only one on board. he is 72 years old and an experienced pilot. reports are that he had just taken off from the airport, mile away from the penmar golf course in venice where the plane crashed. people say they could hear the engine sputtering. it is a vintage plane. he was the only person on the plane. harrison ford was conscious and breathing when paramedics got there. >> we are hoping the injury appears -- there were cuts on his face. let's hope it was just thought. >> people rushed to help him after the crash. he was transported to the hospital in fair condition. to the san francisco giants, one of the best players on the team was seriously injured today. hunter pence was hit bia pitch in -- hit by a pitch in arizona. mark ibanez here now with more.

>> i don't know what it is about the odd year after they win a world series. a curse. remember when buster posey was injured after they won in 2010? well, this time it is hunter pence. happened this afternoon against a young pitcher, black, of the cubs. non-displaced fracture in his left forearm, x-rays this afternoon confirming that. the typical recovery time, that is the subject every fan is interested in is 6-8 weeks. pence, the inspirational leader of the giants. he has never missed a single game since he was acquired in a trade from the phillies in 2012. he has the longest non-injured streak in the major leagues at 383 straight games. that is going to end. but maybe a silver lining as bruce bochy talked about that

after the game. >> you know, hunter, he is always up beat, optimistic. try move out of the way, you know, he kind of ran. and then caught him there. [ indiscernible ] >> it happens. if it is broken, i guess, silver lining is it is early in the spring. at least we will have a month to start the healing process. >> you heard bruce bochy say silver lining. a month left in spring training. i have seen bruce bochy in good times and bad times, he was really upset there. he hides his emotions. not a happy guy. the facial movements when he is distraught. inspirational leader of the team. >> that pitch wasn't even close. did it get away from the pitcher? no indication he was throwing

at him, right? >> no. not at all. was not intentional. young pitcher. trying to make the team. he is not trying to cause a stir. she a minor leaguer. -- he is a minor league leaguer. just -- minor leaguer. just one of those situations. happens in baseball. serious injury. and now they will have to figure out who will play right field. we will have to wait and see. >> hibitor pence, he is -- hunter pence, he is strong as an ox. >> 383 straight games without missing a single contest for the giants. upsetting for the giants fans. if you know that guy's attitude, he will be in the dugout routing everybody on and he will give them a speech to

keep their spirits up. >> great it happened before the season. >> a full months before the games matter. >> thank you. to emotional testimony in a courtroom today. day two of the trial of suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev featured a parade of victims. among them a bay area father, whose son was seriously injured in the blast. ktvu's noelle walker live now in the news room with the raw and gripping testimony on the stand today. >> reporter: the defense tried to limit the number of survivors who testified today but the judge refused. that paveed the way for emotional testimony, including the bay area dad who retold the frightening moments from april 2013. >> reporter: day two was about impact. emotional and graphic. over defense objections, when the bombs went off the windows

were blown out and victims stumbled in. people grabbed clothes to use as bandages. one of the people who needed help was an 11-year-old bay area boy. pictured here. he was hospitalized with serious leg injuries. he was waiting to see his mother cross the finish line when the bombs went off. his father told jurors what his son hold him. it hurts, daddy, it really hurts. he said they were close to the jungest victim to die -- youngest victim to die, the last thing i saw was him on the sidewalk. there were two people trying to revive him still. but i could see his eyes clearly and i didn't think he was alive he testified. one after another family andivisms took the stand tell -- and victims took to the stand to tell their stories. he lost his legs in the blast.

smelled like the forth of july. he locked eyes with dzhokhar tsarnaev before the last -- blast. i looked at him and he looked down. i thought it was odd. the defense admits dzhokhar tsarnaev was responsible, said he was influenced by his brother who died in a shoot out. the defense will try to put a human face on a man many see as a monster. >> there is a chance your client could stay alive. not a happy life but it is a life. >> reporter: there are two phases to the trial. one to decide dzhokhar tsarnaev's get and the other to decide the sentence. it will last 3-4 months. >> it has been two years. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: john sasaki talked to the family. he is doing well. he is in 8th grade.

