>> reporter: that boy was attacked and killed by those pit bulls in the garage at the end of this court this morning. police have announced they have arrested his step grandfather on two felony charges. it's a quiet cul-de-sac with kids drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. a dog attack is the last thing people would expect here. >> i'm a little surprised to find out they were there, because my grandson comes out here and plays all the time. >> reporter: and police have announced the boy's step grandfather has been charged. >> he has been charged. and his bail has been set at $120,000. >> reporter: in all there were five pit bulls. county services destroyed all of them today. >> reporter: the owner did not

wish to reclaim them. due to the dog's aggressive behavior, they have been euthanized. >> reporter: we talked to neighbor after neighbor and said they had no idea that there were five dogs. but know that there have been trouble with the dogs before. >> you think you are going to be safe. >> i was washing the car and the dog came to me with a brown color, beige. i was scared and he was barking. i told him, go home. go home. he went this way. >> reporter: despite those reports, police say there had been no previous incidents with

these dogs or from this home. live no concord, i'm john sasaki. this is a large protest going on right now. these are all hotel workers, they will either turn down geary, postor sooter street. they are upset about lay offs. they also say that they are prepared for nonviolent civil disobedience and they are expected to be arrested once they get to the grand hyatt. this is a very busy area this time of night as people are headed home after work. this is going to create traffic problems. a protest going on right now in

the streets of san francisco, mason street as these hotel workers are headed to the grand hyatt. officers arrested a man hiding under a dock. this video shows the arrest that took place just about an hour ago. take a look. it all started around 2:30, when the man who's wanted by police was spotted in a car. police say they tried to arrest him but then he took off running and then jumped in the water. as you saw from these picture, he was then arrested when he was hiding under that dock. you can also see now that he was eventually taken away on a stretcher. we're gathering the details on this still developing story and we'll bring you an update as soon as we get more information. police and firefighters trying to determine what caused a fire overnight, the damage, seven vehicles and the long term parking lot at the international airport.

a shuttle driver reported a sienna on fire around 12:30 this morning. the flames then spread to six other vehicles. investigators were trying to fig krur figure out if the fire was intentionally set. san leandro police ran into a problem literally at the -- a man had threatened the worker with a chain saw at 7:00 this morning before going back into his home. when they refused to come out, police called the s.w.a.t. team and the man surrendered. the man lives alone and may suffer from mental problems. water is back on for several residents in richmond at this hour following early morning water main break. the pipe ruptured just before 4:00 this morning at the

intersection of francisco way. crews had the water turned down for about five minutes. and at least four homes were damaged and 15 residents were left without water until crews completed the repairs which happened at noon. meantime, the morning commute on lombard street a sign of a water leak. the leak was fixed about an hour later but customers along the two block stretch in the marina district were without water until the water main break was fixed. investigators seized 600

marijuana plants, five guns and $200,000 cash. today's raid follows yesterday's deadly officer involved shooting during a raid at a marijuana farm in santa clara county. california's marijuana initiative now has the backing of the american civil liberties union. the three california authorities have announced their endorsement of prop 18 which would allow adults to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana for individual use. it was another day of delays for ac transit passengers as that battle between drivers and the ac transit showed no end. workers say they are being

pushed out because of a troublesome schedule that went into effect on sunday. >> the way they have implemented the new schedule has caused problems in their scheduling. police say they are seeing a disturbing trend. >> reporter: san jose police are investigating a rash of gang related violent incidents that have people worried about what will happen next and where, that story coming up. and a lot less cloud cover today, temperatures improve a good 10 degrees this weekend. the weekend is around the corner, i'll have the details.

