ktvu she is trying to process it all. >> trying to piece together was there something i saw in him i should have noticed more so that this could have been prevented. >> reporter: joseph karr is a blacksmith in oakland. this video is from his website. his facebook page includes photos of his work, making knives. they are stunned to hear he has been arrested for murder. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> kelly turner worked for southwest, traveling the country as a flight attendant. at oakland airport where she was based there are tears. the airline issued a statement saying she was a wonderful person and their hearts go out to her family. >> reporter: joseph karr being held in austin jail on $2 million bond.

noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. in san jose sam liccardo is claiming victory in the race for mayor. the city counselman has 51% of the vote with all precincts reporting. santa clara county supervisor dave cortese stands at 49%. ktvu's paul chambers is live in san jose. seems like the final results could still be days away? p days, week -- >> reporter: days, even weeks. even though he hasn't officially been declared the winner he already extanded his hand out. >> reporter: one -- extended his hand out. >> it would be my great honor the serve san jose as the mayor. >> reporter: san jose city councilman sam liccardo had a

small lead over dave cortese. they received 150,000 mail in ballots. 15,000 provisional ones. [ indiscernible ] >> at that point we will turn our attention to the provisional ballots. >> reporter: from the city of san jose. they have to open, sort and count the ballots. even though sam liccardo is claiming slithery it is not over till it -- victory it is not over till it is over. >> i ask you be patient with our office. we have our process to follow. >> i will let them do their job but it is important to put this behind us and get to work. >> reporter: dave cortese said out of respect to our supporters and the voters in general i want to let all votes be counted before making a

statement. although i congratulated sam liccardo this morning on running a great campaign this race is still too close to call. i am confident in the process and every vote does indeed count. >> reporter: we spoke with san jose police officer association and voters about sam sam liccardo's victory speech, i am working on that for 6:00 p.m. and updated numbers from the reg star's office. sam liccardo is winning by 2 percentage points. live in san jose, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. in the race for oakland mayor, oakland city counsel woman libby schaff has 62% of the votes. rebecca kaplan came incirlik with 37%. -- same in second with 37% and mayor jean quan came in third. berkeley approved the first tax on drinks that has sugar.

it will add a penny per ounce. a six pack will cost 75 cents more. supporters hope it will discourage people from drinking soda which caused an epidemic of obesity. soda makers spent $2 million to oppose the measure and in a statement they said more than 30 cities and states rejected soda taxes. berkeley was low hanging fruit. if politician -- [ indiscernible ] californians gave governor jerry brown four year years in office. the governor said in california the way is clear for a government that enjoys widespread support and he plans to main take fiscal -- [

indiscernible ] >> combining the hopes for what government can do with putting reigns on what it should not do will define what i am going to in the next four years. >> governor jerry brown is pleased californians passed prop one and two. the water bond and the rainy day fund. voter turn out for the election was not good. it may be a new low for california. why is it so many people did not vote? ktvu's thum v tells -- tom vacar tells us it seems there is a lot of reasons. >> a lack of interest in the subject matter. a feeling their vote doesn't count or being unable or unwilling to express a preference between the parties. >> 44,000 registered voters,

only 13,000 chose to vote yesterday. for a race that was settled by 300 votes. he says he was more interested in finding a job. >> whatever happens there is just, you know, a belief that whatever policy or whoever is elected, they are not going to make much of an impact. >> the reason we are seeing the voting patterns we are people are disenfranchised. >> they do not understand issues. >> reporter: the voters say people are uninformed or cynical. >> it is like acts of kindness. one act of kindness may not change society but over all acts of kindness over all does. same with voting. >> when george bush got elected. a couple hundred votes.

that should have been a lessened learns. >> reporter: two years from yesterday bigger choices if you care. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and we have more to come. at 5:30 p.m. what some city counsel members have to say about the new mayer and we talk to local business owners about the changes they are considering now that the minimum wage is increasing in san francisco and the wider implications for the soda tax. million dollars severance payment. according to a report filed with the fcc, the former senior vice president will receive $1 million. he was one of three pg&e executives fired in september.

