property is taped off on both sides of the street. if you follow up the drive way, you can see investigators at work. there are a lot of sheriff's offices out here investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. they tell me they are pulling investigators from different divisions to be here because of a case of this magnitude. when we asked about the magnitude of the case he would only say they are investigating this as a suspicious death. this report came in before noon today. a person came here and koved a bod -- discovered a body inside. investigators rushed here and they have been here all afternoon. they are waiting on a search warrant to start investigating the case. >> right now there is nothing more to give you at this point. as we continue on with the investigation tonight we will give you more. >> reporter: it is a homicide? >> i can't give you that

information. >> reporter: yeah. all they will tell us is they will be here till the evening hours. it is unclear if they received the search warrant or not. the resources are dedicated to investigate the suspicious death. we don't know if there was anyone else inside the home when investigators arrived, if they have been in contact with the owners of the property or what classified this as a suspicious death. those are all questions we will keep asking. >> thank you. surveillance video from a san francisco muni bus ignited a new debate about the police use of force. a video shows a confrontation between a homeless man and a san francisco police officer. the homeless man says he could beat up the officer and ktvu's david stevenson tells us how they are squaring off over the images. david? >> the public defender calls

the video an example of police excess but the chief of police calls it a cynical about it by the public defender's offense. >> the surveillance video was february 11 on a muni bus. a sleeping passenger refused to leave and threatened him. he mumbles he could beat up the cop. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> he makes comments to the officer who immediately takes the situation and turns it into something violent. >> uses his baton and pepper sprays after he does not immediately leave the scene. he is charged with threatening an officer. >> the officer makes it sound

like he was under attack. >> the chief says the use of the baton and pepper spray were justify and the video matches the report. >> the suspect does not walk off. he continues to tell the officer he will beat his behind. which is a crime. the video is one the public defender released in recent years. >> this is something he uses before he defends his clients. putting it on the media. >> reporter: a judge yesterday found reason for bernard warren to be set for trial. they say more needs to be done to train police officers to de- escalate violent confrontation. >> david stevenson in san francisco, thank you. 1500 b.a.r.t. riders may have been exposed to

measles. the person road b.a.r.t. into san francisco last friday between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. the health department reached out to the patient's family and other people who came in contact with the person. this is the second time someone road b.a.r.t. b.a.r.t. says the first person road on a busier line between contra costa county and san francisco. that could exposed 25,000 riders. next monday the minimum wage in oakland is going up by $3 an hour. someone working 40 hours a week their way will go from $360 to $490. how will businesses keep from passing along the increase to customers? ktvu's rob roth found one restaurant that came up with a solution. >> at the homestead workers were repairing for the lunch crowd while the owners are preparing to make changes here.

on monday the minimum wage increases a third from $9 an hour to $12.25 an hour. to stay afloat they will increase prices on the menu but customers will no longer have to leave tips. >> we will take the tip line off the check and the prices will reflect what it cost to serve food. >> it is not on the consumer to have to go out and, you know, make an assessment about whether that person did a good job. the homestead says the restaurant industry will have to adapt. >> everyone will do something different. you can't just wait it out. >> the minimum wage increase is courtesy of voters. they passed it last november with 80% of the vote. the city will have to budget $250,000 to cover the increase

to part time employees. she says the city will need to find more money to increase the pay of summer youth workers. >> we need work together to make sure we have enough summer jobs for young people. >> that cafe the price of a cheeseburger will go up a dollar but for him the boost in pay will boost his lifestyle. >> now it is not like i am not worried about making rent. >> i can relax, almost. knowing i am having extra income for the extra stuff i want to do. >> reporter: monday 48,000 minimum wage workers just might see saying the same thing. rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. a man from london was named as the isis terrorist jihadi john. the washington post and bbc identified mohammed emwazi as

the militant seen in several videos -- [ audio difficulties ] >> from the university of westminster and he was known before he traveled to syria in 2012. desperate prayers are going out for a former resident of modesto who were kidnapped by isis this week. her 59-year-old brother and his family were captured in the early morning hours on monday in syria. her relatives were ripped from their home and taken to the mountains. in recent days extremists are believed to have captured a dozen villages. kidnapping 300 people. [ indiscernible ] >> anything that doesn't subscribe to their brand of islam. >> her brother left two years ago with the hope of bringing

