breaking news. he's already in prison for killing his wife. now a jury has returned a verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of hans riser's children -- hans roseer's -- reizer.

good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. rob roth has more outside the courthouse. here's more. >> reporter: tori, the jury deliberated and they were responsible for the verdict and awarded $25 million each to the rosier children--- reizer children. >> we wanted to make darned sure the children were taken well care of. they would have the psychological help that they needed for the rest of their life. these children would probably never be able to go into the workforce and we wanted to make sure it was an amount they

would be able to live with. >> the verdict tells us they e fatically -- tells us they emphatically rejected everything said about this person and gave more money than asked for. >> reporter: rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. thank you, rob. we have complete coverage of the case on our website, including our one-on-one interview with hans reizer from prison. just go to ktvu.com and click on the tab. don't be alarmed if you smell gas today near redwood city. pg&e is conducting pipeline testing to test 200 yards of pipes alone. tom vacar is live to explain

what kind of work is being done today. >> reporter: tori, they are cleaning these pipes out so you are really not smelling gas. you are smelling the stuff that makes it smellable. it's if the smell like rotten eggs. what's interesting, some extension serve testimony had been -- some extense civic testing had been done. in hydrotesting, utility fills these big areas with water. it's relatively simple to test the pipe to test standards. if it does not fail, it's capable of carrying high pressure national gas. so far this year, pg&e has tested almost 50 yards of pipelines it will do another 140 to 150 by year's end.

in the meantime, any newly discovered record indicating weakness anywhere is prioritized for placing and testing. so far, 2.3 miles of pipeline have been relayed -- replaced rather than repaired. coming out life. that's what all of this testing is all -- come ought live, that's what all of this test something all about. reporting live from menlo park, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, tom. firefighters say an unattended pan on a stove is responsible for an overnight fire doctor that displaced six people in newark. the fire started shortly after 10:00 last night at an apartment complex on cherry street. this is video shot by a resident. firefighters arrived after 7:00. >> i was up there watching tv and insmelled something burning. i thought it was a stove. i checked our stove.

nothing. i saw flames coming from next store. i went back inside, told my girlfriend, let's get out. an overnight crash sent a san francisco police officer and taxi driver to the hospital this morning. it's not a big surprise to people who work in the area. as allie rasmus explains, it's an intersection that needs if safety improvements. >> reporter: water gushed out and a taxi collided at the intersection. if happened just after 2:00 this morning. >> i was asleep and i heard a thump. >> reporter: investigators say the officer was driving down the street when the patrol car struck a taxi in the intersection. the force of the impact forced vehicles into the hydrant. >> that's the first time i heard anything -- that the water was shooting up. >> reporter: police say didn't -- police didn't say whether the officer was responding to

another call or how fast he was going. this is a four-way intersection but there are only stop signs in one direction. people below zero work nearby say they are not surprised a crash happened here. there's been a half a dozen crashes here in the last, you know, ten years that i've worked here. this thing needs a four-day stop sign. >> you see about a dozen taxicabs parked at the end of the street. that's because there is a taxi yard where the collision happened. so the taxi card may have been coming to or going from the yard when this occurred. a 26-year-old hayward man is facing felony charges. investigators say depok singh has admitted pouring vegetable oil at 150 headstones at a union city cemetery last week. he allegedly did it to "ward

off evil spirits." the cemetery owner says it cost more than $5,000 to clean up the headstones. right now, a rally is getting underway on the steps of city hall against a proposed policing policy. tara moriarty joins us live to explain the operation to the plan. >> reporter: well, this crowd says that this proposal that ed lee is currently considering is -- unfairly targets people of color and gives police the right to stop and detain anyone they see suspicious. the mayor says he was encouraged by michael bloomberg whose police department engages in this practice, where it's been also controversial. the map shows it recovered almost 800 guns. aid coring to got the new york times "-- according to" the new

york times "this group says stop and give is not -- stop and frisk is not welcomed in san francisco. >> a lot of times it's embarrassing, and dehumanizing. >> reporter: the board of supervisors is expected to ask about the policy and they say the mayor will not implement a program that would racially profile or violent anyone's civil rights. police already have a reasonable cause to search in place. it's important to know that. lee saying that he will france take some version. he says he will also rely heavily upon the community, legal advisers. for the record, chief sur has come out against stop and frisk. if you want -- if you want to

find out what happened at the board meeting, be sure to watch the ktvu news font at 5:00 -- tonight at 5:00. back to you. >> thank you. investigators say burglars have targeted 20 homes through outthe city in pail low -- throughout the city in palo alto. police say the thieves are getting into homes in unlocked doors and windows. officers have made several arrests including three people suspected of breaking into cars on edgewood drive. detectives are trying to figure out if the suspects in that case are linked to all of the break-ins. what's happening now the -- with the robbers fire still burning in northern california? there is a lot of drizzle. and the war of words heats up on the campaign trail.

