amber lee. >> also tonight a giant giant step forward for brian stowe. in ten minutes the progress he has made in the past few day. >>> police shot two dogs late in afternoon that they said were threatening people in a city park. happened about 4:30 this afternoon at the park near highway 101. two boxer type dog was threatening a child and a small dog. officers cleared the park while others cornered the dogs. officers tasered one dog but it was still out of control. they then shot both, one was killed the other was wounded. fortunately the child was not hurt. the penninsula hue mean society said it's trying to contact the owners of the two dogs but has not been able to. >> the president is in southern california after wrapping up a whirlwind visit. he waved good-bye from the steps of air force one and he is off onto the next stop on his west coast swing. how the president's visit demonstrating the political cloud of the area. we are live in mountain view. >> reporter: i'm at the computer history museum in mountain view where earlier today the president p

amber lee live where she has been asking if the smoke is tobgsic. >> we are at 11:01. home of the field. when we first got here there was a lot of smoke that stung and there was the skies that were smokey. now, as you can see, the sky is clear and the fire is mostly out. we are going to show you video from chopper two. the fire broke out at 4:14 this afternoon. it is a facility that recycles medal including old vehicles. i just spoke with oakland fire battalion chief. he says the fire likely started by an item that was inside of the vehicles such as a battery. as for the smoke, there does not appear to be toxic levels high enough to create a health hazard. air quality management direct had a unit out to look at it. a worker here at the scene told us dozens of employees were here at the time of the fire. that there was no injuries and everyone is accounted for. firefighters say it took less than an hour to put out the fire. reporting live here in west oakland, amber lee channel 2 news. >>> a power outage came back on in the last hour. however, b.a.r.t is reporting delay

amber lee. >> also tonight a giant giant step forward for brian stowe. in ten minutes the progress he has made in the past few day. >>> police shot two dogs late in afternoon that they said were threatening people in a city park. happened about 4:30 this afternoon at the park near highway 101. two boxer type dog was threatening a child and a small dog. officers cleared the park while others cornered the dogs. officers tasered one dog but it was still out of control. they then shot both, one was killed the other was wounded. fortunately the child was not hurt. the penninsula hue mean society said it's trying to contact the owners of the two dogs but has not been able to. >> the president is in southern california after wrapping up a whirlwind visit. he waved good-bye from the steps of air force one and he is off onto the next stop on his west coast swing. how the president's visit demonstrating the political cloud of the area. we are live in mountain view. >> reporter: i'm at the computer history museum in mountain view where earlier today the president p

amber lee is live in san francisco to explain why this legal battle is far from over. heather preparations are under way for tomorrow's hearings. there are these no stopping signs posted in front of the courthouse. same-sex couples tell us they plan to hold a protest on these steps. >> we were one of the lucky ones to be married with pride. >> reporter: they plan to hold these signs and join a dozen other same-sex couple. >> it's not fair in california to have marriage haves and marriage have notes. >> reporter: tomorrow opponents will be arguing before the california supreme court. the issue is whether the sponsors of the ban can appeal the federal court ruling that found prop eight unconstitutional. law professor roroy little said it's pred your already has a draft. >> i think they have a draft opinion that the proponents have the interest. >> it's about the initial process as a whole. and to make sure that somebody will be permitted to defend the vote of the people. >> reporter: the lengthy legal process is a deliberate reason by the court. >> it's important that yo

amber lee has the story. >> reporter: the picket line you see behind me went up at 4:00 in the morning and workers plan to be here around the clock until midnight next wednesday. these workers are joining forces with thousands of other hyatt employees in three other cities for a one week strike. the loud protest is designed to call attention to what the union describes as abusive labor practices at some of their hotels. >> the housekeepers clean 30 rooms a day. our housekeepers clean 14 rooms a day. >> reporter: the hotel's general manager says the union is demanding a clause in their new contract that will enable workers to strike, picket, or boycott the hotel while working under a contract. right now the workers are able to picket because they have been working without a contract for two years. >> it is a national agenda that the union is basically pushing forward for growth. we >> reporter: we saw this man holding fliers to boycott the protest. >> the yelling with the bull horn and intimidation i think it's offensive, it's rude and it's scary. >> reporter: the hotel's gm told us wor

amber lee is live in san francisco to explain why this legal battle is far from over. heather preparations are under way for tomorrow's hearings. there are these no stopping signs posted in front of the courthouse. same-sex couples tell us they plan to hold a protest on these steps. >> we were one of the lucky ones to be married with pride. >> reporter: they plan to hold these signs and join a dozen other same-sex couple. >> it's not fair in california to have marriage haves and marriage have notes. >> reporter: tomorrow opponents will be arguing before the california supreme court. the issue is whether the sponsors of the ban can appeal the federal court ruling that found prop eight unconstitutional. law professor roroy little said it's pred your already has a draft. >> i think they have a draft opinion that the proponents have the interest. >> it's about the initial process as a whole. and to make sure that somebody will be permitted to defend the vote of the people. >> reporter: the lengthy legal process is a deliberate reason by the court. >> it's important that yo

