guards are posting at a huge bay area complex amidst growing concern about the safety of women there. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. it is a settling series of crimes. many tenants want to move out the same management won't let them. now there have been two more

attacks. all the incidents targeted women who live in the park regency apartment complex just outside walnut creek. the parks office has investigated and has produced this sketch of a person of interest following an assault last weekend. ken wayne is live with more. >> reporter: this is the first night that many residents have had a chance to see this sketch, the hope is someone will recognize this face and contact police. >> it's absolutely a mission. it's not just for just our agency, for all the surrounding agencies as well. >> reporter: this sketch is based on the description of the man involved in an attempted sexual assault saturday night. the fifth attack in six months. fliers have been passed out to at least some units but there's frustration that management hasn't done more. >> we would like to see more security, at least not just standing over here but making

rounds. >> reporter: while security did check vehicles tonight, anyone can simply walk into the complex. other residents want to move out but says management won't let them out of their leases or return their deposits of up to $4,000. >> it wasn't a safe place to be, i don't want to be here and they are not willing to give it back. so i'm fighting them too. >> i have a son that's 6'4", 172 pounds if i go any where at night, i have him with me if not i have my pepper spray. still there are some residents who don't want the leave. >> they want to move out of their own thing, i don't want to move out. >> reporter: why not? >> i just don't want to move out. >> i've been walking by myself to 7/11, i walk to school,

nothing's wrong. >> reporter: meantime there continues to be a heavy security. san jose is on its line to get the most to fund police officers for three years. other police departments include san leandro, newark, pinole and pleasant hill. the city of san bruno are planning to appeal decision by the federal government denying federal disaster aid. the management agency determined that the severity of the damage was not of

significant magnitude as to overwellment state and local agencies. >> it's a concern that this in fact, is a local tragedy but it has national proportions and it should be recognized by the federal agency, by fema. a second lawsuit has now been filed against pg & e making the same basic claims as a previous lawsuit. a resident is seeking an unspecified amount for his residence. election day is four weeks away, tonight the race for mayor of richmond has gone negative in a big way. richmond's police and fire unions claim to have dug up work

on mayor mcglaflan. >> reporter: the president of the richmond police and fire chiefs say court documents show that before becoming mayor, she filed for bankruptcy. the bankruptcy documents say that she was suffering of a

mental condition that she would suffer for life. late in the day about 15 supporters showed up at city hall waving signs as the mayor spoke. >> i am still paying my school loans, i am still paying those. >> i believe my past challenges have strengthen me and made me wiser and more compassionate woman. >> reporter: fire and police union leaders say it's no secret that the unions are upset. the mayor told me she no longer

suffers of her mental disorder, and she gave me this paper that proves she is paying back on her student loans. day-to-day things, just a run to the store we will go over to san pablo and 40th. so that's the emery border to the pack and save. >> reporter: more studies and public hearings must follow before the city must force business owners to sell their property. and the man who attempted

to blow up a car in time square was sentenced today to life in prison. shahzad told the jury told he felt no remorse about the bombing attempt. there are new details tonight about the suspect crashing a stolen van into a motorcycle police officer in freemont. this is the man police are looking for. police say he is not from the bay area but that he came here with a specific crime in mine. lloyd lacuesta live in freemont with more. >> reporter: we are learning more about this man, alexander diaz. he attempted to kill a police officer by running him over with a stolen delivery van. >> he's a pretty dangerous guy. we don't have information specifically that he's armed but obviously he's going to run over a police officer, you're

going to be a pretty good threat to the general public. >> reporter: police say diaz was in the bay area specifically to steal a delivery van and its contents. diaz is in the was in jail for theft. the van was full of flat screens. police say witnesses affirm the accounts. >> there was no doubt in their mind that he could have gone right or left but instead he went right at the officer, and accelerated at the officer right to the other curb line. >> reporter: an associate of diaz was taken off a bart train last night at the south howard train station. he was detained, questions and released. officer brower a ten year