plays football and baseball. by all accounts he recovered remarkably. >> thank you. uc students protested tuition hikes today and students blocked entrances to santa cruz's cams. ktvu's ann rubin has more. >> reporter: today the protesters were proud. their move to block the entrances at santa cruz closed the campus completely. >> campus is shut down. >> reporter: their bigger message opposition to proposed tuition hikes. >> i am supposed to see that, know that the reason is incorrect. i am supposed to carry on. i am going to stop. >> reporter: university officials made the call asking students and staff to stay away while letting the protest run its course. >> for a lot of students it is

disruptive. they have projects, studying, research, there is a lot of impacts that go all over campus from this. >> reporter: on other campuses students rallied. on university of california at berkeley they gathered and marched. it was 96 hours of action. some of which took place away from the schools. on tuesday six students were arrested after blocking highway one and tying up traffic for hours. he lost $8,000 that day in fuel and concrete that became unusable and he lost sympathy he might have had for the students. >> they went about it the wrong way. they shouldn't impact the city or hard working people. and they did. >> reporter: there were 250 protests out today. students think there should have been more. >> because of the action that went on -- on tuesday, a lot

was out there and extreme for people to get support. >> protesters did let some people through like healthcare workers and those with kids. back to business on campus tomorrow. in santa cruz, ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. oakland police have a person of interest in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old davon ellis. he was shot last saturday while walking with friends. family believes it was a case of mistaken identity. they say he was a good student and athlete. right now police are releasing few details about the person they are looking at. >> the police department has identified a person of interest that is in custody for an offense outside of the city of oakland. >> police and crime stoppers are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. we spoke with davon ellis' father today. he said that always givebs me

home. it is light to find my son's killer and there is a benefit sunday night at 6:00 p.m., a comedy show at the shadow ultralounge. donations will be accepted. go to www.ktvu.com, under top stories for information. the antioch police chief got involved with a chase today that reached 115 miles per hour ask ended with three people being arrested. the suspects were caught after they crashed their stolen car into another car on interstate 680 south. one suspect was caught at the scene. the two others took off and were caught later. the driver of the other car was not injured. a huge about face from ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus tonight. they have been criticized for years about the use and treatment of elephants. now they say over the next

three years they are going to stop using elephants. ktvu's tom vacar with more on what led up to the decision. tom? >> reporter: next time they make it here to oakland, local law won't allow elephants but similarity soon that will be -- similarity soon that will be true from coast to coast. >> the circus is giving in to pressure and allegations of abuse to exclude elephants. the reason, painful control devices that through negative reinforcement force elephants to do tricks. officials maintain they do not abuse the elephants and take lent care of them. >> i think it is a -- excellent care of them. >> i think it is a great thing. >> reporter: the zoo uses target sticks with taped paper at the tend to get the elephant to point at it in exchange for

a treat. >> to allow us to access those parts of the bodies for care, if we have an injury, we can have vets look that areas. >> reporter: he says the painful bull hook and the hauling around, and making them do tricks became more unacceptable forcing the circus to drop the animals from a life of doing tricks. >> the only reason this is happening is because of the education of the american public. >> would we like it to happen sooner? sure. >> this is 2015, you can go to the zoo and see elephants. no reason to have efants do things they are not suppose -- elephants do things they are not supposed to do. >> reporter: some argue maybe we shouldn't have them in zoos. we will explore that at 6:00 p.m.

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. what about lions, camels and tigers? >> reporter: some people argue if all of those the tigers and the lions, those are the ones that are the animals that are the most dangerous and -- but my guess is this is the beginning of a movement for animals and i think all of that will probably go away and that means the circuses will have to change or they will go away. >> seems like the trends are changing when it comes to animals. tom vacar, thank you. a techy approach to neighborhood improvement. the app that is helping neighborhoods clean up neighborhoods. >> 9 puppies left for dead, the rescue giving them a second chance. >> after the break, it is not spring yet but it feels like it. i am tracking a warm pattern

and the areas where it could push temperatures into the mid- 70s.

