customers lost service and while the intruders were able to -- there was no attempt to disrupt the grid. you remember this was the same pass facility targeted by snipers. that caused an oil leak causing to shut down the station. it was considered one of the worst attacks on a u.s. power station and police never made any arrests. as a result pge says it is spending $100 million to enhance the security of its critical substations and that includes enhance systems and a solid wall around the metcalfe substation and other critical substations. we're live in the newsroom,

channel 2 news. new at 5:00 a teenage crime spree that included the death of this dog, and police say a very young suspect used a golf club to kill it. the burglary happened yesterday afternoon in san jose. both of the teens were arrested but the homeowner says he's afraid they could do it begin. he spoke with ktvu's. >> the suspects are 13 and 14 years old. they have been taken into custody here at the juvenile center however the homeowner fears because they are so young their punishment might be just a slap on the wrist. >> they actually came to give me a card from the police because they felt really sympathetic. >> eric got home last night to find the doors open, the refrigerate or ransacked and his dog bulge oned and dying on the floor. >> his eyes were flickering. >> he rushed sparky to the

emergency clinic where the 11- year-old chihuahua mix had to be put down. the family wasn't alone. residents pleas believe at least 7 homes were vandalized yesterday what's certainly concerning and at this point the juvenile justice system will be taking over and looking into any sort of counseling service. >> the teens were apparently caught by an alert neighbor. claimed to both be freshman at nearby high school. one said he lived in a group home. they had been rooming the neighborhood. >> they knocked on the door, nobody answers, go around to the side and kick the door in. >> police say they took small items but mostly just vandalized the home. mckenzie still trying to make sense of what happened. >> for the life of me i don't

know why you would kill a little animal, 15 pounds. he couldn't have done any damage to either one of them. >> and while he's glad the teens are in custody he fears they won't be for long. >> i don't know what a just punishment is but i know it's not just to be released to your parents to -- so that you can do it again. >> both boys have been charged with burglary and one has been charged with animal cruelty. police are still trying to determine if there are other victims in its crime spree. the news has long been a symbol of the lynching of black men during segregation in the south but in the past 4 months 2 nooses have been found in oak land and this is a picture of the latest tied to a city work truck. john in oakland this evening at the site where that noose was found.

john. >> this is the city yard where trucks and other vehicles are stored. it's where workers discovered the noose and it's not the first time it's happened. >> oak land city workers present add united front this morning, united against whoever put this noose on a city truck. >> after we came in at the ends of our shift we noticed the noose hanging from one of my coworker's truck. >> it happened last night. >> it was in the back of a pickup truck, laced back and forth with the noose hanging down. >> i'm very disturbed about this and very uncomfortable. >> this is very unprofessional, very disturbing. >> oak land police came in to investigate and collect evidence. >> it was brought to the oakland police department's attention that 2 nooses were found on the property. we take these crimes very seriously and we will investigating. >> there were not just one but

2 nooses found. showed bryan the other one that turned up 4 years ago. >> this is something that brings up the times in the 50s. i was brought up in the south and i was not allowed to go into certain areas because this could happen. >> talked to the workers trying to reassure them. >> i take this very seriously that there is an investigation under way. it will be complete and there will be severe consequences if we can identify who put it there. >> gardner added because the courtyard the secure this had to be an inside job. i'm john -- channel 2 news. continuing coverage of the napa earthquake. the city says its initial estimate for all the damage to private homes and businesses is at least $300 million. that figure does not include damage to public buildings or economic losses.

city leaders say people stayed at the center, that's up from 18 on monday. all gas service has been restored but there are still more than 80 water main breaks that need to be repaired. more than 100 people had their service cut off. for more on that part of our story. live in napa. tom you learned that water crews are being backed up with mutual aid from other districts just to catch up. right? >> there is an undeniable lesson in this for all of us. >> this afternoon on napa's court crews just having turned the water back on were tapping the water main down. >> we ate take out. >> for long time resident diane, it's been a long 3 1/2 days. >> if you don't feel clean and

it's uncomfortable getting dirtier and dirtier. >> over and over again force of habit to use -- every time had a need to use water. >> only about 20 or 30 times a day. >> provided water only to her cold cull cold. >> had the highway 29 exit closed down to replace a broken 12-inch main used by thousands of customers. >> unlike the ancient cast iron pumps these vinyl pipes are for more flexible, current excellent for earthquake country. >> they -- especially urban dwellers. >> if a larger earthquake such as the one we prepare for, if that were to happen today we would have thousands of main

