. the national weather service estimated the storm was 100 miles wide. it reduced visibility to less than a quarter mile and grounded flights at sky harbor airport. >> back here in the bay area, cool temperatures coast side and inland different, upper 90s. right now, live storm tracker 2, low clouds regroup and push back into the bay for the overnight hours. as far as the time lapse from today, you see that marine layer, warm air trapping the fog close to the service, that has an impact on visibilities. with that in place, that create as temperature range from 62 in pacifica. antioch 96 degrees and oakland mid-70s at 75. forecast deadlines tonight, clear skies inland with fog developing for the coast and pushing into the bay. cooling trend begins tomorrow and reinforced for the weekend. high pressure has been the big weather story over the past few days. fog on the increase overnight and that leads to a cooli

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> safeway says it's quarterly earnings exceeded their expectations. the company earned nearly $140 million. safeway operating nearly 1,700 scores in the united states and canada. >>> morgan stanley and american express help boosted numbers today. the dow gained 152 points, the nasdaq was up a little more than 20 points. >>> a nice warm day today. many places cooler than they were yesterday. we go outside, the fog is going to thicken up and that is the mechanism for cooling. you can see as we get to the latest fog imagery, it's pushing in across the marina green and san francisco. this area out here out towards lands end. you see fog out in outer richmond. that is the story, a cooldown. it never really got that hot but it's going to get a little cooler. these were the highs from today. slightly cooler than yesterday. they're going to be cooler tomorrow. the cooling trend has begun. we're talking about that fire in morgan hill, a big deal any time you have fires. and the weather has really been helpful with firefighters. with the moist cool air coming o

tom vacar joins us now with why high profile cases like this one has people calling for better internetsecurity and regulations, tom. >> reporter: another awful case of hacking. in fact, websites and servers just like these are constantly under the big hack attack. the british tabloid news of the world has just been accused of hacking into a murdered teenage girls voice mail. that led her family to wonder if she was still alive and hampered police. >> if that is true this is a truly dreadful act. >> we are all completely appalled and totally shocked by it. we're determined to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: someone hacked into fox news twitter account and falsely twitted to thousands that president obama had been assassinated. >> there were countless others who just retwitted the message because the twitter feed asked them to retwitt. >> reporter: a recent play station act was devastated. >> 77 million users with all their information got who knows how many credit cards. >> reporter: coyas was contacted by chase bank where she has no account. >> why should i even have an account

tom vacar talk to a trader scene that was you to sending a message to washington. >> reporter: through numerous recessions, he is penetrating them into securities for 36 years on san francisco at the financial markets. as congress plays chicken with the debt ceiling come investors are getting more nervous about america's credit rating, support columns. >> wanted the real real plans for reducing -- what are the real plans for reducing the deficit? >> time or lack of it is thinning nerves. yesterday there was a 92-point loss in today today it's accelerated as today it has accelerated more than 200 points. >> they are sending messages to washington. and this sunday's message is a decline in the marketplace. >> reporter: the message is clear. >> wall street is saying, get something done, make a conclusive premade a viable plan and there'll be more noticed as we get closer to the date. so i would expect more downward action. >> reporter: many believe if we do not seem that this problem, some of the columns, some of the walls may come tumbling down tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> for the

. >>> tom vacar is live at the work site now with that and the next steps in an unusual excavation project going on there, tom. >> reporter: let's go right up to the mass cam, when we go up there what you see is that there's a crane in place where these folks are going to tie on to this spike that they're going to cut away sections, they're going to haul it away to examine its welds. what pg & e has gone is saying that the project that was supposed to be over today won't be over until tomorrow. >> we're unearthing a piece of pipe at the cpucs request. taking a look at it. reviewing the pipe and running a camera through a pipe that was abandoned in 1956. >> reporter: investigators want to look at the welds to see if they're defective. for six years up until 1956 this section of pipe was connected to the one that blew up. >> this work is directed by the cpuc. >> reporter: while this investigation continues up here, over here something very important is about to happen. a crater where the explosion originally occurred will soon be covered and closed. no longer an open sore for all to see. bac

