ktvu's rob roth is live where communities came together. >> reporter: memorial day parade has ended. folks here say this is a day for the community to come together. [ music playing ] >> reporter: on the streets of mill valley today. the parade route was lined with chairs as people honored what has become a tradition, the memorial day parade. as veterans passed the crowd showed their appreciation. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he was a surgent and urb is in sure-- sergeant who served in korea. >> why did i enjoy this long life and they didn't. >> i think about the new veterans coming out, all their injuries and how we need to help them. >>> for many memorial day, it means more than just time off work and a bbq. >> it is about community and seeing all the things going on. >> reporter: there were folks holding american flags, that doesn't mean they support the war in afghanistan but they support those fighting there and those that fell there. >> i wish we were more supportive of the troops. >> reporter: after all it is a parade. >> i like watching people and i like when they wav

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now, voters in san francisco can vote early from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. monday through friday. it would be closed on may 28 for memorial day and today they sent out vote by mail ballot and already begun bailing pamphlets to voters. >>> twitter is expected to become a key tool as the election kicks into high gear. in the last election twitter was still new. now twitter gets tweets and they could be effective in getting a message across. >>> no word on whether scott thompson still have a job. one of the company's largest share holders called for the firing by this morning because of inaccuracy in his resume. so far yahoo hasn't comments. >>> a jury ruled in favor of oracle in its lawsuit against google. oracle claimed google stole some of oracle's technology. the jury agreed but it could not agree on whether the use was protected fair use. google is moving fora mistrial. >>> ahead, why they say layoffs are necessary and now investors took the news. >>> considering a shake up by placing priorities on certain classes. it would put an end to

. >>> new at 6:00, ktvu's rob roth is live where lawmakers are trying to tackle an issue. >> reporter: veterans are angry with the va office in oakland, they say it is burring them in red tape. >> reporter: so many veterans and families came to the hearing. the room wasn't big enough to hold everyone. he survived world war ii's battle of the bulge but he has been waiting for two years for the va to get his claim. >> now he is just asking for help and now you are running us around in circles. you should be ashamed of yourself. [ cheers and applause ] >> giving you government bureaucracy, i apologize. i we will fix it. >> reporter: theyare not getting anything? >> nothing. >> reporter: the hearing was organized because they are concerned how poorly the oakland office is performing. that office has a back log of 34,000 claims. vets wait almost a year to have the claims processed. officials hired more people and impmenting a system to do better. >> i think we were satisfied with the progress we wouldn't be meeting here today. >> reporter: they will seek the funds necessary to make sure th

rob roth. >> the alameda da has dropped robbery and hate crime charges against three occupy protesters. they were accused of surrounding a woman who criticized their demonstration insulting her perceived sexuality and taking her wallet. one of them pleaded guilty in a separate case. he was ordered to stay away from the plaza as part of his probation. >>> a business located in the middle of the occupy protest is now closed. we found this notice at the coffee shop near the plaza. it said it was a business decision. they it say the coffee stop experienced a up if sales during the protests but that was not a factor in their decision to close. >> a san francisco jury found a richmond man guilty of murder in a shooting that had a ripple effect on night life in the city. the 22-year-old was convicted of shooting killing a 19-year- old outside club suede on february 7th 2010. the city's entertainment commission came under criticism for not doing enough to crack down on violence in nightclubs. a judge later ordered that the club be closed. sentencing has not been set. >> a sacramento jury has c

rob roth live in richmond where he went out with police today to see how they're trying to keep the peacethis evening. rob-- >> reporter: frank a series of recent shootings has richmond residents hiding inside and police on high alert. we road along with two officers today as they patrolled richmond's most troubled areas. typically richmond officers ride solo. by pairing them, police are sending the message. >> the streets know that people are out shooting and there's a back and forth going on and they also see us. >> reporter: this week alone two men have been shot to death in what police say is a battle between a faction from north richmond and a faction from north of town. >> we put patrols specifically looking at those two groups because they are the ones committing it right now. they were given a message that we would come after them if they did gun violence and that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: neighbors say they can feel the tension. richmond is like a ghost town today, hardly anyone is out. everybody is scared bullets will ring out. >> enough is enough, we need to stop t

