tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the san francisco woman whose rent went up by thousands of dollars is in the process of moving out. she said she had been informed her rent was going from $2,100 a month to $8,900 a month. the new owner decided to turn the building into a single family home. she said she couldn't afford the rent hike so she is now couch surfing. >>> more and more tourists are visiting oakland but some say more needs to be done. >> do you think oakland has been aggressive enough? >> no. >> how they are trying to catch up and why now is a critical time for growth. >> the touching memorial that capital to remember officers killed in the line of duty. >> warmer tomorrow. has to be. temperatures today were chilly. especially in san francisco. highs of 55. when the heat returns. >> a live look right now at the monday night commute. 880 in oakland. oracle arena is to the right. bad right now. wait till tomorrow night, game 2 of the playoffs warriors versus grizzlies tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. it will be jammed up this time tomorrow. >> a live look at interstate 280 in san jose. hea

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all right. time to check the weather. another cool danders the bay area -- around the bay area. >> it has been so cool in may, we had warmer january and february than right now. this pattern is slowly breaking up. we related it at 5:00 p.m. to what is going on in texas, our cool weather is related to that. our weather will change and their weather is going to change. all in the next couple days. in the mean time, that is what we are looking at. there we are. bay bridge. gloomy. it is beautiful. still the bay area. has a gloomy texture to it. cloud cover along it coast. getting towards -- petaluma here. inversion forming. an indication the fog -- or there will be less fog tomorrow and more sun. strong winds still. what you want to look for is a nice northwest wind. changing. we had a southwest wind last week. 61 napa. 69 fairfield right now. normally -- this would normally -- this time of night, current temperatures, this time of year, it would be lit up, warm. but it is not. tomorrow will be like today except more sunshin

ktvu's tom vacar shows us the city that has to cut the most. >> reporter: whether your cuts are 8% or 36%, following landscaping and outdoor water restrictions is the solution. let your grass go brown or opt for drought tolerant landscapes. east bay mud, the goal is 20%. >> wee confident if all our customers and businesses, if they follow the restrictions, how much to water, when to water, then we can meet that 20% cut back. >> reporter: no two water agencies are the same. >> other districts are in a tougher situation and they will have to ask customers to do more. >> reporter: all water agencies must meet the goals or face penalties up to $10,000 a day till they do. money that rate payers would have to foot. >> reporter: they say watter agency boards -- water agency boards prefer the carrot instead of the stick. >> i think that is why people prefer incentives. >> reporter: if the drought goes on, there may not be enough water for summer 2016. then harsh consequences. no outdoor water use, no car washing, landscaping. gardens and swimming pools. violaters would face fines and in some

ktvu's tom vacar with the reason why. >> reporter: if san francisco is the epicenter of high rents the shock waves are spreading. in the central bay area rents are up 15% over last year. >> we see the trend towards renting. there are lots of studies say that is temporary. >> reporter: for now zillow says high rent san jose is up 13%. san francisco up 15.5%. daly city up 20%. across the bay, oakland up 21.6. emeryville 26%. berkeley up 31%. he manages 600 rental units. >> i say in the last year they have increased because there is lack of vacancy. >> reporter: his offerings reveal renters willing to pay. >> within a week. >> reporter: the residents are well paid techies who want to live close to where they work. >> big increase in employment in the bay area. particularly in silicon valley and in the san francisco area. >> we are at the center of the social media and internet commerce worlds. >> reporter: california created 30,000 new jobs. >> 13% of the state's population. we contact for half of the -- account for half the jobs created. >> reporter: if it continues prices go up. if they

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> law makers are taking opbill to increase funding for california state universities and the university of california system. it would provide $57 million to hire more teachers as well as counselors. the goal is to help students graduate in four years because right now it takes 6 or 7 years to get a four year degree. >> if they go two extra years they lose $150,000 in potential earnings. >> according to supporters, another benefit is having a pool of workers in the work force sooner. officials are asking for more money. $49million more. they met with lawmakers but it is not clear where the money would go. cal state said more money is needed because the demand for education keeps growing. one official said it could be used for expansion. >>> the owner of the pipeline in santa barbara began digging to gain access. it spilled 100,000 gallons of oil on to the beaches. plains all american pipeline says once crews reach the pipe they will cut out the section and send it out for testing. the number of gallons spilled was revised down to 101,000 gallons. >>> to a

