at one point [ inaudible ] we had her all over the car. i got out of the car then. >> cindy vanderheiden's remains were found and identified. the remains of wheeler were also found there. another search in linden turned up bone fragments. herzog killed himself last month after learning about it. now we're digging through 10 hours of tape coming up at the 10:00 news.

you'll hear why herzog did not turn in his friend. we've been hearing about a rash of shootings in oakland for days. when gun shots rang out in east oakland today, it brought out the reality of street violence. now a mother who moved her baby out of the way just in time. rita? >> unless you live in a killing zone it's hard to imagine how fragile life can be. a hot friday at high noon in a neighborhood handy man known as bo dean was snoozing in this chair when suddenly men with guns yelled at him to wake up. he ran and the gunfire began. >> pop, pop! they emptied them. >> reporter: those are tears of relief, not grief. tamara's one-year-old daughter, amera, was not hit.

>> she's just started walking. she was standing at the screen door. something said pull her from the scene door. >> reporter: she did. her baby lived. >> there's two bullet holes this big through the screen door. >> reporter: the mom, baby, and toddler, her increase, were all there. the driveway is littered with a dozen bullet casings. >> they heard a bunch of gunfire. they turned the fire and saw several people running. one individual was running with a gun. >> reporter: police chased the gunman over two blocks away. they arrested this young man who said he was 18 and told me he was scared. police say he came out of the backyard having shed his shoes and clothes and gun. >> does it look like it was fired? >> yes, when we recovered it, the action was out, suggesting it ran out of bullets. >> reporter: police are looking for a second gunman. the intended victim, he was not hit

in the barrage of bullets and ran away. >> i don't care where he is. i just thank god the kids didn't get shot and i didn't get shot. >> reporter: so it goes, living in oakland's so called hot spot. >> firefighters are still trying to completely surround a 200-acre wild fire. the fire is only 50% contained after threatening several homes yesterday. we have live team coverage tonight. we begin with john fowler who is live in napa county this evening. >> as you said, fire officials have confirmed it's 50% contained and started right here at this agricultural burn that we've learned appears to be illegal. >> eagle scouts, knowing a thing or two about fire, i would say yesterday was not the best day to have a burn day. >> reporter: as helicopters and

ground crews mop up his afternoon. officials told me there was no notification for a burn here. that's a violation. we've also learned a land scape contractor burned brush and stumps here. witnesses telling us no one appeared to be at the burn site attending it until it was out. that's another violation. winds were well over the limit for approved burns. >> conditions were right yesterday evening and we had a large wild land fire. >> reporter: winds are dying now and the air is cooling. firefighters just told me the 50% containment number likely will go up this evening. they say the unnamed contractor could be liable for possible criminal violations. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> cal fire told ktvu it may deploy it's plane

fleet ahead of schedule because of the fires. cal fire is now looking at moving some of its aircraft to their southern air base within the next couple of weeks. the agency owns 23 air tankers, 11 helicopters, and 14 spotter planes. >> bill martin joins us now with what he's seeing. >> that wind advisory was in effect yesterday, not in effect today. the wind direction now is coming out of a weatherly direction or southwesterly. that's a cooling direction and also adding humidity to the fire zone. yesterday the humidity was around 10, 12%. today it's at 36%. any firefighter will tell you that's not that dry and good news for them. temperature today got to 77 degrees. a very, very different situation if you're a firefighter, you're really appreciating the big change in the weather.

we're also seeing a big change in our temperatures. numbers will fall off toward the weekend. >> it turns out it was oxygen tanks in an elderly woman's carry-on bag that caused an evacuation at a terminal at sfo today. just before 11:30 this morning, screeners found the tanks as the woman try today go through security. they initially thought they might be bombs and their fears were heightened when they questioned the woman and she said she didn't pack her bags and didn't know what was in there. 10 flights were delayed. >> crews removed a boat today after police say the driver ran aground in a drunk boating incident. a huge crane lifted the boat, la bon bon off the rocks this afternoon. the witness saw the boat leave the dock at jack london square. >> they're kind of obeying the speed limit out here. slowed down a bit, just puttered out.

