ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with the new system. tom? >> reporter: indeed, from a far this is where some of us see it as we wiz by on the old span. but soon we will know it close up and personal and this bridge is a long lasting work of art. >> reporter: what is undone is shrouded so none of the sprays go into the bay. it is a far cry from a few months ago of 17,000 individual wires. all of the strands don't like water. that could make them corrode and you want this to last 150 years it has to be protected from the elements. >> the wires are galvanized. >> reporter: six layers, each in a different color to make sure they are dully cover -- fully covered make it work. the cable is then wrapped by flat steal wires. -- steel wires. then comes paint followed by noxide, finally the outer coat. >> aquillic quote -- aquillic coat on top of that -- acrylic coat on top of that. >> reporter: in the next 24 hours they begin moving this cat walk and the only way up and down on top of this cable. where you can't see the cable is isolated in the chamb

tom vacar, consumer editor for ktvu news. and martha mendoza, reporter for the "associated press" based in santa cruz. welcome, everyone. yesterday, thousands of law enforcement officers came together in honor of santa cruz police sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler, shot dead last week by a suspect they were questioning about a sexual assault. the memorial was so big, organizers moved it to hp pavilion in san jose. mm martha, you were at the event. what struck you about it? >> it was really a sad, sad day. it was shakingly sad. there came a moment when one of the officers' partners picked up their son, 5-year-old waukeen. he has his mom's hat over his eyes and holding a teddy bear. you just see this is a kid who's never going to have his mom again. and, you know, her longtime boyfriend just said that he had promised her when he had seen her body that he would always take care of these kids. there were so many people who just loved both of these officers. >> this was really kind of an unprecedented out

ktvu's tom v is on -- consumer editor tom vacar is on hand now to show us the final results. tom?ent. now, made for earthquake country, they are designed to with stand the biggest quake that comes every 1500 years. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: then came a long parade of cars, beginning with the old and two all electrics. the tunnels named for the late congressman, are a bittersweet reminder for his widow. >> i wish my husband was here. he worked very hard. very hard. but i am very happy. nevertheless. >> reporter: 20 people, mostly community activists who began the quest so long ago have sense passed -- since passed. >> he would glow. he would have a big smile on his face. >> it is a monument, testimonial to their persestance and vomit -- persistence and beauty. >> now people can come on the state of the art tunnel, most beautiful tunnel in the country. >> the pacific coast highway will draw more tourists. >> pch is california. it is a difficult road to maintain. it is hard holding up the edge of the connent at times -- continent at times. >> reporter: and so tomorrow's coast

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with what drives can expect, including a change with the speed limit there. tom? >> reporter: all of the changes, the best thing you can do is make sure you get yourself one of these. next wednesday morning the last toll takers will leave their booths forever. one basage message -- basic message. >> no more stopping at the toll plaza. >> reporter: people who use the golden gate bridge use fast track and that is why it has dedicated lanes. wednesday there will be no more fast track lanes because they are all automatic tolling. the new speed limit increases from 5 to 25 miles per hour, which looks like this as is the case on other lanes. cars without fast track will pay $6. fast track customers pay $5. lane two is a carpool lane for three or more riders. if you haven't signed up -- >> relax. go through the toll plaza. you will get an invoice with no added fees. >> reporter: most important, expect the unexpected at the toll plaza to avoid collisions, including people to stop to pay anyway, lane switching and people backing up. reporting live, consum

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with a perspective as cruising's track record. >> reporter:is weekend despite the cloud hanging over the industry the grand prices will be home ported in san francisco year round, serving alaska, mexico and hawaii. >> reporter: they are flying their passengers back home, coupled with their awful gulf of mexico stranding last month the cruise industry got a black eye. she is surprised by the events so close together. >> it is really -- i am -- my 30 years of being in the industry i have not seen this type of incident before that i could remember. >> reporter: one thing worries her. >> i am hoping the cruise lines are not cutting back on maintenance in favor of profit. >>> there are 230 cruiseships world wide. despite many cruises only five ships became disabled. this year there have been two incidents. >> that was bad. that puts a bad light on when it is just a small percentage of the cruises. >> reporter: of 100 million people who took crews since 2005, there have been 48 fatalities. 998 fell or jumped over board. fact is, the industry is grow

