officers the night of the incident. a meeting today to air it all out at san jose state university. students, administrators and state officials are trying to come together after a string of disturbing incidents. one of the most repeat was this past fall. -- recent was this past fall, four white students accused of locking a bike lock around a black student's neck, and hanging a confederate flag. students say the school still has a long way to go to make them feel at home. ktvu's ann ruben live now at san jose state and they hope this meeting will be a solid first step. >> reporter: the hope is these hearings lead to policy changes and ultimately to a change in the emotional climate on campus. as a panelist at the hearing, this student spoke not only about the climate but how it makes him feel. >> it feels like you don't belong. it feels like there's nothing there for you. it people like maybe college isn't the right way to go. >> reporter: this in the wake of a racially charged incident last fall where an african american said he was abused by his suite mates. though there have been protests since, students say not much has changed. >> i don't think this campus is very safe for students of color. >> reporter: making students feel safe and included are two of the goals of this hearing. >> our students deserve better. >> reporter: organized by the state assembly following the incident it plans to look not just at san jose state but at campuses statewide. >> it's not just about finding the horrors that we think we'll find but really finding the good things happening on campus as well and using those to share with our campuses. >> reporter: there will be four hearings across the state. afterward the committee will issue recommendations. >> it's going to take a real commitment of resources. >> reporter: students say it's going to take more than talk to make a difference. >> i really love my education and studies, but i think this is another kind of education this university doesn't value. >> it's good we start the conversation. i don't think it should end here by any means, but i guess at least we're starting it. >> reporter: the next hearing will be at uc san diego april 25th. the plan is to have two more by september and recommendations by year end. ann ruben, ktvu channel 2 news. it's only march, but if what happened in pittsburgh yesterday is any indication, we could be in -- pittsburg yesterday is any indication, we could be in for a long fire ahead. a grassfire covered 40 acres before it was put out. the fire was unusually aggressive for this time of year. ktvu's mike mibach is in contra costa county where firefighters say they are already stretched thin. >> reporter: dealing with the power lines, the 6-foot tall grass, the wind, definitely a fight out here and if it wasn't for the help of a cal fire chopper, this one could have been running for a while. today a man on a mission looking for answers looking to find out what sparked this, a three alarm 40-acre grace fire seen by hundreds in the city of pittsburg. >> usually it doesn't really happen in our neighborhood. >> right now everything is so dry. >> reporter: robert marshall with the contra costa fire protection district responded to the scene. >> we were stretched to the breaking point yesterday. >> reporter: part of the reason marshall says is this, station 87 would have been third to the fire. right now it's closed due to lack of staff, but that could change. a new academy starts next month. >> we got a grant for approximately $9.5 million just recently to hire 27 firefighters. >> a lot of the shutdowns on the fire departments in every area makes it hard to respond timely. the dry grasses and everything else, it's going to be nasty without the water this year. >> reporter: a smoky summer is expected. >> going to be very hot. >> reporter: and a smoky spring already up and running in pittsburg. >> so we'll start looking into starting our weed abatement procedures earlier. >> reporter: there is a hawk's nest in the power lines above the charred grass and a fire investigator says one possible cause of the fire is a bird hitting the line falling to the ground and sparking those first flames. live in pittsburg, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. let's bring in meteorologist mark tamayo to show us just how dry it is and very little rain this year. >> it never games. typically we're talking about a -- fails. typically we're talking about a very active fire season after a drought or dry weather pattern that's basically shaping up already. this is satellite from today, but over the past few months it's been the stat light basically storms moving north of the bay area. the areas shaded in orange benefited from the february rain, but the past few weeks the dry weather pattern developing, really drying things up out there. basically those areas are gone. right now we have extreme drought and exceptional drought. as far as rainfall across the state, we're so concerned about it in the bay area, but it's a statewide problem, eureka picking up the most rain, but eureka is only 50% of average and 43% of average in san francisco, los angeles only 44% of average. we do have some rain in our five-day forecast, a bit of a change in the overall weather pattern, more coming up on that in 10 minutes. a judge today rejected the plea by former san francisco supervisor ed jue to stay out of court in san francisco. he pleaded guilty in 2008 to a state charge for perjury about lying where he lived while running for office. he served the last 4 1/2 years in federal prison for extorting money from a store in his district. his attorney argued he should be credited with federal time served and not have to go to jail for that state charge, but the judge said no. >> the defendant betrayed the public trust and was convicted of perjury. i think it's important for the public to know there's serious consequences for lying to the residents of the city and county of san francisco. >> i think he'll get home detention in all probability. he should just because every other inmate will. >> jue is scheduled to surrender april 4th to serve his year. it will be up to the sheriff whether serves it in the county jail or home detention. 