his son and other family members back to the united states. new details about a case out of sonoma county. authorities arrested three men accuseds of holding a woman hosten -- accused of holding a woman hostage and sexually assaulting her. ktvu fox 2 news alex savage has more on the investigation. >> reporter: this house outside santa rosa was the scene of torture according to investigators. a 22-year-old woman was held captive for two months and sexually assaulted over and over before escaping through an unlocked door last week. >> she is a victim who was held hostage. >> yesterday deputies arrested three men including the homeowner who was the master mind. investigators say the two other

men were accomplices who guarded the victim and kept her from leaving. this morning we heard a different side of the story from the girlfriend of one of the accomplices. she said the victim's story is made up. >> she wasn't kidnapped at any time. she wasn't held here against her will at any time. >> she told us the victim was living here with the main suspect and she says the two had an ongoing relationship despite the fact that he was married. >> she started to go nuts when he said he wouldn't go with her. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i wish i knew. honestly. i could ask her because this is hurting a lot of people. >> she says it doesn't appear the victim knew the three men involved in the plot and says the evidence will show the woman was held hostage and

brutally assaulted. >> i could imagine someone who doesn't know the story doesn't understand the information we have from the victim. she was not free to leave. not free to be on her own. and there was something constantly watching her. >> reporter: he has bail set at $6 million and he is held on suspicion of rape and sodomy. the other two men are facing false imprisonment. all three are scheduled to be in court tomorrow. alex savage, ktvu fox 2 news. technicians working over time, why hundreds of intercoms in san francisco are not buzzing people in. >> wet weather inching into the area. when our stretch of sunny weather will be interrupted by scattered showers. >> and next, a different approach to school discipline. >> come to school the next day

after a family member has been murdered. >> how teachers are making sure trauma at home isn't becoming a problem in the classroom.

a new approach to school discipline that is different than what most of us grew up with. it gives students the power to come up with solutions. some credit it for reducing suspensions and helping to break the school to prison pipeline. >> we will start with a check in circles. >> reporter: before science class starts these students rate their mood share what they did -- mood and share what they did over the weekend. that gets them in tune with each other and lets the teacher know if one is having a bad

day. >> i see a community being built in my class. >> reporter: checking in is part of the program. >> when you give the youth a voice then you learn something. >> reporter: he is the coordinator. he says teachers and students need to be in tune because outside problems follow children into the classroom. >> i have seen prostitution, students, you know, selling themselves or parents involved in prostitution. violence. student has to come to school the next day after a family member has been murdered. >> reporter: the principal says hurt people hurt people. >> they are responding to their environment. they have a number of survival behaviors that don't work at school. >> reporter: that is where these students come in. peer leaders. >> i was one of those kids who

got picked on. >> reporter: they help students build community and respond to trouble on their own -- [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: many of the issues that come up stem from social media. >> they wouldn't want other people to see and mean comments and bullying online. >> other are classroom conflicts. >> some students blame features for being racist -- blames features for being racist -- teachers for being racist and they are not racist. . >> reporter: with rj people circle up, the offender, the victim are face to face surrounded by anyone else involved and everyone gets a chance to share their take on what happened and why. peer leaders help them come up with a agreement to help them prevent the problem in the future. he has seen students do a 180. >> i was wrong for doing this

and i apologize. >> reporter: the principal says while rj might sound cume bia it works. suspensions that may lead to lifelong consequences. >> the more you suspend the more time they have on hand. it is a resolving door. >> the goal is to give students a voice. >> i hear you. i understand what you are going through. i went through it too. tell me more. let's make it better. >> reporter: help them build ownership and give them a reason to work it out. >> i grew up you do something bad you go to the principal. when they had to do restorative justice, he said imagine having to confront the person you can't stand most, the person

you work so hard to avoid, sitting down, saying whether you do this, i feel that and explaining it hit home for me. it is easier to avoid the problem and hope it goes away. it is more work but you get april real pay -- a real pay off. there are some extreme offenses. bringing drugs to school. bringing a weapon to school. things that have happened in the past, they are not appliable. for that it is suspension. the principal, the district takes those offenses very seriously. >> interesting hearing them saying the suspensions are down. the senate is expected to vote this evening on a measure to fund the department of homeland security before it runs out tomorrow night. the vote will be on a clean bill that would not include provisions to strip president obama's executive actions onomeland security.