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a frightening situation at la guardia airport in new york city after a plane skidded off the runway and you see it there, came within feet of going into the water. about 3 inches of snow had fallen at the time but the runway was just plowed minutes before the accident. chris foster spoke with the passengers on board about what it was like when they realized something was wrong with the landing. >> scary scene at la guardia airport. a delta jet skidding off one of the facilities short runways, hitting a fence and leaking fuel. >> nerve-wracking.

the plane slid and spun to the left. we could see the wing was hitting a fence. >> i know there is a higher power that was holding the plane from doing whatever it could have done. >> the plane arriving from atlanta, all 132 passengers and crew on the flight exiting the aircraft safely after the rough landing. >> i think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down. the pilot and co-pilot's efforts were reflected in the fact there were only minor injuries. >> reporter: la guardia airport shutting down for a time after the crash. this causing ripple effects across the country. >> that runway was plowed minutes before and other pilots reported good breaking action. >> reporter: snowy conditions causing trouble on the roads. from texas up to the northeast. hundreds of vehicles stranded on i-65 in kentucky.

some for several hours. the traffic backing up for miles. the nose of the jet coming close to the waters near the fence, the national transportation safety board dispatching a team to investigate the cause. in new york, at la guardia airport, laura engles. fox news. >> when you see that picture you think what if. >> it would have been a disaster if it had gone a few more feet. our chief meteorologist, bill martin, that part of the nation, no stranger to snow but this was unreal. >> yeah. they had so much snow. i can imagine, sometimes what happens -- i don't know what happened -- they are probably getting more nonchalant with their procedures or could have been. maybe they -- >> although they said the runway was just plowed. 3 inches of snow but it was just plowed -- [ talking at the same time ] >> flying in the weather, when

you have air problems, airline problems, the big ones are weather and they are getting their share out there. this was avoided. let's take a look at how they connect to us. what we can see. here is the country. right now temperatures -- where is the jet stream? here it is. divides the warm air, right, and the cold air. this trough, this is where the cold, stormy weather is. on this side we are under warm weather conditions. this ridge, trough pattern persisted all winter. boston, as we look at the east coast, boston is a couple inches from setting its all time snow record. over 100 inches of snow in boston. boston. imagine 100 inches of snow in san francisco. here is the satellite or the radar. satellite. snow, rain, mix. all the ice. all these areas -- kentucky. these are storm reports. there are massive amounts of

them. freezing rain. lots of issues with ice on roadways. snow. it has just been a year to remember on the eastern seaboard. talk about records in boston. how old is that city? weather records go way back. boston. believe it or not, think they couldn't -- the weather records from the 1800s, extremely acturate. they were very meticulous in -- accurate. they were very meticulous in how they kept their numbers. that is a big deal. here we are talking -- talking about them, because we are talking more of the same. hayward tomorrow, you peak at 69 degrees at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. hayward starts off at 47 degrees tomorrow morning. the forecast through the next couple days will be for more of mid-70s like we had today. tomorrow warmer than today.

mid-70s in san jose. morgan hill. the five-day forecast, as long as -- picture, this is the ridge, right here, this is what you look like. in that trough, that is what boston looks like. rain, snow, cooler temperatures. how we go is how we go. we are wet, they are dry. not always. yeah, that is scary. a few inches -- over 100 inches in boston. a few inches from the all time record. >> thank you. ahead the new candidate who will run against kamala harris for barbara boxer seat and abandon in a dumpster. a happy update tonight on the 9 puppies that were left for dead. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up. four months of investigating and a dozen arrests. police announce a major bust that could make one city safer tonight. >> we will not rest till oakland residents are safe in their homes and feel safe in

their homes. >> how officers track down members of two street gangs. plus staying active. at work. the office furniture that is keeping dispatchers on their feet. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

a california republican is challenging california attorney general kamala harris for barbara boxer's senate seat. he made it official today after talking about it in recent weeks. he is a single father and

retired marine kernel. he said he is better qualified than harris. >> i think california residents need to think who would they like to send to d.c. to represent them. somebody who is a lawyer from the bay area or a marine. >> he has been involved in issues not associated with republicans. suchs a green energy and -- such as green energy and immigration reform. michael brown's family is prepayor pairing -- is preparing preparing for a lawsuit. they are suing the city of ferguson and former ferguson police officer darren wilson. darren wilson is white. he shot and killed michael brown last august. the killing sparked nationwide riots about police shooting and treatment of black people. an attorney for the family says that they decided to sue after the department of justice investigation cleared darren wilson. >> at -- at the end of the day we think the conclusions were

in many ways not in line with our expectations of what we viewed as the evidence on august 9 of 2014. >> a d.o.j. investigation found police have a history of racial bias and used excessive force against black americans. it recommends changes to rebuild community trust. the california highway patrol is looking for the person who ran from the scene of a freeway shooting yesterday afternoon. that shooting caused a three car crash on 580 eastbound during the afternoon rush. it was a traffic nightmare. video shows bullet holes in the driver side door of the car. the driver suffered non-life threatening wounds. police detained one person but that person was released last night. 9 puppies abandon will be looking for new homes soon. the humane society says a man discovered them in a crate next