tom vacar life with the numbers that add up to an unusual winter. >> reporter: we began by asking folkspring mean to you? the first day of spring started out like the first days of winter, wets. since ktvu meteorologist steve paulson said winter set a record. an anemic snow pack. >> it's not good. >> reporter: nonetheless the state's bilge central and northern california reservoirs are very near or over seasonal averages thanks to snows a yearing a. >> we've had great rain last year and runoff. we came into the season really full. >> reporter: even with concerns of climate change, how did winter temperatures do? >> they've been running below average for some. i know you have to take into account january and december thing have come back in february and march. slightly below to near average. >>> the first day of spring signals nicer days ahead. >> april showers bring may flowers. so it makes sense. >> reporter: consumer psychologist says that old tradition of spring sales is a tradition because it works. liz taylor owner of tootsie's agrees. >> i think people want more color. other thing

tom vacar is live. >> reporter: it is a very critical section.rns out giant version of this are at the heart of the surprising monumental problem. as many as a third of the giant rod bolts started breaking even as they were being bolted into place. many of the steel rod bolts are apparently too brittle. >> know met the standards. >> reporter: how can it be once a rod is put into place and it meets all the standards that it then fails? >> hydrogen is a -- typically the test is done in conjunction with the manufacturing. >> i can assure you we will be doing more checking. >> reporter: since many of the broken rods are permanently buried in concrete, engineers are designing a fix, you perhaps a wrapped around system to meet promised earthquake safety standards. how can you guarantee that? >> that is the challenge of the design team. any solution that we put in place will cause this to perform as it was designed to perform. >> reporter: really? >> we can't know for certain that that mean that's a failure won't happen 10 or 15 years from now. >> repor

new at 6:00, our consumer editor tom vacar got a look at the failed bolts that are key to the seismic safety of the bridge and tells us with the three things that could have caused them to break. >> reporter: these are the giant anchor rod bolts that the pillars sit on in the event of a major earthquake. >> it's very important. >> reporter: this u.c. berkeley professor of bridge engineers has been critical of caltrans's bridge designs in the past. >> this is the bridge. >> reporter: these anchor rod bolts are a critical component of what are the connectors to keep the roadway and pillars together. >> they move together. when an earthquake happens, this is what happens. if they fail, when the earthquake comes, this is what happens. >> reporter: the failed keys are located at the super critical junction where the self-anchored suspension tower section meets the separate long causeway. >> they cannot afford to have the anchor rust. >> reporter: the shock being fact is these bolts couldn't take the force of being screwed down let alone what might be thrown at them by a major earthquake. s

tom vacar is live at the bridge to tell us what dozens of toll takers now take. >> reporter: the triumph of automation has always led to the disappearance of long term toll takers. toll takers no longer needed. >> all of us are upset. you have those moments when you see someone crying. >> reporter: the disappointment to this army veteran was no doubt painful. >> it's very hard to read the letter. it's like they almost don't care. >> reporter: nine out 28 terminated toll takers are long time employees, other part timers. >> we know we have in the past been offering a soft landing. makes it as best as we can. >> jackie dean says she grew up here. >> we're the ambassadors of the bridge. we're the ones that greet the people of san francisco. >> reporter: but the district said it had to act. >> it's about 86-cents per manual transaction. and it's under 30-cents for fast track transaction. >> reporter: starting march 27 the only way to pay is with fast track or set up a prepaid reading or get an invoice in the mail which must be paid within 21 days. 75 years of the human touch will be gone. >>

tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >> more te tails on the dow's comeback.ow's previous record close was in october of 2007. the market hit the bottom on march 9th, 2009, closing at 65-47. since that time the dow has gone up 118%. >>> an expanding san francisco company today gave us a sneak peek at new global headquarters. at the historic 888 brandon building. the company is an online service that lists rental properties for short-term logic. officials with air b and b tell us the move will help them accommodate more than 1,000 employees. mayor ed lee was also on today's tour. employees are set to move into the new building in late spring. >>> two east bay groups say they are devastated by a burglary at their storage warehouse. thieves broke into the facility and cleaned out just about everything of value. the group christmas for everyone feeds and give gifts to 3,#50 00 people every year. it lost all its presents and even cooking equipment. lost its supplies for annual safe and silver grad night. the two organizations say their combined losses total $60,000

