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a shootout in stockton. and tonight, a bank robbers took hostage. >> three bank robbers took three female hostages, steal a car, then lead police on a high speed chase. tonight, one of those hostages is dead, along with two of the robbers. we have new information for you. ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now at police headquarters in stock stockton, where she heard from the police chief in just the last half hour. >> reporter: he said that the three men were carrying high
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powered weapons when they entered the bank. here is the photo he showed us of one of the weapons they recovered at the scene where the crash ended. he said two bank employees, and one customer were taken hostage. the customer, a woman, innocent, now dead tonight. a bank robbery, a highway chase, and a flurry of gunfire all ended with this suv riddled with bullets. >> i could see the car getting blasted. i could see all the little sparks and everything off of the car. actually, there was a police car right in front of our house at that direction. >> when it was all over, stockton police led one person away from the vehicle. the suv was stopped at thornton and auto. >> reporter: police say it had been stolen from a bank employee. tonight, one man arriving at the scene told ktvu his cousin, a mother of two was dead. >> she left her kid in the car, you know, she goes inside,
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whatever happened happened. her daughter has to text her husband saying hey, they took mom. >> three bank robbers with guns pointed to the women, the clerk that the tellers that work here, and they had them to their head. >> reporter: the police chief says a security guard called police before he was tied up. the chief says as the men left, they took three female hostages. officers chased them over several highways, and said they opened fire. police say one officer was shot and thrown out of the vehicle. another hovessage was thrown out, or ejected from the vehicle, when the chase ended. >> either taped to, or strapped to their bodies. the gun fire on our officers was relentless. >> reporter: the chief says they are viewing that third and only surviving suspect. he says they are also working with the fbi to determine if this might be connected with any other bank robberies in the
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area. a sobering day for stockton, and the chief says he's just glad there weren't more innocent lives lost. reporting live in stockton, jana katsuyama, ktvu news. a landmark ruling on california's death penalty. a judge today ruled that the state's death penalty procedure is systematically flawed, and therefore unconstitutional. ktvu's ken pritchett, live now from san quentin, which is where the state's death row is located. >> frank, executions in california are already on hold due to a previous court ruling on exactly how those exciewxes are conducted. this latest ruling from the federal judge is another layer and it is much broader. >> reporter: for the condemned at san quentin, this ruling could ultimately mean an end to their stay on death row. an idea that outrages son. >> that infuriates me. >> reporter: he has waited for the execution of the man who
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killed his daughter, polly. >> it's another slap in the face in the victims. >> this is a system that's completely broken on a lot of levels. >> reporter: bob dunlap is with the san francisco public defender's office. he calls the judge's decision courageous. >> for many reasons, the death penalty is wrong, and judge carney has summed that up in this opinion, saying that the system itself is wrong. >> reporter: the federal judge found california's death penalty process dysfunctional. >> the dysfunction is for this judge, was the delay. the amount of time it took from the time somebody would be sentenced to death until they would actually realistically face execution. >> reporter: usf school of law prefer, steve shot says the ruling is significant. a finding that california's death pen sunlight a arbitrary and that it's not a deterrent, given that so few are executed.
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>> in terms of retribution, it can't serve any purpose, because retribution is supposed to satisfy the community outrage. but 25 years later, the community doesn't even know about the case. >> reporter: some see the ruling as potentially a major step toward justice. >> hopefully where we go from here is an end to the death penalty in california. >> reporter: others, a blow to the victims seeking justice. >> reserving over 700 jury decisions regarding individuals who should be executed, and now may not be. >> reporter: for now, essentially nothing changes. it is up to the attorney to review. more details now on california's death row, right now, it houses 748 inmates, the most of any state. since california reinstated the death penalty in 1978, only 13
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inmates have been executed. the most recent execution was in 2006, when clarence ray allen was put to death by lethal injection for killing three people. at ktvu.com, we've put up a slide show of some of the most notorious inmates at san quentin. an alleged affair involving a san francisco supervisor, and his top aide may have violated city rules. he reportedly had a relationship with top legislative aide. city employees say they must notify a supervisor if they become romantically involved with a subordinant.