breaks likely in our area. >> dual noted by a much happier diane meyers. >> relief. i can get clean. i can fill the toilet tank. >> as we drove around we saw many other examples, some and -- some that will be repaired by the weekend so that the crews can have a holiday, too. and we have continuing coverage throughout the next 90 minutes where speaking with people who were cleaning up and trying to make the best of a very difficult situation. also we're learning about a woman who died during the earthquake, although the cause of her death still hasn't been determined. and on our website we have a lot of information to help make sure your prepared when the next earthquake hits. >> a couple is facing child cruelty charges after witnesses say they left their child in the car while they went

shopping. police say they received a call that a child was in the car. when officers arrived the parents were coming out of a pay less shoe store with an older child. the little boy was unresponsive but breathing and was taken to the hospital where he regained consciousness. medical staff say the boy would have suffered serious injury had he not been pulled out of the car when he was. we're learning new details about a hazmat situation that forced some people in hayward into their homes. in all dozens of people were told to shelter in place but thousands of students at nearby college weren't. and mike is live on the campus with some answers from the school about why. mike. yeah, the president of the college told me today frank, why instill fear in students when firefighters at the scene were telling her own director of safety it's okay and not to

worry about it. >> two smoking drums. it was a wrong mixture of chemicals that prompted this hazmat problem. >> please shelter in place. please close all windows. >> yet just one mile away shits sha bow college. >> did the school alert you about the hazmat situation. >> no. >> thousands of students walked around class to class like it was any other school day. >> something could have definitely happened to us so i am disappointed that i didn't find out. >> the college responded with a lack rety and with appropriate due diligence. >> president susan said her director of safety was first notified about the has hazmat from. >> because of both the distance

that sha bow is from the site of the spill in combination with the prevailing wind patterns. >> spur link said issuing may have caused more harm than good. >> people panicking. there are even potential safety issues there. >> said his daughter attends sha bow. >> they should have given the students, i want to say kids, but students the chance of whether they wanted to stay. my daughter didn't know anything about it. >> the president of sha bow said to her knowledge the school never received a call but that's probably because the school is located just outside or on that one mile radius, live tonight. a place in the park that's sacred to some struck by vandals for the second time this month. i came to a war zone. there was glass shattered. >> the reason this attack got personal. back in the bay area. where tracking the warm weather

could make things a little sticky. >> i had no idea when i was in prison that so much effort was being on my behalf. >> an american journalist talks about his time in captivity. ♪

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a rally happening in the south bay specifically in front of san jose city hall plaza. this group was called there by a group called stop police abuse by the silicone valley branch of the naacp. people are gathering here in support showing solid airty with michael brown the unarmed teenager that was shot and killed in missouri. we have a number of -- to show

solidarity with those unhappy and certainly some of those have turned into violence but at this point this gathering in san jose appears to be very peaceful. a group of people listening to speakers. we will keep an eye on it and let you know how things progress. for the first time we are hearing from an american journalist. peter theo kurtis was released this weekend and arrived at his mom's house. he was held as a hostage for nearly two years. he said he was overwhelmed with emotion knowing how many people tried to free him from captivity. >> when i was in prison i had no idea how much effort was -- on my behalf. i realized how much the american people -- a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> a white house spokesperson said they were not involved in negotiations for his release.

and there's another hostage still being held in syria and his mother is now appealing directly to the leader of isis to set him free. >> as a mother i ask for justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he does not have control over. we have not seen steven for over a year and we want to see him very much. we want to see him safe and sound. >> she also said she has learned about islam and says no individual should be held responsible for the sins of others. a -- pellet guns to look completely different is now one step closer to becoming law. approved legislation that would require imitation firearms to be transparent or bright colored to avoid deadly mix up with police officers. last month's deadly shooting.

