ktvu's azenith smith was there as the charges were read. >> reporter: do you have anything to say? >> reporter: brock turner walked into the courthouse without answering questions from reporters. inside the courtroom the 19- year-old let his attorney do the talking. entering a not guilty plea to charges he raped a woman who was unconscious and intoxicated outside the fraternity house january 18. while he didn't have much to say in court, documents state he had been drinking. he just wanted to hook up with the girl. >> these sexual assaults happen across the country. >> reporter: he praised the gradiant to saw the assault and tackled him before police arrived. >> they are listening. thank you. thank you for doing the right thing. they stopped a sexual assault. >> reporter: the victim told detectives she doesn't remember much but she remembers not giving consent. >> i think we forget because we are in the bubble of stanford. these things are a normal occurrence. >> reporter: this comes as students protested before on how stanford handled sexual assault cases. they said it has turned

ktvu's azenith smith is in san jose with more on a 911 call that was made just before that shooting. >> reporter: frank, family and friends are coming to terms with his death. a loved one called a suicide hot line because they were worried about his well being. >> a good kid. a great kid. he needed help. we begged him to get help. >> reporter: her daughter was set to be married to philip watkins. now he leaves behind a two-year- old daughter. >> they shot him and i begged them not to shoot him. he needed help. they could have tased him. that is what they could have done. >> reporter: 5:00 p.m. last night san jose police received a 911 call from a home in downtown. the caller claiming a man armed with a knife was breaking in to the house. police determined it was philip watkins who called 911. police capture the moment officers saw a man with a blade running towards them. he failed to drop the knife. they opened fire. he died at the hospital. police stated both officers each with 8 years experience responded in self-defense. it is unclear if they knew about the solto the suicide help

>> all right, azenith smith in san jose tonight. thank you. >>> a school field trip was cut short today when a bus carrying 33 students and three adults became stuck on the side of the road. it happened at 2:30 this afternoon in marin. sky fox captured these pictures. the driver tried to clear a tight turn along shoreline highway in west marin. no one was hurt. the students from northern lights school in oakland were then removed from that disabled bus and a tow truck was called to the scene. >>> police serving a high risk search warrant opened fire today on a man after they say he pointed a gun at officers. it happened about 8:30 this morning at the san pablo motel on san pablo avenue. they were serving what they call a high risk search warrant at the request of berkeley police. a san pablo police commander said officers surrounded the hotel and as they made contact with the suspects, two officers saw that one of them had a gun. >> one of the subjects got a handgun. pointed it at two officers, at the back of the motel window. at wh

ktvu's azenith smith explains what went wrong. >> reporter: he lived at his home for the past 5 years transforming his yard a labor of love. he spent $5,000 with the intention to save water. >> project i would be proud of. making the community nice. >> reporter: he got a letter saying what he did was illegal. >> saying i am in violation of san jose codes. >> reporter: if he didn't remove it -- >> all the way down to the tree. >> he has to pay $2,500 a day. >> i almost passed out like how can you do that? >> reporter: in 1999 the city of san jose passed a ordinance. it states the first 25 feet back from the sidewalk can't be waved. half of it must be made of landscaping, vegetation or rocks. >> he selected the wrong material for replacing his lawn. >> she says the ordinance was meant to address parking complaint and drainage and flooding concerns. >> you don't want a surface that would cause more run off. >> reporter: he has been approached by neighbors, he warns to check with the city first before doing a project. he hopes the city will think twice about amending the law. >> heart bre

fox2's azenith smith is live at the site where she found out the project is months ahead of schedule. >> reporter: there's construction going on all across the south bay. i will show you here there's this new elevated track way that's being built here. this is actually one of two stations being built in the south bay. and we spoke to the vta they tell us that 10-mile quarter will begin at warm springs boulevard. the b.a.r.t. station there in south fremont. it will stretch from alameda county and santa clara county and it will head to the b.a.r.t. stations in milpitas. across from the great mall and also in bariesta and north san jose. now the vta is getting $900 million of federal grants. they will get money every year and this year they have allotted $159 million. which will help build an underground trench. we talked about the sierra lundy project. that's now being closed. we expect about 23,000 riders come opening day. if all goes as planned this could all open in 2016. the economic fen fit could be huge. we talked to expected riders, they're all looking forward to this. so they ar

