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we begin with ktvu's heather holmes. >> reporter: frank the good news is they're still at it. both commuters and employees hope the next time they break, it's to come down here and make an announcement that a deal has been reached. it was the third day of labor pains for commuters standing in line at this bus stop in oakland. >> this b.a.r.t. thing is just crazy. >> reporter: and for striking employees, who rallied tonight outside the building where negotiations are taking place. >> i'm ready to go back. >> reporter: leo ruiz is one of those meeting behind doors. >> we're working on it. we're working, and that's all i can say, i can't say anything else. >> reporter: as stations remained close, pressure is mounting for the two sides to resume a deal. >> we'll keep talking, we'll keep working to get the trains going. >> reporter: for now, the trains sit idle, making things miserable for this college student. >> it's ridiculous. i'm late for classes. it's frustrating. >> reporter: and stressful for b.a.r.t. employees. >> i brought my keys. i worked one shift. i could go back as s

we begin with ktvu's heather holmes. >> reporter: frank the good news is they're still at it. both commuters and employees hope the next time they break, it's to come down here and make an announcement that a deal has been reached. it was the third day of labor pains for commuters standing in line at this bus stop in oakland. >> this b.a.r.t. thing is just crazy. >> reporter: and for striking employees, who rallied tonight outside the building where negotiations are taking place. >> i'm ready to go back. >> reporter: leo ruiz is one of those meeting behind doors. >> we're working on it. we're working, and that's all i can say, i can't say anything else. >> reporter: as stations remained close, pressure is mounting for the two sides to resume a deal. >> we'll keep talking, we'll keep working to get the trains going. >> reporter: for now, the trains sit idle, making things miserable for this college student. >> it's ridiculous. i'm late for classes. it's frustrating. >> reporter: and stressful for b.a.r.t. employees. >> i brought my keys. i worked one shift. i could go back as s

. >>> it is monday july 8th, i am heather h holmes, in for gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. more than two days of the crashing of asiana, 214. here is the latest information. the ntsb pinpointed, it is slower than the target speed of 137 knot. investigators say they plan to interview the flight crews today. the sections of the plane tail have been recovered by the bay water. >> the cabin manager of the asiana spoke with korean san francisco today just before the crash, she felt two big jolts of the plane swaying from side to side. her crew act heroically. on the dramatic accounts on the crash response and rescue. >> oh my god , it is an accident. when the moment they got the alarm at san francisco international airport, it took less than 50 seconds to reach the runway. >> the communication from the tower was alert 3, plane crash, plane crash. >> firefighters today said the side of the broken boeing 777 was shocking. a disaster they practiced for but never expected to experience. >> all the time we are looking and it seems to be surreal. >> fire lieutenant david joined

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reporting live tonight in san francisco, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> more details now. those who traffic the flow of traffic say today was undoubtably the heaviest traffic they have seen in a very long time. at the toll plaza, a lot of drivers were paying cash. we're told the drive from walnut creek took about an hour and 45 minutes. that is twice as long as normal. and the macarthur maze was still backed up at 10:00 this morning. on a usual day, it would be smooth sailing by then. typically carrying 14,000 passengers from oakland, to san francisco. an official told us their bus has probably carried more than double that number of passengers today. >>> public transit alternatives can cost extra time and money. here is a comparison. the cost of an adult b.a.r.t. ticket from down to to the embarcadero is $3.15 one way. that ride normally takes about 11 minutes. the ac transit bus from oakland to san francisco is $4.20 one way. the san francisco bay ferry from oakland's jack london square to the ferry building costs $6.25 one way, and takes about 30 minutes. a small group

heather holmes is live now in san francisco, where a post verdict rally is planned. >> reporter: no matter the verdict, manning supporters say they'll be here at powle and market, they called manning a hero, but the government calls him a traitor, and says he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. his guilt or innocence will be decided. the military judge will bring the court-martial trial to an end. >> we're hopeful. >> reporter: bay area supporters of manning do not believe the former intelligence officer should be convicted of aiding the enemy for releasing documents to wikileaks. >> we belief he's being overprosecuted. including an aiding the enemy charge that could send him to prison for life. we believe it's outrageous, that a whistle-blower who gave information to the media for the public good could be facing that. >> reporter: he also stands facing espionage charges and computer theft. his defense attorney insisted during the trial that manning had no evil intent. when asked about the case at a san francisco fundraiser in 2011, president obama said manning broke the law. >>