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> made in the bay. a $9 computer. >> the company behind it project that is now getting national attention. >> tons of tobacco thrown out. the effort to toss out millions of dollars worth of contraband. >> back here after the break. checking on the clouds as they bring in the chance for sprinkle for your bay area thursday. female announcer: through monday get up to four years interest-free financing or save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get up to four years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. but this special financing offer ends memorial day at sleep train. >>> battling anti-semitism was the them to today at the meeting of the uc regents today. leaders made an appeal today to take action. they delivered a petition with 600 signatures urging the board to come up with new policies provide better staff training and adopt the definition of anti-semitic behavior. >> assaults on jewish students. discrimination against jooas who are -- use running for office -- jews ru

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a scare for a bay area woman after a hike with her pet ended to a trip to the vet's office. >> i was like what? >> the warning about dogs and drugs and why the problem is more common than you think. >> the numbers confirm, we will look at the record high rents in san francisco and how they compare. >>> police will be evaluating a woman's ability to drive after she drove through a window this morning at a business. crystal spring shopping center. the woman was trying to park but hit the gas instead of the break. no one was hurt but there was a woman sitting in the middle of the shop just moments before the car went through the window. >>> one of the two los angeles men convicted of beating san francisco giants' fan bryan stow asked a judge for mercy today. louie sanchez on the right, the man with the glasses is marvin norwood, louie sanchez pleaded guilty to a weapons charge. his sentencing was postponed. louie sanchez wrote a letter to the judge and apologized to bryan stow and called the event an accident. he said he was angry because he thought his fam

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. . >>> a planned road closure has been postponed for a couple weeks. doyle drive was supposed to throws thursday -- close thursday. during that planned weekend closure crews were supposed to finalize roadway connections and transfer traffic to the new permanent road. it will now take place june 11. >>> and this is a live picture of traffic on the san mateo bridge and tomorrow night this picture is not going to look like this. there will be no vehicles on the bridge after 10:00 p.m. caltrans will a do more work on -- will do more work on the bridge deck. this weekend they plan to close it again from friday night to 5:00 a.m. monday memorial day. drivers can expect delays on other routes and bridges. >>> cool and gray around the bay area. we may get a chance to see sunshine over the holiday week. let's go to bill now. >> clearing and warmer day time highs into the holiday weekend. hope you have monday off because that will be the nicest day. temperatures today, nice. 71 santa rosa. one of the warm spots. livermore got 73. it was cool out there. you can s

ktvu's tom vacar looks that mosquito, how it got here and if you should be worried about it. >> reportertiny mosquito that could spread nasty diseases. it was detected for the first time in the bay area two years ago. now this is the first ever appearance in alameda county specifically, an industrial area. >> typically the way they are introduced is in the egg form. >> reporter: she says the eggs are brought in from over seas on cargo ships. the mosquito that hatch are disease free and need bite someone with the disease. >> right now in the united states we have few people who have these diseases where a mosquito can bite them and take their blood with that virus and bring it to another person. the risk is extremely low. >> reporter: it is possible someone who traveled to a diseased area could bring it back here in their blood and that way it could be spread. >> we have to be sure to apply our mosquito abatement. >> reporter: now that we know they are here, use traps like these to designate where they are and go into that area to eliminate them. >> we hope it is an early detection and it

ktvu's tom vacar is here now with what changes tomorrow, tom? >> if it weren't raining you would see a line up of cars and trucks here getting this free gray water but right now it is raining so why come over here? it will be deja vu as last summer's water restrictions which were suspended in january are again reimposed. folks line up for free recycled gray water. that and heavy water over use fines worked a miracle in pleasanton where the water savings is 24% this year compared to 2013. >> we were the only agencies in the area that had the same restriction last year. this year we are at 28%. >> reporter: with 97% of customers under the goal, they are one of the state's best conservers. almost all letting their lawns go brown or using recycled water. >> not hurting anybody. not hurting the environment. it is healthy. >> reporter: that other 3% water hogs were fined $1.2 million last year. >> the average penalty depending on the resident was $300. >> that is because they were fined on the overage and on every gallon of water they consumed. >> i a