getting back now to that

developing news we're following from san francisco. as you can see from these live pictures, a rather large amount of hotel workers. as we've been telling you for several months now, hotel workers are at odds with the hyatt agency in regards to upcoming contract talks. they are marchs right now in the middle of the afternoon. here we go, and they are on their way to the grand hyatt in union square. it's difficult to tell exactly where they are right now. if you are in the union square area, you might want to avoid this area as this demonstration continues. it happened while most of the people on board were sleeping, a horrible crash in fresno involving a greyhound bus. until the end, six people were killed, nine others injured. maureen naylor is live with new

information on the victims. >> reporter: we have new information from the c hp and the coroners office about the identity of those who were killed here. it happened on this stretch of highway 99 here at fresno. the bus was traveling there northbound on northbound 99 in fresno when it hit an suv which had overturned and was blocking two lanes. then it careened in this enbankment. where this yellow tape is that's where the bus crashed into a tree. it happened about 2:15 this morning as the greyhound bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento. the front of the bus so smashed, it was almost unrecognizable. the chp says three women inside that bus were ejected and killed. >> one of the gentlemen helped me off of the bus.

i'm just wondering, am i going to be okay. am i going to die or what? >> i just signed out of the side, i told people there were a woman on the side of in a wheelchair, i helped her out. >> reporter: and the people that died were james jewett, 56, epifania solis, 60, tomas ponce9. 21 people were taken to five hospitals in the area. most have been treated and released. to this point at least three people are still in serious condition. this afternoon the chp released an update on its investigation.

says it will now interview survivors and do an accident reconstruction. >> how visible was this vehicle in the roadway, was it completely dark, blacked out. is it reasonable for us to expect this driver to see this vehicle. and how fast was the bus going. >> reporter: greyhound says the driver worked 32 years for the company. the company released a statement saying this operator was an accident driver with a clean driving record and was a well respected member of the greyhound family. he will be missed by his greyhound family. reporting live in fresno, maureen naylor, ktvu news. san jose police are investigating a series of what they are calling violent and gang related injury, including two fights just this week. the most recent took place at public parks and that has many

neighbors scared and upset. ktvu's robert handa is live in san jose with more for us, robert. >> reporter: san jose police plan to increase their presence among many public parks. police are investigating a rash of gang related violence. the crack of a bat at the great oaks park in san jose is a typical sound during summertime. but police say baseball bats as well as bottles, rocks and knives were some of the weapons used during an apparent clash between two gangs on tuesday. >> we see lots of groups of teenagers. they go in groups. >> reporter: do they seem threatening? >> sometimes. they'll ask you for money. maybe throw a rock or two if

you ignore them. >> reporter: the fights come after two men were stabbed yelling their gang affiliation. >> our concern is will there be retaliation. >> reporter: police say these incidents are similar to other attacks including a high profile case when 12-year-old trick or treaters were assaulted by teenage gang members on halloween night last year. >> this follows a pattern in san jose these two recent cases where we have younger kids getting involved in stabbings. we're trying to take a look at what happens in the neighborhood so we can help the kids from retaliation. >> i would hope that i could go to the park whenever i wanted to or take my grandson whenever he wanted to. but because he's so young, i only go out there when i see other parents out there. >> reporter: hardly ever after

dark? >> never after dark. >> reporter: police say none of people suffered life threatening injuries and that the investigation are ongoing. >> reporter: robert handa, ktvu. >> you can see from that picture in san jose, very beautiful. just as you called it, bill, warmed right up. >> instead of 70s, we saw 80s. live storm tracker 2 you can see those darker colors that's the heat. it's going to start working it's way west. as it does over the next 24 hours or 48 hours if you will, temperatures on the increase. it's not going to get hot around here. but temperatures out of the 70s and into the 80s. look at livermore right now, that is a full, about 12 degrees warmer right now than it was yesterday at this time. so big warm ups, low clouds and fog a constant player coast side. the changes are going to be subtle now. we're not looking for a big heat up but we are looking for generally warmer weather as we move into the bay area weekend.

