in san jose this afternoon frustrated family members want answers from the police after a loved one dies due to a homicide. live where they just released pictures of people of interest taken during the riots last week. we will tell you how much  reward money is being offered coming up. a simple device that everyone should have has saved the lives of a couple in a house fire. the story coming up at noon. complete bay area news coverage starts right now.

this is ktvu news at noon. we begin with new information on the attack near the san jose city college that left one woman dead and another critically injured. we have heard from a witness who was in the apartment and this witness offers a possible motive for the violence. >> reporter: the witness brings you right to the scene. we are at san jose police head quarters were police are recommending homicide charges for one man and defending themselves against the family of this victim who says they delayed medical attention too long. the family is identifying the woman is verna hallens. she lived with her husband, sister and brother-in-law. neighbors say someone shot her to settle a score. it all started with an argument

at the front door. >> he said where is my knife. he said my big knife. >> reporter: she said she pleaded with the suspect to stay inside the apartment. after retrieving the knife turner went back to the front door. >> then she said you are going to stab me now and then i heard her scream. >> reporter: family members say turner showed up down the hall and shot hallens. >> he held a bloody knife up and said you get me to give this to the police. it is the murder weapon. >> the stabbing victim is in critical condition at a local hospital. family members believe turner shot hallens because she helped one of his exgirlfriends. >> she let her move in for a couple of days. >> he was saying i tried to tell them to leave me alone and i didn't know what he was

talking about. i told them when they took elaine from me. >> reporter: hallens family says police are responsible for her death because they kept e. m. t. from getting her medical attention. >> they brought her down like she is a piece of meat. >> it was a high risk contact. we take the suspect into custody. we can't pass apartment 12 for fear there is a second suspect. we have to clear the second residence which takes us a couple of minutes. >> reporter: police are saying they had to secure the scene before they could get medical attention to the woman to the apartment where the suspect was. we got the report, it came out that this started at 9:46. this afternoon police are saying 8 minutes later. sometimes when you call police

under these stressful circumstances it can seem like an hour for help when it only takes a few minutes. as for the suspect in this case he is identified as robert lee turner. he could be facic a judge on an arraignment charge as early as tomorrow. reporting live in san jose. police are asking for the public'sal help in identifying two people suspected in a deadly shooting last october. these are surveillance photographs of two possible suspectathize day the shooting took place. it is not clear which store they were in. the victim was 34 year old michael davis found in the mall's east parking garage. witnesses describe a full sized black suv with two occupants leaving around the time of the shooting. this morning authorities released the identities of two

fisher men who died when their boat capsized off the marin county coast. the men are henry from outside modesto and melvin cox, jr. from arkansas. their fishing boat was hit by a wave and capsized yesterday around noon. the coast guard has suspended a massive search for two other fisher men from the boat. they are still missing and now presumed dead. it appears no one in the boat was wearing a life jacket. the suspect who led the highway parole on a deadly chase will be in court and could be charged with murder. 24 year old is a wanted felon with a history of running from police. when officers tried to pull him over on tuesday he took off and crashed into a tom vacarying four family members.

a 15 year old girl was thrown from that car and died yesterday. the chp is investigating whether the officer who chased the suspect correctly followed the pursuit policies. oakland police are making an effort to track down the -- joining us to explain what is being done. >> reporter: the oakland police department just released more than a dozen photographs taken from citizens on the streets during last week's riots. they are asking for the public's help in trying to track down these looters and vandals. police say the people shown in these photos were exploiting a very chaotic situation. there are snap shots of people stealing sneakers and a woman taking hair extensions from a

beauty supply store and people spray painting the sides of buildings. >> there was a lot of cameras out there, media cameras and citizens had cameras. our investigators are following up on this because we need to send the message out that this will not be tolerated in our city. >> reporter: on the night of the riots police arrested 78 people. investigators are hoping to snag at least 15 more arrests after the release of these pictures. there are 15 in total. they are posted on our website at ktvu.com if you would like to see them for yourself. police are asking you to call them if you recognize anyone in the photos. they are offering up to $1,000 reward for information leading to the identification and prosecution of these people. we are getting word out of clayton that a third suspect in

a series of strong arm robberies was just arrested. police told ktvu news the 17 year old teenager came to the police station with his father a few minutes ago. officers believe he was the ring leader and was also a football player. the teens are accused of stocking victims using head phones, beating them up and demanding their devices. we have breaking news from oakland where there is word the golden state warriors have a new owner. they will pay $450 million for the team. it is the highest amount ever paid for an nba franchise. the team has had two winning seasons and one trip to the playoffs.

complaints continue about antenna reception problems with apple's new iphone. apple executives will hold a news conference tomorrow morning at 10. there is no word on what the main topic will be but most industry analysts expect the company to discuss ongoing problems with the iphone 4. consumer reports has refused to recommend the iphone because of issues with the antenna. electric cars getting high powered support today. hundreds of angry nurses will be soon heading to the home of candidate for governor megwhitman. fire forced a couple out of a home. find out what saved their lives and how it can act as a reminder for everyone.

