tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a break in a bay area murder case. the inmate who police linked to some of the crimes and brought back to the bay area to face a judge. >> a piece of history back in the bay area, 100 years after it made a first of its kind phone call. >> most of the bay area is in the clear, coming up the temperature change for tomorrow and if we have any rain clouds to talk about in the five-day forecast. >> and a live look right now at the evening commute. a live picture of interstate 280 in san jose. the headlights are drivers heading north. slow going in this area of san jose. you can't see the accidents on your screen but several nearby accidents are part of the reason for the slow commute. >> and a look at the ride home in the east bay, highway 24, contra costa county. the headlights is the commute direction. heading towards walnut creek. back with more after this. >>> there are new developments in the gypsy hill murders of six girls in the 1970s. a man who is serving time in oregon was extradited to the bay area this week to fa

ktvu's tom vacar is live in the city tonight where the store was hit and hit hard. tom? >> reporter: it is not the only one. take a look. the prepares have been made to this. we have it on authority this is one of several that have occurred here in the last few weeks. last week a camera store was robbed in the same way. it seems to be a trend. >> reporter: today crew reconstructed the entrance of the store. 3:30 a.m. this morning they used a uhaul. that allowed the robbers to steal clothing. he was close by. >> heard the call on the radio. drove to the call. noticed the uhaul van that was northbound. >> they saw me, they saw me pull over and they took off. i tried to follow them to get the license plate number but they absolutely blew every light, stop sign. >> reporter: police were in pursuit but called it off for danger. customers left dus appoint -- disappointed. >> we come here all the time for good quality merchandise. it is horrible that this would happen like that. >> reporter: this comes after the robbery during the holidays when a vehicle rammed stores. in the l

however ktvu's tom vacar tells us gas prices in california could go up more than 30 cents a gallon. >> reporter: gas prices collapsed in the last few months. according to aaa everyone saved almost 44 bucks last year over the previous year's gas purchases. that is $115 a households and 14 billion more for the rest of the u.s. economy. gas plunged from last year's april high of $3.70 to yesterday's $2.26. perhaps within days the state is likely to impose a pollution tax on oil companies that they will pass on to consumers at 10 cents more a gallon. >> another tax. do we have a choice? really, they will impose it whether we like it or not. >> reporter: and then the federal gas tax, 18 cents on gas and 24 cents on diesel. that money is used to build and repair roads but it hasn't been raised since 1997. inflation ate 40% of its value while road building and maintenance costs sored. just to have the same purchasing power uncle sam would have to impose 8 cents. it would have to be raised more than that to make up for years of deferred maintenance. >> if it will improve our roads, definitely

tom vacar live that port of oakland. thank you. >>> there are new developments involving the investigation into a dismembered body. san francisco police are releasing a new photograph of a man they are calling a person of interest. ktvu's christien kafton joins us now near market and 11th street in san francisco. police are being careful not to call this person a suspect? >> reporter: that's right. san francisco police issued a series of fran of the man -- paragraphs paragraphs of the man in question. >> we have put out a picture of a person of interest that the investigators would -- investigators would like to talk to. >> reporter: this was taken from a camera. officers won't say whether he was spotted handling the suit case or what peaked their interest. a white male in his 50s or 60s. 5'7" tall. wearing a pinstripe baseball hat, blue and orange jacket. police say he may be a transient. as for the victim, the medical examiner said it was a light skinned male. at this point they are looking into all possibilities about

ktvu's tom vacar is here with what the report recommends. >> reporter: the third and final report onchmond chevron refinery explosion that sent 15,000 people to the hospital. like the national transportation safety board the safety board has no enforcement powers but its recommendations carry a lot of weight. >> reporter: they say this was preventible and places the blame on chevron. >> one area of disgreement is the way they -- disagreement is the way they characterize our safety. >> the safety culture was more based on keeping a unit running than doing the right thing and shutting it down. >> reporter: they recommend the city and contra costa county fund an agency to over see richmond chevron refinery by surveying workers about safety issues and it recommends the state update old laws governing on how they management the safety process. >> how things interrelate to each other. >> the industry is investing to make money instead of equipment for safety. >> it recommends that industry funded standards organizations should create better standards and practices for all refineries. >> go

