allie rasmus talked to the mother of one of those girls. >> i don't want anybody else to go through something like this. >> reporter: emotional and still shaken up. the mother of a 6-year-old girl wanted to tell us what to tell parents. >> i was thinking who's kid is next? >> reporter: she's talking about the man in this surveillance video, wearing a black dressed shirt, and red tie. the mother and her daughter were in the toy aisle in target in san leandro monday evening when she first noticed the guy. she had her back turned for a few minutes, when her daughter ran up to her very upset. >> she said that man punched my butt mommy. >> the exact same type of incident with a young girl, less than 10 years old again who had been separated from a parentle while looking at items in the store

ktvu's allie rasmus explains what measure z is all about and why some voters are questioning whether the money is worth it. >> reporter: every vote counts. he works for oakland california, he meets with kids coming out of juvenile hall. >> we do a lot for the community and we don't want these to go away. >> reporter: measure z is an extension of a existing tax. most pay $99 a year. if renewed 12 million goes to the police department, 2 million the fire department and 8 million for non-profit groups. >> we agree on measure z. >> reporter: mayor jean quan and four candidates offered dyer predictions if it fails. >> if measure z fails we will be cutting officers and cutting vital violence prevention programs. >> reporter: they warned oakland could lose 50 police officers. but other voters wondered whether the original measure was worth it. there are 600 80s officers for a city -- 680 officers for the city. supporters say it is different in that it is specific about police staffing. >> there has to be a minimum of 678 officers in order to collect the tax. >> reporter: in order for measur

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. giants fans are sharing their tributes now on www.ktvu.com and you can see a slide show under hot topics. >>> 2 brothers are under arrest after a bath room brawl at levi stadium that left a man in the hospital. ktvu's azenith smith shows us the video and hears from a witness who said the man who was hit was just trying to help. >> i could see it would happen. i tried to tell the guy walk away. >> reporter: this fan was the third person in the line in the men's rest room. he sensed a fight brewing between two 49er fans before kickoff before yesterday's game. >> they were arguing. why did you nudge me. and the guy that got hit was nice, you know, like, i am sorry, i was trying to tell you there was an open stall. >> reporter: he describes the attacker as wulispingerant. -- belligerent. you see the fan throwing punches at another fan. he is knocked to the ground. >> senseless. unnecessary. there were two 49er fans. come on. have respect. >> reporter: police confirmed the video on youtube

ktvu's allie rasmus is live at police headquarters with new information on the investigation and the reward now being offered. >> reporter: police have increased the reward for information if it leads to an arrest to $30,000. perla avina's family says bringing the killer to justice is the only thing that will help the family heal. >> through their grief the parents of perla avina begged for the public's help. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: if they know the person who did this please turn him in to police, please, please help us she said. they are desperate for justice after the mother was killed sunday afternoon. they were driving back from the store. police won't explain what happened but some sort of confrontation occurred. someone in another car pulled up along side and fired multiple rounds into the car. perla avina was struck and killed. >> this was such a senseless act. you know? this is a beautiful young woman that had four young children and there was no reason for it. >> reporter: perla avina's work family was in mourning too. she started working in administratio

in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu news. >>> it was a close call at least by astronomical standardsuncomfortably near mars today. the comet zoomed right by mars at a distance of 88,000- mileless. m ileless -- miles. that's only 1/3 of the distance between the earth and the moon. nasa scientists are happy to learn more about the comet. >> reporter: what does the comet nucleous look like? are they ammonia, water primarily? then of course they'll have a long dust tail. >> reporter: nasa says it took a million years for the comet to reach mars give or take a million. >> reporter: chances are, pretty certain there won't be very many people here in the bay area cheering on the kansas city royals. but stick around, we're going to introduce you to a young royals fan that i bet you can get behind 100%. >> plus meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking your back to work forecast. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get i

