watching a movie. >> you watch the doors start flexing and it shot out almost like watching a horror flick. at that point you could start hearing all of the windows breaking. you could hear the actual tornado rolling across up overhead. and literally sounded like the roof was about to just pop off. >> the airport is set to resume limited operation tomorrow. elsewhere the tornado damaged 750 homes -- homes. there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries. the national weather service credited that to an early warning and quick response by the public. new security cameras are up and running in oakland's chinatown tonight. but getting them installed was not easy. ktvu's john sasaki found out how the community raised cash for the cameras without getting a dime from the city. >> reporter: hundreds of people came to lincoln square in oakland's chinatown today to celebrate the security camera project. >> here in chinatown, this community does such a great job of working on public safety. >> reporter: getting the cameras installed was no easy task. oakland police officer allan yu led the effort to raise $17,000 in donations because of such things as robberies, fights and even stranger danger. >> we will use it for playgrounds, charter schools and seniors who come to a dance and play ping pong and they wanted an extra measure of security here. >> reporter: this senior knows the crime problem well. she and her 82-year-old husband were nearly robbed here last year. >> two young men with hoods saw them and tried to chase after them. perhaps they thawing there was something valuable in the back. ran and ran up to another grocery store with many people inside. >> reporter: even youngsters in the park say it sometimes feels unsafe. >> like when lots of gang bangers come over here. >> reporter: hence the 14 cameras. >> we have set in all of the entrances here from the bus stop entrance to also inside entrances. >> the young people in the city are too precious for us just to shay we can't do anything. so we are just going to have to come up with ideas like this. you know, it does cost some money. and people were able to chip in. >> reporter: kwan will enlist helps from the residents and the neighborhood to protect people in the future. i'm john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. a group of native americans are holding a vigil tonight in what has become a nine day protest against development. the activists say they consider the 15-acre glen coffee site to be a sacred burial ground. they are upset about plans to build a parking lot, toilets and benches on the ground. they had planned to start construction this spring but now they are ordered to hold off while a federal mediate top steps in to talk about the dispute. >> gvrd will meet with the department of justice on monday. we hope to know by tuesday morning whether or not they are willing to sit down and talk. >> they are worried it could disturb areas containing human remains. they say right now there are enough bathroom and parking facilities nearby. questions remain tonight on the legality of a marijuana grow found by firefighters trying to put out an early morning house fire. fire crews were called to the home on arlington avenue and martin luther king way around 2:00 this morning in north oakland. firefighters were able to put the fire out in about ten minutes. but in the process, they found marijuana growing in the house and no people around. oakland police were called. no word from the police on how many plants were found or if the operation was illegal. the park police are working around the clock to find a suspect in the city's first homicide in more than a year. the victim was identified as kevin craft whose body was found yesterday morning in a parking lot behind the best western inn. he was shot in the chest. he was 20-year-old. anyone with information on this case is asked to call the police. the san francisco coroner has identified a man who died earlier this week after reportedly trying to walk up a downward moving escalator at holiday plaza. it is 49-year-old michael smith of san francisco. police say smith's clothes and had i hair got tangled in the escalator after he fell. it is still unclear what caused his death. pacific gas and electric told regulators this weekend they can't come up with all of the natural gas pipeline records they want. the public utilities commission told pg&e to come up with the complete records of the pipeline network or face fines. the san francisco chronicle reports the utility is asking the puc to accept assumptions rather than reports about some of the pipelines. the puc has not yet responded to that request. a record-setting spike in gold prices has been getting a lot of attention this week. but the price of silver is climbing even faster. new at 10 tonight, ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in oakland where bay area dealers say they are seeing a flood of buyers and sellers. eric in. >> reporter: right, ken. you know, we are talking about people looking to cash in on small amounts of jewelry all the way up to investors buying up thousands of dollars of silver at a time. 30% jump in prices in just the last month surprised even the owner of this store here on piedmont avenue. brian walker opened oakland silver and gold less than a year ago but he never imagined the spike in prices he is seeing now. >> the day we opened silver was trading at $17-point will 5 an ounce. right now as we speak silver is trading at $46.72 an ounce. >> that might pale in comparison to gold now selling for more than $1500 an ounce. but walker says more investors are buying silver in huge quantities. >> the green box down here would be what we would call a monster box. that's 500 ounces of silver american eagles. we had one customer buy four of those boxes last week. four monster boxes of eagles. >> reporter: that's about $100,000 worth of coins like these. experts say that kind of activity along with a weak dollar is fueling the surge in prices. even a place with a name like we buy gold in walnut creek is seeing silver come through the door, too. >> we see everything from broken jewelry, unwanted jewelry, you know, bars and silver rounds. >> reporter: it has some thinking about taking a "second look" through their jewelry box. >> i did my gold years ago the little bit i had. i have to check on my silver now. >> and with more concerns about inflation in the u.s. and demand rising out of asia, some experts think that we could see those prices of gold and silver go even higher. live here in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. governor jerry brown's call for a statewide vote on taxes appears to be gaining popularity. a new poll from the la times and the university of southern california shows 60% of those surveyed want the public to decide in a state-wide vote on whether to condition -- continue the taxes set to expire. that's compared to 33% of respondents who favor the gop's plan to have no vote and instead balance the budget by cutting more state services. it shows a shift in opinion since last fall. 44% blame the budget mess on elected lead ares wasting money. 