a sheriff's deputy mistook his air soft rifle for a real ak37. the senate passed the bill yesterday. back now to our coverage of the napa earthquake. today students went back to school. but katy tells us why students started their classes a little differently today from how they usually do. >> the familiar sound of school and the sight of family faces is what many students need. >> i was happy to see people. >> sunday's quake rattled the earth and their world. >> i still think it's going to shake. >> it was actually the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. >> all napa valley schools, with the exception of -- are deemed structurally sound. >> they are in the safest place they could be. >> i'm okay with it. just another day of school basically. >> but it didn't start like

other days. teachers louders allowed students time to talk about their experiences. >> we cleaned up for 2 days. >> we have been sleeping outside just in case another one comes. >> i was very moved at the compassion that everybody had. no one made jokes. >> because a destructive earthquake can teach one of life's most important lessons. >> keep close to your family and friends. >> charter school could open as early as next week. napa high school tells me they were expecting low attendance but were surprised they only had a few parents that called to say their students were helping with clean up. big waves for the south, waves as high as 15 feet slammed into malibu pier.

it was shut down. the waves are growing as hurricane marie churns off of mexico. other spots to catch the waves and people lined the beach to watch. mall but has really been beefing up to keep on eye on all those that choose to venture out into the water. >> bill you're a surfer. so it's dangerous for swimmers to go in the water. is it dangerous for surfers to be out there, too? >> it depends on your ability level. it depends on the swell. this swell is so far south it's not going to make it up to the bay area. down in southern california, an air to the south, this is the wedge. there were waves up there that went 20 feet and the reason that area, see the jetty, it faces south and what happens is those swells come in, they wedge up against the jetty and people come down and obviously watch it when it gets big like

this. but it's big and here is how we got that swell. the hurricane marie down in the eastern pacific is now downgraded. it's falling apart but as it sits out there it spins and the winds are blowing 20, 110 miles per hour and it starts to push swell towards our area from the south because of the strong winds so here, here's new port right here, see how it faces south, new port gets hit. you are going to get swell up here at mall but. see -- malibu. and same with us. the point of conception sits out so far that it actually is going to block a lot of this south swell and i'll illustrate that again because it's interesting to me. but see how the swell is coming from here? it can't get away from this. if the hurricane -- looks like right now the swell stays in

southern california. what's dangerous is if you get tired of it -- world famous surfer saved some guy who was in big trouble because what happens is you get tired. you get worn out and you have trouble getting back in because the currents are so strong. the winds are kind of mild. not that heavy. it is breezy up there but not as windsy as typically is this time of year, but it is hot. temperatures in the mid-90s, high pressure is be able -- building in. the 5 day forecast will be coming up and it will show that temperatures do -- here's the morning fog forecast, just like this morning and actually there's plenty of fog. but fog comes back tonight. look for the reds, here they come, more than yesterday, so everything is coming this way. and then after that we just sort of settle down. temperatures start to cool, so

tomorrow is another day. 92 in antioch. air quality is getting a little sketchy out there. 91 in -- and then along the coast you have got some 60s and 70s. and a 5 day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. there it is. i'm going down to -- to get some of that. you can go to santa cruz but santa cruz is only 5 feet. but malibu is going 10 to sai feet and that southern california that's big for them. we get 20-foot waves up here, they don't. >> is that pretty scary for a surfer to get a 15-foot wave? >> yeah, it is. and the case of vandalism targeting -- in san francisco, we'll show you the damage and tell you about the efforts to -- also a commuter stranded in the tube in the dark. the bart says is to blame.

more on what we're looking on at 6:00. animal cruelty provides confessions to levy stadium is now apologizing for what's on that video. the push to tell people napa is open for business and keep tourists from canceling their reservations. these stories and more coming up at 6:00.

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>> how people are coping in napa and the sense of loss that's sinking in for so many people. shocking new vandalism at early grove. the damage done to the monument and the cost to repair it. and new information about a 9-year-old who accidently shot and killed her gun instruct or. explains why a child her age can use a gun like that in the first place. hey can you fix this?

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complete bay area coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. park has seen a recent case of vandalism and tonight we learned about a new case that's targeting the -- grove, but someone has tried to obliterate the names of aids victims from expensive panels. where everyone is wondering the same thing, why would someone do this? >> the grove scene, trees cut down and now the names of those memorialized here have been defaced. >> at san francisco's golden gate park the grove is

considered a refuge but it is increasingly the target of vandals. >> it's just heart wrenching. >> the latest incident a shocking predawn attack on monday in which someone tried to obliterate names en graved on these panels. >> for 23 years we have been in existence. >> director john cunningham says rocks from a river bed were used to try to destroy some of the names. >> also then attacked benches that were memorialized and dedicated to individuals by families and friends. >> it is the second case in less than two weeks. trees have been cut down and benches destroyed. >> this is really shocking and it's very sad. >> silverman told us it is too soon to call these hate crimes. silverman said the dark park makes it difficult to spot vandals. >> we definitely have increased