1 in 8 gallons of gas produced in california comes from the chevron refinery in richmond. that refinery is pushing to modernize which could include bringing in dirtier, more combustible oil. tom vacar sat down with one of the leaders of the new project. >> reporter: yes, i did. chevron may pull it off this time, but they're absolutely going to have to be polite, open and most importantly honest. this is only about half of chevron's latest modernization plan environmental impact report. >> the project allows us to refine crude oils with higher sulfur, but other than that it does not change the basic function or capacity of the amount of crude that we're able to process here. >> reporter: it will nobody slam dunk for chevron. sulfur corrosion caused the fire that sent thousands of people to the hospital 19 months ago. >> in this case the community has won the right to have an informed review of this project before we let it go forward. >> it's been a much more open and transparent project. >> reporter: bill lindsey is richmond's city manager, a city that needs the jobs. >> the message we hear from labor and labor is delivering is they want jobs in an environmentally responsible way. >> reporter: but this downsize project exists only because the community sued to end the last one. >> and the judges also found chevron hadn't told the truth about the project. >> i think it's sort of a trust but verify. >> we know what our needs are and we'd have to be able to come together to achieve those needs and some of the promises given by chevron have not been completely fulfilled. >> i'd have to say i'm skeptical all the way around whether it would bring more jobs even during construction or weather there would be less polluting. i am skeptical. >> reporter: chevron says everyone can trust this. >> no net increase in emissions or criteria air pollutants, health risks or greenhouse gas emissions. >> reporter: the project could win approval as early as june. that means it could be up and running two years from then. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on chevron's record in richmond, the refinery has been the site of at least two major fires in recent years. in august of 2012 a corroded pipe failed causing this massive fire and that huge plume of smoke. 50,000 people went to the hospital reporting respiratory problems. in 2007 another fire was caused by sulfur corrosion. police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a woman and sped away in broad daylight in san francisco. 82-year-old oy young was hit in a crosswalk at visitation avenue and bayshore boulevard. the driver circled back to look at the dying woman on the street. investigators sent this picture of the suspect's vehicle. the image came from a surveillance camera in the neighborhood. the vehicle is a white dodge durango. a woman shot and left to die in richmond, the victim about 30 years old found near florida avenue and south fourth street at 10:00 last night. witnesses say a burgundy sedan with gold rims sped away from the scene. tonight investigators are trying to track down that car. >> construction sites like this don't affect -- construction sites like this don't affect one neighborhood, the ripple effects projects like this have on people who don't even live or work nearby. >> the reason you may own a defective car and not realize it. >> it would have been a catastrophic accident. >> next she won $400,000 off advice from a fortune cookie, the thing a south bay lottery winner plans to do after a 50 year wait. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ the somber sea of blue at a memorial service today marking five years since what many consider the city of oakland's darkest day. five years ago four members of opd were killed by a rape suspect. the shootings devastated the community and today people paused to remember and honor those lost. ♪[ music ] through song and prayer at the cathedral of christ the light catholic church in oakland colleagues, family members and loved ones of four slain opd officers honored their memory five years to the day they were gunned down. >> we've never been the same since. we've never been the same as individuals, as a department, as department. >> the four officers were all killed in the line of duty saturday, march 21st, 2009, mark dunakin, ervin row plans, john hege and daniel sakai -- romans, john hege and daniel sakai. it was sergeant romans day off but as a member of the s.w.a.t. team he was called in when the shooter took cover in a nearby apartment building. the shooter killed sergeant romans and sergeant sakai when they responded to the chaotic scene, four opd officers gone in one afternoon. >> to shoot that many men and take away that many fathers, that many dads, that many husbands, sons, there's no justification for it. >> nicole romans said she has alleged heavily on their catholic faith since her husband was taken from her. she doesn't feel anger, just deep, deep sorrow. she's seeing her children begin to find moments of happiness and says that's the best we can do right now. the new federal report finds that minority and disabled students are disciplined more than their classmates. education secretary arne duncan announced the findings of the national survey today in washington. it found black students were suspended and expelled three times more often than white students. in california black students made