rob roth talked to his daughter about the cold war tragedy. >> reporter: here in the national cemetery the staff sergeant was buried with full honors finally. he died when his plane crashed while in a secret mission during the cold war 62 years ago but his funeral was today. his daughter was only two at the time. today is a celebration. >> to be able to honor my father in this way and to have so many other people coming together to honor him. it's just -- a great gift. >> reporter: he was last seen on valentine's day in 1950 parachuting out of a bomber like this one over british could lue why. he was just 28. the military said he and his crew were in a secret training exercise practicing in ais of war. the plane was carrying a mark 4atomic bomb but the air first said it didn't have the core for a nuclear blast. this so think -- to this day some question that. it took years before remained could be determined they were him. >> started crying. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: betty showed us this scrap book she started. >> i know he taught me to swim. lot of people think that is crazy

new at 6:00 tonight, rob roth was in the courtroom today as prosecutors accused edwin ramos of lyingon the witness stand. >> reporter: during closing arguments in a san francisco courtroom, the prosecutor told the court that edwin a -- ramos told lie after lie. saying quote, does he care what lies he tells? does he care how many lies he tells? apparently he doesn't, these crimes are senseless murders, nothing else. ramos is accused of driving the car from where bullets were fired and killed bolognia and his two sons. >> i think the evidence in this case very clearly points out that mr. ramos was in the vehicle, that mr. ramos was the shooter. >> reporter: in the most emotionally charged of the trial, the one son who survived the shooter anthony bolonia testified he saw ramos pull the trigger. anthony bolonia's testimony is lethal to the defendant. the prosecution says ramos was a member of a gang when a fellow gang member had been shot earlier that day ramos quote went hunting and mistook the bolonias for gangsters. saying, quote, edwin ramos murdered tony bologna and his two sons fo

ktvu's rob roth shows us a lot has changed since then. rob?> reporter: since the death of a man in these waters off crown beach a year ago the fire department resserected its water rescue program. it take as lot of -- takes a lot of training. in this training exercise a man is 200 yards out drowning, a rescue swimmer pedals out and a boat is launched. in less than two minutes mission accomplished. >> approaching people with caution. making sure that we can enact a rescue safely. >> reporter: this training exercise, this water rescue program wouldn't exist if it weren't for what happened last year on memorial day. >> reporter: he walked into the bay to commit suicide. but police and firefighters can only stand on the beach and watch. the program was disbanded years earlier and no one knew how to safely rescue someone. zack died. his mother still grieves. >> i am still not over it but i am just trying to -- i am just trying to get over all this. >> reporter: in the wake of his death the fire department reinstituted the program. >> whatever scena

ktvu's rob roth is live in the city with how the results could impact students. rob? >> reporter: right now a group of teachers are out here singing protest songs while inside this high school the voting has begun. at issue, whether or not to authorize a strike vote. >> reporter: the san francisco educators association and the school district declared a impasse. >> 31 years, this is the worst. >> reporter: many teachers are upset over the proposal to cut $31 million in salaries and benefits, including four furlough days and then there is the layoff. [ singing ] >> reporter: this afternoon music students were rehorsing. their teach -- rehearsing. their teacher is one of 200 teachers who got pink slips yesterday. >> i haven't told the teachers i may not be back. >> reporter: she is in her first year teaching, it may be her last year. >> makes me feel like i am disposable. that my job doesn't mean anything and my work has been for nothing. >> reporter: officials say the school district can afford to give them what they are asking, a 2% raise but the superintendent says t