in palo alto, azenith smith. >>> we're in for another spare the air day tomorrow. in fact, it'll be the 23rd alert so far this winter. the bay area air quality management district is reporting elevated levels of air conditions which means no wood burning is allowed unless it is your only source of heat. wood burning is the largest source of air pollution during the winter months. >>> tracking the temperatures, it was another warm one. we're continuing warm. even though the clouds are moving in out there. when the clouds increasing by the end of the week. we're still looking at mid-60s. why? because look at where the air mass is coming from. i drew a line in. so this is the hawaiian island. almost 2,500 miles of subtropical moisture. if you ever visited hawaii, how does that air feel to you. this air will slowly cool and modify as it moves across the pacific. but it's still going to be very, very warm. with this series of storms we're talking about snow levels that are going to be way up there. the rain already showing up around eureka. that's basically rain source.

in morgan hill, i'm azenith smith, ktvu knew. >>> checking -- ktvu news. >>> checking in on the rain, we had a few drops. and temperatures cooled off. tomorrow we get the same fog footprint. there's a lot of it. we have a lot of fog already around the bay. and showing up in the central valley but it'll warm up more quickly tomorrow so it'll be a warmer day. everything is going to the north. there's no rain in the five day forecast this week. you can kind of see the fall footprint here. this is all the coastal stuff that's pushed inland. we have the valley fog trying to form right now and the two shall merge. it set us up with a pattern that we kind of had this morning that is kind of her -- kind of murky and cool. all right, only a few places cooled off today. you can see the coastal fog. there's the valley fog. and they merge up. this pattern is often tough to break up. we didn't have really horrible visibilities today but it was slow to burn off. watch what the model does. 6:00a.m., 7:00, 8:00. it burns off pretty quick. by lunchtime looks most of the fog will be gone. highs tomorro

ktvu's azenith smith is here with more. . >> reporter: the community is coming together to take backir neighborhood so to speak. i want to show you. there are 500 seats set up here. that is how many people they think will be here tonight. neighbors say they are doing all they can to stop the thieves. >> reporter: in san jose you don't have to look hard to find a victim whose home was broken into. >> we look out for each other now. we look at -- out the window. >> reporter: every home on this street is armed with security cameras and neighborhood watch signs. >> i am worried about who will be at my house. >> reporter: on guard now that this neighborhood had been riddled with home burglaries. triple the amount of last year. police staffing is stretched thin. >> when you see a large increase like that there is reason for concern. >> reporter: some families hired private security to patrol their streets, paying $40 a month for the service. she started this petition to relocate a police substation. she gathered 1,000 signatures. the mayor admits while property crimes are done more needs t

. >> azenith smith, thank you. some of the big names were no shows at the summit with the president today. they were invited but didn't intend. instead they all sent their top information security executives. some experts say the no shows may be a symptom of the frayed relationship between the relationship and sylvan valley over privacy issues. we will have more on the visit including the fundraiser in san francisco coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. >>> police have a mystery on their hands. a break in at a local college led to the discovery of a body. ktvu's ann rubin is there. police are telling you he may have been involved in a break in? >> reporter: that's right. police do not believe that that man was alone. now they would like to talk to whoever was with him when he died. >> reporter: police say what likely started as a berkeley is being -- burglary is now being investigated as a homicide. >> death in the commission of a felony. treated as a homicide. >> reporter: two cooks made the discovery. the body of a man