allie rasmus is joining us live with what we can expect today? allie? >> if you missed the air show, you will get another chance to see them. fleet week continues here in san francisco. along with the air show that will start later on, there are five ships that are docked here in the bay. it is the uss america. and it appears. 30, 32. start taking tours of this ship and the others starting at 9:00 today. >> also, air show starts at 12:30. >> at 3:00. you can catch a little more of this. >> reporter: the blue angels soared over san francisco yesterday. tens of thousands of people watched. it took drivers anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. hour and a half to get through the macarthur maze and across the bridge knowing san francisco. that is not counting the traffic you would hit once you are in the city. >> they heeded the call and took bart and muni into the city. it was still a crowded ride. >> we were amazed how pack it was -- how packed it was going into the city. >> driving in. and having a screaming baby, seemed a little bit easier. >> then we get

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> at www.ktvu.com we posted a link to the playoff schedule under web links. >>> developing news. a mix of reactions from protesters in hong kong as the deadline to clear the streets approaches. >> as you can see there there were sulfles today. -- scuffleles today. the government called for protesters to clear out by tomorrow. they are warning police will clear occupied streets to allow thousands of workers to return to work. demonstrators have removed their barricades but other are refusing to leave. they are angry with the plans to prescreen candidates for the 2017 elections in hong kong. >>> a u.s. airman was killed and two are missing after a typhoon hit okinawa. they were washed out to sea and officials say rough seas are making it difficult to find the two who are missing. it is moving towards the main island with winds of 100 miles per hour. mean time another typhoon is churning nearby. many flights -- many flights are canceled and people are taking shelter in schools. >>> now to the hot weather. people trying to beat the heat. heading out to

live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> relief on the way for firefighters who lost their fire house do to mold. san francisco mayor ed lee said the city will expedite efforts to build a new station. the firefighters have been without a home for 7 months. ktvu's david stevenson was there for the visit. there were politics at play behind today's visit? >> reporter: there were. the visit centered on replacement but also centered on repairing relationships. >> reporter: since march the 11 firefighters at station 48 have slept in a training center classroom. the former station was shut down after it was intested with black mold -- infested with black mold. >> we adapted so far. but we can only adapt so long before the morale take as dive -- takes a dave. >> reporter: mayor ed lee -- dive. >> reporter: mayor ed lee said they will expedite the building of a 92 afire house -- of a new fire house. >> cut the time in half. . >> reporter: the announcement comes after meetings last week after the call for removal of the fire chief. >> i think the general membership is appr

and ktvu's allie rasmus is here and explains the challenge ahead. >> reporter: it is a plan that could take years to complete but police say their goal is to accept some 911 cell phone calls by the end of the year. some say that change can't come soon enough. >> reporter: four years ago. she remembers that day when she waw a woman -- saw a woman get hit by a car. >> i saw her fall and fall into the streets. >> reporter: she knew if she called 911 from her cell phone it would get routed to chp so she called the emergency number. what she heard was recording. >> it was a minute and a half before a human being picked up. >> reporter: the average wait time for people who call 911 in september was 30 seconds. a year ago it was 13-16 seconds. they recommend 90% of all 911 calls be answered in 10 seconds or less. >> it is an emergency call and we want to make sure we can respond as quickly as possible. >> reporter: most bay area cities handle cell phone 911 calls themselves but oakland routes the calls through the chp. he says the department has the technology oreceive 911 calls from -- to re

allie rasmus, ktvu news. >>> an off duty patrol found cash on the road in concord and then turned itr said she was just doing her job. she asked us not to show her face because she says this story is not about her. she was driving by the street when she saw two bags on the roadway. she stopped to pick up the bags and discovered they were bank deposit bags that were filled with cash. the money was then returned to the rightful owner who says the money was his life savings. >>> a lava flow is picking up speed on the big island of hawaii. that is the sound of lava burning grass and brush as it moves closer to homes in a small town. there's no stopping it and officials are making arrangements now to make homeowners watch the destruction of their homes to give them a sense of closure. this lava flow from the volcano opened in june. it's moving at about 10 yards an hour. >>> california's fifth largest reservoir is so dried up, new melones lake is revealing its past. some ruins of old melones are now visible. thanks to the drought it's now at 20% capacity. the lowest its been in two decades