70% said california is heading in the wrong direction. >> a faculty committee recommend the university re- establish a reserve officer training corp on campus. the program was moved off campus in stanford in 1973 because of anti war sentiment. the rotc program is based at santa clara university right now. the faculty summit plans to take up the issue next thursday. stanford students should understand and appreciate military service. they say it undermines academic independent. labor organizers and civil rights advocate chavez died 18 years ago today in 1993. chavez co-founded the united farm worker's union. she says she remembers chavez as a man who still effects events in california and around the world. >> well, i think his leadership is sorely missed because he was such a visionary. always thinking, you know, many decades ahead of things that needed to be done. so that is a sore loss. but at the same time we know that he left behind a lot of leadership in his wake of people that he developed. >> they will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. an 11-year-old new jersey boy is missing for the second night in a row in kings canyon national park. the fresno county sheriff's department says some of the boy's clothing was found in a stream today. the boy was hiking with his family around 6:00 friday night when he disappeared. here are some pictures of the search for the boy today. the father says he was helping other family members down on to a ledge and when he turned around he says the boy was gone. the search crews will resume their search tomorrow. it appears tonight that another regime may be on the verge of falling in this year's wave of popular revolutions. opposition leaders in yemen says the president has agreed to an international plan to step down within 30 days. in exchange for stepping down peacefully he would receive criminal immunity for the deadly crackdown on protestors that has claimed the lives of 120 people since february. he has ruled yemen for 32 years. and today many yemeni americans gathered in san francisco in support of the demonstrators in yemen. (chanting). >> some of the activists we spoke with say the president's resignation announcement is not enough. they want him to be put on trial for his actions. they refuse to demand and we want his immediate withdrawal. we have a list of demands. and one of the list of demands is that he be tried for what he has done the last two or three years. >> the american activists are also calling on the united states to stop sending military aid to the regime. there were calls for tolerance and prayers for peace today as more than 200 people gathered today to mourn the death of a sikh grandfather who died after he was shot last month. atwal was walking on march 4th when someone opened fire on the two men. singh died immediately. atwal died a week ago friday. police are looking into whether the attack wag -- was a hate crime. they had no enemies but they were wearing traditional turbins when they were shot. >> this is a hard case. we have nothing to go on so we need every little scrap of tips or witness information or just, you know, anything that anybody knows. >> a $42,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for killing the two men. [ music ] this might have been a street celebration but instead sharks fans are pouring out subdued as la lives to fight another day. [ music ] >> target is poised to build on this band in the north bay but a new obstacle is emerging that could give the people a final say. firefighters making house calls on a saturday. the reason they needed to go door-to-door in a peninsula community. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. >> now you can wake up to complete bay area news coverage seven days a week. ktvu mornings on 2 is now on saturday and sunday with mike mibach and claudene wong. the same dependable coverage of the bay area news of the day every morning at 7:00 a.m. >> new information this morning on a recurring problem. >> and the weather conditions for the weather where you live. >> wake up to complete bay area news coverage seven days a week on ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning. . well, you might call it torture on ice. a tense night for the sharks fans hoping to go into the playoffs. the fans are filing out disappointed. deborah villalon is there live. >> reporter: the game has just ended and fans are pouring out without clinching the way they had hoped. but all part of the sharks' story. two decades and counting. [ applause ] >> reporter: it's a rivalry with real teeth now. after devouring the kings in two big bites the last two games, fans are ready to see the sharks finish them off. >> i go back to the beginning to the cow palace. >> reporter: fans in the vintage jerseys say the playoffs are always a battle. >> we have the best depth on the line. i think this is the most motivation the young guys are coming in kicking the veterans into higher gear. i think this will be a good time. >> reporter: your jersey will help. >> my jersey will help. >> reporter: don't underestimate superstition. >> it goes back to urbay so we are talking 20 years ago. >> reporter: the team is not wearing tale or white but the black jerseys that made their playoffs debuts this year. lucky so far so players insisted on sticking with them. >> they like wearing the black. it feels a little more confident and intimidating wearing all black. kinds of one of those things you know the power of black. >> got it before i met his mother or married his mother. >> reporter: fans have jerseys older than they are, family heirlooms. number 17 saloon was the sharks' very first draft pick. the team in its inn fancy. tonight's wearer? >> four, maybe. >> it was our mom's and now he's wearing it. it cycles. >> that's right. >> he signed it twice. >> part of my blood. >> we bleed seal at our house. >> reporter: win or lose, history is being made. for the next generation of shark fans. those