confrontation, last night at this time we were able to bring you live pictures from cairo. but tonight none are available after journalists came under attack. more from rita williams. >> reporter: more clashs in cairo today between demonstrators more and against egyptian president hosni mubarak. here a speeding police van crashed into a van. the military separated battling fashions early today. by nightfall about 10,000 people hoping to topple the enbattled president reportedly remained in the square exhausted but undaunted. >> we will die for our freedom. >> on one hasn't i think there is a collective exhaustion in the country. on the other hand the determination and tenacity of the protesters still seems extremely strong. >> reporter: uc berkeley professor charles hershcon says a facebook page started the protest. hershocon holds the democracy for the egyptian freedom. >> when will the united states decide that enough is enough. >> reporter: even thoáed while condemning the violence -- even today while condemning the violence. the united states said. >> we're very impressed by the composure of the egyptian military. >> reporter: and what's being billed as the day of departure for the president when he's made it clear he's not leaving now. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. one of today's ominous developments involves the messengers of events. claireing clearing out journalists may mean the end is coming. and in one case the threat of beheading. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says this is a violation of protocall and it is unacceptable. >> there's to protect those threatened and to hold accountable those responsible for these attacks. >> reporter: egypt's new prime minister apologized if the violence adding he never imagined the situation would escalate. >> reporter: students at uc berkeley are holding a sleep out tonight to raise awareness about the situation in egypt. jana katsuyama is live in egypt where the students are in their tenth hour of the day long protest. >> reporter: and they have blankets, and they are in their tenth hour. while it's cold and pretty dark out here tonight they say they just want to shine a light on the violence in egypt and what americans can do to help. students handed out fliers and huddled together. >> everyone is really worried, everybody is really squared. they never seen the city like this. >> reporter: for some it's personal. >> he hasn't been to work for a week because he can't leave our house because he has to protect it with the neighbors. my sisters haven't gone to school or college because it's all closed. >> reporter: earlier the students staged a demonstration lying down like corpses to represent those who died in the clashes. >> the police are not helping the citizens on the street. >> reporter: one student says an egyptian friend was killed. >> the police hit her in the head and something happened in her brain and she died. >> reporter: many say they want to encourage people to put pressure on the american government to withhold american aid and support to president mubarak. >> what's most important is the freedom of the people in the country. >> reporter: many of these students tell me that they are planning to attend another larger rally that is set for this saturday at 1:00 in the afternoon at san francisco's un plaza. reporting live in berkeley tonight, jana katsuyama. tonight in san jose, activists are also getting ready for that march. members of the san francisco peace and justice center were out making signs today. they said that the president of their group is in egypt right now and they are hoping for his safe return. our coverage of the uprising in egypt continues on our website ktvu.com. you will find more video along with a special section, it is right there on our web page? the manager of a san rafael pizza parlor is out of jail tonight and out of a job. he along with an employee vandalized a competitor's pizza parlor. >> reporter: take a look at pizza orgasmica. but you can see the graffiti and blithe those responsible from a near by pizza parlor. charged with felony vandalism, this graffiti may speak for them. dollars signs scrawled in black paint. the message, go home. and the words no orgasmica. >> i've had the worse day of my life. literally, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: the owner of near by extreme pizza is floored to find former employee climber and long time manager tucker accused. >> he's never been late. he's never been hung over. he's never shown any kinds of devious behavior. >> reporter: police say when they caught the man throwing away their gloves and spray paint at three clock in morning they showed signs of intoxication -- at 3:00 in the morning, they showed signs of intoxication. >> it's nothing that's going to stop us from being successful. from being here in the county. >> reporter: it's orgasmicas first location outside of san francisco. and already raising eyebrows for it's neon exterior. but the owner is philosophical. >> i love this place, i love being here. i love america. very proud to be here, we love just doing what we do. >> reporter: mia tells me he doesn't know either suspect personally. but he's gratified that police made such a quick arrest and that the rival manager was fired today. damage here is estimated at some $7,000. reporting live at san rafael, debra villalon. a bank robbery suspect managed to elude police in the east bay today even though a bank gps device was attached to the cash. police released these pictures of the robber. a second look at the robber shows him waving a gun around. officers conducted a search but said they were unable to find the bank robber. new information tonight about oakland's radio communication problems. this morning officers responding to a radio call said they lost radio communication with each other. officers were not able to communicate with officers on the field for a 10 minute span. officers faced the same problems last week. traffic on the bay bridge is back to normal after major delays getting out of the san francisco during the evening commute. the highway patrol closed the three right hand lanes in the eastbound direction before the tunnel. while crews swept up the sand, traffic backed up for miles as you can see from these pictures from news chopper 2. the lanes reopened about 5:00 but traffic was still congested until about 6:30 this evening when drivers headed to the east bay reported normal conditions. and the high speeds rail system is taking a backseat. the environment report won't be issued until next year. the authority is prioritizing the section from