union city says it's already cutting beyond the fat. so to we talked to rick laplante a couple of minutes ago from the new haven school district. they are getting ready for the news conference to happen here at 6:30. one example, i don't know if you see it behind me, the lights are on, the new library here behind me, that could be cut. fairly new library could be cut if this tax extension is not approved. that's one of the things they want to bring across in addition to the pink slips at this news conference that's going to start sometime in the next half hour here in union city. sydnie. >> all right, sharon. we'll check back in with you in the next half hour. sharon chin in union city. >>> well, at 6:06, something new and different today. we are going to have a rainy day. [ laughter ] >> we look forward to that, julie. >> you sound annoyed, frank. >> i know. come on. >> you brought the rain with you >> i have the right, don't? i. >> you do. you do have the right. you moved to sunny california and this is what you get. so showers actual

sharon chin in union city. >>> 5:12 your time. today is the deadline for pg&e to hand over documents proving that its gas pipe pressure levels are safe. the state public utilities commission gave the company that deadline in the wake of the san bruno blast. if pg&e fails to come up with sufficient documentation, cpuc is expected to tell the utility to do some testing to check for leaks. that could be expensive and inconvenient for customers. it also isn't clear who would pay for it. >>> time now 5:13. the nuclear crisis grows in japan today. and just how well prepared are california's nuclear plants for a natural disaster? we'll tell you what the experts say when we come back. >>> plus, efforts to protect one tree bringing in 6-figure price tags so far here in san francisco. the good deed that's costing more than anyone ever imagined. coming up. ,,,,,, appreciate the easy days, are what keep me coming back for more. [goat sounds] and the customer says, on the carpet." what? gonna be difficult. don't tell me about a dog. a day care

right now union city police are searching parks and neighborhoods for a missing boy. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty joins us now with more information on this search effort. tara. >> reporter: that's right. union city police are scouring parks and flood channels everywhere they can looking for this 14-year-old boy. and when daylight kicks in pretty soon, they're going to be kicking their search up a notch since they'll be able to see better then. we do have a flier of the missing boy. he is 14-year-old kenny stevenson. he's 5'10", 145 pounds part asian and part white. he is considered at risk because he was distraught when he left his house last night around 10:00. he and his mother had had an argument over his homework and grades. he suffers from depression and was not wearing much clothing when he left. he was last seen in the area of pioneer school. >> last night we had three east bay regional units that came out with mobile fleers, hand held where they were able to look for body heat and checked creek trails. chp came out and used helicopter overhead to loo

it. >> reporter: so are the other voters who approved the new 10.25% sales tax in el cerrito and union cityhe highest in the bay area and they aren't alone. san leandro, concord, novato, sonoma and santa rosa are just some of the 14 california cities who will be paying more for purchases. >> now, some would say it's a much better way to raise revenue because it penalizes people based on consumption, not based on income. >> reporter: jill schlessinger at cbsmoneywatch says what's good for local government can be bad for local business. >> the real problem with this is if you have cities that are close by that offer cheaper alternates then you're damaging the local retailer who doesn't have a choice. he can't just move to the next town. >> reporter: and she points out consumers locked into anything for a better price including crossing state lines. but that didn't keep the el cerrito chamber of commerce, which supports local business, from supporting the hike. >> citizens went through this measure about 2:1. i would suspect that we would find the same split amongst our merchants. >> reporter:

for now live in union city, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. time now 6:19. let's get you to where you need to go this morning. how's it looking out there, sal? >>> just as christian was talking we found out about an accident on 101 in san francisco just came across. it's reportedly on the 10th street onramp to southbound 101. you can kind of see it there. looks like there's already a flashing light there blocking one of the lanes right there with 80 and 101 come together. chp has just been dispatched now. the police again are on the way. northbound 101 is not effected but it's over to the right. you see that flashing light there on the 10th street onramp to southbound 101. this will cause some problems especially if you try to get onto 101 to head south down the peninsula. you want to think about using the 280 sixth street onramp extension might be better for you at this time. look at the bay bridge toll plaza just as we suspected there's more of a crowd gathering. westbound metering lights have been switched on and soon you'll see a back up here at the toll

the need to things, when a parcel tax on union city, for them to get money.vernor brown's tax extension to make the ballot in june. and also get past. they need $10 million. with the teachers will be let go. here's as spokeswoman from the california teachers association. >> we had a meeting with all 62 teachers last friday, i am for them. add a link us up for a month. i think about this day. i love these guys. >> will: you notice she was looking over to write what she was speaking, she was looking at a teacher who has six months pregnant. last year that teacher was also on the chopping block. she thought she was going to be let go, the school district from the money through financing and brought back a lot of the teachers there were scheduled to be laid off. this year, the situation is much worse. they don't know if they can bring back all of the teachers or even half. we will this have to wait and see. it is very bad for them, they can't go anywhere within the state. the camera to another city. this teacher layoff is happening throughout the state. even if t