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a lot of reading. thank you. >>> a company based in ohio is recalling 2,000 pounds of salami. some was sold in california. it effects great lakes smoked meat. it may have experienced temperature abuse and may contain harmful bacteria. it was shipped to california stores in december and will have sell by dates from march 16-19, 2015. there are no reports of anyone getting sick. >>> man caught on video stealing a new iphone from an 83-year-old man. this happened the day after christmas. the man just bought the iphone at the apple store on 4thth street. a -- 4th street. a man rips the phone out of his hand. a closer look that robber. he escaped in a silver audi. here is another view. police are asking anyone who recognizes this man or has information to contact them. >>> suge knight is being held on $2 million bail on suspicion of murder. he surrendered this morning. he is accused of a deadly hit and run yesterday. the sheriff's department said he ran over a man in the parking lot of a restaurant killing

tom vacar live there now with the unusual item that protesters are being asked to bring along with them. >> very strange. because it involves spoons. lots and lots of spoons. but why? >> reporter: the online poster says the protest will center around three demands. one, dropping all charges against the 14 protesters arrested last november when they shut down the west oakland b.a.r.t. station and causing widespread chaos. two, the disbandment of the entire b.a.r.t. police agency. three, discount fares for low income riders. >> public safety is our main concern. that's why we're taking a look at friday morning and making sure we're prepared to do whatever it takes to keep people safe. >> reporter: oddly protesters are being asked to bring a metal spoon with them for reasons yet undisclosed. protesters used spoons in ferguson, missouri to make attention getting if not ear splitting noise but protesters can make noise with lots of things. >> i think it's more about the noise factor. kind of just making a statement. i really don't think they're trying to really cause any harm. >> reporter: a

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our weather had sprinkles, fog. let's see what the weekend will bring. >> first candlestick park memory? >> what is mine? i saw the rolling stones there. >> wow! >> i saw them in '81. my first memory was walking in, we saw the giants play the reds, when johnny bench and pete rose and all those guys were there, i remember walking and you see thet grass, the green, as a -- that grass, the green, as a kid, oh, my gosh. it will be missed. it got a lot of heat but a lot of memories as well. >>> here is how it looks outside. rain that has already fallen in the north part of the state. missing us. casdareo by the russian river -- kazadero, by the russian river. everybody north got a little something. the rest of us got something too. it was something too litmal .01 -- little. .01. trace amounts. reports of drizzle around the bay area. you see that line where the rain is and the rain is not. maybe the line is like that. you look at the color of the clouds too. the darker whites, you have higher cloud tops, higher cloud tops

ktvus tom vacar is live at the golden gate bridge toll plaza where preparations for the closure at mid-night are underway. tom? >> reporter: word to the wise. take a bus, take a ferry, or take another route. this bridge closes in six hours. crews have been preparing all day to close the world's famous and storied brim to end decades of carriagage from 128 head-ons that claimed 16 lives. >> right now, everyone is excited. we're eager to get started and we're all waiting to get going. >> reporter: for the weekend here, usually the brim district's board of director's meeting room, you will find the nerve center for the entirebration. >> the command center is made up of all of the partner agencies, a place where everyone can communicate through the weekend. the road closures and the work going on. the scheduling and the engineering aspects of the job. all of the different contractors can speak together. >> reporter: almost two dozen agencys in all will closely coordinate the efforts to keep the unexpected from happening in the first place. the critical function leading up to the mid-night shutdo

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2news. >>> let's go back to our weather now, bring in chief meteorologist bill martin, because it is absolutely spectacular. bill, i walked out this afternoon, outside my house. i couldn't believe how warm it was! >> yeah, temperatures today, easily into the mid-60s. highs tomorrow, for your saturday, 70s. highs on sunday, perhaps into the mid-70s in some of the warmest spots. doesn't bring good news in terms of potential for rainfall. it just shows -- you don't need me to tell you. look at the jet stream. it's a broad ridge. you can see it's got amplitude. it's up here pretty far, but also broad. niece are tough ones to break down typically because of the nature of them. they are hard to bust through. so this one's not going to get busted through. we won't see anything come up over the top, but we will see clouds move in early next week, with a chance of a sprinkle. but that activity will come in under the jet. it will come in off another source from the subtropics. we'll check it out. right now, not much of anything. valley fog right here, see the coast, valle