investigators say they used backdoor communications to go judge chopping that p.u.c. now to new developments involving the ebola virus. the president is asking congress for $6.2 billion in emergency funds to fight ebola. it would go to the u.s. mission to try ostem the -- to stem the virus at the source in west africa and some could go to the department of health and human service and some to a fund to deal with unanticipated flair ups. there are efforts in the bay area to develop avec seen for -- a vaccine for ebola and ktvu's chrisian chris -- christien kafton has more. >> reporter: with the ebola crisis in west africa they are hoping there is renewed

interest and they asked a congress woman for help with funding. she toured the facility today check out how it would be manufactured. it is important to note there is no ebola here. not even for testing purposes. scientists take the genetic information, put them on to another harmless virus. this has shown a lot of promise with flu vaccine and say it could work in tropical areas. >> we have no needles. which really removes an important piece of the puzzle. handling needles. needle injuries. >> because this country or the world is shrinking, what goes on in africa is as important to us as what goes on across the

street. >> reporter: they can start human trials next year and if all goes well they could have a vaccine ready next year. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. today a spanish nursing assistant was released from a hospital in madrid after being cleared of ebola. she credited healthcare workers with saving her life. she treated two spanish missionaries who had the disease. she was critically ill for a week and received various treatments but they were unable to say what it was that worked. woman seen on surveillance video being abducted in philadelphia has been found alive. carlesha freeland-gaither was found in a home in maryland today. carlesha freeland-gaither was last seen being grabbed by man and pulled towards a car. police say the man who abducted

her was arrested that home and carlesha freeland-gaither has minor injuries but is okay. city crews are workingoon water main break in san jose -- working on a water main break in san jose, it was reported about 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. it goes to a fire hydrants so water service wasn't effected but water was still leaking out and they happen trying to locate the problem. it occurs near the gate to the community on village parkway and that intersection has been blocked. if you are in the area you may be diverted. a bay area driver is killed when a run away wheel went through his windshield. how his mother survived in the passenger seat. >> the trend in temperatures and how long before we will see a change. >> they exchanged words and then assaulted by a angry mom.

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new tonight, surveillance video showing the violent confrontation between a mother and a woman. it happened monday afternoon. it started when the 20-year-old told the mother to calm down her screaming child. ktvu's claudine wong has more. >> reporter: the surveillance video comes from outside the store. you can see the victim exiting and heading out to her car. the victim told ktvu she had just gotten into an argument inside the store and an argument that started after she scad mother to calm her

screaming child. >> the video shows the victim exiting the store and you see a woman in a red shirt approaching her. >> reporter: there was a conversation. when we sat down with the victim yesterday she told us what was said. >> hear her say where did you tell me to go, i said go to [ bleep ] she hits me in the mouth. shoves me to the ground, hits me again. >> the video shows that violent confrontation. one punch and another. s the victim is down on the -- as the victim is down on the ground. the mother gets up and walks away to a waiting car. the video shows the victim going for help and shows clearly that people were in the area when all this happened. police are asking those witnesses to come forward. in the meantime they say we should all learn something from this incident. >> i think the message, of course, is violence is never

the answer. but i also think with the way society is going we have to be careful what we are saying to people. >> because you never know how people will react. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama said today that he can work with republicans who have a majority in the u.s. senate and a bigger majority in the house. the president said mitch mcconnell is expected to become the majority leader has always been straightforward. >> always given me realistic assessments of what he can get through hissis can't. -- caucus and can't. . >> reporter: mitch mcconnell spoke with the president today and looks forward to finding areas of agreement. >> i think there are a lot of people who believe that just because you have divided government doesn't mean you don't accomplish anything. >> mitch mcconnell said that if the president takes executive

