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yousuf was arrested tuesday. >> it is just wrong. adults need to know better. >> reporter: jason park was killed in a dui crash after a party at the home last october 27. he and his friends crashed on the way home. he was killed incidentally. his best friend was the drunk driver who pleaded guilty to manslaughter. police say 100 kids were at the party drinking heavily and more teens could have been hurt. >> i hope parents out there just take note and learn and be involved with their kids in a healthy way. >> reporter: she did not know the family was being investigated and she only found out when police informed her of today's arraignment. >> why did it take so long? it is been a year. >> reporter: there are statutes of limitations and the police wanted to take their time and
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make sure the manslaughter charges would stick. >> thank you. happening now, members of san san francisco's fire commission are discussions the fate of the fire chief. critics say she hasn't done enough. ktvu's paul chambers has more. >> we are ready to go. >> reporter: san francisco fire chief is on the hot seat. members of the union and the employee groups issued a no confidence vote. this comes as they deal with another issue of long delays for ambulance service and in the latest case a man died even though first responders were already on scene. still the ambulance arrived within 18 minutes but this morning she defended the department saying the man received a proper care, he
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received basic care from an emt on site. >> you hope to have medical personnel within 4-1/2 minutes. >> reporter: the department is working to fix its reputation and the response times. one way of doing getting more ambulances on the streets. >> we have 9 new vehicles coming in in the month of december. six more in march. >> reporter: we are told the close session could include a performance apprisal of the chief. -- appraisal of the chief. we have more details now, she served as chief for a decade. she is a san francisco native who came to san francisco in 1990 as a firefighter. he worked at each of the 42 stations. we learned within the last
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arrested today after a brush fire. the boy was scene riding away from the scene on a bicycle. investigators are seeing if a homeless encampment had something to do with the fire also. the bleachingerals getting ready for -- the blue angels are getting ready for their show today. ktvu's john fowler is live in san francisco with all the action out there. john? >> reporter: here they are. over head. on cue. the blue angels flying over san francisco. they were delayed by fog but take a look at this. blue angels gave people a
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street, a taste of their thrilling skills, this is a practice session. they have been up about 45 minutes right now. they haven't done their full routines, they are staying under the clouds mostly, although as we saw, they went up through the cloud deck. hundreds of people jammed the marina green here. some waiting there day and were not disappointed. >> reporter: they got to marina green at 8:00 a.m. this morning. their 18th time to see the blues. >> this is one of the best spots to see them. we come out every day. >> a few feet away the $60 vip seats for the weekend shows that should look like this. the team screams low over the city. many say this is the world's
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best air show location. shows were canceled last year for budget reasons. one pilot this year is a san francisco native. >> that was my first experience watching the blue angels, i thought it was the coolest thing in the world. >> love them. >> reporter: the scheduled practices draw thousands a the water front. >> you know, patriotic thing. american thing. >> the bleachingerals the stars of the fleet week -- the bleachingerals the stars -- the blue angels are the stars of fleet week. i will have more coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> fun to watch. thank you. there are more events all day tomorrow and through the weekend. the air shows from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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tomorrow through sunday and the blue angels between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day. good places to watch are at peer 39, the west end and the marina green. organizers still -- organizers are still selling tickets for marina green. in other news a judge sentenced a golf instructor to 27 years in prison in a sexual buse and murder for hire case. -- abuse case and a murder for hire case. he abused three boys. he faced more than 70 counts. and he pled guilty to solicitation of murder for trying to hire a hit man. a proposal to expand a san jose neighborhood is drawing criticism.
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the plan is to build 22 new homes and six more staircases. but the existing staircase is so popular people are concerned about adding more. >> more development is okay. more staircases, i am not sure. >> residents say people are driving into use the staircase taking up parking and leave trash behind and some have seen drug use and sex. >> their behavior is -- is -- is not acceptable. >> right now the stairs are zoned for public passage, they are open to anyone. city officials say as part of the process the city could impose certain conditions on the developer. golden gate bridge district workers are going on another one day strike to head off a bigger labor action.