veteran and married father of three sons had reconstructive surgery. >> he is highly medicated at this point. but he had a shattered left leg, compound fracture. police say there maybe others involved with diaz, accomplices that aided his arrest. right now the focus is to get him off the street. law enforcement agencies all the way to the mexican border have been alerted. tomorrow is a big day for california. the so called big five plan to release the details of their budget agreement. governor arnold schwarzenegger officer says it does not include any tax increases as he insisted. the next challenge will be getting the legislature to pass it, it needs a 2/three majority. the state has set a record for the longest ever delay in

coming up with the budget. a beautiful pacific sunset tonight but bill is tracking a change for the weather. how it will affect tomorrow's forecast in ten minutes. a freshman football team here now is without seven players. the hazing allegations that led to their

firefighters called for extra help tonight while battling a fire on john street. since the top four was engulfed in flames, fire crews called in a second alarm. one firefighter and an individual were injured by the fire. it's remarkably common, hazing and bullying. one recent study found almost half of all high school students say they have been victimized. now there's a case in point right here in the bay area at martinez high school. officials at alhambra high have taken action against seven students accusing them of hazing a student there. rita williams has our report. >> reporter: the freshman football team at alhambra high practiced today without seven of their players.

five suspended for five days from school and suspended from the team for good. one facing expulsion. all this because of what school officials are calling a hazing incident with a 15-year-old teammate before practice last week in the locker room. >> there was taping of a students legs and a couple other students holding the victim down. a couple of players took some shots at him in the stomach and the arms. >> reporter: officials say cameras and a confiscated cell phone video one of the players planned to poston you tube show the incident lasted two minutes. that night the victim told his parents who reported it to the school and police. the superintendent says the boy's mother was -- >> upset not only about the event but after the event there were students that started texting her son saying, hey, be a good guy, don't get us in

trouble. don't say what happened. >> reporter: they cancelled last week's freshman game and are providing more supervision. >> i am a campus supervisor brought in between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 this week to keep a handle on the locker room and make sure the kids are doing what they're supposed to be doing instead of bad things. >> reporter: next week a cyber bullying expert will be here. >> school is supposed to have a safe place and how is it supposed to be safe when this is happening. >> reporter: alan hernz is a former graduate here. >> there's other ways to include someone in the group and form a sense of belonging than this. >> reporter: it will be up to the district attorney to decide whether to charge criminal charges in this case. rita williams, ktvu. hayward police arrested six students today after several

fights. the first one was between a mail and female student. then two other girls got in another fight. no weapons were found in any of the fights and no one was seriously injured. the two major candidates held their first and most likely only event today. san francisco district attorney harris is running against cooley. cooley said there is one major difference between them. he supports the death penalty and harris opposes it. >> she's absolutely consistently religiously refused to follow the constitution and her oath in that regard. >> two drive home a point, cooley said he has the support of the family of a san francisco police officer who was killed on the line of duty and that harris refused to use

the death penalty against his killer. >> the reality is i'm opposed to the death penalty, but i will follow the law. >> the san francisco chronicle has endorsed harris while the los angeles times is backing cooley. most polls show cooley with a slim lead. police say a woman has come forward accusing a 30-year-old man of raping her. police first arrested lamar lucero last tuesday for forcing a 16-year-old girl to have a sexual relationship with him for about a year. kucero was then released on bail. since then a woman has come forward claiming that kucero raped her last year. police rearrested kucero but again he posted $100,000 bail and was released. detectives say there maybe other victims in this case and

they are urging them to contact police. and the rowdy reputation is growing following two bar fights. one of those spilled into the streets and made it to you tube. now residents and officials are sparring over how to corral the troublemakers. heather holmes is live tonight from walnut creek with our report. >> at least one restaurant owner here on main street says he is feeling the backlash of those weekend brawls that are raising questions about public safety and police staffing. this cell phone video shows walnut creek's bar scene turning violent. it is four minutes of fists flying and profanity laced jabs. >> it has definitely affected our business and possibly the other business as well.