>> after the boat crashed, police arrested 37-year-old tanesia thompson for possession of stolen property. >> ashton kutcher was with police during a massive child pornography sweep yesterday. he was invited to join the task force. authorities served search warrants. he's a founder of an organization which hopes to end child sex trafficking. kutcher and the director both went along on the child porn sweep. >> david stevenson joins us live in san francisco with photos that he obtained today that could play a central role in a criminal trial. david? >> prosecutors today release d these photos of the sheriff's

wife. even as legal analysts said, their case may be at risk. san francisco sheriff had little to say on the first day of his domestic violence trial, but these images speak volumes about the case. the stills are taken from a videotape. a day after he allegedly grabbed his wife's arm hard enough to leave the bruise seen here. prosecutors hope to show a jury the video along with an e-mail lopez sent to madison during a family trip to monterey. we're coming back tomorrow and ross will work again and i'll have my life and peace back. madison responded, controlling and withholding money, trying to isolate you from friends and family. i know ross doesn't realize it yet, but he's about to find out or deny forever he's an abusive husband. lopez is denying her husband abused her and that the

videotape should not be admitted as evidence because it was made to be for a child custody battle. >> if they can toss out most of the evidence because it's unreliable hearsay, the defense will sit in a good position. >> reporter: prosecutors say they're not surprised the defense wants to block the images. a spokesperson told me there's no doubt without this video, the case would be difficult to proceed on. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a pension fight is heating up between workers and the city of san jose. firefighters and police officers blasted what they claimed are bogus cost productions. >> somebody is lying here. we've heard the mayor use this number in multiple places and we

know it's a lie. we want the truth. we want fairness. we want lawfulness. and we want a resolution to this problem. >> the unions say the city is trumping up projected pension costs to overstate the severity of the problem. we contacted a member of chuck reed's past today who referred to this statement. it says quote, as mayor, i believe we must keep the public fully informed about the consequences we'll face if we don't rein in our costs. >> one of the most heavily used rail lines will be closed for six straight weekends. during the weekend, work bus shuttles will run between ocean beach and church street. the line is expected to be back in service before the monday morning

commute. san francisco municipal group is holding meetings to discuss the plan for the upcoming two-year budget. they face a $19.6 million deficit for the next fiscal year. the meetings will be held in march and april. the first is on march 3rd at the agency's headquarters. >> gunfire breaks out at a mall. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom stirs up controversy by saying his own job should be eliminated. the debate over the powerful position he says isn't powerful enough. [ crickets chirping ]

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♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >> gavin newsom raised eyebrows by suggesting his position be eliminated unless it's given more power. he suggest the governors run on the same

ticket. a former governor says he disagrees. >> you could ask vice presidents how much responsibility the president has given them. in some cases, some. in other cases a lot. in other cases, zero. >> reporter: gavin newsom has added power for the next few days because jerry brown is in washington this weekend meaning gavin newsom is acting governor. >> californians continue to be disappointed with the state legislature. only 22% approved. the approval rating is actually an improvement over the same time last year. when asked whether the legislature should go from a full-time body to part-time, 39% approved. 45% disliked the idea. 49% of republicans were in favor

compared to 29% of democrats. >> this november california's voter guide could be as big as a phonebook thanks to one of the largest elections in state history. all ballot initiatives are being moved to one election. the move means there will be hundreds of initiatives. the initiatives will move because the largest voter turnout usually happens in november. ktvu.com has complete election coverage. click on politics under the news tab on our homepage. >> gun shots fired at a mall in concord has shoppers on edge tonight. this isn't the first time violence has threatened shoppers' safety. jade hernandez? >> as shoppers arrived, we don't know if they caught what happened in this parking lot yesterday evening but we do know by the time it was over, police arrested four women. jcpenney

officials at sun valley mall's mall's -- police say the women resisted. one of them pulled out a gun and fired. >> scary. makes me not want to come anymore. usually this is a safe part of town. >> reporter: two women ran away. the two others got in to a car and sped off. concord police pulled the car over at highway 4. about the same time, police arrested the two others at concord avenue and contra costa boulevard. >> it doesn't matter where you are, i'm sorry to say. so what can you do? >> reporter: ben sanburg works inside sun val ae ley. -- valley. >> i found bet -- i felt better when i knew she was at the end of the mall. >> reporter: this woman is

talking about her daughter, an employee who worked last night. >> this is big crime. >> reporter: after repeat ed attempts to reach concord police, we can only say tonight that the department is not releasing the suspect's names. they were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and battery. we tried contacting jcpenney officials and have not heard back from them. jade hernandez. >> a san ramon man accused of beating his mother with a baseball bat appeared in court today. the attack happened monday in san ramon. the mother suffered several strikes to her head and body but doctors say she is expected to survive. ricks is being held in the contra costa county jail in lieu of $1 million jail. >> a less invasive prenatal

test created by doctors at sanford is expected to be available to pregnant woman next week. it can detect problems with the fetus as early as 10 weeks in to pregnancy. it would replace amniocentesis and cvs. >> 29 schools have reported outbreaks of noro virus since january and 21 long-term care facilities have had outbreaks. there have been no quarantines or required closures this year. health officials say the single most important thing you can do to stop norovirus is to wash your hands. alcohol based sanitizers don't kill the virus.