today many test results came back and ktvu's tom vacar is on treasure island.ef bridge engineer for caltrans had eye opening comments? >> reporter: he did. he is concerned about that one broken bolt but to this degree, the other 400 tell a different story. >> reporter: this is the bolt. one of 421 such bolts in the base of the bay bridge tower that failed a strength test. it shows the threads are stripped. something that could have weakened the bolt. the bolt shows a fracture which will be examined to determine why it broke. but the testing wept on and on and on. >> let's take every one of the rods that we can, load them up and do an earthquake proof test. and that is what we have done. >> the result, with a dozen rods left to test every one performed as designed to with stand the highest earthquake expected. >> this is really, really, really good news. >> the bridge is so over built with 100-400 bolts providing additional redundant safety margin. >> it is not a concern. >> now what is not so cut and dry is why there is water in various places. the concern is,

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m.w. >>> what would you do if an intruder walked into your home while you were there? it happened to a woman who was home alone with her two children. good evening. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> that mother had to make an agonizing decision to get one child out of the house but leave another behind upstairs with the intruder till police arrived. >> she spoke to 36 noelle walker -- to ktvu's noelle walker about what happened. >> not anymore. >> reporter: not after this. she snapped this photo when a stranger startled her. standing inside her house at the backdoor. >> i asked what is he doing here. and then he said to me, this is my house. >> reporter: she said the man was calm. >> walked here and went upstairs. >> reporter: her four year daughter was in her room, she called 911. >> she kept telling me calm down, don't panic. i wanted to get my daughter. come on. come on. >> reporter: she grabbed her toddler and ran outside. no clue what was happening upstairs. he

ktvu's tom vacar joins us now. he's live in berkeley at the interstate 80 overpass with what to look out for. tom. >> indeed, if you take a look, what you can see it's a slow roll out of town, not stop and go as it was just a little bit earlier. now while many people leave town for the holiday weekend, a lot of folks say or a lot of folks come here and there lies a problem this weekend. the san mateo bridge begins closing down at 7:00 tonight for a monday morning reopening. but that simply guarantees the traffic on the bay and dumbarton bridges will be impacted. >> the traffic impact may be slightly less than last time. however, we expect heavy traffic and we're advising people, just like last time, to plan ahead and allow plenty of extra time. >> i'll be staying local because of madness on the freeways and trying to get in and out. >> bart will be shut down between the coliseum stations all day saturday and sunday until 8:00 a.m. monday for work. a bus bridge will be provided. bart will close down its fremont to d

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> good to plan now. thank you. doyle drive will be closed thursday may 28:10 a.m. through monday june 1 at 5:00 a.m. download the ktvu app right now to help you get around. it will save you time and frustration. >>> the court of appeals ruled in behavior of google today in a case involving a film considered anti-muslim. the court ruled youtube which is owned by google should not have been forced to remove that film, the innocence of muslim. it sparked violence and threats. an actress in the field went to court to have youtube remove the film and she won that case but today they over turned that ruling. >>> the obama administration is acknowledging the fall of the iraqi city is a set back but officials aren't ready to admit defeat. what the u.s. is doing. >> taking tanks and guns used by fleeing iraqi soldiers isis claims it seized control. the group killed 500 soldiers and civilians before driving out another 8,000 iraqis from the city. all this despite 165 u.s. led air strikes in just the last month to try to defe

high above sfo, tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> here are the temperatures from today.yesterday. we had a little more sunshine today. we did have some sprinkles this morning. i pointed out the .5 of an inch of rain showing up. but these were the highs. for this time of year antioch is a good 10 degrees where you would expect it. lots of mid- to high 50s. most of those temperatures were achieved later in the day. clouds coming in just like they did last night. you walk up tomorrow morning, we have a lot of cloud cover. the system that as it moves off it's going to, as the other ones did raise havoc in the south bay and the plains. moves in, cools us off. maybe a sprinkle, maybe a thundershower it rolls out into the plains and explodes. grabs on to the cool air to the north. and we're seeing severe weather because of that. we're getting inclement weather i guess you would say. no rain showing up, just false returns and a lot of cloud cover up there right now. this system as it gets out of here in the next 24 hours will be replaced by a pretty strong high pressure system.

