tonight security is being tightened across russia after i bombing t bombing at a strain station. the blast occurred in volegrad about 600 south of moscow and 400 miles from sochi. the u.s. condemned the bombing and says it stands with russia against trierrorism. peter sharp has the latest. >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to treat services. officials say a woman set off explosives near metal detectors. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. >> translator: everything was covered in smoke. after ten minutes, i was able to see again, and there were bodies everywhere. inside the train station, everything is destroyed. >> reporter: the attack killed and injured dozens of people. >> translator: according to preliminary information, the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kilograms of tnt. there would have been many more victims if it weren't for the so-called guarding system at the train station. it prevented the suicide bomber from getting through the metal detector into the waiting hall where there were lots of people because three trains were late. >> reporter: in the same southern city in october, seven people died in a suicide bombing on a bus. the latest killings raise serious security concerns ahead of february's winter olympics and the black sea resort the sochi that lies 400 kilometers from chem nia and dagestan. president putin offered support to the families and relatives to those killed and injured in the attack. security at the winter olympics will continue to be an overriding concern for the kremlin. it's already deployed more than 30,000 troops and security personnel into the region in an attempt to lockdown these winter olympics. in an internet video earlier this year the leader of russia's muslim separatist rebels urged his supporters to use maximum force to disrupt the sochi games. he said he was canceled what he called his moratorium on attacks inside rush wra and warned of new violence. his group claimed responsibility for attacks including the 2010 moscow underground attack that killed 40 people. just two days ago, a car bomb killed three people in the southern russian city. as the violence claims lives, ordinary russians may be wondering where the next attack will come. for nearly 20 years russia is fighting an insurgencies in the north caucuses. over the past two decades there's been at least 15 attacks in russia, many of them involves checyan fighters. kimberly has more on the violent concerns ahead of the olympics. >> reporter: violence is no stranger to vladimir putin's russia. it stems from decades of conflict. in 1999 the russian army invaded chechnya under orders of an anti-terrorism operation. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died along with 5,000 russians. in 2001 a pro-moscow regime was installed. the conflict officially declared over. separatist groups spread through the northern caucuses, a region still the center of an islamist insurgency. >> there is a pattern emerged here. before certain large federal events, and certainly the olympics is the biggest of them all, there's been these attacks. what they want to do first and foremost and remind the kremlin that they are here, and that they are a force to be reckoned with. >> reporter: chechnyan warlords call on militants to strike russia and prevent them from staging the sochi games. sunday's attack raises the question whether more attacks will follow and where. >> the maximum impact would be to pull off an attack like this in the russian capital, but moscow is much more difficult to penetrate. here you have a combination of a city sizable, volkerad is a big city and easier to get into than moscow. >> much easier than the winter olympics themselves. there's a zone 16 miles along the black sea coast and 30 miles inland. drones and special troops monitor traffic in and out of the city, but russians outside the zone may not get the same level of protection. protests in the ukraine got personal for the president. they marched to his home today as 20,000 rallied in kiev's independence square. jennifer glasse has more on that. >> reporter: hundreds of ukrainians took their protest to the streets trying to reach the residence of the president. for weeks they've called on him to resign and hold early elections. the nands have gone unanswered. >> translator: we don't have money. we're not here for any kind of privileges. we're at independence square for ourselves and our family and future. >> reporter: demonstrators first co-verged in independence square in november. he refused an association deal with the european union. then the numbers were in the hundreds of thousands. after five weeks the demonstrations have waned. the new tactic is to target ministers and the new president. >> reporter: the government doesn't listen to people. they only use force. that's it. they simply ignore us. it makes many people angry. >> reporter: with hundreds the riot police blocking the ro he had to the president's house, the demonstration was peaceful. the question now is what's next? the demonstrations seemed to have run their course, and opposition leaders rely on a new civil society movement to take the momentum started here and turn it into real change in ukraine's cities and region. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kiev. seven-time world champion race car driver michael schumacher remains in -- charles schumacher remains in critical condition. they say charlgs schumacher has a serious head injury even though he was wearing a helmet. denise holman has more. >> reporter: one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time, but michael schumacher was known to be an experienced and world skier. he was skiing with his 14-year-old son and others on sunday when he struck his head on a roblg. he had been wearing a helmet. within 10 minutes he was air lifted to a hospital in the nearby town before being taken to the university hospital center. while initial reports down-play the seriousness of the injury, the hospital confirmed his condition. >> translator: mr. schumacher was admitted to the hospital at 12:45 in a late morning skiing accident. he suffered a serious brain trauma and he needed a near surgical operation. he remains in critical condition. >> his wife and two children are at his bedside while supporters worldwide hope for his recovery. >> reporter: i'm like you. i heard the news, and as i am from the region, i came to see him. as we can't see him, we'll see tomorrow. >> reporter: michael schumacher won the formula one championship seven times before retiring for a second time last year. his trademark fight and determination called upon once again. >> that was elise holman reporting tonight. the u.s. defense secretary expressed concerns about recent developments in egypt today. he offered to help investigate several recent bombings there, the latest today. a bomb exploded near an army building north of cairo hurting four soldiers. >> saudi arabia has promised lebanon's army $3 billion. the forces have struggled with violence spreading across the border from syria's civil war. they can buy french weapons. france's president pledged support saying lebanon must remain united. >> translator: i know that france has equipped the lebanese army for a while, up until recently. we will readily answer any solicitation. why? because lebanon must remain united and the integrity must be respected and the security must be guaranteed for all the lebanese. >> that funding was announced hours after the funeral of an assassinated lebanese minister. a car bomb killed him along with seven others in beirut. we have more. >> reporter: an honorary medal from the lebanese president. other lebanese dignitaries lined up inside the distinctive mosque for a final farewell to the former government minister and ambassador. security was tie in central beirut has mourners gathered for the funeral procession. the bodies of him and his bodyguards were laid to rest near the tomb. the former lebanese prime minister and the man who build the mosque was himself a victim of an infamous car bombing more than eight years ago. these mourners said they would remain defiant in the face of such attacks. >> translator: i came today to participate in his funeral and to show that we do exist and if they think they can kill us all, we're still here, as long as we're all standing, we will stay here. >> translator: what i want of the lebanese government, we don't want political parties. it's enough. we don't want hezbollah or anyone else. we want a real government. >> reporter: among the people here is anger and despair that there's very little to do to stop the similar assassinations in the future. former prime minister and a leading figure in the antisyrian march told the crowd that the way things were before the assassination would not be the same after his death. >> translator: we have a date with you at the squares for democratic and peaceful action. we decided to liberate our country from the occupation of arms. we have decided to liberate our country. >> reporter: he was referring to the arsenal of weapons held by the proceed-syrian hezbollah movement. the march 14th alliance wants to hanl popular anger into support for a government that doesn't include hezbollah and pressure the group to give up its arms. although the assassination has polarized lebanon further, the turnout was modest for the funeral, a reflection of the challenges facing the march 14th camp to get supporters out on the streets. whether protesters take to the streets or not, war-wary lebanese are bracing themselves for more trouble in the coming weeks. al jazeera, beirut. a new report it is the taliban could make a comeback if the u.s. pulls out of afghanistan. the intelligence published in the wash post said it could take three years to grow. tom ackerman has moshing. >> a national estimate is a report which is a consensus of the 16 intelligence agencies on the outlook, their estimation of an outlook for a particular policy question, which probably is impending and in this case is the course of american posture in afghanistan, which may or may not have 34,000 or 10,000 or maybe zero troops by the end of 2014. it depends on the negotiations currently being conducted with the afghan government. now, this is the report that you're talking about is actually a leak, and these reports, these nies are also classified but always emerge in the media as the product of a leak. you can be pretty confident that one side or another, which feels that the conclusions in this report favor their side of the arguments here in washington, that they're responsible for this. in this case it sounds like it's the civilian intelligence agencies which their voice comes through in this nie. as you can hear from the back and forth with the government of predz hamid karzai, the american relations with the -- his government at least are very, very frigid right now, and there is the ongoing threat that the united states, if they do not conclude a security agreement with the government, and again, this is the outgoing government because karzai does not have another term. he cannot succeed into another term. that the united states is threatening the afghan government with just pulling out completely because there's no understanding as to the status of forces in afghanistan at the end of 2014. so the question here is for policy makers in the united states, how does this intelligence estimate, which talks about the taliban resurging not necessarily in kabul but in the provinces how much that would inform the way the american administration should conduct itself in these negotiations with the afghans. >> all right. let's get a quick check of weather with kevin. i'm frankly stunned by some of the windchills out there. >> oh, amazing. absolutely amazing. looking at those that are well below. we're talking about minus 20, minus 30 in some locations. >> it is cold. >> it's very, very bad. we're talking about what's happening in the northeast. we've had a lot of rain and snow in many locations. what's going to happen now? things are getting better. we saw a lot of problems on the highways and the airports. those have actually all cleared up. what's left of this major storm that came up the eastern seaboard is actually just a little bit of snow left in new hampshire and also into maine. boston's rain is about to end probably within the next 15 for 30 minutes, so that's good news there. when you wake up in the morning on monday, we won't have problems on the roads. there's problems up to the north on some of these highways because, of course, we saw a lot of snow there. here, as jonathan said in the north-central part of the united states and midwest, that is where the temperatures have been extremely low. let's take a look at what we have right now. fargo, minus 10 degrees, minneapolis is at minus 9. compare this to last night at this time. we are 39 degrees colder than what we were yesterday for minneapolis. minneapolis yesterday believe it or not was up to about 35 to 40 degrees. they have come down extremely and those temperatures. kansas city is at minus 34 from yesterday. when you factor in the windchills we have minus 21 degrees in fargo, north dakota. over the next day or so we have another snow event. that's going to be a big problem across chicago as well as into michigan. you can see all the snow right there. as you go into new year's eve, this is night. you don't want to be outside in this particular area, because temperatures in minneapolis well down below average. their high is oonl getting to mince 1. around midnight it's about minus 5 or minus 8. that's not considering what we're looking at in terms of windchills. chicago is going to be snowing. back to you, jonathan. >> thanks, kevin. it's cold and winter and also flu season. ten states say they're already seeing a lot of cases, especially in texas where more than a dozen people in houston have died so far. we have more on the outbreak. >> this is going to go up the nose. >> reporter: doctors across the houston area are seeing more patients than usual with flu symptoms. >> most definitely this year weave seen an uptick in patient volume. . >> doctors are seeing 50% more patient than usual suffering with the flu. houston's department of health says most of the cases have been caused by the h 1 n 1 strain. >> 87% of the positive specimens we had looked at was h 1 n 1. the flu made more than 6 million americans sick last season. nearly 400,000 had to go to hospitals. health officials say the best defense is a flu shot. it protects more than just the person that gets it. >> you can say the health of your family and other families also. >> the cdc says fewer than half of americans have had flu shots so far this season, but it's not too late. doctors say anyone six months or older who hasn't should get one now. al jazeera, dallas. there's a lot more ahead on "al jazeera america," including how parents in uganda are coming together to cope with the pain of their missing children. also, government forces in south sudan clash with a 25,000-member strong militia. interactive television. we depend on you, >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> the stream. weeknights 7:30 et / 4:30 pt on al jazeera america and join the conversation online @ajamstream. new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback in the eagles game. sher een williams of the fort worth star telegram weighs in. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and in uganda a 20-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people. during that time thousands of children were abducted and forced to fight. the conflict ended in 2006, but the loss is still felt today. malcolm webb visited one town still struggling to move on. >> reporter: this pair of boots is all that remains of their son. his father christopher says he'll never forget the day when his son was abducted from rebels from the lower resistance army in 1997 when he was just 12 years old. the rebels were notorious for abducting children and mutilating people. christopher's trying to accept what's probably true. >> deep down if he's alive, he should come back. if you are coming back, i would be very, very grateful. very grateful. but now i don't think it. yeah. >> reporter: christopher's wife was so upset at the loss of their only child she killed herself. now he lives alone with only his chickens for company. he says he's waiting for god to take him away. he's one of thousands in northern uganda whose children went missing during the civil war. christopher says things got easier when he joined a counseling group for people with missing relatives organized by the red cross. here several groups have come together to hold a memorial ceremony. for most of the children abducted by the lra there's simply no record. there's no comprehensive list of names or numbers, and many people are poor so very few have family photos or any other kind of memorabilia. the red cross estimates about 12,000 went missing and never came back. the lra are now small in number and scattered across neighbors couldn't -- countries so few of the 12,000 will come home. people have gathered here today to try to come to terms with that and begin the process of moving forward. they take turns to say the names of those that never came home. the memories are painful. >> the agony of not knowing of what happened with a person that is in your family normally, a son or a daughter, is something that for those month don't live it, it's very difficult to understand. now they have somebody that understands them, and they went through the same and together they can find a way forward. >> reporter: most of these people never buried or ever saw the bodies of their loved ones, something important in the culture here. they didn't have any kind of closure until now. while the counseling or the ceremony won't bring anybody back, it can start to ease some of the grief. malcolm webb, al jazeera, northern uganda. a militia of 25,000 strong is thought to be on the run tonight. government forces in south sudan clashed this week with the militia known as the white army. it's made up with thousands of youth largely in line with the former vice president. he's in a power struggle with the president that erupted two weeks ago. since then fighting has displaced thousands. we have more from south sudan. >> reporter: reporting reaching us from bor in south sudan indicate that some of the white army militias, the thousands of them who have been marching to the town of bor with a view of taking it from the government defense forces have disbanded. there are different reasons given for them. michael mcqueen says that the militia disbanded after tribal leaders spoke with them and requested them to abandon their mission and go back to their homes. however, other sources say that there were aerial bombardments around the place where the militias were. they said these bauk bombardments were to serve as warnings not to advance to the town. however what we know and can confirm right now is that some of the militia are still marching to the town of bor and government defense forces are said to have taken positions in and around the town of bor to defend the town from the uprooting militias. the while army as they are known as brings it's name from the white ash, the members of this militia apply on their face to protect themselves. they are from the subtribe of the tribe of newel, which also from -- that the vice president belongs to. ira glass hosts "this american life" a weekly radio show. this week on talk to al jazeera, he speaks to david shuster about how the show tries to set itself apart. >> we did an hour after guantanamo. we went in with a missiony sense of we're trying to achieve all sorts of things. when we did our hour in guantanamo, 100, 200 people had been released from guantanamo bay already. they interrogate them and say they weren't a threat. 200 people like that were released years ago, and nobody had ever interviewed them in mernl journalism, in american broadcast journalism. we couldn't find anybody that had interviewed them. we could do that and interview them. we started to track them down and got translators from people from other countries and tried to get people to just get them on the air and tell what happens to you. what happened to you? horp you treated? how do you feel about america? do you want to kill us all now? how do you feel about the experience? normal things any reporter would ask, but the packaging of that show, i feel like i -- like we felt like the people don't want to hear an hour about guantanamo generally. i feel like i'm super interested in it, but there was a big heading in the beginning, guantanamo, an hour. oh, no, that's so heavy. i already have an opinion about it and know what i think. i feel like -- i think it's incumbent on all of us and all broadcasters have to be cunning about how to bring it up in a way the people want to watch the second minute of your show. i feel like partly because it's radio we can back into it. we can just start a story going, and then before you know it, it's about guantanamo. >> be sure to catch the rest of that discussion at 1:00 a.m. eastern and 10:00 p.m. pacific right here on "al jazeera america." still ahead on the show, in the week ahead we discuss u.s. foreign policy in the coming year. also, an uncertain future for the passengers of a ship stranded in antarctica. we'll talk to one of them ahead. welcome back to "al jazeera america." i'm jonathan betz with the headlines tonight. russian president putin has ordered tightened security following a suicide attack at a train station. 15 were killed and another 34 hurt. it happened in the southern city of vogegrad. michael schumacher is in critical condition tonight after a skiing agent. his agent said he suffered head trauma and is in a coma. saudi arabia has offered $3 billion to the lebanese army. the money would allow the military to buy weapons and fight violence spreading across the border from syria. france has also pledged support. it's time for our regular sunday segment, "the week ahead." tonight we discuss u.s. foreign policy in the coming year. first, juan carlos moreno reviews the highlights from 2013. >> secretary of state john kerry is preparing to make his tenth trip this year to israel and the palestinian territories. focusing so much time on this region and complex issues not expected to be resolved soon became one of the first major criticism of kerry's tenure as a top u.s. diplomat. his last visit to the region was less than a month ago where he stated the goal of the u.s. >> in order to bring about a comprehensive agreement that withstand everybody's test. >> on a much more positive note the nuclear negotiations with iran has been hailed an a success. they agreed to open the facilities to inspectors with a u.s. promise of easing sanctions. both president obama and secretary kerry have been criticized on their handling of the military escalation in syria and potential u.s. intervention, both making pleas to the american public citing humanitarian concerns and announcing plans to defer to congress to take action. edward snowden stirred the diplomatic pot this year when he revealed the u.s. has been spying on allies. german chancellor angela merkel expressed outrage when she discovered her cell phone was a target. >> translator: between allies there must be trust, and this trust must now be rebuilt. >> reporter: the obama administration has been trying to shift foreign policy focus to asia. this was clearly demonstrated by secretary kerry's comments by this asean conference where he called the partnership between the u.s. and asean nations a top priority. in september kerry said china and the u.s. have agreed to a new model of relations looking to ease tensions between the two nations, both of which are expanding their presence in the south pacific. 2013 was a packed and complicated year for international relations. by the looks of it, 2014 won't get any easier. juan carlos moline that, al jazeera. president obama and john kerry have a long to-do list for the new year. several hotspots need attention. one big political headache will come from afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops are set to leave at the end of 2014, but tribal leaders have voted to keep some troops behind always president karzai won't sign off until elections in april when his successor is chosen. in may the six-month nuclear deal with iran will expire. by then tehran and other powers have to satisfy missions and ease the fear of neighbors. not an easy task. growing crisis in africa are anybody's guess frankly. fighting has put millions at risk. president obama has said humanitarian disaster are a national security threat, not just a moral imperative. now, earlier we spoke with a senior editor at "time" and ali with the harvard medical school. we began in the middle east with syria. >> i think there's an emotional response to do something. 120,000 people have been killed and massive refugee exodus. what do you do with such a fractured opposition that's compromised by extremist elements? getting tangled up in red lines isn't the great place to be in the first place. you have the u.s. gears itself up for intervention that no oning wanted to be part of. >> in the meantime anger sod allies including israel and saudi arabia. >> right. one of the last discussed storied in the 2013 is the drift between the u.s. and the saudis. >> let's talk about iran, ali. it's hard to really come to a firm conclusion on whether this was a good deal or not, since it's a temporary deal. 2014 is the real make-or-break it for iran. the fact the united states was able to reach a deal with iran, significant in itself, how much credit does president obama get for that? >> huge credit. for people who are critical of the agreement, not viewed against, perhaps the long long-term objective of the u.s. and iran with a final deal on iran's weapons, it may seem premature -- given frosty and downright nonexistent between the u.s. and iran and the highest conflicts, there's big progress. >> is it smart for the obama administration to focus so much on israel and palestinians when some say that's really top of the mind right now? >> president obama is clearly reluctant. secretary kerry and i think initially he wanted to restricken secretary kerry thinking he's going into a dead end. >> this is the secretary's big idea? >> he's undertaken the initiative and give him credit. it's a thorny issue. given where we were, given that the sides weren't talking, the fact they're talking it seems like small potatoes, but it's a smart. >> this is taking place in the context of whether the level of cynicism is as high as its been in a long time. you know, we've seen the violence in the past few weeks in the west bank and gaza, the unchecked expansion of israeli settlements. it's occurring in a context that's rather curious. >> they can only focus on so much. meanwhile we have asia, another big hot spot coming up. there's talk of the asian pivot. president obama was not able to attend a summit in asia because of a crisis at home with the federal budget. is asia getting ignored, and is that a problem? >> the united states has seen kerry go to the middle east quite a few times and focus on syria and iran. yes, asia in a certain sense has been ignored, and i think the u.s. is genuinely eager to reengage on a number of fronts. what's important to note is this is one of the parts of the world where countries generally want american engagement and a robust american presence. >> how can they focus on asia spending so much time handling other crises like syria and israel? >> that's a huge question. iraq is winding down and afghanistan is winding down, but the middle east has a way to bring you back every time you try to extricate. one, will america's continued economic weakness resource the pivot? can the united states continue to moouch its relationship with china forward, minimize the impression that china has while continuing to bolster the relationships in the region, japan, south korea and india. >> i want to get europe as well. a lot of european leaders are not too happy with the united states because of spying, the leaks from edward snowden. long-term damage, short-term damage? big deal or or not? >> short-term damage is indisputable. even our closest friends in europe saying the hip pock see. how can you deit? short-term damage is indisputable. in the long term, given the gravity of the challenges you're outlined in the middle east and asia, in the long term the imperatives of operations will hopefully put aside the damage found by these revelations. in the short therm they have to reinvigorate the diplomacy. >> how do they go about doing that? >> it was more damaging in latin america. you have the brazilian president canceling a state visit. you have the president of bolivia having his plane grounded in vienna. they're in a place where america has to reassert itself. it was a big power there. >> also in africa we've talked a lot about south so you had dan, central african republic. it's a part of the world oeven overlooked by the united states government without question. do you think that will change in 2014? >> keep in mind, samantha power, the u.n. ambassador wrote the book of all buys. >> susan rice is in there. >> susan rice and samantha power among the other top officials in the administration will urge greater action on that part of the world. >> what does that look like, though? >> officials in washington have been very actively making phone calls, talking to the various camps, trying to push for peace. i'm sure it's very sfoining in washington to see what happened. they have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in that internet flejingly stale. it will force a negotiated outcome. >> the last big question before we leave tonight. we've talked about the entire planet. as we look at 2014, i want you to each answer this. what's the biggest issue for the united states globally? >> asia-pacific. >> china is the second largest economy soon to be the first. if china and japan engaged in military skirmish, you have them going to war. the united states will get involved because of treaty obl gauges. there's no good outcome of the top three economies engaging in it. >> the middle east? >> i think it's the middle east. i think the obama administration genuinely wants to find a lasting agreement with iran, and that's a massive challenge both politically at home and abroad. >> it will be a busy year without question. thank you, guys, for coming in. >> thank you for having us. tonight an uncertain future for passengers aboard a research ship stranded in antarctic ice, trapped for nearly a week, 74 scientists and crew are waiting for the latest rescue attempt. there's no guarantee, though, another ship will be able to reach them. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a scientific expedition has now left the russian ship and it's passengered stranded at sea since christmas eve. 74 people including a team of researchers are stuck off the antarctic coast about 100 miles of a french research station. they left new zealand in november on a privately funded expedition commemorating the 100th anniversary of a journey led by an australian explorer. last week things went terribly wrong. battles blizzard-like weather they sent a satellite distress signal after high winds trapped the vessel in ice. several attempts to free the ship have failed. a chinese icebreaker came within 6 miles on saturday, but bad weather and ice conditions kept the snow dragon from reaching it. another icebreaker from france couldn't make it past the edge of the ice. they hope another ice breaking ship located 100 miles away can free them. >> it's making way, but very slowly. it's mainly due to the ice as well as the weather conditions. there are snowshowers at the moem, and it is very poor visibility out there. >> reporter: despite being stuck in more than 13 miles of ice nearly 10 feet thick, the ship isn't in danger of sinking. chris tourney is the leader of the research expedition and said in a skype interview from the ship that even though there's an a frozen stand still the 74 researchers, crew and tourists say they're doing fine and morale is high. >> it sounds a lot worse than it is. everyone else is safe and sound and very comfortable down below deck where there's having a cup of tea or coffee. we have enough food and water where everyone is very warm. we have plenty of fuel on board. we've got about just shy of two weeks of fresh food. >> if the icebreaker is unsuccessful, the next attempt will be a helicopter from the chinese ship snow dragon still in the yaer. ahead in sports, the playoff spot comes down between the eagles and cowboys. could the massive security breach at target been avoided? better technology does exist, just not in the u.s. many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart of tallle ban country is remarkable. >> we are a unique school, preparing women to go to jobs. our school is preparing women to go to universities. american retailer target is still dealing with the fallout from the hacking of more than 40 million credit cards. experts take technology exists that could have made that data almost impossible to deal. it's known as xhip and p.i.n. instead of magnetic strips on the back, the technology is not new and used across europe and asia. the u.s. has lagged behind because of the cost of changing. the problem with traditional credit cards across the u.s. has to do with the magnetic strip. the current technology makes the data easy for hackers to steal and easy for thieves to reproduce and use almost anywhere. that led to the u.s. topping the world in global fraud involving credit cards. the chip and p.i.n. technology closes these loopholes by requiring a p.i.n. number for the karled holder to make a pruch. it makes it difficult to duplicate. around 80 countries across the world use these cards already compared to 1% in the u.s. it was developed in 1994 with the help of companies like visa and mastercard. stewart mcclaire is the founder and ceo of silence, a security company, from california. stewart, if this credit card that uses these chips is supposedly safer and better, why aren't more americans using them? >> well, i think there's a couple of reasons. first of all, there is an expense to this. it's a massive expense for the banks, the retailers and efforts. you know, at the end of the day, too, they're a political angle to all of this. it is a difficult political decision to be made not just on the expense side but also just what risks do involve this smart chip and p.i.n. system as well. there are risks. they were men in the middle attacks and similar attacks if all indications are correct around the current card attack, some might have been successful with the chip and p.i.n. until we get more detail how it went down, it's difficult to predict. >> explain the political aspect you're talking about there. i'm struck by that. what do you mean by that answer? >> i think there's a couple of things that happen when you start to invest large amounts of dollars in any kind of technology from a company and a board level perspective. it gives the sense of heightened awareness to security certainly, but it gives greater responsibility for any breach in that security. it does sometimes deter boards and scare them away from making those big, tough decisions around the expense. it's not just the expense, but there are more angles to it. >> okay. so what's it like trying to convert the systems to these new credit cards? is it not just a credit card that has to be swapped out? do the stores make changes as well? >> it's pretty much everything in the chain. i mean, from the cards being swapped out themselves to the point of sale systems in all the retail outlets to every intermediary system. it will have to be considered to be touched, changed, altered and modified in some way to the back end database for approval and then the response to come back in the system for ultimate allowanceance of that charns. there's a big technological change that is in many cases designed out years in response, not just months. so you're talking about a large expense but also a large planning process. there are some u.s. banks as well as u.s.