. >>> americans wonder what will happen to my financial security, i am tom vacar, that story still ahead. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. . >>> complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> they waited and fought for years to get married, now they can but they are not. with same-sex marriage now legal in new york you might expect couples to make the trek to tie the not. david, many are saying they rather stay single? >> reporter: that's right. even as many people here applaud new york's entry into the market, few are heading to the east coast to get hitched. >> we had no idea how much went into getting married. >> reporter: joe and mike are pioneers heading to new york to tie the not. >> everybody else, good for you. no one else is doing it. >> reporter: sa

ktvu's tom vacar is showing us how a redesign is making big riggs more fuel efficient on a story you on 2. >> reporter: the driver did not leave the door open, but this device helps open the door. sander helped develop the rig. >> reporter: the trailer tail can save five to 6% of the fuel burned by a tractor trailer moving at highway speeds. every trailer tail that you see on the highway is offsetting the fuel consumption of a passenger vehicle in a year. >> i'm converted. >> reporter: trucker john hightower works for the leading consumer fuel conservation. depending on miles driven, the device can pace for itself in six to 24 months. hightower says the invention has a new dynamic. >> it makes us easier for us to driver without wind blowing it back and forth across lanes. >> reporter: so how easy is this to deploy. well, that easy. >> the key is not only to deliver the fuel savings but to deliver the fuel savings with no hassle to the trucking companies who have to get freight from point a to point b. >> reporter: with a thousand units on the road, the company manufacturers in the us

kwropl tom vacar, -- i'm tom vacar, ktvu2 news. >>> zinga is going to go hop bar. in the filing the company reported nearly $600 million in revenues last year. earning profits of $90 million. they hope to raise up to $1 billion in the first stock sale. >>> the 4th of july weekend is here and thousands are on the road right now. let's go outside right now to give you a live look at interstate 80. this picture backs up what i checked on the traffic section of our web site. traffic here is going well eastbound and westbound. a lot of people got out early or making a later get away. let's head down southbound interstate 280, much of the statement story in the southbound as well. traffic flowing beautifully. triple-a estimates fewer californians will hit the road this year than last year because of high grass prices and financial pressure. >> law enforcement is having officers as possible on the lookout this weekend. many throughout the bay area will be having saturation patrol. instead of checkpoints this weekend. the police say the dui check point at 6:00 and most sta

ktvu's tom vacar is showing us how a redesign is making big riggs more fuel efficient on a story youreporter: the driver did not leave the door open, but this device helps open the door. sander helped develop the rig. >> reporter: the trailer tail can save five to 6% of the fuel burned by a tractor trailer moving at highway speeds. every trailer tail that you see on the highway is offsetting the fuel consumption of a passenger vehicle in a year. >> i'm converted. >> reporter: trucker john hightower works for the leading consumer fuel conservation. depending on miles driven, the device can pace for itself in six to 24 months. hightower says the invention has a new dynamic. >> it makes us easier for us to driver without wind blowing it back and forth across lanes. >> reporter: so how easy is this to deploy. well, that easy. >> the key is not only to deliver the fuel savings but to deliver the fuel savings with no hassle to the trucking companies who have to get freight from point a to point b. >> reporter: with a thousand units on the road, the company manufacturers in the usa employin

i'm consumer editor tom vacar. what's in it for you, still ahead. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. starting with the at&t all for less package -- just $70 per month, voice plus broadband. it's the at&t network. helping you do what you do... even better. > we're all hoping this day wouldn't come. it's definitely real now. >>> through hugs and handshakes, 57 police officers hand in their badges, the special honor and tough times that led to this emotional day. >>> this is the first on time budget since i've been governor. >> and it's a done deal, the key piece of funding missing from the new state budget and how y ou will actually benefit. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. governor jerry brown signed the new state budget this afternoon. new at 6:00, ktvu's consumer editor tom