action on immigration it would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. a first for congress last night, the first black republican woman has been elected to the house. she is from the state of utah. >> many said utah would never elect a black republican woman to congress. [ cheers and applause ] >> not only did we do it, we were the first to do it. [ cheers and applause ] >> mia love defeated her democratic challenger. utah no longer has any democratic reputation in the house. the golden state warriors will award $1 million in grants to programs at tonight's game against the clippers. the world series community foundation willprint -- the

warriors couldn't found -- would present the checks. >> boy making a difference. great on the part of the golden state warriors. nice day out there. >> yeah. nice. dry for the next week or so. we are into the fall like weather pattern. fire danger is not a real concern but temperatures popped as we thought. 48 in santa rosa -- 78 in santa rosa. morgan hill 79. oakland, right, 81 degrees. pretty warm. the thing i notice, look how flat the numbers are. 75 pacifica. 75 livermore. right? 79 morgan hill. 78 santa rosa. the microclimates washout. this is what you find in other parts of the country then in our -- county then in our area.

that is what happens when you get high pressure that sends everything to the north, including the rain and then you get the uniform temperature. many people love this time of year for that. beautiful sunset. high clouds. those are not rain clouds. those are just high clouds. you see the bay bridge. if you look real hard you can see mount diablo. beautiful air quality. you can see right here, the new tower on the new span of the bridge there. a beautiful night out there tonight. it will stay that way. no big changes are coming our way. nothing major. so right now it is mild. right? 70 santa rosa. next couple days we will see a weak low-pressure system right here. just kind of tweak through. tweaks through, temperatures drop. that is tomorrow. a few more high clouds and slightly cooler. right? you know, i got to talk about something. slightly cooler. it is not a big cool down.

here is the story with the rainfall. computer model through sunday. jet stream, right? doesn't budge. dry pattern. there is rain but not till had middle of next week. we are -- till the middle of next week. we are dry. 76 vacaville. that pattern, yeah, late october, early november, we see that stuff. 74 san jose. these are the highs tomorrow. cooler. splitting hairs. the five-day forecast, there it is, nice. weekend look goods. enjoy this week. towards the middle of next week, i hate to cross my fingers -- >> i will do it -- >> i know. getting to the point. we need to see something pretty much -- i want to see something every week in the five-day forecast. if we have a bad year this year, i am telling you right

now, big time issues. you know, as californian, like you guys, very important. >> thank you. tragic accident that could have happened to anybody. a wheel flies off a truck on the freeway, hits and calls 20- year-old inside -- kill as 20- year-old while inside driving with the mother. >> should have checked his equipment and it shouldn't have happened. >> tonight the chp's efforts to find the person responsible. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, a 72-year-old man walks into a police station and tells officers he shot his wife. now he is behind bars but the murder case isn't so clear cut. >> did he say why? >> he did. he said he shot her to end her suffering. >> police are investigating a mercy killing. >> a first tax on soda. the battle for berkeley's measure d even though voters

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a popular holiday tradition returned to san francisco today on this gorgeous sunny day. the ice rink kicked off the christmas season this morning. it will be open from 10 to 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. through january 19. and it will host a lot of events. admission prices start at 7:00 p.m. skate rentals are 6:00 p.m. loose wheel hit and killed a young man while he was driving home with his mother. >> got up and my son's face was gone and i was screaming. please, don't go. >> more of her heart breaking words and how she was barely able to stop the car which was going 70 miles per hour at the time. >> and a change in leadership for oakland. we talk to libby schaaf as she

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5:00 p.m. a family devastated after deadly freak accident in livermore. a man was killed when a truck crashed through his car. >> doesn't matter how great your child is, how cautious your child is, they could be gone in a second. >> after he was killed his mother still had to fight to stay alive and control the car. ktvu's rob roth reports the chp still hasn't found who is responsible for the loose tire. >> reporter: a grief-stricken mother who sat inches away from her son when he died needs answers. >> worse kind of sadness and i am confused because what happened to him shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: she and her son were driving back home to livermore 9 days ago after