president obama arrived in texas for four fund-raising states. he has two stops in san antonio where he will appeal to latino voters. he will also be in austin, including an event with gay

voters. mitt romney is shifting attention away from his tax returns by accusing president obama by favoring a government- sensorred society -- government censored society. the obama team is pushing up the step to get mitt romney so release more of its tax records. the p obama campaign is running an ad in pennsylvania where mitt romney is asking any -- is making any if stops to release records. >> mitt romney admitted he's paid less than 15% in tax on $43 million in income. makes you wonder if he ever

paid taxes. >> that ad comes after another ad after romney singing "america the beautiful." romney says it's all dirty politics. >> he's making a big election about small things. he's attacking mitt romney on a personal basis. why? because he doesn't want to talk about his record. >> as for romney's line of -- line of attack, he is accusing president obama of cronyism, it doesn't look like either side is ready let up. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. jada pinkett smith testified on capitol hill for tougher legislation against modern day slavery. she says more needs to be done for mew man trafficking and help those who are -- human trafficking and help those who are victims. >> i believe we need more adequate funding for programs

that can protect men and women who are victims of trafficking. she says fund something also needed to help victims. the she claims there are 40,000 enslaved witnesses today and she plans to launch her own campaign to bring awareness to the area. we have new information on the shooting in alabama. the alleged gunman has surrendered. the police chief says this man surrendered in a town 50 miles away. surveillance video shows the area the man went to overnight. investigators do not believe this was a random act of violence. >> when he first walked up, there were people on the sidewalk and epstood for several plint, watching and everybody -- and he stood for

several minutes watching. >> we never saw the guy shooting. >> police say the rampage may be connected to a shooting a few miles away that left one person hurt. they are also investigating whether the shootings involve the shoot between motorcycle gangs. fire officials in placer county say the fire lines are holding near auburn which is 50% contained. officials say cooler temperatures are helping fire crews watting the -- bat. the flames. some 350 evacuees are awaiting word to see if they will be able to return to their homes today. four structures, including one home has been destroyed. flames have prompted evacuation orders for about 50 homes in san luis obispo county. the fire spread out to 640 acres now. they say it's 30% contained with full containment expected storm morning. no word on how the fire

started. a teenage the girl and a man in his early 20s are dead after a mass shooting at a toronto barbecue. police say hundreds of young people were at the barbecue when the fire broke out. it 19 other people were wounded. some were trampled in the commotion. pun person has been -- one person has been arrested. in turkey, no one was hurt after a big fire at a 42-foot building in istanbul. the building is made up of apartments and offices. hun yesterday were quickly evacuated -- hundreds were evacuated yesterday. a public hearing will be held to discuss a management plan at ocean beach. excess sand at the northern end is about 14 feet deep.

the meet something at 6:00 p.m. at the you a united culture center -- at the united cultural center. outside our doors, we're cool, cloudy, damp. the marine layer about 4,000 feet deep. that's deep. so deep it should begin to move itself out. more clouds follow as the system continues. right over the coast to near california and oregon. the winds are generally light not as breezy. the winds will continue at a moderate pace for the afternoon. we have a west southwesterly. from and around fairfield with delays -- in and around fairfield with delays. that will be the biggest risk. most of us dealing with the gray skies and the cool conditions. 64 in oakland. 67 in san francisco. these numbers, a lot like

yesterday f i back it up a -- yesterday. if i back it up, here's the brunt of the system. here's where they are seeing areas of lane -- of rain. mill valley reported .08. .010 in san francisco. salt radar, this system -- satellite radar, this system is gonna sit is quasi stationary. a cooler day for today. numbers only in the mid 70s. upper -- mid-70s.

71 for sunnyvale. a cool, cloudy dale, breezy conditions for the afternoon along the coast. there is your extended forecast with your weekend in view. we do get back to seasonal temperatures. it takes us all the way into the weekend, mid- to upper 80s in the forecast and if they will sort of start to hover around there. still the um and down we've avenue -- still the up and down we've been experiencing. [horns honking] >> union leaders say the district has been well run and they say it's unfair to ask employees for a pay reduck shen when they should be getting -- reduction when they should be

getting a pay is -- pay increase. a north bay p algae bloom p, their is new video of the -- north bay algae bloom, this is new video of it. officials say it's a way to keep away from the water. the level of toxicity could be potentially lethal to pets. we talked to a fishermen who morning who said he's not concerned -- who is not concerned about it. >> officials say if people have too much contact with the water, they could get nausea. coming up a check on stocks and ben bernanke -- bernanke talks about jolting the economy.

stocks have moved higher after a first few hours of trading on wall street thanks to earnings. the dow did up 82. the -- is up 82. the nasdaq is up 18. the s&p is up 9. investors had an initially negative reaction from from testimony ben bernanke. he delivered his semi-annual report before the san mateo banking committee. he said the country's economic

recovery is being held back by anxiety over the european debt crisis as well as the path of u.s. fiscal policy. >> the physical dal cliff, a shallowy session would occur, and 1.4 million fewer jobs would be created -- he -- the fiscal difficult, a shallowy session would occur, and 1.4 million fewers job would be created -- the fbi has owned a criminal attack on an investigation where sewing needles were found on board sandwiches on several flights from amsterdam to the u.s. one passenger was hurt. the airline says flight attendants stop serving the sandwiches after the needles

were discovered. no other airlines have reported similar problems. martian lynch is in trouble with the law. he -- marshawn lynch is in trouble with the law again. he was arrested for a dui. he was in oakland last week to award a color -- scholarship. he's coming off the best year of his career. he's briefly been arrested for hitting a woman with his car and weapons charges. president obama and first lady michelle obama, the president and -- and the kiss cam. they got booed the first time. then they tried it again and

got a cheer. coming up on the news -- coming up on the news at 5:00, a promising breakthrough in treating alzheimer's. what experts revealed today. thank you for trusting the news. be sure to join us at 5:00. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. thanks for watching. have a great day. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery will do,

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