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on oikos university. it reopened a week ago but some didn't begin classes till today. we have been told oikos university is paying $1 to use the classroom. they are providing the space as long as it is available out of a mission of community service. in the mean time according to the times, oikos university's finance problems are so severe the president has gone without pay for the past year. >>> the district attorney announced today a teacher who struck and killed a girl last year will not be charged with a crime. investigators say fern white- parker was on the way to work last september when she accidentally struck 6-year-old sioreli torres who was walking walking to school. today the district attorney called it a tragic case but a investigation determined fern white-parker did not break any laws. >>> three sailors confirmed dead and one missing. coast guard video sos the recovery of debris from the sail boat. lost early saturday morning during a race from newport beach to mexico. officials say wind con

ktvu's rob roth is live in san francisco. didn't take long to find people doing just that. right? >> reporter: right. a study shows the memorial day weekend is the most popular weekend of the year for drivers to run red lights. >> reporter: our cameras were roll for a few minutes when we saw a motorcycle run a red light. and this is the day before memorial day weekend. this study found that red light running is 27% higher over memorial day than on non- holiday weekends. he has a theory on why. >> it is the first major holiday of the year where the weather is warmer and people tend to leave town and so they -- more people on the road. >> reporter: in california fatalities dropped but injuries increased. still some pedestrians say when it comes to people running red lights, every day feels like memorial day. >> people are trying to cut in front of you. >> this memorial day i will think. >> reporter: more viailations occurred on fridays in the afternoon. we went looking for drivers sited for red light running and it took us to the line where people pay traffic tickets. they say they

. >>> ktvu's rob roth is here and tells us what leaders decided and what it means, rob. >> reporter: frank for marin county administrator who had gotten in trouble for per forming same-sex marriages, today is a call she calls historic. reverend jane celebrated with her supporters after leaders from marin to the oregon border refused to sanction her for performing same-sex marriages. >> today, today is presbyterian says, we're equal. >> reporter: the elders administers within spar's presbitary rebuked the filing. >> so many people think that it's no to gay and lesbian people, this is a place that said yes. >> reporter: they voted to ignore the national presbyterian rebuke and stuck with spar. some disagreed with the vote. >> by overturning the rebuke you're overturning the constitution, you're overturning what many people deeply think as scripture. >> reporter: for the lesbian, gay couples that spar married, today was a win. the heat may now be shifting from spar to the regional presbytary who could now face a rebuke from the presbyterian church. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the

ktvu's rob roth is live where the loan protester is trying trying to get back against police. >>> the protesters have mostly cleared out and this new fence has just gone up. you can see the police standing by to make sure protesters don't return. there is still one protester and he is sitting in a tree. >> reporter: after three weeks of negotiations that went nowhere, police officers went in and cleared the encampment. police arrested 9. >> they came through as a line, natching peoplic things, anywhere -- snatching people, knicks, anything in the -- people, things, anything in the way. >> reporter: they say some protesters had baseball bats. police say the operation went smoothly. officers from 8 different campuses came to assist. >> we work closely in terms of training so we were confident in their abilities. >> reporter: after police cleared the field there was still a game of cat-and-mouse. this man ran off. police say they are keeping close watch on a protester sitting in a tree. two sources say he urinated in the direction of an officer or through a jar. the plan now is to wait h

the amy moved the iowa and rob roth was there. >> reporter: this morning an old warrior passed through the cardenas straight after 58 years this was the last mile for the u.s.s. battleship iowa. it fought in world war ii and in korea but the navy has placed the iowa more than eight football fields long on reserve status in the bay area. people crowded along the shorelines and piers along martinez. among the faces in the crowd were some of the sailors who once calledded the iowa home. >> my office was right there at the end of that. >> reporter: and those who hasn't seen it in more than half a century until today. >> after having not seen her for so many years, it was like looking at her like i saw her yesterday. >> reporter: howell mannis was among the crew that transported roosevelt to afghanistan for important meetings. >> rying to get me out of the area and the president told him to leave the young man alone. >> another sailor recalled if iowa's pipes bursting as the ship was firing it's weapons during the korean war. >> all of a sudden water come in there. and nobody said a word. n