amber lee has the story. >> reporter: the picket line you see behind me went up at 4:00 in the morning and workers plan to be here around the clock until midnight next wednesday. these workers are joining forces with thousands of other hyatt employees in three other cities for a one week strike. the loud protest is designed to call attention to what the union describes as abusive labor practices at some of their hotels. >> the housekeepers clean 30 rooms a day. our housekeepers clean 14 rooms a day. >> reporter: the hotel's general manager says the union is demanding a clause in their new contract that will enable workers to strike, picket, or boycott the hotel while working under a contract. right now the workers are able to picket because they have been working without a contract for two years. >> it is a national agenda that the union is basically pushing forward for growth. we >> reporter: we saw this man holding fliers to boycott the protest. >> the yelling with the bull horn and intimidation i think it's offensive, it's rude and it's scary. >> reporter: the hotel's gm told us wor

amber lee is in oakland today with the emotional goodbye and the ways that her memory is going to live on, amber -- >> reporter: frank tonight's vigil was held here at samuel merit university where the nursing student was just six months shy of graduating and realizing her dream of saving lives. ♪ >> words can never describe how much i miss her and the pain will always sit like a rock in my stomach. >> reporter: family and friends say michelle le lit up their lives with her ever present smile. as chronicled through photos they shared tonight. her younger brother says she was his rock. >> now i have to figure out how to carry out my life without her. at the very least, michelle is not hurting anymore. >> reporter: le went missing while she was on rotating classes. a former friend is now accused of killing her. frank n era stiga the man who came between the two women attended the vigil. now friends are trying to fill the void she leaves behind. >> she was there when i was at my lowest point and she never left. >> reporter: danny domingo who's daughter was kidnapped helped with the search

amber lee is in oakland today with the emotional goodbye and the ways that her memory is going to live on, amber -- >> reporter: frank tonight's vigil was held here at samuel merit university where the nursing student was just six months shy of graduating and realizing her dream of saving lives. ♪ >> words can never describe how much i miss her and the pain will always sit like a rock in my stomach. >> reporter: family and friends say michelle le lit up their lives with her ever present smile. as chronicled through photos they shared tonight. her younger brother says she was his rock. >> now i have to figure out how to carry out my life without her. at the very least, michelle is not hurting anymore. >> reporter: le went missing while she was on rotating classes. a former friend is now accused of killing her. frank n era stiga the man who came between the two women attended the vigil. now friends are trying to fill the void she leaves behind. >> she was there when i was at my lowest point and she never left. >> reporter: danny domingo who's daughter was kidnapped helped with the search

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was seen coming out of one of the engines and the passengers and crew had to slide down the emergency chutes, including a mother, holding her newborn. >> i hit the ground and rolled. the guy behind me said he saw me fall with the baby. >> justice ginsburg was invited to san francisco by hastings college of law. she is scheduled to be there tomorrow. >>> iran's judiciary today said its still reviewing the bail provisions set for $1 million total. yesterday, announced the uc berkely grads would be released in days. they seem to be caught in a power struggle. one positive sign, a private jet was sent from amman to bring the two men back to the united states. sec

amber lee, ktvu. >>> an upscale bridal gown chain is the latest victim of penny pinching brides. pricilla is shutting down so its owner can focus on david's bridals. >>> the birds were found in central and eastern contra costa county, vector control officials say 17 birds there have tested positive for west nile so far this year but there have been no confirmed reports of any people being infected. >>> a spare the air alert is posted for tomorrow. bay area officials are urging people to car pool or take public transportation. high temperatures and light winds are expected to lead to poor air quality. anyone who is especially sensitive to poor air is urged to stay indoors. it's the fourth spare the air day of the summer. >>> we're already seeing the winds start to turn around. the winds are starting to pull out of the east. it's clear at the coast, fog not a big player tomorrow morning. these were the highs for tomorrow. tomorrow, warmer. 70 in oakland, 63 at the san francisco airport. right now so you know it's going to be a warm day. it's going to be hot inland. most of us are g

amber lee, ktvu. >>> an upscale bridal gown chain is the latest victim of penny pinching brides. pricilla is shutting down so its owner can focus on david's bridals. >>> the birds were found in central and eastern contra costa county, vector control officials say 17 birds there have tested positive for west nile so far this year but there have been no confirmed reports of any people being infected. >>> a spare the air alert is posted for tomorrow. bay area officials are urging people to car pool or take public transportation. high temperatures and light winds are expected to lead to poor air quality. anyone who is especially sensitive to poor air is urged to stay indoors. it's the fourth spare the air day of the summer. >>> we're already seeing the winds start to turn around. the winds are starting to pull out of the east. it's clear at the coast, fog not a big player tomorrow morning. these were the highs for tomorrow. tomorrow, warmer. 70 in oakland, 63 at the san francisco airport. right now so you know it's going to be a warm day. it's going to be hot inland. most of us are g