ktvu's tom vacar is at the part of oakland. small businesses are hurting because of this? >> reporter: this is a major mess. take a look at this. to you this may seem to be a few random kinds of products but to the folk whose bring them in they mean jobs and more jobs. >> the warehouse is starting to get bear. the product, animal character blankets. the company is waiting for four containers, spring fashions that will be out of season by the time they arrive. >> they have to fill up the store. after the holiday the store is empty. they need the merchandise. >> they will likely be sold at year end close out for pennies on the dollar. they design and import educational toys. two containers with new products were supposed to be delivered before christmas. >> still it is on hold. i checked this morning, every day i check. >> customers need the merchandise. >> upset they don't have the product to sell it. >> reporter: the danger? >> might have to send somebody home. we don't have to work for them. >> reporter: an importer of foods. they are waiting on two containers three weeks

ktvu's tom vacar with how the )s are improving the economy. tom? >> reporter: indeed. these low prices some cash at the k is not the only place you are getting a benefit. >> reporter: bay city produce rarely passes on increac9 are a chance to catch up. >> for us there is probably six, $70,000 here. sizable amount of money. >> reporter: they buy @á cost of the goods that consumer purchases. >> last year their bill was $600,000. this year it looks to save 200,000 of that. he says the charges he passed on to shippers when grprices were rising are now being returned as prices fall. >> the majority gets 'passed back to the shippers. our fuel surcharge dropped 8-9% in the last six weeks. >> most will get passed to the consumers. again, because of competition. >> reporter: california gas averages $2.60 a gallon. a year u5c $2.70 more than october 2012. deaseself just as dramatic -- diesel is just as dramatic. $3.16. 40 cents cheaper than a year ago. $20 cheaper than the all time high of $5.12. the drop has been slowed by t

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ktvu's tom vacar is in oakland to tell us what this peens for small businesses hoping to -- means forusinesses hoping to get in to the action. >> reporter: port of oakland full of ships, trucks and trains that serve big business but it is also an opportunity, a garden of opportunity for contractors. little ones. >> reporter: 20 years ago she learned how to get her first contract job at the port of oakland. >> they offer crass that have gained us the knowledge to compete. >> reporter: good work and pricing causes many more contracts to come. >> we went from little shop to 25 employees. we keep a lot of families fed. >> he got his first contract 8 years ago when he had only five employees. >> between 30 and 65 employees and the port was a huge part of us building. >> reporter: they spoke today at a seminar where 155 small local contractors were encouraged to learn. >> the majority of our program goes to small and local firms. >> reporter: those the prime contracts go oo large canth -- to large contractors, to get that they get preference if they hire small, local subcontractors. >> 85%

ktvu's tom vacar is live with the reasons behind the drop and what it means to all of us. >> reporterink about it, oil companies use that supply and demand argument to justify higher prices. today the shoe is on the other foot. >> reporter: for many reasons oil supplies are abundant. so today oil company stocks plunged as investigators decided to not wait for oil to recover. >> a good time buy. you know it is a good long term investment. >> reporter: today big oil stocks lost 3-5%. for every thousand dollars invested you lost 30 to 50 bucks today. since stocks hit their highs last year the drop is far more serious. exxon down 16%. chevron down 25%. shell 30%. conoco 32%. bb48%. billions upon billions erased. losers oil companies and the people that own oil company stock, especially in their 401(k). winners? just about everybody else. >> we discovered there is low cost oil available that we didn't know was there 10 years ago. >> oil is used in all parts of the economy. all businesses use oil. low oil prices is good news. this is good news for the world. >> most of our job reaction over

