it was at the intersection of warm springs road in mission court where a van ran over patrick brower before slamming into a metal pole. the driver jumped out and ran away. >> the car ran him over and it was pretty brutal. >> reporter: they searched the area for the suspect could they say the accident was no -- this is no accident. >> we believe this was not a traffic accident that the officer was intentionally struck by the suspect. >> reporter: they say that the delivery van was reported stolen from a residential area where an employee was making a delivery for about one hour later officer brower saw the band pulling out of the shopping center. >> the driver of the van saw the officer on the motorcycle and for the van and hit the motorcycle and accelerated even more. >> reporter: the police chief says that an ambulance rushed brower to the regional medical center and has been with the police force for 10 years and has a wife and $0.03. fellow officers came to the emergency room to support the family. >> the officer indicated that the shin bone was broken in three places and they wou

family, acquaintances. >> reporter: brower is the second officer to be injured.officer brower is likely to go home later this week. here's one more like at alexander diaz. border patrol officers were advised to keep a look out for him. he is still at large at this hour. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> contra costa county sheriff's invest investigators are now asking for the public's help to find a man who attempted to rape a fourth woman. they released a sketch of the suspect. he's described as white, about 5'9" tall, he had a medium build, white hair andfacient hair. the rape attempt happened on oak road near walnut creek. another suspect is being charged in three prior attacks and was in jail when the two most recent assaults happened. >>> one person remains in critical condition at this hour when a three car accident happened this morning. the crash blocked traffic for nearly eight hours. the driver slammed head on into a toyota carolla critically injuring the driver of that car and injuring two people in another car. at that point, police say the dri

it took rescue workers 15 minutes to free brower from the mangled wreckage. dozens of armed officers went looking for the driver. some with dogs. they set up road blocks, searched cars and trucks. then, last night, they got a break. police stopped a bart train at the south hayward station, detaining someone called an associate of diaz's. a man investigators say helped identify him as the driver. fremont police are now in touch with authorities in southern california. >> we're working with them to try to locate people that might know him. you know? family, acquaintances. that kind of thing. >> the 43-year-old officer is listed in stable condition at a san jose hospital after going through surgery. >> he had a sense of damage to his leg, compound fracture. crushed toes and that kind of thing. they put rods in there. >> officer brower can't believe he survived this wreck. >> it's a miracle he's alive. he voiced that to me, this morning. >> and a miracle, indeed. police say officer brower should be able to go home by the end of the week. he's a 10-year veteran of

the van dragged brower and the bike across two lanes of traffic. brower had surgery. he is expected to be okay. >>> a protest today against a request for the retrial of former bart police officer johannes mehserle. a los angeles jury convicted him in july of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of bart passenger oscar grant. defense attorneys are now seeking a retrial. and today in oakland, community activists gathered to demand that the judge deny that request. >> we also feel that this is another attempt by the defense to push out the sentencing in the hopes that the oakland community, the los angeles community and indeed the nation will lose its passion, commitment or focus on the trial for justice for oscar grant. we will not. >> mehserle's attorneys say there is new evidence that proves an officer can mistake a taser for his real gun as they said mehserle did. he will be sentenced next month. >>> vandals have hit golden gate bridge again. this time they turned the manicured golf course into an off road driving course. it's happened twice in the past wee

police say on monday diaz slammed a stolen van into officer patrick brower. the van dragged brower and his bike across two lanes of traffic on warm springs boulevard. brower has since undergone reconstructive surgery to his leg and foot. >>> a protest is going to be held later today against a request for a retrial for former bart officer johannes mehserle. a los angeles jury convicted mehserle back in july of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of bart passenger oscar grant. mehserle scheduled to be sentenced next month. but defense attorneys have asked for this retrial. this afternoon, community activists in oakland will demand that request be denied. >>> if you use caltrain, get ready for fare increases and service cuts. agency directors are likely to approve the changes later this week. mark sayre shows us it's all happening as executives defend their own pay increases. >>> reporter: about 37,000 people ride caltrain each weekday and whether they pay by the ride or with the monthly pass a fare increase is expected to be approved by the caltrain

and officer brower spotted him. investigators say the motorcycle was stopped at warm springs boulevard when he saw that van coming straight at home. the injured auf is expected to leave the -- officer is expected to leave the hospital later this week. the suspect, diaz, is expected to return here to the bay area either tomorrow or friday. >>> it's 8:30. the man with credited rescuing a kidnapped third grader tells ktvu that he was only scared for a split second as he chased down the suspect. claudine wong just spoke with victor perez and has more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. yes. good samaritan victor perez says the rescue of this girl is just sinking in. this moving perez described seeing this truck that we all saw on the news. he said he say it as it went by his neighborhood. inside the truck was the kidnapping victim. perez followed the truck and said the first time he pulled alongside the truck he said he seed like a nice guy. he didn't see the girl. then he saw the little girl's head pop you. he sa

