>> this is a very severe assault. very severe damage and injuries. she doesn't deserve that. and not only that she suffered. >> reporter: police were not notified till the family called them this past sunday. at this time they do not know what bus line she was on. officers say she travels from china town to japan town and back. >> the key is we need to speak to that good samaritan that helped her off the bus to sit down and recover. he might have witnessed the entire incident or if there are other witnesses that can narrow down the field of search. >> reporter: the victim's granddaughter mosted my grandma is in a coma and will never see her family again. she is leaving our family and i ask you to come forward if you witnessed this. they are looking at surveillance video. if they find something, especially if they find the attack, they will be handing it over to police. >> let's hope they do and hope she able to recover. mike mibach in san francisco, thank you. in oakland it took a jury three hours to find randy alana guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his former girlfriend. randy alana faces 90 years to life. he was convicted of robbery and grand theft. he and sandra coke who was a federal investigate had a relation -- investigator had a relationship and a daughter together. >> we are pleased that they were so diligent. happy they gave the family closure. >> sandra coke's body was found in vacaville in august, 2013. randy alana has 17 felony prior convictions. the defensive attorney claims someone else killed sandra coke. new at 6:00 p.m. a major shift from doctors on the issue of physician assisted suicide. the california medical association changed their position to neutral. ktvu's noelle walker, why is the timing significant? >> reporter: there are 8 legislations sitting right now that now has a better chance of advances. there is still others opposed but the powerful california medical association shifting course paves the way for lawmakers who were opposed to potentially change their position as well. >> reporter: she has access to the best medical care. the one thing her doctors can't give her -- >> 18 months to live. >> reporter: time. she has stage 4 colon cancer. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: four years after her prognosis she is still here. she joined a lawsuit suing the state of california to decriminalize physicals prescribing life ending medication to terminally ill who want to die on their own terms. not those of the disease. >> really because of my son. >> reporter: she wants to protect memories. >> i don't want him to watch me die like that, in pain. >> reporter: today the california medical association changed its position on assisted suicide. >> times changed. >> reporter: one of the most powerful lobbies took a neutral position on assisted suicide. >> allowing us to change from opposed allows physicians to make a personal decision to do what is best for them. >> reporter: the move could open dures for senate bill 128, the end of life option act. the author -- >> it makes the prospects more positive. >> she hopes the option is available to her if and when she needs it. >> as i said to my son i am not going to die of old age. you know? that is reality. >> reporter: any changes are too late for brittany maynered. she moved to oregon and died at the time of her choosing. the bill has to get out of committee by the first week in june that is in order to move on to the assembly and potential to the governor's desk. >> you talked to her husband today, what did he say? >> reporter: he was thankful and appreciative for the wisdom, he also said it is an affirmation of the reason that brittany spoke up about this. >> thank you. developing news now, near santa barbara, crews are cleaning up a massive oil spill. it is now estimated it spilled 100,000 gallons into the ocean yesterday. it effected 9 miles of the coast line near refugio state beach near santa barbara. the latest on what is being done to protect wildlife in the area. >> reporter: take a look at the rocks. oil covered. spotted. and the water. out here in the pacific. the first things that strike you here are the oil. coating rocks and sand. the dirty, oily water and crews trying to clean things up. a local official shows us pictures of a dead octopus and a fish that didn't survive. >> oil is not a good thing for the environment. this represents the concern. >> reporter: he is with california fish and wildlife. he is not ready to verify numbers but with a mess like this -- >> some of them have been impacted by oil and again we will try to do as much as we can to rehabilitate. >> reporter: locals are furious. >> i am very upset. everybody is. everybody was talking about it. what we are upset about is not that it happened. pipes break, things happen. we are upset because we are sitting here like in 1969, waiting for it to hit our shores. and they can't stop it. sky fox 2 shows the spreading slick. it stinks and that is what they will remember from their vacation here. the very stinky smell. >> pungent smell. horrible. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> yeah. >> reporter: the smell is still very much in the air as the clean up continues here along the santa barbara county coast. ktvu fox 2 news. >> the bay area is not immune to the spill that santa barbara is seeing. oil companies have advocated a web of pipelines through bay area cities -- constructed a web of pipelines through bay area cities. opponents say what happened in santa barbara could very well happen in the bay area. >> that is a clear and present danger we live with right now. if they expand by marine shipment into the bay we would expect that that would increase the risk. >> the fire marshal tells us there are pipelines all over the county and bigger pipelines are the biggest worry. a small line could pose just as much danger to a neighborhood. stay with ktvu on air and online for the latest on the oil spill. we are posting updates on www.ktvu.com and on our mobile app and twitter and facebook. new developments as we look at the new bay bridge. reports of a broken bolt in the base of the tower raised questions about the 400 other bolts on the bridge. those bolts have undergone strength tests and tonight the results are in. ktvu's tom vacar with what engineers found. >> reporter: when caltrans built the base the contractor put covers over the pipes that would hold the bolts that would hold down the tower legs. >> these didn't work. >> reporter: water got down into the pipes where the bolts would be placed. some bolts sat for months. grout should have expelled the water and in some cases was incomplete or missing. caltrans says most bolts were well grouted. the question, is water damaging the bolts and is salty bay water leaking into the base and harming the bolts. >> the rods have not been in the environment long enough to have any significant impact due to that and we have time to take steps. >> reporter: caltrans is taking dozens of water samples to see if it is fresh water or bay water or salty water. or water from the high pressured jets used to inspect the bolts. caltrans says if it can fix the problem by filling the pipes with grease or concrete that would keep oxygen out. >> can exhaust oxygen. once you lose oxygen you will stop the process of the corrosion process. >> reporter: as to the bolt that did break it broke during a seismic test. 400 others did not break during that same test which simulates the largest earthquake the bring should expect. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. made in the bay. a $9 computer. >> the company behind it project that is now getting national attention. >> tons of tobacco thrown out. the effort to toss out millions of dollars worth of contraband. >> back here after the break. checking on the clouds as they bring in the chance for sprinkle for your bay area thursday. female announcer: through monday get up to four years interest-free financing or save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get up to four years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. but this special financing offer ends memorial day at sleep train. battling anti-semitism was the them to today at the meeting of the uc regents today. leaders made an appeal today to take action. they delivered a petition with 600 signatures urging the board to come up with new policies provide better staff training and adopt the definition of anti-semitic behavior. >> assaults on jewish students. discrimination against jooas who are -- use running for office -- jews running for office. >> some argued speaking out in the debate is not anti-semitic. they did not take action today but they are committed to making everyone feel safe. unusual pictures today. check it out. the state destroyed $2 million worth of illegal tobacco products. it is the largest destruction of tobacco products in california history. they dumped 30-tons of cigarettes, signatures, tobacco into landfill, the destroyed tobacco products were not tacked and are considered illegal. >> contained in retail outlets. sometimes they are in the chef. >> retail -- shelf. >> retail stores make money by avoiding the tax but at the same time the state loses tax money. [ music ] made in the bay. a tiny computer with a keyboard and wifi capabilities for just $9. it is called chip and the development that developed it is getting a lot of attention now. ktvu's claudine wong a look at how the computer works. >> not very big. submarine style. we like everything dense and organized. >> reporter: it happens in this garage. it is full of guy whose like to make things. >> lots of things happening for lots of hours. >> reporter: welcome to next thing. >> the media presence and the articles and the tweets have just exploded. >> reporter: surprised? >> yes, very much so. >> reporter: there the attention is for -- >> reporter: all the attention is for this. a $9 computer. named chip. >> search the web. e-mail. play games. shop. >> reporter: a usb port. a microusb port. and it has bluetooth and wireless. >> this thing can provide a full computer experience. . >> if it is intimidating, there is this -- >> pocket chip uses the same computer, what we added is a color touch screen. >> reporter: they made chip for a camera they were working on because they wanted to make the camera more affordable and it opens that door for other people just like them. >> people want to build robots and somebody wants to do video graffiti, images, use it for weather station. >> this is chip. >> the idea caught fire a couple weeks ago after they went online it ask for money. >> kick starter, we need your help. >> reporter: they wanted $50,000. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> six hours. >> reporter: 1.5 million at last check. >> 22 hours a day of fun. >> lot of fun for this company of 9 people. they tinker and they made this $9 computer. and tens of thousands of people are already lined up to get one. claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >> tinkering is paying off. >> i love that passion. fun to see. >> 22 hours of fun. the weather now. we haven't seen the sunshine in a wile. the gray -- while. the gray cool weather. >> towards the weekend, holiday weather things get better. the numbers from today. beautiful around here even when it is cloudy but it is gloomy. cloudy with drizzle. that is how it continues into tomorrow. your bay area thursday. bay area friday is the same deal. gloomy and cloudy and cool. highs tomorrow. tomorrow looks like this. that looks good right there. cloudy most of the day. that rotation continues to stay the same. we had thundershowers for a number of straight days around the clear lake area. that continues. we are out of the mix here. this is stopping up here in the higher terrain. down south we are seeing cool temperatures or lower temperatures. 