i'm consumer editor tom vacar, the devil in devil slide still ahead. >>> also it's called the respect for marriage act. why senator dianne feinstein is proposing it and the controversial law that it would repeal. >>> new york city's major today said more than 760 couples will be selected to get marry on sunday the first day that same- sex marriage will be legal in the state of new york. mayor michael bloomberg says that because of the overwhelming number of marriage applications the city is holding a lottery to determine who will get married at any of the five city clerk's offices. city officials say more than 2,000 couples want to get married on sunday. >>> the issue of same-sex marriage is issued to take center stage tomorrow. the law designs marriage as between one man and one woman anddenies all federal benefits to same-sex couples. >> they share financial expenses, they raise children together, and they care for each other in good times and in bad. in sickness and in health, until death they do part. >> senator dianne feinstein repeal is called the respect for marriage act. same-

i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oracle is hoping to interview larry page. google called the request a harassing document because oracle should be able to get the same information from other sources. >>> researchers say the internet is changing the way we remember and collect information. they found people remembered where on a computer an answer was saved easier than they could recall the answer itself. researchers say this shows humans are using computers as memory storage. >>> santa cruz county residents say or who were devastated by storms this past spring are hoping a new appeal by the state will bring relief. the storm's washed out streets in capitola village. california's head of emergency services is now appealing. but cautions a win is not a sure thing. >>> you're waiting for the heat? you're going to be waiting a little bit longer. it's going to warm up but it's just not going to get hot around here. look familiar? there's the current fog product or footprint in the bay area. it shouldn't there be. i pointed this out late in the day, there should b

coming up, tom vacar breaks down the debt ceiling. the big budget items at risk and how that could impact you. >>> pansion plans could see major changes. the senate passed a bill that would bar employees from adding raises and bonuses into their pensions. the bill also prohibits double bip ins where they take another job to receive a pension and a pay check. the bill goes back to the assembly. >>> the coast guard searched 1700 square miles to find 7 missing fisherman. the boat capsized july 3. many of the 44 people were from the bay area. one body was found on an island. the coast guard plans plans plans to fly again tomorrow. his government is still searching for the men. >> prayers are with you. keep praying. >>> school is rallies around families of fisherman. students held a bake sale to raise money for the families. students wanted to help. he is always the first to help others. >> i just hope that she gets better. she is a good teacher. i will miss her a lot. >> there is another bake sale tomorrow. she posted today on facebook th

. >>> i'm consumer editor tom vacar, what it means for your household if you get one in the mail. >>> back here in less than 10 minute, your weekend is just around the corner, i'll let you know if you need jackets or not. >>> new at 6:00, netflix is getting under people's skin. we'll show you how people are slashing out against increases. >>> plus we've been following the b.a.r.t. shooting very closely. >>> also, the casey anthony trial pushing california to create a new law. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. complete bay area news coverage. >>> authorities evacuated homes in central san jose after a car crashed into a house and knocked lose the gas meter. it happened about 9:15 in east st. john's street. by late morning, pg & e hat shut the gas of the house and folks were allowed to go back home. no one was injured and the home was not badly damaged. >>> some residents are getting a confusing postcard. it all has to do with the downsizing of cash strapped postal system. you've been looking into what this all means tom. tom vacar has the story. >> reporter: if you get one of the

reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a san jose man is once again the fourth of july hot dog eating champion. but it wasn't without controversy. >> joey chestnut is going to take his fifth title at the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> so hard to watch. isn't it? joey chestnut collected the $10,000 grand prize by putting away 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. that is short of the record of 88 that he set on the fourth of july two years ago. >> didn't find my rhythm fast enough. it was a great rhythm but not record breaking. >> bottle of pepto in hand. last year his rival was arrested when he tried to rush the stage after refusing to sign a contract. this year he stayed away but he held his own demonstrations and consumed 69 hot dogs. >>> one american won the tour de france, he sprinted ahead of the close. he held up his fingers in the shape of the letter w in memory of his close friend, a belgian bicyclist. >>> we have more news coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. we continue to monitor the situation in mexico where more than a dozen were rescued at sea. heather