that -- on homeland security. that leaves the next move up to the house. speaker of the house john boehner denies a white house suggestion that republicans are fighting among themselves. >> all republicans agree we want to fund the department of homeland security and we want to stop the president's executive actions with regard to immigration. >> republicans are considering a short term measure that would fund department of homeland security for three weeks. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been fending off all these people asking is it going to rain, when is it going to rain? >> did i look busy over there -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i try to look busy. it is busy. we got changes coming. showers heading our way. the showers this weekend will put a damper on some plans. especially towards monterey bay area. tomorrow night at this time we

will see green showing up. what is coming is a chance of a sprinkle or a shower but it is really not the -- what we need. it will be nuisance stuff. here is the system. we talked about it last night. diving up. pressing down the ridge. when it comes from up here it is transporting cool air and making the jet stream do this. instead of under the ridge of high pressure, this is the ridge here, we are coming into a trough. cooler, moister air moves in. the strongest energy is right here. we are over here. when it moves in. the rain and showers will be lessened because of that. the idea is, if it was this way, we would see a better shot at showers. what we are going to see friday and saturday is the trough settling in cooler air, and a challenge for showers,

scattered showers, no organized front, and a chance of a thundershowers. this is that pattern. snow levels low in the mountains, 4500 feet. and they could see a half foot of snow. that is good. it will be helpful. first thing we notice, temperatures drop off big time. a good 10-degree drop in temperatures tomorrow. the forecast for rainfall accummuleses friday through saturday -- accumulations friday through saturday, towards santa cruz mountains, here comes the system, snow down to 4500 feet, that will show up friday afternoon and evening and into saturday. chance for a shower on friday, again, i am not changing my plans. i can it will shut you down. it will be scattered. no showers in oakland.

it will be one of those deals. the forecast then for the models, snow in the mountains. a snow advisory in effect. maybe 5-10 inches. maybe a foot of snow that higher elevations. it will get down to 4500 feet. the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view, a channel of a showers saturday as well and then -- chance of a shower saturday as well and then the five-day forecast. it will be showers in the forecast friday into saturday. saturday is your best best. probably in the morning hours. >> and snow. >> thank you. birds released back to the wild in the east bay today. >> this is a way to thank a very special group of hard working third graders. >> julie haener is here now for

what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, a man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year- old run away and forcing her into humeb trafficking -- human trafficking. >> they are exploiting the most vulnerable communities. >> how out thes tracked down the suspect and what -- authority tracked down a suspect and what a construction project turned up in san francisco, these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. and made from the world's best chicken. try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. these don't even come with a toy and i don't care.

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a gas leak in san francisco china town has been capped. it was reported at 140 html this afternoon. a contractor -- 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. a contractor severed a gas line. police say they worked quickly to clear two city blocks of people. >> there were hundreds of people that were on the streets. we got here quickly and right away we made sure people stayed out of the area and we were able to do that quickly. >> businesses in the area were asked to close windows and shelter in place. the order was lifted after the leak was capped. there are no reports of injuries. the fcc voted in favor of net neutrality. this sets the stage for new rules for internet service providers and also litigation.

>> by a vote of 3-2 they decided the internet should be regulated. that means providers cannot manipulate speeds to charge more for faster service. everyone has to be treated equally. >> we do not need schemes that undermine the internet. >> the battle over net neutrality is likely not over. some internet service providers including at&t and comcast have suggested they may appeal the ruling in the courts. facebook is adding new tools to help someone considering suicide. people will be able to report posts that indicate a person might be thinking of killing themselves. facebook will send that person a message saying someone was concern said about them and they will give that person the option of talking with a mental health expert. the new feature will be rolled out over the next few months.

in 2013 more than 41,000 committed suicide, that is one suicide every 13 minutes. a trail of blood, a broken screen door and a brawl, police give us their theory about how a homicide in hushingialies began and what -- hercules began and what the suspect might have been after. >> medicine, groceries, hundreds of deliveries not being made in san francisco all because of a new area code. >> first, rehabilitated birds back into the wild. >> we can make a difference in the community by raising money to save them.

