consumer editor tom vacar got a -- ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar got a look at the report. >> reportere of the bolts are being extracted and tested to see if they will survive earthquakes and for a century and a half. these beds will hold stretching machines that will put tons of force on them. engineers say in a few weeks they will be aged decades ahead. will it cause them to be too brittle and break? in a month it will be in place. in another month after that the we will know if the bolts will last for a few years or 150. while the problem is being resolved it is mostly finishing work and that will take place right here. the roadway is made of steel. too slippery for a roadway. >> they sand blasted it to clean it. then they put down a primer to protect the deck. >> reporter: then comes the road you will ride on. >> they will put down two layers of asphalt and it will be paved. >> reporter: after that finishing up electrical and lighting and striping. >> all other work is moving towards labor day opening. >> reporter: whether or not the bolt problem is fixed is still unknown. tom vaca

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> we're now hearing and seeing an improved bryan stow.but the giant fan still struggles. he is still living with his elderly parents in capitola. they became his care givers. his memory is damaged. >> this i got from some kid. it says i love you. >> you know who that's from? that was from tabby, his daughter tabby. >> still his family is suing the los angeles dodgers since he was beaten outside a game there two years ago. the team is arguing that the two men who beat him are responsible for the charge. >>> pitches for the giants in 2009, justin miller was just 35 years old. >>> san francisco's pride weekend is getting under way. in three minutes how the city is preparing for what could be its biggest crowd. >> plus ♪ [ roars ] ♪ ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ >>> continuing cover -- coverage now on the first same- sex wedding after the decision. we were there when the first marriage took place. the couple says they've been together for a little more than two years. they said they were

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> we're now hearing and seeing an improved bryan stow.but the giant fan still struggles. he is still living with his elderly parents in capitola. they became his care givers. his memory is damaged. >> this i got from some kid. it says i love you. >> you know who that's from? that was from tabby, his daughter tabby. >> still his family is suing the los angeles dodgers since he was beaten outside a game there two years ago. the team is arguing that the two men who beat him are responsible for the charge. >>> pitches for the giants in 2009, justin miller was just 35 years old. >>> san francisco's pride weekend is getting under way. in three minutes how the city is preparing for what could be its biggest crowd. >> plus word of a third suspect in the homicide case involving a former nfl player. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outle

tom vacar is live near sfo where there are still flight delays, tom. >> reporter: in fact, we've drove about 250 miles today ending here at sfo. where flight delays are still one to two hours long. rene ogle took her kids to the fair today. part of a sparse early day crowd taking advantage cheap admissions on $2 tuesday. >> we were a little worried. i was meeting a friend so i was worried and watching what the weather was going to be. but we thought we're just going to go for it. >> reporter: yesterday it rained out here. >> we're closed every monday. today we're just a little overcast but it looks like the sun is going to be peaking outs of the clouds any moment. >> reporter: rides are just $1 each. 890miles north of santa rosa rain and foggy north bay weather render calfire's usually busy attack planes unneeded today. here and in all of northern california. >> this is my 37th year flying air tanker out of santa rosa. and i really don't recall this much rain in june. >> reporter: but say the pilots make no mistake. when this weather goes away, that will be tomorrow, fire season is rig

tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now. apple stock lost $3 a share. it was a decline of 2/3 of 1%. >>> an fbi raid of his office six day ago. he held a news conference today. he said the fbi investigation caused a lot of stress on him and his family but he won't let it interfere with his job. >> my intention to do my job that i was elected to do. attend my hearings. get my bills passed. and do the work of the state. >> he ended the news conference quickly. he referred all questions to his attorney who said his client did no wrong. he accused the government of violating the law and being out of control. >>> police headquarters reopened today after a week. the department was closed since last tuesday after a plumbing problem. the water damage extended down to the first floor lobby. 50 offices were moved during the clean up. the cost of the damage is $250,000. >>> the oakland police department will complete its over haul this weekend. the command restructure will be completed by this saturday. it includes getting the final three of the five policing dist