if -- reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a woman is facing a series of charges of running a scam that bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars out of victims. the 44-year-old is the owner of a money transfer service. prosecutors say she stole $42,000 from customers who thought she was wiring it to mexico and she is accused of taking $200,000 in investment schemes. if convicted she could face 20 years in prison. >>> the golden state warriors return to the bay area after the rockets staved off elimination last night. sports director mark ibanez is here. game 5 tomorrow night. the rockets have to win three straight to advance. i don't see that happening. do you? >> you know, although i am going to say we saw an example last night of how this is, stephen curry is injured, maybe out. you are thinking, there goes your season. i am not about to say anything is a sure thing. the warriors still have control of the series. you fight all year to get the home court advantage and they have it. leading 3-1. coming back to oracle. last night the rockets shot the lights out in t

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> officials say dna results established the identities of human remainse went missing from an assisted living facility in 2010. 2013 a man walking with his children founds a human skeleton in a creek bed. last week dna identified the remains. no cause of death has been leased. >>> swimming spot in the east bay is off limits this memorial day due to health concerns. no swimming is allowed right now at quarry lakes in fremont due to a dangerous blue algae. it can cause skin rashes, pain and other allergic reactions. it is also harmful to dogs. visitors can enjoy the park and go pshing but -- fishing but they are advised to wash whatever they catch. they do not expect to lift the ban till wednesday. >>> officials in santa rosa identified a man who died while scuba diving over the weekend as a chp lieutenant. he died sunday afternoon in the waters. he was diving with three fends who found him -- friends who found him in the water. no word on a cause of death. >>> a court hearing to discuss the mental health of gypsy hill murder suspect. he is suspected of kil

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> one of the two los angeles men convicted of beating san francisco giants' fan bryan stow asked the judge for mercy today in a fire arms case. louie sanchez is the man on the right. the man in the glasses is marvin norwood. louie sanchez plead guilty to a weapons charge and is facing 10 years in prison. louie sanchez apologized to brian schottenheimer and his family -- bryan stow and his family. . >>> san jose police release more pictures of the man who followed a 13-year-old girl home from school and attacked her inside her house. here are the additional pictures. last night at 10:00 p.m. we showed you the video. it was all caught on camera. he forced his way in and started to fight with the girl. ktvu's azenith smith spoke to an expert on what someone should do if they are in this situation. she in san jose west valley where the girl lives. >> reporter: i also spoke with san jose police and they told me they have gotten a lot of leads but nothing concrete. just watchin

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m.situation has come to an end. tonight a suspect is under arrest and we are hearing from one of the hostages as he is wheeled into an ambulance. what he had to say about the gunman. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> nice guy. [ indiscernible ] >> good evening. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> that developing news is in antioch. started hours ago with a carjacking after 11:00 p.m. and ended around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon with an arrest at an arco gas station a mile and a half away. our crews were on the scene as the first hostage was freed. you can see him there. hands up and later brought on to an ambulance. and sky fox 2 was over the scene an hour later as the second hostage ran out to the safety of a police officer. moment later the suspect came out and officers took him down. -- moments later the suspect came out and officers took him down. live team coverage tonight. ktvu's paul chambers where investigators gave us an update but we begin with ktvu's rob