compound fracture, crushed toes that kind of thing. >> reporter: while officer brower recovers, police are trying to find friends and family of diaz. they've alerted officials to be on the look out for him. reporting live in freemont, maureen naylor. >>> anger over a string of burglaries in the santa cruz mountains has led someone to distribute fliers calling for vigilantes to go to work. the fliers are images of two young people conducting a burglary. and it encourages victims to hunt down the two suspects. the surveillance video itself is posted on you tube. >> i wouldn't say vigilantism is setting in yet. but if these two guys keep going, they're going to put themselves in a situation that it's not going to be good for these guys. >> the sheriff's department reminds people that there are consequences for taking the law into your own hands. >>> frank, have a look at it right over here. from this and many other rivers, creeks and drains, run off from hundreds of thousands of acres send billions of the gallonsover polluted water right into if bay. the institute's big emphasis this year

. >> officer brower had that surgery this evening regional medical center in san jose he is a husband, father of three said to be in stable condition he was conscious after being hit and dragged and able to tell investigators what happened. armed officers in fremont canvassed this industrial complex, helicopters hovered searching for a man who stole a stolen delivery van at a fremont motorcycle officer pinning him underneath. >> it was an intentional act this suspect intentionally ran into our officer we are searching for him now. >> reporter: police were called about the stolen van 10:30 a.m. this morning. soon after patrick brower spotted it and stopped in the center divide the van sped up and hit the officer dragging him across two lanes before collide being a pole. >> at first it looked like it was up on the pole and when we went out the back we saw the back offend the motorcycle was sticking out and up 4 feet in the air. >> he was still alive they had a mask on him, oxygen mask on him and he did have his -- one arm here and the other was completely covered. >> fremont's police ch

police say brower ran him down -- diaz ran him down intentionally. police in fresno arrested a man who abducted an 8-year-old girl triggering an amber alert. 24-year-old gonzalez kidnapped the girl playing outside her home. reportedly the girl was sexually assaulted. an alert driver is credited with saving the girl. the driver apparently recognized gonzalez' car and cut him off in traffic. gonzalez then pushed the girl out of the car. >> new tonight, 5:00, seven members of an east bay high school team have been suspended for allegedly hazing a teammate. police say it happened last week. investigators say a group of players on the freshman boys football team taped the victim's legs, held him down in the locker room and punched him. the boy was not injured. >> it's a very unfortunate incident and while the student, the victim was not seriously hurt, it was -- was not injured it was an emotionally difficult and stressful incident for the student. the way that we are looking at this is you know, this is a teachable moment. >> the boy's parents later repo

. >> officer brower is expected to go home from the hospital sometime later this week and there's andditional sense of relief because his attempted killer is in custody what helped catch him is good detective work plus a savvy citizen watching the media coverage of monday's mayhem. law enforcemt took no chances arresting diaz in los anges this morning. >> i'm sure they walked up with guns drawn but there was no fleeing, there was no flight. >> fremont police detectives have been on the hunt for diaz since monday morng when he plowed a delivery van into motorcycle officer patrick brower. when the 43-year-old officer spotted the van, diaz saw him but chose instead to ram into him dragging him against two lanes of trfic and pinning him against light pole. the officer survived but with a leg wound. >> knowing he was out of the l.a. area and l.a p. d. this intel vince on him, there was a prediction where he may flee to. >> those locations were being watched closely and officers saw diaz walk into a los geles home he was known to visit. >> he continued to watch the house. about 5 a.m. this

. >> officer brower is expected to go home from the hospital sometime later this week and there's andditional sense of relief because his attempted killer is in custody. what helped catch him is good detective work plus a savvy citizen watching the media coverage of monday's mayhem. law enforcement took no chances arresting diaz in los angeles this morning. >> i'm sure they walked up with guns drawn but there was no fleeing, there was no flight. >> fremont police detectives have been on the hunt for diaz since monday morning when he plowed a delivery van into motorcycle officer patrick brower. when the 43-year-old officer spotted the van, diaz saw him but chose instead to ram into him dragging him against two lanes of traffic and pinning him against a light pole. the officer survived but with a leg wound. >> knowing he was out of the l.a. area and l.a. p. d. this intel vince on him, there was a prediction where he may flee to. >> those locations were being watched closely and officers saw diaz walk into a los angeles home he was known to visit. >> he continued to watch the house. abo