heather holmes is live now in san francisco, where a post verdict rally is planned. >> reporter: no matter the verdict, manning supporters say they'll be here at powle and market, they called manning a hero, but the government calls him a traitor, and says he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. his guilt or innocence will be decided. the military judge will bring the court-martial trial to an end. >> we're hopeful. >> reporter: bay area supporters of manning do not believe the former intelligence officer should be convicted of aiding the enemy for releasing documents to wikileaks. >> we belief he's being overprosecuted. including an aiding the enemy charge that could send him to prison for life. we believe it's outrageous, that a whistle-blower who gave information to the media for the public good could be facing that. >> reporter: he also stands facing espionage charges and computer theft. his defense attorney insisted during the trial that manning had no evil intent. when asked about the case at a san francisco fundraiser in 2011, president obama said manning broke the law. >>

. >>> new at 10:00, heather holmes is live in san francisco and tells us, republicans see this as an opening. >> reporter: they certainly do, ken with the president's approval rating plummeting, republicans see an opportunity with the gop set to launch a program that it hopes will have an impact on the intern election. faced with few women in their ranks. >> growing opportunities for women. >> reporter: republicans are reaching out with a series of new programs aimed at recruiting more women to run for political office. >> i think it's great. i would love to see the day when it's 50% women. >> reporter: in march, she became the first woman elected vice chair of the state republican party. >> we don't have any women representatives in congress. that's a concern to me as a woman leader of the party. >> reporter: across the country, last election, democrats dominated with female voters. according to a study from the rutgers center. 109 republican women ran for the house. 20 won their elections. by comparison, 190 democratic women launched house campaigns, and 62 were elected. >> it is t

reporting live tonight in san francisco, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> more details now. those who traffic the flow of traffic say today was undoubtably the heaviest traffic they have seen in a very long time. at the toll plaza, a lot of drivers were paying cash. we're told the drive from walnut creek took about an hour and 45 minutes. that is twice as long as normal. and the macarthur maze was still backed up at 10:00 this morning. on a usual day, it would be smooth sailing by then. typically carrying 14,000 passengers from oakland, to san francisco. an official told us their bus has probably carried more than double that number of passengers today. >>> public transit alternatives can cost extra time and money. here is a comparison. the cost of an adult b.a.r.t. ticket from down to to the embarcadero is $3.15 one way. that ride normally takes about 11 minutes. the ac transit bus from oakland to san francisco is $4.20 one way. the san francisco bay ferry from oakland's jack london square to the ferry building costs $6.25 one way, and takes about 30 minutes. a small group

. >>> new at 10:00, heather holmes is live in san francisco and tells us, republicans see this as an opening. >> reporter: they certainly do, ken with the president's approval rating plummeting, republicans see an opportunity with the gop set to launch a program that it hopes will have an impact on the intern election. faced with few women in their ranks. >> growing opportunities for women. >> reporter: republicans are reaching out with a series of new programs aimed at recruiting more women to run for political office. >> i think it's great. i would love to see the day when it's 50% women. >> reporter: in march, she became the first woman elected vice chair of the state republican party. >> we don't have any women representatives in congress. that's a concern to me as a woman leader of the party. >> reporter: across the country, last election, democrats dominated with female voters. according to a study from the rutgers center. 109 republican women ran for the house. 20 won their elections. by comparison, 190 democratic women launched house campaigns, and 62 were elected. >> it is t

. >>> it is wednesday, july 10th, hello, everyone, i'm heather holmes in for gasia. >> an amber alert is in effect after the disappearance of a toddler. we've got paul chambers live in oakland with an update on the search of that little girl. >>> it's been about five hours since the child went missing. >> they're going to release a photo of daphne's father to see if anyone has seen them together in the last 30 days. >> it is possible the child was not in the car, the child was taken. >> we're reaching out to the community because we don't know. >> her father entered this market on the corner of 79th and international boulevard. >> a witnesses is daphne's grandmother. >> the woman is disabled, however when the father came out of the store, daphne was missing. >> i happened to see the car seat and it was missing so my heartfelt for him immediately because it was empty. his mom was sitting there kind of distraught. >> officers have continued to search for little daphne. police do not believe the suspect had any relation to the girl. >> the suspect is described as a female is an african-a

i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. the family of a missing 21- month-old girl handed out flyers today, hoping for her safe return, this as her grandparents shed light on the last time she was seen by someone other than her father. we have new information about the weeks leading up to daphne webb's disappearance. >> reporter: kevin davis leads a group through the oak mill neighborhood. >> just what you can see right here. >> reporter: it's where his granddaughter, daphne, lived with her father, anthony webb. >> somebody somewhere knows something. >> mm-hmm. >> we got to knock on doors till we find that person. >> reporter: webb report the girl missing more than two weeks ago. >> we expect the best. we prepare for the worst. >> reporter: oakland police arrested webb on child endangerment charges. when the district attorney declined to file, he was released. >> my daughter's missing! >> reporter: we knocked on his door today. a woman who answered said they didn't want to talk. detectives want to know the last time anyone