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> new details tonight about a high speed chase we showed you yesterday on ktvul 2 news at 5:00. we now know it was followed by an arrest of two people. what you are looking at here is the bust that was taken from a home after police arrested herr era. police tried to arrest him in his home but he took off. in all police say they recovered $200,000 in cash and three firearms along with 20- pound of cocaine and a large amount of meth worth a total of a million dollars. >>> the fog is coming in tonight but not as aggressively as tonight or the night before. less fog tonight means less fog tomorrow. all these patches will fill in as we go into the mid-morning or early morning hours. early night tonight. fog a little bit of drizzle but not as much fog and not as much drizzle. if we see any drizzle it'll be light. mild to cool as we head into your friday. thursday was mild and cool. tomorrow will be just a little bit warmer than that. so we're going to see temperatures back in the 70s. the cooling lies in the pacific northwest. it's hanging out, as long as the it's th

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> new details tonight about a high speed chase we showed you yesterday on ktvunel 2 news at 5:00. we now know it was followed by an arrest of two people. what you are looking at here is the bust that was taken from a home after police arrested herr era. police tried to arrest him in his home but he took off. in all police say they recovered $200,000 in cash and three firearms along with 20- pound of cocaine and a large amount of meth worth a total of a million dollars. >>> the fog is coming in tonight but not as aggressively as tonight or the night before. less fog tonight means less fog tomorrow. all these patches will fill in as we go into the mid-morning or early morning hours. early night tonight. fog a little bit of drizzle but not as much fog and not as much drizzle. if we see any drizzle it'll be light. mild to cool as we head into your friday. thursday was mild and cool. tomorrow will be just a little bit warmer than that. so we're going to see temperatures back in the 70s. the cooling lies in the pacific northwest. it's hanging out, as long as the it's

tom vacar got to try it himself. >> southwest 390sfo tower, runwayreporter: why would uncle sam ever a reporter to command pilots to take off and land? because here i can do no wrong. >> obviously the challenge is to train them as thoroughly and quickly as potential. that's where training like this can be very successful. >>> test directors can really sock it to them. >> all type of weather situations, day-night activity. we can change traffic volumes. >> reporter: perhaps more important controllers can be trained on scenarios should araise. should it arise, lives will not be lost. >> aircraft emergency conditions, aircraft with engine out. all type, any situation you can think of. >> reporter: whether it's a scenario such as a closed runway or arriving aircraft or airfield intrusion or even a plane in the bay, the fda says it's paying off. >> we're training any where from 15 to 20% based on a location. >> reporter: consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> cuper to the -- cupertino's apple is getting ready to buy hulu. a disney executive said they are committed to save it. >>> san f

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is in mountain view tonight and tell us how scientists have really pushed the limit over the years and what they've accomplished, tom. >> reporter: this is a national treasure, 80 years ago no less than charles lindburg decided this should become nasa's oldest research laboratory. teenagers hosted by lead america learn about robotic deep space exploration here today. all say they are inspired by the space shuttle program accomplishments. >> i'm inspired by if previous inspiration. and just thinking of how we can build on that and make it even better. >> i always sit there and wonder how would it be like to go to space. >> i really want to open my ears and listen to other people, what they are doing and i want to do -- i want to take part in those kind of skills. >> reporter: here at aims, young engineer, scientists and explorers have pushed the limits. here astronauts trained for space missions. here the basic concept of the shuttle's design was formulated. here the heat resistant reentry systems of all u.s. manned spacecrafts were developed. the final shut