and -- 65 in union city.nd east bay in the upper 60s and most spots looking good under mostly cloudy skies. and i -- mostly sunny skies. and the north bay seeing pleasant sunday and warm temperature as high as 66 in the napa valley by the afternoon. and 66 in petaluma. the next couple of days, enjoy today. a chance of showers develop late in the day on saturday. and north of the golden gate bridge. then a chance of rain developing for the rest of the bay area overnight saturday night into sunday. and showers could continue into monday. let's get a traffic check. >> let's start out with the altamont pass. with slight delays. pretty much the usual stuff working your way westbound. right around airway, north livermore avenue, that area. and not bad. 16 minutes overall westbound 580 from the altamont pass to 680. and highway 4 pretty slow and go. westbound seeing some delays at least from 8th street to somerville pretty typical this time of the morning and traffic pretty light and delays until 8th street. and els

the highest new sales taxes will be in union city and el cerrito. 10.25%. that's a jump of half a percentage point. san leandro sales tax rate will hit 10% but elsewhere, the new rate will be 9.75 in concord and 9.5% in novato and santa rosa. all these increases approved by voters last november. >> and to think i moved from a state with no income tax and no sales tax whatsoever. >> welcome to california. >> but they nail you on property tax, let me tell you. >>> what would you do with $312 million? a lot, probably. the megajackpot that could be yours tonight for only a buck. >>> hello, i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. coming up we'll do a great tip on mint and strawberries. >>> we have another storm coming our way. just when will we see it end? i think we have an answer for that, too, coming up next. ,,,,,,,, california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if yo

a few weeks ago, the san jose firefighters union accepted the reduction. seven city unions, including the police, are still negotiating. >> if the other comes don't, the county sill will have to decide whether or not to impose terms of employment for the next year. but with the police union, we don't have the right to impose. they have a right to go to arbitration. >> if all 11 unions agree to the cuts, the city says it will save $38 million, but a city manager's office source tells ktvu there will still be layoffs, even if all the unions agree to the cuts. >>> governor jerry brown is expected to take action on the state budget at 1:00 this afternoon. but he is only expected to sign several trailer bills worth $14 billion in cuts, while the main bill is still on hold. in the meantime a new poll shows support has dropped among california voters for governor brown's special election proposal to extend temporary tax and fee increases. back in january, survey found two out of three voters thought a special election was a good idea. but now only a little more than half fe

it happened thursday, near a mcdonald's in union city. the 16-year-old said she was walking home from school when a man tried to drag her off the sidewalk away from the road. she broke free, by elbowing the man in the stomach. here is a sketch of the suspect from police. he was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and white tennis shoes, running toward the union city bart station. >>> stanford university submit add proposal for research and engineering campus in new york. the university is focusing its new location on the roosevelt island in manhattan. if approved, it would be the university's only major campus outside of the palo alto area. the cost of the new campus could be up to $1 billion. officials say it would house up to 2200 graduate students and 100 faculty members, as well as offices and recreation facilities. stanford's proposal was in response to our request by new york mayor michael bloomberg. >>> it is the sporting event that has everyone all abuzz this time of year. now you can experience march madness

kenny was last seen in the rockland regents area of union city. he does not have a history of running away. now ktvu's tara moriarty will have much more on this in a live report coming from union city. that's in about half an hour from now. >>> well, another landslide is forcing some local people out of their homes. ktvu's kraig debro is in mountain view to show us the damage that's already been done. kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, pam. extensive damage. the homes we're talking about are located in the back of the sierra village mobile home park. now later this morning we'll be able to get back there and show you firsthand the problem without disturbing the neighbors this early. ktvu has learned however that the owners of the mobile home park foresaw a problem during winter storms seven years ago. last week some of their fears became reality when 15 feet of three backyards crumbled into the steven's creek. the result, the people in at least three mobile homes are evacuated. the county says the homes themselves are also unsafe. one residen

for now we're live in union city, christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 78:6. well, it's a different story in the san ramon school district. school official -- school officials there decided not to hand out pink slips. we talked to the school district spokesperson to find out how that is possible. >>> california state health officials are investigating a major security breach that could affect almost million people nationwide. healthnet says several hard drive -- hard drives are missing. those drives contain personal information about individuals but the company has not issued details about who exactly is affected. a state watchdog agency says the breach do affect 600,000 individuals. healthnoeth is contacting the victims and offering free credit report monitoring. >>> the police commission is expected to send the names of three finalists to the mayor, mayor lee. the mayor could make a choice or reject them all and start the process all over. the police commission has interviewed dozens of candidates. the police chief's job opened up in january when george goes

about 85 sunnyvale, 85 palo alto, about 83 in union city. 70s at the immediate coastline.u head well inland today, you will find mid-80s in many spots as high as 83 in berkeley, 85 concord and brentwood. the north bay plenty of 70s coastside but you have 80s showing up in san anselmo, 83 san rafael, and 81 degrees in benicia. you get the idea, this is going to be some kind of day outside today. but changes as early as tomorrow, sea breeze going to kick in may bring some fog back toward the coastline, cooling temperatures off there and inside the bay and then as we head in towards saturday, breezy conditions, clouds on the way, chance of some showers here in the bay area, drying outcome sunday and monday, and tuesday maybe some more rain as we head towards the middle of next week. all right. let's get a traffic check from elizabeth. >> all right. thank you, lawrence. several things going on now. firms the city streets in san francisco. park presidio boulevard is partially shut down. we are hearing about lanes blocked in both directions between geary and california. there is