-based credit card systems that do offer some of the chip and p.i.n. or smart chip and signature which is embedded in what we have today. guys like american express and chase and u.s. bank or others. it's not by default our de facto at all. >> if they want thiz special credit cards, can they request them? >> that's exactly right. call your credit card companies and ask for the special smart chip and p.i.n.s. most banks and most financial institutions will not have them, but in some cases they will. for example, chase and u.s. bank and american express even offer some. in particular, if you're traveling abroad to europe, you can get these kinds of systems quite easily with those existing banks. just pressure them. that's my guidance. pressure your banks and financial institutions. you're the only one that can get them to move on it. >> good advice without question when european places don't accept american credit cards anymore. thank you for your time today. after 17 weeks of the nfl season, it all comes down to today. we know who is play in the playoffs. >> we finally know. the final game is tonight. well, win and you're in. if you're a team fighting for a chance to play for a hahnship, that's the proposition you want to hear. we start in the nfc with the dallas cowboys hosting the eagles. the winner gets the nfc crown and the loser goes home. it's the ieagles advancing thans to 263 yards and two touchdowns from nick foles and 167 yards. tone yoi home wroe underwent season-ending back surgery on friday. through the second interception of the game with less than two minutes to play. the eagles win 24-22 to advance to the playoffs. the packers and chicago bears also faced a win or go home snare notice today. aaron rodgers playing his first game in eight weeks since breaking his collarbone coming up huge with a 48 yard touchdown pass with less than two minutes to play to give green bay the win and more importantly a trip to the playoffs as the champions of the nfc north. here's how the playoff standings like in the nfc. the seattle seahawks have home field advantage and panthers have home field advantage for one game as the number two seed. the division winners philadelphia and green bay claimed the three and fourth seed respectively with san francisco and new orleans with the two left overspots. it will feature the eagles hosting the saints saturday night at 8:00 eastern time and the packers take on the defending champions 49ers sunday afternoon at 4:30. to the afc where four teams all had a shot to claim the sixth and final playoff spot. two teams. dot fins and ravens were eliminated when they lost earlier it the day looeeaving t door open for the steelers. pittsburgh still needed the chargers to lose to make the postseason. if san diego beat the chiefs, who sat most of the starters today, the chargers made the playoffs. after ryan missed the field goal, the chargers took advantage in overtime thanks to nick novak's 36-yard field goal. the 26-24 victory which was san diego's fourth straight gave the chargers the sixth and final postseason spot eliminating the steelers. here's how the afc seeding played out. the broncos guaranteed home field advantage and the patriots hold down the number two spot. cincinnati gets the three seed over indianapolis because the bengals beat the colts earlier in the season. kansas city, san diego, those are your wild-card teams. when the wildcard round against underway, the colts host the chiefs saturday at 4:00 ooern and the bengals host the chargers on sunday at 1:00 eastern. in case you were wondering, the super bowl is set for february 2nd in met life stadium. one other nfl note to pass along. after a seven-game losing skid the cleveland browns fired head coach rob tonight after one season on the job. sports and injuries go hand and hand and sometimes thier severe, both career and light threatening and last night ufc 168 produced one of the most gruesome injuries in mixed marsha martial arts history. silva faced wideman in las vegas. this match enldzed when silva broke his left leg after throwing a kick he checked with his left chi. silva's chin snapped on contact and he fell to the ground in obvious agony. i was taken to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery. after that procedure the successful surgery performed by dr. steven sanders inserted a rod into the left tibia. anderson will remain in the hospital for a short while, but no additional surgery is scheduled at this time. recovery time for such injuries may vary between three to six months. the last fighter to come from back from a similar injury took 13 months to get back in the octagon. that's another reason why they believe that silva's injury will end one of the best careers in mixed martial arts history. >> anderson silva right now is 38, going to be 39 years old in april. you're looking at at least a year off for him. he'll be 40 years old. does he really need to as a contender? after having been the champion for six-plus years, nearly seven years and set all the ufc records and getting recognition as the greatest of all time, does he need to rehab from an injury and come back and prove something at that page? i find it unlike he would do that. >> he woon 33 of his 39 career mma bouts, 16-2 in the ufc. we have breaking news to bring you at this hour. another explosion in russia. at least ten people have been killed on a trolley bus that blew up also in the russian city. this comes hours after a train station explosion killed at least 50 people there. we'll bring you more on this after the break. aulz ahead on "al jazeera america," the rose bowl parade is days away. this year a special honor for women that went where women had never gone before. only on al jazeera america the 125th rose bowl parade honors a special group of women this year, those who flew military planes during world war ii. brian rooney sat down with one of them. >> reporter: her hands are not as steady as they once were and her eyes not as sharp, but in her heart she's still a pilot. it's what she always wanted to be. >> i used to tell my father that's what i wanted to do. he'd always say, not something girls do, but if you figure out how, more power to him. >> reporter: there wasn't much hope for a woman that wanted to fly until the attack on pearl harbor. she saw a newspaper ad seeking women pilots. she went for training in texas. >> i was real excited because i was going to get to fly and we could see the airplane sitting on the field. >> the military was forming what became known as the women air force service pilots, the w.a.s.p.s. they shuttled bombers around the country. when he started flying was still a man's world. even the flight suits were for men. >> you went in and picked one out and hopefully it fit you okay. some were too long in the legs or too big in the middle. he just rolled them or did what you needed to do to wear them. >> the training was difficult. >> one of the things we had to do before we could solo, they would blindfold us and name an instrument, and you had to touch it and tell what it read and what you would do if it malfunctioned and why it was important it was in the airplane. >> it turned out women could fly. she learned on the atc trainer. >> i did the wheel verse, the spins. i did everything i could think of we were taught to do, and it was a beautiful airplane to do it. >> she was a transport pilot and flying a b-26 bomber drags a target in live fire exercises. >> it never occurred to me it would dangerous. >> it was dangerous. just over 1,000 women that became pilots, 38 died in accidents. after the war she had a family and never flew again, but new year's day aboard this float commemorating the w.a.s.p.s she will be in parade dress. >> i will wear my wings. my wings will be on. i will wear my scarf so that to me those two things say this is who i am. >> this is her moment, the moment of recognition for her, for seven other women who will ride in the rose parade, and for all the w.a.s.p.s gone now. >> this is a big deal to me in that i think the appreciation the people need to know that we were there. i'm living proof of that. that women did fly in the war. >> new year's day she'll be flying high once more. welcome to "al jazeera america." i'm jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. this just in. there's been another explosion in the russian city of vogdegrad. at least ten people are dead after a bombing on a trolley bus. putin had already ordered tightened security following a suicide attack at a train station in the same city that killed 15 people and hurt another 34. it happened about 600 miles south of moscow and just six weeks before the winter olympics in sochi. saudi arabia has offered $3 billion to the lebanon army. they could buy weapons and fight violence spreading across the border from syria. france has pledged
major blow from the state's safety department. good afternoon, everyone. i'm mike mibach in for tori campbell. citations were issued to b.a.r.t. we just lost tom vacar. we hope to have his live shot coming up in just a moment. down in the peninsula, the san mateo county coroner released the name of a man killed last night in a sailboat accident near redwood city. the 31-year-old was one of the people onboard. the mast came down and hit sun and another man. that second man is in critical condition. the sequoia yacht club sponsored the race. >> the club is going to suspend racing for the next couple of weeks out of respect for the families and the victims in this terrible incident. >> organizers say the race was informal. the captain of the bella was tested and was not under the influence of alcohol. just about an hour, investigators are set to begin tests to help determine the cause of the bus fire near orland. a cal trans engineer and a chp accident investigation team are headed to the scene to try to recreate the conditions leading up to last thursday's crash between a fedex bus and a tour bus. 10 people were killed including five high school students on their way to tour humboldt state university. the chp will use vehicles similar to the ones in the crash to analyze speed, braking. a major san jose intersection is back open this morning, this afternoon i should say after a car crash that left one man on life support. san jose police say the driver of a honda crv may have red a run light on coleman avenue just after midnight. officers say the driver of a black chevy suburban was going northbound when he was hit by the car traveling eastbound. both individuals were taken to the hospital where the driver of that was hit has life-threatening injuries. the other driver is in serious but stable condition. >> our traffic investigations unit will canvass and look for witnesses. if there are any witnesses they will take statements from them. right now we know they're the only two vehicles involved in the collision. >> police also say alcohol may have been a factor in that crash. specially trained dogs searching the rubble at the site of a burned out bay area news station have detected possible human remains. right now those dogs are back out with a special team of investigators searching the building on park avenue. crews say there are still three people reported missing from sunday's fire. >> at this time what we have going on is an excavation for a possible human remains that we may have found. we're hearing there could be other pets that were inside the structure. so that could be a hit. but there are very much well trained in just looking for human remains. >> 55-year-old stillman feoffer was arrested on charges of arson and burglary. a witness said she watched him spray some kind of liquid on a mattress and seconds later the fire started. if firefighters find human remains in the hubble, he could face murder charges. new details now about the killing on march 31st. it happened in the unincorporated neighborhood of tera hills. the contra costa police department says the u.s. deputy marshals arrested michael mcqueen yesterday. he's being held on suspicion of first degree murder in the shooting death of nicholas cowen. police did not release information about what might have led to that shooting. antioch police are searching for the person who shot and killed a teenaged boy last night. how friends and family are describing the victim. >> friends and relatives were in tears this morning as they came to the scene of this deadly shooting in antioch. the victim's brother lit candles and a cross was left to mark the spot where 17-year-old jose guerrero was gunned down. the teenager grew up in antioch and lived just blocks away. >> nice. he respected everybody. >> reporter: luis ventura said guererra was riding home on his pocket bike when he was shot to death. many heard the gunfire. >> i heard four gunshots out of my window. i called him and i texted him. i'm like, are you okay? and i told him. and he never called me back. then the cop cars. >> reporter: police got this car just after 8:30 last night. officers found the victim on the sidewalk along country hills drive near hill crest avenue. many neighbors say they're troubled by this violence. >> it's sad to hear. when you're a parent, you wake up and you don't see your kid again. i can't imagine how that feels. >> antioch police haven't said why this teenager may have been targeted and they also haven't put out a description on the shooter that they're continuing to search for. in antioch, alex savage. police in san jose are investigating the death of a 9-month-old baby boy. the baby was discovered yesterday after 7:00 in a car on payne avenue. it appears the baby's father forgot to drop the baby off at the babysitter and left the boy in the car seat while he went in for work. so far no arrests have been made. a 21-year-old san bruno man was arrested at last night's giants game after police say he threw a firework in to the bar area right below the bleachers. it happened about 9:30 in section 142. several people reported dizziness and temporary loss of hearing. people say pavone was booked on several charges. malaysia's transportation administrator says the latest from water images from a submarine shows no usable evidence. he says while the images are clear, they only show the sea floor and don't reveal any new information about the possible whereabouts of flight 370. the submarine taking the photos has covered 3500 square miles. they're working closely to keep the families up to date. >> this next trip that is going to be on the next phase of our search, and this is just to keep them informed so that there won't be any speculation. >> the sub's first two missions were cut short by technical problems in the deep water but it finally managed to complete a full 16-hour scan off the west coast of australia. disappointing news about what federal health officials are saying about the safety of our food. the new report that says little is being done to improve it. and lots of sunshine today but ktvu meteorologist steve paulson will be here to tell you about changes on the way for your friday and weekend. also gigantic rolls of sod arrived at levi stadium in santa clara this morning. the major progress being made at the 49ers' future home. back now to our breaking news. cal/osha hit b.a.r.t. with three serious citation and fined it $210,000 over the deaths of two workers killed on the tracks last october. one citation said the two workers killed had no business even being on the track way, let alone doing the work with the tools assigned to them. >> the grounds crew actually was not qualified to be working near a live third rail. and as a matter of fact they had an aluminum track gauge that was about 3 feet in length. if that had hit that third rail, it would have electrocuted them. they said a procedure that allowed the workers on the track way was not only inadequate, the workers did not even follow the procedure. the other citation is perhaps the most serious. >> the person behind the controls was a trainee who did not have enough experience to be in that control cab by himself. rather than being under close supervision, the trainer was actually located behind the control cab door which was open in a passenger car with another trainee and three other managers. >> b.a.r.t. has just released a statement. it says, quote: b.a.r.t. has fund amentally upgraded its safety procedures and invested more than $5 million in additional resources to bol ster b.a.r.t.'s safety performance. police believe the girl they found naked and pepper-sprayed in berkeley was a sex assault victim. police say she was victimized in san francisco and sfpd is now taking over the case. neighbors say they rushed to help after they heard that girl screaming. >> i opened the window and i heard that she says i want water, i want water, i've been pepper-sprayed. and she kept on shouting very loud. and i jumped up out of bed and i said to my husband, do you hear that? >> police say the teenager had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted before being dropped off in the berkeley neighborhood. she was transported to highland hospital in oakland for treatment of her injuries. there's no word on her condition. a task force will hold its final public meeting at preventing hate crimes at the state university. the task force has explored new policies that could help prevent future incidents like the one that stunned the campus last fall. an african american student says he was the target of racially charged bullying by his white roommates at a san jose state dorm. last month he filed a claim against the university. san francisco city officials are taking steps to deal with 4/20 gathering this sunday at golden gate park. 4/20 is earth day and a celebration for marijuana smokers. patrols will be increased this coming sunday. last year thousands gathered at golden gate park and left 10,000 pounds of trash behind. police will be looking out for illegal parking, camping, drug sales and open alcohol containers. more and more college students are relying on prescription drugs to get through their workload. according to a study the most common study drugs are adderall, ridilin, and vyvanse. 