. >>> ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar where thousands of people are about to get back on the payroll. >> reporter: this soon to be open brand new safeway just hired 85 people in the last two days. as we learned today, earlier anyone offering jobs should expect a tsunami of job seekers. pg & e held a job fair today in bay point looking for 20 people willing to do manual labor on a one year environment clean up project at this no longer used chemical settling pond right across the street. an army of local folks showed up and we could not help but notice all the women willing to mock hazmat suits. but that's what long term unemployment does. >> i slowed down and i would do seasonal work like elections or census. >> i've been working for 10 years as ad lib and i've been out for two years. >> i was working at a local tv station and i was laid off because of cuts. >> reporter: the recovery has seen women struggling more than men. unemployment among males has decreased by 1.1%. but female unemployment has increased by .02. we asked these women why they think that is so. >> because they star

reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama and leaders just wrapped up talks on the debt ceiling with no deal in site. photos may show a friendly gathering but they remain far apart. a new plan is drawing fire even from their party. he is proposing giving the president more power to raise the debt ceiling if he cuts spending. >> make the president show the cuts he claims to support. >> if he refuses he will have to raise the det det on his own. >> this is not a preferred option. the president is committed to significant cuts in spending and to dealing with our deficit and debt problems. >> the white house says the debt limit must be raised. >>> the chairman of the federal reserve warned congress to raise the debt ceiling by august 2. >> soon after that date there would have to be significant cuts in social security, medicare, military pay or a combination to avoid borrowing more money. >> he said failure to raise the debt ceiling could trigger a government default, that would cast out on the reliability of the treasury and throw shock ways to the financial sys

tom vacar put that question to the experts today. >> in a word the stock market is on a tear. on monday morning, for every $1,000, that's a broad measure of the stock market you made $56 this week. since the markets recession low in the fall of 09. you've more than doubled it, now have $2,130 and you're just $76 short of the market high since before the recession. commodity prices have stabilized, gasoline prices are declining. japan's tsunami recovery is on the way. if the u.s. does not default on it debts, the economic tea leaves are lining up. >> we may be coming into a period where we're going to see a spurt of growth because it's been held back by largely transitory or temporary factors. >> reporter: though many people won't think this is relative to them. the fact is millions of retirement accounts, 401ks and corporate investments depend on the market. tom vacar. >>> the federal trade commission is investigating twitter for possibly anti trust investigation. at least one company that makes apps for twitter, says the ftc had contacted it in a probe of how twitter feels ab

i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> today's warm up will continue into tomorrow. we start the morning with relatively mild temperatures. milder than what we saw this morning. patchy fog burning off by 10:00 or so. and into the afternoon a five to 10 degrees jump expected for our inland areas. so our inland spots will be sitting in the upper 80s to mid- 90s around the bay. and 70s and 80s for our region. we start out the morning in the 50s and near 60 degrees. by lunchtime already feeling a little toasty for the inland areas. low 80s and near 60s along the coast. widespread 70s and 80s across the bay. coming up in just a little bit we'll pinpoint your neighborhood and talk about how long this heat is going to last. >>> for the second time this month, one of those bison that lives in bay park has died. her remains were taken to the zoo. there are only three bison left in the aging herd. >>> it has housed cremates remains for more than 100 years. the plan to open a unique place to thousands of people. verizon claims its 4g lte is twice as fast as at&t. we're putting

consumer editor tom vacar is at the site and tells us what's going on there with the gas main that hasn't been used in more than 50 years, tom. >> reporter: frank, let's first of all let's go right to the cam. we're learning this investigation is some what of a fishing expedition, it's well intended but no one is sure of exactly what's going to be found. >> reporter: investigators hope to find information that might be useful in preventing future failures throughout pg & e's vast system. >> we're unearthing a piece of pipe. removing an 8-foot section of pipe and running a cable through a 1950 pipe. >> reporter: the agency wants to know about any oddities it might find of this long abandoned pipe. one part of the investigation has gone so far as to x-ray the exposed pipe especially the welds looking inside them. this pipe used to be directly connected to the pipe that blew up last september. this was where the main pipeline was rerouted 55 years ago to make way for this housing development. >> this work is directed by the puc. >> reporter: in other words pg & e had no say in this. they're