the new leaders' initiative established the brower youth awards, which recognizes six people from 13 to 22 years old living in north america annually for their outstanding organizing advocacy and achievements in the field of environmental justice. in 2010, the awards are based -- actually every year -- on how their efforts benefit the environment but also raise of the community in terms of measurable results as well as movement building and raising awareness. awardees this year include folks from alaska, wisconsin, iowa, new york, and for the rico, but i'm very proud that deanthony is our san francisco honoree, only the second san franciscan in many years and one of the few californians that have won this award as well. he has been involved with the environmental service initiative since its inception two years ago, and the environmental service initiative is that collaboration between the school district and environmental justice ", and their efforts are to bring critical environmental education and service learning throughout the city of san francisco. besides mission high, which h

officer brower is a ten-year veteran of the fremont police force. he suffered a broken leg but is expected to be released from the hospital later this week. now, this is what monday's scene looked like. police say diaz accelerated toward brower, pinning him under the van. then diaz eventually ran off. once again, he has been booked into l.a. county jail this morning. >>> san jose could soon see more police officers on the street despite recent budget cuts and layoffs. the u.s. department of justice is offering san jose police $7.1 million in grant money. it could be used to hire 16 new officers. recently laid off officers are those who were slated to be laid of are eligible for their jobs. the grant would fund their salaries for three years and the city would have to promise for a fourth year of employment. san jose has 90 days to accept that grant. >>> a lot of parents are going to be heading out with their kids to school this morning, but this time they're not going to be buckling up, they will hit the pavement for international walk to school day

officer brower is a 10 year veteran, he has a wife and three sons. >> they'll be okay. you but yeah it is a family when this kind of thing happens. >> it could be four to six months before he's able to return to work. stay with ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com for any new developments in this case. we'll bring them to you as they happen on air and on land. >>> the decomposing body was found near the intersection of fullton shipyard road. it appears that to be a a transient man. >>> one of the men accused of killing matt garcia was sentenced today to 15 years in prison. the prosecution said combs and henry don williams went after garcia in a case of mistaken idea thinking that he was a drug dealer. williams is serving 50 years to life on a first degree murder conviction. >>> late this evening, authorities released a sketch of a man wanted with connection with a recent attack of an apartment complex in it's just ha the latest in a string of attack. >> you should feel safe in your own home. and i'm not. and management doesn't care. >> reporter: she saw a strange man in the stai

officer brower is married with three children. he suffered a broken leg but is expected to be released from the hospital later this week. >>> new tonight at 5:00, a run away boat crashes into a san francisco pier three miles from the spot where it lost its captain. that happened around 11:30 this morning when a man fell off of his boat. the coast guard rescued the man but couldn't find the boat. it crashed into a dry dock in san francisco. >> it bounced off and went back into it real slow because the motors were also idling on full throttle. when it hit it, it made a big kaboom sound. it's about a football field away. >> there were no injuries reported, no significant damage to the dock. >> in sacramento lawmakers got their first look at the proposed budget agreement and they were under whelmed. it's documented to be 98 days overdue frustrated lawmakers were surprised to see it hasn't changed much from the one they passed back in august. >> in that budget and it doesn't -- you don't get told today it was taken out it's still there

on monday, diaz slammed a van into brower dragging him across two lanes of traffic. brower is expected to be okay. >>> two men are in custody accused of stealing thousands of dollars from atms in berkeley, police said they'd wait and watch for customers that would leave their cards in the machine, then they'd access the victim's accounts and steal their money. investigators say the men did that at least 23 times this year. >>> meg whitman has broken her own spending record in her bid to be governor. latest total, she spent $140 million. by comparison, jerry brown has spent about $11 million. whitman reports about $9.2 million left to spend. then there's the race for lieutenant governor, newsome has launched his first television ad for that race. we'll show you what's in the ad and more importantly, what is not. >> legislature. >> as ads go, it's a four-star kennedy, gavon on the beach with his family and telling us all -- >> it's simple, we want our kids to leave their footprints in this world, we owe them a good education. if we want them to leave their footprints i

after he drove the van into officer brower he fled the scene and eventually flagged someone down and had them call a cab for him which took him to a san jose bus station. fremont police say after developing information and using media to broadcast this video, he was there at around 5:00 a.m. wednesday morning fremont detectives as well as l.a. law enforcement took him into custody without incident. because he was arrested in southern california a los angeles judge will determine when he will be extradited to alameda county to face the charges against him. at the fremont police department kron 4 news. >> the man pillows a restaurant with kidnapping and but girl visihe knew he had >> at first it was dead simple one belittle world's stock her head alcohoout. i would not want anyone to do this to my family. i afm glad they caught him >> he pushed her zero lout. >> a man pulled from the water was rescued, you can see the boat, there was no damage to the dock. >>rain tendons but it is that is the yellow you see over there. if bed to mix those there will be just an attempt they're giving yo