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ktvu's tom vacar joins us live from downtown san francisco. >> indeed, one of the problems is come the 17th what we will see is golden gate bridge commuters having grid lock. every work day, 22,000 riders take transit buses to the city and east bay but a fight over forcing workers into a less expensive healthcare plan is driving this. >> we decided to with hold our labor on friday, october 17 for a one day strike. >> the dispatchers will be on strike and that will cause the system to be shut down. the ferry service will continue to run. >> reporter: being forced into a lower cost healthcare plan could cost $12,000 a year. >> the union says we will have to pay $12,000 a year.
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the district is giving every employee $12,000 on a debt card that they could use for healthcare. the district is absorbing that cost of that. >> in three years when the cards are no longer allowed under the affordable care act the district will take those away. they are setting up a system that will cause increases in healthcare for our members. >> reporter: the district requested help and we have also asked the union coalition to join us in that mediation. >> reporter: one benefit to this, all fridays are light commute days with half the usual loads. more about that at 6:00 p.m. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> another look at the strike information. the golden gate bridge district unions will strike october 17, the strike will shut down bus
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service. the ferry service will continue to run. bridge cameras snapped a picture and sent them a bill, there is just one problem -- >> it is not my car. >> how a mix up led to a nightmare for a man. >> the temperatures are about to rebound, the areas that could see a double-digit warm up. >> and a sting targeting unlicensed contractors, why the napa earthquake kept the suspects out of jail and what you need to know to avoid being cheated. bulldog: [yawning] i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event ends monday choose $300 in free gifts,
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earthquake. now that many businesses and homes were damaged and are ready to rebuild, they are ready, staging sting operations. >> if it is cash. >> you got the job. >> 8 grand cash. >> reporter: a handshake sealed the deal. the man just offered to repair the damage for $8,000 but the other man isn't the homeowner. he is with the fraud unit of the california contractors state license board and he has one more question. >> do you have a contractor's license? >> nope. >> this is a sting operation. >> the man is busted. >> a report will be filed with the district attorney for what took place here today. >> reporter: 12 people offered to fix damage here. though they weren't licensed to do so. to do any job over $500 you
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need a state license. the undercover agent says he sees it all the time. trusting homeowners getting cheated. especially after a natural disaster. >> you are happy you are getting the work done, you write the check because you are not knowledgeable of the 10% down laws, this and that. guy drives away with your check and goes to the bank, cashes it, has responser and they
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prohibit players prohibited. whether asked if beats by dre paid the fine he said let that be unanswered. >> 10,000 is probably change. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. i know a lot of us are looking forward to the weekend was the temperatures will be changing. >> fire danger goes back up which is so typical. beautiful day. gun run of weather. -- good run of weather. temperatures cooled down. santa rosa numbers came down 20 degrees. everybody else, san jose, 10 degrees. fog along the coast and the weather system to the north of us, you can't see, but it is a weak system. you can see the fog, the fog in here. see, avenues of san francisco,
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come in closer. wearing puffies out there, if we look at the live camera shot, this is taken from emeryville, back towards san francisco, what do you notice? the marine layer, deep. this marine layer is now up over 1500 feet. and it is starting to push inland. it didn't do that a couple days ago and it is doing it now so it is cooling down. that simple. i look to the west, and look at the marine layer. especially this time of year. you can tell everything you need to know. there is the same picture. marine layer is deeper. the shallow marine layer, the heat we had, gone. the air quality, remember the spare the air day? you get a vertical mixing, a cleaner atmosphere, air quality concerns go away and you get
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cooler air, moister air. that hangs around tomorrow. we get more of the same tomorrow. and then it goes. when it goes, the high pressure builds in and temperatures come up. right here, saturday night, sunday, getting high fire danger. a fire weather watch saturday night and it turns into a red flag warning on sunday morning. watch it. the drought is unprecedented. so anytime you get fire conditions that are coming up, as they do in october, but then you have something to think about. highs tomorrow, no 90s. 80s. 70s. that is tomorrow. looks like a nice day for your friday. like today. fog along the coast. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, there is your hot day here. mid-90s inland, which is pretty hot for first couple weeks of
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october and then we cool down next week. fire danger is the weather headline right now. comes up on the weekend. one of the models, cool, one model suggests rain down the road. we will talk about that. for the weekend, if you want to see the blue angels should be clear. saturday and sunday like usual. friday and saturday. yes, it will be good. >> parking is a mess down there. >> yes. >> take b.a.r.t. plan ahead. thank you. the college campus shut down after a water main break. we learned learned the cause. plus -- >> this is like trying to put wet towels under your door when you have a fire. >> a wish list from leaders trying to fight ebola. what they want and how much money the u.s. green lighted today stop it. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, some say the students are so out of control,
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teachers don't feel safe. >> sometimes students directly come after a teacher, push a teacher, putting their hands on a teacher. >> what the district says it is doing to keep things calm on campus and the legal battle involving a deadly police shooting 8 years ago is finally over. the resolution reached in the killing of an unarmed san francisco man. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.