up the majority of out of school suspensions between 2011 and 2012. the study also showed disabled students faced harsher consequences than those without disabilities. >> the everyday educational experience for far too many students of color, disabilities and english learners fall short of meeting the american promise. >> the department of education says it examined discipline records from every public school in the united states. roughly 90% of teens go online and post millions of pictures every day. so today google brought a special lesson plan on internet safety to students at one south bay school. they talked to students at fisher middle school in east san jose about how to be smart sharing online. children learned about ways to create safe memorable passwords. >> we always end up dealing with students who share their passwords with best friends which they shouldn't be doing, students, i guess, issues that start sometimes online that we end up having to kind of counsel and mediate on campus. >> it's part of a program led by google which also works with educators and child safety advocates. a woman from the south bay is thanking a fortune cookie for making her hundreds of thousands of dollars richer. she matched all but the mega number in the drawing march 4th earning her more than $421,000. the lucky winner always picks the same five sets of numbers which she got from inside fortune cookies. she and her husband plan to use the money to go to hawaii and take the honeymoon they could never afford before, hope they have a fantastic trip. >> i hope they fly first class. go get it! let's turn back to our weather. we started spring hoping for a drop or two of rain, but we haven't seen it yet. >> today actually felt like the middle of summer with the fog making a comeback and the onshore breeze. fog will work back into the bay. we do have some rain chances after the weekend. you'll see that coming up in the five-day. on the stormtracker the light clouds up to our north and the fog hugging a good portion of the coastline primarily to our south and a few showers in the southern sierra to south of lake tahoe. current temperatures, warm numbers toward antioch, livermore, oakland 61 and san francisco only the mid-50s and you probably noticed the winds kickoff. right now sustained wind speeds out of the west in oak alan is the afternoon teen gusting to 22 -- oakland is 18 gusting to 22. it is breezy this evening. currently in san francisco 56 degrees. look at this shot. we'll show you the forecast in san francisco coming up and we will have some low clouds and fog to start the day with the temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. by lunchtime 59, afternoon high on track to reach the lower 60s, right around 63. tomorrow across the entire bay area it will be a little warmer. overnight lows to start your saturday, coolest locations around 40 for santa rosa and napa and patchy fog returning back to the bay heading into early saturday morning. here's the overall weather pattern, high clouds to our east and fog redeveloping offshore, high pressure in command of our weather this weekend, still fog in the morning clearing back to near the immediate shoreline. 60s and 70s, sunday the warmest day, just a minor warm-up in those numbers. monday looks dry, but into next week definitely cooler temperatures, more clouds and a weak system moves in. we'll bring in the chance of scattered showers tuesday and probably a better bet wednesday of next week. we'll watch that for the change in the overall weather pattern still a few days out. here's our forecast model snowing you some fog tomorrow morning at 6:00, some patches into the bay and clearing back to near the shoreline in the afternoon hours revealing partly to mostly sunny skies. at 7:00 40 to 50 degrees by lunchtime, 55 to 62, patchy coastal fog and the eventual temperature range low 60s to the lower 70s. these numbers most areas up about 3 to 6 degrees from today's highs. look ahead your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, a little warm- up for saturday and sunday. then finally at least we're talking about a chance of a few showers tuesday into wednesday. it would be nice to have a few rain drops in the bay area next week. we'll track that rain as it does move in from the north. more people than ever are expected to come out for the open running festival sunday, the fifth year the annual event is being held. organizers expect 10,000 people. about 1,500 will run the full marathon. there's a four person relay race, half k and 5k. along the routes there will be vans, cheer stations and water stops. there is a new help to help you avoid people you don't want to see. >> plus new information from inside the cockpit of malaysian airlines flight 370, what the pilot said that could potentially be an odd sign. >> now to julie haener in our newsroom for what we're working on for 6:00. >> railroad crossings, close call. >> it's one of the most gut wrenching feelings you will ever get. >> plus killing trees to keep people safe, the danger beneath the soil that could get them removed, these stories and more are coming up new at 6:00. 