Be released after new evidence showed he was innocent. It makes no sense that mr. Ross committed this crime. Theres no physical evidence. It just didnt catch up. Reporter outside we spoke to one of rosss alibis, rosss 77yearold mom who said he could not have committed the crime because he was at home with her at the time. Rosss mother says she was in constant prayer that her son would come through this ordeal and now that he has she is disappointed it took nearly seven years to have her son home. Im kind of worried about that because he cant get that life back that he took from him. I dont know how my child has been treated. I had to work with the anger. I did have to deal with people who had anger. I did not let that get to me i stayed positive at all times. Reporter ross will have shrimp and oysters for dinner tonight. Hear the advice he has for Law Enforcement officers and people going through this ordeal and what he plans to do with his future. Live in dublin, im paul chambers. The search continues tonight for a range rover that set off a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip killing three people including an aspiring rapper from oakland. Tonight the clark county coroner confirmed that ken cherry jr. Was killed early yesterday morning. Police say someone in the range rover shot at cherrys masorotti he then crashed into a taxi. Family members have identified that taxi driver as 62yearold michael bolden. Boldens fellow cab driverred honored him this morning at 4 20 a. M. Exactly 24 hours after the deadly crash. Drivers also let their meters run for 20 minutes and whatever the tab was that money was put into an account. A las vegas Gentlemens Club has set up a special station in their valet stands to take donation. Our camera was there as Katrina Fritz entered a courtroom. Fritz is accused of taking part in a Home Invasion robbery in monte cerrito. Fritz did not enter a plea and a judge did not grant her bail. She is expected back in court on thursday. The bomb squad was called to an oakland courthouse today because of a suspicious package there. It was a backpack and it was reported in the tunnel area of the rene seed davidson courthouse about 9 45 this morning. The bomb squad remotely opened the backpack and found tools inside. A man later told police that it was his backpack and he put it there because he knew he could not get it past the metal detectors. Jason pedrosa was charged on wednesday. Investigators say he sexually assaulted at least two underaged girls in walnut creek last fall and that there could be even more victims. Pedroza was an actor, he also worked at a ballet school. No word yet on how he knew the victims. We have new information tonight about that crane that collapsed yesterday underneath the new eastern span of the bay bridge. Our consumer editor tom vacar is live on Treasure Island with what he has learned and the work that has now been temporarily stopped. Tom reporter well frank, i want you to take a look because this is something we did not know yesterday. When that steel and crane collapsed, the bridge did not escape unscathed. What we didnt know yesterday was that when the steel and crane collapsed the bridge did not escape unscathed. There was some cosmetic damage, there was no damage to the integrity of the bridge. Reporter investigators are studying the collapsed steel. The various parties that will be part of the investigation will be looking at both the crane and the piece of scaffolding that was involved in this incident as part of their ongoingen investigation. Reporter by midday, the crane destroyed was also being barged to pier seven as well. The steel truss underneath will be inspected. Reporter the work will be delayed by at least 30 days. Meaning when the bridge opens a lot of it will still be in place. Construction of the east span is continuing as planned and the bridge is still scheduled to open on labor day weekend. Reporter had anyone been injured or killed though the delay may have been much much longer. Tom vacar. A protest at city college of San Francisco ended peacefully today after student demonstrators came to terms with school administrators. Some 30 students spent the night on campus to demand more communication with administrators as that school struggled to stay accredited. The protest ended at 9 00 a. M. After five of the students were granted a meeting set for monday with the schools interim chancellor. City college is at risk of losing its accreditation. Five bay area municipal airports could see cuts. Reporter well gasia, we are at buchanan field in concord. About 257 aircrafts take off and land on this runway every day. And the faa employees that work in this control tower right next to us, they guide those pilots in and out of the area safely. The control tower in this airport the ones in livermore, napa, santa rosa and concord are all on a list that may have their control towers shut down. If a deal on the federal budget isnt reached by the end of next week. A company that provides fuel, parking and other services to planes here say without a control tower, air traffic would plummet and business would nose dive. Many of the corporate jets will not come to an airport without a control tower. He says those corporate jets make up about 80 of his business. Its really dangerous to operate without the tower. A lot of our business jet carriers will not surf the airport if they are shut down. I may be faced with having to lay employees off. Reporter over the phone he explained that most planes would still be able to take off and land here. Especially the smaller planes without a control tower. Their pilots would have to rely solely on their radios to communicate with each other. Allie rasmus. Flights to mayor cities including San Francisco could experience delays of up to 90 minutes at peak hours. The full impact