Officers, and reviewing Safety Standards for gun locks and saves. He say thats just a start. To make a real and lasts difference, congress, too, must act. Reporter just three congressional actions, a universal background check for every gun sale. Getting tough on people who buy guns intending to sell them to criminals and banning military style assault weapons like the one used in newtown, as well as ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. If Congress Wont do it, he says, ask why not. Whats more important . Doing whatever it takes to get a an a grade from the gun lobby that funds their campaigns, or giving parents some peace of mind when they drop their child off for first grade. Reporter late yesterday, the n. R. A. Released this internet ad, calling the president an elitist hypocrite, since his kids have armed guards at their school. The n. R. A. Says its added 250,000 new members in the past month. The group promises a very expensive and hardfought fight. In washington, emily schmidt, k. T. V. U. , channel 2 news. Other executive orders issued by the president deal with Mental Health, including making sure doctors know they can ask patients about guns in their homes. Clarifying medicaids Mental Health service provisions, and telling Healthcare Providers they can report threats of violence. Gun control is a divisive issue. We asked people in martinez and Pleasant Hill what they thought of the president s plan. Some were at the martinez gun club. Others in downtown Pleasant Hill. Some were gun owners, some were not. Now remember, this an unscientific sampling of opinion. I think most of what he says is probably right. I think that the ban on the magazines greater than 10 is just fine. It almost wouldnt even be so bad to see a like a Mental Health like checkup, one time you saw a psychiatrist something to see if you were fit. Everyone we talked with agrees that gun buyers should go through background checks and its challenging to keep guns away from the mentally ill. K. T. V. U. Viewers are weighing in on the president s announcement. Irene rivela says its a good message from our the president. Now lets put it into action. James smith says quote these laws are all fine and dandy, but wont make the crazy people less crazy, or the violent less violent. So, what do you think . Join the conversation by liking us at ktvu channel 2 news on facebook. A vigil is being held this hour for a Central ValleyPolice Officer killed in the line of duty. Kevin tong was shot yesterday after responding to a burglary call in the city of gulf. Today, new details about that incident. The sacramento count Sheriffs Department says it turns out the gunman suspected of killing offer tan was not a burglary suspect. Instead, they just happened to cross paths. 30yearold Humphrey Kenneth gas economy of galt took his own life after shooting the officer. Investigators say the reported burglary suspect was later identified as a relative of the property owner. A Funeral Service is under way for an innocent bystander who died in a new years day crash in San Francisco. 26yearold Francisco Gutierrez was killed while walking outside a liquor store on van nuys avenue. Police say a speeder caused the crash while speeding away from officers. Another bystander was also killed. He was in a car held by the suspect. San jose police have released the sketch of a man who has a neighborhood on alert after he tried to snatch a child from her mothers arms. Police say the threeyearold was playing with other children when the man approached and comment ed on how she looked. Feeling uncomfortable, the mother picked up the girl, but the man tried to pull the toddler from her arms. When he knelt down, he grabbed my daughter by her feet. We were tugging at each other. And her bottoms were falling off, and then eventually, her boots fell off, and thats when the struggle ended. I ran inside my house and called the police. Here is a sketch released by police. The man is described as latino, in his 20s wearing a red baseball hat, blue genes and a light colored shirt with yellow stripes. The mother says he smelled like motor oil. Also in san jose, police are looking for leads into the citys first homicide of the year. Today we heard from the victims widow. It is very hard for me, because i have a daughter, a fiveyearold. And shes shes asking for him. And i dont have answers. 34yearold ivan segura was found shot to death on january 6th outside of his home on eee avenue. Investigators dont believe the shooting is gang related but say theyve exhausted their leads and they hope someone can come forward with new information. The Oakland Museum of california has released a photo of a treasured item that was stole then month. Look, the museum sent this picture of the gold box from the 1870s. The inside of the id features images of california. Remember we first told you about this last week. The box is part of a gold rush exhibit. Officials suspect the suspect that stole it also broke into the museum last november and stole other gold items. The museum is offering a 12,000 reward for the return of that box. The attorney for a san rafael teenager says his client cant get a fair trial in marin because of media coverage. Max wade is awaiting trial for shooting at a teenage couple