fresno to bakersfield and all of the available money is being allocated to that section. caltrain today put up a decision on drastic cuts until next month when it'll hold a public hearing. caltrain has to find ways to deal with a $30 million budget gap which amounts to 1/3 of its operating budget. it's considering eliminating up to 16 of it's 32 stations and increasing fares by 25-cents. the changes if they are approved would go into effect on july 2nd. caltrain is reporting a 52- year-old man was killed this evening on its tracks on sunnyvale. a spokeswoman says it appears that it was a suicide. service was delayed more than an hour for the investigation. three fires in one san francisco neighborhood today. find out what clues investigators are looking at to try to nab the arsonist responsible. after 32 years, what happened here is the only unsolved triple homicide in california. tonight, san mateo police say they have new information. and as we move toward your ba three people were rushed to highland hospital after being shot in their car. the car's first passenger side window was reportedly shot out and one bullet struck the driver side door. oakland police are not releasing any details but the shooting happened about 5:00 this evening not far from international boulevard. at this hour the extent of the victim's injuries is unclear. in san francisco tonight, arson investigators are trying to figure out if three deliberately set fires are connected. we showed you those fires live during morning on two. they all started during a three block area in a span of 90 minutes. now many neighbors are wondering if they could be next. amber lee joins us with a live report. >> reporter: julie, next to me is a building where a fire left 13 people homeless. neighbors told us when they look at the damage they can't help but damage about their own safety. tonight residents who lost their homes moved out what they could salvaged. red cross is providing shelter for two people and the rest are staying with family or friends. a garbage can at a third location was also torched. >> i feel unsafe, angry, concerned about someone very crazy going around the neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors have been stopping by to look at the damage. concerned that a firebug is responsible and may strike again. >> when someone is going out and deliberatelysetting fires you don't know when you're going to wake up any morning and have it be your house, so you don't know if you're next. >> reporter: a deputy fire chief says there's not enough evidence yet to know if all three fires are connected. the other building that burned was on hartford. but the fire here spread next door. >> there was a fire line going up the building. we got out of the building as soon as we could. >> reporter: the fire department is looking at surveillance video and asking residents to be alert. >> if they see anything that is remotely suspicious and call 911 and have somebody come check it out. >> reporter: investigators have taken examples of the burnt wood here and from the other building and sent them to atf to find out what was used to set these fires. reporting live in san francisco's castro neighborhood, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. health officials are investigating what caused a flu like outbreak in a popular camp. the camp belongs to the marin county office of education. more than 50 students, teachers and chaperones all got sick with symptoms including vomiting. some parents came overnight to pick up their children. >> we just wanted to make sure again that the kids are safe and that we're getting them home and getting them to bed where they can get healthy again. >> three schools were attending the four day outdoor program. there are no reports of anyone being hospitalized from that outbreak. an el dorado county judge ruled today phillip garrido is fit to stand trial. garrido is accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and inprisoning her for 18 years. his wife nancy is also charged in the case. placerville police say john luebbers confessed to fatality shooting a school principal. luebbers worked as a janitor until he killed the principal. the two were said to be friends, having just played golf last sunday. two teenagers and a 22-year- old, all executed inside a drugstore back in 1979. tonight, police are hinting at new information. it's a story that ktvu's lloyd lacuesta covered more than 30 years ago, he's live tonight with our update. >> reporter: frank what is now a rite aid was once a payless drugstore. and those old enough to remember, 32 years ago the horror of what happened. >> when i come in here i think about that, it was such a traumatic thing at that time. >> reporter: it was called the payless murders. someone went into the store shortly after closing, shot three employees in the back of the head execution style and took $20,000. the murders of 16-year-old tracy anderson, 17-year-old billy baumgartner and michael olson remain unsolved. >> almost daily i think about tracy, i think about what kind of person he might be. how i might be different if he were around. >> todd anderson is 37-year- olds old, he was 14 years old when i first met him 32 years ago. he said he had a premonition that night. >> looking back at it, shortly after i think it was about the time that you know the robbery happened. >> reporter: san mateo police have several folders of evidence on what they call an active open cold case. tonight, they said they have new information but are not ready to release it. >> to get it in our hands and show the evidence that we have may cause it problems later on for potential prosecution. >> reporter: at one point police detained a payless employee but there was lack of evidence to hold him. >> i certainly wish somebody could be caught and prosecuted. but it doesn't bring tracy or billy or michael back. >> reporter: there is a $75,000 reward in this case. and on a personal note, this is one story after all these years that still haunts me. live in san mateo, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. we have an update now on identical twins from vallejo who enlisted on the same day. they will take the oath tomorrow. the 19-year-olds enlisted just days before their mother died of cancer. it appears it is a go for astronaut mark kelly. husband of wounded congresswoman giffords. kelly will announce tomorrow whether he will command endeavor on its final mission. one clue as to kelly's decision is that he is scheduled to appear at a nasa news conference tomorrow and his back up is not. and we've got a little bit of coastal fog