30% of students use stimulants nonmedically. some students say it helps them focus. experts warn medications are addictive and high chance of overdosing. k tvu's was there on the football field. >> reporter: it was a welcome sight for 49er fans to see flight bed trucks roll in to levi stadium carrying what will be considered to some hallowed ground. >> it's exciting. it's going to be a new field. it's going to be where history is made for the 49ers. >> reporter: this sod is being brought in weighing 49,000 pounds. the man who watched over the bermuda turf is a fan of the team himself. >> oh, it's awesome. everybody is all smiles on the field. you finally get that icing on the cake, that beautiful green pallet going down on the field and that's what we've been doing right now. we've been at it since a little before 5:00 this morning. >> reporter: from news chopper 2 you can see some progress being made. it will take 2 and a half acres of sod to cover the field, a process that will take two days. some of the sod has put in near one of the end zones. >> today we're going to do somewhere between 5 and 7 loads. somewhere between 50,000 and 70,000 feet. >> reporter: the grass uses half the water of the average turf. the 49ers chose it because it folds up better and think it will reduce the risk of player injuries. things are really coming together. the construction crews, some who consider themselves being part of the faithful, say seeing the grass being put in really helps bring the field to life. >> any time they do something new like a new big beam, new bridge, new sod, it's exciting to be apart of that in this area. growing up a 49er fan and putting our hard work in for the city, for the team. >> reporter: while the home opener hasn't been scheduled yet, it looks like the first team to officially play a game on the turf will be the san jose earthquakes. they have a soccer match coming up in august. san francisco's bayview district will soon have a new community garden focused on asian food and plants. organizers and politicians broke ground this morning on the 1-acre site at williams avenue and diana street. congresswoman nancy pelosi was among the guests. >> it's going to be a space that will bring cultures together. it will allow the local residents to grow their own fruits and vegetables that are familiar to their cultures and their heritages. it will allow them to share this kind of space with everybody in the community. >> garden organizers say asians and pacific islanders make up the largest population group in bayview hunters point. is the food you're eating and feeding your family safe? new data from the cdc says it's not. >> the government's latest report card on food poisoning is mixed. officials say not much has changed since 2006. here are some of the good news. the cdc says there were fewer cases of salmonella last year. it dipped by 9% in 2013 compared to the previous three years. there was, however, a spike in illnesses caused by bacteria caused in raw shellfish such as oysters. food safety experts say the report should issue a warning to congress to fully fund the food safety bill passed back in 2010. >> if fda does not get the resources, we're going to continue to see outbreaks, maybe even large outbreaks. >> congress is debating 2015 funding levels for the food and drug administration. coming up later on channel 2 news, what officials say could be causing that increase in illnesses related to shellfish and also why they're not necessarily celebrating the drop in salmonella. for now reporting live in washington, jacqueline fell. mostly sunny but the breeze is picking up. noticeably picking up now as the system gets closer. it's starting to ramp up a little bit of the fog south and higher clouds drifting over us. system is on its way. won't be here till late tomorrow night or tomorrow morning. will bring rain to extreme northern california. maybe drizzle for us. mostly sunny. still a little bit of a northerly component to that breeze. looks like north of the city things will be all right. by tonight the fog will be on the move. mostly sunny, 65. west wind 20. looks like things will be okay here weather-wise. maybe later after the 7th or 8th inning the fog might make an appearance. high clouds are san jose south and pushing off. 74 toward livermore. a little warm in walnut creek. 72 in concord. everyone is pretty close here. mid 60s close r to the coast and bay. temperatures pretty close to seasonal average. a little bit above for a while but the breeze is really showing itself. fairfield, 18 miles per hour. starting to pick up in oakland, concord, northwest at 13. sfo showing a westerly breeze. only 59 degrees hayward airport. also out to livermore. the system is beginning to pick up. a day of rain all day in seattle, portland. snow in the higher elevations. we're waiting for that system to get here. won't be till tonight. pretty good cool ing trend on tap for tomorrow. 65. warm degrees in tahoe. 75, sacramento. 80 in fresno. our system will fall apart but will set the stage for a cooler pattern. above normal temps for a long time. sunny except for the south. you get a combination of patchy fog and higher clouds. tonight we'll cloud it up and tomorrow morning we'll usher in a pretty cool pattern friday. friday will be the coolest and weekend gradual warming. no extreme one way or the other. mostly sunny again here. fog increasing. more high clouds. a little bit more high clouds to the south. temperatures 60s, 70s, to near 80 degrees. 77, sonoma, napa. fairfield. walnut creek. some low 80s out toward antioch, oakley. i know some people out there under the weather. hope they feel better. maybe an 80 in gilroy. 74, san jose and also 60s, 70s on the coast peninsula. tonight we cloud it up and bring in a cooler day on friday and then slow rebound on the weekend. easter sunday will be fine. increasing clouds monday. possibility of some rain on tuesday. >> not just done yet. a sea lion pup is now being nursed back to help in sausalito after traveling 100 miles away from the ocean. the pup nicknamed hoppie ended up on an almond orchard. they trapped the sea lion. marine experts said hoppie was underweight and malnourished but is now eating well and gaining strength. could the movie crews dres up robin williams be headed back to the bay area? a mrs. doubtfire sequel possibly in the works. after a big three-day run, a number of quarterly earnings reports from companies, stocks fluctuating a little bit on this thursday. still some green on the board. dow right now is up a little over 20 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq showing positive signs. a woman has filed a class action lawsuit against pier one imports saying she was forced to take unpaid lead because she was pregnant. she works in south san jose and says her doctor told her not to climb ladders or lift anything more than 15 pounds. castleman says the store responded by putting her on light duty for 8 weeks, then forcing her to take unpaid leave months before her due date. >> shocked and hurt because i've been such a loyal, dedicated employee for that company for two years. i figured that they had some kind of policy for pregnancy. it wasn't just 8 weeks and you're out the door. >> according to her attorney pier one has a policy of putting pregnant women on light duty for a maximum of 8 weeks then automatically places them on unpaid leave if they continue to need accommodations. peer one has not commented on the lawsuit. racing's biggest star is back at work. tips on how to handle a breakdown. >> hi, i'm lance armstrong, seven-time winner of the tour de france. hey, i didn't write the script. >> lance armstrong appears in this new video for outside magazine. he jokes about being stripped of his seven tour de france titles and gives a demonstration on how to fix a flat tire for bicyclists who have a breakdown on the road. the magazine is filled with how-to stories. this is one of armstrong's first public appearances since admitting to doping last year after numerous emphatic denials. a sequel to mrs. doubtfire is in the works. robin williams and chris davis have signed on. the writer who wrote elf has been hired to work on the script. there have been recurring reports that there would be a sequel. some of the 1993 original was filmed right here in the studios at ktvu. the chp is preparing to re-enact the deadly chart er bus crash that killed 10 people. we're talking to investigators. we'll show you how it went and explain what they hope to learn tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. don't forget to follow us on twitter and facebook. have a beautiful thursday afternoon. [sister off screen] so, and i lied to you earlier when i said that...we weren't ready to have a baby, we're actually eight-weeks pregnant. [women] shut up! [brother-in-law off camera] we're pregnant! [woman] you're kidding me! [man] shut up! [woman] shut up! [screams] take the kid,take the kid,take the kid! [woman] oh my god! [everyone laughter,crying] up next on "ec company," what's that under the nails? these guys take their gardening seriously. >> i just love working out here. it's so much fun. you really get an appreciation for everyone who goes here. >> on this high school campus, the garden is not the only thing that's green. plus -- >> every individual born everywhere, it deserves the right to healthy foods. >> grab your apron. we're headed into the kitchen. and on the menu, fresh food for all. and plant seeds of change. >> the seeds are actually 30 out of a community. biofuel. >> two teens link sustainable farming to southern india.
this afternoon on walter street between debose avenue and 14th street. ken pritchett is there now with the extra precautions that have firefighters still on the scene at this hour, ken. >> reporter: right now if you look into that center building the one damaged most by the fire. you can see clean up crews there on the second floor. securing this structure. this fire has been out for several hours now. but if you look back here on the street. you can see san francisco fire remains on the scene. they are here because of the nature of this fire the close proximity of the dense neighborhood. the buildings here and also because of the wind. so they're going to remain here overnight just in case. firefighters say the fire climbed the back of one home, aided by a whipping wind. villalobos first smelled the smoke. >> it was so scary, the neighbors are screaming, fire, fire. >> reporter: avalos was working in the backyard of a near by house watching the wind move the fire. >> it was bad. it was so terrible because a lot of wind and makes like blowing. and the fire is getting more and more and more strong. >> reporter: the wind was a significant factor. the wind was pushing the fire on to the firefighters. [audio difficulties ] >> reporter: despite the windy conditions making the job all the more difficult for firefighters. >> i think it was really great. i mean i am really proud to be -- to live in san francisco. because they were just great. all of them. >> reporter: these three damaged buildings are split between seven housing units at least half a dozen people have to find another place to stay. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. one firefighters suffered injuries here. we're learning more tonight about a santa clara teen's motivation to sneak on to a flight in hawaii. turns out maui wasn't his destination. heather holmes is live with the story. >> reporter: a source is telling a hawaiian outlet that the boy was hoping to get on a flight to somalia to reunite with his mother. we now he was undetected for several hours what was supposed to be a secure area of san jose airport. >> reporter: it was a major breach of airport security. ktvu has confirmed that the 15- year-old who climbed up in the wheel well of a wheel well did so hours before the plane departed. this picture shows authorities looking over the 757 and the cramped area where the teen hid during the flight over the pacific ocean. authorities say the surveillance video shows the teen after he scaled a fence at the airport walking on the tarmac near airplanes. six or seven hours before the plane went for hawaii sunday morning. it wasn't until the flight landed in maui 5-1/2 hours later that the teen was discovered. the boy remains in the care of social workers in hawaii. we checked with the department of social services and said that the boy was resting comfortably at honolulu hospital. and that officials are arranging for a flight back to california. >> i'm just worried about his family. >> reporter: back out here live at the family home, it's unclear tonight julie and ken if any relatives are with the teen in hawaii and it's unclear just when he will return here to the bay area. as for why he chose that particular hawaiian airlines flight, we're told it was the first plane he came about. he's not facing any charges neither in hawaii or san jose. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. new developments in that horrific crash that killed two people. a mother of a 17-year-old student who died in the fiery crash has filed a lawsuit against fed ex. it alleges that fed ex trucks have a background of catching fire. santa clara county medical examiner's office identify the victim at megan yang. she was in a mazda mini van. also inside a 6-year-old boy and 45-year-old woman. a jeep wrangler left the road and hit the honda where it was hit by an suv. the poi and jeep wrangler driver suffered major injuries the woman minor injuries. police are looking for a man who forced a dog to attack a woman at a popular park. it happened sunday evening at people's park. the 22-year-old victim told police she got into an argument with a group of people and a man walked up to her. kick her and told his dog to bite her. she got away and was treated for a dog bite wound at the hospital. the man is described as a plaque man with dread locks and triangle tattoo on his face. prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in connection with a murder. family members say she had a three-year-old daughter and was studying criminal justice. tough talk on california drought. some bay area residents face a tough fine for those who don't cut back. the water district wants to cut water by as much as 60%. and tonight we hear how the water district plans to do that. jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: julie, this yard might be green now but probably not for long. the meeting just wrapped up and they spent more than three hours discussing how to get more recycled water from ponds. >> reporter: this water is what might save homeowners. >> you can only take money out so out so long then you can't take it out. the district has created a large tap for people to use recycled water for a small fee. >> it's drinking it were every recycled drop could save water for people in the area who won't get the usual sources from the state water project. tonight that prompted the board to shut down city fountains. >> it's an unimportant use of water. once a week in the spring and fall. twice a week in the summer and no water through the winter. >> most people think they use most of the water at home. that's wrong. 