visiting relatives. he was at the wheel of this car while she was in the passenger seat. they were on interstate 5 when everything changed. >> i heard bam. i mean, loud. and i sat up thinking, you know, he would be awake. and i said what was that and i look over and his face was gone. >> reporter: the teraer continued. the car was on cruise control still moving at 70 miles per hour. >> i grabbed the emergency break and pulled with everything i had. >> the california highway patrol says he died because a tractor-trailer in the opposite direction broke an axle sending the rim bouncing across the freeway. the truck driver never stopped. >> california highway patrol

investigators have been looking for the truck driver but with no luck. anyone who may have seen what happened please call them. >> there needs to be tighter rules. >> reporter: investigators don't know whether the driver knew what happened. we asked a big rig operator if that is possible. >> it is possible but you hope the driver would know that. >> reporter: he was graduate and inrolled in community college with plans -- enrolled in community college with plans of working with young people but all that is gone in a freak accident. >> doesn't matter how great your child is, how cautious your child is, they could be gone from you in a second. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> to help it family friends established a go fund me website. we have it up on www.ktvu.com under web links.

he always tried to make friends smile no matter what. san francisco police are still looking for the driver of a fuel tanker truck who may not have known he ran over and killed a man before midnight. the big rig was turning the corner. witnesses told police the man was actually hanging on to the truck between the two fuel tanks. he fell off and that is when he was run over by the tanker. investigators are trying to figure out why the man was on the truck in the first place. the mayor's race in oakland has yet to be certified but many people including the candidates are treating libby schaaf as the heir apparent. she won 62% of the vote in the election. ktvu's john sasaki joins us live from the news room. the current mayor is responding like she out of office. >> reporter: oakland city

counsel woman libby schaff held a news conference. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: oakland city counsel woman libby schaff arrived to her news conference with hugs all around. she beat her opponent by 63% to 37%. >> while we love our city and believe in its greatness we know it could be better. >> reporter: she worked for governor jerry brown and served on the city counsel. >> yes, absolutely. we need more police. we also need better policing. we need to invest in successful intervention and prevention and go after jobs, better wages. >> reporter: mayor jean quan released a statement saying i want to congratulation libby schaaf on be -- congratulate libby schaaf on being next

mayor of oakland. he says the win will be an improvement for the city. >> she is one of us who is now moving up stairs. and so, you know, she knows how to communicate with the members of the counsel and not just when you need them to vote on issues. >> reporter: but he is not so sure. >> at the end of the day the second down controls the budget and -- the sown controls the -- city counsel controls the budget. >> reporter: in downtown oakland voters are hopeful. >> it is good somebody knew comes in. >> i don't know. i am just curious to find out what is going to happen next. >> reporter: rebecca kaplan had no time comment as she went into a meeting. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. to the south bay.

mike honda survived the battle against the challenger. honda leads 52 to 47%. thousands of provisional ballots still need to be counted. the district cover as large portion of sylvan valley -- silicon valley. governor jerry brown is celebrating the passage of two propositions that he support. prop one authorizes the selling of $7.5 billion in bonds to improve water quality, supply and infrastructure. prop 2 was approved 68-31%. in favor of boosting california's rainy day fund. californians voted to pass prop 47, 58% approved the measure aimed at reducing jail

sentences. a plan by twitter to save workers time. the change the company wants to make to the headquarters in san francisco and how it could change the city sky line. >> san francisco's minimum wage will be the highest in the country and while some are celebrating some business owners are not. >> i remember when it went up to $10.74. couldn't believe it. >> local business owners talk about the way it will change how they do business. >> plus -- >> an otter nursed to health gets a permanent home. the progress he hade so far and where -- she made so far and where she is headed now. ♪