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a case of enterovirus. officials say a child in sclera county -- santa clarra county has now recovered. mostly among children. the san francisco department of public health is doing most testing after confirming their first case last week. efforts are ramping up to help stop the ebola virus from spreading further. it killed 4,000 people so far in three west african countries. >> this is like trying to put wet towels under your door when your house is on fire. you have to put the fire out and the fire is in the three countries. the only way to stop it is to step up our response and prevent new infections. >> leaders from the countries hit hardest spoke in washington, d.c. today. they are asking for money, medical professionals and
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hospital equipment to be sent immediately. the fight against ebola will be a long one. it is comparing it to aids. >> in the 30 years i have been working in public health the only thing like it is aids and we have to work now so this is not the next world's aids. >> today they approved an additional $700 million for west africa. soldiers are set to arrive in liberia today. now to the crisis in syria. islamic state extremists are tightening their grip on a syrian town. they are launching more air strikes but militants are still making gains. police are clashing with protesters who are demanding more action from the turkish government. a group says isis control as third of the city. the pentagon is stressing air strikes alone will not save the
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town. rain and flash flooding near phoenix shut down roads and left some people stranded today. the video here shows the rescue of one man. he caught got in the middle of a flash flood, he needed help. you can see the water rising as firefighters help the man jump on to a fire truck. there he is. up to 2-inches of rain fell. campus closed down after a water main break. >> we are live, we learned what caused the break and when the school will reopen. >> two cars from two states with the same personalized license place, how often it leads to a mix up at the tollbooth. >> and hidden for 100 years and now open. the contents inside a time capsule unnoticed for decades inside a very public statue. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars
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forced students to stay home. west valley college. ktvu's azenith smith is live. you learned what caused the break? >> reporter: for the past few hours we have seen a lot of people turn around because of this. a sign that says the school is closed due to a water main break and we spoke with a mechanic who said an old pipe is to blame. >> kind of shocked. i mean, i just showed up, took the bus to class. >> he wasn't happy to learn classes were canceled due to a water main break. >> i had class. i don't like missing class. i don't like to fall behind. >> another one of those inconvenient times, you know, or maybe the full moon. >> reporter: he thought it would reopen by noon but that didn't happen. he says he can make up for lost
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time. >> for me it is not a problem. for people with academic courses, history or whatever, it might be a bigger inconvenience for them. >> the school called students and faculty today. officials say they closed the school since no running water means no bath rooms and sinks. >> the water main broke on the grass. >> reporter: he showed us what pipe gave out. he shut the water off last night. >> flooding everywhere. >> reporter: he couldn't say how much water but enough to fill the nearby creek. crews spent the day repairing the broken pipe. given the grout -- >> things happen. old pipes break.