amber lee has been asking questions about the toxicity and how the fire started. >> reporter: it's one of those pile that is caught on fire. we arrived minutes of the fire starting. huge columns of smoke billowed out from the yard of snitser field. a strong odor that stung lingered in the air. you didn't have to be close to see and smell the smoke. >> intense stench of burning plastic. >> it was fairly strong. and we -- i was looking around to see what building it was coming as opposed to some where in the horizon. >> reporter: john berkeley works outdoor several blocks away from jack lyndon square. he says the large plume of smoke brought concern. >> i hope i'm not harmed by this. >> reporter: it's likely a battery left in a junk car that started the fire. two dozen firefighters put out the fire. firefighters told us only a small amount of material burned and that the heavy smoke was deceptive. >> the smoke was impressive. it almost becomes impressive because we put watt every on water -- water on it. >> no shelter in place was called. >> if there is any significant concern for toxici

amber lee is live. >> reporter: tonight the berkeley city council voted unanimously to force the owner this vacant loss to build affordable housing here or the court will foreclose and sell his property. >> i participated in that mural project. >> reporter: this owner told us that this property is an eyesore. the owner abandoned it. plans to build affordable housing, instead it has turned into an overgrown field. >> frustration, anger and to tell you the truth some misery. >> reporter: merchants along busy telegraph avenue have complaints of people hanging around, foreclosed menacing. today the council heard from the public. critics say terc era bought the property and needs to take care of it. >> it's long overdue for action to be taken to build something here. >> this should have been done three years ago. >> reporter: the owner defended himself at tonight's meeting. he told us it was a lengthy process to build on his property. >> a private person like myself cannot just hire a contractor an architect and build a building. it's not that simple. >> reporter: the city council says it h

amber lee has been asking questions about the toxicity and how the fire started. >> reporter: it's one of those pile that is caught on fire. we arrived minutes of the fire starting. huge columns of smoke billowed out from the yard of snitser field. a strong odor that stung lingered in the air. you didn't have to be close to see and smell the smoke. >> intense stench of burning plastic. >> it was fairly strong. and we -- i was looking around to see what building it was coming as opposed to some where in the horizon. >> reporter: john berkeley works outdoor several blocks away from jack lyndon square. he says the large plume of smoke brought concern. >> i hope i'm not harmed by this. >> reporter: it's likely a battery left in a junk car that started the fire. two dozen firefighters put out the fire. firefighters told us only a small amount of material burned and that the heavy smoke was deceptive. >> the smoke was impressive. it almost becomes impressive because we put watt every on water -- water on it. >> no shelter in place was called. >> if there is any significant concern for toxici

amber lee is here tonight and tells us how red tide can affect the food we eat and anyone who goes in the water. >> reporter: tonight we saw a wide variety of seafood being sold here. commercial fishermen say it's safe to eat it. because of red tide, restaurants are now serving fish from other bays. a red tide a naturally occurring phenomenon caused by increased planktin. >> it's something that happens every year, it's worses some years. >> reporter: surfing and swimming in red tide can make some people sick. the unusually warm temperatures brought out lots of people including surfers eager to ride the waves despite the red tide. the owner of wise surfboards across the beach says symptoms can create discomfort. >> some people do have an allergic reaction. they get nasally stuffed up. probably from the algea going up into their sinuses. when you surf everything goes everywhere. >> i noticed the red tide a couple of days ago. the water is kind of murky and there tends to be a stinky smell to it. >> reporter: these surfers told us the red tide won't stop them from getting into the water.

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was seen coming out of one of the engines and the passengers and crew had to slide down the emergency chutes, including a mother, holding her newborn. >> i hit the ground and rolled. the guy behind me said he saw me fall with the baby. >> justice ginsburg was invited to san francisco by hastings college of law. she is scheduled to be there tomorrow. >>> iran's judiciary today said its still reviewing the bail provisions set for $1 million total. yesterday, announced the uc berkely grads would be released in days. they seem to be caught in a power struggle. one positive sign, a private jet was sent from amman to bring the two men back to the united states. sec

amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also new at 10:00, parents are demanding that the district keep a school open. parents from kaiser elementary school showed up at a district meeting tonight. the district says that kaiser has the fewest number of children from the neighborhood attending there. but the parents argue that the school is at full capacity and has a diverse population. >> we have one of the highest scores in the district. we're doing very well. >> there are eight schools on the closure list. this friday the superintendent is expected to make his recommendations on which schools to close. the school board is then expected to make a final decision in late october. >>> a new development tonight in the effort to turn clayton valley high school into a charter school. one week ago we told you the mount diablo school board is planning to open charters but with conditions. they hope to get changes made in a meeting. >>>-- is considering filing a lawsuit against the city. the san rafael city council voted unanimously last night to allow the team to play. a final vote on the matter

ktvu amber lee is on the scene. we are at 1101 embarcadero where schnitzer steel is located. firefighters are on the scene. we can see them spraying water on the debris pile. you can see a crane on the edge of your screen. from news chopper 2, we can see the massive evident to put this fire out with plenty of water. i just got off the phone with the fire battalion chief and he is telling us that what is burning is scrap metal there is no shelter in place at this point, no other advisory. we see plenty of cranes working to separate the scrap metal to get to the fire. to give you another perspective, another fire burned here two and a half years ago. this ace shredding facility for vehicle, appliances and other items. and that fire, two and a half years ago, the cause was spontaneous combustion. we don't know at this point ways causing this. incident commanders are telling us he is too busy to give us a lot of details. that is what we know. we can see a lot of cars parked out here. we do not see a lot of people out here. we will, can, bring that to you when we have more. report