ktvu rob roth has more, as the defense argued the wrong man is on trial. >> reporter: in court today,he defense attorney told the jury that edward ramos didn't murder three family members, that the real killer is at large. in the closing arguments, the attorney said my big fear in this trial is that you will base your verdict on emotion, and discount evidence that shows that ramos is in fact, innocent. the district attorney says not so. on his office wall the only picture that he has is that of the victims, anthony bologna, and two of his sons, michael and anthony, he says ramos is the real killer. >> we'll show that he is guilty of murder. he was in the car, we believe he was the shooter. >> reporter: but the defense claims it was an ms 13 gang member who fired the fatal shots in the passenger seat of the car that ramos was driving. and that police did not investigate reyes, and that he since fled, he says that it consciousness of guilt. the defense tried to cash out on the testimony of the lone suv of the 2008 shooting, andrew bologna, who said he saw the defendant pull the trigger.

rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. >>> come this just a hot of state parks will close due to budget cuts. how do you actually keep the public away from a park that has been closed. we'll though show you the dilemma trying to keep people away from a state beef. >>> saraly more disappeared 2 months ago today. volunteers continue to search this time in several remote areas of southern santa clara county she vanished after leaving for school morning of march 16th. investigators recovered a red volkswagen jetta that could be linked to her disappearance. >>> an attorney for 52-year- old mary kennedy said she died of unknown causes at her home in pedestrian for new york. she was rfk, jr.'s second wife. robert f. kennedy, jr. is an attorney. >>> the defense rested in the trial of john edwards. he's being tried in north carolina on federal charges of using political donations to support his then pregnant mistress while he ran for the presidential nomination. edwards did not take the stand to testify in his own defense. closing arguments are set to begin tomorrow. edwards faces up to 30 years in pr

he -- rob roth is working on this story. and he will be back at 5:00. >>> the panel could issue the findal recommendation on -- final recommendation on whether ross miracle mirror cau rim -- ross mirror -- ross mirkarimi should be suspended. >>> bay area motorists back on the dumbarton bridge today following the long weekend closure to strengthen the span. we were onhand when the crews opened the bridge again at 3:00 a.m. caltrans officials say the crews replaced an existing joint with a newer joint designed to absorb and dissipate another. that will be happening later on this summer. >>> if you ride caltrain, you can give your opinion on the company's future. riders will be able to weigh in on a new plan to add six more daily runs to the service schedule. this is a big turnaround from where the transit company was a year ago. that's when caltrain faced a $30 million budget gap. the company dug its way out of a financial crisis. commuters are being asked to attend that community hearing tomorrow. >>> tomorrow's national spel

rob roth. >> the man rain county voter said she seeing a record number of requests for absentee ballots this election. she said she has gotten requests from nearly 62% of marin's registered voters. >> vandals tag a catholic church. the destruction found including one relevant . >> a foreign diplomat accused of a violent crime. what he is suspected of doing and the surprising reason why he is not in jail. >> at first developing news from oaklan mom? hmm? what does your esophagus look like? let's look it up after school. here. thanks, anita. eww. dad, how did luke cage get his powers? umm... here, i'll show you. [ comic book expert ] luke cage's superhuman powers... thanks, anita. mom, how is paper recycled? anita! anita! [ male announcer ] answer life's most pressing questions. instantly. get high speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month for 12 months. at&t. ♪ at&t. ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ pop goes the world [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind

rob roth. >> the man rain county voter said she seeing a record number of requests for absentee ballots this election. she said she has gotten requests from nearly 62% of marin's registered voters. >> vandals tag a catholic church. the destruction found including one relevant . >> a foreign diplomat accused of a violent crime. what he is suspected of doing and the surprising reason why he is not in jail. >> at first developing news from oakland. what we have learned on the scene of a shooting in the last 90 minutes. . >>> we are following developing news in oakland right now where a man was shot in the head tonight. police say he was able to get out of his car and walk in search of help. the shooting happened around 9:00. witnesses say the victim was sitting in the drivers seat of a car when someone drove by and opened fire. they say that they heard shots and the man was taken to the hospital. >>> new a diplomat charged with 17 counts of domestic violence against his wife. amber lee is live where the da said this kind of violence won't be ignored no matter who the suspect is. amber. >>