officer brower remained hospitalized with severe leg injuries.iaz is on parole for grand theft conviction. hi, frances. >> busy morning. live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza to the backup to the metering lights. there's a new motorcycle injury accident westbound towards hill crest. traffic heavy as you make your way through antioch and again through pittsburgh. the drive time for that stretch from lone tree way to 242 is a half hour. southbound 880, 18 minutes. >> we're going to update you >>> welcome back. a few scattered showers but they're starting to fall apart. look for more this afternoon, even a clap of thunder. low to mid-60s abeing lo the coast in san francisco and upper 60s around richmond and san mateo. drier but still relatively cool tomorrow and friday. much warmer and sunny over the much warmer and sunny over the weekend. [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore. i say baloney. this state belongs to all of us. we just have to decide we want to change. i know government isn't a business and it shouldn't be, but the

the collision pinned officer brower between the van and pole. the 10-year veteran taken to the hospital and he is listed in stable condition. >> he's in good spirit. and had damage to his leg a compound fracture and that type of thing. they put rods in there and he's in stable condition and should recover and go home from the hospital sometime this week. >> police detained a man after stopping a bart train at the south hayward bart station. he was later released and all detective bill veteran will say about this man is that he and we quote had a lot to do with the investigation unquote. a source tells us that this an associate of diazes and was instrumental of helping police identify him this man is crucial to the investigation. vic lee abc 7 news. >>> a concord motorcycle officer is recovering from injuries after a driver hit him. not intentionally. the crash happened in front of clayton valley high school yesterday. police say the driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. >> today a mother was charged with felony child endanger

---en tanto, el oficial "patrick brower", con 10 aÑos de servicio en la policia, se recupera en un hospitala pierna izquierda fracturada. --la corte suprema de california analiza una demanda que podria poner fin a la matricula que pagan unos 25-mil estudiantes indocumentados en las universidades publicas del estado. --"anabel sedano" nos tiene toda la informacion. nancy mesa- estudiante indocumentada. jessica dominguez abogada de inmigracion. alma castregon estudiante indocumentada. --a tan solo cuatro semanas de las elecciones del 2 de noviembre, un nuevo estudio revela que los hispanos siguen apoyando a los democratas por un amplio margen. --aunque como nos dice juan carlos lopez , el informe tambien indica que los electores latinos no estan muy motivados para ir a las urnas. ---el proximo 2 de noviembre, los ---el proximo 2 de ---el proximo 2 de noviembre, los votantes de oakland tendran que aprobar o rechazar en las urnas la proposicion "b-b", una enmienda que podria ayudar a disminuir la ola de crimen que azota a la ciudad. ---se trata de un cambio a la proposicion "y", la cual estable

meantime officer brower could be released from the hospital as early as tomorrow. the motorcycle officer underwent reconstructive surgery for a broken foot and leg. officer brower is a 10 year veteran, a married father of three sons. >>> time now 6:33. the alameda county coroner says it's going to take time to identify the body of a man found in fremont inside of a burning truck. firefighters found the man's body in that pickup truck yesterday afternoon on stephenson boulevard near sill vester harvey park. authorities don't know yet if the fire caused the man's death. >>> well, the coast guard says this could have been a disaster. a run away boat went on a joyride in the san francisco bay. there was no captain on board. yesterday the boater fell overboard near the richmond bridge. now his 32-foot pleasure boat still running wound up at pier 70 in san francisco. slammed right into a dry dock. caused little damage. fisherman on board was wearing a life jacket and luckily was not hurt. >>> two men and a woman have been arraigned on felony charges accused of lewding at

that van dragged brower and his bike across two lanes of traffic. brower underwent surgery and is expected to be okay. >>> a protest today against a request for retrial of former bart police officer johannes mehserle. the los angeles jury convicted mehserle in july of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of bart passenger oscar grant. defense attorneys are now seeking a retrial. today in oakland, community activists gathered to demand that the judge deny that request. >> we also feel that this is another attempt by the defense to push out the sentencing in the hopes of oakland, los angeles and the nation will lose passion, commitment and focus on the trial for justice for oscar grant. we will not. >> mehserle's attorneys say there is new evidence that proves an officer can mistake a taser for a real gun as they claim mehserle did the night he shot grant. mehserle is scheduled to be sentenced next month. >>> yet another dead whale surfaces in the bay area. the face of the bell salary surfaces in court. and our first look at weather in two m