amber lee just spoke to the suspect's former boyfriend. >> reporter: heather we are at the jail where the woman is staying in housing unit number 24. a spokesman for the sheriff's department said she is kept in a single cell away from the other inmates for her own safety because it's a high profile case. >> department in session. rthis afternoon the 27-year-old made her first court appearance. she is a accused of murdering her former school mate. a nursing student disappeared three months ago while on a break. also in court today was this man, he is the father of the suspect's daughter and the man who reportedly came between the two women. just two hours ago i spoke to him by phone. when i asked him what the nature of his relationship was with lei he said they were friends. he also said he was in court to support the lei family. despite charging esteban authorities haven't recovered the body. >> we don't want to talk much about the case. we want to find michelle. >> reporter: during the hearing the judge ordered the woman to return on monday to be assigned an attorney and possibly ent

amber lee just spoke to the suspect's former boyfriend. >> reporter: heather we are at the jail where the woman is staying in housing unit number 24. a spokesman for the sheriff's department said she is kept in a single cell away from the other inmates for her own safety because it's a high profile case. >> department in session. rthis afternoon the 27-year-old made her first court appearance. she is a accused of murdering her former school mate. a nursing student disappeared three months ago while on a break. also in court today was this man, he is the father of the suspect's daughter and the man who reportedly came between the two women. just two hours ago i spoke to him by phone. when i asked him what the nature of his relationship was with lei he said they were friends. he also said he was in court to support the lei family. despite charging esteban authorities haven't recovered the body. >> we don't want to talk much about the case. we want to find michelle. >> reporter: during the hearing the judge ordered the woman to return on monday to be assigned an attorney and possibly ent

amber lee is here tonight and tells us how red tide can affect the food we eat and anyone who goes in the water. >> reporter: tonight we saw a wide variety of seafood being sold here. commercial fishermen say it's safe to eat it. because of red tide, restaurants are now serving fish from other bays. a red tide a naturally occurring phenomenon caused by increased planktin. >> it's something that happens every year, it's worses some years. >> reporter: surfing and swimming in red tide can make some people sick. the unusually warm temperatures brought out lots of people including surfers eager to ride the waves despite the red tide. the owner of wise surfboards across the beach says symptoms can create discomfort. >> some people do have an allergic reaction. they get nasally stuffed up. probably from the algea going up into their sinuses. when you surf everything goes everywhere. >> i noticed the red tide a couple of days ago. the water is kind of murky and there tends to be a stinky smell to it. >> reporter: these surfers told us the red tide won't stop them from getting into the water.

amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also new at 10:00, parents are demanding that the district keep a school open. parents from kaiser elementary school showed up at a district meeting tonight. the district says that kaiser has the fewest number of children from the neighborhood attending there. but the parents argue that the school is at full capacity and has a diverse population. >> we have one of the highest scores in the district. we're doing very well. >> there are eight schools on the closure list. this friday the superintendent is expected to make his recommendations on which schools to close. the school board is then expected to make a final decision in late october. >>> a new development tonight in the effort to turn clayton valley high school into a charter school. one week ago we told you the mount diablo school board is planning to open charters but with conditions. they hope to get changes made in a meeting. >>>-- is considering filing a lawsuit against the city. the san rafael city council voted unanimously last night to allow the team to play. a final vote on the matter

amber lee says the people she spoke with had their clear favorite. >> reporter: the san francisco republicans got on twitter and facebook to discuss the debate with other republicans across the country while the event was underway. >> this is kind of the new arena that things are going on with politics. it's constant bombardment of information. >> reporter: he told us there were 200 tweets just 30 minutes after the debates started. >> right now, people are saying who is winning right now on twitter, and they're saying good hair is winning right now. blue ties and gray hair in vogue at the reagan debate. >> reporter: this group at the cigar bar and grill told us, texas governor rick perry was most impressive. >> he looks like reagan to me. it brings back a lot of the 1980s, the great era of reagan and the economic turn around. >> reporter: they also thought mitt romney performed well. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts than this president has created in the entire country. >> reporter: everyone told us, it's still too early to know who they want as the next president. what they do know i

amber lee is live. >> reporter: tonight the berkeley city council voted unanimously to force the ownerof this vacant loss to build affordable housing here or the court will foreclose and sell his property. >> i participated in that mural project. >> reporter: this owner told us that this property is an eyesore. the owner abandoned it. plans to build affordable housing, instead it has turned into an overgrown field. >> frustration, anger and to tell you the truth some misery. >> reporter: merchants along busy telegraph avenue have complaints of people hanging around, foreclosed menacing. today the council heard from the public. critics say terc era bought the property and needs to take care of it. >> it's long overdue for action to be taken to build something here. >> this should have been done three years ago. >> reporter: the owner defended himself at tonight's meeting. he told us it was a lengthy process to build on his property. >> a private person like myself cannot just hire a contractor an architect and build a building. it's not that simple. >> reporter: the city council says it