consumer editor tom vacar looks at the reason the big box bookstore chain failed and what it means for of us, tom. >> reporter: from borders and a lot of other bookstores it all boils down to two words, technology and fear. all 399 borders stores including 10 right here in the bay area are now selling everything to the bare walls. >> i teach english so i wanted to, take advantage of the good deal. >> reporter: when it's over, thousands of jobs will be gone. >> and these are the kind of jobs that support young people or people who may be want to stay home with their kids and work part times. >> reporter: one customer told us for border employees today's booming business is a bitter irony. >> they wished people came before so they wouldn't be in this predicament. but i think people are just sad. >> reporter: e readers and internet retailers overwhelmed the stores. >> i don't think that reading is going to the waist side, i think more people are going to e books. i'm not going to get a friendly smile, i'm not going to get a cup of joe at amazon, period. >> the big boxes have been done in

i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> today's warm up will continue into tomorrow.start the morning with relatively mild temperatures. milder than what we saw this morning. patchy fog burning off by 10:00 or so. and into the afternoon a five to 10 degrees jump expected for our inland areas. so our inland spots will be sitting in the upper 80s to mid- 90s around the bay. and 70s and 80s for our region. we start out the morning in the 50s and near 60 degrees. by lunchtime already feeling a little toasty for the inland areas. low 80s and near 60s along the coast. widespread 70s and 80s across the bay. coming up in just a little bit we'll pinpoint your neighborhood and talk about how long this heat is going to last. >>> for the second time this month, one of those bison that lives in bay park has died. her remains were taken to the zoo. there are only three bison left in the aging herd. >>> it has housed cremates remains for more than 100 years. the plan to open a unique place to thousands of people. >>> free birth control, the reason millions of the women may not have

tom vacar got to try it himself. >> southwest 390sfo tower, runway 388 clear to land. >> reporter: why uncle sam ever allow a reporter to command pilots to take off and land? because here i can do no wrong. >> obviously the challenge is to train them as thoroughly and quickly as potential. that's where training like this can be very successful. >>> test directors can really sock it to them. >> all type of weather situations, day-night activity. we can change traffic volumes. >> reporter: perhaps more important controllers can be trained on scenarios should araise. should it arise, lives will not be lost. >> aircraft emergency conditions, aircraft with engine out. all type, any situation you can think of. >> reporter: whether it's a scenario such as a closed runway or arriving aircraft or airfield intrusion or even a plane in the bay, the fda says it's paying off. >> we're training any where from 15 to 20% based on a location. >> reporter: consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> cuper to the -- cupertino's apple is getting ready to buy hulu. a disney executive said they are committed

we begin with tom vacar on the ground.are just hearing about the possible cause, tom -- >> reporter: the fire marshal just told ktvu that the possible if not probable cause of the fire were some workers working in this field of

tom vacar explains three areas where it will affect your wallet. >> reporter: as of midnight the state will collect a quarter% less than her paycheck but from a single taxpayer, the savings will be $240 a year, $20 a month premade couples making the same amount will save about $650 a year. >> i love it. that is a great thing. >> reporter: consumers will pay 1% last state sales tax -- less state sales-tax. in the vehicle registration fee, currently 1.5% is reduced to .65%, in other $1.4 billion loss to the state treasury. but on a car valued at $20,000 instead of paying $230, you will pay $130, saving $100. although many welcome it others see more damaged. >> i worry about the people that will be laid off. >> it appears that just about every level of government is being downsized and that downsizing may well be permanent. >>> tomorrow is commute will no longer include a perk for many hybrid owners. this table and a program that allows them to use carpool lanes. transportation officials say that some compressed natural gas vehicles will be able to drive solo in the carpool lane. >>> tomo

coming up at 5:00, tom vacar will break that down. what exactly will the default mean and who stands to lose in the grove aches going on right now. we're live at the civic center b.a.r.t. station -- the negotiations are going on now. >>> we're live at the civic center b.a.r.t. station. we'll have that story and more coming up on the news at 5:00. that's gonna do it for us. thanks so much for joining us. we'll see you back here at 5:00.

reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the woman accused of burglarizingthe hotel room where game show host trebek and his wife were staying appeared in court. trebek says he woke up on tuesday to find a woman in his room and then ruptured an achilles tendon. trebek says he's schedule scheduled to have surgery tomorrow. >>> witnesses say the girl was riding on her father's shoulder on the pool at the regency pool last night. friends and relatives in a near by hot tub noticed the two had gotten quiet then found them unconscious at the bottom of the pool. a friend pulled them from the water and did cpr. >> i had only done it on a dummy, so to do it on an 8-year- old girl was pretty nervewracking. >>> a good samaritan who was shot while feeding the homeless died last night. he was parked with his pregnant wife and two young daughters on 47th avenue and international boulevard early yesterday morning handing food out of their van. someone pulled up alongside them and opened fire. paris wife and three-year-old daughter suffered wounds. the family had been handi

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> the governor signed the state budget just one day before the new fiscal year began. the spending plan includes cuts to higher education, welfare and the court. the governor hinted he hasn't given up on putting a tax measure on the ballot. >> before we get finished, i bet we're going to have to go back to the people and get their vote on how we're going to do things going forward. >> reporter: the budget relies on optimistic revenue projection. if that money doesn't come through more cuts will be made. >>> the gop is claiming victory because the budget does not include the tax extensions the governor pushed for. >> our agenda was to put the money back in the taxpayers pocket. our agenda was to prioritize with what dollars we had and put them in a place where we feel are more important to taxpayers. >> reporter: the president of the howard jarvis taxpayers association says lower taxes will help everyone and hopefully will jump start the economy. ktvu.com has a complete break down. you can also watch more of the governor's comments after he signed it just look un

tom vacar takes it for a test drive. >> sfo tower. runway 28 left clear to land. >> why would uncle sam let a reporter command airliners to take off and land? because here i can do no harm. training clearly and possibly. it has no benefits. >> the faa in oakland the air traffic controllers get basic and advanced training with simulations of any bay area airport. the test direct ors can sock it to them. >> all type of weather situations, day/night activity. changing traffic volumes, perhaps most important, controllers can be trained on virtually any emergency scenario that can ever arise. so should it arise lives will not be lost. aircraft emergency conditions, aircraft with engine out, all type of just about any situation that you can think of. >> if it say scenario such as a closed runway or an arriving aircraft or a plane in the bay, the faa says it is paying off in controllers. >> we are fighting nationwide the tower. train anything where between 15 to 30% based on the location. >>> a south san francisco company's green creation co

tom vacar, consumer editor for ktvu news. tom, first to you. what's the latest from washington? where do things change now? >> we've been sitting here longer than ten minutes so i'm not quite sure. i'll give you the big thing. this evening by a vote of 218-210 the house of representatives approve a republican plan and that would raise the debt limit by $900 billion initially then another $1.6 trillion sometime in early 2011, but it is all linked to a balanced budget amendment which, of course, the senate says is doa on arrival. and, in fact, they voted and basically said it's doa and on arrival. in the senate a democrat plan will be voted on tomorrow and the republicans in a sense are saying they will vote tomorrow to say it's dead before it even gets here. you can see these adults are really getting along with each other. but the reality of the situation is we are no closer to a deal. in fact, arguably, we're farther from a deal. for the last six days, the stock market has gone down 500, 600 points, and monday if there's not a deal, we might see the market go into some sort of

reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> news chopper 2 caught the amazing size of the pitch black cloud that the fire set off into the sky. a shelter-in-place is still in effect right now. but now that things are dying down, near by residents fears are dying down as well. sal castaneda live in fairfield when he spoke to residents. >> reporter: i want to show you how close we are to the fire. you can see still thick black smoke rising from the plastic plant. now we're just about a mile, maybe a little bit less than a mile away from it. so i want jacob our photographer to just show us here this neighborhood which is you know rather close. people earlier this afternoon were standing at their porches just looking at this fire. and people are gathered in many spots and watched the thick black smoke. less than a mile away, this neighborhood was right underneath the cloud but that didn't daunt leslie williams. she and her family stood outside and watched any way. >> tons of smoke overhead and just trying to watch it with binoculars to make sure it didn't hit the grass. as soon as i