to a store. here are two of the puppies. the other 7 were getting spade and neutered. they will be getting their operations tomorrow. they are encouraging people to get their dogs fix to cut down on the number of homeless puppies. >> it happens where people find animals in bags left outside of stores or in this case a convenience storech all sorts of locations. it is sad. >> we have a photo of all the puppies together. this is from the humane society's facebook page. if you think you would like to bring one home, they should be ready for adoption in a week. new developments in the battle over gay marriage. the major local companies that threw their support behind same- sex marriage today. >> burglaries doubling in one city. how they are operating and the things they are after and how

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day to hear arguments. ktvu's david stevenson spoke to groups watching out for what is ahead and they say the stakes are high. >> advocates say an adverse ruling could create chaos among states that support same-sex marriage. >> we are gathered here in the presence of witnesses. >> reporter: marking their love. >> do you care carol to -- >> reporter: as they tied the not in san francisco today the future looked uncertain. >> my job is being moved to michigan and michigan doesn't recognize same-sex marriage. so i am not -- i have to quit. >> the u.s. supreme court today said it will on april 28 hear arguments on michigan, tennessee, kentucky and ohio. at issue whether dollar is a constitutional right to same- sex marriage and whether they

must be recognized by every state. the san francisco city attorney's office has filed a brief urging the justices to strike down same-sex marriage bans. >> if the court says there is no federal right, this could throw the question back to states for a generation. >> reporter: they are representing three couples whose same-sex marriages weren't recognized when they moved to tennessee. >> one had a baby while the case was pending. they had to worry about whether she would be able to see her wife and child in the hospital. >> reporter: for now they are focused on today rather than how the supreme court may rule. >> after today it doesn't matter. [ laughter ] >> does it? >> reporter: and also today hundreds of companies including

google, apple and the giants filed a friend of the court legal brief urging the justices to strike down bans on same-sex marriage around the country. >> david, the companies and the giants, it is not about their ideals, there is a business issue involved here? >> reporter: that's right. for those particular companies, a same-sex marriage ban is bad business. employees are unhappy, benefits that they obtained through the companies may not travel around the different states and with the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender executives they would be objecting to the same-sex marriage bans as well. >> thank you. a survey suggests support for gay marriage has risen in the u.s. since the 1980s. 56% saying they support same- sex marriage. that is up from 48% in 2012 and a jump from 11% in 1988.

that is when the general social surveys first started polling. a ktvu fox 2 news exclusive. days after be reported on the resignation of a police officer accused of embezzling from the gay officer's association the president of the organization has suddenly retired. ktvu's heather holmes with the details. >> this cost two officers their jobs. the president of the pride alliance, i learned he turned in his badge last weekend. he retired amid allegations that he failed to report the missing funds by fellow officer and tried to deal with it himself. i obtained minutes and e-mails that show he did not want the treasure reported to internal affairs and he asked board members to keep quiet.

>> i was told that it was not a police situation, that it was just pride alliance and that no one would go forward to the police department that it would be held internally. >> reporter: we are hear to ask about the embezzlement -- [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: why did you not report it -- >> believe me, it was reported. >> reporter: i caught up with him and he denied any cover up. his retirement means he will not have to answer to the department as they don't investigate someone who is no longer with the new orleans. at 10:00 p.m. i will -- with the force. at 10:00 p.m. it will talk to the police chief. >> more at 10:00 p.m. thank you. tonight san francisco doctors made it half way through a kidney transplant chain. six donors were donating to six people who needed them. this is video from today.

today doctors completed three transplants at california pacific medical center. they all went well and the patients are recovering. the final three donations will be finished tomorrow. almost 40 home burglaries in one bay area city since the first of the year, what the thieves are taking and what the mese chief is doing about -- police chief is doing about it. >> and a shelter program offering homeless people something they can't get anywhere else. >> and the new project companies are teaming up on to fix a problem facing everyone in california.

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the plea chief of lose atoes will hold together community meeting to address an increase in home burglaries. ktvu fox 2 news janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: full of homes worth $2 million and up. and quiet and it was hit by thieves this week. take a look at how the neighborhood looks once the sun goes down. no street lights and thieves have been breaking into homes during the evening. this shows since january there have been 40.