new clues after a man was found dead inside a home in hercules. it is the city's first homicide in two years. but investigators don't think the suspect set out to kill someone. that he was probably after someone else. ktvu's john sasaki is in hercules where investigators are trying to piece together what happened here. john? >> reporter: this afternoon police announced what they think happened. they are just ubsure how --

unsure how it went down. >> reporter: in this neighborhood you might never know what happened one day earlier. crime scene tape and dry blood are the only clues. >> we believe it was a home invasion robbery that went bad. >> around 2:45 p.m. a witness saw a man choking another man outside a home. the man being smoked later died -- choked later died of head trauma. >> i have devastated to be honest with you. yeah. to know your neighbor is gone. >> reporter: he lived next door for years. >> a very nice guy. >> reporter: on wednesday night he showed us the back of the victim's home where you can see a screen pulled off the window. >> the bent screen appears to have been an exit. >> police have yet to release the identity of the man who was killed and they don't plan to release the name of the woman who was injured.

>> they are talked about as being good friends but they did not live together. she had her own home. >> reporter: she remains in critical condition with internal injuries. >> we are waiting for medical, medical reports. >> police arrested a suspect quickly. they recovered a bicycle he was running and a bb gun he was carrying. >> yeah. scary. first time i known anything like this to happen around here. >> reporter: that is a bouquet left by a man and his daughter. not only was this the first killing in two years, it is the sixth in 11 years. police hope to release the name of the killer in this case. he is a 27-year-old man. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. jackie speier is pushing for new requirements on the

deterrent pods. her bill would require safer child resistant packs. the rules would set standards for design and colors. she says there have been 17,000 reports of kids biting those pods and getting sick. 800 needed to go to the hospital afterward and one baby in florida ended up dying. six weeks after board coated in a goo, the cost of rehabilitating the birds is $150,000. with no responsible party the non-profit bird rescue is relying on donations and they got help from some third graders graders. ktvu's noelle walker showed us today they saw what donations can do.

>> third grade. >> reporter: there are some things you just can't teach in a classroom. >> gentle. we have to be mellow. >> reporter: connecting with nature is one of them. the cages hold 7 birds. ready to be released into the wild. the injured birds were rehabilitated at international bird rescue. that is the place that treated hundreds of birds contaminated with a mystery goo. the spill got the attention of grown up children. >> i feel bad for them because they were dying off because of all the goo. >> made me want to help them. some are cute. some are really, you know, wild and sometimes wild creatures need help. >> reporter: help they did. >> $603 and 33. and we know you will put it to good use.

>> reporter: the third graders raised more than $600 to pay for the rehabilitation. >> we can make a difference in the community by saving the wild creatures that need our help. >> they can make a difference in big ways. >> today's release wasn't for the good birds they helped, but that didn't matter. cage by cage the third graders witnessed wild birds fly back to the wild where they belong. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: environmental lessons they can't get from a book. noelle walker, ktvu fox 2 news. >> awesome third graders. if you would like to help the group go to our website www.ktvu.com, we have all the

information under web links. counterfeit money showing up in local businesses. we will show you the fake bills and what they look like and how they are doing it. >> a close encounter with a mountain lion. a woman says this cat didn't leave for 15 minutes today. >> plus check out a house in sacramento. the homeowner there has put up poster size swatticcas and the person saying when something like this happens people can't sit back and keep quiet.

a woman took these pictures of a mountain lion walking around her porch for 15 minutes and looking right at her. sheriff's deputies came out to help and the cat took off. there was another mountain lion sighting last week. that mountain lion had two cubs with it. situation involving a home in northern california. the man put up poster size pictures of swastikas all over his home. people are outraged but a woman tells us the question is, what happens next. >> something like this happens people of good conscience can't sit back and keep quiet. >> reporter: he is rougherring to swastika -- referring to

swastikas on this home. a symbol of action for community leaders and lawmakers. today they gathered at the capital to denounce the display and to ask the home owner to take it down. >> because you have a right to do it that doesn't make it right. we call on the owner of the house to similarity remove the display. >> reporter: he is the chair of the jewish caucus. maybes of various groups joined the call to action. >> the swastika symbol is an affront, not just to the generations of those who lost their lives in the concentration camps but to all individuals. >> we live in a great state, a great country, we are asking the home owner to take down the photo. >> i am proud to stand here to

