. >>> san francisco police respond up to three times a day to the city's busy westfield shopping center. heather holmes has looked over the miranda warning calls that include a recent report of an armed robbery, heather. >> reporter: that's right a male shopper he was inside the restroom just up on the fourth floor here when he was robbed. you're about to see exclusive video of the surveillance footage that police say are behind this crime. there they go bolting out of the bathroom after forcing a man at gunpoint to give up his shopping bag. >> wow, that's scary. >> reporter: officers are called to the mall a staggering number of times. we review three months of 911 calls and it shows police respond to the mall several times more on weekends. these three men are wanted for a robbery. >> we're going to play as close as attention as we can an armed robbery is not like a shoplift or something and we're going to be there. >> reporter: the police chief admits crimes at the mall are growing and time consuming process. once the substation on sixth and market opens in october. however suhr says

. >>> san francisco police respond up to three times a day to the city's busy westfield shopping centerather holmes has looked over the miranda warning calls that include a recent report of an armed robbery, heather. >> reporter: that's right a male shopper he was inside the restroom just up on the fourth floor here when he was robbed. you're about to see exclusive video of the surveillance footage that police say are behind this crime. there they go bolting out of the bathroom after forcing a man at gunpoint to give up his shopping bag. >> wow, that's scary. >> reporter: officers are called to the mall a staggering number of times. we review three months of 911 calls and it shows police respond to the mall several times more on weekends. these three men are wanted for a robbery. >> we're going to play as close as attention as we can an armed robbery is not like a shoplift or something and we're going to be there. >> reporter: the police chief admits crimes at the mall are growing and time consuming process. once the substation on sixth and market opens in october. however suhr says he

. >> is at the westfield san francisco center after stealing a man's shopping bag last month. officers respond to the mall up to three times a day for crimes like robbery and an armed probably robber is not like a shoplifter and we will be there. >> and they believe the new police station is said to open and help a block away in october. >>> and they continue to grow this morning. the fire is burning in the national forest and has already burned. firefighters say the flames and most are threatened and the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> 5:45 is the -- 4:45 is the time let's check in on traffic. >>> for the most part we are starting off with major issues, 80 westbound looks good from the el cerrito area. bart is stopping at all stations so far. the commute is looking good. there there is a nice looking drive getting into san francisco. northbound 101, 280 and 85 are all looking good getting into the valley. mostly clear, a little bit of fog coming in on the san mateo coast. warm to hot inland but it looks like competition day. most will be 80s to near 90- d

sony first opened in 1999 and westfield took over in 2006. it is expected to be completed and open. saturday is the last day you can come in. they're taking watkins but they hope you will apply on-line in in advance. >> there is still time for you to apply. the job fair is open tomorrow and saturday. colleges are finding new ways to spend, send financial aid to students. some students are now getting a debit card. one bank candling those cards has been under fire for charging students numerous fees. julie watts has more on a higher one >> she is studying psychology but renee is also getting an education in finance. the salon of community college student receives for financial aid on her school branded debit card from higher one. it is a connecticut-based financial institution that has been under fire and under investigation for its fees. >> $2 a year or $2.50 there >> when you put the university sign of approval on particular card students often interpreted that as fact >> he says more than 700 u.s. colleges now outsource financial aid disbursement to hire one including half of all

westfield did great because you had to get through westfield to go to the olympics so they picked up some traffic there. if you look at the west end the first weekend, the opening ceremony they were talking about traffic down double digits. people were scared out of town and clearly that hit retail. as you went through the olympics the second weekend traffic wasn't as bad, it was probably down low single digits and picked up as people came back into town. we'll still see in august. >> august should be stronger than july. >> it should. and the other thing to think about is the weather. i mean we had two months it's been raining, umbrella sales were up 200% in the last couple of months. so if you think about that, the weather should certainly help clear out those clearance items that we've seen. >> let's keep an eye on what's happening in gilts and sterling. we had upward revisions to the last couple of months to june at least. so there seems to be some degree of strength to perhaps the uk consumer that maybe jives with the unemployment data if not the overall growth figures? >> think