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us now with the ruling and its meaning. tom. >> reporter: this opens the flood gates of competition, applies to all diseases. >> other labs across the country said they could do a better test at lower cost. >> reporter: angelina jolie could afford the huge cost. >> the test cost 3, $4,000. for 30 years they allowed the pattening of thousands of dna and other materials isolated from nature. >> today the supreme court said that is not pattennable. specifically isolated gene sequences because they are no different from what nature gave us. >> this is a tremendous victory for women. with all women with a known or risk of breast cancer. this ruling today changes everything. >> but the court also ruled dna altered could be pattened. but no one can patten genes anymore. >> this is a sweeping ruling that effects all of us and frees our genes for the benefit of research and medicine. >> she praised the court's upholding of the modified genes but the stock market happered the stock hammered the stock. -- hammered the stock, consumer e

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> kaiser permanente has been fined $4 million for failing to providental health issues. an investigation found that their written description of its mental health services was too complicated and misleading. kaiser failed to see patients fast enough. it is making improvements and will challenge the fine, which it says is too excessive. >>> new information on a story we first told you about at 5. police have identified the man they believe stabbed a woman to death last night. it happened around 9:00 to on worley road. police say 30-year-old morena martinez identified her attacker just before she died. that man is still at large. >>> new england patriot tight end aaron hernandez is charged with first degree murder. police led hernandez out of his mansion in handcuffs. he's accused of killing his friend and semi-pro football player odin lloyd. his body was found about a mile from hernandez' home. lloyd had been shot in the back and chest. prosecutors say hernandez was angry with lloyd and called the killing an execution. >> he orchestrated the crime from

ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live to see what pg&e is doing to come up where better records. >> reporter: have a look down here. this says major transmission line is right here and 23 inches deep. but is it really? >> reporter: pg&e hired survaers to map the location -- survaers to map the locations. >> we want to gather all that information so that our information suspects are precise and -- systems are precise and we are able to share to enhance public safety. >> reporter: pinpointing the precise location of the pipe, its depth and anything near it. >> objects that may be on our pipeline may impact access for first responders for, pg&e crews in the event of an emergency. >> reporter: when the project is over they will have looked at 6750 miles of pipeline. >> when some pipes were put into the ground we didn't have this technology. this is pg&e's effort to bring today's technology into the system. >> reporter: some are learning they may have encroachments, patios that violate easements approved decades ago. >> when we come across items we will work with them and pg&e share hol

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> kaiser permanente has been fined $4 million for failing to provide adequate mental health issues. an investigation found that their written description of its mental health services was too complicated and misleading. kaiser failed to see patients fast enough. it is making improvements and will challenge the fine, which it says is too excessive. >>> new information on a story we first told you about at 5. police have identified the man they believe stabbed a woman to death last night. it happened around 9:00 to on worley road. police say 30-year-old morena martinez identified her attacker just before she died. that man is still at large. >>> new england patriot tight end aaron hernandez is charged with first degree murder. police led hernandez out of his mansion in handcuffs. he's accused of killing his friend and semi-pro football player odin lloyd. his body was found about a mile from hernandez' home. lloyd had been shot in the back and chest. prosecutors say hernandez was angry with lloyd and called the killing an execution. >> he orchestrated the

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the sun is going to come out tomorrow afternoon and temperatures areng to increase dramatically and they're going to keep on increasing. so we'll take a look at the clouds cover, there it is outside. i got to tell you some of the accumulations seen north of santa rosa were pretty impressive. of course, our far north regions, it is been very we. . we have scattered showers and in the north bay, we have an inch of rain or some places got 2 inches of rain. it is muggy and it does not feel like the bay area with the high humidities. you don't see that kind of activity around here. that's the weather story, what happens tomorrow morning and tonight, cloud cover and maybe some drizzles and your morning commute maybe a little bit wet but not a big deal. by the afternoon tomorrow, clouds coming back and we are going to see 80s tomorrow. the forecast tomorrow puts a little bit of cloud cover here. a little shower here at 8 a.m. but that's not a big deal, it is a little drizzles. the high pressure does it right into the bay area weekend. by the weekend we could