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you see a lot of it now. >> reporter: the water was turned back on at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon but classes are still canceled. the school will reopen tomorrow morning. live, azenith smith, ktvu channel 2 news. the most controversial member of the california public utilities commission threw in the towel today after criticism of him and his agency. cpuc president michael peevey said he would step down by the end of the year. minutes after jerry hill announced he would submit a measure forcing him out of office. he says it will breathe new life into an agency accused of having a culture too cozy with pg&e and others. >> i feel relieved. we can sleep better because of that. now the question is, what do we do with the p.u.c.? there is an opportunity when the governor appoints a new
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commissioner and president that we can change the culture. >> the resignation does not effect the investigation. three men are behind bars in connection with a death of a man police call an innocent bystander. they were arrested for the drive-by shooting that killed a 24-year-old. police say he was standing in front of his home when he was hit by a stray bullet last month. the suspects have been booked into jail on homicide charges. a destructive wildfire continues to threat an thousand homes in the foothills. five homes burned to the ground. it is burning on interstate 80. 40 miles northeast of sacramento in steep terrain. the location along with warm windy weather is making the
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fire a difficult one to fight. >> reporter: where the fire burned only a hollow structure, a few walls remain. and this area is still evacuated with aircraft over head dousing flames to the north of the american river canyon. >> with the warm weather, dry conditions, the winds we are experiencing, limited access, remote areas, all those things come together to make putting it out difficult. >> the size pales in comparison to some of the blazes firefighters fought this year. but this one is tricky because of where it is burning. a house gone, a trailer destroyed. the losses are devastated enough for this family. officials say the impact could multiple if the fire jumps to the south side of the american river canyon. >> there are homes therein. that is a huge water shed area.
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water that people use. >> reporter: th is to say nothing of the homes threatened north and south of the fire. >> cal fire air tankers are not being used, they were grounded after a tanker crashed and killed a pilot. we just checked again and those tankers remain on the ground. large political ads inside b.a.r.t. stations gone this morning and they are still supposed to be there, the mix up that brought them down and the questions about who will pay for the mistake and digging for answers in a triple murder. >> looked too much like him. >> the tip that led police to an old grave and a fugitive they think they have found. >> and see what one couple woke up to this morning, they found this in their car, what happened next in this bear encounter.
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the b.a.r.t. board approved a plan to help riders get across the bay after trains stop running. a one year pilot program for extra bus service on friday and saturday nights. approved by a.c. transit last night it will expand existing late night bus lines from san francisco to richmond and fremont and a new
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line to the pittsburg b.a.r.t. station. it will cost $4.20. it can't run trains over night because they need to perform maintenance. the fbi exhumed a body today in alabama. they began digging today. the fbi thinks the body may be state department diplomat. he is accused of killing his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. authorities say they received a tip that led them to the cemetery. >> i scene it, i said this looks like the guy. >> he died after he was hit by a car in 1981. chilling new details on malaysia airlines flight 17. one of the victims was wearing
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an oxygen manage. it is believed it was shut down by separatists in ukraine. they said it raises questions about whether passengers were aware of the attack. one person had time to put on a mask. the government is apalogizing because the information was -- apologizing because the information was made public before relatives was informed. nevada issued their first marriage license to a same-sex couples after they learned their emergencies would be put on hold -- marriages would be put on hold. they put a block on same-sex same-sex marriages. before the supreme court's denial there were 19 states that allows gay marriage. now 32 states allow gay marriage but some are still