the new restaurant is opening in the westfield shopping center. that bell was supposed to go to a buddhist temple but it was too big to make it to the third floor bell tower so it was set to to be melted now. now it's beginning the tedious trip to a prominent place over the restaurant's bar. >> it entails a structural engineer, a rigging company, special rigging that we are performing at the site as we speak. >> you're looking at how it's going to look when the job is complete. it's going to hang over the bar and will only be about 5'2" above the floor. >>> the clouds beginning to lift. we'll have partly sunny to mostly sunny skies. no major heat in the forecast. looking towards san francisco bay, you can see the clear skies, but a bit of haze. all the maps on live storm tracker 2, you can pick out some of the overcast beginning to break up, even near parts of the shoreline. this is different, where we have clearing skies around the santa -- san mateo county coastline. there's the overcast around pacifica, and parts of san francisco, especially to

his restaurant opens up at the westfield shopping center in october.oming up in our next hour, we're going to hear from some of the crew members who are working very hard this morning to get that bell into place. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook. >> thank you. >>> time 7:47. people have been protesting in ars arlz over an executive order -- arizona over an executive order against president obama's new immigration policy. the governor of arizona jan brewer there issued the executive ready yesterday. it didn't take long for people to start marching against it. the governor ordered state agencies to deny benefits to illegal immigrants who get work permits under the new federal immigration program. this program is for young immigrants who are in school who were brought by their parents into the united states as children. >> they're here illegally and unlawfully in the state of arizona, and it has already been determined that you're not allowed to have a driver's license if you're here illegally. >> as many as 80,000 people in arizona could be e

. >>> ktvu channel 2 morning news has obtained documents and video that illustrates the westfield crimeblem. this is a video of three suspects who pointed a gun at somebody. officers were called to that maul up to three times a day even on the weekend and they do not have a substation within the mall. >> now we are putting a storefront in another block away. they believe, it is said to open in october. >> hey, sal, you ready to come back and take care of the folks on 280. >>> traffic is moving well, i want to show you traffic is continuing to move well on northbound 280 as you head to highway 17. it is a nice looking drive with no major problems. also the drive looks good, no problems on 580 coming to the livermore valley, let's go to steve. >>> very similar to yesterday's readings, 60s and 70s and 80s and we'll see some 80s to near 90-degrees and temperatures will start to warm up and we will have more coming up in about 5 to 7 minutes. >>> there is still confidence in the police chief of sap hose. we will learn more on the confidence no confidence vote, plus a gruesome discovery about

police say they are called to westfield sometimes up to three times a day.ut the police chief hopes the new police substation near by at sixth and market street will help with the growing problem when it opens in october. >>> now the problems at the refinery here may be abating but, the problems for consumers at the pump may just be beginning. >> at this hour, pg & e crews are working to fix a gas line that ruptured in santa cruz. we'll tell you how it happened and how it affected near by businesses. >>> this was an alarming site and the fall out continues. tonight we're getting a better picture of how the chevron refinery fire could affect all of us at the pump. we don't know just yet how much of an impact that fire will have on gas prices, but already it's not good. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar, you've already found a 25-cent per gallon jury. >> reporter: well it turns out this way, whenever there's a change in the marketplace these numbers are sure to rise. it's what we don't know that could bite us in the pocketbook. >> it's going to take us some tim

this mall that we're standing in the westfield mall is almost the same size as the mall of america. to chain the habits here. the question is, will that really pan out? >> so, the traffic has been so huge, carl, they actually had to prevent people who actually wanted to just do shopping and go to the mall. they can't go unless they were carrying an olympic ticket, or there was some member of the olympic family or had some kind of credentials. that's how crowded and crazy it's been. >> really packed with people. be a big night tonight, of course, michelle, as we await watching gabby douglas do the uneven bars. and then a story today about we know some of these olympic families don't necessarily come from money. and sometimes the straits are a little more dire than others. >> yeah. we've also learned that gabby's mother natalie hopkins filed for bankruptcy back in january. she lists about $163,000 worth of assets but $80,000 worth of debt. most of that is a home in virginia and also a car. she's been on permanent disability since 2009. says she's only got about $4600 worth of income.