fudge. >> reporter: this election has an unprecedented amount of candidates, live in china town, amber lee, ktvu. >>> and medical marijuana advocates will fight restrictions on expense expenses. they -- dispensaries, they will block a petition on new rules, after they put the number of pot clubs to just ten, now dispensaries will have to grow their own marijuana on site. activists say that would invite federal drug raids. >>> and the board of the metropolitan transportation commission voted 10-6 to move their headquarters into this building on main street in san francisco. they hope to buy it for about 100, or hundred million. >>> and lights went out in parts of oakland tonight. and for a time it affected bart, their station was closed for about an hour, now back open. the outage began at about 8:30, pg&e restored power but about 100 customers are single in the dark. a train operator reported seeing a transformer blow, but pg&e doesn't know the reason for the outage . >>> these are the highs from today. we did have a spare the air day today. these temperatures as warm as they will be all w

fudge. >> reporter: this election has an unprecedented amount of candidates, live in china town, amber lee, ktvu. >>> and medical marijuana advocates will fight restrictions on expense expenses. they -- dispensaries, they will block a petition on new rules, after they put the number of pot clubs to just ten, now dispensaries will have to grow their own marijuana on site. activists say that would invite federal drug raids. >>> and the board of the metropolitan transportation commission voted 10-6 to move their headquarters into this building on main street in san francisco. they hope to buy it for about 100, or hundred million. >>> and lights went out in parts of oakland tonight. and for a time it affected bart, their station was closed for about an hour, now back open. the outage began at about 8:30, pg&e restored power but about 100 customers are single in the dark. a train operator reported seeing a transformer blow, but pg&e doesn't know the reason for the outage . >>> these are the highs from today. we did have a spare the air day today. these temperatures as warm as they will be all w

amber lee is live at oakland city hall on a controversy that comes one month before 20th anniversary of the east bay hills firestorm >> reporter: an irate homeowner gave us these foe toss. they show the unsafe and unkempt condition of the mayor's home. we wanted to look for ourselves. >>> around 6:30 tonight we spotted gardner cook clipping the vegetation at the mayor's home. he told us the mayor's daughter contacted him last night. >> got a text last night. >> what did it say. >> i have problems can you take care of it a zap. >> reporter: thick vegetation obscure the mayor's home. a fire official went door-to- door back in august and vivid residents they had two weeks to clear veg station around their homes. >> the trees need to be trimmed away from the house. they can't be touching the physical house. >> this house belongs to jean quan. i nome mate her as the queen of residential blight. >> reporter: he went before city council and complained the city is selectively enforcing violations. the photos show overgrown vegetation and broken planning on a deck and roof in need of repair.

amber lee is live at oakland city hall on a controversy that comes one month before 20th anniversaryf the east bay hills firestorm >> reporter: an irate homeowner gave us these foe toss. they show the unsafe and unkempt condition of the mayor's home. we wanted to look for ourselves. >>> around 6:30 tonight we spotted gardner cook clipping the vegetation at the mayor's home. he told us the mayor's daughter contacted him last night. >> got a text last night. >> what did it say. >> i have problems can you take care of it a zap. >> reporter: thick vegetation obscure the mayor's home. a fire official went door-to- door back in august and vivid residents they had two weeks to clear veg station around their homes. >> the trees need to be trimmed away from the house. they can't be touching the physical house. >> this house belongs to jean quan. i nome mate her as the queen of residential blight. >> reporter: he went before city council and complained the city is selectively enforcing violations. the photos show overgrown vegetation and broken planning on a deck and roof in need of repair. pl

amber lee -- live in berkeley. >>> a san jose police officer is under arrest tonight for allegedly having sex with two teenage boys. a 44-year-old is charged with unlawful sexual conduct and with providing alcohol to a 15- year-old and a 17-year-old. >> we have concerns that there may be other victims out there. we don't have any specific information to lead us to believe there are. >> he was fired from the san jose police department back in 2008 after being convicted of covering up a dui crash involving another san jose police officer. but he was later reinstated. he is currently being held tonight on $100,000 bail. >>> a an amusements park worker is facing child pornography charges tonight. investigators say they found child pornography on his home computer. police say they do not believe, though, that he is part of a ring or that he month lessed any children but the investigation is still open. the park owners told us that no one has complained about his behavior. >>> three construction workers are in serious condition tonight after tons of wet concrete fell on to them at a synephrine

amber lee is live now, and tell us that's just part of this little girl's story. >> reporter: this summer's story made national headlines when she died. but her story lives on. she's given the remarkable gift of life to a man who lives right here. >> knowing that a child passed away and the family made available this organ available for me is too much emotionally. >> reporter: less than two months ago, mark says his kidneys were failing. he had been on the transplant list for five years, waiting for the perfect match. late march the call came, a 9- year-old had been taken off life support, the child was the perfect match. the identities of both the donor and the recipient were kept confidential. but a week later, he heard the story of a girl called rachel beckwood who had started to raise money for a fund called clean water. when beck learned how she died he realized his kidney came from rachel. >> i received a gift that you can't even describe how big it was. >> reporter: mark donated to rachel's cause and wrote a thank you note to her family. >> i had my life returned to me and as repay