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> if you don't have mother's day plans, how about a ski trip? snow made early may look like early january at mammoth mountain. they sent us this video today. they planned to close this weekend but conditions allowed it to push the plans back. they say the foot of snow will allow it to stay open for another week. maybe longer. don't expect full winter like conditions, just 4-28 lifts there are still open. >>> might be perfect for some moms but other moms will say dad, take the kids, get out of the house. >> you know, the snow in the mountains, they closed the ski resorts, they are done, mammoth gets higher, and they hold more snow. it is late to be skiing. that is not bad news. 20-inches of snow over the last 24 hours. that is significant. one of the reasons is that water runs off into the hetch hetchy which is the main water source for san francisco. 78 antioch. highs are warmer than yesterday and about where they will be tomorrow and then they will be warmer on sunday. sunday will be warmest day on the weekend. fog cleared from the coast. but i

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> there was supposed to be a snow survey tomorrow but the dwr called it. the title said lack of snow at philip's station renders survey moot. >>> in sacramento, the senators are pushing governor jerry brown to fast track spending on water projects. they called on him to use voter approved funding more quickly. it calls it unacceptable he may wait till next year to fund water recycling. >>> battery technology into homes and businesses. the tesla ceo is set to make the announcement tonight. they will make the battery but it will be package and sold by solar city. it will store electricity. they are likely to be more useful if more allow power prices to change throughout the day based on usage. >>> the raiders just announced their first round pick in the nfl draft. in a moment we will go back to mark ibanez for analysis. and oakland mayor lays out her budget. there is something about it that we haven't seen in several years. plus -- >> i feel angry and sad. i feel upset. >> students returned to closed corinthian colleges to get their transcripts. this aftern

ktvu's tom vacar shows us it is gaining nation attention. >> reporter: it closed down in the 1970s.e of land forgotten. >> it is a site that is not available for development. >> reporter: now it will be repurposed, soon tahouse 19 -- to house 19,000 solar panels. that is enough energy tosupply 1200 bay area -- to supply 1200 bay area homes next year. . >> cost of pg&e power escalating rapidly. getting together and reducing the cost of operations. >> reporter: they have 100 search projects online in california. >> we need have the right partners to give us access to land to repurpose and provide the revenue and the cost savings back to the community. >> reporter: today the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency came out to celebrate this. they operate 186 solar facilities. >> the largest collaboration of government agencies that have ever gotten together to join forces to buy renewable energy. >> it is creating 800 renewable energy jobs and huge savings for the members. >> so that we could have more teachers, more firefighters, more police officers. >> reporter: with 4 bay

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> san francisco based game maker zynga announced layoffs to save money. they plan to cut staff by 18% by the ends of the year. that is 300 -- by the end of the year. that is 360 people. also today they reported that it beat earnings expectations. zynga lost only a penny a share in n stead of the expect -- instead of the expect two dimension cents. >>> major silicon valley -- 2 cents. >>> major silicon valley are more -- a group focused on asian businesses looked at the employment numbers of google, yahoo, linked in and hewlett- packard, asians account for 27% of the jobs that require tech skills yet only 14% were executives. whites hold 80% of the executive positions. >>> nfl says the patriots did on purpose. new light on the accusations that patriots deflated footballs before a championship game and the question, did tom brady know about it? >> hillary clinton is in the bay area for fundraisers tonight. the one place, though, that some people saw her without having to pay a dime and what san jose police did today to make sure the family of an officer rib

and that's where ktvu's tom vacar is tonight right there in berkeley. tom. >> reporter: frank, have a look. it's hard to tell from all of this. this is rush hour traffic. improving economy has america's memorial day weekend hitting an 8 year free recession fever pitch. the aaa says more than 37 million americans will travel at least 50 miles from their home this weekend. 33million of them by car. the most for any holiday since july 4, 2012. we met families at the chevron along highway 80. >> we're going up to reno this weekend for memorial day. >> supposed to go spend the weekend at clear lake fishing. >> while folks in many parts of the country would wince at these prices, compared to what we were paying last year, a lot of folks think this is a bargain. because with gasoline, it's all about location, location, location. >> today, the national average price for a gallon of regular is $2.74 a gallon. 9 cents a gallon less than a year ago. here in the bay area, gas prices average $3.71 a gallon. 47 cents less than a year ago. that's still a five year low