all live look at the teacher press conference in union city.live report >> mark: here in the bay area teachers and parents are taking part in protest as a day of action. we are live in union city were press conferences under way. >> will: let's listen to the news conference briefly. a teacher who just took the podium. >> it is important to remember schools are all ready even before these cuts and layoffs, wheat already ranked at the bottom nationally the number of councilors, librarians, and computers. it is ironic we are standing in the library in our district we have one librarian and she may be laid off. >> will: the school district is facing a $10 million budget shortfall. they are looking at laying off 60 teachers. those teachers are wearing red right now and pay exchequer's symbolically saying these are the ones on the chopping block. the final cuts will be in may. we will hear from a teacher who is six months pregnant, because of creative measures she was brought back last year back to work. they just said a lot of measures that were ava

and with this union taking the lead, city and labor leaders are hoping more unions will step up and concede to the 10% pay cut. so far, six of the city's unions have agreed to the deal, while others, including police are still at the table. >> a couple of our unions we don't have proposals from yet, and some of them are just saying no because they're still in denial. but facts are really difficult to deny now. we're in a huge problem next year with a big shortfall of $110 million, more or less. and we just have to make some changes. >> reporter: in san jose, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> critics claim 10% is not nearly enough for fire or police in san jose and won't fix the budget problems either. according to the controllers office, more than 70% of firefighters in san jose are more than $100,000 a year. and according to federal documents, san jose firefighters are in the top five in the nation in terms of pay. >>> there is a wealth of information here in california on government salaries on the controllers's website. firefighters and police are usually the top paid employees in ci

we're going to be finding out tomorrow night if the union deal or city deal with the police union goes through. if it does, local one says they expect the same kind of agreement. live in antioch, terry mcsweeney "abc 7 news." >>> it appears there is finally a deal in place that will end the bitter 18-month labor dispute between hilton hotel. they scheduled a news conference where they are expected to announce a tentative agreement on a new contract. no details have been released. union members have been working without a contract since august of 2009. major issue is wages as well as healthcare costs. >> more painful cuts can be coming to the school district in the east bay. the board shut down to shut down a middle school and holbrook elementary at the end of the school year. they will vote on whether to lay off up to 180 full time employees including 33 music teachers and 20 librarians. they would eliminate music and library programs throughout the district. >> we have learned that the san francisco defender's camera which they say should policeman misconduct. making drug busts, they

city did not spend any money. it did, through its negotiations with the unions and other circumstances. the city was paying into the pension the employee portion, the employee pickup. it is a cost, but not the employer cost. the city would have still made those payments to the employees in terms of salary dollars rather than fringe benefits through raises. i want to make sure we keep everything in balance when we look at these costs. some of the other costs included in here -- we see this every time you read an article on costs. the pension and the costs go up. but one sentence after the talk about the pension, you see health care costs and retiree health. they are separate legal entities independent of each other, unrelated to the pension cost itself. you have some portion of pension expense. it does not go into the san francisco system. it is paid into the state system to cover the sheriff's department, district attorney, and other small groups covered underyou also have cost the cits to pay into social security. these are all cost you have to pay for and i realize you're dealing with

turning to the next page, we have a representation of some of the unions, particularly unions within the city and county, the health union, the largest would be the per diem nurses, staff nurses and contract, that represents 1500 employees. supervising nurses represented by teamsters local 856, 124 employees. moving to the safety unions, approximately 1700 firefighters, approximately 2500 police officers, and about 950 either deputy sheriffs or employers of the -- employees of the sheriff's union or management union for the sheriff's. then we have a reference to the miscellaneous safety groups. these are groups largely represented -- whose retirement is kept under calpers. the probation officers, the district attorney investigators, the juvenile probation officers, some of the institutional police officers. last year, we ended up reaching a historic agreement with almost all the city's labor unions. there was an effort led by a san francisco labour council which brought in 30 unions into a concession agreement in which employees gave back a total of $235 million over a two-year timeframe. the

berkeley, heavier rain here pushing in parts of 280 over hayward and union city. the coast here. coastal hills is where waking getting the heavier rain. morgan hill and down by the monterey bay. definitely a wet day there. more rain is offshore and peninsula drier air and mid levels working in behind the system. it will exit the area in the next couple of hours, 50 in mountain view. 48 in san francisco. with the front the winds have been gusting to over 30 miles an hour in parts of east bay, oakland and hayward. lighter winds to the north so the bulk has moved on through parts of the north bay. that is the good news but we will still be looking at not only the rest of the day with showers, light rain returns tomorrow from yet another system, but then we are looking at drier, warmer weather with 70s by next week. here is the front pushing to the south and east. all the central valley looking very wet. flooding problems up to the north around lake port throughout the rest of the day. as we go through saturday afternoon, showers become more widely scattered. late in

we're going to be finding out tomorrow night if the union deal or city deal with the police union goes through. if it does, local one says they expect the same kind of agreement. live in antioch, terry mcsweeney "abc 7 news." >>> it appears there is finally a deal in place that will end the bitter 18-month labor dispute between hilton hotel. they scheduled a news conference where they are expected to announce a tentative agreement on a new contract. no details have been released. union members have been working without a contract since august of 2009. major issue is wages as well as healthcare costs. >> more painful cuts can be coming to the school district in the east bay. the board shut down to shut down a middle school and holbrook elementary at the end of the school year. they will vote on whether to lay off up to 180 full time employees including 33 music teachers and 20 librarians. they would eliminate music and library programs throughout the district. >> we have learned that the san francisco defender's camera which they say should policeman misconduct. making drug busts, they