that means low 90s inlands. you'll find your mid-90s and even low 80s. as we move through the microclimates tomorrow. this is your friday now. we have fog at the coast. temperature out at golden state park at 90 degrees. you get off of the water, you're going to find 60 degrees across the bay into the berkeley area, upper 70s. then over the next set of hills, the east bay hills you're going to find upper 80s in concord. the real heat once you get out past the delta out into the antioch brently and oakly area. brently and oakley you're going to find temperatures easily into the mid-90s. so the heat is there, it's just away from the coast. the fog is a constant player coast side right through the weekend. the morning fog and low clouds

they are in san rafael tonight. temperatures in san rafael mostly in the 70s, but much warmer than these. we'll have the specifics for an area where you live back here. and officials at the museum of art say they have chosen a designer to build a new wing. it's best known for designing the san francisco september 11th museum. a big day on wall street, stocks were way up as president obama signs new legislation that will help millions of unemployed americans. but that comes just as new jobless numbers are released and they are not what analysts expected. mortgage rates are at historically low levels but is that helping the real estate market? we'll have details on new figures out today.

cars go up in flames at an airport parking lot. we're in the scene to show you the damage and find out exactly what happened. whooping cough continues to spread through california, find out what health officials are doing right now to stop the spread. also, toxic pesticides completely wipe out thousands of bees. we're investigating who may be to blame for killing bay area colonies. coming up on ktvu channel 2 evening news.

president obama today signed registration to help hundreds of unemployed americans. more than 460,000 people filed initial jobless claims last week. now that's a jump of 37,000. the sharpest increase since february. the department said there is no

specific economic factor behind the increase but noted that the fourth of july holiday could have created a backlog in processing claims. sales of existing homes are falling across the country despite some of the lowest mortgage rates ever recorded. existing home sales fell 5.1% last month compared to pay. in part due to the end of federal tax breaks for buyers. this week 30 year fixed mortgage rates average 4.56%. that is the lowest record since recordkeeping started in 1971. zip realty.com released their six of the top 10 zip code are here in the bay area. the 94703 neighborhood tops the list. two of the other hottest are in oakland, another two is in san

jose and one is in rodeo. a trading surge on word of strong earnings from both caterpillar as well as other companies. here are today's closing numbers, the dow jumped almost 202 points. the nasdaq rose 58 points to close at 2,245. for more financial and consumers news any time be sure to visit our website ktvu.com and click on our business tab. new york representative charles rangel has been charged with multiple ethics violations. there has been allegations of improper gifts, failure to report assets and possible conflicts of interest. now an official speaking on

condition of anonymity said the two sides tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a settlement and an eight member panel will now hear the case. president obama signed a bill this morning that required government agencies to conduct annual audits. the law targets instances where agency paid the wrong amount or give money to the wrong recipients. the goal is to reduce those improper payments by $60 million within the next two years. >> when we fail to spend people's tax dollars wisely, that's money we are not investing in better services for kids or new jobs. >> reporter: wasteful spending costs taxpayers $98 billion last year. president obama admitted today that the head of the usda jumped the gun when it came to dealing with an employee who was forced to resign after she was wrongfully accused of

racism. today the president personally apologized to sherry sherrod over the phone. and he told her he would like her to return to the usda. >> he wanted me to know he's supportive. and he's been having to deal with the same issues he's been dealing with over the past five years. just a good conversation. >> reporter: sherrod was forced to resign after someone posted a video. and now lawmakers are leading a charge to put an public option back on the table. >> the people on the street started to tell me in the bay

area, this is a start. have health care reform, but we want it improved. north bay congresswoman lynne woolsey says she placed the law on the table to follow through with promises made to the public. a public -- backers say the savings would come through lower administrative costs and reduced payments to doctors and hospitals. >> what it means is competition to the private insurance. and unless there's competition to the private insurance companies, the premiums are going to go up and up and up. >> reporter: insurance companies and other critics say a public option would hurt patient care and open the door to single payer insurance.

republicans are expected to stone wall the public option. but if the bill stalls this year, it'll be ready for the next congress. more live coverage on the developing news on that live protest going on at union square. also, the oakland police chief makes a push to get more police officers. plus the tide is turning on offshore drilling, we'll have details on a new decision on whether it should be allowed off the california coast. what this droid does will change how you do movies.