who have been here from day one say over 20 years you have to have short memories for the shortcomings. >> oh, right, i remember the bad years but not nearly as much as the good years. >> reporter: this goes down as a bad night in a good series as the sharks cannot close out the kings at home. they have to go back to la for game six on monday. guess those black jerseys didn't too the trick. reporting live in san jose, deborah villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. guess not. well, fred is in the sharks' locker-room right now getting reaction from the game from the players. hear from them coming up in sports wrap. >> silicone valley will take advantage of the company's new home delivery service. the big box retailer has created a website where customers can order everything from groceries to batteries to diapers for delivery to their doorstep. wal-mart to go service is only available in san jose. industry analysts say wal-mart is trying to compete with amazon.com which expanded into the grocery delivery business in 2007. opponents of a target store in san raphael say they are not done trying to block the store's construction. that comes after the san raphael city council voted 3-2 early friday morning to approve the store. leaders of the keep it local san raphael group say they will work to put a referendum on the november ballot to get the issue before voters. they also plan to file a lawsuit against the city council for approving the environmental review of the project. opponents say target will have a bad effect on downtown businesses. those in favor say the store would give them a place to stop. amazon.com says it is still having problems with a server farm in virginia that knocked out several popular sites off the site three days ago. not clear if any cloud-based businesses are still online. it shot some down for a time. the reporting system reports that work is still going on to repair remaining problems. >> microsoft corporation is changing the way that it compensates employees. starting in september there will be more cash and less stock for workers. executive pay will still be tied heavily to stock. analysts say the move may be in reaction to microsoft's mediocre stock performance. microsoft will change the way that employee job performance is evaluated. firefighters on the peninsula went door-to-door for something they consider to be something of an emergency. the firefighters might be replaced by private contractors. >> we will send you guys out in groups of two. >> reporter: the task involved planning and coordination. >> hit a couple of streets. >> reporter: the firefighters say what's at stake is their livelihood and public safety. >> it's scary because nobody knows what this company can do. >> reporter: the company is called whack and hut corporation. they are considering a plan to hire it for fire services and dissband their fire department. >> just giving you a heads up what's happening to your local fire department. >> reporter: in response firefighters spent the weekend handing out more than 800 flyers to the residents. >> the community just isn't aware of what's going on. we feel this is very rushed. >> reporter: these are the flyers the firefighters are handing out. they talk about the privatization proposal and ask people who opposes it to join them at a city council meeting monday night. they have a $3.5 million budget deficit. >> there is an opportunity to bring in new ways to do things that can save money and provide great safety. >> reporter: the mayor says there is no reason a private company can't do the job. some residents aren't sure. >> i think our fire departments are still, you know, viable. >> reporter: council member matt opposes the idea of having a private company do this work. he says people in other cities should pay attention. >> if they move forward with this kind of proposal being privatization, then that could also spread to other cities. >> reporter: the five-men city council could make a decision monday night. ktvu, channel 2 news. by the way wagon hut is a danish firm called d4s. we couldn't reach them to ask about the proposal but according to their website they are involved primarily in security services. they have contracts with the federal government, nuclear facilities and it owns and operates several prisons. in texas some people are returning to their homes after a massive wildfire raged through several neighborhood. one man surveying the damage said the area around his home looks like the surface of the moon. tonight firefighters say they are making some progress in containing the many wildfires burning across the state. but there are concerns that a change in the weather could spark a new outbreak. so far at least 160 homes have been destroyed. the fire has scorched more than 1.4 million-acres and led to the death of two firefighters. an update on a fatal accident involving a fallen tree last year in san jose. the family of the 2-year-old victim is taking action. we will tell you what they are demanding from the city. thieves of drones by the united states are turning an alley into an enemy. the country upset with the actions and the consequences. a few slight showers across the bay area this evening. coming up break down shower chances for tomorrow free from sunday. and the one direction temperatures will be heading in the five day forecast. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. . 9 parents of a 2-year-old boy who was killed when a city owned tree crashed on to the family's truck. they are suing the city claiming wrongful death and seeking unspecified damages. in january last year the boy was killed when a large maple tree with root rot fell on to his family's truck trapping the family. it took an hour to free the boy. he was taken to the hospital where he died. the tree had not been inspected by the city since 2005. in news of the world tonight the u.s. military has confirmed today it used an unmanned predator drone to attack a site in libya. nato said the drone destroyed a libyan government rocket launcher. today rebels said they are on the verge of driving moammar gadhafi's troops from the port city. human rights groups say more than 1,000 people have died there. from syria tonight reports are coming in that security forces shot and killed at least 12 people who are taking part in a funeral procession today for those killed in yesterday's anti-government protests. that's when at least 82 people were killed. two members of president's government and a senior muslim cleric resigned in protest at the la