in san ramon, allie rasmus, ktvu news. >>>.the showers are moving in, a nice looking weather system. strongest dynamics to the north. here's the drag. this is a left over super typhoon coming from the western pacific. if this were hook into this we would have gotten lots of rain. right now we're just getting scattered showers. light scattered showers will work their way south over the next few hours then by the morning commute, i suspect we're going to have wet roadways all the way to san jose. not up -- not ponding water but slick roadways. on 101 you're getting light showers. your morning commute will be hindered by that. at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning you see the front moving through. then you see 6:00 a.m., widely scattered. not windshield wiper stuff just clouds. it starts to clear up by 10:00 a.m. that's your morning commute. just know it's going to be a little slower because of light sprinkles. maybe .1 of an inch of rain in san francisco along the coast. everyone else .05 to a trace in san jose. coming up we'll talk abou

as ail little rasmus reports -- allie rasmus reports, neighbors tried to save him but the flames werethree neighbors tried to help the man. two rushed into the home as flames were coming out of the front door and the windows. right now, you can see what's left of the living room, what's left of the house. fire investigators are still inside. they are trying to look for clues to figure out how this fire started. now, we do know when it started. it was around 3:00 this morning when neighbors woke up to hear a woman screaming from help. the next door neighbor and his son rushed to their aid. they actually went into the house to try to help rescue the man. they were able to help the brother escape. when they went back in to help the elderly man, they say the flames were too intense. >> we get inside, we try to pull him out. impossible, there was stuff blocking the door. >> right now, feeling kind of sad. the old man was my friend. sometimes we spend time talking and laughing. >> reporter: the neighbor suffered serious burns on his hand. as for the elderly man, he is in his 80s. has lived

ktvu's allie rasmus live in san ramon where a million dollars of marijuana was found inside a home there. allie. >> reporter: police raided this home last night. you can see signs of that police activity. the front door was busted open. there's now a plywood door where the front door used to be. there's also a red tag. according to the inspector someone reworked the electric system in order to grow the plants and this home is no longer safe to live in. >> reporter: only the stems remain in the home. a ventilation sneaked through every room of the home to filter out the marijuana smell. >> they did a good job because i didn't smell anything. >> reporter: georgina moved in next door in july. when she got home. >> my electricity went off. >> reporter: somebody had wired the power to the home around the meter to steal the electricity. >> probably taking $200 to $300 a day in electricity. >> reporter: officers saw two men pull up in a van trying to enter the home. they were arrested for marijuana cultivation, conspiracy and stealing electricity. as police removed hundreds of plants from this

in mariposa, allie rasmus, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the state owns 22 of the former navy planes which were retrofitted. [ no audio ] on ktvu.com, you'll find the latest on the air tanker crash, including video of today's prosession. >>> the liberian man, thomas duncan who was the first to be diagnosed with ebola into the u.s. died this morning. texas authorities say his body will be cremated in accordance with strict federal guidelines. also today, a dallas sergeant was taken to the same hospital. he had been in duncan's apartment, but didn't have any contact with him. his son says his father started feeling sick to his stomach today. >> just, experiencing somewhat flu like system, and again, my dad being the cautious person that he is, decided to be safe rather than sorry. >> they were in duncan's apartment for only about 30 minutes and were not wearing protective gear. doctors say the risk for ebola is minimal. the ebola epidemic is prompting changes at five major u.s. airports. why sfo doesn't have the same plan in place. >>> two brothers were in court facing felony assault charges