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more live pictures here from news chopper two of the situation out in front of the grand hyatt on union square.

specifically this is stockton street in between post and geary street. you can see there's a large crowd, they are essentially shut down traffic there. what they are upset about is increased workload and lay offs, those are their claims. and that's why they're protesting out right now in front of the hyatt. you can see the street is closed. there's a will the of people heading home and that's a very busy area. the protesters also say that they are prepared for law- abiding civil disobedience -- or rather nonviolent civil disobedience and that they are prepared to be arrested. there obviously are police on the scene. we will continue to follow this story. if we get more information we will bring it to you. a protest going on right now in front of the grand hyatt near union square. an 18-year-old man is the latest person to be shot to

death on the streets of oakland. police responded to four gunshots picked up by the spot shotter surveillance system a little after 1:00 this morning. that's where they found jonathan lee scott dead of a gunshot wound. they found him a block away on harmon avenue. the oakland team is the city's 49th homicide this year. there were 62 homicides by this time last year. that violence in oak oakland comes at a time when police were laid off. today chief an tony bats talked about his plan to move forward and who he's asking for help, especially when it comes to fighting crime. ken pritchett is live with our report. >> today at a press briefing, oakland's police chief said that his department is

shrinking at a time when the public needs protection. the aim is to bring in more resources to dishand -l gangs through long term investigations. >> we're going to sit down with all our federal partners, fbi, atf and ask for their assistance. >> reporter: chief batts was not the specific on what type of help he will ask. >> we do believe we need help, from wherever it may come from. because oakland is in dire trouble. >> reporter: oakland community organizations is concerned that

the lay offs of 80 officers will bring more problem to the gang issue. >> you cannot arrest your way out of crime and violence. >> reporter: chief batts met witherric holder, while the details remain unclear, batts says he expects help for a gang problem that is bigger than oakland. >> i expect a lot of help and resources to assist the area. >> reporter: oakland police say the request for federal government assistance is not directly connected to the lay off of 80 officers. the department says chief batts in his experience as chief of police experienced federal cooperation there that he felt was lacking here in oakland. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. tropical storm bonnie is gaining strength in the gulf of

hex co. forcing -- gulf of mexico. the news comes as vice president joe biden tours the clean up and president obama and the first lady announce they will vacation on florida's gulf coast next month. steve harrigan reports now from new orleans. >> reporter: vice president biden visiting the gulf today, touring one of the stages facilities and meeting with residents affected by the disaster. this as work on plugging the well seizes. >> looking at that developing forward into a more coherent system and what are the implications of our line of work that exists right now. >> reporter: that's just days before the expected completion of a crucial well. bp halted the efforts and instead plugged the panel. a crew evacuation could mean another two weeks before work

on the relief well resumes. the cap on the busted oil well continues to hold tight. but admiral thad allen worries the storm can affect the ability to treat the well. >> from day one, he deemed this the well from hell. he said the earth just, he said mother nature just doesn't want to be drilled here. >> reporter: four major oil companies have decided to pull $1 million to mange sure they are ready to -- to make sure they are ready to dill the complete drill work in the future. our exclusive new field poll shows a sharp increase on opposition growing here.

randy shandobil is live here with more, randy -- >> reporter: heather, times have changed. three years ago when prices peaked, some folks showed a narrow majority of californians drilling off the california coast. not anymore. >> bad idea -- >> reporter: why? >> several panelists. >> reporter: opponents to more drilling outnumber supporters two. one. >> i'm opposed to it. >> reporter: why? >> because of what's taken place. >> reporter: were you open to it when gas prices were going higher? >> yes i was, but i'm opposed now. >> reporter: were you open to the idea when gas was $3 a gallon. >> it was a good idea then.