---se sospecha que diaz roÓ una camioneta tipo van y luego atropelÓ al oficial pat brower, un veteranofuerza policial... policial...---el agente se recupera en un hospital y probablemente salga la proxima semana.---el hecho ocurrio la tarde de ayer.... --- y hoy en california, fue un dia muy importante para quienes esperan por una donacion de organos ..... ---el gobernador firmo leyes que ayudaran a que mas gente se registre como donante ... y ademas, que sea mas facil hacerlo...---veamos. =blanca garza= garza= el gobernador schwarzenegger llego hoy a palo alto y dijo que california sera el primer estado en la nacion que tendra un registro de donantes vivos de riÑon. esta maÑana en el hospital infantil lucille packard de esa ciudad, arnold firmo 3 leyes con las que se pretende incrementar el numero de donantes de organos por medio de un registro en el dmv... o division de automotores de california.----las solicitudes se haran mas faciles de llenar para las personas que esten interesadas y deseen convertirse en donantes. --ademas, el gobernador hizo ley tambien que la persona donante se

they say he intentionally ran down officer patrick brower yesterday when brower recognizes the van diaz was driving as stolen. brower had surgery for a broken leg last night. he is expected to be okay. diaz is a parolee from southern california. he is considered extremely dangerous. >>> one person is seriously injured after a crash out side the webster tube in alameda. a person tried to escape a traffic stop by driving the wrong way in the tunnel and crashed head on in an oncoming car. the driver and passenger were arrested. the driver of the other car was seriously hurt. the tunnel was shut for nearly 8 hours. >>> authorities released a sketch of a man they say tried to rape a woman at the park regency apartments in walnut creek on saturday. he is white, 5'8", brown hair, facial hair. he may be a suspect in the attack of another woman at the complex last month. since june, five women have been assaulted there. one suspect is under arrest for three of those summertime attacks. and some tenants complain security guards are not covering the entire complex. >>> another class action lawsuit

. >> tonight they will receive the prestigious brower award.om san francisco who has promoted justice in the bay view. >> i think we can't say this is about polar bears and melting ice caps. we have to go deeper. like at the situation at hunters point. >> they will each receive a $3,000 cash prize. >> these awards are given by earth island institute and named after environmentalists david brower. >> that is this for this edition. >> remember stay connected 24/7 at www.abc7.com. here is a look at top stories that you'll find there right now. >> for all of us, thank you for watching. we appreciate your time. hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. and 11:00. >> good night everyone. anncr: carly fiorina. as ceo she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. fiorina sync: china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go... anncr: ...because fiorina shipped them there. to shanghai instead of san jose, bangalore instead of burbank. proudly stamping her products 'made in china.' 30,000 workers gone... ...while fiorina took $10

brower, un veterano de diez aÑos en la fuerza policial... policial...e recupera en un hospital y probablemente salga la proxima semana.---el hecho ocurrio la tarde de ayer.... --- siete miembros del equipo de futbol de la preparatoria alhambra en martinez fueron suspendidos por hacer bromas pesadas a jugadores nuevos... nuevos...---la policia investiga el incidente en donde varios jovencitos de 15 aÑos se convirtieron en victimas...---todo fue grabado en video donde aparecen las victimas pegadas por las piernas con cintas adhesivas unas con otras...---seis jugadores fueron expulsados del equipo... y el distrito escolar tambien busca expulsar al instigador de la ... broma. ---- y ya lo hizo santa clara ... ahora, lo quiere hacer san francisco. ----hablamos de eliminar los juguetes de los menus infantiles de comidas rapidas ... ...---- la ordenanza municipal ya fue aprobada esta semana. ---- si no hay vegetales o frutas en las cajitas, pues no podran incluir juguetitos ... ---- algunos doctores que dieron testimonio ante los supervisores, dijeron que han

--la victima, el agente "patrick brower", se recupera en un hospital donde se le realizo una cirugiaa de la pierna y pie izquierdo. --se espera que sea dado de alta la proxima semana.--la policia de fremont informo que, en unos dias, el presunto agresor sera trasladado al condado de alameda donde enfrentará cargos de robo de vehiculo y de intento de asesinato de un agente del orden. ---a partir de la proxima semana, el departamento de vehículos motorizados de california emitirá nuevas licencias de conducir y tarjetas de identificacion que, en teoría, seran los documentos de identidad mas seguros de todo el pais. ---"sandra salazar" nos cuenta cÁles son los cambios --la familia de oscar grant, junto a los miembros de una organizacion civil de oakland, se manifestaron en contra de que se inicie un nuevo juicio contra el ex- policia del bart que mato al joven afroamericano.--el abogado de "johannes mehserle" hizo esta solicitud, pues quiere que se tome en cuenta un caso ocurrido en kentucky donde un agente mato a una persona tras confundir una pistola de descargas electricas con su arma