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more now on a sexual harassment case involving a yahoo worker and her bus. she says she was fired for refusing sexual relations with her boss. she said when she wanted to stop, the boss retail united. the superviers is identified as maria zhang. >> i told her, look, we are friends, and you are my manager. we shouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: zhang has countered by filing a defamation case against her saying she simply wants money. now to new developments in the case of a high priced escort, who is accused of giving a google executive a deadly dose of heroin and then leaving him to die. alix tichelman was in court today, and pleaded not guiltyk her attorney admits that tichelman has a drug problem, but he says that the prosecution's case is overblown. ktvu's asa smith was in court
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and heard from both sides. >> reporter: for the first time, the attorneys for 26-year- old alix tichelman are speaking to the media about a case that's getting national attention. >> there are five kids without a father today. but to demonize, and sensationalize, and totally blame alix tichelman for his death is misplaced, unfair, and simply wrong. >> reporter: tichelman's attorney says the high priced escort should not be responsible tore the death, claiming the two's drug use was consensual, and she had no reason to kill him. >> why would she? he was a lucrative source of income to her. she appreciated his generosity, and she had a motive, if any, to elongate, not in the relationship. >> reporter: tick tichelman appeared in a santa cruz county courtroom, pleading not guilty. tichelman's parents and sister left the courtroom in a hurry.
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police say surveillance video counters tichelman stepping over the 51-year-old's body to finish a glass of wine on his luxury yacht back in november. >> if and when the santa cruz police department develops any further evidence, we will certainly entertain the notion of a potential to add any alternative charge, to consider additional charges. >> reporter: also talking for the first time about this case, assistant district attorney, rafael vazquez, who says the evidence proves tichelman committed the crime, and more will come out in a preliminary hearing. >> we are in the very early strange in the process. there are a lot of reports, a lot of discovery that still has to be generated and provided to the defense. >> reporter: the judge denied tichelman's request to lower her bail, keeping it at $1.5 million. she's due back in court in october. asa smith, ktvu, channel 2 news. the family of a san jose state student who took his own
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life has filed a claim against the university for $11 million. 18-year-old brandon tigs was found hanging in his room last february. his family says the school didn't do enough to prevent his death. according to the claim, tigs drinking the night he died. cams showed tigs was distraught, and they told him about counseling services, but allowed him to return to his room. a judge said today the trial will move forward in october, and will not be delayed. the san francisco city attorney's office is suing the accrediting commission for community and junior colleges. the lawsuit claims city college was treated unfairly in the review process. last month, the commission gave the school two more years to address financial, and administrative issues. san francisco home prices have hit a milestone. the median price for a home or
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condo in san francisco is now $1 million. that is a 13% increase over last year. marin county also tops $1 million. for the 9 county bay area though, the median price in june was $618,000. on wall street, they saw modest gains today, thanks to strong corporate earning reports. the dow jones rose 77 points and closed at a new record high. the nasdaq added 9. a landlord tenant dispute with the future of bay area baseball hanging in the balance. the tradeoff fans hope will keep the a's, in oakland. >> lingering humidity conditions due to tropical moisture. i'll detail the incoming system and give you the timeline for when you can expect the change. >> next, probing passengers at sfo, how a fake security screener allegedly arranged a private pat down with one female flier, and almost fooled a second.