. >>> as the sun comes up, union city police will expand their search for a missing at-risk teenager who dispeered last night -- disappeared last night. last night, the search for kenny stevenson turned up nothing. he say he's angry after arguing with his mother about homework and grades. >> by still have officers out in the area right now conducting -- we still have officers out in the area right now conducting a searches, with the flashlights, keeping an eye out. >> the search included a chp helicopter. they are passing out fliers. police say kenny is considered at risk because he was not wearing much clothing on. he just had on green gym shorts and sneakers. he's diagnosed as as berger syndrome -- asberger syndrome. >>> the barry bonds's trial resumes in san francisco today in about 90 minutes. prosecutors plan to call three more witnesses. they are bonds's former orthopedic surgeon, his former personal shopper and a drug- testing expert. >> this is the case where the defense is fighting tooth and nail every point and are putting on these witnesses which tend to be dry. >> yesterd

take the new haven school district in union city. a small district, 60 pink slips have been issued.larger district like oakland, 540 layoff notices were sent out. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we're expecting our first baby and i'm faced with all the stress of losing my job and worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. support our schools and support the governor's plan. >> the governor's plan calls for a special june election to extend current taxes, if voters approve that the cuts will not be as severe and some of those layoff notices could be rescinded but for now, school districts have to send out these pink slips because they have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. i'm live in san bruno, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> today is also pg&e's deadline to provide documents to state regulators verifying that pressure levels across the utility's entire gas system are safe. they have spent months sift go through you thousands of boxes of documents at cow palace. in the wake of the san bruno explosion. if pg&e can't find the rec

. >>> san jose city leaders are looking over a proposal from the firefighters union. firefighters have offered to take a 10% cut in pay and benefits. they are also proposing a two- tier benefit system. chuck reid hopes his city's other unions will follow suit. they are facing a $110 million shortfall. he warns layoffs are likely without concession. >>> berkeley police have responded to three reports of a gun on a high school campus in the last couple of months. in the most recent incident yesterday a 17-year-old student was arrested at the berkeley technology of academy accused of bringing a loaded handgun to the classroom. police say there were two other incidents where guns were found at berkeley high school last month. >>> in san francisco right turns from san's market street is -- from san francisco's market street is becoming a pilot change. it makes drivers turn right at sixth street and tenth street. now muni says since that program started, muni travel time has gotten better. transit vehicles, taxis, delivery trucks, and bicycles are exempt from the forced righ

take the new haven school district in union city. a small district, 60 pink slips have been issued.n a larger district like oakland, 540 layoff notices were sent out. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we're expecting our first baby and i'm faced with all the stress of losing my job and worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. support our schools and support the governor's plan. >> the governor's plan calls for a special june election to extend current taxes, if voters approve that the cuts will not be as severe and some of those layoff notices could be rescinded but for now, school districts have to send out these pink slips because they have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. i'm live in san bruno, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> today is also pg&e's deadline to provide documents to state regulators verifying that pressure levels across the utility's entire gas system are safe. they have spent months sift go through you thousands of boxes of documents at cow palace. in the wake of the san bruno explosion. if pg&e can't find the

take vo --en union city, maestros, padres y administrador es de la escuela secundaria "alvarado'' se reunieron para protestar contra la decena de despidos y cierres de bibliotecas debido a la falta de fondos. --ellos esperan que el gobernador jerry brown los apoye y que se mantenga el presupuesto a travs del cobro extendido de impuestos. --las escuelas secundarias han perdido ms de 18 mil millones de dlares en fondos estatales en los ltimos 3 aÑos, y podra seguir perdiendo ms. take vo ---mientras tanto en sacramento, lideres demcratas propusieron realizar un voto sobre el presupuesto del estado. ---los legisladores recomiendan recortes en el orden de $ 12 mil millones de dolares sumados a otros $ 12 mil millones con relacion a impuestos temporales. ---de acuerdo a una encuesta revelada hoy, un 61 por ciento de los californianos esta de acuerdo en mantener impuestos temporales mientras que un 36 por ciento esta en contra. ---los legisladores demcratas necesitan 2 tercios del voto en el capitolio para llevar esta propuesta a las urnas el proximo 7 de junio . cu ---increible pero cierto

san ramon valley, castro valley, hayward and union city and dublin, 580 and 680, take a look at this. 101 into the south bay around sunnyvale. it's going to be move to the east. watch out milpitas, you've got a lot of rain from ben lomond, morgan hill and gilroy continue to see more shower activity. overall we'll see the rain begin to dial back. light showers from american canyon to napa, much of marin county is looking at a break. that will be the trend throughout the rest of the day and evening before the next system comes in overnight with gusty winds. low 50s in mountain view. 51 in san jose. showers being more isolated. tonight, rain, overnight into saturday morning. chance of showers on sunday, a much weaker system on sunday. a surf warning until 3:00 all along the coast. large breaking waves will be definitely dangerous out there. keep that in mind. this system, an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska, this will be dropping down bringing a pretty strong cold front. gusty winds certainly not as strong as yesterday and the next system behind it is going to be weaker and see