investigators say diaz hit officer patrick brower after the officer tried to stop him monday with this result. the man dragged brow yir and his motorcycle through two lanes of traffic and into a light pole. and say someone tipped diaz off as to where he's hiding out. >> after seeing news media coverage about this, that individual contacted our investigators yesterday, saw a photograph of the individual and said that is the man we helped get a cab. >> detectives are now in l.a., and officer brower still in the hospital with severe leg injuries and doctors do expect to release him in the next day or two. >> a five month long gang and drug crack down is being called a major success tonight. local, state and federal authorities showed off weapons and drugs seized in operation southern exposure resulting in 42 arrests. and officials say what can happen when agencies work together. >> they're polling our expertise, taking dangerous people, weapons and drugs off the streets of the community. >> key players included santa cruise police gang units and anticrime team. and called it first step in

police say he intentionally crashed a stolen delivery van into officer patrick brower, as brower sat on his motorcycle. police received a tip from a man who encountered police in milipitas. the man complied but later called police after recognizing a photo of diaz on the news. >>> in the meantime, officer brower could be released from the hospital as early as tomorrow. the motorcycle officer underwent reconstructive surgery for a broken foot and leg. >>> time now is 8:34. four weeks after that tragic san bruno gas pipeline explosion, the demolition continues. ktvu's claudine wong is in the newsroom now, with a closer look at how the cleanup efforts are going. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, cleanup efforts under way right now. what you're looking at is really the final stretch of this process to get these homes cleared and a clean slate for the homeowners out here. there are only nine left out of 35 slated to be cleared. i'm joined now by dean peterson who is heading up this operation for the county. and really it's moved a lot faster than you expected.

diaz ran but 43-year-old officer brower was taken to hot with a compound fracture to hundred one of his legs. he's married with three boys and will survive his officers. in fremont, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the good samaritan who rescued and abducted a fresno girl is still adjusting to all of the attention he's getting. claudine wong spoke with him and joins us with more on the story. >> reporter: victor perez says the rescue and his confrontation with the kidnapper is all still sinking in the unemployed construction worker said he woke up yesterday to the news of the kidnapping and then just wanted to help. as he walked out of his house, the accuser kidnapper drove by and what perez did next saved this little girl. the rescue of this 8-year-old girl beat the odds and the statistics that said her story would end tragically. this little girl is home safe today because victor perez saw the story, saw the images of what police say were the images of the kidnapper's truck and walked out of his house at the same time. >> i stepped outside. we were talking about the incident and

meantime, officer brower underwent surgery last night. he is listed in serious condition this morning. we'll continue to follow this story for you all morning long. you can also get updates at any time at our website, ktvu.com. >>> investigators have now released a sketch of they man -- of a man who tried to rape a woman near walnut creek. he's described as white, about 5'9" tall. he has brown lair, -- hair, a medium build and facial hair. this was the fifth attack since june. these crimes have many tenants asking apartment management to let them out of their lease. but they may not be able to avoid expensive penalty fees all morning. >> if you sign on for awe year, -- for a year, you're stuck, unless you can show that they reached the implied limited warrantability. and the laws don't mention security guards. >> today, they can take me to small claims court if they want to. i'm moving for my own safety. >> he said the dna evidence ties him to the first three attacks. investigators say a copycat may be responsible for the two attacks sinc

.---- el policia herido en el hecho se llama patrick brower, y resulto con una pierna fracturada ...10...---la administracion obama supeÓ en mucho a la de su antecesor bush...---lori montenegro con los detalles.... personas por arrestar. >>>josé: janet napolitano dijo que 450 indocumentados han sido deportados este año, lori tiene los detalles. >>>lori: concentrarse en buscar y deportar a criminales indocumentados está dando resultados. anunció hoy el gobierno federal quien dijo kehl número sin precedentes se debe a una combinación de esfuerzos incluyendo el programa. (nombre en inglés) o "comunidades seguras". los recursos dedicado a mejorar la infra straukestructu personal, ha sido importante. 125 criminales convictosla de homicidio, violaciones y por delitos de droga. la secretaria napolitanapolitan resaltó que la deportación de indocumentados no krim noolcrim camb bajó un 23 forz, es%, esto dijo prprioridad del gobierno del presidente obama es deportar a quienes son amenaza. >>> aunque estamos impulsando la ley con esfuerza la estrategia aumenta. >>>lori: comunidades segura se ha