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. >>> it's been a day full of protests all over the country with people calling for justice for trayvon martin. we want to show you a live look from news over downtown oakland. there's protesters on bicycles on the streets. that's oakland city hall on the left side of the screen. they are right near frank ogawa plaza. that's been the epicenter of the protest for the last few days as oakland and other cities across the country participate in these protests against the george zimmerman verdict. we've been covering the demonstrations all day long. ktvu's jade hernandez is following protesters but we begin with noelle walker. >> reporter: this is where a bike protest is. people gathered around 5:00. just a short minutes ago, they went on the move. you can see from newschopper2 they are at 14th and broadway. right now we're told they are on their way to west oakland. this is one of many rallies planned today. earlier we were at a rally downtown where any talked about having peaceful demonstrations today. >> what do we want! >> justice! >> reporter: tiny

. >>> good morning, i'm heather holmes. >> the ntsb is zeroing in on what happened in the crash landingt killed two people. they are also zeroing in on what happened after the plane went down. the ntsb is also trying to speak with all four pilots to find out who was at the controls when the crash happened. we now know one of the inflatable chutes appears to have malfunctioned and opened inward, trapping two flight attendants, investigators are looking into whether one of two people that died was killed by an emergency vehicle rushing to the team. team coverage begins with christian and the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: ntsb investigators spent another day going over the wreckage of flight 214, still here on the runway. it appears at least one of the emergency slides did not deploy properly, it deployed in the cab inof the airplane instead of out on the run way. investigators walked through the debris field of the crash of airbornian a flight 214. pieces of the crash were thrown several hundred feet. they want to talk to the crew while details are fresh. >> we are conducting

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. it started with a routine check and ended up as a chase. >> reporter: we are live near the u.s. coast guard station on yerba buena island. this is where our information came from tonight. we were told that an armed coast guard unit boarded this sailboat and a short time later, they were arrested. we were told the coast guard pinpointed a sailboat without markings. >> we headed in and the captain did not allow us to come on board, which raised suspicion further. >> reporter: the captain told the coast guard to drop their weapons and he would give permission to finally board their vessels. the units refused to lower their guns, tells the captain to prepare for their boarding. there was some type of confrontation and the coast guard arrested him. he was the only person on board. the coast guard says it's unusual to come upon an unmarked boat. he says it means the captain and sailboat are stateless. >>> we have new details tonight about the role of phone calls in the limousine fair. the w

. >> and i'm heather holmes in tonight for gasia.hort while ago we learned new information about the deadly crash of asiana 214. the commanding pilot was on his first trip as a flight instructor. we also learned today that two of the flight attendants were thrown ejected from the plane after it slam into the sea wall. and that the landing gear actually hit first when the plane crashed. we have a team coverage of tonight's developments including the bay area visit by head of asiana airline. we begin tonight with ken pritchett and the very latest on the investigation. >> reporter: heather today we learned that three of the four members of the pilot crew had been interviewed by the time we had that ntsb briefing this afternoon. that was around 3:00 this afternoon, and a fourth crew member was in the process of being interviewed. we learned not only was the pilots behind the plane, not only was it his first time landing a 777 and the instructor, it was his first time instructing as well. the crash of 214 had several firsts. we knew the p

. >>> good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. we of course want to show you the first shots seen of the plane crash. the rear of the plane strike it is sea wall. that's when the tail separates. the rest of the plane skids into the runway. kicking up a cloud of debris. >> oh my god. how did this happen? >> reporter: this is video of the crash that just came into our newsroom showing the emergency chuting opening. you can see the people coming down those chutes and running away from the plane. as the passengers flee, there are fire trucks and other emergency personnel arriving at the side of the fuselage. >>> as for the investigation here is the latest. the pilot was in training and had very little experience on 777. and the ntsb says the crew tried to aboard the landing just a second or two before impact. >> the two victims are identified tonight as 16-year- old schoolgirls from china. they were headed to a summer camp in southern california and there is word tonight that a first response vehicle may have run over one of the girls

heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> three suspects are being held for questioning in connection with an armed robbery. investigators say it happened around 1:00 p.m. at bennett jewelers. police say one of the suspects pointed a firearm at employees and customer while the other smashed several jewelry cases. police won't say what they took. investigators then say an employee pulled out a gun and shot at the suspects that got away. >>> tonight a child care worker in morgan hill is under arrest for committing lewd acts with a 6-year-old girl he was watching. during the investigation, police say they found another possible victim. >> reporter: people at this ymca child care program in morgan hill say they are reeling after a teacher's assistant 21 nicholas larmaney was arrested for lewd and lascivious acts of a 6-year-old girl. it occurred while nicholas was on duty friday and another worker was not around. one parent was visibly upset. >> reporter: do you plan to keep them in the program? >> i don't know. >> reporter: -- >> he took the child to another location alone. >> reporter: the young girl

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. we begin with breaking news, tensions rose tonight in oakland after protesters tried to block motorists in downtown oakland. the group which has been relatively peaceful all day were told the disperse less than an hour ago. >> the group has been rallying in regard to the george zimmerman not guilty verdict. >>> we begin with deborah villalon. >> reporter: a lot of anger, a lot of anguish over the verdict and you can hear and see it right now at 14th street and broadway. for the second night in a row about 100 people are ignoring police orders to disperse. they are circling the intersection. this is what remains of a march of 500 that started about five hours ago. sanford florida is some 7,000 miles away from oakland. but for this crowd the trayvon martin story feels local. reminiscent of young unarmed oscar grant shot by a cop convicted of manslaughter. now watchmen george zimmerman walks free. >> we're all americans, we're all human and we should all be angry. it was a travesty, zimm

. >> i'm heather holmes as another bart strike looms both sighs tonight report some progress, but no deals and no imminent contract agreement. there are now just eight days left before the union's 30-day contract extension is set to expire. that is coming up on august 4th. both sides met today with no deal reached. talks will resume, but not until monday as the clock ticks closer to the deadline. ktvu's debora villalon is in oakland after taking the temperatures on both sides. >> reporter: for 23 days the trains have run, the riders happy, if not completely confident. >> we have not wasted the time. we have had made progress bart a its two major unions have failed to make a deal. >> because the main negotiator isn't there, we're talking about secondary type issues, smaller issues, not the big- ticket items. >> reporter: bart's lead negotiator tom hoch has been on vacation, and workers mock him by wearing hawaiian shirts and the buses that bart hired to shuttle passengers during the strike were from his company. >> in thomas hoch's company stands to earn a penny off of running a shutt

heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> three suspects are being held for questioning in connection with an armed robbery. investigators say it happened around 1:00 p.m. at bennett jewelers. police say one of the suspects pointed a firearm at employees and customer while the other smashed several jewelry cases. police won't say what they took. investigators then say an employee pulled out a gun and shot at the suspects that got away. >>> tonight a child care worker in morgan hill is under arrest for committing lewd acts with a 6-year-old girl he was watching. during the investigation, police say they found another possible victim. >> reporter: people at this ymca child care program in morgan hill say they are reeling after a teacher's assistant 21 nicholas larmaney was arrested for lewd and lascivious acts of a 6-year-old girl. it occurred while nicholas was on duty friday and another worker was not around. one parent was visibly upset. >> reporter: do you plan to keep them in the program? >> i don't know. >> reporter: -- >> he took the child to another location alone. >> reporter: the young girl

. >> hello everyone, i'm heather holmes. it has been a day full of the protest all over the country, including reichert here in the bay area. people were calling for justice for trayvon martin and they marched from frank ogawa plaza to lake merritt. ers were followed by a heavy police presence graham johnson a live look at a quiet downtown oakland as you can see here, a different scene than just a few hours ago. oakland police tell ktvu there were no arrested during today's protest. security remained tight around each rally and march planned in oakland. >> ktvu's jade hender questions about live near lake merritts a new amphitheater, where a candlelight vigil wrapped up just about an hour ago. >> reporter: heather, tonight, began much as it began very peacefully. dozens of people gathered as the sunset. >> peace and love is the way forward for us and that is how we actually achieve justice. >> tonight candles burnedded for young people who lost their lives to gun violence and for trayvon martin, one man is disappointed by fl