and stealing a Celebrity Chefs lamborghini. Wades attorney is arguing that he cant get an impartial jury and wants the trial moved elsewhere. New at 7, a major makeover for San Franciscos great highway. Construction begins this week. Live in the city with the repaving and landscaping project and how will it change. Jana. Reporter gasia, right now there really arent any bicycle lanes, no greenery on the great highway, just a massive slab of concrete that goes along ocean beach. City Officials Say come next year, this will look very different. Its the western edge of San Francisco, where tourists and locals come to see ocean beach. And city Officials Say now the great halfway running along the spectacular sea scape will get a make over, with a street scape project. Better amenities for pedestrians, for bicycle eu69s, maybe street furniture, more landscaping. Reporter construction screws began staging heavy equipment today for the repaving and road improvement project. Its the first of some 100 projects to be done around the city, thanks to voters passing a 248 Million Dollar bond in 2011. The project will also create bike lanes from point lobos by the cliff house down to golden gate park. A dangerous stretch of road which right now has no shoulder, forcing cyclists to contend with blind curves 0r use the sidewalk. I would pick the sidewalk every time. Im not taking this road. Reporter crews will alice install 15 food wide medians which could improve safety. It will give a stopping point for pedestrians and bicyclists. A lot of people run across or ride quickly across the great highway. Probably not that safe when cars are in four directions assuming by. Obviously it will be a little half for people who live in the area but once its said and done, i think it will be great. Reporter the Streets Department plans to work around events such as the San Francisco marathon and have no more than one lane closed at any time. If all goes well, they hope to have this project completed by october of this year. Reporting live in San Francisco, ktvu, channel 2 news. The organizers of the mavericks big wave surf competition say its on. They plan to hold the world class surf competition in sunday. The surf was low today at pillar point on the coast, but the waves are expected to grow into monsters by this weekend. Fed by a pacific storm and a strong swell. Jeff clark, the mav vicks invitational contest director says conditions are near perfect. Might be 68 degrees on the beach out here. In the middle of january. And were going to have ways upwards of 30, 35 feet. The last competition was held in 2010, and our ktvu cameras were rolling that year as that big wave swept through the crowd of spectators. This year those crowds will be kept off the beach. Bay area home prices are on the rise. Prices climbed last month at the fastest clip in more than 20 years. According to the real estate tracking firm, bay area home prices were up 32 in december from the same period in 2011. The median sales price in the nine county region was almost 443,000. There were more than 7800 homes sold during the month. Up 5 from a year earlier. Golden sacks and Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay huge settlements over complaints they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes. The banks are paying a combined 557 million. According to the Federal Reserve the settlements compensate americans whose homes were seized because of abuses such as robo signing, when banks automatically sign off on foreclosures without properly reviewing documents. On wall treat the do you lost 23 points. A four bounce from apple helped lift the nasdaq. As we head into another chilly night, california Citrus Growers are assessing the damage done by the recent cold temperatures. So far the growers say theyve seen little crop damage despite at least six straight nights of very cold weather. The damage they have seen is primarily to the mandarin crop. According to the citrus association, growers have spent 28 million in frost Protection Measures during the week long cold spell. It was only last week san jose airport was celebrating its brand new asian service. Today, that service is completely up in the air. New fears of caller confusion. The plan to add a new area code, and break up the 415. Temperatures continue to recover across most of the bay area. Coming up, the neighborhoods still on the chilly side in the upper 20s tomorrow morning. And when rain resurfaces in the fiveday forecast. Well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. Only 29 a month for six months. Rethink possible. Real big deals of the week. Or why it doesnt have to be an adventure to stick to your new years budget. 