and east bay, 64 oakland, union city. heading inland and numbers are looking like spring. for monterey bay 66 in monterey. may squeeze out a 70-degree reading. here is the accu-weather forecast. rain north bay saturday night. and across the rest of the bay area on sunday, and into wee hours of the morning showers developing. after that it's a prime yairly dry forecast except for thursday. slight chance of showers and doesn't look that promising at this point. temperatures remaining mild. 50s and 60s. >> thank you. >> and still ahead a finney's create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. >>> weekend is here. time to enjoy with food and fun. >> yes. here to deliver it at no cost is michael finney. >> there you go. morton's steak house. this is in san francisco and san jose. and this is bar bites. i believe these are... mini crab cakes, blts. they've got mini fillet mignon, blue cheese and different

the biggest hikes are in union city where the sales tax jumped to 10.25 percent. concord rises to 9.75%. >>> an interesting trend to help prop up the housing market. more than half of february home sales were all cash or absentee buyers. it's the highest those numbers have been in over 20 years, but analysts say they reflect people looking for investments, not homes to live in. the stressed properties, including foreclosures and short sales accounted for over half of the resale market last month. >>> a couple of other economic notes. the number of people in san francisco working at technology companies are nearing the day of the dot come explosion. >>> and from working to play, more people are visiting san francisco. tourism rebounded last year, according to the travel industry. it hasn't reached the levels of 2008, but it's improving. nearly 16 million people visited san francisco last year, spending nearly $8 billion. >>> and this was the perfect cure for cabin fever. thousands of people took part in the annual running festival. some people took part of the half

san ramon valley, castro valley, hayward and union city and dublin, 580 and 680, take a look at this. into the south bay around sunnyvale. it's going to be move to the east. watch out milpitas, you've got a lot of rain from ben lomond, morgan hill and gilroy continue to see more shower activity. overall we'll see the rain begin to dial back. light showers from american canyon to napa, much of marin county is looking at a break. that will be the trend throughout the rest of the day and evening before the next system comes in overnight with gusty winds. low 50s in mountain view. 51 in san jose. showers being more isolated. tonight, rain, overnight into saturday morning. chance of showers on sunday, a much weaker system on sunday. a surf warning until 3:00 all along the coast. large breaking waves will be definitely dangerous out there. keep that in mind. this system, an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska, this will be dropping down bringing a pretty strong cold front. gusty winds certainly not as strong as yesterday and the next system behind it is going to be weaker and see mos

probably 63 degrees in san jose, so not zoo bad there, 64 in morgan hill, and 62 in union city.nly in the 60s, so this warm storm is going to keep the temperatures up a bit, plan about 64 brentwood, 63 in pittsburgh, and 63 in police ton. north bay, temperatures in pleasanton. north bay, temperatures in the -- it looks like we have a chance of rain about every day over the next sidas, there will be breaks in between the storms, and nothing looks too huge. another storm system will move in on tuesday, leftover showers into wednesday morning, and colder storm system heading into the latter part of the week. it will keep things wet and cooler towards next weekend. now. >>> aubrey huff explains why he's no longer wearing the rally song, and selection sunday may not be until tomorrow, but march madness is in full swing. we'll hit the hardwood next. take the court, they put their ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them about so

milpitas, union city, newark up to hayward, hayward out to dublin, that's where the wet weather is rightow. fog, we have it along the coast, half moon bay. it's now starting to wrap around the coast and move into san francisco. watch out. i think frances is going to tell you about a couple bridges fogged out this morning. let's talk about temperatures. look how mild it is. we're running 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. most of us mid to upper 50s. even with limited sunshine, low to mid-60s this afternoon. pretty seasonal temperatures. same thing around the monterey bay. your 7-day forecast, tuesday we're going to get some rain. wednesday it will taper. then look at thursday, some rain. friday, saturday and sunday a cold system, highs in the 50s with waves of rain throughout the weekend. here's frances. >> all right, mike. as promised here's a look at that fog across the golden gate bridge. a little trouble in and out of the north bay this morning because the chp has also issued a fog advisory for the richmond san rafael bridge. we'll go tos maps. north. you might find pon

and east bay, very narrow range of highs all into upper 50s, oakland, union city. head inland up to 62 degrees in concord. there is is a nice-looking day. and there is your accu-weather forecast. dry friday, saturday. temperatures into 50s and 60s, chance of rain sunday and then, looks like a real broad brush, chance of rain is because computer models aren't exactly in agreement. looks like it right now. don't forget it once again saturday night before going to bed or early sunday morning, daylight savings time. springing forward sunday at 2:00 a.m. >> and still ahead a south bay business park go together birds. the messy problem they're creating. >> that is coming up. at 6 from 7 on your side a woman's efforts to get giants you can see >>> some up expected neighbors moved into an industrial park. now, everybody agrees it's time for them to leave. 30 pigeons are creating a big mess. one business owner apparently bought and released birds on sunday for good luck. but birds don't know how to care for themselves in the wild. workers are worrying they're getting sick.