. >> as consumer editor tom vacar reports, it could also set up a commuting nightmare. >> a near u nshgsnanamiou sglshgs this vote. >> this tells us our members support the actions we are take. >> average union employee makes $72,000 a year, plus $52,000 a year. add to that, $11,000 in over time. >> there's no contribution to retirement which pays a requirery, more than $42,000 a year. >> we're hoping it doesn't get to the point we have to have a work stoppage and really shut down the bay area. >> riders we met are worried. >> we're asking, please, do what they want, whatever it is they want, give it to them so we can get to work on time and pay our bills how we're supposed to. >> this has been a tack tick used in each of the last three contacts to strike a deal. >> the last bart walk out, a six-day stoppage 16 years ago was a nightmare for the region and the economy. >> many of these people that take bart transportation, that's the only way they can have access to go wherever they have to go, for example, i have to go to san francisco every single day. >> the last three contracts to help settle

we'll leave this up to tom vacar who will have more on this at 5:00 and 6:00. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i -- thank you. >>> facebook is helping bel haven pay for a new substation. the office will be up and running by mid-september. it will be staffed monday through friday. they are providing 2 15,000 to the police union. >>> police in san pablo are getting more surveillance cameras to help fight crimes. san pablpolice say the cameras will be able to read license plates and even identify the people inside of the car. >> there could soon be new limitations on food trucks in san francisco. today, a subcommit tee of supervisors to said to discuss new regulations. the proposal calls for a limit on the number of days that food trucks can stay in one location as well as reduce the concentration of food trucks in the financial district. food trucks operating by chain restaurants may be banned. the land use and economic development committee will decide whether to forward the ordinance to the full board of supervisors. >>> a group of elderly woman, some in t

tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on ios 7 available later this year.opes to deter phone theft with new feature called activation log. it's an ap that allows you to remotely lock your phone and makes it impossible to reactivate without the proper user name or password. apple dnth go into deep details but it's supposed to work even if the thief deact vats find my phone feature or wipes the phone clean. announcement comes as san francisco da george gascon heads to a smart phone summit in new york to discuss the issue of cell phone theft. he said he appreciates apple's efforts and looks forward to security discussions with apple and other smart phone makers at this week's summit. he wants to see all cell phones equipped with some sort of a kill swicht that would disable them if they're stolen. >>> rapper two chance appears to be denying the san francisco's claim he was robbed. police say the rapper and his ent rauj were walking yesterday afternoon when a group of three men approached them. one reportedly fired a shot but no one was hurt. police say a walle

tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on ios 7 available later this year. apple hopes to deter phone theft with new feature called activation log. it's an ap that allows you to remotely lock your phone and makes it impossible to reactivate without the proper user name or password. apple dnth go into deep details but it's supposed to work even if the thief deact vats find my phone feature or wipes the phone clean. announcement comes as san francisco da george gascon heads to a smart phone summit in new york to discuss the issue of cell phone theft. he said he appreciates apple's efforts and looks forward to security discussions with apple and other smart phone makers at this week's summit. he wants to see all cell phones equipped with some sort of a kill swicht that would disable them if they're stolen. >>> rapper two chance appears to be denying the san francisco's claim he was robbed. police say the rapper and his ent rauj were walking yesterday afternoon when a group of three men approached them. one reportedly fired a shot but no one was hurt. police say

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tesla unveil add new battery system that allows users to change a battery in 90 seconds. the battery change for the model s car. drivers park the electric car at a charging station and a platform rises. to illustrate how fast it is, he ran video of a gas powered car getting a fill up right alongside the battery change and the battery change was fasted. >>> the u.s. supreme court's decision on marriage could come as early as monday. the court is also expected to rule on the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act, which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples who are married. >> i hope they will take care of this monday or thursday. i hope that we will soon have an answer to all of this. >> if the prop 8 decision does not come on monday, court observers say based on past practice it could come on wednesday or thursday. >>> it appears pleas from parents have brought back a popular child care program. the city run child care and preschool program was set to close down this month. it was because of a lack of funding. now city officials have