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new at 10:00, federal officials are investigating a strange case at sfo. that's where a man is accused of impersonating a security screener and accused of patting down a female traveler in a private room. ktvu's allie rasmus is live at the airport to explain how the incident happened, and why it's raising new questions about security. >> reporter: a representative from the transportation security administration says this man was not one of their employees. he also didn't work for the
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private security firm that operates out of s fo and said he was just another passenger. he had a ticket to hong kong, and somewhere along the way, he managed to fool federal travelers. >> tossing personal items onto the conveyor belt. bottom line, we expect tight security at the airport. especially for international flights. >> obviously, after 9/11, everything got super strict. >> reporter: a man identified as eric slighten is believed to have abused the trust of at least two female passengers when he led one of them into a private screening room for a pat down. his alleged actions raised suspicious when he tried to do the same with a second female passenger it happened at the international terminal at sfo with two unknown female asian passengers. investigators were unable to talk to the women, they're believed to be foreign
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travelers who likely boarded their flights after the incident. some understand how a language barrier might make the women vulnerable. other passengers weren't so sure. >> you just don't do that if you're at an international airport. you do what you regularly do. check in. i would be skeptical. >> reporter: one of the questions still unanswered, how did slighten gain access to that private screening room. according to a police report, it was one of their employees who apparently caught slighten in the act. now because the victims in this incident couldn't be located, or interviewed, slighten was only arrested for being drunk in public, and for a quote, suspicious occurrence, but obviously, he could face more serious charges as this investigation continues. a long awaited decision about public access to martin's beach in san mateo county is
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now in the hands of a judge. the case centers on this locked gate. surfers filed a lawsuit against the billionaire. he bought the land that leads to martin's beach, and then locked the only access gate. surfers and beach lovers claim that state law allows public access to the coast. the judge is expect today rule within 90 days. either way an appeal is likely. authorities have now identified a 9-year-old girl who accidently drowned in a menlo park swimming pool. paramedics say leahy hong could not be revived. paramedics responded yesterday to a call that a young girl was drowning in an apartment complex on sharon park drive. police say it appears the girl was reaching for a ball and fell in. she was rushed to stanford hospital where she was pronounced dead. an investigation has landed three people in jail. investigators say more arrests
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are likely. the allegations involve cocaine sales and transportation. police arrested a 24 and 25- year-old, both of walnut creek along with 44-year-old hector rodriguez of martinez. investigators say they witnessed the drug transactions around the lift lounge on locust street. officials say they stand ready to house some of the children caught illegally crossing the u.s./mexican border. an estimated 50,000 undocumented children have crossed the border in the past year. today, u.s. representatives, santa clara county supervisors and the mayor of san jose all announced they are ready to help care for some of those children. a small fire at the chevron oil refinery in richmond has sparked an already hot debate. it ruptured leaking crude oil that caught fire at about 2:00 this morning. chief says it happened in a conversion unit at the
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refinery, but chevron says a hose failed in a non- operational area of the plant, igniting hydro carbon. cal osha is investigating. this comes as the richmond city council prepares to debate next week on whether to delay a permit for a refinery upgrade. >> a lot of the people out there in the community are saying that's not enough. we want the whole refinery upgraded. and i think it's instances like this morning that bring up that question. >> chevron said this morning's fire was not connected to that massive fire back in 2012, that sent thousands of people to area hospitals with breathing problems. mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in shasta county. officials now say the so-called bully fire is 40% contained. since it started last friday, it has destroyed 18 buildings, including 10 homes, and injured
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12 people. call fire says 68 structures are still threatened tonight. police arrested a man they say sparked the fire while tending to a marijuana growing operation. vector control is covering an area along the waterfront south of the carkinas straight. it comes after fogging for mosquitoes tested positive for west nile virus. fogging is expected to be over about 11:00 tonight. vector control also fogged parts of discovery bay this morning. temperatures today were on the mild to cool side. plenty of fog and low clouds, and those high clouds starting to clear out of the area. a lot of cloud cover in the north bay, and the clouded started to break off. let me fix my mic for you.
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it fell off. here we go. that's going to sound a little better. so now the clouds out there right now. we've got rain showers to the north and the east of us. that moisture is leaving the area. and as it leaves the area, we're looking for temperatures to start be nicer. not as warm overnight, because of some tropical moisture that's leaving, and temperatures on the mild side the next couple of days. currently, we've got low 60s. 63 in walnut creek. temperatures tomorrow are going to be just like they were today with less cloud cover. strong winds this afternoon. 23 mile-per-hour gust at concord at the airport. wind gusts at san francisco, they're going to about 15 miles per hour. earlier today, we had gusts to 35 and 40 miles per hour, for livermore, and out towards fairfield. overnight lows, as i mentioned, still kind of mild in the inland spots, like mid-60s. as you look around santa rosa, and napa, temperatures in the upper 50s. here's the deal. tomorrow, a lot like today. friday, a lot like today, but as we head into the weekend, there's some big changes
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coming. this is the forecast for tomorrow morning. mostly fog and low clouds pushing further inland. it will burn back rapidly. temperatures tomorrow, like today. the weekend, things change around. it's going to be a warming trend. i'll have the specifics on your bay area weekend, coming up at 10:45. >> thank you bill. keeping the oakland a's in oakland. tonight at 10:30, the vote taken in just the last 90 minutes over extending the team's lease, and what happens next. >> first, in three minutes, rocket attacks countered with missile strikes. the rationale for a limited cease-fire about to begin in the middle east.