. >> you can read more about officer patrick brower on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, look under the bay area news tab. >>> investigators have now released a sketch of a man who tried to rape a woman at a complex. he is described as white, about 5'9." take a look there. he has brown hair, medium build and facial hair. the rape attempt saturday night was the fifth attack since june. these crimes have many people asking apartment management to let them out of their lease. but they may not be able to avoid expensive penalty fees for moving out early. >>> if you sign on for a year, you're stuck, unless you can show that the landlord breached the implied warrant of implied habitability. and the laws in california don't mention security guards. >> today, i have decided they can take me to small claims court if they want to. i'm moving for my own safety. >> in august, police arrested 22-year-old antonio muton, saying dna evidence ties him to the first three attacks. investigators say a copycat may be responsible for the two attacks since then. >>> all right. your time now, 6:06. sal is watc

investigators say he fled there after intentionally running into officer patrick brower on monday. the van dragged the officer and his motorcycle through two lanes of traffic and into a light pole. brower is still hospitalized with serious leg injuries but is expected to be sent home in a few days. >> san francisco police are looking for more possible victims of a man they say posed as a song writer to swindle people. detectives say 57-year-old allen young pretended to be a motown song write we're by the name of lamont dosher. he convinced some business owners to wine and dine him. he received free lodging, meals and entertainment. police issued an alert after employees in an art gallery discovered the scam and notified the officers. >> the playoffs begin this evening for the san francisco giants. the national league west champions host the atlanta braves in the first of a best of five series tonight a little after 6:30. the game is sold out. game two starts at the same time tomorrow night before the series moves to atlanta on sunday for game three. giants' tim lincecum will start

officer patrick brower remains hospitalized with severe leg injuries.ten-year veteran of the fremont police department. diaz deliberately hit brower after the he was dragged through two lanes of traffic and into a light pole. >> this wasn't a traffic accident. this was mr. diaz trying to get away by running over our police officer. >> police say diaz will be charged with attempted murder of an officer when he's caught. >>> in san mateo county, researchers plan to take tissue samples from a rare blue whale that washed ashore on a beach over the weekend to try to determine how the mother whale died. the whales came ashore south of atascadero off highway 1. abc 7's lisa amin gulezian reports on just how rare this is. >> it's a male. the fetus. >> hollow state beach is about what washed up. a massive 85 foot female blue whale. and just 50 feet away, her fetus. the whole scene is extraordinary. the last time a dead blue whale came to shore in this area was more than 30 years ago. normally the only way to see a blue whale is during a whale watching trip in th

on monday day, they say he purposely ran down officer patrick brower when brower recognized the stolene officer had surgery for a broken leg monday night. he is expected to be okay. diaz is a parolee from southern california. police consider him extremely dangerous. >>> and this morning, firefighters are looking into the cause of a fire in rodeo. it destroyed the upper floor last night. a firefighter suffered smoke inhalation and a resident was burned but everyone should be all right. >>> it is 5:34. elizabeth wenger has our traffic update. >> good morning. we are moving right along except if you're near redwood city. we still have that traffic alert issued. still three left lanes are blocked. we're talking northbound 101 approaching woodside road. speeds still slow in the area, as well. sounds like they issued the traffic alert because there's glass and plastic debris spread out all over the freeway. they are calling out clean-up crews now and they also have a tow truck and chp on scene as well so 280 might be a better alternate. it looks okay coming out of downtown san jose all the w

officer brower is a ten-year veteran married with three children. he is expected to be released from the hospital later this week. diaz accelerated toward brower h pinning the officer under the van. >> well, insisting she is no one's puppet, meg whitman's former house keeper insisted that she is speaking out against her former boss because she wants to. nicky diaz and her attorney gloria alred held their news conference today. alred says she filed a labor claim seeking back pay for whitman for miles and hours she was never paid. with the election exactly four weeks away, diaz has been accused of acting with political motive, an allegation she denies. >> house keepers are human beings, too. we love. we cry. we have feelings. >> she expected nothing other than to be treated as an employee, to be treated fairly, to be paid for the hours she worked in accordance with california law. she certainly did not expect to be kicked to the curb and thrown out like yesterday's garbage when miss whitman decided to run for political office. >> alred neglected to te