>> reporter: the restaurant also had a incident last weekend. it has led to concern. >> we've have a reunion we're having this weekend for a high school family reunion and they wanted to know that they were going to have a safe environment. >> reporter: last weekend posed bigger problems. officers were slow to respond to this brawl right across the street from the police department because all 13 officers on duty were busy dealing with a fight at vice ultra lounge a few blocks away. >> we had all our officers there dealing with that situation because there were so many people involved we couldn't do anything else in the remainder of the city. >> reporter: about 30 people were involved, three were arrested. management says it is taking steps with their on-site security to try to avoid future problems. >> we have a meeting to go over that incident. we are going to make sure we

stay sharp. >> reporter: the city is said to roll out a downtown alcohol task force to work on a policy to regulating cut off time when alcohol is served. others say they are satisfied with the police presence here. reporting live, i'm heather holmes. and there was a fire this morning. eastbound traffic slowed to a crawl. there is no word on how much land was charred or how the fire might have started. snow covered the mascot at mammoth mountain ski resort. winter weather advisories were

in effect today in the higher passes. there's still a few showers up in tahoe. we had a bit of a chance tomorrow, whatever comes down won't be a big deal. temperatures tomorrow just like today. overnight lows cool. 47 in napa. 46 in santa rosa. when you wake up tomorrow, mostly clear, partly clear, maybe a few clouds around. maybe a sprinkle develops but this system is going to slowly move south and east out of our area. as it does we will begin to clear out. the low pressure is what i'm tracking, when we come back i'm going to show you what the computer model says the rain will be, when the computer model says the rain will be here and when it will warm up. >> a farm is coming to berkeley but just for two years. a nonprofit plans to turn an empty lot on parker street just

below san pablo into a community garden. the group plans to create a completely portable garden. once the lease is up the group hopes to move into another empty lot. it washed ashore at a bay area beach. the one clue as to

at death of a blue whale. the pregnant whale washed ashore south of pescadero in san mateo county. experts say it's likely the 80- foot long whale died four or five days ago and when the caucus washed ashore the fetus was expelled. it's estimated there are fewer

than 4,000 blue whales in the world. someone in santa cruz county is using posters, high tech surveillance cameras and the worldwide web in an effort some are calling vigilatism. fliers have been posted unanimously accusing two people of robberies. the photo is taken from a you tube video which appears to show two people breaking into a home. the flier and the website claims the pair steals medical marijuana and other items. what is shocking is the flier urges people to go after the thieves. >> we're not vigilantes we just want to protect our town. >> deputies did say the department discourages anyone from quote hunting down suspects on their own. pleasant hill city council is giving their full backing to

the measure to increase taxes. measure t would raise the utility tax to 1.2% and expand it to include cable, electricity, gas, water and sewer bills. down the road the pleasantton city council was expected this evening to give clorox the go ahead to expand their research facility there. clorx has already announced it seeking to add a sixth building for research and development work. clorox says it still will keep its headquarters in oakland. a report showing service sector business activity expanding helped fuel the rally. the dow ended the day up 193 points near the 11,000 mark. the nasdaq gained 55.

the price of gold hit yet another record high today, an ounce of gold is now selling for $1,342.60. gold has gone up 24% this year. for comparison 10 years ago was selling for less than $300 an ounce. >> a new test with new dummies, we'll show you which cars are the best and which ones

farm workers showed up at meg whitman's campaign office with a message for the republican candidate for governor. nicky refers to nicky diaz who whitman says she fired after she learned she was an illegal immigrant. the protesters said they wanted to talk to the candidate, but they were told she was not in the office. they said they would return at a later time. alred says nicky diaz case was referred to her by another attorney but would not say by who. >> where was whitman when diaz gave birth to her baby. it would have been nice. but mrs. whitman did none of these for the person that she said was part of her family.

>> nicky diaz is seeking back pay from whitman and what she says are reimbursements for expenses. the outcome could have a major income far beyond the bay area. political editor randy shandobil has tonight's special report. >> reporter: there's only one race in all of california thought to be close enough to flip parties. and perhaps help flip control of the entire senate. and much of that is here in the bay area. >> i land myself with the republicans, i think both parties are out of control. >> reporter: chance is a businessman. despite his beliefs, chance says he's voting for -- it

takes in conservative suburbs and farms around stockton. but -- harmer is running hard on a very conservative platform against government spending including president bush's tarp. >> it was a mistake when president bush voted it in and

