case against the suspect in these attacks. >> reporter: san francisco police said their suspect in a string of sexual assaults in the mission district last year has admitted to participating in the three attacks. >> the last scene we went to the victim actually -- there was a lot of blood. a very brutal scene. >> reporter: police on friday arrested frederick dozier after a tip. >> the biggest break came from a tip that came in. and from that tip came a name, the first name. >> reporter: police say dna evidence tied him to the crime scene. >> how we were able to make the connections. >> reporter: the assaults last year raise fear among residents. police distributed a sketch of a suspect and a surveillance video and called in outside

help. >> it was probably close to 100 people and we had outside agencies. the fbi on board. people from virginia on board. >> reporter: investigators today told us he worked for a recycling program. he indicates he worked for the san francisco unified school district. residents in neighborhoods near the assaults say they are relieved. >> it is reassuring for me. i walk to work every morning. >> reporter: just within the last hour, we received an e- mail from the san francisco unified school district that confirmed he worked as a worker. the district says he underwent a full criminal back ground check, which found no convictions. his employment has been terminated. he could be in court tomorrow

to face the charges. reporting like, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. following a developing story out of the east bay. a search is on the way for an escaped inmate. jose luis gonzales franco escaped from the santa rita prison at 2:00 this afternoon. deputies spanned out in the hills surrounding the jail looking for him. >> charge is for burglary out of oakland. 57 years old. and has -- other than the burglaries, that is his most serious charge in his life. >> he says the sheriff's office was alerted after someone reported seeing a man in jail clothing leaving the ground. still no sign of jose luis gonzales franco. police tonight are trying to catch a serial arsonist. ktvu's noelle walker is live where the fires are dangerous

given the dry conditions. >> reporter: absolutely. police and fire will be out with extra patrols it tonight. bad enough to have an arsonist running about but looking at the dry conditions makes it troubling. >> reporter: last night a fire bug was hard at work. 24 small fires were set over night. 55 fires in the last two days. >> this is the work of a serial arsonist. there is no indication of any type of natural cause. >> reporter: some people are nervous. >> that is very scary. >> reading in the paper about the fires that happened, i thought, please don't come out here. >> reporter: people here are concerned about the tinder box conditions, turning a small fire into something much

bigger. >> very unusual to experience these dry conditions. >> reporter: he says winter should not be the best season. >> the fact we are having fires that are igniting in january is unusual. >> reporter: they have extra patrols and equipment out trying to find the arsnist and put out the fire -- arsonist and put out the fire. they want people to report anything suspicious. that doesn't mean it has to be seeing someone start a fire. it could be seeing somebody walking down the street in the middle of the night. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. jury selection started today for the man accused of killing the daughter of former oakland raider fred biletnikoff. mohammed haroon ali seen here after his arrest is retried for the 1999 murder of tracey biletnikoff. she was killed at a drug rehab

center. in 2001 mohammed haroon ali was convicted of strangling her but the conviction was thrown out. ed lee appointed the planning commission president. child abuse president -- christina olague was sworn in this afternoon. she is left to center and has routes in community activism. the man christina olague is replacing spent his first day as sheriff. his first day comes upon allegations he abused his wife. the wife denies any abuse. in just hours voters in new hampshire will cast their ballots in the first gop primary in the race for president. ktvu's ken pritchett is with the candidates on this final

day of campaigning and joins us live from new hampshire at a john huntsman event. ken? >> reporter: ken, look behind me, you could see people inside cleaning up from this campaign rally. john huntsman left here an hour ago. john huntsman spent his entire campaign here in new hampshire. the question is, will it pay off. he is hoping it does because voters appreciate that kind of attention from the candidates. >> reporter: it was repeated many times today. a candidate, this time john huntsman visited a cafe. this is new hampshire. less than 5,000 people live here. john huntsman has been here at least twice. here voters can size up their

candidates face to face. >> i wanted to meet the candidate. i am looking at him and mitt romney. >> reporter: mitt romney with a commanding lead and the candidates vying for second place, ron paul, john huntsman rick santorum and newt gingrich have been taking swipes of mitt romney. >> i think a reagan conservative has a better chance of defeating a left wing president than does a massachusetts -- >> reporter: the race for first place is all but over, that doesn't sit well with some new hampshire voters. >> makes me more determined to vote tomorrow. >> reporter: a poll shows mitt romney in the lead by 33%. the ron paul is at 20%. john huntsman at 13%.

12% of voters still undecided. with the undecided and independent voters here in new hampshire tomorrow, we could see some surprises. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you for that introduction. i should quit right there. >> mitt romney spent today touring the state. he raised eyebrows when he said he likes being able to fire people. mitt romney says he was referring to people changing health insurance companies. you will find the latest headlines and results for the new hampshire primary tomorrow. click on politics on www.ktvu.com. a woman apologized for shoplifting from a store. she pleaded no contest friday. in a statement she said i accept responsibility and i offer apologies. i want to thank my family,

constituents and colleagues for the support and patience they have given me. a bay area lawmaker unveiled three new safety bills. he says his proposals hold utilities more accountable. it requires them to implement all ntsb regulations from their investigation of the san bruno disaster. whistle baltimore protections and require them to require safety performance when setting gas rates. >> less money spent on safety inspections meant more money for profit. this needs to change. >> they will be introduced this week. mediation got under way for striking workers at a candy factory. at the american licorice in

union city. some protesters tried to stop vehicles from entering. 175 employees went on strike 5 weeks ago. sticker shock today when they saw how much their seats would cost. they will pay almost double in the new stadium. if you want a club seat you have to buy a life time ownership costing 20-$30,000. 30 grand times two. maybe that will sink in. >> that price goes up to 80,000 if you want some of the more crease areas. in marin county the smart train took a step forward today. the rail transit district awarded the contract for the

first phase to stacy and whitback. it starts in santa rosa and go south to the civic center. a college student task force issued recommendations on how to improve student success. one of the ideas includes getting students to focus on a specific goal. >> we are thinking if we could get students to declare what they want to do, that when they are directed like that they are more likely to complete. >> 40% of those who enroll in community colleges make it to a four year university. talking about the next break throughs in headache. and increasing clouds

tonight, a sprinkle for tuesday, when and when in 10 minutes.