ktvu's tom vacar tells us, it means the price of eggs is going up. >> reporter: if the owner of this egg farm wants to sell in california there has to be proof the hens are not jammed together. like this. he is the owner. san francisco's oldest egg distributor. >> the consumer wants a better quality product and a higher standard. >> in 2008, 60% of voters approved prop 2. a law requiring 70% more room so 10s can sit, lay and spread their -- hens can sit, lay, and spread their wings. ranchers in and out of california build larger cages, cut back on the number of birds or abandon the california market. >> this year unbelievable spike. supplies dipped and demand spiked. 80% higher. >> reporter: a dozen eggs have been $1.65. today $3 is not uncommon for regular eggs. more for organic. >> usually it is $3.50. today it was $4. knowing they have more room to move feel goods to me -- feels good to me. >> what your put in your body is important. if the chickens are eating anything and if they are, like, stewing in their own nest, that is not good. >> reporter: it is not just whole eggs, there

ktvu's tom vacar is live in san francisco with the reasoning by the decision. tom? >> reporter: san francisco's hopes and dreams for a summer olympics took an arrow to the heart. >> reporter: the u.s. olympic committee chose boston and that pleased opponents of the bid. >> the bay area has more important priorities to spend public money on and track records show when olympics come, taxpayers are on the hook. >> reporter: the mayor and big committee members extended best wishes to the other city by the bay and look to head to another major event. >> super bowl l. we are excited about another run towards a world series. >> i think they were disappointed but it was a tremendous effort. brought a lot of folks together. >> reporter: bay area counsel president is on the san francisco olympic bid committee. >> you do the best you can. we are up against great competition and major american cities. >> reporter: despite boston's selection it is the committee that would choose among other contenders. >> we think it is time to return the games to the united states. >> reporter:

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back to you. >> tom vacar at the golden gate bridge tonight.ank you. >>> a missing 16-year-old girl from richmond has been found. last night her family told us they hadn 't seen her since new year's day. belinda carson was found last night in san francisco. she may have been with a man who was refusing to allow her to go home. carson's family told us that she tried to reach out to a friend last week on facebook writing that she was scared and trying to come home. the richmond police department is now investigating her disappearance. >>> the newest members of the baseball hall of fame were announced today among them pitcher randy johnson who grew up in livermore. a sports director mark ibanez is here and barry bonds again was not voted in. >> it's like that old song, i hear you knocking but you can't come in. some of those suspected drug users of that era were rejected again. we have four new members to cooperstown. randy johnson is the lead off man. the pride of livermore high school or the big unit as he was known. winner of five cy young awar

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's a first for the state of california.ege students who study here. the bay area's community college that is have been chosen where students can earn four year degrees. >> a lost camera founds months later on a street sale. and on that camera were much more than just memories of a trip to san francisco. >> a quick bite behind the wheel can get you in trouble. now a man is planning to fight the ticket he got for eating a burger while driving. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people >>> california is offering four year college diplomas and there's

reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> expectations are high this year for sales of fine wine. a survey of hundreds of west coast wineries fines customers will likely buy and pay more for what is considered to be fine wine. now fine wine is defined as bottles that cost $20 or more. analysts credit the improvementing economy as well as growing demand. the sales of cheaper wines, less than $7 a bottle are expected to slow given to oversupply and imports that cost even less. >>> using sweets to spread hate? the homophobic cake this baker refused to make and why she is accused of discrimination. >> it was not right for us to write hateful words against human beings. >> and the bizarre details after a man bulldozes his house with everything they own still inside. >>> and a former neonazi and the gay man he almost beat to death. the powerful statement their friendship is making against hate and the bay area film make who is helping to tell their story. >> in the 80s , a neonazi skin head nearly killed a gay man. now, 30 years later, their story has been turned into a documentar

tom vacar joins us now with the one thing organizers are asking them to bring. >> the organizers are asking folks that come to bring a spoon, specifically a metal spoon and that could make up for a frustrating freaky friday commute. >> the protest stems from last november's arrest of 14 of the protesters who shut down west oakland b.a.r.t. today an online digital poster called for a 7 a.m. protest tomorrow at b.a.r.t.'s montgomery street station demanding three things. dropping of all charges against the 14 arrested, the disbandment of the entire b.a.r.t. police agency and discount fares for low income riders. b.a.r.t. says it will be prepared. >> our priority is public safety. b.a.r.t. police and b.a.r.t. employees will be out at montgomery street station working to keep people safe. getting on the tracks is not safe for anyone. we want to protect everyone involved. that means people traveling on b.a.r.t. that means people protesting b.a.r.t. employees. >> reporter: riders we met today at montgomery station say this is not the way to win friends, to influence people or change hearts