union city likely to see it in the next few minutes. right there between san mateo, and dunbarton bridge. the santa cruz mountains with the flash flood watch through about noon time. scattered showers around concord. haywood seeing light rain. pittsburgh, if we shift north to the west, santa rosa, a few showers. looks dry at the most. petaluma continuing with the showers as well. temperatures up over yesterday by a few degrees with mostly gray skies. we've been talking about very strong winds in excess of 60 miles per hour at times in the overnight hours. those have definitely let up. your satellite and radar view, so that front that brought us the heavy rain, and now to the south and east of us. see the spin, it continues to move north and east. behind it, we've got all of this unstable air that will continue in our area. we will see breaks in the rain. we will see maybe even sunshine again. that could bring us a little bit of a thunderstorm activity by 10:00 this morning. just very hit or miss, on and off showers, but it doesn't reall

now seven city unions including san jose police are still negotiating. however someone inside the city manager's office tells us even if all of the unions agree, there will still be layoffs. >>> well, state regulators will meet today to consider a fine of up to $1 million a day against pg&e. it's all because pg&e failed to provide important safety documents that the agency requested following the san bruno pipeline explosion. the punishment would not be decided until pg&e has a chance to defend itself at a hearing on monday. if approved, pg&e would have to pay the fine until it comes up with the missing documents. >>> well, today the state public utilities commission will hear from a local government leaders and consumer groups who oppose smart meters. the commission has already told pg&e that it has to present a proposal to allow customers to opt out of smart meter installation. those opposed to the smart meters say that's a good first step, but they'd rather see a moratorium with customers given the chance to opt in. >>> all right. 4:36 is the time righ

i was last seen -- he was last seen wearing a black hooded sweat shirt running through the union city bart station. >>> looks like breakers will be around for a couple of years. the annual 12 k race attracts thousands of runners every year sometimes in wild costumes sometimes wearing nothing at all. they can customize their own items. their co-you -- cofounder fits their goal of self expression. >> kind of the synergy would be to this diverse fun celebration of different cultures and people. it is a perfect fit. >> the race's previous sponsor pulled its support last year following complaints of excess garbage and heavy drinking. this year, floats and alcohol are banned. >>> if the weather holds out tomorrow night, we should be able to see a full moon that is bigger and brighter than usual. it's the same moon but it will appear larger because it's going to be close are to earth than it has been in 20 years. scientists are calling it the super moon. it will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter. it's normally about 238,000 miles from earth. but during this time, the moon will be about 17,0

ktvu's christian captain live in union city where one rally is scheduled to start in just about an hour from now. >> reporter: yeah, dave, we are preparing for the news conference as you said set to start in about an hour here. now the library here is one of the proposed casualties to budget cuts and that library could close in the fall if funding isn't found. teachers and public school workers will be discussing those proposed cuts to education and pink slips set to be sent out to teachers across the state. now just yesterday teachers, parents and public school workers descended on the state capitol you remembers lawmakers to approve the proposal to extend tax increases. today is the deadline for school districts to send out layoff notices and there was a flurry of activity we'll be following all day surrounding the proposed cuts to education. the superintendent will be discussing cuts at an elementary school in san bruno. and teachers in oakland are set to rally around 4:00. keep it here on ktvu for the very latest on the continuing issues surrounding education throughout the state. f

mostly cloudy in union city. about 60 in palo alto. east bay temperatures in the 50áz and 60s by the afternoon. the north bay, we are expecting temperatures cooler and that's because of the cloud cover will thicken up. a couple rain drops. for more, expect a better chance of rain for everybody as we head in towards sunday. a left over showers monday and tuesday. we have another storm brewing. possibly more showers late into medication week. tsunami advisory continues along the bay area coastline. got to be careful. the further we get away from the earthquake, the less chance we have of a tsunami, but you have seen some things generated by those, too. >> it's an incorrodeable phenomenon. >> you won't see one like this for a long time, i hope. >> thank you very much lawrence. >>> that 8.9 quake was among the strongest to ever hit j pan. we'll tell you why a number of quake experts say a quake that strong could not happen here in the bay area. earthquake and tsunami. some >>> japan never saw it coming. the powerful and devastating earthqu

tonight the antioch city council is expected to arizona prove a police contract at the center of controversy. the complaints are coming mostly from antioch's public works employees. their union claims the city is giving the police union a sweetheart deal while driving a much harder bargain with its workers. >> we told them we will do exactly what you want close to what you want as long as we get a commitment you will get the same thing out of everyone else. >> antioch's police union denies city hall is playing nice. >>> a ballot measure for more taxes has been approved in oakland. however, the temporary parcel tax will only go before voters if governor brown succeeds with his call for a june special election. the oakland measure would ask voters to add a five year $80 parcel tax which is expected to add $11 million to oakland's general fund. >>> 14 people have been charged for refuses to leave uc berkeley wheeler hall for a protest. they charged them with misdemeanor offenses for last wednesday's day of action budget protest. the nine students that chained themselves to a fourth floor ledge have not been charged yet. uc berkeley police say they still need to finish their rep