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camera. the victims say they took electronics and home gaming devices. deputies say two more homes were targeted in unincorporated novato that same day. a limited cease-fire is set to take effect in the next few hours in the middle east. officials say it will allow humanitarian supplies into the gaza strip at the request of the united nations. john hody reports from gaza that four palestinian boys became the latest victims in the attacks and counterattacks. >> the conflict is now entering its 10th day, with more rocket attacks on israel, and counter missile strikes on gaza. a rehabilitation for the disabled in east gaza was hit by israeli fire overnight. >> we're inside the hospital. i've been hearing over the last couple of minutes, what sounds like a lot of explosions very close by. >> reporter: four palestinian boys 9 to 11 years old, decided to play on the beach instead of in their homes in west if a
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stay -- gaza. hamas is calling on the united nations for it to make its position clear regarding the children's death. >> the americans will soon clear. regarding the killing of palestinian children in cold blood on the beach shore. isn't it a war crime? >> reporter: israel says it's not deliberately targeting civilians, and says hamas is using them as human shields. >> the world in the sense today that who is to be blamed for the terrible, regretful, and heartbreaking death of the kids is hamas. >> reporter: so far, more than 220 palestinians have been killed in the fighting. more than 1500 injured. again, israel says it will hold its fire for five hours, starting at 10:00 a.m., local time tomorrow to allow the u.n. to bring in much needed relief supplies. if hamas does not hold its fire, israel says it will
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respond firmly, and decisively. in gaza city, john huty, fox news. on this day, 45 years ago, history was made. apollo 11 lifted off from cape canaveral, florida, taking astronauts to the moon. four days later, neil armstrong became the first human to set foot on the surface of the room. buzz aldrin followed. only 12 men have walked on the moon, and none since 1972. long waits for an ambulance. at 10:45, growing concern in san francisco. 2 investigates sits down with the chief to determine what's being done. >> a man with a troubled past, and living on the streets is inspiring others not to give up. >> a special session of the oakland city council here at city hall tonight to determine
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new at 10:00, a vote in oakland tonight on the a's lease extense at the coliseum after weeks of false starts and confusion. oakland city council voted 5-2 for the extension and to keep the team in oakland, but there's a catch. noel is this a done deal? >> reporter: the short answer julie, is no, it is not.
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it's an amended lease agreement. the a's owner could reject it, and then send this political battle into extra innings. a field of big dreams. start small. really small. >> i could do this all day. >> reporter: when you're 10 years old. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: baseball is about one thing. >> safe. >> the energy, and just pure love for getting out and playing. >> always compete, and there's always a team when you're going to lose and win. >> we're here tonight. >> reporter: those baseball wins and losses are measured in dollars at oakland's city hall. >> i'm also a little worried we're playing high stakes poker and we're going to lose this team. >> reporter: tonight was the first public hearing about a ten year lease agreement for the oakland a's at the coliseum. >> look at that flag over
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there. tell me, if after 45 years dating, the athletics and oakland shouldn't think about getting married? >> taking the a's from oakland would be like taking the lungs out of the body. >> reporter: some critical of a's owner, lew wolff's tactics to get a lease deal approved. >> take great offense to being threatened with your movement. >> reporter: others critical with the city council's delays. >> the a's are tired of us. at some point, they will do what they think is in their best interest. >> curveball, fastball. >> reporter: the agreement on the table gaves the a's, a half a million dollar cut in rent in exchange for the a's, buying a new $10 million scoreboard. to stay in the game oakland had to approve the a's lease. >> a lot of these kids would be disappointed if they were to move. >> reporter: the city has to get on base. >> we need baseball.