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emotional game. he has been immersed in helping his daughter. she is feeling good enough now to leave a philadelphia hospital and fly toohio. she will -- to ohio. she will be at the game tomorrow mouth. mayor ed lee volunteered at a food bank to mark a city wide celebration of san francisco. he helped out at the food bank. he is one of many people showing san francisco pride on ove local sf day. >> we are excited about building this movement of love local. excited about the city. we have always been. >> the event is organized by the san francisco chronicle. more than 100 different organizations will show their city pride today through community service, art and other events. a sea otter pup has found a permit home in chicago. the pup is now just 5 weeks old

and is getting acquainted with the handlers. she was discovered on september 30. she was all alone and crying near santa cruz. is she just adorable? she spent four weeks maturerring. she -- musuring. she can't be -- maturing. she wasn't be returned to the wild. if you would like to see the full video we have posted it on www.ktvu.com. >> voters gave it the green light and now the minimum wage in san francisco will be one of the highest in the country -- [ indiscernible ] >> local business owners weigh in on how the wage will change the way they run their businesses. >> a first in the bay area. tonight we climb the mountain to look that technology being used by one fire department in its fight against wildfires. >> after the bit tracking a warm up and looking for rain in

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twitter. he died in a recreational climbing accident in texas. >> when it comes to helping the mental illness police officers are the first responders often. 2 investigates found in many cities the number of calls for police for mental illness emergency is growing but resources are lacking. we look at the numbers from 19 different police departments and found calls jumped by 30% in just the last year. that is faster than the population is growing and the numbers are conservative because officers are dealing with mental health issues even for calls that are focused on something else. >> that number doesn't get at the other calls we go to that involve a strong mental health component but they weren't dispatched that way. >> a growing portfolio of duties that are required by cops. >> 2 investigates is looking into what is fueling the

crisis. we uncovered which cities are dealing with the biggest increases and we will have that on the 10:00 p.m. news. san francisco voters have voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour which is one of the highest anywhere in the country. 77% of voters said yes for proposition j. ktvu's david stevenson is live from san francisco with what this means for workers. more pay, and the businesses that pay them. david? >> reporter: those numbers released this afternoon show that san francisco voters want to put more money in the pockets of workers. >> reporter: san francisco new minimum wage law came in time for him. new the city and trying to make ends meet. >> it will make it easier to make rent every month. >> reporter: the minimum wage will raise from $10.74 an hour

to $15 an hour by july 2018. the average food service worker could see an additional $125 in pay a week. those in. ing could see 2b -- manufacturing could see $200 each week. >> this means they can quit the second job, gives them more time with family. >> reporter: some consumer spending may rise but it may discourage new hiring and lead to reduced employment. he says he will have to cut worker hours and expects long time employees will be jockingy for pay hunt. >> they will see the dishwasher making what they are making and they will say i need to go up too. >> reporter: other groups say competition may get tougher. >> you can have people, they will be coming in because they

will get the $15 here. >> it will help me out. i will be able to go out more. have more dates, maybe. you know? maybe get a car. we will see. >> reporter: seattle in june voted to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. the san francisco hike is expected to effect 23% of the city's work force according it one study. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. voters also said yes to a higher emergency in oakland -- minimum wage in oakland. it raises it from $9 an hour to $12.25 an hour starting in march. that is $98 a day and $490 a week. >> when i started working minimum wage was $4.25. i thought i was rich. way back when. [ talking at the same time ] >> are you kidding? >> your first job --

>> charlie browns. [ talking at the same time ] >> it was my college job. i paid for all cal working at charlie browns. i don't know how now a kid could do that. here is the deal. temperatures tomorrow cool down. numbers drop off a few degrees. not a major cool down. drop down here. we had an early bird special. prime rib, cheesecake and coffee -- [ talking at the same time ] >> $2 -- >> no. $6.95. yeah. yeah. >> old days. >> yeah. san francisco. union scare. sun is out. 78 degrees in san francisco today. there is the rain clouds to the north of us. we are in a high pressure zone that will set us up with a nice day tomorrow but cooler. beautiful sunset tonight. here is why. see the clouds? the clouds are bleeding over the top of the ridge of high pressure. high pressure stays with us all