ktvu's rob roth is live where he spoke to several parents who are very concerned about what's going on there. rob. >> reporter: frank, just here at this one school, hogan middle school several students tell us they've been the victims of bullying. jailin tells us she began attending hogan middle school and on her second day of school this happened. the video shows mayhem. >> everybody started jumping in at the same time. i felt mad about it. it just irritates me. >> reporter: a few months later, video of another girl under attack. the video made the rounds on the social networks but the victim's mother has posted it on change.org to create awareness on bullying. >> at first i was so outraged and i thought you know what you've already done this. let's make this, we're going to turn this around and expose the bullies and show what's going on in our schools. >> reporter: a vallejo school official said they do not have a problem bullying. ktvu ran a story about anti bullying videos being shown in vallejo. >> i feel the least safe during lunchtime. >> reporter: jaline refuses to step one fo

rob roth is covering the story and is going to give you a much more in-depth look at this coming up on our news at 5:00. live from oakland, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> a security scare at san francisco airport caused flight delays and long lines for peeping jeers this morning. a passenger waiting to be rescreened took a picture this morning at 3:30 a.m. a security guard allowed a passenger into the secure area of terminal three without permission. officials then cleared the terminal, which handles united airlines. it re-opened a few hours later but everyone have to by rescreened. flights are now on schedule. >>> a lukewarm jobs reports this morning shows for the second straight month employers pulled back on hiring. the economy added just 115,000 jobs last month, 39,000 fewer than in march. however, the unemployment rate still managed to slip from 8.2 to 8.1%, but only because more people stopped looking for a job. president obama welcomed the lower jobless rates but said it is not enough. >> s if we are going to recover all the jobs that were lost

reporting live in san francisco, rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. >>> mountain view police are reportinghat a man exposed himself to the same girl twice as she walked home from school. the 13-year-old girl was walking home when a man pulled up in a car, possibly a jeep and exposed himself. police believe the same man did the same thing to the girl a little more than a year ago february 2011 that incident reportedly happened on middle field road near wise man sports pavilion. >>> bed bath and beyond is buying oakland based cost plus for $495 million. for the past two years, cost plus has been operating specialty food departments in some bed bath and beyond stores. cost plus started in 1958 at san francisco's fisherman's war of. >>> when -- wharf. >>> apples online store has a lot of happy customers, e retail satisfaction index says amazon topped the list but apple showed the biggest jump in customer satisfaction. apple scored 85 out of 100 points in this year's index up 80 points last year. >>> cisco systems beat analyst earnings expectations by a penny a share today but stock felony way.

iowa, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> college debt has never been higher but you may be able to lower your payments, maybe even stop them. >>> and at 10:45, a simple test to detect [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian mebkeflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> most people agree the cost of a college education is soaring. and often the fact of paying them off doesn't hit until after graduation. >> congratulations and good luck class of 2012. >> reporter: it's all over. and now diploma day. time to start paying off those college loans. >> over 30,000. >> 40 to 50k. >> over 54,000. >> like 30 grand, man. >> reporter: they're certainly not the only ones with the repayment burden on their back. more than 30 million americans now owe a trillion dollars in college loans. almost 90% in federal loans. and perhaps surp

. >>> ktvu's rob roth tells us about the heartbreaking words from a victim's husband. >> reporter: one goh sat shackled. at times he appeared to be talking to himself. then flanked by a korean interpreter his public defender entered a plea to seven counts of murder. among these spectators was this man, he was the brother of a victim. >> i don't know why he's not guilty. he killed my sister and several others were killed. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says goh no longer is refusing to eat. >> he started eating over the weekend, don't know exactly why. >> reporter: earlier today family and friends gathered to say goodbye to doris chabuco a 40-year-old nursing student shot to death. she left nigeria where she practiced law to come to the united states looking for a better life. she leaves mind a husband and four children. >> my youngest one is constantly asking for mom. she wants mom. she wants mommy. you know, i told her mommy is with god. and she says she wants to go to god and be with mommy. >> reporter: andy says he's not thinking about what should happen to the accused killer