tom vacar, all of this looks good for the biggest businesses. the ones at the very top. certainly hearing that the dow is up and joblessness is down. looks good. but all that glitters, you know, what does this really mean? >> it means that in ultimate terms that the economy is starting to gain traction, but it's still very slow traction. we do know that if you had the average amount of money a person has in a 401(k), $77,000, invested in the dow jones industrial average when it hit its all-time high five years ago, today you have basically not made a penny. in fact, you've lost money because inflation, though small, has eaten up more than that. you've made no money on dow jones. normally one would expect a return of 4% to 8% a year. the stock market has a long way to go. a lot more money is going into stocks. they seem to be paying better now than bonds and other debt instruments. that's very important. that's one thing. job growth is absolutely real. there's no question about it. unfortunately, when the sequester really starts to bite, about three months' worth of job g

ktvu's tom v is on -- consumer editor tom vacar is on hand now to show us the final results. tom?jor event. now, made for earthquake country, they are designed to with stand the biggest quake that comes every 1500 years. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: then came a long parade of cars, beginning with the old and two all electrics. the tunnels named for the late congressman, are a bittersweet reminder for his widow. >> i wish my husband was here. he worked very hard. very hard. but i am very happy. nevertheless. >> reporter: 20 people, mostly community activists who began the quest so long ago have sense passed -- since passed. >> he would glow. he would have a big smile on his face. >> it is a monument, testimonial to their persestance and vomit -- persistence and beauty. >> now people can come on the state of the art tunnel, most beautiful tunnel in the country. >> the pacific coast highway will draw more tourists. >> pch is california. it is a difficult road to maintain. it is hard holding up the edge of the connent at times -- continent at times. >> reporter: and so tomorrow's

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with more on what this means. tom? >> reporter: by itself this is just a great big number but what it is doing is driving people towards retailers like this. >> reporter: since its ran begin the dow rose 3% in 7 trading days. hundreds of stocks have been making highs every day. >> market looks very healthy. you see a lot of reports showing the economy is strengthening. >> reporter: we haven't seen this on the dow jones since april 2007. almost six years. >> you had them say we will to revise our estimates. >> reporter: low interest rates, strong home sales, growing consumer confidence and profits are driving billions of dollars into the stock market, that is money that sat. >> more people get in, drives the market higher. people on the sidelines think now i really must make my move so they do. >> reporter: that is why many are telling their clients this. >> you need to be in the market. it is time to get that money put to work. >> this good news, i think it all at adds up -- all adds up. >> reporter: just so you know t

as tom vacar tell us, some of the long time toll takers on the bridge say it feels like the districte somebody crying or really upset. >> reporter: but when the lay off notice finally came in the mail yesterday. the disaappointment to this army veteran was no doubt painful. >> it's very hard to read the letter. it's almost like they don't care. >> reporter: 90 toll takers are long time employees, the others part timers. >> i don't know the details of the package. i know in the past we've been offering a soft landing making it as easy as we can. >> we are the ambassadors of the bridge. we are the ones that greet people coming into the city of san francisco. >> reporter: but the district said it had to act. >> it's about 86-cents per manual transaction. and it's under 30-cents for f asttrack trance action. >> reporter: 75 years of the human touch will be gone. >> i'm going to miss you all. i love you all and it's going to be hard not seeing you guys every day. >> i'm going to miss my regular customers. all the dogs that come through. i think i'm going to miss them the most. the little

as tom vacar tell us, some of the long time toll takers on the bridge say it feels like the districtd 26 years at the district knew it was coming. >> we're all upset. some of us have our moments when you see somebody crying or really upset. >> reporter: but when the lay off notice finally came in the mail yesterday. the disaappointment to this army veteran was no doubt painful. >> it's very hard to read the letter. it's almost like they don't care. >> reporter: 90 toll takers are long time employees, the others part timers. >> i don't know the details of the package. i know in the past we've been offering a soft landing making it as easy as we can. >> we are the ambassadors of the bridge. we are the ones that greet people coming into the city of san francisco. >> reporter: but the district said it had to act. >> it's about 86-cents per manual transaction. and it's under 30-cents for f asttrack trance action. >> reporter: 75 years of the human touch will be gone. >> i'm going to miss you all. i love you all and it's going to be hard not seeing you guys every day. >> i'm going to miss