good evening, i'm ken wayne, heather holmes is off tonight. >>> we begin with breaking news out of sanford, florida. we want to show you a live look from the courthouse where the jury acquitted george zimmerman of all charges in connection to the death of 17-year-old teenager trayvon martin. now we want to show you a live picture in san francisco's mission district. you can see police vehicles lined up in the streets, a large crowd is gathered at 24/7 and valencia and on mission street from 16th to cesar chavez, which was closed by protesters tonight, anger at the verdict. police on standby, monitoring the situation. so far, things have been peaceful. >> earlier tonight protesters began gathering outside of the florida courtroom. civil rights groups have had a close eye on this case from the very beginning saying there were racial undertones in the shooting of the unarmed black teen by the volunteer neighborhood watchman. the family of trayvon martin was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read on advice of their attorneys. >> they have sat here for four weeks and i don't know how ha

. >> i am heather holmes. right now police are searching for the gunman who shot a home depot employee. ktvu's jade hernandez is live outside the store to tell us what led up to the gunfire. jade? >> reporter: it appears that a thief was trying to get away with tools and it happened right here at this home depot this afternoon. look at this video. police say this happened around 12:30 p.m. at home depot. two security officers tried to take the man into custody. police say the thief pulled out a gun and shot wan of the officers in the arm -- one of the officers on the arm. the shooter ran from the parking lot, headed east, then north. we spoke to a man who say employees told him the officer shot, was a new employee. >> we pulled in as the first officer arrived. there were hysterical people in the gardening department. >> reporter: we spoke to home depot speaksman and they said the shooting didn't shut down the store. the man was 30-40 years old with gray hair worn in a ponytail, 6 feet tall and was clothes were

healther -- heather holmes is live with the very latest. >> reporter: we saw how far away both sides are. b.a.r.t. says it is offering 2% a year for employees. the union though says it won't take less than 4.5%. as you can see here that is a really big gap. and caught right here in the middle in this war over wages are writer who say they're not sure this gap could be filled in time. -- are riders who say they're not sure this gap could be filled in time. >> we are here to bargain a contract not give you erronious information. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. officials claim that since negotiations began it has gone from $100 million to $33 million in give back. >> doubling our salary proposal. slashing the medical proposal in half i would disagree that we're getting the work. this is fair movement offer ago fair deal. >> reporter: but the unions not only dispute the numbers but accuse b.a.r.t. of violating a gag order. still the talks continue giving some hope. but all of the rhetoric has riders feeling feeling the blues as they wait for both sides to reach a deal. >> t not good for anybody at

. >> i am heather holmes. >> president obama, police and leaders called for calm following the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman trial. but today for a second day demonstrators in the bay area are rallying against the verdict. ktvu's christien kafton is with protesters in san francisco but we begin with eric rasmussen live in oakland where last night's demonstration sparked violence and vandalism. >> reporter: it sounds like a large march through downtown is getting ready to start. look behind me. hundreds filled in in the last 45 minutes. denouncing the acquittal of george zimmerman. many say they are angry but not everyone is expressing it in the same way. >> it is a racist system. >> reporter: 3,000 miles from florida where trayvon martin was killed and a jury acquitted george zimmerman. protesters in oakland are back in the spotlight denouncing the justice system. >> we are all trayvon martin. >> this needs to stop. i have children and they are getting older. i don't want them to live in fear. i don't want to be afraid for my son. >> reporter: from this rally, protesters rema

heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> now to the south bay, where san jose fire investigators are looking into whether a tractor sparked a three acre grass fire this evening. it started at 6:00. crews quickly put ott the flames, we're told several tractors were cutting grass in the area when the fire started. >>> an update now on an internet gaming cafe that abruptly shut down yesterday after our news crew showed up and started asking question: when a crew went inside yesterday. were playing games on computers and winning money. we asked the manager about the legality of machines that offer cash payouts. the manager then told everyone to leave and closed down. the city attorney is considering filing an injunction to permanently force it to close. >>> a natural gas leak that prompted evacuations in contra contra costa county has been capped. an east bay mud crew ruptured the gas line this morning. crews shut down danville boulevard for most of the day. the water utility says markings that indicate where crews can dig and are supposed to prevent such accidents were inaccurate. homes

heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> now to the south bay, where san jose fire investigators are looking into whether a tractor sparked a three acre grass fire this evening. it started at 6:00. crews quickly put ott the flames, we're told several tractors were cutting grass in the area when the fire started. >>> an update now on an internet gaming cafe that abruptly shut down yesterday after our news crew showed up and started asking question: when a crew went inside yesterday. were playing games on computers and winning money. we asked the manager about the legality of machines that offer cash payouts. the manager then told everyone to leave and closed down. the city attorney is considering filing an injunction to permanently force it to close. >>> a natural gas leak that prompted evacuations in contra contra costa county has been capped. an east bay mud crew ruptured the gas line this morning. crews shut down danville boulevard for most of the day. the water utility says markings that indicate where crews can dig and are supposed to prevent such accidents were inaccurate. homes

ktvu's heather holmes is here now with tonight's special report. >> gasia, i recently went along withs as they hit the streets of san francisco to crackdown on an old problem that is raising new concerns. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the soothing sound of a violinist greets muni riders. above ground, the greeting is not as warm for those catching the bus. these transit shelters that provide seating for bus passengers, and information about stops and vehicles, are also a hotbed for criminal activity, and drug and alcohol use. on a recent weekday, a team of san francisco officers, some uniformed, some undercover. >> any questions so far? >> reporter: deploys a special operation along one of muni's problematic routes. >> we want to stop the crimes before they occur. >> reporter: it takes only minutes for us to find our first offender. >> this is a sign sir, it says no smoking within 20 feet. >> reporter: a man is caught smoking marijuana. he does have a zip lock bag of pot. >> i wasn't trying to go nowhere. >> reporter: around the corner on mission street. >> do you realize being in possessi

healther -- heather holmes is live with the very latest. >> reporter: we saw how far away both sides are. b.a.r.t. says it is offering 2% a year for employees. the union though says it won't take less than 4.5%. as you can see here that is a really big gap. and caught right here in the middle in this war over wages are writer who say they're not sure this gap could be filled in time. -- are riders who say they're not sure this gap could be filled in time. >> we are here to bargain a contract not give you erronious information. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. officials claim that since negotiations began it has gone from $100 million to $33 million in give back. >> doubling our salary proposal. slashing the medical proposal in half i would disagree that we're getting the work. this is fair movement offer ago fair deal. >> reporter: but the unions not only dispute the numbers but accuse b.a.r.t. of violating a gag order. still the talks continue giving some hope. but all of the rhetoric has riders feeling feeling the blues as they wait for both sides to reach a deal. >> t not good for anybody at

ktvu's heather holmes is here now with tonight's special report. >> gasia, i recently went along withrs as they hit the streets of san francisco to crackdown on an old problem that is raising new concerns. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the soothing sound of a violinist greets muni riders. above ground, the greeting is not as warm for those catching the bus. these transit shelters that provide seating for bus passengers, and information about stops and vehicles, are also a hotbed for criminal activity, and drug and alcohol use. on a recent weekday, a team of san francisco officers, some uniformed, some undercover. >> any questions so far? >> reporter: deploys a special operation along one of muni's problematic routes. >> we want to stop the crimes before they occur. >> reporter: it takes only minutes for us to find our first offender. >> this is a sign sir, it says no smoking within 20 feet. >> reporter: a man is caught smoking marijuana. he does have a zip lock bag of pot. >> i wasn't trying to go nowhere. >> reporter: around the corner on mission street. >> do you realize being in possess

i'm heather holmes. the clearest video yet of yesterday's deadly asiana airlines crash at sfo surfaced today taken from a park in millbrae. the boeing jumbo jet with 300 passengers and crew crash lands, pirouettes, skids and comes down into a field to rest as dust flies. we showed this video to a retired airline captain who has made many landings at sfo. >> he's coming in pretty nose high and it looks like he's short. the approach apparently might have been a bit slow. possibly the airplane in front of them might have created wake turbulence. that's the other thing that could have happened because of slight cross-wind. that wind turbulence is going to stay around for a long time. >> the ntsb has just started to release the first pictures their investigators have taken at the crash site. inside the cabin all the seats are mangled. it is notable there does not seem to be any burned areas. other images show the outside of the plane and including the landing gear. we have learned much more today about the cr

ktvu channel 2 news' heather holmes gives you an exclusive look at the problem.not just about arresting people. we reveal what police are doing differently to prevent future crimes like this. monday on the 10:00 news, on ktvu channel 2 news. complete bay area news coverage. ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 'cause over 40 general mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. just look for the g. boom! that's how nutrition is done, people. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® >>> george zimmerman is a free man this morning. the evidence, prosecutors say, should have convinced the jury he was guilty. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2 this sunday, july 14. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. almost immediately after the verdict, protests began across the country and right here in the bay area. this morning, police are preparing for even more demonstrations today. officers are hopi