ktvu's tom vacar live now at the port of oakland with the penalties they are facing due to an on going say the least, it is very slow going here at the port. and for many port truckers,ers -- >> james francis spent five hours today picking up just one container instead of the two or three and this was a good day. >> i got all the way up to the game and they said, no more boxes. it's 2:00 in the afternoon. you know, it's insane, because they are open until 5:00. >> even though he works for a company and gets paid by the hour -- >> i'm retiring next month. i can't hang with this anymore. this is the worst i have ever seen. >> like most of the 7,000 port truckers, ricardo gil owns and operates his own truck and gets paid only what he can haul in any given day. the port slowdown has wasted much of his time. >> i can't afford to pay the truck. i can't afford truck payments, insurance, repairs, registration. no way. >> if the slowdown weren't bad enough, bill says the truckers are often penalized by the very companies slowing them down. >> these penalties are absurd. >> how crazy is crazy? c

ktvu's tom vacar tells us how competition is effecting prices. >> reporter: tonight public transit willp.m. to 2:00 a.m. muni is free. a.c. transit b shuttle will be free. b.a.r.t. is charging but it will run till 3:00 a.m. the real wars are in the private sector, after midnight uber goes to surge pricing where fares could be 10 times the usual fares but that will put more service on the streets. >> makes sure we have enough drivers on the road. >> we are offering folks a choice. >> reporter: beyond uber lyft will impose higher pricing. side car claims prices will remain unchanged. >> people are willing to wait. people are willing to miss flights to wait on these ride sharing companies. >> reporter: sf cabbies are fighting back by charging 10 bucks a ride within the city tonight. >> the difference is you can see where the customer is. >> advertisement to bring the business back. >> reporter: tonight and any night the alternative systems changed completely in terms of cost and availability. >> a lot of cab companies trying to keep up with the technology. >> competition is always good. bu

ktvu's tom vacar is at the meeting and joins us live with the latest on the situation there. tom? are out in the hallway where stuff is going on. the meeting is inside the room next to me. at this point we are out here. what we can say was this b.a.r.t. meeting had a raucous start. >> just as the meeting opened activists broke out in a chant saying black lives matter. b.a.r.t. union used this to support the 14 people who were involved in the closure of the b.a.r.t. in november but they are now facing charges and a fine. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: b.a.r.t. may or may not ask the district attorney to drop the charges but that is up to the district attorney. b.a.r.t. will consider tonight stopping and banning ecigarettes on

ktvus tom vacar is live at the golden gate bridge toll plaza where preparations for the closure at mid-night>> reporter: word to the wise. take a bus, take a ferry, or take another route. this bridge closes in six hours. crews have been preparing all day to close the world's famous and storied brim to end decades of carriagage from 128 head-ons that claimed 16 lives. >> right now, everyone is excited. we're eager to get started and we're all waiting to get going. >> reporter: for the weekend here, usually the brim district's board of director's meeting room, you will find the nerve center for the entirebration. >> the command center is made up of all of the partner agencies, a place where everyone can communicate through the weekend. the road closures and the work going on. the scheduling and the engineering aspects of the job. all of the different contractors can speak together. >> reporter:

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on chp alert programs. we all know about the amber alert. there's a silver alert. that program establishes a quick response for the disappearance of an elderly person. the last known location and description of the missing person. there's also blue alert. that means a violent attack on law enforcement happened and the search for the suspect is active. at this point, 21 states have that blue alert system. >>> an elderly san francisco woman who went missing on sunday has been found. 87-year-old walked away from her home in the city's teraval neighborhood and didn't return. authorities were concerned because she suffers from short- term memory loss and high blood pressure. daly police found her last night suffering from injuries in a fall. she is recovering in the hospital. >>> a lot of people thought the 49ers and the raiders would have named their new head coaches by now, but both teams are interviewing candidates. joe fonzi with where things stand right now. >> of the 28 nfl teams that have been eliminated