out there tonight. not valley fog but right along ocean beach, up near mira beach and marin county a little bit of fog. tonight is going to be cool and clear just like last night. look for a little bit of coastal fog in the morning. a little bit of valley fog up toward napa. we've been selling this weekend sunny and warm. probably one of the nicest, warmest weekend we have seen in a long time. these are the highs from today. it was mild. 63 in napa. highs tomorrow are coming up. we will see lots of mid-60s, upper 60s. overnight lows tonight will be on the cool side. there's that valley fog we were talking about. it's going to be around but it'll burn off rapidly. we'll show you exactly which cities are going to be the warmest on saturday and sunday. it was the site that very few people have seen. tonight our cameras go inside the new devil slide tunnel as work is entering a new phase. it's a new in oklahoma three people are dead and five others were rescued today after an suv plunged into icy waters. the chevy avalanche plunged off a bridge and landed two feet below. a rescue boat was used to reach the victims. in new england, new problems from all that snow. a roof collapsed and forced the evacuation of an elementary school. the debris landed in the attic and did not go through to the first grade classroom beneath it. for many people, it was digging out today. in chicago, people had to shovel their way out of their homes even as snow continued to fall. hundreds of cars were literally abandoned there for three days. >> although the snow has ended, the effects of the snow will be with us for a while. please be extremely careful if you have to venture outside and have patience. forecasters are predicting the north here's is going to get hammered again. the storm that is taking aim in the south is expected to work it's way up the coast. the twin tunnel project has finally entered a new phase. tonight for the first time since both tunnels were board all way through, tonight we look at the project you're paying for. >> reporter: the woman who designed the tunnels reflected on them a little bit. >> pretty much at this point, our work is kind of finished. >> reporter: this czech born civil engineer says the tunnels are already safe from serious seepage, collapse and even serious earthquakes. >> that is an accomplishment, of course. the lining is still holding the mountain. >> now we have all the concrete work, all the finishing work, all the coordination, all the authorities with our department so it's still couldn'ts to be as challenging as it was before. >> reporter: caltrans says the crews have not only done their job well, they've avoided millions of the dollars in injury claims. >> this is the best project that caltrans has in the state of california in the present time. for now on, crews will line the tunnel with a thick piece of plastic to keep water from going in. then a web of rebar. then concrete is poured into the frames forming the interior walls. when it's all done, the tunnel will look something like this. expect there's a lot of work to be done, the road level will be up to here. but you'll be able to check it out for yourself in about 18 months. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. and we have posted more incredible pictures from our tunnel tour at ktvu.com. just look for the slide shows tab right on the front page. danger in a place that you wouldn't expect. ktvu uncovers how a household product is being used as a danger drug. and a now tonight's special report, a new and danger street drug in a form you would never expect. ktvu health and science editor john fowler on what we've learned in a ktvu investigation. >> reporter: young people will experiment. >> first it seemed harmless. >> reporter: abby used it for a month. >> not sleeping and not eating. it makes you start seeing stuff that's not there. weird but it's scary. >> reporter: this young man posted to you tube. >> i haven't eaten in over a week now. it's hard to breathe. >> reporter: both those young people say they ingested this drug. it comes in packages labeled bath salts under a variety of names. but this is a powerful new synthetic drug. they actually combine the worse effects of several street drugs. >> this may well be the most dangerous drug experience of a lifestyle. >> reporter: it's 5:00 today, poison control reported to us seven californians including one in the bay area have been hospitalized with overdoses of so called bath salt drugs. >> they have the ability to produce hallucinations, they seem to be highly addictive, they seem to last for an exceptionally lost period of time. these are hallucinations that are absolute nightmares and may end up being fatal. >> reporter: we've learned users have committed suicide, mutilated themselves, others have permanent psychotic breaks. we obtained our sampleless through sample -- samples through the mail. but in many states they're available in shops. we found so called bath salts have not yet become popular here perhaps for this reason. >> in san francisco, for better or worse you can get access to cocaine or speed or heroin or pot or whatever. >> i've had many three customers come in asking for it. we don't sell it here. >> reporter: but segal says lots of marketers are trying to sell so called bath salts to him. >> the marketers are one step ahead of the government. they just change one molecule. >> reporter: experts say it's chemical structure is similar to meth and extasy but it's effects are worse. >> you really want to lose your mental health forever. that is apparently one of the real risks of these bath salts. >> hearing voices and being paranoid. >> reporter: abby says she felt of suicide. >> it doesn't matter if it's legal, you will end up killing yourself with it. >> reporter: it may not be legal for long. as of this evening, departments of justice and public health are evaluating their authority to act. health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. late this afternoon, a former director of napa state hospital was found guilty of sexually abusing her adopted son. 63-year-old claude faulk was arrested on 35 counts of sexual molestation that took place over decades. faulk testified that he is innocent and his adoptive son had a habit of lying. foulk worked as director of napa hospital. he could spend the rest of his life in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on february 23rd. an antioch father faces charges tonight in the gun death of his 4-year-old son. prosecutors filed five felonies against eddy karr today including two counts of child endangerment. in a jailhouse interview after