it often causes the stomach flu. symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, chills, and aches. >> things are cooling down a bit. bill martin is here with what we're looking at this weekend. >> in some places it didn't feel cooler because there was less wind. some places like in san francisco, in the 70s, but it felt a little warm because the winds went away. we go outside. let me show you the sunset this evening. a little bit of stuff in the air right now. clouds and moisture coming off the pacific. these colors come from that. as we get towards the summer solstice, let's take a look at the highs. 71 in valeo. 76 in concord. cooler tomorrow, cooler on sunday. still nice. these temperatures are off the

hook. temperatures yesterday and the day before that were record days. today just very warm. temperatures tomorrow, mild for february. 60s. sunday, cooler with lots of upper 50s, maybe a low 60 in san jose. here's our headline i guess. the weekend is the headline. our chance of showers next week, it's not a big chance. it's a good chance of showers, but it's not a big event though. looks like another one of those drive-by weak, low-grade showers. just not what we need. high pressure, it's going away. temperatures drop off. here comes the flow down the coast. temperatures are going to trend down in to your bay area weekend but don't fear, because even on sunday, it's way at the bottom but it's still 60 degrees. upper 50s. it's still nice. it's february. i keep reminding everybody because 80 degrees yesterday. upper 70s today. saturday at noon, not bad

. sunday, a few clouds. monday, still nothing for us. something here. then tuesday, right there. a little something getting closer. then tuesday night in to wednesday morning, this could be a little something. what's it going to do? just make the commute kind of messy. i don't think there will be a lot of rain from that at all. the 5-day forecast coming up will show you temperatures that will be trending down. that's the weather headline. tomorrow looks nice. sunday will be the coolest day on the weekend. 5-day forecast with bay area weekend in view, go do it. looks like a great bay area weekend. maybe rain and snow as we head in to tuesday night, wednesday next week. fingers crossed. >> thank you, bill. coming up on bay area news at 7, on tv 36, possible new fallout from the bankruptcy. the potential environmental hazard some people believe the company left behind in the south bay. and the gift of music in

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>> mark is here with sports. we've got linsanity. do you think we'll get mannymania? >> i hope not. [ laughter ] i'm not ready for it. spring training usually a snuz -- snoozer. he arrived today fairly calm. he hasn't played competitively in nearly a year but he looked lean. he hit several balls out of the yard in batting practice. that will give their lineup a little resurgence. manny talk ed about why he decided to come back. >> when it's a problem, you go out and fix it. people say why did you do this, why did you do that? sometimes you have to look with your own eyes and see

if you're really clear. i'm just blessed to have my family back. the game that i love. and it feels good. >> all right. nice bounce back for dan ica patrick. yesterday, nasty little crash in to a wall. today as they get ready for a huge weekend in daytona, she wins the pole position for the nationwide series. first women to nail down the top qualifying spot in nascar's second tier series, averaging 183 miles per hour. so good work from her. one of those kind of under the radar moves for the 49ers will probably pay off big for them. if you saw the 49ers at all this year, great on special teams, and in particular, cj spillman, huge. just about in on every tackle it seems. he signed a 3-year extension with the 49ers. that's the sporting life as this early hour. i'll have plenty more from the nba all star activities here at 10. >> pole position for danica.

not bad. >> a good comeback. thank you, mark. coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, ktvu's amber is pouring through 10 hours of tape we have on cindy vanderheiden. >> you'll only see it here on ktvu and at 10 we'll tell you what else we found. thanks for trusting ktvu. i like it. man: i would definitely consider a silverado trade-up from the pick-up truck that i've got right now. [ male announcer ] we dare you to compare your truck to a chevy silverado, the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pick-ups on the road. celebrate president's day. get 0% financing for 60 months on all 2012 silverados.

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