ktvu's amber lee live tonight in los gatos where in customers and consumers say they are not canceling subscription just yet. >> reporter: now options are sold separately so you could be paying up to $16 a month and that is costing the company customers. not far from netflix we found subscribers who say they are staying loyal despite the price hike. >> we're able to sit there and call up the movie we want. >> it's too easy. you can watch it on your laptop, on your tv or game consoles. >> reporter: but the company is feeling its backlash of the price increase expecting it will end in september with 600,000 fewer customers than it had in june. >> look at the economy, people don't want to hear any price raising at all. they weren't real sensitive to the environment that we're all in. >> reporter: golden gate university professor kit yaro a consumer psychologist is also a netflix subscriber, she says she downgraded her service because of the price increase. she says that yaro made a bad move alienating their technology. >> they're antenna is up. when they sense they are not being treated f

ktvu's amber lee live tonight in los gatos where in customers and consumers say they are not cancelingubscription just yet. >> reporter: now options are sold separately so you could be paying up to $16 a month and that is costing the company customers. not far from netflix we found subscribers who say they are staying loyal despite the price hike. >> we're able to sit there and call up the movie we want. >> it's too easy. you can watch it on your laptop, on your tv or game consoles. >> reporter: but the company is feeling its backlash of the price increase expecting it will end in september with 600,000 fewer customers than it had in june. >> look at the economy, people don't want to hear any price raising at all. they weren't real sensitive to the environment that we're all in. >> reporter: golden gate university professor kit yaro a consumer psychologist is also a netflix subscriber, she says she downgraded her service because of the price increase. she says that yaro made a bad move alienating their technology. >> they're antenna is up. when they sense they are not being treated fai

amber lee is live now, and tell us that's just part of this little girl's story. >> reporter: this summer-year- old rachel beck's story made national headlines when she died. but her story lives on. she's given the remarkable gift of life to a man who lives right here. >> knowing that a child passed away and the family made available this organ available for me is too much emotionally. >> reporter: less than two months ago, mark says his kidneys were failing. he had been on the transplant list for five years, waiting for the perfect match. late march the call came, a 9- year-old had been taken off life support, the child was the perfect match. the identities of both the donor and the recipient were kept confidential. but a week later, he heard the story of a girl called rachel beckwood who had started to raise money for a fund called clean water. when beck learned how she died he realized his kidney came from rachel. >> i received a gift that you can't even describe how big it was. >> reporter: mark donated to rachel's cause and wrote a thank you note to her family. >> i had my life retur

amber lee -- live in berkeley. >>> a san jose police officer is under arrest tonight for allegedly having sex with two teenage boys. a 44-year-old is charged with unlawful sexual conduct and with providing alcohol to a 15- year-old and a 17-year-old. >> we have concerns that there may be other victims out there. we don't have any specific information to lead us to believe there are. >> he was fired from the san jose police department back in 2008 after being convicted of covering up a dui crash involving another san jose police officer. but he was later reinstated. he is currently being held tonight on $100,000 bail. >>> a an amusements park worker is facing child pornography charges tonight. investigators say they found child pornography on his home computer. police say they do not believe, though, that he is part of a ring or that he month lessed any children but the investigation is still open. the park owners told us that no one has complained about his behavior. >>> three construction workers are in serious condition tonight after tons of wet concrete fell on to them at a synephrine

amber lee is live where one man is making it his mission to warn others. >> reporter: we are in the southoncord neighborhood where the infected mosquito were found. now health officials are urging residents to rid their property of all standing water in places like hot tubs and swimming pools. >> have you heard about the mosquito? >> reporter: tonight michael kinger went door to door to let his neighbors know mosquito with the west nile cyrus were found in this area. >> they found yesterday a mosquito trap around this intersection with over 20 infected moss no, mosquito. >> reporter: he is concerned about his family and neighbors. >> i was surprised shocked that the mosquito infected with west nile virus are here in the neighborhood. >> reporter: ten days ago vector control fogged the same neighborhood to kill mosquito but today they confirmed to us that this week they found infected mosquito here along with two infected birds elsewhere in the county. health officials reported the county's first human case of west nile virus this year. a 49-year-old woman who is now recovering. >> this is

amber lee was at the oakland airport for the happy homecoming, she joins us now with why the re union won't last long. >> reporter: tonight a hayward family invited us to join them here to welcome their family member home who's been serving in iraq. >> welcome home. >> momma. >> reporter: 23-year-old don tegan is home after nine months in iraq. the soldier told us he's glad to be back for two weeks. >> what do you miss the most about being home? >> rest, and green stuff. there's nothing green out there. >> reporter: he drives an ambulance and has seen combat but didn't want to go into details. >> reporter: the scary part about it? >> yeah, it has its moments. >> he saw a lot more than we will ever see. i mean he's seen a lot. he wants to make a difference in this world. >> reporter: he even told me his time in iraq helped him realize his military calling. just three years ago he was working as a security guard. >> yeah, i needed a positive direction in life. and this just happened to be it. >> reporter: his mother says she couldn't be more proud. >> it's a -- is it very difficult to h