this fire in san jose forced 16 residents from their homes this morning. it started before it 2:00 a.m. at the senior housing apartments. 5 residents suffered minor injuries. investigators say a space heater may have started the fire. supporters of one of san francisco's longest running medical marijuana clubs protested their closure today in front of the federal

building. protesters say the district attorney sent a letter to the market street landlord that forced the closure. it is the fifth to close. >> we are seeing our options for safe access to medical marijuana being curtails by president obama. >> till recently the white house has took a hands off approach to medical marijuana. record attendance tonight at a san francisco conference dedicated to healthcare innovation. ktvu's john fowler is live to explain why the time is right. >> reporter: 8,000 people from all around the world here in san francisco. hoping to get in on the next big medical break through. the 30th annual conference. investors looking for the next big drug or medical device to make a deal. >> we don't have deals, we get

them done, then we have no business. >> innovation has never stopped. >> we have four commercial projects. >> reporter: one of this year's record 395 companies hoping to convince investors it has a really good thing. while some talked about new flu medicines they aim to make abi impact on a few patients. -- make a big impact on a few patients. the rare disorder that threatened to kill one child. he was the second child with it in the bay area. the first child couldn't be saved but new therapies now work. he is now in the first grade. the drug appears to work better

and for investors could be profitable. >> not a big problem as to what it was before. >> reporter: this continue through thursday. reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the united states spends more percapita on healthcare but new numbers so spending is slowing down. it increased 33.9% to $2.6 trillion. $8,400 a person. it is the lowest increase in 51 years. shares of google took a hit today. motor rolla announced worse than forty quarter results. gogal stock fell 27 points. a loss of 4.2% for the day.

-- google stock fell 27 points. a loss of 4.2% for the day. over all stocks were up. the dow jones industrial average closed up 32.77 points at 12,392.69. the nasdaq composite index rose 2.34 to 2,676.56. at the state capital today facing a key issue facing california. its water supply. >> water drives the issue today. >> he discussed the economic recovery according to his remarks in sacramento. a dispute over whether treated waste water could be used for snow. they gave the snow bowl resort in arkansas the go ahead to make snow with reclaimed water. but a group wants a more

thorough study on that plan. in the story julie read feeds tinal us. running out of -- feeds into us here, running out of water to make snow. some are out. some are out of water for making snow and we don't have snow headed your way. 32 in santa rosa. 32 in napa. light showers possible but don't change what you are doing tomorrow. if you have a pe class, do your activities. paint or something, wait, and whatever sprinkle is in your area will be gone. it is a nonevent. if at all. day time highs cooler than today. today 60s. tomorrow with the cloud cover, low 60s and upper 50s. here we go. back into another week. work week ahead. dry days through the five-day

forecast. you can count this deal tomorrow if you want, i wouldn't call it rain. we need rain. inch or more. into the pacific, lot of activity. a very active pacific. last year, here is vancouver. if this was last year, this would have gone through, because the jet stream was further south, doing this, into the northern -- north america, missing us. it continues right through next couple of days. this weak system, looks impressive but it is weak. it will give us a sprinkle or few clouds at best. the biggest hit is 8:00 a.m. north of us. maybe drizzle along the coast. watch what happens. that is tuesday afternoon. it is gone. nothing happens. boom! that is high pressure.

high pressure intensifying again. keeping us drier. highs tomorrow, look like this, 62 morgan hill. sign los gatos. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, sit back and enjoy it. nothing we could do. nice to see rain. models are suggesting dry for another 10 days. [ talking at the same time ] >> end of the month. we will see what happens. right now don't see rain coming soon. >> i can't remember the last time it rained. >> thank you. tonight at 7:00, an update on the such for the escaped inmate, plus several schools at risk of losing millionling of dollars of state funding. join us on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the plans to celebrate 75 years bridging the golden gate. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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bridge. there will not be a walk like in 1997. a two day festival is scheduled for the end of may. you can find out more about it by going to www.ktvu.com. as we talk about san francisco, got to talk about the 49ers. a good one on saturday. >> should be. after seeing the games over the weekend, let the ramp up begin. why not? we haven't had a nfl playoff game since 2002. the saints finally, plenty of things come around. in august it was the saints who helped anoggierate har bar. hissable day for the 9ers. more or less against the nfl protocol. some speculate it was because harbaugh didn't give him a call

before the game. >> not aware of any gentleman's agreement. even ask my brother? you call a coach before a game. a pre-season game. he wasn't aware of any. even if there was we wouldn't do it anyway. >> always, you know, looking at things on the bright side. slim pickens for the hall of fame. one mayor goes in. barry larkin. with the cincinnati reds. third time for him on the ballot and he reals in 86% of the votes. 12 time all star, mvp. all the stats are there. he will go in july 22 along with ron santos. after snubbing pebble beach tiger woods will start at the at&t for the first time since 2000 when he won on a monday.

rereturned for the u.s. open in 2010. at&t was one of the first sponsors to dump him after his divorce scandal. this year, february 9 through the 12. of course, we will have something on that other college game going on tonight. that is the sporting life for right now. >> thanyou. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. check out our web on www.ktvu.com.

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