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now. contract incentives are nothing new on major bay area projects when part of highway 4 was widened to 8 lanes. contractor would have paid a penalty of $8500 a day for being late. when the bridge deck was replaced on the bridge, the incentive was $10,000 a day up  to $300,000 for an early finish. paid when cc myers quickly replaced a burned out mcarthur maze section. included the controversial -- concord amended a state law to widen the scope of the investigation by the legislate i have analysts office. he's asking investigators to give him a report before the new span especially. >>> our coverage continues online. we've posted the entire interview. go to ktvu.com and click watch it under the hot topics page. >>> people who live and work near oakland's lake merritt say they're shaken up after an armed robbery. it happened just after 1:00 p.m. three men entered lee's garden restaurant at the corner of east 19th street and park boulevard. police said the victim was taken to the hospital

tom vacar, consumer editor, and scott detrow for kqed the california report. after years of battling deficits and cuts, california is facing a new dilemma, the surplus. the amount is determined on who you talk to. the governor says it is $1.2 billion. the analyst has a far greater projection. $4.4 billion. it sounds like good news, but it is setting off a different kind of hand wringing. scott, what are the arguments about how to spend this money? >> governor brown is the stingy guy in the room. he said we just came through a decade of terrible budget deficits. billions of dollars that we had to cut every single year. let's be really careful with this and conservative in the amount of taxes we will get and take the extra money and let's save it. >> what are the lawmakers saying? >> they are saying, we have cut and cut and cut. now we have a lot of democratic votes here. let's restore funding for schools. let's restore funding for public services and let's give more money to the corps that are keeping their funding level. we are about $2 billion apart here. if

i am consumer editor tom vacar. >>> what a mother eats during pregnancy could affect her child when theyh fat diet alters the brain development so the babies will eventually prefer high calorie food. the research was done on monkeys. they did more bing eating. >>> researchers looked at the national data and found that children who were bullied by a brother or sister had more mental health issues than brothers and sisters who had not. >>> new threats on the job. park rangersings wild life officers and park police have come under attack from visitors. jacqueline fell reports from washington now on some of that park violence that has hit california. >> violence against u.s. park rangers is up. the the group says there were nearly 600 accidents reported in 2012. that is up 38% from the year b. there were 135 reported attacks. there were 12 injuries in california, including seven attacks at golden gate park. for at redwood national park and one at yosemite. >> these public servants are the first line of response. if they are not taken care of that line will fray. ultimately the public will be

consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> fashion designers dolce & gabbana convicted of taxsion, failing to declare a billion dollars in income tax. the court sentenced them to one year and 8 months in jail. they argue dolce & gabbana avaded taxes. they -- evaded taxes. >>> the man accused of holding three ohio women captive for a decade appeared before a judge today. a hearing was held for ariel castro and a trial date set for august 4. he is accused of holding amanda berry, gina dejesus, and michelle knight captive. he faces numerous charges. including murder, rape and kidnapping. >>> the search for the remains of jimmy hoffa yielded no signs. the fbi is calling off the search in michigan. they began digging on monday after receiving a tip. he was 62 years old when he disappeared in 1975. >>> will a major airline merger lead to higher ticket prices? that is the question the committee asked executives with u.s. air and american today. some senators are worried it would leave flyers with fewer choices and make it easier to hike fees as they did earlier this year. they defend

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> just how bad was it this morning taking b.a.r.t. into the city. we talked to one rider who said it took nearly an hour and a half longer to get to work. rob roth is in the city tonight and tells us what the evening commute is like so far for b.a.r.t. riders, rob. >> reporter: frank, we're at the montgomery b.a.r.t. station in downtown san francisco and we can tell you the afternoon commute is going much smoother. we showed some video, less than an hour ago. delays are in the three to five minute range as b.a.r.t. gets back on track after a morning most commuters will no doubt like to forget. the definition of misery, trying to get from the east bay into san francisco this morning. groups that usually take a half hour or so -- >> like an hour. >> two hours i started in berkeley. >> reporter: the early morning crash left b.a.r.t. with only one track to use for much of the morning commute. for passengers trains were slow in coming and for those lucky enough to finally get on a san francisco bound train they were squeezed in tight. >> packed in like s