in a story you will see on two ktvu has obtained documents and video that illustrate westfield san franciscoe problem. this is exclusive video of three suspects running from a restroom at the mall where they pointed a n at a man and demanded his shopping bag last month. ktvu has learned officers are called to the mall up to three times a day, even more on weekends. police do not have a substation inside the mall. >>> we have ten district stations and two of them are within blocks of the westfield mall and we are putting a storefront in another block away. >> the police chief admits crimes are a growing problem at the mall but the new police substation at 6 and market should help. set to open in october. >>> time now 8:24, sal is coming back watching the east shore and everything else. >> things are busy and unfortunately things have not become better. they are a little worse in this last hour of the traditional commute now. 80 is busy. coming out of richmond and el cerrito to berkeley. when you get to the toll plaza it has become very slow. westbound coming up to the toll plaza backed up bey

there's a mall about a quarter of a mile from where i'm standing called westfield mall. it's about 1.9 million square feet. it's so popular, they're going to close it to anyone without an olympic ticket tomorrow and saturday. so between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 in the afternoon, you have to have an olympic ticket to go to this mall to shop. they have been trying to discourage tourists from going to the mall. they want them to check out the other sights in london. >> forced tourism. >> a lot of landmarks in london. mark, thanks so much. >>> all of the olympians are looking to capture that one moment in time where everything just comes together just right. >> so too are the thousands of media members in london with their lenses fixated on the athlete. lawrence scott is here to tell us where we can find those images of joy and so much concentration. >> the images of the games of london when captured at just the right moment can be packed with emotion and intrigue. they stitell a story of their o and we are featuring them online. in fact, we've got them front and center. in the ve

macy's, sears, express, and abercrombie & fitch are blaming westfield galleria in roseville for millions of damages suffered in a devastating 2010 arson fire. the lawsuit claims if the sprinkler system would have stayed on, those stores would have suffered little or no damage. the mall is telling the companies to take it up with their insurance agents. the fire caused about $55 million in damage. part of that mall was shut down for months. >>> a new natural gas plant in lodi is expected to bring clean energy for bay area rapid transit. the plant will replace some of the coal-generated energy used by state water projects, which will provide drinking water to 25 million californians. nearly 75% of the electricity will go to the bay area rapid transit energy. other energy will go to the silicon valley. the plant is expected to start producing power by october 1st. >>> what may have caused a mysterious soot cloud that left residents in oakland covered in ash. the soot appear to have come from a freighter docked at the port. at least one person told us the ash irritated her eyes. >> it's actu

maybe at westfield or stratford. >> you have a lot of suspect rotator, corporate.ifferent trading pattern. ers retaile not surprise. we looked at other olympics and it's a common trend. >> any major efforts to bring people back to the west end. >> we borrowed some tfl to bring people back to the center. >> we'll see if it is working. >> still to come on "worldwide exchange" we expect to one analyst who say investors should buy the standard charted dip. the stock well off 20% in london trade. >> when we come back we'll explain that call. 23% now down over the past week. again about 21% today. >>> hello and welcome to today's edition of worldwide exchange." i'm kelly evans. >> i'm ross westgate. these are your headlines from around the world. . shares of standard chartered sluch in london and hong kong as the new york regulator accuses of them trading with iran. >> the bank comes out fighting saying it strongly rejects the allegation. analysts worn of reputational damage. >> one of the fed's more dovish voices say the fed should keep on buying mortgage bonds and trea

this comes as this week when we have reported robberies in the middle of the day at the westfield shoppingr in san francisco, and a jewelry store robbery in courta madaya. pam cook, let's go back over to dave and tori. >> thanks. >>> 7:49. a 17-year-old east bay female and her newborn are back home after they were apparently kidnapped. the search for the suspect in the center of an amber alert. >> san francisco miewni under a- - muni under attack. what they are doing is an insult to riders. >>> welcome bafnlgt 7:52. a sus secretary in an oakland amber alert on the loose. 19-year-old marco hernandez is accused of kidnapping his 17- year-old girlfriend and their 2- month-old daughter from an apartment near 84th and mcarthur. the mother and child they were found safe at a friend's house yesterday. hernandez was last seen driving a car that was similar to a 2006 silver ford focus. you see it in the picture. >>> it's 7:52. a scathing report released yesterday criticizing san francisco muni system for a frack known as switchbacks. in this practice passengers are forced to get off the bus or trai