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[doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. a british newspaper is reporting that it has a transcript of radio calls between the pilots on board missing malaysian airlines flight 370 and air traffic controllers. malaysian investigators had those recorders for two weeks but have not officially released them. a purported transcript that details what malaysian airlines flight 370 told air traffic controls are from takeoff until the plane disappeared has been obtained by london's telegraph newspaper. on commercial flights one pilot usually flies while the other handles radio calls. the conversations match with what ma operation investigators and u.s. official -- malaysian investigators and u.s. officials have told cnn, that the recordings indicated a normal flight. the telegraph says the radio calls were slightly casual but gave no sign the plane was about to disappear. at 10 7 a.m. a imagine saying the plane was at -- a message saying the plane was at 37,000 feet. that same communication had already been given six minutes earlier and at 1:19 a.m. malaysian authorities say the copilot makes his final transmission to air traffic control saying all right, good night. two minutes later the transponder that helps air traffic controllers track the plane goes off and flight 370 hasn't been heard from or seen since. the recording covers about 54 minutes. today search planes circled above the southern part of the indian ocean about 1,500 miles west of australia. they were looking for the two large objects seen on a satellite image. they did not find any debris. john the 23rd health clinic is on san fernando street near city hall run by catholic charities of santa clara county. the clinic will provide primary and behavioral healthcare. organizers say having both services at the same location will make it easier for patients to get proper care. >> it's a team effort and the data shows when people do the team efforts, they get better both physically and emotionally. >> the new clinic will act as an innovative training facility for doctors and nurses. taking aim at internet gambling, the move to make some online gambling illegal, but first. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where private patient information has been stolen. i'll tell you who is affected and what to do to protect yourself. >> also a bay area man tries to file a restraining order against a 9-year-old boy. >> trying to protect the children from future attack by this young man. >> what he says that young boy is doing that is forcing him to take action. >> danger behind the wheel, now certain car buyers, especially here in california, are putting themselves at risk. doctor put complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. a security breach affecting tens of thousands of people here in the bay area, how it was triggered by a break-in hundreds of miles away. names, addresses and in some cases social security numbers in the hands of thieves after patient information was compromised. ktvu's katie yu is live in san francisco. >> reporter: the department of health serves the most vulnerable population. now they're facing the massive task of reaching all those people, many of which are homeless. the security breach happened early february when thieves broke in a medical big company near los angeles. >> -- billing company near los angeles. >> several computers were stolen and the patient information was on those computers. >> reporter: the billing information was unencrypted with means those thieves have access to 56,000 people. the department learned of the breach earlier this week. >> this was for billing purples, so the patient's medical -- purposes, so the patient's medical record wasn't there. it was the billing information. >> reporter: the data includes names, addresses and in some cases social security numbers. >> anything is too much. >> reporter: breaching the patients who -- reaching the patients who utilize the clings and emergency services will be challenging. letters will be mailed to those with addresses. >> that will be a huge challenge to reach them because there's a huge homeless population in here. >> reporter: as of now, public health officials say there are no reports of the stolen information being use. they are no longer send -- used. they are no longer sending billing information to the contractor. >> we are upset on this breach on behalf of our contractor. >> somebody should be accountable for this. >> reporter: the department of public health is reviewing all of its contracts with contractors to make sure data is encrypted from here on out. in the meantime credit counseling services and fraud protection services are being offered to victims. we've posted those details on www.ktvu.com. live in san francisco katie yu, ktvu channel 2 news. a church office in san jose went up in flames this morning before 5:30 at a church office on minnesota avenue near bird avenue in the willow glen neighborhood. crews quickly knocked down the two alarm fire at the church of god of san jose. they were able to prevent flames from spreading to the main church building. the pastor and his wife live nearby and say they woke up to the sounds of windows breaking. >> i looked out my bedroom window and i saw a bunch of flames and smoke rising up. i woke up the family. i just said everybody get up. the church office is on fire. >> fire officials say the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives has been notified which is standard procedure following a fire at a church. at this point it does not appear to be suspicious. new developments in the murder of a 19-year-old man in marin county. police made an arrest. we reported on this story yesterday at 5:00. the suspect is an acquaintance of the victim who was shot and killed yesterday near dillon beach, but no motive is yet revealed. the suspect is identified as 56- year-old ken neville. prosecutors are asking for more time to consider charges against a man accused in a dui crash that killed two women. toxicology results are not yet in for 30-year-old nicholas tognozzi accused of being high on marijuana and using his cell phone when he caused a crash that killed two women. prosecutors said the results of a urine test could make the difference between misdemeanor allegations and more serious felonies. drivers possibly in danger and may not even know it and it all starts with where they bought their car. used cars can save you