plans are now underway for a million dollar project to prevent future y bar failures on the bay area bridge. that shaking was a major factor in the i bar problems that shut the bridge down twice last

year. the same firm will design a device that can be quickly installed should another i bar fail. members of a union indian that support democrat jerry brown are headed to a rally planned to take place at the home of his republican opponent, megwhitman. it looks like quiet on the street at the moment. the california nurse's association accuses whitman of trying to silence criticism of her health care proposals. ktvu political editor will have a report at 5. the nurses say that after the rally they plan a 1:30 program. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that whitman is

planning to give $30 million of her own money to the california republican party. the paper says several prominent state republicans confirmed the plan. that is money that can be used for a campaign to boost voter registration. a campaign official denied the plan and said she is willing to help solicit outside contributions. a couple made a quick escape when they woke to a sound nobody wants to hear but it is a sound that saved their lives. jade hernandez has the story. >> reporter: smoke alarms woke this couple up in the middle of the night even before their dogs could. >> the alarm went off and the house was full of smoke. we had a plan what we should take. we don't have time. we grabbed thoodogs and got them out. >> reporter: he and his wife

are lucky they are aafternoon introduce us to the dogs. for 23 years the fosters spent much time renovating their home. because they weren't doing current housework last night they dismissed the smell of smoke when they couldn't identify the source. >> that is what they did last night. i talked to the homeowners. it is important that you call us and we will come out and check it. >> reporter: flames spread quickly through the attic. since the home is located in the hills and surrounded by trees the firefighters upgraded the fire to a two alarm for backup. firefighters tried to salvage what they could by day light. that fire can burn underneath

insulation for days. firefighters say this fire is still under investigation but they think it may have been electrical. bp will likely begin a test on that newly installed oil well cap sometime today. the test will involve slowly closing down all three valves in the cap to stop the flow of oil and then monitoring the pressure for 48 hours. depending on the pressure bp will either leave the cap in place or channel some of the oil to four collective ships. the cap is a temporary measure to stop the oil while two relief wells are drilled for a permanent fix. president obama made a brief trip to michigan today. mr. obama spoke at the ground breaking for a factory that will make batteries for electric cars. although government cannot create the jobs that would

relate to a renewed economy it can play a role. >> and test new products, for workers to get the training they need for the jobs of the 21st century. >> the plant dedicated today will be built in part with government stimulus money and is expected to employ 300 people. hundreds of bay area golfers will tee off to help raise money for cancer related charities. 306 golfers and 50 corporate sponsors. organizer bob hammer is hoping to raise almost $200,000 this year. he began the tournament as a small event in 2005 after a battle with testicular cancer and a second opinion that steered him away from surgery. >> he suggested i don't have the surgery because if i have

the surgery i might not have children. we did not have surgery and we conceived a child later. >> hammer says it is always good to get a second opinion. so far the tournaments have raised $775,000 for local and national cancer organizations. eyou will find more information by going to our website, ktvu.com and clicking on web links. not a bad day to hit the links inland. inland hot and hot again tomorrow. on the coast it is a fickle forecast because on the sonomoa coast there is some fog. it pulls off from about drake's bay and comes back in for parts of the city and then just heads to the west. temperatures anywhere from the 60s to the 90s. some big fog bank out there and water temperatures are starting to cool again. they warmed up and now they are starting to cool.

i think the fog is ready to go. inland it is warm to hot and most of the bay area it is clear and sunny. by the coast you can be in the fog or not too bad. seeing some fog right there but inland temperatures continue to warm up pretty fast. patchy fog and then warm to hot. 60s and 70s along the coast. 90s to near 100-degrees to those far enough away from the marine influence. santa rosa napa 82. oakland and berkeley in the 70s. some areas warm, some not too bad and some in the cool side. las vegas 107. 89 in reno. eureka 57-degrees. 90s from sacramento valley. high pressure coming in from the southwest will come over us. that smashes the fog. it is fog more so than low

cloud. we don't have a north or northeast wind. we have a component of a westerly breeze. patchy fog some thick. it will come back tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures from the 60s, 70s, 80s on the coast. 80s around the bay and mid 90s to near 100-degrees well inland. more of the same tomorrow. the coast doesn't warm up that much. the coast begins to cool down saturday. everybody cools down sunday and is cooler for all by monday. >> this is a familiar pattern we have been seeing. >> we get a couple days of heat and then it comes back down. nearly 100 low income children from san francisco are on their way to camp in the santa cruz mountains courtesy of the salvation army. they took ace in the annual send off picnic. they will send five days near

scott's valley. >> they get to swim. they get to hike. they get to do archery. it is a fantastic camp. they have a blast. and it gets them away from the city during the summer time and gives them a different perspective on life. >> salvation army has been taking inner city children to camp for more than 60 years. a line of clothing has triggered an online debate over teen pregnancy. our real national pastime?

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numbers are down after some weak manufacturing reports spooking the markett a little bit despite more positive earnings report especially jp morgan. the dow down 84. nasdaq down 17. s and p down 8. bp says it has started to slowly dial down the gush of oil in the gulf of mexico. if it works bp believes no oil will be leaking into the water for the first time since this crisis began nearly three months ago. these are live pictures from robots working deep under the water. bp is hoping the new custom fitting cap will be a temporary fix before they permanently

clog the well. argentina passed a law this morning legalizing same sex marriage meaning gay and lesbian couples will have the same rights asu. argentina is the first to legalize same sex marriage nationwide. a trial is underway in river side today considered to be the biggest constitutional test in recent years on the military's don't ask don't tell policy on gays in the military. former air force major mike is set to testify. he was fired in 2006 for being gay and says he would gladly return to the military if the controversial policy was lifted. the gay rights group is challenging the policy's

constitution ality. blogers are targeting forever xxi over a new line of clothes. it is a line of mu turnity clothes called love xxi. bloggers say the company is targeting states with high teen birth rates. the company denies any such marketing strategy. the fate of about 40 trees lining a creek remains uncertain. public works officials say the trees are a safety hazard. about half the people who attended several public meetings agree but other residents say the trees are not in danger of falling and want a better maintenance plan for the area. a final decision is expected next month. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5 the golden state

warriors center been sold for $450 million. the new owners who are executives in the entertainment industry, we will have the detail and reaction from warriors fans. that story and more coming up in our next newscast. thanks for watching. have a great day.