trapped mount diablo district in the east bay and as many as 60 teacher jobs could be on the line in union city. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we are expecting our first baby and i'm face with added stress -- [ clears throat ] -- lose my job and worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. >> state law requires schools to give out notices by today, march 15. >>> fremont police issued an alert for a missing girl. 17-year-old safa cota left home around 7:00 last night to take a walk around her neighborhood. she fail to return. there is extra concern because the teen has a mental capacity of a 3-or-14-year-old. 5'2," 110 pounds, short, dark hair and gray hood zip up jacket and dark blue jeans. call fremont police if you have information. >>> the neighbors of the juror in the barry bonds perjury case will be kept secret until after the trial is over. a federal judge made the decision yesterday saying it's needed to ensure a fair trial. baseball's all- time home run leader is accused of lying under oath when he testified he never know >> i took steroids. >>> an

a smooth drive on southbound 880 as we have issues going on heading down to union city. that could be an issue for folks. i'll bring you the update if it is blocking any lanes. back to you. >>> 6:10. still to come on "today in the bay," the america's cup is coming to san francisco. and we'll tell you about plans to help you get around and see the races. >>> and it is opening day. get ready for some more giants baseball. i'm marla tellez live at at&t park. i'll take you behind the scenes with the voice of the giants. how ranelle keeps her cool, that's coming up. >>> and temperatures are rising, it will be the hottest day of the week so's in str.or for the what in store for the weekend? we'll tell you. it is 6:11 right now. >>> welcome back, everyone. there's willie mays taking a look at the baseball hall of famer outside at&t park. yes, it is opening day. >> today is opening day. the real day of spring for a lot of people. the first day of spring, that is. there are six games to open the season today. the first one is starting in a few more hours, three hours for some of

, scattered light rainfall passing across the peninsula and across the east bay and hayward and union cityyou can expect to see some of this as we continue on throughout the day. your planner is taking you through the afternoon. and keep that chance of rain in the forecast. and again, light rain. and a mixture of sun and clouds. i think we will probably get a couple of peeks of sun through the clouds. temperatures however are nice and mild. in fact, temperatures are flirting with 70 degrees in some of the warmest spots and upper 50s for the cooler spots and clouds the story throughout the day. later on tonight, patchy fog and along the coast and in the valleys and the temperatures do cool down this evening, as you can see, and 40s and 50s for you, heading out this evening. high surf advisory in effect until 11:00 tonight. and looking at waves 13-15 feet. and north bay and to big sur, and the powerful waves and rip kurns are things to be careful of if you're headed out surfing or taking the ball out today. if you are not, here is what to expect. i want to show you the rain as we move throug

plan on 62 degrees in san jose today, 61 in santa clara, 62 in union city, and about 60 in san mateo. how about the east bay? temperatures in the 50s and 60s by the afternoon, we should see a little more sunshine out there in the latter part of the day. and as we look toward the north bay, we are expecting the temperatures mainly in the 50s and the 60s too. but yup, if you love the rain, hey, you're going to love these next seven days. we have about a chance of rain about every, single day. we have the rainfall early on today, i think a slight chance of showers for tomorrow. more rain across the entire bay area heading in toward friday. chance of scattered showers continuing on saturday and sunday. and it looks like more rain as we head in toward monday and tuesday. by the way, i should methods, much colder storms headed our way come friday, i should mention. low snow levels around 3,000 feet so we have the possibility of snow and thunderstorms. and yes, needless to say, don't forget tomorrow, hey, it's st. patrick's day! how about this for a green graphic? if you're not wearing green

sales tax in union city will be 10.25%. concord's will go up to 9.75%. while santa rosa will see an increase to 9.5%. >>> governor brown is taking the ax to more social services to close the state budget deficit. yesterday he signed into law some $11 billion in budget cuts. brown says cuts to services will be larger if republicans don't agree to a vote on tax extensions. >>> the budget cuts mostly effect the elderly, the poor and the sick. welfare grants will be reduced by 8%. inhome assistance for the elderly and disabled will be reduced. and child care for 11 and 12- year-olds will be eliminated. >>> well, opponents of the smart meter program got some good news. getting the meters turned off could soon be possible, but it will come at a high cost. >>> and she may be gone, but her personalty still shines. the special wish carried out at liz taylor's funeral. >>> hundreds of people were evacuated and shops and businesses flooded with at least a foot of water in and mud. it came as quite a surprise with no time to set up sandbags. most of that water thoug