patrol and increased. >> says the original stone en graver will be here friday to see if his work can you repaired. >> in all likelihood the cost of the damages is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> and as in other cases of vandalism here, park officials are asking the public to speak up if they see any suspicious activity here in the park. the county coroner's office have identified the 3 people killed in a car crash yesterday. 3 people got into a minor collision at the lake hermann road exit. the highway patrol says both cars got off the freeway but for some reason the key a left the pavement, traveled through some dry brush and became airborne. identified the victims as wand a and edward wright and 78-year- old -- woods.

all three were. there are new developments in the corruption scandal. one of the 2 codefendants has died. william -- suffered a fatal heart attack on monday. obviously that is leland lee in the picture here. limb was accused of working with lee to illegally buy and smuggle weapons. the u.s. attorney's office has not commented on how the death may affect the case. returning now to our coverage of the napa earthquake. we are hearing about people trying to get back to normal. so often that is easier said than done. ktvu with how many people are coping even after the shaking has eased out. john. that's right. >> and many folks are still in survival mode such as the family living in this travel trailer but many others are right now having time to reflect on what this quake took

from them. >> the water came back on this afternoon in this brown's valley neighborhood while a few blocks away, although her chimney collapsed. >> so the stuff was broken. >> she is heart broken at the loss of 4 generations. >> every time i get in bed i think, that feeling i had when the earthquake hit. >> barbara came to the senior center for lunch. organizers tell me they do sense growing grief. >> i think it's starting to settle in. having the seniors here together and sharing with each other is a tremendous therapy for them. >> at red to god united first methodist church volunteers are contacting the community. the pastor says they should expect to feel sad now. >> a sense of loss, a sense of anger and frustration, a sense

of anxiety, a sense of depression. >> it takes a little while to feel safe again. >> on the street corners in napa, broken treasures are piling up. chucked into the trash. some offered this perspective, these are only things. >> this is nothing after losing my husband. that was a big one for me and i think once i lived through that i could live through anything. >> are urging all people to talk about their experiences and their losses with family members, with neighbors, church members and a community centers. they say burdens shared are burdens less ened, reporting live in napa. a trade association that represents 500 napa wineries today offered help for the community. the nonprofit napa valley is donating $10 million to a new relief fund. the money will be available to

help individuals and businesses get back on their feet. the -- will help administer the fund. and the public is also being encouraged to contribute to the funds through the community foundation. as for napa's wine industry. the group says good harvests in 2012 and 2013 mean that the earthquake will have no impact. and firefighters helping schools. willie brown gave the school district a check. >> we are donating 25,000 to the school system. overall we have donated 50,000 to this college. >> napa is the summer home of the oakland raiders. the team has trained for over 20 years. district officials say lost supplies in the earthquake and they are working to use donations to buy new materials. a community pulls together after a 39-year-old woman died

during the earthquake. >> having to do the clean up and still take the time out to do this for a family member and my sister, for my family, i have no words. >> how they are helping her family in this time of need. a heroic story that was all a lie. a u.s. football player confesses he didn't break his ankle saving his nephew. why people questioned his story and the punishment he is facing. and some cars have a mind of their own, all operating unexpectedly, the response from chrysler. at ikea, we don't just design furniture.

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the forest service said today it will allow logging on 50 square miles of lands burned last year. environmentalists oppose the decision saying the blackened create a habitat for spotted owls. pushed for the decision saying logging would help restoring the forest so that the public could once again use the lands. a burning truck caused a big back up and also concerns about dangerous fumes. the flat bed truck caught on fire near the north liver more exit. the truck was carrying chlorine but doesn't appear that any of it leaked.