california is lagging a little behind but our consumer editor tom vacar did find some signs that there'sng place here in the bay area, tom. >> one tiny example. this bevmo alone has five jobs listed. despite the good national news the fact is 12 million americans, 2 million of them californians are still seeking jobs. >> reporter: after suspending her business, angela alanez started it up again on tuesday. >> i truly feel the economy is doing much much better and it will continue to grow. >> i had to bring extra people in the kitchen to help some of them of course because we don't want them to overwork. you see quite a few hours. and also in the dining room. i had to bring a couple of people as well. >> reporter: former regular lunch customers are happy. >> when the economy wasn't as good it was hard. it was hard for many places and many lunch places slowed down. and they just opened again now. >> reporter: even here in walnut creek, business is still recovering. >> the independences are just having a hard time and i think that's probably going to go on for a little while. >> reporter: h

tom vacar life with the numbers that add up to an unusual winter. >> reporter: we began by asking folksdoes spring mean to you? the first day of spring started out like the first days of winter, wets. since ktvu meteorologist steve paulson said winter set a record. an anemic snow pack. >> it's not good. >> reporter: nonetheless the state's bilge central and northern california reservoirs are very near or over seasonal averages thanks to snows a yearing a. >> we've had great rain last year and runoff. we came into the season really full. >> reporter: even with concerns of climate change, how did winter temperatures do? >> they've been running below average for some. i know you have to take into account january and december thing have come back in february and march. slightly below to near average. >>> the first day of spring signals nicer days ahead. >> april showers bring may flowers. so it makes sense. >> reporter: consumer psychologist says that old tradition of spring sales is a tradition because it works. liz taylor owner of tootsie's agrees. >> i think people want more color. other

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> solano county is preparing for their very first buy back.the guns his officers removed from the street during routine enforcement last year. >> these are being used in everything from robberies to aggravated assaults to other serious assaults. to you know all sorts of other crimes just about anything you can think of related to using a firearm. none of these were used in a homicide. >> reporter: the chief says officers have confiscated more than 40 guns so far this year. the buy back will take place at the county fairgrounds in vallejo from 10:00 to 3 o three -- 3:00 on saturday. handguns and shotguns will get $100 each. and automatic weapons will get $200 each with no questions asked. >>> senators are joining forces on new gun control enforcement. it would make gun trafficking a federal crime along with the strong purchase of firearmless. senators say there is currently no law that defines either. >>> you can make decisions for our future for our children who are living at a hotel in the airport. >>> certain to sink, why we could be seeing

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> solano county is preparing for their very first buy back. today the chief showed some of the guns his officers removed from the street during routine enforcement last year. >> these are being used in everything from robberies to aggravated assaults to other serious assaults. to you know all sorts of other crimes just about anything you can think of related to using a firearm. none of these were used in a homicide. >> reporter: the chief says officers have confiscated more than 40 guns so far this year. the buy back will take place at the county fairgrounds in vallejo from 10:00 to 3 o three -- 3:00 on saturday. handguns and shotguns will get $100 each. and automatic weapons will get $200 each with no questions asked. >>> senators are joining forces on new gun control enforcement. it would make gun trafficking a federal crime along with the strong purchase of firearmless. senators say there is currently no law that defines either. >>> you can make decisions for our future for our children who are living at a hotel in the airport. >>> certain

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with a perspective as cruising's track record. >> reporter:nd despite the cloud hanging over the industry the grand prices will be home ported in san francisco year round, serving alaska, mexico and hawaii. >> reporter: they are flying their passengers back home, coupled with their awful gulf of mexico stranding last month the cruise industry got a black eye. she is surprised by the events so close together. >> it is really -- i am -- my 30 years of being in the industry i have not seen this type of incident before that i could remember. >> reporter: one thing worries her. >> i am hoping the cruise lines are not cutting back on maintenance in favor of profit. >>> there are 230 cruiseships world wide. despite many cruises only five ships became disabled. this year there have been two incidents. >> that was bad. that puts a bad light on when it is just a small percentage of the cruises. >> reporter: of 100 million people who took crews since 2005, there have been 48 fatalities. 998 fell or jumped over board. fact is, the industry is growing fast