>> the volume of burglaries in short proximity of time is unprecedented. >> reporter: burglaries doubled. the break ins are committed by several vinyls and crews coming from other cities. the thieves are getting in by going through an unlocked door. sometimes smashing windows. and they are not going after electronics. they are after cash and jewelry. and they are hitting sunnyvale and mountain view so investigators are working with those departments. >> they will go for where the money is. it is -- disappointing. goes with the times. >> it is very bold but i can't live in fear. >> reporter: no arrests have been made this year and homeowners want answers. police tweeted this picture where you canee it was a packed

house. >> -- can see it was a packed house. >> we wanted them to call us when they see suspicious vehicles or anything that is out of the ordinary. >> reporter: the chief is holding a second community meeting in the youth center at 6:30 p.m. to make more people aware of the spike in crime and offer tips. janine de la vega, ktvu fox 2 news. apple is delaying production of its larger screen ipad. the 12.9-inch tablet was set to go in to production this quarter but it has been pushed back to october. it is part of the effort to reinvigorate sales. facebook executive is enlisting the heb of nba and wnba players to help fight for gender equality. >> let's lean in together. show the world you support women at work and at home. >> a new public service

announcement features nba and wnba stars. it wows produced as -- it was produced ass a partnership between the league and the lean in group with a message to support women at work and at home. it will air during basketball games over the next few months. a approach to keeping a neighborhood clean. the bay area city using an app now to fix pot holes and graffiti and how it is saving taxpayers money. >> power house stanford is included on a list no school wants to be on. >> after the break, tracking the weather towards the weekend. not going to rain but it will warm up. how warm in your neighborhood for saturday and sunday.

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stanford university has been added to a list of schools reviewed for its handle of sexual assault cases. this stems from a charge made by a student that led to protests last june. she said she was raped by another student while in alaska. she says the university did not act promptly to her complaint or provide a resolution. now they are looking into the allegations. stanford wild cooperate with the investigation. new at 5:00 p.m. using an app to get pot holes fixed and graffiti removed. ktvu's paul chambers tells us

it is helping get repairs down faster and saving taxpayers money. >> reporter: mobile citizen. an app that you can use to notify public works about potential problems. allowing crews to respond to a job quicker than before. >> just took time. it would be a day or two but now with the technology, that could be sent by e-mail. >> reporter: after you download the app, anything from trash, pot holes could be reported. from there they receive an e- mail with pictures, notifying them of the problem and the location through the anyplace. save -- through the gps. >> saving man hours to get more work done. >> reporter: officials say a third of the reports come from other cities, and although it is not the county's job they still make sure it gets done. >> we find the jurisdiction, we

will go to their website and move that request to them. >> reporter: they receive girl scout 50-60 reports a -- they receive about 50-60 reports a month. paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. a few months late to help the drop but conditions arrived. the national weather service says there is a warm patch that is typical of el nino. it changes weather patterns world wide and brings rain and snow to california. but it is weak so they don't expect much of an effect. a group of companies is teaming up to conserve water in california. coca-cola, gap and general mills are a few of the

companies. governor jerry brown called on californians to cut water use by 20%. commercial buildings use about 17% every year. companies that signed on to connect agreed to support the water conversation plan and engage with policy makers, employees and customers on the issue of improving water management and enhancing waterficiency. -- foughter efficiency. -- water efficiency. this is serious. four years of below average rainfall and snow fall and we are not saying long range models, we are below average in most cities. two storms brought us to above average. we are in trouble. definitely. part of me thinks as we move forward with the dry years, not atypical for california. before we got here there were

historic droughts that went 50 years. percentage of average. there were tribes in the central valley -- wonder when the first -- europeans came here, other people, there were indians. small tribes in northern california. they were around but they went back and did studies and they found there were massive tribes up and down the state but they went away. they realized you can drill a tree ring, you can see how thick the tree is, there were periods of 50 year droughts the tribes moved. interesting story. california is about drought. we will have to get used to it. it will keep reoccurring. 71 degrees -- that was a lot of story. interesting. huge tribe in the central

valley and drought displaced them. a 50 year drought. high-pressure system sets up. in for more warm weather into the bay area weekend. this drought pattern could persist. next week this low-pressure system comes up and it drops temperatures and brings a chance for showers. in the meantime, the highs well above average tomorrow. 73 danville. 74 pleasanton. air quality is sketchy now. we have the inversion. higher pollen counts. more particulates in the atmosphere. there is a lid on the atmosphere. because of the high pressure. high temperatures. so, yeah, my undergrad was climatetology. it is fascinating. since we have been here last couple hundred years, its been a -- it is been a good run but now we are going into a dry period.