call upon the owner of this residential in sacramento to take down the swastikas. and representing the caucus is my honor the be here. >> reporter: why they acknowledge the situation, they are still hoping pressure from them and the community will effect change. >> he can call it out. doesn't matter what he calls it it is disgraceful. tarnishes the community. >> sacramento's jewish community is concerned about the growing presence of the hate symbol. two lawsuits have been filled in -- filed in connection with the outbreak of the superbug at ucla. charges include negligence and fraud against the company that makes the scopes.

the device is difficult to disinfect and has been linked to the bacteria. ucla said 7 patients were infected from the scopes. two patients died. counterfeit money more difficult to detect. see some of the fake bills turning up in the bay area and what the secret service says you should do. >> a discovery far away in space. the theory scientists have about these bright lights on a planet near mars. >> tracking a chance of sprinkles into the bay area weekend. it will cool down. i will let you know what you can expect for your weekend.

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localstore owners are being ripped off -- local store owners are being ripped off with countercash. they are -- counterfeit cash. and they are increasingly sophisticated. ktvu's david stevenson on why the public is on the front lines. >> reporter: business is strong at san francisco deli and wine though clerks struggle to weed out counterfeit cash. >> so often we see better and better quality counterfeit money. >> reporter: he showed us the fake bills he is about to turn

over to the secret service. >> they try to do like the water mark. [ indiscernible ] >> it is not a big problem. 1% of currency in kirkulation is counterfeit. >> with -- circulation is counterfeit. >> the secret service working with companies on software upgrade to help prevent the copying of money. this fake bill actually has a water mark. >> they-bleached out the 500 bill. >> reporter: the public is the first line of defense against counterfeiters. they are making available these guides to help the public spot the fake cash. >> those guys are -- they know what they are doing. they always come when we are

busy. >> reporter: they were paid with counterfeit cash that perfectly resembled the real thing. >> looked like the real bill. [ indiscernible ] >> the secret serves says when in doubt take your time before handing over the goods -- service says when in doubt take your time before hand over the good -- handing over the good. >> reporter: david stevenson, ktvu fox 2 news. >> in 2013 authorities seized $166 million in counterfeit curacy and arrested 2500 people in the u.s. for counterfeiting. $20 bills are most commonly counterfeited. the $100 over seas. the ventura county district attorney put off filing charges against the man in the train

wreck. the 54-year-old driver was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident that involved injuries. investigators say he drove on to the tracks. his truck was hit by a metro link train injuring 28 people. san francisco giants catcher buster posey is the new face of mlb. >> thanks to all the fan whose voted for me. always really cool to be recognized by the fans. really excited for the start of the season. hope to see you at the ballpark. >> he beat out david wright and shawn dolittle. -- dolittle. there was quite a push on twitter to get him voted in. >> everything is going right for that guy. he has to be one of the best players in major league baseball right now. feels like you could start the

season right now. >> bet he gets heat for that in the locker room. [ talking at the same time ] >> the face of major league baseball. >> yeah. who doesn't love buster posey? what a neat guy. warm today, check out the numbers. you will see them on your screen. the highs from today. note that tomorrow's highs will drop off 10, 12 degrees. we are back into the low 60s. i hope you enjoyed today. last month. temperatures will be coming more of what you expect for february as we move into the weekend. weather pattern will drop cool air. a little bit of shower activity. not enough to lays it reservoirs but -- raise the reservoirs but enough. you can see this cut coming out of it. the system plunges down over the top of us. there is not a lot of cloud cover, because it is cold air, not a lot of moisture. it is not bringing with it a

lot of moisture. opportunities for showers are there. light. nothing for accumulations. clouds now. this is the situation. as we head into the next 24 hours, clouds thicken up. temperatures on the cool side tomorrow. these are right now temperature. 69 concord. highs tomorrow or temperatures tomorrow night, upper 50s. cooler. here is the system. unsettled weather over the top of us on friday and into saturday as well. the low gets closer. winds kick up as well. saturday is the best chance for scattered showers. highs make it to 60. mountains could see 10-inches of snow. maybe a foot of snow. snow levels drop down to 4500 feet. this gives you an idea of what we are looking at. aerial description of the rain. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, sprinkles. san jose. maybe sprinkles san rafael. tomorrow, maybe -- this pattern