50 to 75% of your water bill is irrigating your outdoor landscape. >> the board did not make a decision on the ordnances tonight. they're expected to do that next month. but if those ordnances pass, then repeat violators could face fines up to $1,000 or have their water turned off. reporting live in dublin, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. for the first time ever east bay mud plans to pipe in water from the sacramento river to ensure it's supply. plans call for the utility to use a new canal running between the sacramento community of free port and east bay mud supply acuadu kr, t. about 5 billion-gallons of water will feed through. east bay mud does say its customers have responded to a call to conserve. from february of this year to february of 2014. officials use customers cut their water by 11%. so far in the 20 days of april they've cut water by 10%. another company is expanding it -- the professional networking company plans to use all 24 hours when the building is fin teurbed. linked in sees the new building should accommodate 100,000 workers. tesla is also expanding in california, the company said it has leased a 430,000 square food build in latrop. five years ago the building was used by chrysler. getting a ride no matter new numbers confirm an increase in whopping case. the student attend an elementary school in martinez. cara you learned the health department is now working with the school? >> reporter: yeah they're working to see if anybody needs a follow up. the disease also known as protusis typically starts with cold like symptoms. >> it's a miserable disease. it can be weeks of coughing, gags after uncontrollable coughing fits. >> reporter: the principal notified parents friday that the student has whopping cough, was treated and is doing well at home. parents are asked to watch for symptoms. >> it's highly contagious. it's good that they let us know, we really appreciate that. >> i was just hoping that, the inoculations that my daughter's had would be sufficient. i know they get another one before seventh grade. hoping that's doing the trick. >> reporter: health officials say one of the biggest concerns right now is with the youngest of patients. four babies have been hospitalized with whooping cough in contra costa county so far this year. that's twice as many as all of last year. >> especially in little babies, they may not have a lot of coughing. they can just have episodes where they stop breathing and turn blue or purple. that's why they're concerned. >> reporter: because babies don't build immunity right away with the vaccine, the current recommendation are for pregnant women to get immunized and to get a booster shot with the initial vaccine. right now contra costa county has 19 reported cases. officials say whooping cough tends to be cyically cal peaking about every three to five years. they also say 2010 was the worse year in decades with more than 200 cases county wide. live in martinez, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now the center's for disease control recommends infants get vaccinated with prothank pro -- protussis. and it also recommends for adults that spend a lot of time around children to get the vaccine. san francisco teachers rallied for raises tonight after they say they've gone years without pay hike. they staged a noisy rally on franklin street before a board ruling. the teachers are asking for a 21% raise over the next three years. they say they need it because many teachers are finding it hard to live in the city. >> it's getting more and more expensive to live here. as i'm sure you know. and it's impossible to pay our rent and our health care. >> reporter: the teacher's union said the median salary of teachers is less than $60,000 a year. not even close to what's needed to buy a home. the contra costa county sheriff's department is asking for the public's help tonight in finding a homicide suspect. authorities released this picture today of 20-year-old kyle navarro. the district attorney has filed a formal charge, murder charge against him for the shooting death of 24-year-old nicholas callon. callon was killed on march 21st in an unincorporated area of pinol. investigators took another man, michael mcqueen into custody in connection with that deadly shooting. he's been held on bail. it's official the warriors today announced it's buying 12 acres of land in san francisco's mission bay for a new state of the art arena. and now we're getting our first idea of what it'll look like. >> we are thrilled and excited for this opportunity. >> reporter: the team's today released this video. the privately funded arena is slated to be built on private land skwráut -- just south of at&t park. officials say they're looking forward to the move. but as rob roth explains, not everyone is on board with the plan. >> it's just to me one city of sports and why break it up. >> reporter: the message on the back of this fan's t-shirt says protect warrior's ground. he means oakland not san francisco. >> i'm a season ticketholder and i will not renew my ticket if they move. >> reporter: the golden state warriors have been playing in oakland since 1971 but never adopted the city's name. although some say losing them would be a punch in the stomach for oakland. >> i would be very upset if they move to san francisco. >> reporter: chris dobbyn serves on the governing board of the project. >> we can offer them a better site, a better price to keep them here we'll keep them here. >> we're looking forward to the balance of our seasons at oracle arena. we're going to welcome those fans and workers to our new arena. >> reporter: the team pays $100 million a year and provides full and part time jobs. at least one oakland a's player said he would be sorry to see the warriors move across the bay. >> i know a lot of our guys on our team are pretty, you know pretty good warriors fans and know a lot of players. they'll shoot around sometimes. definitely sad. >> there's been fans around here that have been faithful. i am bummed their leaving. i wish they would stay. >> reporter: major jean quan said negotiations are still ongoing. and she also said if the warriors owners change their mind about moving, the door is still open. in oakland, rob roth, ktvu news. the oakland's a's responded a short time ago on twitter to a new lease officer to stay in the coliseum. the oakland alameda said they offered a 10 year lease. the a's tweeted the the offer did not address all their issues. the team also said they did not want to negotiate through the media. pretty windy out there today. wind gusts up to 40-miles-an- hour at the san francisco airport. still blowing in nevato. the cool air came this morning with that light rain shower. then the wind die down. then you're going to wake up to 42 degrees. you go north or east to the rincon valley you will find your temperatures in this area in the north bay upper 30s. that is really cold for this time of year. so tomorrow morning even in fremont you're at 45 degrees. could see some frost on windchills. just know when the kids go to school, some of the strongest winds in a while. we'll see you back here. the ski season is winding down following a disappointing season. but today kirkwood wanted skiers and snow boarders to see this. the ski resort received about 5- inches of new snow from the weather system that moved through overnight and here's the video to prove it. kirkwood says it plans to ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. the family of truck driver is waiting to hear whether the body of a man found in san jose is their loved one. they said they worry about whether the drive's decision of where to sleep at night may have cost of his life. >> reporter: they knew only that their loved one's truck was here and that a body was found inside it. >> there was a man with zip ties lying on the ground next to his trailer. >> reporter: the trailer is registered to big d. the driver is nguyen was headed to salinas and stopped at the parking. >> he told me last night buy food for him and i came here to buy him the food. >> reporter: his family and friends have not been able to reach nguyen. >> i'm scared. because i don't know if it's him or not. >> reporter: san jose police said he had visible injuries. >> don't know whether or not he was beaten. >> reporter: the complex is home to several trucking companies and for hours big riggs were turned away as authorities processed the scene. so far no witnesses have come forward and police have identified no motive. but there are surveillance cameras here. >> hopefully the surveillance cameras will provide us with some leads that we can follow up on and hopefully we can find who is responsible for this. >> reporter: the truck has since been towed away. but those who work here say it had been parked here on and off throughout the last several months. ann rubin, ktvu news. new information tonight about a man who was shot to death in east oakland yesterday evening. he has been identified as lewis montgomery. montgomery was driving down the street in oakland near the san leandro city line when shots were fired from a passing vehicle. the first distress call from the south korean ferry that sunk last wednesday was not from a crew member but from a teenager on board. the boy called the equivalent of 911 from his cell phone to say the boat was sinking. it wasn't until three minutes later that the crew sent out a distressed call. it's not known if that teenage boy survived. more than 100 people died. nine crew members including the captain are now facing charges. divers say visibility inside the ferry is so bad they're searching for bodies by touch. >> we want to acknowledge we've been having audio problems with our newscast. hopefully the bug has been fixed and we're okay. >> hope so. all right, we're going to continue on now though. 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[doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. new at 10:00, a new call to keep trains and buses running later in san francisco. the goal to serve a city that runs 24/7. supporters say it's more than just a matter of convenience. ktvu's amber lee is live now in san francisco with why some say it's also a matter of public safety, amber. >> reporter: julie, i'm in downtown san francisco where b.a.r.t. and munni service slows down of dark: but that's when some businesses ramp up and workers tell me more service is needed during the overnight hours. san francisco, a city with an entertainment culture that's as varied as its neighborhoods. >> yeah, public transit is just so difficult at night when so much is going on. >> reporter: a bartender at virgil sea brook, and a waitress at another establishment, laura adkins get out in the early morning hours. it's not just those who work in the night life industry. no matter how you slice it, the co-owner of mission pie tells me the lack of transit between the east bay and san francisco early in the morning especially on weekends has made it difficult to hire bakers and other staff. >> i have one attractive resume after the other but all of them lived in the east bay and none of them could get here by 5:00 a.m. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. currently starts service at 5:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. on weekdays. >> i don't really like to see my friends drinking and driving. if you have to catch a train at 11:00 at night and you miss the last train you're stuck in the city. >> it's a real hole in our system. >> reporter: scott weiner proposed a resolution to form a task force to come up with solutions which he says will involve the help of b.a.r.t., ac transit, munni and others. >> lots of people would like to see b.a.r.t. run 24 hours, or at least longer hours on the weekend as a minimum. >> sometimes it's 45 minutes and that's just too long. especially at 3:00 a.m. that's way too long. >> reporter: supervisor weiner says the entertainment industry brings in $4.2 billion each year and that the region cannot afford to ignore the problem one that affects many people in various parts of the bay area. live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. the supreme court today dealt a blow to affirmative action and it's decision could have implications here in california. the justices ruled 6-2 to uphold the ban on affirmative action in michigan on public emissions. -- public admissions. the justices did not rule directly on affirmative action but on a state's right to ban it. justice anthony kennedy wrote for the majority quote this case is not about the how the debate of racial preferences should be resolved it is about who may resolve it end quote. he added it's up to voters. a bay area group trying to get california's affirmative action call overturned called today's decision racist. the group by any means necessary talked about the decision at ac berkeley. they said those in power are out of touch with minorities. >> we're immediately demanding the doubling of minorities to incoming class. >> reporter: the university of california said it was admitting more hispanics and whites for the first time. latinos account for about 29%, whites 27% and blacks 4%. asians were the largest group at 36%. today marked six months since the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy. authorities say the deputy fired because the teenager held an air rifle designed to look like a ak37. today friends of andy lopez master -- andy lopez marched out of school tonight. those students told katie utehs why they're frustrated with what's being said inside their school. >> reporter: these students missed a day of school. >> mad because they still talk about him even though he's dead. >> reporter: alex mendoza is one of several who organized a protest in honor of his friend andy lopez. the 13-year-old shot and killed bid a sonoma county sheriff deputy six month ago today. lopez was carrying an air rifle. >> we're going to do it for 30 minutes. only 30 minutes but then they locked us out of the school. >> reporter: the more than two dozen students marched to the high school. the prove prompted a lock -- the move prompted a lock down. >> it's been six months and half of the kids their grades have dropped. because they have so much going on in their minds. >> reporter: the kids finally gathered at the location of the shooting trying to overcome sometimes hurtful comments made about their friend. >> why does she need to say her opinion. just outloud. like especially when it hurts so much. >> reporter: police tell us they're reviewing possible criminal violations for the adults who walked on to the high school campus today. we also reached out to the school district for a comment. they told me the superintendent will be releasing a comment tomorrow. in santa rosa, katie utehs. there's a controversy brewing in the east bay where some people want to convert a high school to an independent charter school. dossier middle school is one of the highest performing schools in the district. the district denied the request and instead decided to convert it to a dependent charter which would leave the district in control. >> we don't have the funds. they don't give us our share because they say, these are the schools that need it. the test scores have not gone up at those schools. >> it took more than the 23 teachers that are petitions to create what it takes to create. >> reporter: that hearing is set for next week. the teachers will also go in front of the county board of education to appeal their request of an independent charter conversion. aol says it has changed its policies after its e-mail system was hacked. many aol e-mail users have been complaining that spam has been sent out. spamers use e-mails that are called spoofing. stock markets are on the row with a sixth straight day of gains. nasdaq gained a 26-year-old modesto man is in the hospital recovering from a fall in yosemite. it happened in yosemite's cathedral range. he talked about his fall and his rescue. >> slide left 10. >> reporter: rescue video shows a rock climber who fell 30 feet from a granite wall. 26-year-old blake parkinson of palo alto landedden a ledge 1,000 feet above the yosemite valley floor. a chp rescue and park rescue service were tasked with rescuing him off the ledge. >> i have never taken a fall like that before. >> reporter: now in a hospital bed, parkinson is being treated for spinal fractures, in time he is expected to recover. >> i hit my back on a boulder. that was protruding off of this ledge. it had been a climb that i had wanted to do for quite a while. so i'll have to wait to finish it up another time i guess. >> reporter: his climbing partner ben knew immediately there was a problem. >> normally when a climber fall, right away they would say i'm okay i'm getting back on it and you would feel something moveing with the rope. but since i wasn't getting anything from the rope and, he was not responsive, it seemed like something had gone quite wrong. >> reporter: at the time the two were attempting to scale a spot known as higher cathedral spire. chp and paramedic brown helped pull parkinson to the helicopter. >> he was more responsive than i thought. he gave me a thumbs up and thanked me and the other crews what we had done. >> reporter: in the same way, he gave me a thumbs up when i left his hospital room. showing a sign of optimism and hope for the future. for moving ahead with a plan to build a pond at shark park golf course. that golf course is in pacifica but owned by the city of san francisco. officials say the pond would help with the red leg flog and guarder make. but the save the frogs organization say it would be toxic to wildlife. there's no word when a judge would rule on the matter. video of an attempt to capture a leopard seems frightening but we have to tell you it ended in a good way. after the chase the animal was captured and released back into the wild. the man was treated for the bite wound. >> can you imagine that thing jumping straight out at you. >> wow. >> scary. coming up a warning about thefts in a place you may ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. surveillance video shows thieves breaking into a walgreens. it happened around 4:00 friday morning. police say they were alerted by an alarm but the thieves were only inside the store for two minutes. by the time officers arrived, they were gone. an unusual target for thiefs in san francisco, plants being ripped out of the ground at golden state park but those plants aren't being sold. ktvu's david stevenson learned what they're being used for and the threats to those who take them. >> reporter: the birds, the bees and other creaturers are facing competition these days as they forge for food. >> i think it's unfortunate. >> reporter: this man lives across the street from the park. he says he confronted four elderly women about a month ago loading what appeared to be wild ginger plants into kitchen garbage bags at the recreation head quarters. >> they were stuffing them into white bags and i walked over to them and said what are you doing. they started to slowly one by one leave the area. >> there's a variety of forging activities that might be seen in the park. >> reporter: the park has wild raddages, dantiloin leaves but forgaging. >> the health could be an issue. >> berries hanging there, yeah maybe you grab a berry but you would never take a plant. >> reporter: they're ready to make field trips to city park to catch plant thieves in the wild. david stevenson. the wind out there today stirred up allergens for many people in the bay area. the problem is made worse by urban trees. experts say the vast majority of trees are male and they're the ones that produce pollen. ktvu confirmed today the city of berkeley suggested only male mulberry trees to avoid the problems of dropping fruit. >> quite backfired because everybody is allergic to all the pollen that comes from the male trees. i guess that's what you get when it comes to messing with mother nature. >> male no litter trees are a bigger health threat because they cause more allergies. they're asking the city to pick more diverse trees to reduce the kind of suffering many people are seeing today. it was windy out there today. temperatures cooled another 10 and 15 15 degrees in some places. today further cooling. 