. >>> ktvu's rob roth tells us about the heartbreaking words from a victim's husband. >> reporter: one goh sat shackled. at times he appeared to be talking to himself. then flanked by a korean interpreter his public defender entered a plea to seven counts of murder. among these spectators was this man, he was the brother of a victim. >> i don't know why he's not guilty. he killed my sister and several others were killed. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says goh no longer is refusing to eat. >> he started eating over the weekend, don't know exactly why. >> reporter: earlier today family and friends gathered to say goodbye to doris chabuco a 40-year-old nursing student shot to death. she left nigeria where she practiced law to come to the united states looking for a better life. she leaves mind a husband and four children. >> my youngest one is constantly asking for mom. she wants mom. she wants mommy. you know, i told her mommy is with god. and she says she wants to go to god and be with mommy. >> reporter: andy says he's not thinking about what should happen to the accused killer

ktvu's rob roth tells you, what police are recommending police do and don't do the next time they have to deal with protesters, rob. >> right now it's a quiet evening out here at uc berkeley. there's no demonstrations but this new report has just been released. taking a toll hasn't approach. >> uc davis last november, campus police used pepper spray on students during an occupy demonstration. 70miles away at uc berkeley, police used pepper spray on students during a separate occupy protest. recommending how uc handle future demonstrations. >> had our recommendations been in place. the mistakes that were made in november would not have been made. >>> the report recommends police use an incremental approach to protests and not rush to use pepper spray. >> it can't be ruled out completely but we recommend a presumption against the use of pepper spray. >> reporter: high level administrators should also be directly involved in decision making during the demonstrations the report recommends. it suggests, they use mediators to help reduce tensions. >> we report that government, universities w

in alameda, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new information tonight about the fatal stabbing of az. tonight police called the attack random and unprovoked saying the suspect and the victim did not know each other. police identified the victim as 38-year-old shannon kathleen collins. this photo shows her in a halloween costume at the longerei store camouflage that she owned with her husband. collins was killed yesterday on broadway while walking back from a hairdressers appointment. police say they arrested charles anthony edwards on suspicion. he was locked up at atascadero state hospital following a conviction 12 years ago. >>> a pilot from pen grove pled not guilty today to flying a small plane while intoxicated. chp officers say 62-year-old michael ferrero failed a sobriety test after he was spotted flying recklessly over highway 37. the officers told us he was buzzing drivers just 20 feet over the road. a young sentenced ferr era to three years in jail, and 26 days of volunteer service. that's in addition to a $2,300 fine. >>> the bay area high schools on a new list of the top

in alameda, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new information tonight about the fatal stabbing of awoman in santa cruz. tonight police called the attack random and unprovoked saying the suspect and the victim did not know each other. police identified the victim as 38-year-old shannon kathleen collins. this photo shows her in a halloween costume at the longerei store camouflage that she owned with her husband. collins was killed yesterday on broadway while walking back from a hairdressers appointment. police say they arrested charles anthony edwards on suspicion. he was locked up at atascadero state hospital following a conviction 12 years ago. >>> a pilot from pen grove pled not guilty today to flying a small plane while intoxicated. chp officers say 62-year-old michael ferrero failed a sobriety test after he was spotted flying recklessly over highway 37. the officers told us he was buzzing drivers just 20 feet over the road. a young sentenced ferr era to three years in jail, and 26 days of volunteer service. that's in addition to a $2,300 fine. >>> the bay area high schools on a n

iowa, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> college debt has never been higher but you may be able to lower your payments, maybe even stop them. >>> and at 10:45, a simple test to detect autism, how a child holds his or her head could be a red flag. >>> we're learning about a fatal accident on napa county's silverado trail, we'll explain what happened. [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> most people agree the cost of a college education is soaring. and often the fact of paying them off doesn't hit until after graduation. >> congratulations and good luck class of 2012. >> reporter: it's all over. and now diploma day. time to start paying off those college loans. >> over 30,000. >> 40 to 50k. >> over 54,000. >> like 30 grand, man. >> reporter: they're certainly not the only ones with the repayment burden on their back. more than 30 million a