money, but if you're buying them online, you could be missing out on important safety information. ktvu's jacqueline fell talked to a woman today who found herself in that very situation. >> scared me to death. >> reporter: pat gunderson bought her son a used 2000 mercury like this online, but what she did not know almost proved fatal. three months after she bought it the front passenger side wheel fell off as her son and two grandchildren pulled into a parking lot. >> had they been on the freeway, i'm sure it would have flipped. it would have been a catastrophic accident. >> reporter: the used car had a recall on it. last year according to new research by carfax 3.5 million used cars under recall were sold online. in california 215,000 cars with an unfixed problem were for sale online, the second highest in the country. >> recalls aren't something that are the top of our list when we're shopping for a used car. we're more worried about the color, the mileage. >> reporter: this month and next we'll see the most number of used cars listed online and car fact says recalls need to be one of the first things to ask about. general motors recalled millions of cars and suvs with faulty ignition switches and other problems. it's up to the vehicle owner to actually fix the issue. gunderson says she'll always check for any open recalls in the future. more details now, other statics from carfax. on average one in nine vehicles listed online have an unknown defect and most car dealerships will check cars and fix recalled parts for free. state wildlife officials filed an environmental complaint against san jose over a homeless encampment right along coyote creek. department of fish and wildlife officials say waste from the encampment is threatening the animals and fish. a lack of resources makes clean- up difficult. online blackjack, poker and slots could soon be illegal nationwide. house and senate bills are expected to be introduced next week to ban internet gaming. the bills would prohibit states from legalizing online gambling except for horse racing. supporters say it's bad policy to allow quick access on smartphones, but there's another motive claiming las vegas casino owner sheldon addleson is influencing lawmakers. >> there is no reason why one person should have this much influence oh legislation in washington d.c. >> -- over legislation in washington d.c. >> over the past 25 years addleson has given over $25,000 to south carolina senator lindsey graham who supports gaming. it is being called the biggest phone scam ever. >> plus a father trying to file a restraining order against his son's 9-year-old classmate, why the school is holding back a key piece of evidence. >> reporter: in the south bay building the new curriculum for science, technology, engineering and math, why that matters to you and your kids. >> finally no more awkward encounters, how a new app can help you not run into your exes and former friend. bulldog: look at that! $300 off serta perfect sleeper and sealy posturepedic. plus, free delivery. the red tag means you save more green during mattress discounters red tag sale. ♪ mattress discounters a fairfield man says he's trying to file a restraining order against a 9-year-old who he says has been bullying his son. his son a is in the 4th grade and -- his son is in the 4th grade and the bullying has been going on for months at rolling hills elementary and the school is doing nothing to stop it. >> he came up and pushed me and i pushed him back and then he punched me right in the face and said ha, ha, you got punched. >> i'm trying to protect the children from future attack by this young man. >> the only problem hindering the father's plan is that he only has the boy's first name. he says the school is refusing to release the alleged bully's full name or his address. the school says that is confidential information. new developments tonight from russia where president vladimir putin signed a treaty that officially makes crimea part of russia at least from the russian perspective. that came after russia's upper house of parliament approved the annexation following an overwhelming vote in the region to succeed from ukraine. at the same time ukraine's prime minister signed an agreement that opens the door for trade with the european union. the irs is warning taxpayers about the biggest phone scam it's ever seen. more than 20,000 people nationwide have been targeted by people posing as irs agents. the agency says thousands of victims have been tricked into paying a total of more than $1 million to the scammers. as part of the scam fake agents call taxpayers claiming they owe taxes and demand payment using a debit card or wire transfer. those who refused have been threatened with arrest, even deportation. the irs says its agents contact people first by mail and they do not demand payment by cards or wire transfer. there is a new app that will help you avoid people who you don't want to run into. it's called cloak and it's free for iphones. the app uses location information from four square and instagram to help users prevent awkward encounters with people who they want to avoid. users can set up notifications for people they'd like to avoid like xs, frenemies or everyone in your social network. the big closure this weekend coming to a major bay area freeway. >> plus. >> reporter: buildings go up, traffic slows down, the construction work driving some motorists crazy in one bay area city. >> almost 1 million jobs in the u.s. going unfilled, the reason why companies can't find enough people to work. >> a bit cooler today across the entire bay area, coming up the 1 direction temperatures will trend this weekend and a couple rain clouds to talk about on the five-day forecast. female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera! - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ construction frustration in san francisco, what's generally a sign of an improving economy is having some drivers seeing red. san francisco's construction boom may be having an unintended side effect on the city streets. ktvu's david stevenson looked at traffic lane closures and why they're making drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists so anxious. >> reporter: the building boom is boosting san francisco's economy, but it has some drivers gripping their steering wheels a little bit tighter. >> reporter: for some san francisco drivers it's another day of grit your teeth gridlock due in part to a big construction boom. >> it makes it really bad for traffic. it's a bottleneck especially downtown. >> reporter: some drivers blame lane closures that give construction crews some much needed maneuvering space but squeeze other vehicles into tighter corridors. >> focuses everybody in certain areas. certain areas get funneled out. >> it's a little bit much. >> reporter: the noon time view shows cranes and congestion in san francisco's south of market district. the city in 2012 issued 2,300 special permits that enable construction crews to shut down a lane of traffic. last year more than 3,000 permits were issued. with plans to add more than 30,000 new housing units in the next six years, the streets will likely see more lane closures. >> the mayor has also been working around construction projects making sure truck drivers know how to navigate san francisco streets. we have a lot of bicyclists and pedestrians and people need to be mindful and slow down. >> reporter: bicyclists and pedestrians face a tricky path. >> we'll be diverted onto the street from the sidewalk and it's been really rough not being able to take part in walking on the sidewalk. >> reporter: paramedics say they avoid the large traffic corridors where some of the bigger construction projects are underway. >> those are the streets you like to avoid because sometimes you can't get through and get stuck behind a bunch of cars. >> reporter: the city officials' advice to drivers, use the 511 smartphone app to plan your drive and try to remain patient in traffic. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. a highway closure could cause some traffic in the north bay this weekend. cal transsays it's planning to close lanes of highway 101 at the old highway interchange in petaluma saturday night through sunday morning. the closure will allow crews to demolish the old bridge at petaluma boulevard north as part of a project to rebuild the interchange. a new bridge spanning the highway recently opened to drivers. the blogger who first exposed target's massive credit card breach might soon be the subject of a hollywood thriller. brian crebbs detected the breach and reported it. his blog has made him a target for hackers. the tune is catchy and now disney is asking people to make videos for its global small world sing along. it's a small world with its theme song opened at disneyland in 1966, but two years before that it opened at the 1964 world's fair in new york city. to mark the 50th anniversary disney is inviting the public to go to its website and submit videos of themselves singing the song. i remember going to disneyland and i was singing that darn tune a week later. >> now thanks to you we'll hear it all weekend. let's turn now to our meteorologist mark tamayo and we have a fabulous weekend to look forward to. >> temperatures trending up a little bit. we have a little bit of everything, warmer temperatures and rain clouds in our five-day forecast. highs from today, cooled off a bit showing you upper 50s in pacifica, 60s around the bay and the warmest locations inland lower 70s out toward morgan hill, livermore and antioch. right now on live stormtracker 2 showers developing in the southern sierra, not here, though. we have patchy fog offshore that will work its way closer to the coast tonight and back into the bay for the overnight hours. as far as current temperatures, san francisco 56, oakland 61 and san jose now still in the 60s at 67. for tonight partly cloudy and breezy, winds up there around 15 to 25 miles an hour, stronger gusts. here's a look at our live camera toward the oakland estuary, san francisco in the distance. for the weekend morning fog, a little warmer. next week more clouds and the chance of some showers. here's the overall weather pattern this weekend. almost looks like summertime with high pressure in place, a dry weather forecast and some morning fog clearing back to near the shoreline into the afternoon hours. the beaches not warming up too much, mainly near the 60-degree mark. here's the change we're waiting for next week by monday night into tuesday, definitely more clouds. we do bring in shower chances by tuesday into wednesday. here's the forecast model, put this into motion through the weekend. we are dry and till monday still dry. tuesday the possibility of a few scattered showers, maybe a better bet heading into wednesday. that will probably be the best chance of tracking some rain showers in the bay area. this weekend will be dry, warmer, talking about more 70s. your forecast highs saturday, santa rosa 71, fairfield 72. wind speeds pick up at least on the order of 10 to 20 miles an hour increasing throughout the afternoon. san jose we'll go 70, gilroy 73 and san francisco the clouds in the morning becoming partly sunny into the afternoon hours, forecast high of 64. look ahead your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, you'll see temperatures into sunday basically a little bit warmer and we have the running festival in oakland. we will have patchy fog to start the day. here's a closer inspection of the forecast. temperatures coming up at 7:00 in the upper 40s on track to reach the upper 