this is after the fire was put out. it's not clear what caused the fire but the truck and emergency equipment blocked two lanes of the highway and as you can see here this did cause some traffic delays until everything was finally cleaned up. reports of cars going haywire have prompted calls for a recall and an investigation. the center for auto safety said it's received nearly 100 complaints beginning with the model year 2007. the drivers say functions such as windshield wipers and horns just seem to have a mind of their own and they operate unexpectedly. >> my wife would walk outside and the windows would be rolled down the radio would be on and the vehicle wouldn't start. >> the center for auto safety blames the flaw with the totally integrated power module. can also disable the air bag. says it's investigating complaints. new developments after a trained gun instruct or was

accidently shot and killed by a 9-year-old he was teaching how to fire an uzi. >> it's just like losing a brother, these aren't employees or associates, these are family. >> tonight we learn from the gun range operator about why a child that young was able to shoot the use in the first place. the artist in charge of fixes it up already have a special connection to the art work. temperatures heated up today. it's going to be warmer as we head into the bay area thursday. i'll show you the spots that will make it into the 90s. female announcer: through labor day at sleep train,

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we're learning new information after a 9-year-old accidently shot and killed her gun instruct or with an uzi. tonight we are hearing from the leader of that gun range who said the instruct or was like a brother to him. jennifer shows us how things went wrong. >> video showing the final moments of instruct or charlie's life. >> right there. >> before deputies say he was accidently shot by that girl holding an automatic uzi. >> all right, give me one shot. >> soon after that investigators tell us the 9- year-old's uzi kicks back and a

bullet is fired into vaca. >> it's just like losing a brother. these are family. we're all family. >> sam operates last stop arizona, the outdoor range in white hills where it all happened monday morning. employees tell action news is little girl is from new york. she was only here on vacation and her parents were at the gun range whether the shooting happened. near the range is rosy's den where they say charlie used to visit. >> all his friends have been talking about it and it's really been breaking people's hearts. >> this news itself is of course devastating but it also raised concerns to viewers that we brought to the range operator. >> how does a 9-year-old get an uzi in her hands. >> well, a 9-year-old is within the -- the criteria is 8 years old. we instruct them but they are under the supervision of our parents and our professional range masters. >> reporting there. now the occupational safety and health administration is

conduct canning it's own investigation. tonight the state senate advanced a gun control bill as parents of students killed in the i'lla vista shooting looked on. that massacre near uc santa barbara in may. the bill was authored by assembly woman nancy skinner, it would allow to ask a judge to temporarily block a person from purchasing a gun if that person poses a threat. >> after 20 minutes after a train broke down. the train stopped before 9:30 about a mile from the an a dark oh station. the train was taken out of service shortly after the break down. we have a picture here to share with you. it was tweeted out by ben with the caption quote, bart issues just tried rebooting the train, only light was everyone's mobile devices. this morning's is one of 3 in

just the last 24 hours. then remember this time last night there was a problem on the pittsburgh bay point line and that caused huge problems. tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 crews are set to shut down a part of 280. the closure will take place in the northbound direction from the 101 101/280 enter change. the closure is scheduled to last until 5:00 tuesday morning and during that closure crews will be installing replacement hinges to strengthen the overpass in the event of an earthquake. a lot of people have a few days off. let's go to bill who might tell us tomorrow is the day we want to forget work and go to the beach. >> the weekend is going to be nice as well. there are going to be a few clouds on friday from the storm that's bringing us the swell we

talked about earlier. that moisture will head our way on friday night. these were the highs from today. you get a feel what's going on. about 5 to 10 miles per hour. 92 in antioch. same with morgan hill. highs tomorrow pretty much the same, probably a degree or two warmer in some spots around the bay. so as we look now you can see most of that swell is not getting past the point of conception. what will happen is that hurricane falls apart and just further north moisture will start to stream in on friday and that can create a humid kind of day. we had a lot of those earlier this year. we had a lot of humidity. that's the kinds of day we could see on friday, so you will see that in the 5 day forecast. winds out there now are kind of mild for this time of night. 16 miles per hour in the liver

more valley. see how the sea breeze is cut off, it's cool here but not as cool. there's a big sea breeze and the inversion is high and all the greens and yellows are into nevada. so what we are seeing now is a pinched off marine layer. the forecast for san francisco tomorrow, there's a live camera in san francisco. a little bit of winds blowing there. going to get up into the upper 60s, 70s downtown san francisco for a downtown high tomorrow. and then san jose, 79 degrees right now. tomorrow going to get up into the low and some mid-80s. and that concrete at 82 degrees right here by the hockey rink, it's going to feel like 95. so just because it's 82 ambien air, it's a lot hotter on street level. 90 in pleasanton. about where they were today.