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> more details now on the stock market. the dow's previous highest close was in october of 2007. october9 specifically. but then things started to slide. the beginning of the rescission in late 2008 2008 sent the market on a wide the roller coaster ride. the market it its bottom on march 9 closing at 6,547 but since then the dow has gone up 118%. >>> just about four hours from now, the bay bridge is set to sparkle with thousands of lights for a dramatic display on the bay bridge. and allie rasmusen joins us. >> reporter: this press conference just wrapped up a few minutes ago. we are on the second floor of the ferry building and the room is packed while this press conference was going on we heard from some of the people directly involved in the project. including the man you're looking at right now taking questions from reporters. that's leo villareal he's the artist who designed this project. we also heard from ben davis. he's head of the illuminate the arts foundation who brought this project to fruition. major may-- mayo

tom vacar is live. >> reporter: it is a very critical section.t giant version of this are at the heart of the surprising monumental problem. as many as a third of the giant rod bolts started breaking even as they were being bolted into place. many of the steel rod bolts are apparently too brittle. >> know met the standards. >> reporter: how can it be once a rod is put into place and it meets all the standards that it then fails? >> hydrogen is a -- typically the test is done in conjunction with the manufacturing. >> i can assure you we will be doing more checking. >> reporter: since many of the broken rods are permanently buried in concrete, engineers are designing a fix, you perhaps a wrapped around system to meet promised earthquake safety standards. how can you guarantee that? >> that is the challenge of the design team. any solution that we put in place will cause this to perform as it was designed to perform. >> reporter: really? >> we can't know for certain that that mean that's a failure won't happen 10 or 15 years from now. >> reporter: w

consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> csf leaders broke ground at a building at a new mission bay campus. the new building will be called the mission hall golden building. it will house faculty members practicing at the new women's, children's and cancer facilities. new facility will be key at reaching the scientific goals. >> this is really a wonderful opportunity for us to make even better scientific connections for collaboration. >> reporter: the building is expected to cost $94 million and it's scheduled to be open next year. >>> investigators say a fire at a two story victorian home appeared to have caused by a marijuana grow. the fire started about 1:30 at a house on tenth avenue not far from lake merit. after putting out the fire, firefighters found a bedroom filled with marijuana plants. they say wiring installed for that growing operation may have started the fire and the additional power supply added an extra challenge. >> a large bank of batteries in the attic space so we're having to deal with those issues when we first got on scene. >> reporter: police also found a da

scott smith for the record in stockton and tom vacar, ktvu news consumer editor. a troubling development. at least 32 defective bolts on the eastern span of the bay bridge must be replaced. they are large rods, three inches in diameter and 24 feet long. tom, why did the bolts break and have they been inspected? >> first of all, this is a tiny model of this thing. the real ones are 15 times the size meaning the metal on these shafts about this much longer. >> 15 times the size of what you are holding up. >> they are huge. some are 30 feet long. the shortest is nine feet long and weigh thousands of pounds. what happened is as they were literally cranking them down to put them into place, they would torque them down and torque them down. they finally got set and some would break. others would break a short time later. these are huge pieces of metal. this is completely beyond the realm of understanding. the failures of the first 100 bolts failed. that is a 30% failure rate which is unheard of for this kind of construction and this kind of thing. these are part of the

reporting live, tom vacar. >> tom you've been covering this for years. the bridge construction projects had a number of glitches. why is this one so unusual? >> reporter: you got remember, this is allergiedly the state- of-the-art design. this is bridge suppose to last 150 years and be able to take anything -- suddenly this problem crops up quite literally in the last minute with a defect that should have been detected. the reality of the situation is there's just something terribly wrong here and on a redesign, you never really sure what you're going to get. you hope it's better. clearly some careers are very much at stake here. >> i know you will keep following it for us. >>> we have more now on breaking news in san jose. there has been a officer involved shooting there. maureen what are you learning now? >> reporter: many police officers are behind. they have blocked off a certain portion while they interview people and they investigate this officer involved shooting. this happened at 4:45. we're still waiting for confirmation. it sounds like two peop

tom vacar, consumer editor for ktvu news. and martha mendoza, reporter for the "associated press" based in santa cruz. welcome, everyone. yesterday, thousands of law enforcement officers came together in honor of santa cruz police sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler, shot dead last week by a suspect they were questioning bo

scott smith for the record in stockton and tom vacar, ktvu news consumer editor. a troubling development. at least 32 defective bolts on the eastern span of the bay bridge must be replaced. they are large rods, three inches in diameter and 24 feet long. tom, why did the bolts break and have they been inspected? >> first of all, this is a tiny model