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reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> late this afternoon house speaker john boehner decided at the last minute to postpone a vote on his debt ceiling plan indicating he still doesn't have enough votes in his own party to pass it. even a yes vote wouldn't have cooled off this hot debate. >> thank you, okay. >>> on capitol hill an ice cream vendor made his political views known. he handed out ice cream to everyone expect the debt debaters. all afternoon they debated john boehner's plan. it would call for a balanced budget amendment. >> representatives in the house and a bipartisan way and asking my colleagues in the senate, let's pass this bill and end this crisis. >> it is a grave disservice to the american people, the middle class. >> democrats say boehner's bill will harm medicare and social security and they have vowed to kill it until senate. today the house secretary said republicans seem to be trying to quote stick the president with default. >> this is the game the idea here is who can be blamed to do serious harm to the economy. shouldn't the gain here be, what can we do to

tom vacar reports why this new win is inspiring young women. >> girls can do as much as boys can do.ys looked up to the women's soccer team. so it was really good to see that they are doing good. >> reporter: that includes a really good win over brazil and many players say they know it was the u.s. women's world cup triumph in 1989 that led to a boom in girls playing soccer. >> i would love to grow up and be like them some day. >> reporter: but coach emily harvey says girl's soccer could use the boost. she says all athletes need role models and role models need a stage. >> people probably don't even know all the team players on the team right now. >> reporter: jeremy almanderos agrees, he's the president for kids love soccer. a group that runs league in 35 cities. >> i think we will get a significant jump. maybe 30% of girls who haven't kicked a ball may be interested now. >> people take into consideration that boys are better than girls. so i like it when the girls do really good. >> reporter: you don't think that's true by the way do you? >> not at all. >> reporter: robert handa, k

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tom vacar reports why this new win is inspiring young women. >> girls can do as much as boys can do.and i always looked up to the women's soccer team. so it was really good to see that they are doing good. >> reporter: that includes a really good win over brazil and many players say they know it was the u.s. women's world cup triumph in 1989 that led to a boom in girls playing soccer. >> i would love to grow up and be like them some day. >> reporter: but coach emily harvey says girl's soccer could use the boost. she says all athletes need role models and role models need a stage. >> people probably don't even know all the team players on the team right now. >> reporter: jeremy almanderos agrees, he's the president for kids love soccer. a group that runs league in 35 cities. >> i think we will get a significant jump. maybe 30% of girls who haven't kicked a ball may be interested now. >> people take into consideration that boys are better than girls. so i like it when the girls do really good. >> reporter: you don't think that's true by the way do you? >> not at all. >> reporter: rober

reporting live consumer editor tom vacar channel 2 news. >>> a coast guard patrol boat hit a pleasurean 8-year-old boy was killed. the national transportation safety board today faulted the coast guard vessel's excessive speed along with a lack of oversight. that patrol boat was going as fast as 48 miles an hour. >>> fans of pixar's hit animated film up can live in a real life replica. the only problem is the house is not located anywhere near the creamery, it's actually located in utah. the utah-based home builder just finished building a four-bedroom replica of the house. disney gave the builder permission to do so. the house can be yours for $399,000. >>> on to our weather now. the word today seems to be fog and a lot of it. >> last week it was super hot, this week the cooldown, it's continuing into tomorrow. the fog cloud out there deposit something drizzle along ocean beach along the great highway. you know what tomorrow looks like? a lot like this, temperatures tomorrow are going to be foggy -- temperatures are going to be cooler than today in many places and it's going to be fo