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The f. A. A. Today ordered 787 dream Liner Service to be halted in the united states, after Japanese Airlines grounded their planes. Consumer editor reports, the fallout is being felt at san jose airport. The only bay airport with 787 service. Reporter following japans lead earlier today, the f. A. A. Is formally grounding all u. S. 787 dream liners. Thats because an a. N. A. Domestic flight made an Emergency Landing when the crew got an indication of battery problems and smelled smoke. Inspectors found the sophisticated lithium battery system partially burnt. Another dream liner had a battery fire last week in boston. That, says former u. S. Transportation Department Inspector general, is completely unacceptable. The ion batteries with the lithium batteries, its a very serious problem. One you could call it an aberration but at two you have a real worry of a fire. Reporter for san jose airport, a black eye for its renewed asian service. For a. N. A. , its creating chaos in its scheduling. And for its passengers, incredible inconvenience. San jose airport is talking with a. N. A. To resume service here with a similar size but more proven airline. I would be finding a way to get that battery out of there and get it replaced with something theyve used in air kraft for years and years. Reporter in just this month, the 50 or so dream liners service have racked up a pack of problems. In addition to the two major battery problems, a major fuel leak, an engine oil leak, and a cracked windshield in flight. The grounding by a. N. A. And j. A. L. Of the 787 is the right thing to do at this time. Reporter carriers and boeing will now have to prove the Battery Systems are safe before resuming flight. Tom bacar, ktvu channel 2 news. British authorities are surprised that more people were not killed in a deadly Helicopter Crash on a crowded london street. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others were injured. The private Helicopter Crashed into a construction crane before falling to the street, sending flames and you see here, thick smoke into the air during the morning commute. It caused panic and chaos. Some people thought it was a terror attack. Authorities are investigating whether the cranes warning lights were on. A new department of Motor Vehicle has reported saying unlicensed drivers are the most dangerous motorists on the road. According to the d. M. V. , drivers without a valid license are nearly three times more likely to cause a deadly crash. The drivers include those with revoked or suspended licenses, and unlicensed drivers. This is the d. M. V. s first significant analysis of a unlicensed drivers in 15 years. Notre dames all american linebacker is at the very center of an elaborate hoax by an inspirational girlfriend who never existed. Manti teo never met the woman. They only communicated online and by telephone. She was told she died from leukemia. He credited the woman with inspiring him to lead the fighting irish to the b. C. S. Title game. Turns out she was reportedly an online persona created by a friend of teos who is a pastor at a churchs in palmdale. The hoax is being investigated. Governor jerry brown spoke to the u. C. Region about how expanding Online Education could open up a world of opportunities to traditionally under served communities. For millions life chances are very different and they dont lead to getting to a post dock program. I mean people worry about, you know, getting foot on the table, worrying about gun fire, or outside the house. The governors proposed new budget includes about 37 Million Dollars for californias public colleges, to develop online courses. Veteran stage, film and Television Actor conrad bain is being remembered as a quick study who could play any role. Kids. We have a guest. [ laughter ] this is my harmonious family. My daughter kimberly, my sons willis and arnold. He played the father mr. Drummond on the sitcom different strokes. His daughter says he died monday of Natural Causes at his home in livermore. He was 89. Looks like it may be time to break up the 415. One of the bay areas widest used area codes is running out of available numbers. Rob ross looks at two possible solutions, and the threedigit code you may soon be using. [ phone ringing ] reporter if dispatch center in San Francisco gets hundreds of calls each day if not more, so the possibility of having to change its 415 area code to 628 is not a popular one. Oh, no. Im scared to death of that. Reporter the California PublicUtilities Commission began Holding Meetings today about adding a 628 area code, a change that would affect San Francisco and likely marin county. The problem says the c. U. P. C. , is that all available prefixes in the 415 area code zone will be used up in about two and a half years. And when we run out of prefixes we have to assign another area code. So well have more prefixes. Reporter and the c. P. U. C. Says there are two ways to implement it. One possibility would be splitting San Francisco in half, the east side would get one area code, the west side of this city and marin the other. At this trident restaurant in sausalito, the owner would prefer to keep the current 415 number. Its easier. Cause people to change all their printing and all their ads. Our customers have been calling us for generations on the same phone number. Reporter the other option is called overlay. Thats where new phone numbers would be assigned a new area code, but that, too, has draw backs. Every single customer that has a 415 number will have to dial the area code and the line number. Reporter the c. P. U. C. Is scheduled to hold two hearings tomorrow in san rafael. A final decision could come sometime later this year. In San Francisco. Today is the day sharks fans have been waiting for. Game tickets are finally on sale.