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we need the team. >> reporter: the alameda county board of supervisors still has to weigh in, they're set to vote on it july 29. noel walker, ktvu, channel 2 news. a tax on soda and other sugary drinks moved a step closer to the ballot in san francisco today. a committee of the board of supervisors voted to endorse the proposed measure. the full board is scheduled to vote next tuesday whether to put the tax before voters in november. the proposal would place a 2- cent per ounce tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. city leaders say it could raise up to $52 million a year to fund nutrition, health, and other programs. the death toll in the philippines from typhoon glenda is climbing. 32 people are now reported dead. this is manila, where people struggled against powerful winds and blinding rain. manila escaped the worst of it. the storm caused significant
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damage in the northern philippines. officials say more than 1 million people were affected by the storm. it is the first typhoon to make landfall this season. the storm is now over the south china sea, and heading towards southern china and northern vietnam. it's expected to make landfall friday. the typhoon has weakened, and is expected to miss hong kong. president obama is calling for tough sanctions against russia. the president's sanctions are targeting russian economics. the president says russia hasn't shown that it wants a diplomatic solution. >> i repeatedly made it clear that russia must halt the flow of weapons and fighters over the border into ukraine. >> pro russian separatists and
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ukrainian government forces are battling for control of ukraine. european countries are also considering their own sanctions against russia. apple has agreed to pay a lawsuit involving e-books. apple insists it did not conspire to set prices and it did nothing wrong. if apple wins the case it likely won't have to pay anything. bmw announced a recall of 1.6 million vehicles today. that includes more than half a million here in the united states. the reason? bad air bags. the inflaters could break apart when they're deployed and injury passengers. the recall includes three series bmw's, made between 2000 and 2006. bmw says it will replace front passenger side air bags. bmw is just the latest
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automaker to recall vehicles on air bag issues. for more details on those issues, you can go to ktvu.com. the wall street journal reports that suv's accounted for more than 36% of vehicle registrations during the first five months of the year. that's up 5% from four years ago. four door sedans dropped to just over 35% during that same time period. a san francisco based startup rolled out a new device and app in california today. it's called metro mile. the hope is it will save drivers money. dan preston is the ceo of metro mile. it's an insurance service that uses a free underdash plug-in device to measure your device, and bill you accordingly. the less you drive, the more you pay. typically 3 to 5 cents per mile. >> the crossing point is typically about 12,000 miles. so if you drive under that, you will save money. >> another feature, if your
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check engine light comes on, the device will also give you the error code saying what's wrong? 2 investigates listens to complaints brewing over longambulance response times. firefighters say they're concerned lives could be put in danger. >> i'll detail the incoming system that will dry us out, and give you the timeline for when you can expect the change. >> and next, seeking redemption one brush stroke at a time. how he's giving back to the people who introduced him to art to help him quit drugs.
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new at 10:00, a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, and how you should never give up hope. >> a man with a troubled past in a home on the streets is giving back in a big way. amber lee introduces us to this man who was running in the san francisco marathon a week from sunday. >> reporter: julie, we're right by highway 101. this is the area where he camps out each night. tonight, he tells us about his road to recovery, and redemption. rony goodman embraces the life he's living. the good and the bad. with the stroke of a paint
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brush, he's re-creating scenes from his reality on the streets of san francisco. >> i've been through the rough part. now this is what i think is really nice. >> reporter: the 53-year-old paints in a borrowed space inside a friend's store, in exchange for helping run the business, this chance at redemption after a life interrupted by years of drug abuse and crime. >> i stopped using rat when i got arrested, and i say, you know what, that's it. this is the turning point in my life. you know, it's like this spiritual moment, but i'm just like running, and just running. i might run for maybe two hours, and i'm a free person for those two hours. >> reporter: goodman runs in the solitude the early morning hours offer. a form of meditation, a way to stay on track. >> when i'm running, i feel like i'm not there. i feel like i'm somewhere else.