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> so when can you buy one of those?taking reservations and deliveries are expected this summer. that home battery is expectedded to cost $3500. >>> police are asking for help identifying a hit-and-run driver who injured add three- year-old boy. security cameras captured this picture of that box truck that police say the suspect was driving. police say the driver sped off after hitting the boy yesterday shortly after 10:00 in the morning. it happened right in front of august and memorial park, where the child had been with his mother. police say the good news here is that the little boy is expected to be okay. >>> attorney for california's two teacher's unions filed a brief today in an on going appeal in a tenure case. the attorneys argued a so peer court's ruling that struck down tenure was flawed. there was no legal justification for doing so. the unions are hoping to get tenure restored. that decision against tenure came down last june and is in the process of being appealed. the weekend is here and if you're looking

tom vacar was on the first tour, along with lots of excited school children from oakland. >> reporter, the port of oakland today reinstituted monthly 90- minute tours of its vast waterside facilities. >> good neighbors need to know each other better. and that's really what we're talking about and that's our objective. >> what are those claims? how did they get there? where are these ships coming from? those boxes? what are -- what's in them? >> reporter: in attendance today, more than 200 oakland school children from several schools. >> at our school, we do a lot of expeditionary learning, basically project-based learning. we've been studying environments and studying california history and oakland history. it's really amazing for these kids to see what's going on currently in oakland and in california and to see what are some of -- what's going on in the local economy. >> i think it's wonderful for them. they get to see things they have never seen before. lot of them have never even been on a boat, so this is a great experience for them, and to see all the commerce and everything tha

tom vacar reports why crews aren't using recycled water, which is free, unlimited and right nearby. >on folks living on jamestown avenue next to candlestick park partied to celebrate their new community park, decorative median, and view area. >> we are celebrating the first kickoff of the renaissance of candlestick. >> reporter: for the last two months right down the street, the contractor tearing down candlestick park has been suppressing dust with huge amounts of water required by the contract to minimize dust getting into the surrounding community. >> knocking down the old stadium, dust flying everywhere, and they are shooting water down on it to control the dust from spreading. >> reporter: but since the water is fully treated drinking water, that has drawn the ire of some folks here and elsewhere concerned about the drought. that's because not far away an unlimited supply of free recycled water from a sewage treatment plant is available. when the community decided against imploding candlestick, that brought in the concept of demolition, but demolition has its own set of rules, es

tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> and temperatures are going to continue to increase for the five day forecastet and on which days. >> new developments in cleveland following protests over the controversial clearing of a white police officer involved in a deadly shooting. >>> an anonymous federal official says the justice department has now reached a settlement with the city of cleveland over excessive force by police and civil rights violations. this comes as protesters involved in demonstrations over the weekend were in court today to learn the charges against them. they were protesting the clearing of a white police officer in the 2012 shooting deaths of an unarmed black couple after a police chase. many protesters pleaded no contest but not all of them. >> i feel like this will send a message to other people and show them that, it's a good cause. and whatever cause it is to come together we can do it. >> officer michael brelow was acquitted of manslaughter after firing more than 40 shots into the couples' car. police thought shots had been fired and started chasing the car. 14 other office

tom vacar was on this story yesterday and had good suggestions.you can do, run it through a carbon filter. and then you can keep it in the refrigerator. if you chill it, it might taste more of what you are used to. >> you can boil it. >> yes. >> thank you, pam. >> all right, pam. thank you. >>> 8:13. well, controversy is brewing around some new smartphone apps that calculate a person's blood alcohol level. depending upon the type of alcohol you drink, this app can calculate your level, using your height, weight and the time you spent drinking. some of the new app alert drivers to where the police checkpoints are. critics believe this new technologies to more harm than good. >> i think that people use these apps to -- not to educate themselves but to figure out ways to avoid drinking and drinking -- drinking and driving. >> i had a certain someone turn 21 last year and i gave him a breathalyzer for a birthday gift since he was going to drink and grow up a little bit. >>> 8:14. let's check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the commute. a serious p