65 fairfield. 63 concord. that is right now. 60s in sacramento right now. there is the low. another low kicks in. the parent low. tomorrow an impulse comes through and it will bring us a chance for drizzle. maybe a sprinkle. that is it. just be prepared. not enough to do much but enough to -- you know, sower the day. -- sour the day. tomorrow morning, 3:00 a.m. here we are tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. drizzle, drizzle, cloudy. right? not a -- and then something by santa rosa thursday night. and then more in the santa cruz mountains friday. stays cloudy. there is your friday. in terms of sunshine. san jose tomorrow. 67 degrees. cooler than it was today. 69 vacaville. east, you are close to 70s. this time of year, i expect antioch to be 85 degrees. touching on 90 this time of year. late may, early june. 67 san jose. along the coast, cool, cloudy and drizzling. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view there it is. thursday, friday. saturday, sunday. the humid weekend, things shape up -- holiday weekend, things shape up. holiday weekend look goods. lingering clouds and stuff but it has been -- [ talking at the same time ] >> beautiful. but it has been gloomy. >> like seattle weather. >> at least it is not drying everything out. >> fire danger is minimized. the weekend, there will be sun. >> thank you. one of the warriors is in hot water with the nba and we will hear from dwight howard on whether she a go for game two. mark is up next with sports. >> now to the news room, gasia mikaelian with a look at what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. >> coming up at 7:00 p.m. new information on what was discovered in osama bin laden's compound the day he was killed and it includes an unusual job application. and kanye west why he is angry he was censored and what else he is unhappy with. we are working on these stories and more coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. through memorial day, save up to $300 on the cooling comfort of tempur-breeze. plus, get up to four years interest-free financing. sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. and of course, free same-day delivery! are you next? announcer: but don't wait! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ nev done this before. -- never done this before. ready? >> i want to sit here. steph curry's dodder is a social media -- daughter is a social media sensation. she waved to reporters. and yawned as he discussed the golden state warriors game one victory over the houston rockets. she is just adorable. >> adorable. [ talking at the same time ] >> baby number two on the bay. exciting. mark is here now. rockets could be hurting in game two. >> we have basketball things to discuss with record to game two, tomorrow night. 6:00 p.m. rockets could be without dwight howard. leplayed -- he played only 26 minutes last night. he sustained a sprained left knee. listed as questionable. 7 points, 13 rebounds. he talked today about the chances of playing through the injury tomorrow. >> it is going to be on how i feel. if i can tolerate and play through it then i will. but my career is the most important thing. you know, i want to do whatever i can to help the team but i can't help the team if i am hurt. >> mean time, he is the nba's golden boy, the mvp. he got a surprise letter from the nba today, fined $5,000 for flopping on that play. that is when you try to make the refs think you were fouled. i think he was fouled. look at it again. he did get nailed in the body but the league said no. here is stef's reaction. >> i wasn't looking for a foul. i reacted to the contact on my arm. and what have you. i don't agree with it. [ indiscernible ] >> never got a call. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> nope. >> all right. that is steph curry. $5,000 less rich and the a's lost 6-1 to the astros. highlights of that and giants and dodgers this evening. a that is the sporting life for right now. thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us tonight. have a good one. >> see you later. bulldog: mattress discounters memorial day sale ends monday? oh boy! a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! well i'll be... up to $300 off tempur-pedic breeze. and wow! get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! better hurry! the memorial day sale ends monday. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ if i take something to help me sleep i'll be groggy for the meeting. but if i don't take anything and i don't sleep, i'll be groggy for the meeting you know? yeah. [ sighs ] i was up for re-election as social chair of our local realtors group. the vote was tonight. i was so nervous, i could barely hear claire's pep talk. why did i beg mitchell to introduce me to this developer? you're right. we'll know soon enough. i'm gonna go upstairs, see if i can get some sleep. love you. mwah. [ sighing ] i hope so, too. [ cellphone rings ] hello? hey, gil. no, no, no. you -- you didn't wake me. [ doorbell rings ] um, so you hear anything, or... hey, dunphy. just wrapping up a phone call with this jackass. i got to run, dunphy. i got a late meeting with some jackass. [ laughs ]

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