favors the terrain. lifting from hamilton. model goes yeah, we are going to get sprinkles. friday. friday. hamilton. the highest point. you get showers. there is saturday morning. that is not a big deal. our best shot for something. saturday afternoon. you see maybe thundershowers towards the livermore valley. scattered showers. i will come back at 10:00 p.m. and we will update the forecast. you get an idea on how all over the place it is. showers pop up and the chances for a thundershowers exist on saturday. there you go. the five-day forecast. the story -- the big weather take away, drop in temperatures. 10-15 degrees over the 70s we had today. not enough to move the meter. but enough to be nuisance showers for the weekend. sunday is your best day.

nicest day. >> do we get rain in april? time is running out. >> march is productive. april a little bit. time is running out. we are ahead -- not ahead. where we are we should be which is great for this year. but we could light up in march. >> thank you. now we get to say it, it was lama drama today. an internet sensation. a white lama and a black lama darting in and out of cars cars and yards today near phoenix. a rancher brought three of them to visit residents and two got spooked and bolted when the trailer door opened up. they were caught with the help of lawmakers. nobody was hurt when the lamas were on the lam. >> you have been waiting to say that. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] all right. coming up here, something unexpected causing problems for

hundreds of deliveries. why some people in san francisco are having a hard time getting their pizza, groceries and medicine delivered. what is blamed and the work to fix the problem. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, hundreds of human bones unearthed in san francisco. >> somebody didn't need them anymore and they were thrown away. >> where they came from and what else they discovered with the bones. >> plus pg&e going up for an upgrade. we ride-along with crews in a chopper as they replace power lines across the east bay. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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images that are baffling scientists. nasa released these pictures taken by the dawn space craft. it shows the bright spot and another unexplained bright spot nearby. scientists don't know what is causing the spots. but the second one is a surprise. they are hoping to get a better look when it enters the orbit next month. the new 628 area cold in san francisco, ktvu's mike mibach shows us, it is causing problems for people making

deliveries. >> reporter: san francisco. so many buildings. so many intercoms. causing so many headaches. >> what is the problem? >> these don't work. deleting the phone number and reentering it. >> reporter: he is a busy man in the field and that office where the request tags are piling up. >> hundreds of buildings around town need to be taken care of. >> reporter: last weekend they launched a new dialing protocol. everyone in the 415 area code is required to dial 415. many of them aren't set up to dial so many numbers. >> the systems are a phone system and it needs to call someone's phone number. >> reporter: one of the biggest

issues is not friends coming over, but it is all about the deliveries. >> pizzas, medical supplies. dog walkers. >> furniture, food. health people. >> he is the manager of this building. just yesterday two doctors couldn't get in to see their patients. >> you have been getting an ear full? >> you bet. >> reporter: they could be reprogrammed but if it is old, the price tag could go up $5,000. in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu fox 2 news. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> a teenage run away turned victim of human trafficking. tonight a suspect is behind bars and authorities tell us this case highlights a bigger problem. >> they are doing this and exploiting these victims for no

one's benefit but their own. >> good evening everyone. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> a man is behind bars accused of sexually abusing a 14-year- old girl. he was arrested this week after a investigation led officers to a sunnyvale motel. ktvu's azenith smith is live at the motel where she learned this case is one of many. >> reporter: unfortunately it is a problem people don't realize that is happening here. everyone i spoke to in the neighborhood say they heard about it in the movies but didn't think it could happen right here. >> disgusting that, you know, a kid like that, you know, i have kids, grandkids, i would be upset. >> it is real suddenly. >> reporter: that is the reaction from people who live and work near the inn after learning this man from oakland

was arrested for pimping a 15- year-old run away at this motel. >> sunnyvale. san francisco you expect that. big city. but around here it is shocking. >> reporter: he met the teen on social media and has been exploiting her for the last month. they spotted the girl on the website back page.com and tipped off police. an officer ranged to meet the girl. police found him nearby with $6,500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. and that he was aware of her age. and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> she says he used force and fear on the girls and it represents what