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california state university says it wants to spend a projected $125 million in extra state funding to expand enrollment, boost employee salary and offset the increased cost of energy health benefits. this marks the first increase in state funding for the 23-campus system, which it's had to endure five years of budget cuts. board of trustee social security set to discuss this proposal tomorrow. >>> a 27-year-old hacker was sentence today nearly three and a half years in prison today or illegal lie obtaining e-mail addresses from at@'s web site. three years ago, he found a security breach in at&t's web site allowing him and his company to access 14,000 e-mail addresses. he gave those to a journalist in an effort to expose at&t's security flaws. he was found guilty of two crime, identity theft and conspiracy to access computers without authorization. >>> verizon says its's talking to some of its partner media companies about a plan that could lower rates for its fios tv subscribers. verizon wants to tie to carry certain tv channels to how many people act

scott smith for the record in stockton and tom vacar, ktvu news consumer editor.development. at least 32 defective bolts on the eastern span of the bay bridge must be replaced. they are large rods, three inches in diameter and 24 feet long. tom, why did the bolts break and have they been inspected? >> first of all, this is a

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tragedy strikes an expecting couple.ents to be killed in a car crash. and the efforts to save their unborn son. >> i thought i could hear him screaming for me and hollering for me and i couldn't do nothing. >>> authorities take drastic steps after a sink hole swallows a man who was sleeping in his bed. why they tore down his home today. >> we have low clouds and fog right now but changes developing offshore. coming up at 10:37. the timing of the next storm and how many rainfall you can expect in your neighborhood. ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life. yoplait. it is so good! >>> ceremonies today in selma alabama mar

tom vacar, chase utley charl. >> more detail awe take another live look at bay bridge.a lot do before the new eastern span opens september 3rd including coating and painting the main cable, installing the light and utilities, finishing paving and installing expansion joints to allow the bridge to flex during an earthquake. >>> for more on the new eastern span, including raw video from today's concrete pour, just go to our website, ktvu.com and clerk which are on "the bay bridge project" tab. >>> now to our continuing coverage on preparations to elect a successor to pope benedict. today crew set up a chimney on the roof of the sistine chapelle. the conclave is scheduled to begin tuesday the new pope is chosen by the college of cardinals and the chimney installed play an important role in the proceedion. after each round of voting bit cardinalled the ballots are burned. if black smoke is rising from the chimney, it means no pope has been selected. but if white smoke emerges it means that the cardinals have reached a majority vote on a new pope. >>> a taxing debate in one

i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> on wall street today stocks rose on hopes hopes. >>> new jobs figured released today show that january unemployment rate was up here in the bay area while the state wide rate went unchanged for the month. according to the california employment development department the state's unemployment rate was 9.8% in january. during the same period a year ago the jobless rate was 11%. more than 47,000 new unemployment claims were filed statewide in january. >>> the state jobs figure shows solano county had the highest unemployment rate in the bay area in january at 10%. that's up from 9.4% in december. all bay area counties saw the numbers pick pup even marin county which has the lowest rate in the state saw its unemployment rate increase slightly to 5.8%. >>> in just about an hour here b.a.r.t. is going to end its week long test for rules of taking bikes on trains. b.a.r.t. is taking feed back from riders through an online survey on its website. b.a.r.t.'s board is expected to decide if it will permanently allow bikes on trains. >> after ge

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tragedy strikes an expecting couple.utpouring of grief for the parents to be killed in a car crash. and the efforts to save their unborn son. >> i thought i could hear him screaming for me and hollering for me and i couldn't do nothing. >>> authorities take drastic steps after a sink hole swallows a man who was sleeping in his bed. why they tore down his home today. >> we have low clouds and fog well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to

reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> billionaire investor warren buffet is giving outiness advice. he says stocks are a good investment but note that is they'll likely get hit when interest rates riechltz still buffet says he would rather own stocks than other options such as long-term government bonds. buffet is also weighing in on the frol government's automatic spending cuts. he calls them a quote meat ax approach to deficit reductions. he says those cuts need to be made one way or the other given all the government's spendings and cash infrugs the federal reserve. >>> a candle light vigil will be starting soon for popular south bay teenager shot and killed this weekend. we'll tell you about the mistierous circumstances that has family and police asking for the public's help. >>> research here at san francisco general hospital's aids ward has led to a cure for hiv. i'll tell you who can benefit. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was