amber lee was at the oakland airport for the happy homecoming, she joins us now with why the re union won't last long. >> reporter: tonight a hayward family invited us to join them here to welcome their family member home who's been serving in iraq. >> welcome home. >> momma. >> reporter: 23-year-old don tegan is home after nine months in iraq. the soldier told us he's glad to be back for two weeks. >> what do you miss the most about being home? >> rest, and green stuff. there's nothing green out there. >> reporter: he drives an ambulance and has seen combat but didn't want to go into details. >> reporter: the scary part about it? >> yeah, it has its moments. >> he saw a lot more than we will ever see. i mean he's seen a lot. he wants to make a difference in this world. >> reporter: he even told me his time in iraq helped him realize his military calling. just three years ago he was working as a security guard. >> yeah, i needed a positive direction in life. and this just happened to be it. >> reporter: his mother says she couldn't be more proud. >> it's a -- is it very difficult to h

that part of our cove rage from amber lee in danville. >> reporter: we are in front of san ramone valley high school. we spoke to a group of mothers who are members of the tea party as they watched the debate they said their focus is on a better future for their children. >> the look on his face. >> reporter: at a home tonight members of the east bay tea party watched frustration, calling the debate theater saying the tea party movement is a grass roots effort to find the truth and the best candidate for president. >> we have to find the person who will be the most honest with. >> reporter: who is that? >> i think michelle has been fighting the fight. >> that's why i fought so hard in washington against the president and obama care. >> this group said their candidate of choice is michelle bachmann followed byron paul. >> there is a lot of room to cut on the military. >> reporter: they say they want someone fiscally responsible who is anti-war. >> the tea party is concerned about the future of our country, it's not about left or right. >> it's our motherly instinct. we see what's happenin

. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some san francisco street artists are waging a war against the city tonight over a new traffic proposal. coming up at 10:35, making travel easier for tourists is bad business. >>> the city of san bruno is getting ready to fill in the large open crater left by last year's explosion and fire. construction crews used heavy equipment today preparing the site to be filled. removing the physical scars is something some residents say should have been done a long time ago. >> the hole not being filled is just amazing to us. in a year it should have been done a long time ago. that street should have been opened a long time ago. >>> city officials say ongoing investigations prevented them from filling in the hole because investigators needed to collect evidence. now the san bruno city manager says he has just received the okay to cover and cap that crater. >>> the congressional committee investigating solyndra has summoned the company's ceo. internal white house e-mails released this week suggestions members of t

. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some san franciscotreet artists are waging a war against the city tonight over a new traffic proposal. coming up at 10:35, making travel easier for tourists is bad business. >>> the city of san bruno is getting ready to fill in the large open crater left by last year's explosion and fire. construction crews used heavy equipment today preparing the site to be filled. removing the physical scars is something some residents say should have been done a long time ago. >> the hole not being filled is just amazing to us. in a year it should have been done a long time ago. that street should have been opened a long time ago. >>> city officials say ongoing investigations prevented them from filling in the hole because investigators needed to collect evidence. now the san bruno city manager says he has just received the okay to cover and cap that crater. >>> the congressional committee investigating solyndra has summoned the company's ceo. internal white house e-mails released this week suggestions members of the

amber lee says the people she spoke with had their clear favorite. >> reporter: the san francisco republicans got on twitter and facebook to discuss the debate with other republicans across the country while the event was underway. >> this is kind of the new arena that things are going on with politics. it's constant bombardment of information. >> reporter: he told us there were 200 tweets just 30 minutes after the debates started. >> right now, people are saying who is winning right now on twitter, and they're saying good hair is winning right now. blue ties and gray hair in vogue at the reagan debate. >> reporter: this group at the cigar bar and grill told us, texas governor rick perry was most impressive. >> he looks like reagan to me. it brings back a lot of the 1980s, the great era of reagan and the economic turn around. >> reporter: they also thought mitt romney performed well. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts than this president has created in the entire country. >> reporter: everyone told us, it's still too early to know who they want as the next president. what they do know i

amber lee is live where one man is making it his mission to warn others. >> reporter: we are in the south concord neighborhood where the infected mosquito were found. now health officials are urging residents to rid their property of all standing water in places like hot tubs and swimming pools. >> have you heard about the mosquito? >> reporter: tonight michael kinger went door to door to let his neighbors know mosquito with the west nile cyrus were found in this area. >> they found yesterday a mosquito trap around this intersection with over 20 infected moss no, mosquito. >> reporter: he is concerned about his family and neighbors. >> i was surprised shocked that the mosquito infected with west nile virus are here in the neighborhood. >> reporter: ten days ago vector control fogged the same neighborhood to kill mosquito but today they confirmed to us that this week they found infected mosquito here along with two infected birds elsewhere in the county. health officials reported the county's first human case of west nile virus this year. a 49-year-old woman who is now recovering. >> this