>> reporter: an election year issue, meg whitman and fiorina are open to more drilling. barbara boxer and jerry brown oppose it. >> i think at some point we have to drill for oil off the coast of california if we want to keep driving pigs like this. just that simple. >> reporter: californians are more divided about another energy source, nuclear power. even in berkeley's nuclear free zone, we found people open to new plans plans. >> there's been a substantial history of success, i'm willing to take that chance on that basis. >> reporter: so you've gotten comfortable with the idea of nuclear energy. >> yes. >> reporter: 59% favored the building of more nuclear power plants, now pretty much an even split. 48% in favor, 44% against. >> until we figure out what to do with the plutonium, that's a

real concern. >> reporter: we still don't know what we're going to do with the waste, hiding in a cave is not the answer in my mind. >> reporter: headlines and prices affecting public opinion. randy shandobil. a federal appeals court in san francisco upheld the conviction of tammy collins for lying to a federal grand jury of using steroids. in 2003 she denied that she had received steroids from balco. we'll have details about

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two u.s. service members were killed today in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. the helicopters went down in the southern part of the country. the taliban has claimed responsibility of the deaths saying it shot down the

aircraft. this is the third helicopter crash in that area in just two months. one was shot down, the other had mechanical problems. in iraq, at least 15 people died and 21 others were injured when a car bomb exploded outside a mosque just north of baghdad. the blast ripped the walls off the building then set shattered glass everywhere, authorities blamed the attack on the home grown terrorist group. two bay area genetics firms today defended their personalized dna test at a congressional hearing where one government investigator called the test mid-leading and useless. >> buyer beware. if you're going to buy these make sure you at least have your physician involved. although many of the experts say physicians cannot decipher these results either. >> reporter: in an undercover investigation, they tested dna from its staffers through four

different genetic companies. the tests claimed to detect whether someone is prone to diseases. one man who had a pacemaker was told he was not at risk for that condition. the gao did not reveal the names of the companies tested, but today navo genetics defended their tests. >> we work with prevention wellness services so we always have clinical support around the information that we deliver. >> reporter: nevogenics say they are working with the fda to create new standards for their industry. they concluded that genetic testing is more of an art than a science. will bart vote a roll back fare? we'll have the latest from the bart board of director.

and it was a very welcomed warm up. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the temperatures and he'll have his full report when we come back. new at 6:00, cars go up in flames at an airport parking lot. we're on the scene to show you the damage. and find out exactly what happened. plus, whooping cough continues to spread through california. find out what health officials are doing right now to stop the spread. also, toxic pesticides completely wipe out thousands of bees. we're investigating who may be to blame for killing bee colonies. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

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>> the bart board overwelmingly approved a plan to improvement to trsportation for the airport. the project is expected to create about 700 jobs which

larger firms have already agreed to share with local construction companies. >> we have been written into the program with flat iron and turner construction. >> those are general contractors. >> those are general contractors from the area that will allowing to grow the contract. coming up next here at 6:00, we're continuing to follow that developing news involving that large hotel workers demonstration that has shut down a very busy street in union square. also coming up, an unusual attack as hundreds of thousands of bees are targeted and tonight they are all dead. how it happened and reaction from an owner. an a parking lot in the airport is supposed to be safe. so how did seven cars end up being damaged in a fire at sfo. we're live with details on what

we're learning. more on developing information on the story of that 2-year-old boy who was mauled and killed. it turned out to be a very nice day. we have the gilroy garlic festival, what are we looking at. >> it looks like a weekend for just about anything. tomorrow will be a slight bit warmer, into the weekend, low 90s in the hot spots. classic summer weather. but not cool like it was yesterday or the day before. about where it should be at the coast. fog comes back tonight but it doesn't make it into your neighborhood. that's why temperatures tomorrow will be slightly warmer than these. yesterday's high in livermore