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trying to block it. a colorado couple woke up to a shock this morning. they heard commotion in their driveway and they thought someone was trying to break in. instead here is what they found. the black bear found left overs in the car but couldn't get out of the car. the bear ripped apart the interior causing $15,000 in damage. the good news is, the bear was unharmed and full. >> i would are have freaked -- i would have freaked. close the door and go back in the house. license plate mix up on the golden gate bridge could be a sign of a bigger problem. >> even included a photo of his car that is not that car. why wasn't it cleared up? >> it was sitting for review. >> when the toll taking system sent an invoice to the wrong
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gate bridge but some drivers wonder if it is a sign of a bigger problem. a viewer contacted ktvu channel 2 news after he was ordered to pay the poll for a -- toll for a car that wasn't his. ktvu's eric rasmussen explains and how 2 investigates cleared up the mistake. >> reporter: consider if you have ever had a great idea for a vanity plate, someone in another state might have the same one. that was problem at the golden gate bridge when this invoice went out to the wrong driver he couldn't get it thrown out till 2 investigates stepped in. >> reporter: his minivan doesn't exactly stand out in a crowd. >> most comfortable car i own. >> reporter: except for the license plate. >> every so often someone waves and once a car load was like i
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wonder if he is "harry potter." >> reporter: hardly magic when cameras on the golden gate bridge snapped a photo of a license plate and sent a bill for the toll but there was one problem. >> it is not my car. >> reporter: yet he says he got nowhere and received a warning his bill could go up to $32 despite making two phone calls and writing a letter. >> the bridge toll authority said that is a dmv problem and they said you have to go back to the bridge toll people. >> reporter: 2 investigates found 24 states have cars with this license plate, a search confirmed one on his bill was out of nevada. >> probably get the same response from people who like
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"harry potter." >> the search for that nevada plate led 2 investigates to reno. that ford suv sitting in the drive way. >> reporter: do you think it is funny there is another in california? >> yeah. >> my mom told me not to talk to you. >> reporter: but they weren't amused. the mix up cleared up after 2 investigates contacted the toll. >> reporter: incheweded a photo that is not that car -- included a photo that is not that car. >> i think it was sitting for review. >> the golden gate bridge processes thousands of invoice as month. since the bridge switched to electronic tolling. >> we work with dmv to refine
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the process. >> promise he hopes is more than a fantasy. >> reporter: golden gate bridge managers says this was an unfortunate anominee. there have been 8-9 mistaken invoices. live at the golden gate bridge eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> if you have a story you would like us to look into e- mail us. many of our investigations came from tips from our viewers. >> 20 other states across the country have the same license plate. amazing. the blue angels will be here friday, saturday and sunday. all three days. [ talking at the same time ] >> saturday and sunday will be the best day. friday will work out as well. i like fleet week. it is controversial because of the money but when you hear the
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jets, especially on friday, it is -- means october. right? today temperatures got into the low 80s. it was a solid, solid 20 degrees cooler in santa rosa today. 86 in fairfield. san jose came down 10 degrees. you noticed it today. cooler. there is a weather system up here. see it? wish it would bring us rain. it will tweak to the north and release the inversion that was down, the fog bank, that was down below a thousand feet and it will go up to 1800 feet or so. there is a live camera shot. you can see it is coming across. looks 1500 feet now. you can see the fog across san francisco. a cooling influence from the sea breeze, it will make it into concord, make it into antioch, it will make it into livermore. fog and low clouds tomorrow. tonight and tomorrow. cool and mild tomorrow like it
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was today. and then this high pressure starts building in and this builds in on saturday. starts building in friday night. by saturday night, as it is building in the winds kickoff shore, it heats up for sunday and we have a fire weather watch saturday and sunday because of the high building in. this pattern is ongoing. you get the low comes in, through today, tomorrow, high builds in. this is how it works. that is why we get high fire danger because of the progression of the weak lows. low-pressure system. as we head into friday and saturday, the winds go off shore. humidities drop and temperatures go up and wind speeds go up. 40 miles per hour. east bay hills. so we will track that. that is down the road. right now fog tomorrow morning. more than this morning. look where it is.