that part of our cove rage from amber lee in danville. >> reporter: we are in front of san ramone valley high school. we spoke to a group of mothers who are members of the tea party as they watched the debate they said their focus is on a better future for their children. >> the look on his face. >> reporter: at a home tonight members of the east bay tea party watched frustration, calling the debate theater saying the tea party movement is a grass roots effort to find the truth and the best candidate for president. >> we have to find the person who will be the most honest with. >> reporter: who is that? >> i think michelle has been fighting the fight. >> that's why i fought so hard in washington against the president and obama care. >> this group said their candidate of choice is michelle bachmann followed byron paul. >> there is a lot of room to cut on the military. >> reporter: they say they want someone fiscally responsible who is anti-war. >> the tea party is concerned about the future of our country, it's not about left or right. >> it's our motherly instinct. we see what's happenin

. >> mcgonigle says she believes the higher power led amber to lee's remains.le formed her own group to search for missing persons after her daughter's remains went undiscovered for a year after she disappeared. >>> 5:34 is the time. google chairman eric schmidt faces tough questioning this morning when he testifies. they are looking in the mountain based company is abusing the dominance to stiffen competition. they say google is pushing their search results lower in the rankings while favoring its own. schmidt expected to say it's result of saur grapes by google competitors >>> top executives at solyndra are scheduled to take the fifth and refuse to testify when they testify in front of congress friday. they sent letters to the house energy and commerce committee invoking the right to remain silent. the two men cite ongoing criminal investigation by the f.b.i. that raided solyndra plant in fremont after the company declared bankruptcy and defaulted on $528 million government stimulus loan. the house committee is investigating whether the political influence fr

the owner of an amber credits her lap for finding michelle lee remains last weekend. the pair of the part of a search team until amber ran off our own. >> at one point she german investment rapid pace when she reached the she jumped up on my chest and i turned around and darden the same direction i followed her, when she came to my view i notice that she was sitting by an area and wait for me i would to reattach her leash and then i noticed what could possibly be some remains. >> and now for her, the search process brings back horrific memories her, also named amber was stabbed and killed two years ago in southern california. it to the year for them to find her remains. >> it was a higher power, she truly is a hero. i have to believe that it was an amber and michelle guiding her. there is no real explanation for what she did. >> an amber the dog is gone to search and rescue training and most to--and will soon start training to be a cadaver dog. her mother started a search recover only and will help with others across the country to search for their missing loved ones.

a blaze pushed by the residual effects of tropical storm lee, winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, an amber glow swallowing everything in its path. wildfires cutting a twisted path across texas, challenging strike teams who are now getting help from the air along the front lines, but to this point are still no match for the flames. >> this fire is not over. it's not contained at this time. it's probably going to get better -- it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: it's hard to believe things could get much worse. in bastrop just outside of austin, more than 450 homes have been reduced to ash. over 17,000 acres charred. numbers that are growing. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 5,000 families have been forced from their homes. >> total devastation. >> reporter: hundreds are staying in area shelters. that's where monica turner was when she got the call. >> we just found out that our house has been destroyed. >> reporter: as a wall of smoke continues to fill the horizon, m monica struggles like so many here to figure out what will happen when the skies clears. >> i don't know r

. >> the search for michelle lima--michelle lee is over. meet amberversize overzealous puppy that is barely 1 years old. they live in rule alameda county, the report of a search team until amber ran off of her own. >> at one point she started running back to the rapid pace, which you reach me she jumped upon my chest and turn around and darted in the same direction i followed her and she came into my view and notice that she had stopped by a flat area and waited patiently for me i went to be attached repletion in notice what could possibly some remains. >> there were later identified as michelle le. but for her, was from san diego the search process brings back terrific maris that are still raw. it took a year for them to find her own daughter's remains and now she is able to help others. >> she truly is the hero here, and i have to believe that it was amber and michelle guiding her there is no real explanation for what she did. >> amber the dog is not going to search and rescue training will soon start training to be a cadaver dog. she started a sear

this is the person who found the do fothe body and her dog >> amber is a yellow lab and credit swarm finding the the remains of michele lee >> at one point she came running back to me at a fast pace when she reached me to jump on my chest and then started off in the same a flat area and waited for me to a parking and when i went to put her leash back on her eyes a lot of what could be remains and walkes. her daughter amber wa her daughter was killed several years ago and that is why the dog is named after her daughter. >> amber is going to grow rescue training and will be a cadaver dog. she now dedicate a lot of for disserting brothers lot one's >> much more ahead on kron 4 morning news in a program note blue angels and of the lead to week will be happening on saturday october 8th at 3 d and we will have a one iris special one why. >> artist painted a streetscapes wore an elementary school they all know this street artist by name in view of their playground glass month he returned to san francisco 8 wanted people once again >> be as a been a street artist for 25 years and has seen his come art come and go >> it is been pa