we have to get -- i think it is a good thing -- [ talking at the same time ] >> if you look at records, this is about drought this state. >> can't just take water for granted. >> thank you. the roads. perhaps you are in the city waiting for someone to come over the bridge. you may be waiting. a live look that bay bridge, traffic is stacked up, very slow westbound. taking a look at 80. 80 eastbound. left hand lanes, busy. coming back -- no -- yeah. eastbound. eastbound very slow. the commute direction. westbound looks good. new numbers from covered california. the areas where they say they are seeing success. and a first of its kind. why officials say homeless people will be able to get something at this new shelter that they can't get anywhere else. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00

p.m. >> coming up, two bay area street gangs crippled by a major police operation. >> it is a necessary part of our absolute determination to bring an tend to gun violence in oakland. >> the four month operation that led to a dozen arrests. >> also an open letter from a mets fan to the team's second baseman after he made controversial comments about gays. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. hey. these are good. what have you been feeding us all these years? kfc popcorn nuggets. 100% white meat,

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younger mix of new enrollees. amazon is hiring. they announced another 100 job opening at its tracy center. about the size of 28 football fields and ships 3.5 million products a day. 1500 people were hired since it came into the area two years ago. san francisco is about to launch a first of its kind one stop service center aimed at people living in homeless encampments. ktvu's rob roth is in the city where people are willing to give it a try. >> reporter: this center is set to open in two weeks here in the mission. and it will help homeless vinyls and encampments -- individuals and encampments. >> reporter: a group of homeless people say they formed a community.

>> they went and did laundry. i sat here and watched our stuff. >> the city is hoping they will move here to a new one stop live in homeless services program called the navigation center. today mayor ed lee took a tour of the center. >> come in here. get support. get food. and let's talk. let's get down to business about your life. the city says this is the first time a center can take in an encampment and provide 75 people with a place to sleep, permanent housing, substance abuse treatment or a bus ticket back home. >> it could take six weeks to sign up for assistance. that is something we will be able to do in days to assess people. >> the program will allow the communities to leave the streets together and keep their belongings with them.

pets will also be welcome. advocates are applauding this one. >> creating a loving, friendly environment to get people off the streets. keep them safe. and then, you know, create exits out of homelessness. >> you would do it? that's right. >> reporter: they are also part of the colony that lives under the freeway. [ indiscernible ] >> we better ourselves at the same time. probably be a beautiful thing. >> reporter: the typical stay will be between 3-10 days. frank? >> rob roth in san francisco tonight, thank you. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> developing news out of southern california. harrison ford injured in a small plane crash. good evening. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> harrison ford is in the hospital at this hour. he was flying a plane that crash landed this afternoon and now we are hearing the call to

the control tower before the plane went down. more from ktvu's noelle walker in the news room. >> reporter: that crash happened at it 20 p.m. this afternoon -- at 2 went p.m. this afternoon. -- 2:20 p.m. this afternoon. moments before the crash he radioed for help. you are about to hear harrison ford's voice on the call. it is muffled and very quick. listen carefully. >> engine failure. immediate return. >> reporter: and this is where his plane crash landed on the penmar golf course in venice. he had just taken off from santa monica airport which is a mile away. thankful he landed his plane where he did in open space. that airport is very close to a dense residential area. the plane clipped branches and trees on the way down. no one on the ground was hurt.

some doctors on the golf course rushed to help. one witness said he had blood all over his face. his injuries are moderate. >> the male victim was initially rescued by bystanders that were here on the golf course. paramedics initiated quick ems skills. there is still equipment still on the field behind us. the paramedics initiated spinal mobilization. >> reporter: this isn't the first crash for harrison ford who flies planes and helicopters. in 1999 he was in a helicopter that had a mechanical failure and took a hard landing. and just in the last 40 minutes his son tweeted at the hospital, dad is okay. battered but okay. he is every bit the man you think