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concord, napa. and highs, reds. 90s. not here. oranges and yellows. nice looking day tomorrow. feels like today. air quality is good. there is fog. more fog than this morning. a nice looking bay area friday. weekend looks nice too. because of the drought, any fire danger becomes a real concern. it is dry out there. winds and low humidity can create problems. in the mean time, friday the same. weekend warmer. fire danger kicks up saturday night into sunday. there you go. >> there we go. we got it. [ talking at the same time ] >> got to be a "harry potter" fan. >> thank you. a viewer spotted someone taking down big political ads at b.a.r.t. stations and they were supposed to be there. >> there was a miscommunication. >> the mix up and the effort to
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fix it. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the chp found a big rig driver who was involved in a deadly hit and run last night. the photo evidence that investigators say led them to the driver. also we have shown you students fighting after school, now safety concerns are cropping up inside classrooms. >> there are fights in classrooms and teachers are trying to prevent those fights from happenings and are getting injured. >> the steps administrators are taking to calm things down. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. ♪
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open today, a 113-year-old time capital in massachusetts that was hiding inside the head of a statue. they were delighted as the box was priored open to -- pried open. the items are fragile. the existence of the time capsule was revealed when the statue was removed last month. a fire in east san jose. it broke out after 10:30 a.m. this morning at a home. firefighters say the man who lived there had five dogs and a turtle that he removed from the house. a neighbor alerted him about
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flames out of his garage. the fire spread to the home and caused extensive damage. the cause is under investigation. family and police are asking for the public's help in a homicide case that is unsolved for five years. he was shot and killed on october 10, 2009 during a attempted robbery. he was returning home from work when he was confronted outside of his home. investigators say there were witnesses but some were too far away to identify the gunman and other are too worried to come forward. >> they are scared. we weren't there, you weren't there. the people that were there we need them to say this is what i saw. >> the family and crime stoppers are offering a $25,000 reward. new at 5:00 p.m. b.a.r.t. is caught in the mild of a
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political campaign involving soda. the soda tax measure signs are covering the city. some signs were pulled down by b.a.r.t. employees. ktvu's katy eustis is here to explain what happened and who will pay for the replacements. >> reporter: no on d group spent $47,000 on ads especially here where signs covered the walls but because b.a.r.t. employees pulled down the signs b.a.r.t. will foot the bill to replace it. >> one of the stranger things to see. >> reporter: he rides b.a.r.t. daily. >> i came up out of the b.a.r.t. stop yesterday and noticed there were big no on d signs pasted everywhere on the floor, on walls where they usually aren't. >> he watched a b.a.r.t. employee rip down the signs.
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>> it seemed like they were legit because they were measured perfect 3 spit fit in the space -- perfectly to fit in the spaces. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says someone mistakenly tore down the no on measure d posters that are paid advertisements. >> 8 mullion dollars a year -- $8 million a year comes from advertisement. >> they covered the station and placed two large floor signs. b.a.r.t. required disclaimers stating one organization funded it. >> one of my friends say it is nice where the money is going so i know not how to vote. which is a berkeley mind set. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. advertising campaigns target a captive audience. 11,000 people enter the
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b.a.r.t. station every day. b.a.r.t. tells me they will have motings to make sure this doesn't -- meetings to make sure this doesn't happen again. live in burgly, katy eustis -- berkeley, katy eustis, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 p.m. new information about a big rig driver involved in a deadly hit and run, the photos that led investigators to the driver. >> the superintendent says it is a small group of students that are making big trouble and now teachers are scared. >> sometimes astudents come after a teach -- students come after a teacher. >> the steps being taken to keep everyone safe. >> and the bleachingers roar into -- blue angels roar into town. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> in the last hour ktvu channel 2 news spoke with chp
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investigators about the big rig crash that killed a motorcyclist yesterday. we know investigators found a person they believe be the driver. good evening. i am ken wayne. >> and i am julie haener. new developments in the investigation of the deadly crash. ktvu's noelle walker is live in hayward where she learned vealingers found the big rig -- investigators found the big rig. >> reporter: those photos helped the chp identify the trucking company and then identify the driver of the truck they believe collided with the motorcycle. they spoke to the driverb and told us -- driver and told us the driver knew something happened but it is unclear whether or not he knew he hit anyone or whether or not he knew and kept going. >> we are trying to determine if this was a hit and run or a possible misunderstanding. >> reporter: chp investigators want you
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