60s by 1:00, could be flirting with the 70- degree mark throughout the afternoon, monday warm and tracking the shower chances, slight chance tuesday, maybe a better bet by late tuesday into wednesday. if you want to run 26.2 miles sunday, looks just fine. >> i think they're going to get about 10,000 people, real successful festival. >> always a great event and the weather looks just fine. entering the workforce without the right tools. >> families want to know their students are going to be prepared to meet the demands of the greater world. >> how a new school opening in the bay area has parents lining up even though sending their kids there will be pretty expensive. >> back to julie haener in our newsroom with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> seconds over safety. >> that last moment you're the last person who saw this person alive. >> a different perspective on the dangerous decisions people make every day on these tracks. >> plus nearly 1,000 trees could be removed to keep people safe, the underground trouble the trees could be causing, these stories and more coming up in less than 10 minutes at 6:00. this isn't just your average birthday. a nursing home in concord held a very special celebration to mark the birthdays of five centanarians, the youngest 100 years old, the oldest 104. all five are women and all residents of kindred nursing and healthcare in concord. >> how do you get to be 100 years old? >> eat, sleep and be merry. >> okay. >> the grand son of a 101-year- old woman said his grandmother's secret to a long life is she kept a simple life, stayed active and engaged in her family. the nursing home said the women all had their birthdays in the past year and said it's pretty unusual to have them all under one roof. a new state report says the va is not on track to meet its goal of speeding up disability claims. in the bay area the average wait for a veteran to have a claim processed is 273 days. the va promised to cut that to 125 days by next year, but the senate report says unless the va changes its claims procedures that backlog is unlikely to go away. new jobs figures are out today and show california's gaining back some momentum after a lackluster start to the year. according to the employment development department, our state's economy added nearly 59,000 jobs in february. the job gains helped push the unemployment rate down to 8% for the month down .1 of 1% from january. the state's performance was in line with the u.s. overall which added 175,000 new jobs last month. new at 5:00 experts this week estimated within the next five years 1 million tech jobs every year in the united states will go unfilled and may have to go overseas instead. they say a startling lack of education in the sciences is at the root of the problem. as ktvu's john fowler reports now from san jose, it's also a big opportunity. >> reporter: at the corner of race and parkmore in san jose, this former ibm building is being renovated for the new basis independent silicon valley private school opening in the fall. we found parents today clamoring to get their public school kids into basis. hi-tech entrepreneur robbie puvala educated in india. >> passion is what is missing in the public school system, that the kids are not able to get the fundamentals right. >> reporter: the school says it is accredited but independent which means it doesn't have to teach what it calls the dumbed down core curriculum of california public schools. >> unfortunately a lot of students are underprepared in terms of their science, their english, their humanities and every kind of academic background. >> reporter: patty ruggles heads the school and says students in other basis schools across the nation rank in the top 1% of students worldwide three to four years ahead of u.s. public school students. at job spring silicon valley job placement agents say they have many well paying hi-tech job openings. >> our biggest challenge right now is finding qualified candidates, both born and educated here and also from other places as well. >> reporter: basis is just the latest of many bay area charter and private schools focusing on basic science education. it charges $22,500 a year persaunt. >> i'd say it's the best investment you -- per student. >> i'd say it's the best investment you can have is in your child and they'll reap the benefits of a quality education now and in the future. >> reporter: she'll have no problem filling the 500 slots for the 4th through 11th grade classes. pg&e wants to take down hundreds of trees in one east bay city in an effort to protect its pipeline, the growing opposition to the plan that is taking root at city hall. >> this violent clash between police and protesters left an iraq war veteran injured for life, the multimillion dollar payout he's about to receive. >> cal tran says it receives close calls every day with people behaving dangerously. so we climb ed aboard to see just how bad it is. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> opposition is growing in walnut creek as pg&e rolls out a plan to chop down hundreds of trees. good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. the city of walnut creek even use an oak tree in its logo, but hundreds of trees may be coming down around town because of pg&e's plans to protect its pipelines. the utility has 67 vegetation projects going on right now. 43 trees would be pruned and 381 areas of brush would be removed . leaders at city hall are taking action. >> reporter: we're oarlocks street in downtown walnut -- on locust street in downtown walnut street. these trees are hundreds of years old. pg and a wants to cut them -- pg&e wants to cut them down. the mayor says not without a fight. pg&e says the trees are in the way of their underground gas pipes and notified officials they plan to