. >> union city police have released a composite sketch of a man wanted. the man grabbed a girl from behind when she walked on union square. she was able to break free and run. the man was last seen running towards the bart station. >>> you will be able to see charlie sheen's show without turning on the tv. he is bringing his road show, titled violent torpedo of truth to san francisco. tickets went on sale today. when last we checked, there were seats available. >>> japan making progress with its nuclear crisis, a new problem has appeared and amazing pictures of the tsunami as it washes away a driver and its car. and we missed tonight, what made this moon so special. swep rvived --and his v >>> just amazing pictures of the tsunami coming ashore in japan from inside a car as it was swept away. the driver survived and obviously his video survived. the man says he saw the wall of water, but he had no choice, but to keep going. incredibly the camera continues to roll as the car appears to begin floating away. >>> late word tonight that pressure is again rising

teachers in union city rallied. >> we are expecting our first baby and i am faced with the added stress of losing my job and worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. please support our schools. >> teachers are calling on state lawmakers to support governor brown's budget plan that would use tax extensions that would maintain current spending. >> i am strongly urging bipartisan support. i hope they can conclude quickly. we only have a window of seven to 10 days before we cannot make the ballot. >> so far the governor has not secured enough republican support to hold a special taxi election on this issue. -- tax election on this issue. >>> supervisors took a big step to head off a projected $50 million deficit. they voted to eliminate vacation buy backs for 300 nonunion managers. right now they can sell back up to one-third of that i vacation time. it would save a million dollars per year. but the district attorney says it is a bad deal for his prosecutors. >> so if each one took a wake off in vacation, now they will be taking that week off instead of selling it. that's 75 we

redwood city, mountain view, 61 sunnyville, union city, temperatures upper 50s.ar 60, 69 berkeley, antioch, 59 today in liver more. um north, again same story you likely will see stories later on this evening. 57 san an sell mow, 67 kentville. take a look at the extended forecast off and on light showers no big soakers in the forecast. showers again moving in tonight through the first half of tuesday likely drying out wednesday. temperatures near 70 degrees some of the warmest locations should be beautiful day on wednesday. return of those showers thursday, staying dry friday and extended forecast for next weekend, yeah, looks like we have a chance of showers returning. but again in the meantime, wind is the big story today, that i am sure is effecting the commute giana, how does it look? >> windy conditions and a couple accidents already. let's start with a live look at 101 through san jose, alan rock head lights going northbound this portion of 101 checking in problem free south of here we have an accident as we head to our maps. trouble spot northbound side 10

richmond, oakland could set some new records for tomorrow. 80 in union city. head inland and it is going to feel more like june. tomorrow is the last day of march. mid80s for concord and livermore. 83 in santa cruz and 86 for you in gilroy. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. a warm, spring day tomorrow. cooling begins on friday. and it is going to be much cooler over the weekend and windy as well. chance of showers on saturday. really light showers. after that, comfortable weather, dan. we are going into the 50s, 60s range and low 70s for next week. >> and great news about the reservoirs and the snowpack. >> you don't have to feel guilty. thanks, sandhya. >>> still ahead, the piece of under water history making a rare appearance it >>> the wooden shell of a historic clipper ship has resurfaced. this is the king philip. it ran a ground in 1878. every few years winter storms and tides wash away the sand exposing this famous ship. helga sent in these pictures via you report powered by youtube. thank you, hell go for that. -- helga for that. >>> arnold

in union city, administrators in the new haven district warn they may have to close this newly built library and lay off 60 teachers district wide. the california teacher's association says state education funding has been cut by $18 billion in the last three years with another $4.6 billion in cuts likely if the budget is balanced completely through spending cuts. >> former gubernatorial candidate, meg whitman is not planning to campaign to unseat dianne feinstein. she spent $44 million of her own money in an unsuccessful bid. the forme ebay chief tells the wall street journal she wants to shape public policy and support mitt romney's presidential bid. >> sheriff says a levy break no longer poses a danger. the levee began leaking yesterday morning just north of clear lake in land that will be restored as wetland. eight homes in the area could have been flooded. however, state prison inmates working with the department of public works successfully sured up that levee this morning. >> state has agreed to battle a nonnative plant in discovery bay after pressure from local leaders. a pla

teachers in union city were up early protesting the 60 pink slips issued there. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we're expecting our first baby and i'm faced with added stress of losing my job and worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. please support our schools and support the governor's budget. >> reporter: one number that doesn't get reported very often is that of the classified employees. those are the people who support the teachers, the schools, maintenance workers, for example, security, secretary. the projected number of classified workers that may lose their job this year i'm told, 5749. live in san bruno, abc news 7. >> thank you. the suspected gang shooting of five people in san francisco's mission district has heightened tensions in that neighborhood this evening. it happened last night on 16th street near valencia. all of the victims survived. police say two men opened fire with what appeared to be semiautomatic weapons and sped off in two different cars. police believe the shootings may be related to a recent string of violence be

in doing so it, became the first of the city's 11 employee unions to reach a deal with the city so it could be setting the tone for the other unions. in a similar situation last year, the city and firefighters never agreed and as a result, 49 firefighters lost their jobs so this time around, they're hoping to prevent this. this is a victory for mayor chuck reed who is facing a $105 million deficit for the fiscal year that starts july 1st. the proposed deal would last for two years, expiring june 30th of 2013. it is not official yet. the deal needs to be ratified by all firefighters. that vote expected to happen sometime this weekend, and then it needs final approval by the city council. reporting in san jose, marleau tai easiest. >> coming up at 7:30, we'll sit down with the president of the san jose firefighters union and we'll ask whether this weekend's vote will encourage other city unions to come to the bargaining table. >>> new documents reveal the san bruno gas line was so concerning that crews replaced a section years ago, but the construction stopped one block short of where t