was in the 70s. so temperatures have certainly come up a good 10 degrees everyone even more in some locations. the fog at the coast, it'll be warm where it should be, it'll be cool where it should be. 60 at the coast, that's the high end. 79, 80 around the bay. low 90s inland. that's how it goes for friday, saturday and sunday a little bit warmer still. so your forecast as we go into walnut creek, nice and tight. 75degrees at walnut creek at 3:00 during maximum heating. forecast highs tomorrow, there's reds showing 90s as we go into the central valley. more heat in the area. 80 in vallejo, 75 me sra 75 nevado. it's friday already? friday is coming up a little bit as well. air quality is going to take a little bit of a heat. i mentioned last night, we're

not doing fires, it's a lead story. often july, august and september, we're talking some where in the first couple of story. this weather pattern has been useful of helpful for our friends that fight fires. as it turns out, tomorrow, i think we might have more of an issue. not extreme fire danger, but it's just not extremely cool as it had been as we talked about yesterday frank and heather, yesterday in downtown san francisco at 56 degrees was the coolest daytime high. records go back to 1875. >> that is really something. >> it was cold. >> that was a daytime high. that's like an overnight low. facebook has reached a milestone. it now has 500 million users. facebook officials say the site is quickly gaining ground

worldwide with brazil and india. the site has come under fire though for it's privacy policy which was recently changed. you've heard of smuggling drugs across the border, well now there is a new trend. drug cartels are upping the ante when it comes to smuggling humans across the border. the federal government raises questions about them possibly smuggling terrorists across the border. i'm carol hann, i have that report coming up.

there were demonstrations in phoenix today after two cases were challenged. scheduled to take effect now in about a week. one lawsuit argues that the law will lead to racial profiling. the other argues that immigration enforcement is a federal not a state issue. there were no rulings in either case. meanwhile in washington, immigration's top official acknowledged that eric holder should challenge the law if he thinks it's unconstitutional. the new law would allow officials to question if they believe they are illegal. ktvu's carol hann as our

report now from washington. >> 735 illegal aliens crossed just one boarder camera in just four days. >> reporter: it's a look into how illegal immigrants cross the boarder. put together for a group pushing for immigration. something called special interest aliens who could be possible terrorists. >> these are aliens from countries of interest like from the middle east or other countries where there might be serious criminal activity organizations. >> reporter: the government chief border investigator said that smugglers were paid big money to bring them in. >> how many of them have come from most countries. >> reporter: repeatedly they said -- >> i don't have any break down. >> no ma'am, i don't. >> tells you that you don't talk about things like that in

a public hearing. >> reporter: because it's top secret. what was talked about, how immigration can do a better job by going after the smugglers money. >> it's about the money, if we can get the money out of this process we will do a tremendous amount to reduce the problem. >> reporter: the report credits the agency for capturing more illegal immigrants so far this year than in years past. in washington, carol hann, ktvu channel 2 news. and we want to bring you now more live pictures from san francisco's union square where police are now moving in on this protest in union square outside the hyatt hotels. hundreds of hotel workers are protesting outside the hotel blocking busy stockton street. as you can see here, people not cars on stockton street right now. and now we are learning that police are making arrests, and

this all stems from an ongoing contract dispute. more on ktvu news at 6:00 which is coming up next.

late details tonight involving a 2-year-old who was

bawled to death in the east baby his family's own pit bull. tonight we learn more about the victim, also an arrest. the colony became a gas chamber. and all the bees died. >> hundreds of thousands of bees killed at a bay area farm. tonight who did it and why is still a mystery. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and hello everyone again, i'm heather holmes. police have started making arrests as hotel workers protesting over a labor dispute are blocking a busy intersection of san francisco's union square. a news chopper 2 is above the area: but right now this is what it looked like a few minutes ago. on the ground there on stockton