maybe a little cooler in some places but i think we're going to see about the same conditions thursday. the 5 day forecast with the bay area in view then. there it is, you can see it's just sort of hot on friday and originally a chance for -- some of the models painted rain on friday which would have been nice but then you have the thunderstorms that come with that. it looks like it's going to be dry but it will be moist and humid on friday. for all those staying here, we'll be in good shape. we're learning about a 31- year-old woman who died during the earthquake in napa. >> they all pulled together and stopped what they were doing to help us out. i have no words. >> the support from the community for her family, even when people are dealing with damage of their own. julie in the newsroom with more on what we are working on. comparing veterans to oscar the grouch. the teaching material that has the va in hot water and what

veterans are saying about the missteps. day 4 of earthquake recovery. the questions officials are asking of everyone, these and more coming up at 6:00.

we may have heard it. it started out as a heroic story but now a football player has confessed it was all a lie. josh shaw had told school officials that he injured both

of his angels when he -- ankles when he jumped off a ball balcony to save his nephew. however the pd received calls about a woman screaming. his coach said the the team is extremely disappointing. >> there are quite a few conflicting stories. any information we have we have pushed along to campus authorities. >> the usc today suspended shaw from playing with the team. shaw is a senior. he's also a team captain. funeral plans are underway for a young woman found dead in her bed just moments after the napa earthquake. as rob roth explains the community is now coming together to help the family in need. >> the restaurant is one of hundreds of buildings in town slapped with a yellow tag.

off limits to the general public as the clean up continues. >> unfortunately our whiskey hit our tap handle and emptied about 30-gallons of beer on to the floor. >> but even if the restaurant works to reopen it still donated its back patio to a family whose -- used to work here. his wife died thursday. she was 31 years old. >> no one realizes what they have until it's gone. >> mountains after the earthquake her apartments found her in bed. what caused her death is unknown, the coroner has scheduled an autopsy for tomorrow. >> she was the most caring and giving person. would do anything for anybody and always put everyone else first. >> those that knew her say she took care of her mother who is battling cancer and her father who is recovering from an accident. >> she did all the paying the

bills, the grossy shopping, she was their backbone and that's the kinds of person she was. >> the lunch was a way to raise money to help pay funeral costs. >> and doing all the clean up they had to do and still take the time out to do this for a family member, my sister, i have no words. >> ever since the ground stopped shaking in napa there have been stories of people helping each other. here at the bounty hunter a yellow tag may have darkened the door this week but not the sense of community. >> neighbors coming together helping out however they could and it was great to see, i couldn't be prouder. >> funeral services for lee mcdermott are scheduled for this saturday. in napa, channel 2 news. san francisco has given a group of artists the go ahead and the funding to renovate a historic mural that serves as a

gateway to the mission district. the carnival mural showcases the mission district and its annual carnival celebration. it was originally painted 32 years ago. after 2 years of talk the city has decided to provide $50,000 for the restoration project and here's something interesting. the same 4 artists who painted the mural back in 1982, they will be back up on the calf calf scaffolding. >> that restoration work is expected to be completed by the end of october. 13 and 14-year-old boys arrested for a string of crimes including the brutal beating of a family's dog. that dog has died. the penalties the boys now face. a power substation hit by thieves and it's the same station where an attack sparked

terrorism fears. and firefighters attack a brush fire from the air and the ground. what they are doing to protect a bay area neighborhood. complete bay area news starts now. the same pg and e substation the scene of a sniper attack has now been targeted again, this time by thieves. good evening. and i'm frank summerville. ktvu has learned that thieves got past the fence and stole construction equipment. ktvu is live at the metcalfe station near morgan hill where she just received some new information about the thefts. >> i want to show you where thieves broke into this chain link fence, it is one of 3 areas at the back of the substation near highway 101 that was cut and broken into. sheriff's deputies are also investigating. here's what happened. around 2:00 in the morning overnight thieves entered the

construction yard next to the substation. it doesn't appear they were after the power grid but did steal construction equipment like hydraulic equipment. it's not clear how long they were there, we are told there is 24/7 security at this substation. is attributing the breach to human error. >> in our investigation one of the fence alarms did go off and that's something we are looking into, was this properly followed up on. we are working closely with the sheriff's office on their investigation. we are also doing our internal investigation. >> pg and e tells us there was no impact to the electrical grid and no customer lost service. there is concern here because of the attack that happened in april of last year where snipers shot at 17 transformers and cut fiberoptic phone