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>> reporter: a healthy habit formed during his 8 and a half years in san quentin for burglary. with the help of a volunteer at the prison, he started a running club with goodman as its first member. >> you turn your life around, you deserve the support. >> reporter: running is also goodman's way of giving back to those who helped him. who gave him the resources to paint when he got out of prison. now this painting by goodman will be raffled off by the san francisco marathon to raise money for hospitality house. goodman has been homeless since he got out of prison three and a half years ago. he says he's the happiest, and healthiest he's ever been in his life. >> my dream is to have a place to live and to be able to create art, you know? and to be able to do the simple things in life. >> reporter: goodman says
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running and art saved his life. optimistic he will have a roof over his head soon, grateful for what he does have in life. the alameda county food bank has expanded its mobile food pantry program after the organization received one of its biggest donations ever. today, the food bank had its first public mobile pantry outside martin luther king library in oakland. the food bank says $250,000 grant from morgan stanley allowed them to expand outreach efforts beyond schools. additional pantry events are planned for august 1, and 14th at the cesar chavez library. tesla has plans to offer a smaller, more affordable electric car. the new model 3 will be priced at about $35,000. that's about half the cost of the model s. there is no picture, or there are no
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pictures yet. tesla hopes to unveil the car in 2016, and start sales in 2017. they also plan to launch its x cross overnext year. a gradual change in our weather forecast. in five minutes, our chief meteorologist, bill martin's complete outlook right on through the weekend. >> medical emergencies and san francisco ambulances taking too long to arrive. we'll tell you what the chief told 2 investigates about what's being done to fix the problem, and why some firefighters may feel caught in the middle.
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tonight, 2 investigates looks into a growing concern within the san francisco fire department that wait times for its ambulances are too long. help is supposed to arrive within 10 minutes, but as ktvu's tara moreiardi discovered, response times are sometimes much longer. >> reporter: san francisco is
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facing a rise in the number of 911 calls and the majority are for medical emergencies. firefighters tell 2 investigates every the past four months, wait times for ambulances have spiked. >> the 30, and 45 minute waits are becoming even longer. >> reporter: it became so long, he sent a letter to the chief saying this current medic situation is unacceptable, and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. >> i shared his concern. everything that he wrote. >> reporter: chief joanne hayes white says she's aware of the trend and is taking steps to fix it. >> it's always been somewhat challenging to get to the 10 minutes, but we've pretty much been in that basis. now we're seeing 12, 13, 14 minutes. >> reporter: minute by minute dispatch reports show many incidents where ambulances took much longer.
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a critical trauma patient slammed under a muni pole, it took an hour to arrive. >> we're really serious when we put together a package asking for an infusion of $10 million. we got $3 million, it wasn't what we asked for. but again, i think it's incremental steps forward. >> i think part of it is excuses, excuses excuses. when you go to the chief, you'll get executions. >> reporter: the city gave the fire department millions starting in 2012 to purchases ambulances. but an adult reveals not a single new ambulance arrived. >> the buck stops with the leadership. ultimately it shouldn't take two or three years to get new ambulances out there on the streets. >> doing business in the city can be challenging. there's a process and can be frustratingly slow. >> reporter: the chief told us the delays were partially due
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to ambulance designed changes and a lengthy purchasing and bidding process. she says an order was recently placed, and 14 new ambulances are expected to hit the streets at the end of this year. many of them, however, will only replace worn out vehicles. >> ambulances have 150, 175, 200,000 miles on them. what we need is a more reliable fleet as opposed to just necessarily a bigger fleet. >> reporter: in the meantime, firefighters tell 2 investigates they can't wait months. >> it's got to be difficult sitting there with a family member waiting, and it's hard to explain. it's hard to explain to the family why you're waiting that amount of time. >> reporter: in san francisco, ktvu, channel 2 news. now the performance adult also criticized the fire department for insufficient ems staffing. the chief tells us, 16 new will be staffed next month. you can read the audit for
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yourself at ktvu.com, look under hot topics. if you have a story you want us to look into, 2 investigates wants to hear from you. email 2investigates@ktvu.com. the tropical moisture that's been around, even brought a few sprinkles and overnight to parts of the bay area. it's moving out of the area, but not before it triggers a few thunderstorms up north towards the lake tahoe area. showers around ewe ear cay as well. with that said, clear skies tonight, except along the coast will make for an easier sleeping night. it won't be quite as muggy. we've got a very deep marine layer. tomorrow morning, we're going to see fog and cool air into those inland bay valleys. you can see the moist air pushing all the way into antioch. last night, we had the highs of