wouldnt be felt until april when cuts of air Traffic Controllers go into effect. Assemblyman jerry hill says the high speed trains should share caltrains existing two track system. He introduced legislation to make that happen. The bill would close loopholes to allow high speed rail funding to pay for blending the new system with caltrain. Redwood city police are investigating a deadly crash. It happened about 3 30 this morning on east bay shore boulevard. When officers arrived they found the body of 20yearold alma Cabrera Villar laying on the roadway. For some unknown reason she lost control of the car and had hit a light pole, a fence then a fire hydrant. It has not been known the reason of the crash. David stevenson live in the city with Surveillance Video of the scam in action and an idea that police are borrowing from half way around the world. Reporter officers in San Francisco hope the year of the snake will bring good luck but Police Expect that it will bring out scams. Chinese seniors were presented with a special gift just in time for the Lunar New Year celebration. These blue shopping bags are meant to protect them against a scam targeting elderly asians. These are peoples life savings at stake. Reporter police say the Surveillance Video shows the scam in action. A group of asian women approach an elderly woman on the street. They convince her to place her valuables in a bag to have the items blessed to keep away evil spirits. Culturally folks are really superstition. They want to make sure they can ensure the good luck. Reporter the items are switched and the elderly dont know until later that theyve been scammed. There are probably hundreds of others who are not willing to come forward. I think these will be very effective. Reporter these bags feature chinese and english warnings about the fraud. Aimed at sending the message to thieves and potential victims. These bags identify you as someone who will not be easily taken in by the fraud scam. Reporter its a simple idea that came from Hong Kong Police who have battled similar scams for years. These are the exact same bags they have in hong kong that were responsible for an 80 reduction in this crime. Reporter the bags are actually made in hong kong and paid for by the San Francisco police department. The Asian Police Officers association and the district attorneys office. They hope to distribute 1,000 of these bags in the coming days. Reporting live in San Francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. As many as 1 Million People are expected to attend tomorrows Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco. And that could mean gridlock on city streets as paradegoers make their way to the rout. There will also be street closures. Officials as always advise you to take public transportation. The fda has approved the first of its kind Breast Cancer drug. The drug consila combines drugs. The cocktail combination remains intact until it delivers a potent cancer fighting drug to the cancer cell. There are no side effects such as hair loss, nausea or vomiting. Marco rubio abruptly resigned this morning. This means the democrats dont have the 2 3 majority needed to pass tax changes or override vetoes. However the loss is expected to only be temporary. Special elections are being held next month in two districts previously represented by democrats and Party Leaders expect democrats to win those seats once again. Another special election will be held for rubios seat. Rubio has taken a Government Affairs job with chevron. Are you ready for the big one . Why Scientists Say earthquakes are becoming more and more deadly. And your weekend basically here. A Beautiful Day today. What will it be like for the weekend . Ill let you know theres some clouds and maybe a sprinkle for part of it. All those details back here in 10 minutes. 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 for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. Bay area Scientists Say earthquakes are becoming increasely deadly. Reporter here on the east, west side of the east bay hills here. And quake experts say its the bay areas riskiest because so many people and so much infrastructure are near it. Reporter big quakes collapse vulnerable buildings and kill. There are so many more people now in vulnerable buildings, experts predict this century will be the deadliest ever for earthquakes. Scary, very scary. More and more People Living in these urban centers that are living in structures that collapse and kill them. Reporter usgs engineering geologist says in just the last decade of this century, four quakes worldwide each kill more than 50,000 people. Thats half the number of such big killers in all the previous hundred years. He predicts as many as 25 quake catastrophes this century killing twice as many as in the last century. Too many buildings and its not just the third world, the bay area is also at risk. Still have hospitals and older schools that arent safe. Reporter halter says its a money problem here and around the world. Hes hoping this report will help focus attention on the life or death importance of seismic safety. John fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. And more details now here are some of the deadliest earthquakes since 2000 according to the usgs. The earthquake that hit haiti back in 2010 it killed 316,000 people. That massive earthquake ha hit indonesia then triggered a tsunami in 2004 it killed almost 228,000 people. The 2008 earthquake that hit china killed more than 87,000 and the tw 2005 earthquake in pakistan claimed 86,000 lives. Congressional sources say boeing is proposing a long Term Solution for the battery problems that have led to the grounding of its entire fleet of 787 dream liners. Boeing ceo plans to present the fix to the head of the faa today. It would involve beefing up the