it was a mistake when president obama continued it. >> it was primarily result of the fact that a new republican majority in congress real he clamped down in spending in cooperation with president clinton. >> reporter: mcnerny who voted for continued government spending defends his stance. >> the nation was in crisis and needed leadership from washington. these are tough decisions and our country is not in a major depression now, still a long ways to go. >> reporter: the incumbent democrat says unlike president obama, he supporting continuing income cut tax for everyone including households making $200,000 a year and more. unlike harmer, mcnerney sports the health care bill. >> i think it is something that will lower health care costs

and make health care the o accessible. >> the file on david harmer isn't pretty. a corporate lawyer for a credit card company fined millions, even deceiving seniors. >> reporter: harmer has his on. >> we need jobs, we need a new direction, let's replace jerry mcmerney. >> reporter: republicans want to win the seat to help them win the majority in the house of representatives. democrats need to keep the seats to help them hold on to the majority. randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. new figures from sacramento tonight show california investment groups are donating the most. the no on 13 campaign says it's raised $210,000 since the start of the year. that's only about 10% of the

$2.5 million prop 19 supporters have raised during the same time. most of the money was spent gathering signatures to get the measure on the ballot and most of the money came from oak land medical marijuana advocate jared lee. they are 5 years old and they all could have a substantial amount of money for college by the time they are 19. mayor newsom announced the first city funded college fund. 12000 kindergartners will get $50 into a trust fund, thousand in low income families will get $100. the only hospital for

terminal ill children has reopened. 10-year-old patrice smith has a brain tumor doctors cannot operate on. her father took her on a walk at the home's garden. >> she loves dogs, she loves cats, once she heard that they had animals here, her eyes just opened up. >> reporter: the center closed six months ago because of lack of donations. it's less expensive for insurers than an acute hospital. there's no way to put a price on the comfort they find at the home. the owners say they are outraged. why firefighters watched as flames engulfed a home. and some rainfalling in parts of north california. i'll track it and let you ú

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a story out of tennessee is spreading like wildfire throughout the country leaving dismay in its path. a family lost their home and pets at a fire because firefighters refused to put it out. jason and claudette says they simply had not gotten to pay $75 fee. >> i thought they would come

and put them out, but they did not. >> reporter: they say that i had would have paid for the cost of the putting out the fire. in news of the world tonight, in hungry the government has announced the state of emergency. a reservoir holding the sludge in an aluminum plant failed. there's fear that sludge could end up in rivers. a court convicted a former financial trader on all counts today in the largest row trading scandal in history. jerome kerviel was sentenced to three years in prison and he was ordered to pay his former employer $6.8 million. up to 51-inches of rain have fallen since friday and

more is in the forecast. at least 26 people are confirmed dead, several others are missing. some 34,000 have been forced from their homes and acres and acres of crops have been lost. flooding kills hundreds of vietnamese every year. >> reporter: palo alto, minlow park and citizens group claim rail authorities haven't done enough work on the environmental impact report. lawsuit says ridership projections are faulty and planners didn't look at alternate routes. civic leaders say they don't want the system to run through their city. san francisco's proposed ban on alcohol is dead. gavin newsom argued the city could not afford it.

advocates said the fee would only amount to a few cents a drink. the white house today announced two solar projects two of which will be the largest efforts ever in public land. each plant could produce enough energy for up to a half million homes. the white house itself is going solar. the family's living corridor will be getting solar energy. president carter installed solar panels back in 1979 but president reagan had them removed after he moved in. new crash tests and a few surprises. and a warming trend

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federal safety standards are undergoing mayor changes. the way it's been a lot of vehicle models were awarded five star ratings. but now fewer cars will be getting the top marks. >> frank we're at melody toyota where there are plenty of camrys for sale. it is the best selling vehicle in this country. but now the federal government says it is no longer tops in safety. >> i'm pleased to announce that we are raising the bar on safety. >> the new testing incorporating data on front

impact crashes and roll over resistance. for the first time the test is using female test dummies and males to learn how people of different sizes are being hurt in collisions. new information is being obtained. >> this is a giant step forward for car buyers. they are going to be able to easily access performance features in cars and vans. >> reporter: only two earned the highest car star rating. the 2011 bmw five series and the hyundai sonata. the camry rated only three stars with this new rate. but the lowest rating goes tony san versa, two stars. it will study the test results and take appropriate action. motorists we spoke with tonight said they consider crash test