. >> reporter: 43-year-old officer patrick brower, a ten-year veteran of the freemont police departmentains hospitalized inch stable condition, suffering from multiple broken bones and contusions. having evaded a day-long search after scaping on foot, diaz remains at large. >> police continue to search for diaz here in the bay area, even though he is from los angeles and may have fled the area. they say based on his actions with the stolen van on monday that he is to be considered extremely dangerous. in freemont, kron4 news. >> and new details tonight in the continuing controversy involving republican candidate meg whitman and her former undocumented housekeeper. today, that housekeeper were back in front of reporters. kron4 shows us what they said and how whitman expanded. >> reporter: for the third time, whitman's former housekeeper, and her attorney sat before reporters. this time, the two accused meg whitman of lying when she said nickie diaz was part of her family and lying when she said nickie diaz was being manipulated. >> i make my own decisions. i'm not anyone's puppet. i stuc

officer brower remains hospitalized with severe leg injuries requiring surgery. >> the coast guard rescue aid 60-year-old man who fell off his boat into the bay near the richmond bridge. the man is okay. he was wearing a life jacket and in the water about 20 minutes before being rescued but that water is awfully cold. the man's 32-foot boat drifted down the bay unattended, finally coming to a stop whit hit a dry dock at pier 70 in san francisco. >> this is n n.okay condition no. major structural damage no. pollution and no damage to the pier. >> ask coast guard says it's investigating how the man ended up in the water. >> and disaster relief for victims of san bruno pipeline fire was improved today by two state senate committees. the legislation allowing a continuation of the $7,000 property tax exemption fofr home yeernz loug businesses to deduct income losses and includes asy stance to san mateo, san bruno and local schools providing a one-year reimbursement for tax losses related to the catastrophe. today the associated press is reporting that emergency plans for natural gas pipelines

about an hour later, the suspect plowed into officer brower. he is married with children. his leg and his foot are injured, but he is in stable condition at valley medical center in san jose. in fremont, in the east bay. >> we want to look at what's coming up later. we go to the newsroom where brent cannon is. >> thanks a lot, scott. clean energy is a growing industry and around the world. we will take a look inside a powerful new way to power your life and save money while you are at it. new rules for car safety seats. what car companies are going to have to do to make sure your family is safe on the road. just 28 days until election day and we have two new poll numbers showing big changes in the race for the governor's mansion. look for those stories and more in a few minutes on today in the bay. >>> rob joins us. rob, bring in the forecast. >> for places towards the east bay and south bay, a couple of afternoons, you want the jacket with you. 40s and 50 skbz it stays cool. mainly highs in the 60s and 70s and the best chance of showers will be in the east bay and heading

investigators say diaz hit motorcycle officer patrick brower on monday morning while driving a stolenan in fremont. >>> new this morning, facebook getting ready for a little bit of a facelift. scott mcgrew joins us with new information on today's announcement that might affect your status. >> it could. major media has been invited to facebook in palo alto for some sort of announcement. we won't know the specific things until later. some facebook users reported seeing a new chat on the site last night. others reported facebook just simply not working last night. the online blog tech crunch reporting a key to this redesign will be a change to all the profile pages. it's also quoting sources as saying much of the rest of the site will be revamped to look more like -- and they'll announce an ipad app as well. >>> the government wants to be able to read status updates. as we reported in the past, the obama administration wants to add facebook and other internet communication to their list of potential wire tap connections. it's meant to help catch suspected criminals and terrorists. now th

the man dragged brower through two lanes of traffic and into a light poll. -- a light pole. >> this was not a traffic accident. this was mr. diaz trying to get away by running over a police officer. >>> police acting on a tip got a break when they detained a man identified as an associate of diaz's on a bart train in hayward who identified diaz as the van driver. >>> in san francisco, several immigration rights advocates were arrested outside attorney general jerry brown's office during a demonstration. they want brown to opt out of the secure communities program otherwise they say they won't support his run for governor. under the program, state and local law enforcement agencies share fingerprints of anyone they arrest with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e. brown plans to meet with the sheriff of san francisco county to discuss the matter next month. >>> and state politics quickly, the two leading candidates for the next california attorney general debated at uc davis today. san francisco district attorney pamela harris is running against a los angeles d.a., steve coo

>> reporter: officer pat brower is recovering here at san jose. he has major injuries in his leg and foot but he is expected to recover. police have one man in custody, but they believe he is not the man they are looking for. at 5:30 this eepg, bart stopped trains at the south hayward station. they searched the trains and arrested a man they believe was associated with what could be called a deliberate attack on a fremont police officer. a manhunt began this morning when a man driving a suspended stolen van deliberately ran over police officer pat brauer, leaving him pinned under bent metal. >> we believe it was an intended act. at that point the suspect fled on foot. we believe there is one suspect and we are still currently searching for that person right now. >> reporter: it all began when the suspended car thief spotted officer brauer and sped directly toward him. he was sitting on his motorcycle on center divide between moore springs road and mission boulevard. >> i heard a crash, and i looked over, and the motorcycle cop was just in front of