ceramic insulators and placing the cells in a most robust containers. An hour long stand off ended this afternoon with a man surrender. The man began breaking windows and said he had a gun. Officers closed west mcarthur between market and san pablo and evacuated some buildings in that area. After an hour they convinced the man to give up and took him into custody. No word on what led to his erratic behavior. An italian newspaper is raising some questions about the resignation of Pope Benedict xvi. Documents depicted black male, corruption and homo sexual tex taking place in the vatican. The church is dismissing the claims. I think our people are sophisticated enough to read through that and say that you know, right thats one opinion or sure maybe. So i dont worry that they are being taken in by it. Last week the pope announced he would step down at the end of the month due to declining health. San jose officials are set to take a vote on a ban of styrofoam. The ban would significantly cut the waste. It also says switching over will lead to an average cost increase of more than 100 . But city councilman sam lacarta disagrees. I encourage local businesses to talk to other businesses in cities and towns where styrofoam bans have been enacted. You will see that the change is very minimal. 30 bay area governments already have similar bans in place. Winder storm conditions caused a plane to skid off the roadway in cleveland. The 787 just landed and was taxing at Hopkins International airport. Crews took passengers on buses. Its funny to look at those pictures where it looks like winter and you look around here and it looks like spring. It does feel like spring. In the hillsides up toward hamilton everything is green and it does look like spring. We are not far from spring. It was warm today. We had a 65 over here in napa. I guess that and san rafael were both 65. So what a day. Beautiful friday. No rain really headed our way. Now this system looks pretty good. Right im looking at this. Looks like well get something out of it. Check it out. So here it comes. But you can see where the rain sort of happening here along the coast. But behind it theres not a lot back here. Its losing its power as it moves offshore. I wish it was moving more directly out of the west and wed be getting rain. This system looks like its going to slide late tonight, late tomorrow morning and we might see a light sprinkle. Some drizzle. Maybe a little wet on the morning. As you head out to golf or you head out to take the kids to baseball or whatever your doing and thats about it. So its not a rain event. Wish it was but its not. Forecast highs tomorrow, a little cooler than today obviously. Maybe 4 degrees cooler because that system is going to come in and cool us off. Sunday is the coldest day in the winter. 45 in nevada. 60 in concord. 56 in oakland. I think that im looking at novato. Im not sure that 49 that doesnt sound right to me. 37 in fairfield, 41 in antioch. 46 in santa rosa. You had frost this morning. If you did, you will get it again tomorrow morning. Again more clouds coming in tonight. The chance of a light sprinkle, then we start to clear out tomorrow afternoon and daytime highs warm up nicely. Were looking for numbers tomorrow sliding. These were todays numbers and look where tomorrow goes. That system is sliding through and bringing cool air. Sunday, is what i meant to say temperatures are going to warm up nicely. Well have those forecast highs too. Well let you know which cities will be the warmest and where you can find temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. History is made. It was a monumental day in oakland. What people will be able to do for the first time now in 140 years. A conversation that was truly out of this world. How a local tech giant helped connect people with astronauts way up in space on the International Space station. You go pick up a marriage license interrupted by a robbery. I heard a woman screaming, hes got my purse, help me, help me. What his fiance told him before he burst into action. Then, eight angry men doesnt have the same ring. It could be the new number of jurors in california courtrooms. Tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6 00. Energy secretary steven chu says he plans to go back to her position as a physicist. On his return, chu will split time between the physics department. No date has been set for chu to leave the administration. President obama has not yet indicated who he will nominate as chus replacement. The city of oakland placed a milestone. The 77th mile of lake merritt opened in 140 years. Its all part of a plan to connect the merritt to San Francisco bay. Its going to make in area instead of a barrier a Central Place where people will come. Reporter the money came from measure dd which was approved by oakland voters back in 2002 to complete the first phase of the project the 12th street dam, culverts and pedestrian tunnels were all removed. The next phase involves demolishing culverts underneath tenth street. The project also includes a new path way and restored marsh land along a portion of the lake merit channel. I think its going to become in and of itself this whole walk is going to become a bay area destination that everybody is going to love. Reporter the project will also improve the Water Quality in lake merry. Tidal flow is expected to increase by about 50 . The city of oakland is also planning a big celebration in june when the entire project is expected to be finished. Google plus users got their chance today to chat with astronauts. Nasa hosted a hang out this morning with the crew aboard the International Space station. Users asked some questions like what last weeks massive asteroid looked like from the space station. We thought since we were a little closer we would try to see it but were not that much cl