results but they are not the biggest factor when they choose a vehicle. >> durability those are probably my biggest factors. >> reporter: reporting live here in san bruno, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. and we've posted a link to the full crash test results released today at ktvu.com. just look for the the right now section on the front page. ford motor company executive announced plans to close several ford-lincoln dealerships. environment scientists

today released their latest assessment of solution in san francisco bay. in it researchers point to the effects of people. >> the bay is urbanized and with the millions of the people of growth we've experienced over the years comes increased pollutants among the persons. >> among are mercury from batteries. scientists say each person's tiny contribution amounts to damage on the bay. we posted results for the latest reports just look for web links. and i told you live storm tracker ii had some green on it. light rainfalling. you can see the rotation on

this low. you don't often see this type of pattern, the rotation like this. there's a low center in the valley and it's looping off the mountain. so the low is kind of in the city here. tomorrow is the same pattern which could allow some of those showers to pull over the top, come out of the north and out of the east and bring us a few sprinkles. coming up in just about two frames or four frames from now aisle going to show -- now i'm going to show you the computer models. what we're looking for is this low pressure center to stage. we have one more day, with that we can expect some winds, 30 to 40-miles-an-hour. temperatures in the 60s and mid- 70s. and a slight chance of a sprinkle as this system begins to move off. it's a nuisance really, it would be great to get some rain. we get some rain in the buckets. whatever we get tomorrow and this is it it will be light.

this is santa rosa, tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. boom here it is. so maybe some sprinkles. not long-lived, watch what happens as we go into the afternoon hours, 5:00, 6:00 downtown san jose, downtown evergreen maybe more shower activity. the one constant is in the nevada it's going to keep going. are those two exactly correct on timing, no? i think in the morning hours, look for a few sprinkles, south bay, freemont south look for a free sprinkles there. none of it should amount to much. it's not the kind of thing that is going to be canceling your plans. 80s up in the valley, we're going to see more warmth starting to come our way after tomorrow. temperatures begin to increase but that's not until after tomorrow. 74 in napa, 72 in vallejo. these will be your forecast highs for your wednesday already. 75 in livermore, or 74. fire danger is down, air

quality is good. in this pattern, kind of a nuisance but it's not going to shut you down if you're doing roofs or pe or whatever. this is a drag. if it's going to rain, let's rain. we did get rain in reno, we talked about that. right now this system is not going to be a real producer, warmer toward the weekend. >> if it's going to rain, it's just rain. exactly. thank you, bill. children's hospital oakland says it's union nurses are planning a three day strike starting next tuesday october 12th. members of the california nurses association voted for the action. management says the union needs to accept the types of changes that are happening across the country related to wages and

san francisco supervisors approved a term sheet today. as a proposal to host america's

cup. the vote was 9-2 with daily and ayalos voting no on the cup. the big news between now and thursday concerning the giants will be which pitchers and position players ultimately make the 25 man roster for the best of five play off series. a roster that was practically made over in mid-season. the real feel good is for veterans like aubrey huff who is making his first ever appearance in the play offs in

his 11th season. >> you're spraying the champane after you're done. once you have the chance to reflect on it and wake up from the hang over -- just kidding -- you realize. >> i think it's about winning the game. guys in here bought into that. that's why this has been such a fun year so far. >> i think zito said it the best. his first years with oakland, a couple of guys said, be sure you enjoy this because it doesn't happen all the time. and it took him five years to get back. michael vick this is what -p happened to vick on sunday when he took off with the football and became the middle of a washington redskins sandwich. vick has injured rib cartilage.

kevin caub kaub will get the start. the bills get undisclosed draft picks in exchange. another nfc player randy moss is said to be on the chopping block. patriots spokesman says no trade has yet been made. one of the biggest offseason developments in the nba this summer was the decision by lebron james to join the miami heat. james part of the so called big three that tonight saw dwayne wade leave early with a hamstring injury against detroit. the other 2/3 of the trio were available. just clear out and james do his thing. two of them combined for 38 points as the heat won 105-89. that is it. big week of baseball coming up.

starting on thursday. >> that move lebron james just made is incredible. >> he kind of does a lot of those, doesn't he. >> sure does. >> that is our report for this tuesday night. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. our coverage continues online on ktvu.com. have a great evening everyone. >> good night.