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police are trying to figure out whether a taxicablved in a hit-and-run or if he didn't realize he struck a man crossing the street. it happened around 10:00 last night at buchanan and bay streets near fort mason center. the impact shattered the front window of the taxi. a witness says a group of people were walking across buchanan. the first people made it across safely but the third person was hit by that cab. the force knocked him out of his shoes. a witness says the taxi kept going and that's when she followed the cab in had her own car and brought him -- in her own car and brought him back to the accident scene. >> i told him that he has to stop and the police were coming. so he told me, yes, i am going back to the scene. i am going back. you can follow me. i am going back. >> reporter: police did interview the cab driver at the scene. right now there is no word from police on whether or not he was cited. the person who was hit was alert and conscious when the ambulance took him to the hospital. >>> a fifth grade teacher has been

the home is located on shadow hill circle off of crow canyon that's where ktvu's allie rasmus is now. allie this was a sophisticated operation. >> it was. you can see from the sign the home has been red tagged. that's partly because someone reworked the electric system in order to grow those marijuana plants. the front door was busted open. knocked over on its side and you can see there's a plywood door now in its place. >> reporter: police found 600 marijuana plants packed into every room worth more than a million dollars. the day after the raid all you could see were their stems but evidence of the grow operation is still visible. >> the water was underneath on timers. >> reporter: there's also an intricate ventilation system designed to hide the smell of marijuana. >> you wouldn't have a clue. >> reporter: most neighbors on this quiet street didn't. >> i just thought, nobody lived there. i have never seen anyone. no one going in or out. >> reporter: she knew something was going on yesterday afternoon when her power went out and she saw pg & e workers outside the home next door. >>

in oakland, allie rasmus. >>> a new tv ad by neil kashkari is already prompting harsh words from thehe ad shows a child nearly drowning as kashkari comes to the rescue. the ad says that governor jerry brown has betrayed poor students who are stuck with bad teachers. that's in response to governor brown's afeel to overturn teacher tenure rules. people are calling the ad insensitive. offensive. >>> breaking news now from san jose where police are investigating a fatal hit-and- run it happened just before 8:00 tonight. these are live pictures right now from the scene near mckey road and north 33rd street. when officers arrived there they say they found a woman lying in the road. she was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital investigators describe the vehicle involved in this incident as a light colored suv. they say it left the scene traveling westbound on mckey road. >>> well the 49ers had a slow start tonight against the rams on monday night football but boy that changed in the second half. and joe fonzi is in st. louis where he spoke to some of the players. >>> and a win

ktvu's allie rasmus is live at police headquarters with new information on the investigation and the >> reporter: police have increased the reward for information if it leads to an arrest to $30,000. perla avina's family says bringing the killer to justice is the only thing that will help the family heal. >> through their grief the parents of perla avina begged for the public's help. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: if they know the person who did this please turn hi

allie rasmus is live with a look at these safety measures, allie?nts who may exhibit symptoms of ebola. this is the first time that they might be coming in with the guidelines in order to meet that and to create some consistency on how all should handle the possible cases of ebola. it is possibly as early as this morning. here is a look at what they might include according to previous interviews with the spokespersons. separate dressing rooms for those to take on and off their protective gear. also requiring all of their skin that right now some of the personal protective gear and what they use, covers their face and their body, leaving their necks exposed. the hospitals, healthcare, nurses association comes after two nurses contracted that virus earlier this month. this morning we would talk to the e.r. technician here in oakland, ending their shift as they think that the training and the standards on how to deal with this new virus would be a good thing. >> i think that there should be more training for them as far as that goes and stuff and as fa

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> now to what we learned about the pilot. geoffrey hunt of san jose worked for cal fire for 13 years. those who knew him say he was an experienced aviator who flown missions for more than a decade. he was based out of the haulster air base and that is where ktvu's azenith smith is live now. . >> reporter: air taxpayerers are being -- tankers are being grounded and a memorial is growing. everyone is remembering the veteran firefighter with one word and that is a hero. here are pictures of hunt his family gave us. he hated the name jeffrey, he used craig. his family says he was a u.s. navy pilot for 9 years and in the reserves for 20 years and he taught chemistry at uc santa cruz. he was killed yesterday afternoon while flying an air tanker to stop the yosemite wildfire. he will be remembered for serving and protecting lives. those who knew him say he was someone they looked up to. >> like losing a father. he was that father figure that gave the folks home work assignments and motivated them. and words of wisdom to the younger