66 in antioch. 66 in livermore. 67 one of the warm spots in morgan hill. look at san mateo and san francisco. just in the upper 50s. now the wind are still going out there. you got a few clouds moving through right now. we had some rain drops this morning. .02 of an inch. very light. more rain comes up in the five day. i'll show that to you in just a minute. current temperatures are cool. that cool air moving over the top of us today. overnight lows in these north bay valleys are going to get down there. the winds are still blowing but these wind backed down. they're already starting to back down in the oakland area. san francisco airport you're still gusting to 97. but those winds will die down. temperatures are really going to drop off. by the time you get going in santa rosa and napa and vallejo, low 30s. perhaps low 40s and upper 30s. so san jose right now it's just 52 degrees. so it's chilly in san jose right now. you wake up in san jose at 46 degrees. that is cold for this time of year. 63 at lunchtime then you warm a little bit tomorrow. then we warm a little bit more on thursday in time for weather systems to change and the chance of rain to come in. wednesday, thursday, temperatures come up. a weak system shows up. a more robust system that we saw this morning that could deliver an inch of rain in the bay area. rain likely on friday. your weekend appears to be spared at this point. looks like this thing is going to get out of here and the weekend is going to warm up nicely. not warm up but clear up nicely. 70 in antioch tomorrow. 70 out in the brentwood area. 72 in gilroy. it'll be nice to get some rain out here on friday. it looks like that will happen. the rest of the weekend looks like it's spared with temperatures by sunday the nicest day in the upper 60s and low 70s. slightly warmer again, temperatures come back down, snow in the mountains. they may get 8-inches of snow on this thing on friday. saturday might be a very good ski day if there's anybody left open. isn't kirkwood's closing. >> they said sunday. they're supposed to get more snow. >> squall valley is probably still open. more snow on friday. rain for us. >> if you like to ski get up there quick. >> yeah. the national football league is facing a federal lawsuit because a las vegas man said he could not buy tickets to this year's nfc championship game. the seahawks limited tickets sold in california. the lawsuit claims that is unconstitutional and tickets should be available to all because most stadiums are built with public funds and the nfl pays no federal income tax. the nfl has not yet responded publingly to that lawsuit. >> mark is here now with sports. the sharks did it again. this time they made it a little bit interesting going into overtime tonight. >> a different rout to victory. not a rout on the scoreboard but victory in extra time. a change of scene and yeah, dream on steven tyler if you think the sharks are going to lose as they take the lead early. burns kind of a dribbler. gets past jonathan quick 1-0 san jose in the second. and we're tied at 2-2. but in the third period. down again. tomas hurdle punching it home. his second career play off goal 3-3 in overtime the kings actually dominate. but watch marleau with the back hander at 13-45 left. and they were actually the sharks outshot 5-1 in the ot but they too prevail and go take a 3-0 lead for game four. they get to the ninth inning with a lead last year. another tough one tonight. 3-3 in the fourth. coco with a shot to right. falls in there. josh redick scoring. the lead they take into the ninth. one out away from a save but josh wilson deep left. almost a home run instead of double. rbi double that tied it 4-4. then it's michael choice a former a came over in the craig gentry trade. right back up the middle. wilson will score. the game decider second consecutive night. the a's lose on a former oakland a getting the game coors field considered the ultimate hitters field. mesmerized by his new souvenir. pulosiki way gone off baumgartner. it's a solo shot in the fourth. 1-0 lead. and the kid is not paying attention. he says i got a ball man. hunter pence one of eight san francisco hits tonight. but it's just a solo home run. as a matter of fact the giants are 0-8 with runners in scoring position. 1-1 and the kid is still staring at his ball. the decider, loser balm it's arrenado with a solo shot and heartbreaking loss for the giants but they're getting used to it these days 2-1 but the kid is still happy. meantime 500 home runs is quite a club to belong to and we had another member joining it tonight. albert pujols. >> just another throw over, no it's a whole pitch and there it goes to center. and that's number 500 for pujols. >> number 500 as a matter of fact he had two tonight. he's the first big leaguer ever to hit number 499 and 500 in the same game. so, 34 second youngest ever to get there. >> good for him. mark, thank you. >> that's the sporting life. we want to apologize again tonight wireless networks are awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but 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identified the driver and say he was supposed to pick up a load in salinas today. >> scary because. >> authorities say the victim had visible injuries consistent with some sort of struggle. they are now looking for witnesses and hoping the crime may have been caught on camera. >> hopefully the surveillance cameras will provide us with some sort of leads. >> it was sad, tragic. >> a friend tells us she talked to the driver last night and arranged to bring food out to his truck this morning. the truck has since been towed away. this is san jose's 12th homicide of the year. county sheriff's office is asking for the public's help to tie and locate a man they say is connected to a murder. released this picture today of 20-year-old -- the district attorney has filed a formal murder charge against him for the shooting death of 24-year- old nicolas cal lain. calan was shot to death on -- last thursday investigators took 28-year-old michael mcqueen into custody. he is being held under suspicion of first degree murder. we're following developing news in san francisco. firefighters will stay on the scene all night long putting out hot spots for the fire that built through this old victorian. shows us the conditions that contributed to the flames that damaged 3 buildings. >> just after 1:00 this afternoon firefighters respond to do a call on the 3400 block of -- street. much of the back of that structure was already burned away as high winds turned to. >> it was bad. it was so terrible because a lot of wind make like brog and the -- blowing and the fire getting stronger. >> they said the fire, by the time we got there they try to confine it to one building. there was no doing that. >> one firefighter was injured after hot tar fell on him. >> they put the fire out but it kept flairing up because of the wind. >> 34 trucks and 135 personnel responding successfully. there is new information tonight about that 15-year-old boy who stowed away on a flight to hawaii. has learned the teen may have been hiding for hours before that teen took off. tonight he is still in the hospital in hawaii and child protective services is now working on a way to get him back to the bay area safely. the fbi says it will not pursue criminal charges because the boy did not intend to hurt anyone. called on the government accountability office to find out how the teen was able to get past security. he is calling for an updated assessment on airport perimeter security across the nation. the last time they did that was in 2009. we now know the teen climbed over the fence as early as saturday night. it was 6 months ago today that a sheriff's deputy shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez and tonight a march is getting underway in the teen's memory. the march is walking to the park where lopez was killed. while lopez was carrying a gun, bb gun that looked like an assault rifle. earlier today some of lopez's former classmates walked out of class. some said they were angry about comments a teacher made about lopez. >> mad because still talking about him even though he's dead. >> why does she need to say her opinion out loud. >> the classmates also walked to a nearby high school campus prompting a school lock down. tell us the students will probably face disciplinary actions. east bay mud will pump water in from the sacramento river to supplement its supply. from as far north as crockett to castro valley. east mud asked people to voluntarily start conserving 3 months ago. >> this is significant. in the past without the access to free port water east bay mud might be looking at rationing but that's not an option we were forced to consider. >> the pumping will begin in may at the rate of about 5 million -- that's money the district says it has already budgeted. confirm a 9-year-old has now come down with a case of whooping cough. attend in martinez. where administrators have alerted parents to the situation. it is highly contagious and can last for months and in extreme cases can be fatal. children need a series of shots to build up an immunity. new at 6:00, plans to convert a high school into an independent charter school has sparked controversy over who should remain in control. some say they want the charter school but the district opposes it and the students say they feel caught in the middle. this issue is heading to court and up the appeal ladder. >> dosier medical high school students worry scrubbing to class in one of the best performing schools. but now the school community is getting a crash course in political. >> we're kind of high academic. we are built that way and one size fits all doesn't fit us because we don't have the same issues. >> proposed making the school an independent charter and allow more money to flow to the school. >> they don't give us our share because they say it needs to go to the schools that need it. >> unfortunately the teachers planned to -- the petition without meeting with the parents or the community. >> the district denied the request and decided to convert et to a charter that would leave it in patrol. >> it needed more to take over to create what it is they are trying to take. >> de dependent charter is a new idea. the district is taking the -- to court. >> have filed a restraining order against myself and the superintendent from moving forward. >> whether students would be allow to do play sports at the bigger schools which they currently do. >> it's felt kind of hostile. it feels like we're being taken over. >> the new -- will be in court. then next month the petitions will go in front of the county board of education to appeal their request. in antioch,. popular career and networking site linked in is said to expand its presence. signed a lease for a building near howard street. the building is underconstruction and is expected to accommodate about 2500 workers. mountain view based linked in has been steadily increasing its presence. it currently occupies space at. california muslims were in the state capital pushing lawmakers to limit the data the nsa can collect. says it's concerned the national security program collects cell phone records and also the data from people's phones. met a data includes text messages and internet browsing history. they want california lawmakers to support a bill to bar. >> they say it stifles free speech. >> the freedom of speech is actually protected under the constitution. >> this is the third year muslims have met. the monitor of the oakland police department is praising the work of the interim chief. says shawn went has served served competently. he has held the job for close to a year now. criticism is down and the number of arrests has gone up but the report did not give specific reports on those last 2 items. mayor is expected to name a permanent police chief in the next 2 weeks. a family of 4 including 2 children will have to stay somewhere else after a fire. when firefighters arrived just after 8:00 this morning heavy smoke was coming from a home on -- off hudson avenue. the woman who lives there said the fire started while she was taking her kids to school. firefighters say the flames spread from the barn to the house. plants ripped right out of the ground and carried away. the danger the thieves could face. the changes we can expect to see on this marsh land in just a few years. pretty windy out there. you can see the wind advisory. in the 5 day we have got more rain to talk about. new at 6:00 plants are being ripped right out of the ground in the most icon i can park and the question people are asking is why. golden gate park is considered the crowned jewel of the city but we learned some are being stolen from park grounds. looked into a string of plant threats and the health risk that people taking those could face. >> the birds, the bees and other creatures are facing competition these days as they forage for food. >> this man lives across the street from the park. he said he confronted 4 elderly women about a month ago loading ginger plants into a shopping bag. >> they were just stuffing them in white plastic bags so at that point i walked over and told them, what are you doing and they slowly started to leave the area. >> there is a variety of foraging activities that might be seen in a park. >> the park counts wild radishes and dandelion leaves among its edibles. fear the loss of rare plants or the loss of life due to wild mushrooms or hemlock. >> the health issues could be significant. people miss identifying plants. >> news of the thefts. >> berries are hanging there. sure you might try just a berry and move on. you would never dig up a plant. that's terrible. >> san francisco police tell us they have only gotten 3 calls this year about plant thefts. but they are ready to make field trips to city park to catch plant thieves in the wild. nurses are calling for stepped up security measures at hospitals. the california nurses association is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would require all hospitals to adopt a -- hospitals say the bill is unnecessary because many are already required to have such a plan. the renewed call from nurses comes in the wake of 2 violent attacks against nurses over the weekend. here in the bay area there have been several attacks on health care workers inside facilities of jails and prisons. one man was charged with attacking a nurse. the nurse was hit with a lamp and died. some have including the strangling and the assault of a woman last summer. on this earth day the bay area's list of wild places is getting a little longer. backers add tow -- to celebrate the operation of bruener's marsh. it's at the south end of the shoreline w. the wetland is back to its natural state in a couple of years environmental groups say it will help -- and give people a place to enjoy nature at the city's edge. >> to all of these young people, that they will have an environment that they can enjoy, that they can foster, that they can bring their families to and that they can use as a classroom now. >> about 150 acres of land was purchased about 3 years ago. the restoration will be paid for by a grant from the eps. a slide show of earth day activities even with some ktvu personalities. just click on the images tab on our home page. windsy out there today. we had wind advisories on -- windy on the bay. the winds are gradually dying down. if you look at it from a further distance back, it's a lot darker. the mud gets stirred up on windy days. out by the edges it's brown right now and those winds are going to die down and when they do, these are the rain full accumulations we had last night but temperatures are going to get down right cold. 66 today in san jose. speaking of cooler we cooled off big time yesterday. we went from 82 down to the low 70s. then today in the inland valleys we dropped another 10 degrees. so temperatures really bottomed out and now they will start to level out. make it if you have for the -- tough for the fog to form. temperatures 60 degrees right now. winds are still blowing. gusts of up to 32. as you are driving on those bridges, especially the ones going north to south you are getting hit because the winds. tomorrow morning is a real cool start. even in san jose. check in out. san jose, you start out at 49 degrees. that is cold for the kids this time of year. lunchtime you're up to 63 and then upper 60s by the end of the day. tomorrow morning you will notice the cold. this gives us 2 days of slight warming and look who shows up out here in the pacific. a morrowa more robust system. it would knock the pollens out of the atmosphere and also add some rain. slightly warmer, dry on thursday. and then friday this thing lights up and at one point looks like the friday storm may tie into saturday and sunday. i'm all for the rain, julie. with the water rationing this year and just green lawns, i feel bad putting water on my lawn so an extra rain would be nice. and it keeps everything green longer. california lawmakers doctors called for limited use of antibiotics on animals. would restrict to use on livestock only when the animals are sick. right now they are given preventably. linked to problems for humans who eat the livestock. >> antiantibiotic increases the number of -- drives up hospital costs. in the u.s. more than 23,000 americans die from bacterial infections that are resistant to antiobiotics. right now recommends farmers only give their livestock antiobiotics when ill. but say that is not enough. the sharks are -- and they are looking to go up 3 games. sports is next. ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. sharks hoping to put the big herd on the -- tonight. >> i would say it's not -- they look pretty good but everybody is talking about the 13 goals in 2 games against one of the best goalies in the nfl, that would be jonathan quick but i tell you one of the stories behind the stories. 15 goals have come from the 13 -- the sharks just faster and quicker than the kings. depth makes it easier on the joes, that would be thornton and glee you have got to have all 4 lines and goalies, i think that's been the case in these first 2 games. all lines have been going and we have all been working. >> gets everyone going. >> meanwhile the story just a little bit different for the warriors after yesterday. they get way lied by the clippers. a 40 point loss. but draw the line there. no matter the difference in the score. the fact is series is 1-1 and they are coming back to oakland where the crowds are ready to roar and make it happen. they are looking forward to what they have now, which is actually the home court advantage. >> we can really do a fantastic job. keeping that crowd loud. all in all we understand what happened last night. what we need to do to be better. that of course will be thursday night at the roar a cal. right now the players that 49er fans love to hate. despite what you think of him he is having a day of it. talking about richard sherman. he is on the verge of signing a contract extension with seattle that will make him the highest paid quarterback in all of football at a mere $13 million a year. stanford education. $13million. meantime the giants are in action right now. scoreless in colorado, very early in the ball game and the as play the rangers later tonight. that will be a fun game on thursday night. >> looking forward to that one. who knows they may be able to surprise those guys. it doesn't matter how many you lose by. coming up at 10:00, more on that whooping cough case. we are learning this most recent case is more of a growing problem. we'll hear from parents tonight. we'll always available on facebook and twitter. thanks for joining us. we'll see you later tonight. 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the extra precautions that have firefighters still on the scene at this hour, ken. >> reporter: right now if you look into that center building the one damaged most by the fire. you can see clean up crews there on the second floor. securing this structure. this fire has been out for several hours now. but if you look back here on the street. you can see san francisco fire remains on the scene. they are here because of the nature of this fire the close proximity of the dense neighborhood. the buildings here and also because of the wind. so they're going to remain here overnight just in case. firefighters say the fire climbed the back of one home, aided by a whipping wind. villalobos first smelled the smoke. >> it was so scary, the neighbors are screaming, fire, fire. >> reporter: avalos was working in the backyard of a near by house watching the wind move the fire. >> it was bad. it was so terrible because a lot of wind and makes like blowing. and the fire is getting more and more and more strong. >> reporter: the wind was a significant factor. the wind was pushing the fire on to the firefighters. [audio difficulties ] >> reporter: despite the windy conditions making the job all the more difficult for firefighters. >> i think it was really great. i mean i am really proud to be -- to live in san francisco. because they were just great. all of them. >> reporter: these three damaged buildings are split between seven housing units at least half a dozen people have to find another place to stay. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. one firefighters suffered injuries here. we're learning more tonight about a santa clara teen's motivation to sneak on to a flight in hawaii. turns out maui wasn't his destination. heather holmes is live with the story. >> reporter: a source is telling a hawaiian outlet that the boy was hoping to get on a flight to somalia to reunite with his mother. we now he was undetected for several hours what was supposed to be a secure area of san jose airport. >> reporter: it was a major breach of airport security. ktvu has confirmed that the 15- year-old who climbed up in the wheel well of a wheel well did so hours before the plane departed. this picture shows authorities looking over the 757 and the cramped area where the teen hid during the flight over the pacific ocean. authoritthorities say the su teen after he scaled a fence at the airport walking on the tarmac near airplanes. six or seven hours before the plane went for hawaii sunday morning. it wasn't until the flight landed in maui 5-1/2 hours later that the teen was discovered. the boy remains in the care of social workers in hawaii. we checked with the department of social services and said that the boy was resting comfortably at honolulu hospital. and that officials are arranging for a flight back to california. >> i'm just worried about his family. >> reporter: back out here live at the family home, it's unclear tonight julie and ken if any relatives are with the teen in hawaii and it's unclear just when he will return here to the bay area. as for why he chose that particular hawaiian airlines flight, we're told it was the first plane he came about. he's not facing any charges neither in hawaii or san jose. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. new developments in that horrific crash that killed two people. a mother of a 17-year-old student who died in the fiery crash has filed a lawsuit against fed ex. it alleges that fed ex trucks have a background of catching fire. santa clara county medical examiner's office identify the victim at megan yang. she was in a mazda mini van. also inside a 6-year-old boy and 45-year-old woman. a jeep wrangler left the road injuries he honda where it was the woman minor injuries. police are looking for a man who forced a dog to attack a woman at a popular park. it happened sunday evening at people's park. the 22-year-old victim told police she got into an argument with a group of people and a man walked up to her. kick her and told his dog to bite her. she got away and was treated for a dog bite wound at the hospital. the man is described as a plaque man with dread locks and triangle tattoo on his face. prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in connection with a murder. family members say she had a three-year-old daughter and was studying criminal justice. tough talk on california drought. some bay area residents face a tough fine for those who don't cut back. the water district wants to cut water by as much as 60%. and tonight we hear how the water district plans to do that. jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: julie, this yard might be green now but probably not for long. the meeting just wrapped up and they spent more than three hours discussing how to get more recycled water from ponds. >> reporter: this water is what might save homeowners. >> you can only take money out so out so long then you can't take it out. the district has created a large tap for people to use recycled water for a small for >> it's drinking it were every recycled drop could save water for people in the area who won't get the usual sources from the state water project. tonight that prompted the board to shut down city an unimportan water. once a week in the spring and fall. twice a week in the summer and no water through the winter. >> most people think they use most of the water at home. that's wrong. 50 to 75% of your water bill is irrigating your outdoor landscape. >> the board did not make a decision on the ordnances tonight. they're expected to do that next month. but if those ordnances pass, then repeat violators could face fines up to $1,000 or have their water turned off. reporting live in dublin, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. for the first time ever east bay mud plans to pipe in water from the sacramento river to ensure it's supply. plans call for the utility to use a new canal running between the sacramento community of free port and east bay mud mud customers have responded to a call to conserve. from february of this year to february of 2014. officials use customers cut their water by 11%. so far in the 20 days of april they've cut water by 10%. another company is expanding it -- the professional networking company plans to use all 24 hours when the building is fin teurbed. linked in sees the new building should accommodate 100,000 workers. tesla is also expanding in california, the company said it has leased a 430,000 square food build in latrop. five years ago the building was used by chrysler. getting a ride no matter the time. >> the wind are dying down but more changes are in store. the chilly temperatures to come and your next chance for some owchance for some showers. and next -- >> reporter: whopping cough at a bay area elementary school and why health officials are concerned about children who aren't even in school yet. new numbers confirm an increase in whopping case. the student attend an elementary school in martinez. cara you learned the health department is now working with the school? >> reporter: yeah they're working to see if anybody needs a follow up. the disease also known as protusis typically starts with cold like symptoms. >> it's a miserable disease. it can be weeks of coughing, gags after uncontrollable coughing fits. >> reporter: the principal notified parents friday that the student has whopping cough, was treated and know, we really appreciate 0,00 year. not even close to what's needed to buy a home. the contra costa county sheriff's department is asking for the public's help tonight in finding a homicide suspect. authorities released this picture today of 20-year-old kyle navarro. the distri picture today of 20-year-old kyle navarro. the district attorney has filed a formal charge, murder charge against him for the shooting death of 24-year-old nicholas callon. callon was killed on march 21st in an unincorporated area of pinol. investigators took another man, michael mcqueen into custody in an unincorporated area of pinol. investigators took another man, michael mcqueen into custody in connection with that deadly shooting. he's been held on bail. it's official the warriors today announced it's buying 12 acres of land in san francisco's mission bay for a new state of the art arena. and now we're getting our first idea of what it'll look like. >> we are thrilled and excited for this opportunity. >> reporter: the team's today released this video. the privately funded arena is slated to be built on private land skwráut -- just south of at&t park. officials say they're looking forward to the move. but as rob roth explains, not everyone is on board with the plan. >> it's just to me one city of sports and why break it up. >> reporter: the message on the back of this fan's t-shirt says protect warrior's ground. he means oakland not san francisco. >> i'm a season ticketholder and i will not renew my ticket if they move. >> reporter: the golden state warriors have been playing in oakland since 1971 but never adopted the city's name. although some say losing them would be a punch in the stomach for oakland. >> i would be very upset if they move to san francisco. >> reporter: chris dobbyn serves on the governing board of the project. >> we can offer them a better site, a better price to keep them here we'll keep them here. >> we're looking forward to the balance of our seasons at oracle arena. we're going to welcome those fans and workers to our new arena. >> reporter: the team pays $100 million a year and provides full and part time jobs. at least one oakland a's player said he would be sorry to see the warriors move across the bay. >> i know a lot of our guys on our team are pretty, you know pretty good warriors fans and know a lot of players. they'll shoot around sometimes. definitely sad. >> there's been fans around here that have been faithful. i am bummed their leaving. i wish they would stay. >> reporter: major jean quan said negotiations are still ongoing. and she also said if the warriors owners change their mind about moving, the door is still open. in oakland, rob roth, ktvu news. the oakland's a's responded a short time ago on twitter to a new lease officer to stay in the coliseum. the oakland alameda said they offered a 10 year lease. the a's tweeted the issues. the team also said they did not want to negotiate through the media. pretty windy out there today. wind gusts up to 40-miles-an- hour at the san francisco airport. still blowing in nevato. the cool air came this morning with that light rain shower. then the wind die down. then you're going to wake up to 42 degrees. you go north or east to the rincon valley you will find your temperatures in this area in the north bay upper 30s. that is really cold for this time of year. so tomorrow morning even in fremont you're at 45 degrees. could see some frost on windchills. just know when the kids go to school, some of the strongest winds in a while. we'll see you back here. the ski season is winding down following a disappointing season. but today kirkwood wanted skiers and snow boarders to see this. the ski resort received about 5- inches of new snow from the weather system that moved through overnight and here's the video to prove it. kirkwood says it plans to close sunday march 27th. a new call for transit agents to run later. why some people say late night service is a matter of safety. >> up first, bound and bruised. the mystery of a man found dead today. and why his decision on where to spend the night may have played a role. this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. 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scene. so far no witnesses have come forward and police have identified no motive. but there are surveillance cameras here. >> hopefully the surveillance cameras will provide us with some leads that we can follow up on and hopefully we can find who is responsible for this. >> reporter: the truck has since been towed away. but those who work here say it had been parked here on and off throughout the last several months. ann rubin, ktvu news. new information tonight about a man who was shot to death in east oakland yesterday evening. he has been identified as lewis montgomery. montgomery was driving down the street in oakland near the san leandro city line when shots were fired from a passing vehicle. the first distress call from the south korean ferry that sunk last wednesday was not from a crew member but from a teenager on crew member but f a teenager on board. the boy called the equivalent of 911 from his cell phone to say the boat was sinking. it wasn't until three minutes later that the crew sent out a distressed call. it's not known if that teenage boy survived. more than 100 people died. nine crew members including the captain are now facing charges. divers say visibility inside the ferry is so bad they're searching for bodies by touch. >> we want to acknowledge we've been having audio problems with our newscast. hopefully the bug has been fixed and we're okay. >> hope so. all right, we're going to continue on now though. he survived a 30-foot fall. the story of the man and rescuer who got him to safety. a call for more public transit service overnight. find out about the idea being proposed and those who need it. closed captioning is brought to you by mancini sleep world. rest easy with huge savings. visit sleep world.com. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i 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the early morning hours. it's not just those who work in the night life industry. no matter how you slice it, the co-owner of mission pie tells me the lack of transit between the east bay and san francisco early in the morning especially on weekends has made it difficult to hire bakers and other staff. >> i have one attractive resume after the other but all of them lived in the east bay and none of them could get here by 5:00 a.m. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. currently starts service at 5:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. on weekdays. >> i don't really like to see my friends drinking and driving. if you have to catch a train at 11:00 at night and you miss the last train you're stuck in the city. >> it's a real hole in our system. >> reporter: scott weiner proposed a resolution to form a task force to come up with solutions which he says will involve the help of b.a.r.t., ac transit, munni and others. >> lots of people would like to see b.a.r.t. run 24 hours, or at least longer hours on the weekend as a minimum. >> sometimes it's 45 minutes and that's just too long. especially at 3:00 a.m. that's way too long. >> reporter: supervisor weiner says the entertainment industry brings in $4.2 billion each year and that the region cannot afford to ignore the problem one that affects many people in various parts of the bay area. live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. the supreme court today dealt a blow to affirmative action and it's decision could have implications here in california. the justices ruled 6-2 to uphold the ban on affirmative action in michigan on public emissions. -- public admissions. the justices did not rule directly on affirmative action but on a state's right to ban it. justice anthony kennedy wrote for the majority quote this case is not about the how the debate of racial preferences should be resolved it is about who may resolve it end quote. he added it's up to voters. a bay area group trying to get california's affirmative action call overturned called today's decision racist. the group by any means necessary talked about the decision at ac berkeley. they said those in power are out of touch with minorities. >> we're immediately demanding the doubling of minorities to incoming class. >> reporter: the university of california said it was admitting more hispanics and whites for the first time. latinos account for about 29%, whites 27% and blacks 4%. asians were the largest group at 36%. today marked six months since the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy. authorities say the deputy fired because the teenager held an air rifle designed to look like a ak37. today friends of andy lopez master -- andy lopez marched out of school tonight. those students told katie utehs why they're frustrated with what's being said inside their school. >> reporter: these students missed a day of school. >> mad because they still talk about him even though he's dead. >> reporter: alex mendoza is one of several who organized a protest in honor of his friend andy lopez. the 13-year-old shot and killed bid a sonoma county sheriff deputy six month ago today. lopez was carrying an air rifle. >> we're going to do it for 30 minutes. only 30 minutes but then they locked us out of the school. >> reporter: the more than two dozen students marched to the high school. the prove prompted a lock -- the move prompted a lock down. >> it's been six months and half of the kids their grades have dropped. because they have so much going on in their minds. >> reporter: the kids finally gathered at the location of the shooting trying to overcome sometimes hurtful comments made about their friend. >> why does she need to say her opinion. just outloud. like especially when it hurts so much. >> reporter: police tell us they're reviewing possible criminal violations for the adults who walked on to the high school campus today. we also reached out to the school district for a comment. they told me the superintendent will be releasing a comment tomorrow. in santa rosa, katie utehs. there's a controversy brewing in the east bay where some people want to convert a high school to an independent charter school. dossier middle school is one of the highest performing schools in the district. the district denied the request and instead decided to convert it to a dependent charter which would leave the district in control. >> we don't have the funds. they don't give us our share because they say, these are the schools that need it. the test scores have not gone up at those schools. >> it took more than the 23 teachers that are petitions to create what it takes to create. >> reporter: that hearing is set for next week. the teachers will also go in front of the county board of education to appeal their request of an independent charter conversion. aol says it has changed its policies after its e-mail system was hacked. many aol e-mail users have been complaining that spam has been sent out. spamers use e-mails that are called spoofing. stock markets are on the row with a sixth straight day of gains. nasdaq gained 39. investors seemed to respond to reports. tomorrow morning is going to be a cold one. the plunging temperatures and your next shot for rain in the bay area forecast. a bay area county man air lifted from yosemite. hear what he had to say from his hospital bed. staand the speed readingsng incrare off the chart!appiness. paradise found! luscious locks! great glittering galaxies. the happiest place on earth keeps getting happier! save up to 20% on rooms at a disneyland resort hotel on select nights. there's no end in sight! i'm going to need more time. hey. hey. 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[doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. a 26-year-old modesto man is in the hospital recovering from a fall in yosemite. it happened in yosemite's cathedral range. he talked about his fall and his rescue. >> slide left 10. >> reporter: rescue video shows a rock climber who fell 30 feet from a granite wall. 26-year-old blake parkinson of palo alto landedden a ledge 1,000 feet above the yosemite valley floor. a chp rescue and park rescue service were tasked with rescuing him off the ledge. >> i have never taken a fall like that before. >> reporter: now in a hospital bed, parkinson is being treated for spinal fractures, in time he is expected to recover. >> i hit my back on a boulder. that was protruding off of this ledge. it had been a climb that i had wanted to do for quite a while. so i'll have to wait to finish it up another time i guess. >> reporter: his climbing partner ben knew immediately there was a problem. >> normally when a climber fall, right away they would say i'm okay i'm getting back on it and you would feel something moveing with the rope. but since i wasn't getting anything from the rope and, he was not responsive, it seemed like something had gone quite wrong. >> reporter: at the time the two were attempting to scale a spot known as higher cathedral spire. chp and paramedic brown helped pull parkinson to the helicopter. >> he was more responsive than i thought. he gave me a thumbs up and thanked me and the other crews what we had done. >> reporter: in the same way, he gave me a thumbs up when i left his hospital room. showing a sign of optimism and hope for the future. for moving ahead with a plan to build a pond at shark park golf course. that golf course is in pacifica but owned by the city of san francisco. officials say the pond would help with the red leg flog and guarder make. but the save the frogs organization say it would be toxic to wildlife. there's no word when a judge would rule on the matter. video of an attempt to capture a leopard seems frightening but we have to tell you it ended in a good way. after the chase the animal was captured and released back into the wild. the man was treated for the bite wound. >> can you imagine that thing jumping straight out at you. >> wow. >> scary. coming up a warning about thefts in a place you may not expect them. >> it went past the guard. >> reporter: why thieves may be after the plants at golden state park. first thieves make quick work of stealing thousands of dollars in cigarettes. the video police hope will lead to arrests. wireless networks are awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the cost. the bring your own phone plan. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data on the best 4g lte networks starts at just $40 a month. net10 wireless. surveillance video shows thieves breaking into a walgreens. it happened around 4:00 friday morning. police say they were alerted by an alarm but the thieves were only inside the store for two minutes. by the time officers arrived, they were gone. an unusual target for thiefs in san francisco, plants being ripped out of the ground at golden state park but those plants aren't being sold. ktvu's david stevenson learned what they're being used for and the threats to those who take them. >> reporter: the birds, the bees and other creaturers are facing competition these days as they forge for food. >> i think it's unfortunate. >> reporter: this man lives across the street from the park. he says he confronted four elderly women about a month ago loading what appeared to be wild ginger plants into kitchen garbage bags at the recreation head quarters. >> they were stuffing them into white bags and i walked over to them and said what are you doing. they started to slowly one by one leave the area. >> there's a variety of forging activities that might be seen in the park. >> reporter: the park has wild raddages, dantiloin leaves but forgaging. >> the health could be an issue. >> berries hanging there, yeah maybe you grab a berry but you would never take a plant. >> reporter: they're ready to make field trips to city park to catch plant thieves in the wild. david stevenson. the wind out there today stirred up allergens for many people in the bay area. the problem is made worse by urban trees. experts say the vast majority of trees are male and they're the ones that produce pollen. ktvu confirmed today the city of berkeley suggested only male mulberry trees to avoid the problems of dropping fruit. >> quite backfired because everybody is allergic to all the pollen that comes from the male trees. i guess that's what you get when it comes to messing with mother nature. >> male no litter trees are a bigger health threat because they cause more allergies. they're asking the city to pick more diverse trees to reduce the kind of suffering many people are seeing today. it was windy out there today. temperatures cooled another 10 and 15 15 degrees in some places. today further cooling. 66 in antioch. 66 in livermore. 67 one of the warm spots in morgan hill. look at san mateo and san francisco. just in the upper 50s. now the wind are still going out there. you got a few clouds moving through right now. we had some rain drops this morning. .02 of an inch. very light. more rain comes up in the five day. i'll show that to you in just a minute. current temperatures are cool. that cool air moving over the top of us today. overnight lows in these north bay valleys are going to get down there. the winds are still blowing but these wind backed down. they're already starting to back down in the oakland area. san francisco airport you're still gusting to 97. but those winds will die down. temperatures are really going to drop off. by the time you get going in santa rosa and napa and vallejo, low 30s. perhaps low 40s and upper 30s. so san jose right now it's just 52 degrees. so it's chilly in san jose right now. you wake up in san jose at 46 degrees. that is cold for this time of year. 63 at lunchtime then you warm a little bit tomorrow. then we warm a little bit more on thursday in time for weather systems to change and the chance of rain to come in. wednesday, thursday, temperatures come up. a weak system shows up. a more robust system that we saw this morning that could deliver an inch of rain in the bay area. rain likely on friday. your weekend appears to be spared at this point. looks like this thing is going to get out of here and the weekend is going to warm up nicely. not warm up but clear up nicely. 70 in antioch tomorrow. 70 out in the brentwood area. 72 in gilroy. it'll be nice to get some rain out here on friday. it looks like that will happen. the rest of the weekend looks like it's spared with temperatures by sunday the nicest day in the upper 60s and low 70s. slightly warmer again, temperatures come back down, snow in the mountains. they may get 8-inches of snow on this thing on friday. saturday might be a very good ski day if there's anybody left open. isn't kirkwood's closing. >> they said sunday. they're supposed to get more snow. >> squall valley is probably still open. more snow on friday. rain for us. >> if you like to ski get up there quick. >> yeah. the national football league is facing a federal lawsuit because a las vegas man said he could not buy tickets to this year's nfc championship game. the seahawks limited tickets sold in california. the lawsuit claims that is unconstitutional and tickets should be available to all because most stadiums are built with public funds and the nfl pays no federal income tax. the nfl has not yet responded publingly to that lawsuit. >> mark is here now with sports. the sharks did it again. this time they made it a little bit interesting going into overtime tonight. >> a different rout to victory. not a rout on the scoreboard but victory in extra time. a change of scene and yeah, dream on steven tyler if you think the sharks are going to lose as they take the lead early. burns kind of a dribbler. gets past jonathan quick 1-0 san jose in the second. and we're tied at 2-2. but in the third period. down again. tomas hurdle punching it home. his second career play off goal 3-3 in overtime the kings actually dominate. but watch marleau with the back hander at 13-45 left. and they were actually the sharks outshot 5-1 in the ot but they too prevail and go take a 3-0 lead for game four. they get to the ninth inning with a lead last year. another tough one tonight. 3-3 in the fourth. coco with a shot to right. falls in there. josh redick scoring. the lead they take into the ninth. one out away from a save but josh wilson deep left. almost a home run instead of double. rbi double that tied it 4-4. then it's michael choice a former a came over in the craig gentry trade. right back up the middle. wilson will score. the game decider second consecutive night. the a's lose on a former oakland a getting the game winning base hit and three blown saves now for gregerson. meanwhile the giants continue to flail away hopelessly at the plate. there's another hit making historic contact tonight in the nation's capital. we'll have a look and a listen sports part ii next. coors field considered the ultimate hitters field. mesmerized by his new souvenir. pulosiki way gone off baumgartner. it's a solo shot in the fourth. 1-0 lead. and the kid is not paying attention. he says i got a ball man. hunter pence one of eight san francisco hits tonight. but it's just a solo home run. as a matter of fact the giants are 0-8 with runners in scoring position. 1-1 and the kid is still staring at his ball. the decider, loser balm it's arrenado with a solo shot and heartbreaking loss for the giants but they're getting used to it these days 2-1 but the kid is still happy. meantime 500 home runs is quite a club to belong to and we had another member joining it tonight. albert pujols. >> just another throw over, no it's a whole pitch and there it goes to center. and that's number 500 for pujols. >> number 500 as a matter of fact he had two tonight. he's the first big leaguer ever to hit number 499 and 500 in the same game. so, 34 second youngest ever to get there. >> good for him. mark, thank you. >> that's the sporting life. we want to apologize again tonight for those audio problems we experienced earlier at the top of the hour. we hear it was a technical problem. >> to see any stories you missed you can watch the rebroadcast starting in a few minutes on tv 36 and follow us any time on twitter, facebook, ktvu.com and all the apps. good night. >> good night. aloha, lily. aloha. oh, wait. let's do it one more time. the doggy was blocking her face. yeah, go back. no. no! no. we're not doing it a third time. there she is-- the prettiest white woman on maui. milady. actually, claire and i were supposed to go to hawaii for our honeymoon. mm-hmm. but something else came up. i got pregnant with haley. my bad! we didn't even have a proper wedding. we just went down to the courthouse on a tuesday. the judge sentenced me to life with no chance of parole. you begged me to marry you. it's true. i did. oh! hold on, my bride. allow me! [ grunts ] what are you doing? being romantic. god, you're solid. sweetie, put me down. go on. okay. honey, come on. let's turn this vacation into a honeymoon. sweet pea, i'm a mom traveling with my kids.
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