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tropical moisture keeping everything pretty warm. here is the story as high pressure moves out of the area, takes the clouds with it. the moisture with it. the beautiful sun sets. we've got some really beautiful sun sets that goes. we get a more typical summer pattern. less humid, but it will be a cooler day. tomorrow morning, you've got a fog forecast kind of like that. that's a pretty aggressive footprint. look where the 90s are. that's a function of the strong onshore wind we had this evening. up to 40 miles an hour out in the delta. tomorrow and friday, kind of mild. saturday and sunday, as i said earlier, going to start to warm up. not going to get hot, just warmer. here we are tomorrow morning. tropical moisture leaving. fog staying on the coastment tomorrow afternoon, more showers up around yosemite, and south lake tahoe. thursday night into friday. the tropical moisture is clear
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of the hills and of our area and we're just dealing with fog and temperatures like these for the next two days. sunday, and monday, temperatures come up. you'll see them in the five-day forecast. it doesn't get real warm. these are nice looking numbers, and in terms of fire fighting this is the highest fire danger scene we've ever seen in recorded history at least for the drought. this is mild air, moist atmosphere, higher field moistures. 71 tomorrow in san bruno. then the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view, brings the temperatures up just slightly on saturday and sunday. not even a big heat up or anything. just a little bit warmer. but again you look at a fire department like this, you can bet you're not going to be doing a lot of fire stories. that's the good news from a drought sampling. i look at mark and i start chuckling. what's going on in sports? nothing. >> yeah, world cup's over. baseball. i'm going to prove to you,
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there's nothing going on. this is the notorious day in the world of sports. the day after the all-star game. nothing going on. that is except the nba summer league basketball program. steve kerr getting his job done with the golden state warriors playing atlanta tonight. in bounds to james michael mcadue. the warriors prospect going at it tonight. led the warriors with 15. we cut to 5.3 seconds left. the warriors were down 3. holiday will not be able to convert on the pull up three. the warriors can't get it into overtime. second straight loss after they had won 16 straight in summer league basketball. rumors continue to float around the nba with regards to kevin love possibly coming to the warriors via trade.
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the team trying to strengthen a relatively weak bench by signing brandon rush. rush was great off the bench for golden state in the 2011- 2012 season, but blew out a knee. played sparingly for utah, but is now back in the bay. if they'lly, that's a pretty nice get for the golden state wear areas. a basketball hero shows off the nba championship trophy, but gets a big brush off from an unsuspecting australian reporter. we'll explain who and why. sports part 2, next. of boeing 737's. et one of the many ways we bring you $69 airfares. limited time sale fares starting as low as $69 one-way. if it matters to you, it matters to us. book now at southwest.com. ♪ bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece
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it's really one of the great things about winning the stanley cup, or the trophy. patty mills, and a buddy had an unusual way of doing that, while a young australian reporter was trying to just do his live sports report. >> get up. >> you can tell how frustrated he was. he had no idea that that was patty mills, but when the news anchor, looks at it again, they tossed it back to her. she had something to say to her young sports reporter.
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>> before i let you go, we're just going to relive the moment, just a few moments ago, when you panned off, none other than patty mills with the trophy. you're going to have to look at that picture, pretty good. >> highly embarrassed about that. i had no idea it was him. i just thought it was another couple doing their thing. >> we've all been in that circumstance with the fans. >> probably had a pretty good reason to be excited. not only winning the nba championship, but just signed a 12 year contract with the san antonio spurs, but had kind of a weird way of celebrating. >> i like that he's out there having fun. >> 12 million ways to have fun. >> gregg popovich, coach of the spurs probably not happy with the way he's carting that trophy around. >> thanks mark. >> told you it was a slow sports day.
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raid you're going to hit me again. i'm afraid you're going to hit me again. don't worry. i'm just putting this time. i'm not the strongest golfer, and i think it's holding me back in business. too bad deals aren't closed in a trampoline park. i'd just lazy-back into a rudolph into a quadriffus right up the corporate ladder. hey, dad, you coming to my play tonight? "your" play? you only painted the sets. yeah, and michelangelo "only" painted the sixteenth chapel. maybe don't keep your face so close to the paint cans. sorry, buddy, i'm getting a golf lesson and then i'm playing with a client, but i'll try to make your next performance. (doorbell rings, thud) phil! little busy. oh, you always do this. you cram stuff in the freezer without thinking about it. i opened the door, and a frozen turkey almost fell on my foot. i keep pulling it to the left. are we sure the house is level? are you not the least bit sorry? i could have broken a toe.
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