week. there is the beautiful shot of the bay bridge. lights look good. all going again. i like that. beautiful. and as we go through tomorrow, temperatures will be beautiful. just not as warm as today. 3, 4 degrees cooler. 70 in santa rosa right now. mild. meters are clicking on in the north -- meters are clicking on in the -- heaters are clicking on in the north bay. it takes this fog, ushers it to the coast and pushes it inland. tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., that is what you are looking at. fog at the coast. this is the cooling mechanism. no rain. just cooler. temperatures 2, 3 degrees cooler than today. nice looking week. dry forecast. 73 napa. great air quality today if you are looking out, you could see

mount diablo from san francisco. a beautiful day. great air quality. 74 fremont. 73 milpitas. along the coast -- the fog will be back tomorrow morning. slightly cooler. but nice. five-day forecast, i said it again, keep saying it, said it once, say it again, keep saying it, we need rain. in the five-day forecast, i would like it see rain. charlie browns -- tickles the brain cells. >> my first job was making pizza. i gave away so many free pizzas. i said to say you can't keep coming in here, i am going to get in trouble. >> thank you. >> thank you. getting high tech fighting wildfires. the fire department on the cutting edge and who is paying for it. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up. a 72-year-old man walks into a police station and confesses to killing his wife. police say the man claims it

was a mercy killing. the case being put together tonight as the husband remains in jail and voters pass a tax on soda, will it change people's behavior. >> it is the people's choice. i shouldn't have to pay extra. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. ;

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the east bay will discuss options for dealing with the drought -- one suspension to buy more -- option is to buy more water. if that happans 14% sur-- happens a 14% surcharge will be passed on. no votes are planned tonight, they are just gathering feed back. on the job in marine county watching the horizon 24/7 and signs of smoke. there is a threat of fire because of the drought and now firefighters are getting help from electronic eyes. ktvu's mike mibach shows us how the system works. >> reporter: breath taking and beautiful. it is mount tam. for some the journey is new. refreshing. peaceful. a place where time can stand

still. >> the view. the view is amazing. >> reporter: inside the fire look out tower seeing is everything. critical in the fire fight this fall. >> the fuels are still super dry. >> reporter: he is talking about the newest tool m not tis tool. this -- not this tool. this tool. technology, climbing its way up, 2,571 feet. you see the look out towers are staffed by volunteers but the volunteers can't always be here but now fire has extra set of eyes looking for the first puff of smoke. cameras placed at four critical peaks. the forest watch system charged with monitoring thousands of acres that haven't burned in decades or centuries. >> they recognize smoke. >> reporter: when smoke pops they alert dispatch. >> most importantly it allows

us to get resources to the fire sooner. >> the system $200,000. the money donated by pg&e. the reaction -- >> it could help catch something before it gets worse. >> having people watching out too is good. >> having a person here is always good but we just don't have that able 24/7 -- ability 27 7. >> reporter: and now they do. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 p.m. he walked into the police station and told officers he killed his wife. the possible motive that complicates the case. >> the moment a mother punched a woman who asked her to quiet her screaming child. and berkeley voters pass a new tax on soda. what it will and won't do about

unhealthy habits. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> this man made a volunteer confession to shooting and killing his wife. he says he did it out of mercy, not malice. good evening. jewel. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. now this so-called mercy killing is propertying friends and neighbors to come to -- propertying friends and neighbors -- prompting neighbors and friends to come to his defense. ktvu's allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: an emotionally difficult case toinvestigate. a man walked oo -- to investigate. a man walked into the police station and told had sergeant he killed his wife. >> whenever i would see them it

would restore my faith in married people. >> reporter: their neighbor said she suffered from dementia. when thediase took the turn for the worse -- >> she had been at the nursing home for a month. and the day she came back i saw her at the bottom of the stairs. she didn't know who i was. she has known me for a long time. >> the day after that, october 26, he walked into the police station and told them he wanted to confess to killing his wife. >> he said he shot his wife. he said he sought her to end -- shot her to end her suffering. >> officers found her dead with a dozen red roses. police interviewed her husband, he was emotional as he explained what he did and why. it was difficult case for investigators but the law is cut and dry about ending