new developments from ktvu's azenith smith.to be extremely frustrating for the family. >> reporter: the family was not in the courtroom. they have never been in court to see antolin garcia-torres. her father says they were planning to go, and now all of this seems like broken record. >> reporter: a scenario that is playing out over and over again in the case of 15-year-old sierra lamar who vanished three years ago. antolin garcia-torres accusedantolin garcia-torres accused of murdering the teen. >> disappointing. they just keep prolonging it. discovery, trying to get it ready. to me and the rest of the crew, we think it is excuses. >> reporter: the judge postponing setting a trial date for another six weeks. antolin garcia-torres attorneys are hesitant to commit to a trial. >> i would say this is not an unexpected delay. >> reporter: he was arrested in 2012. two months after sierra lamar vanished on her way to school. a grand jury indicted him last year. experts say the reason why the process is taking so long is because the ds

in milpitas, azenith smith, ktvu news. >>> pretty dry january, but or it was a very dry january. last rain we had was in december but we have rain going on now. this january being so dry is the second longest dry spell we've seen in san francisco history. the last longest was 1976. we broke it in a big way. a lot of rain. this is the current radar imagery. you can see showers in santa rosa. the heaviest stuff up there. the thing is starting to wind down. middletown, san helena getting heavy rain. scattered showers as we head south to pleasanton. livermore valley got hammered at 7:00 this evening. san jose light showers. the computer model does this. most of the heavy showers are now out of the area. here we are at 2:00 a.m. tonight. scattered showers throughout the evening hours. i've had reports of six to 8- inches of rain up here in the cloverdale area. most areas, 2-1/2 to 3-inches. so far this is system number one it's still going to rain throughout the evening hours. 7:00a.m. tomorrow morning, your saturday does not look bad. it's cloudy and there's some blue light rain. but

azenith smith tells us why they could have a tough time identifying the thieves. >> reporter: it was alarm system that alerted them something was wrong. >> they called me and i rush over here as fast as i can, to actually see what the situation was, because i thought it was just simple. someone probably just broke a window or something, but it was breaking and entering. >> he discovered this. he says thieves used a fist to grab what they could. they failed to steal a generator worth $800, they made off with a few hundred dollars of other merchandise. >> shouldn't be like this. you're the one who put yourself in that struggle, not anyone else. >> reporter: similar break-ins occurred at the raiders shop across the street. the president restaurant, a few blocks down. all happening in a matter of hours. the owner at the president restaurant tells ktvu, thieves stole the entire register full of cash. >> we all are equally worried about our safety. >> this is very disconcerting, because i mean, this is where we feel safest is in our own hometown. >> reporter: this comes as families packed

in san jose, azenith smith, ktvu news. >>> i'm tracking showers that are headed our way as we move into the next few days. and these showers right now are in northern california. jet stream folks that's a lot of subtropical moisture. warm moist air pretty deep into the atmosphere as well. there's a lot of it. right now we have showers showing up and rain showing up north of eureka. offshore we've got a little bit of fog for us. coastal fog. i suspect we'll see a little patchy fog. really just in a holding pattern. in the meantime it's more of the same. which means overnight lows in the mid-40s. 48 in vallejo. 49 in concord patically fog. coastal fog as well. and you are starting to feel it out there. these things are starting to turn around quickly. in san jose overnight lows will be in the 40s. lunchtime you're easily into the mid-60s. the day ends up in san jose a lot like it did today 72 degrees. as this weather system moves in it's going to be a warm system. even with the showers we're going to see temperatures that are going to be up there. daytime highs as we head into your bay ar

. >> azenith smith in san jose, thank you. >>> now to developing news at ports along the west coast. today for the third day in a row operations were shut down over a labor dispute and nowficials are stepping in. -- now officials are stepping in. u.s. labor secretary arrived in the bay area today. ktvu's tom vacar is live now with the latest on the talks and the situation that could lead to a total shut down. >> reporter: can the secretary actually forge a settlement or is this the last gap before a shut down? >> reporter: look at this. an ocean of containers and trucks log jammed into a massive parking lot. and this is just one of many lots jammed, many holding cargoes long over due or waiting to be loaded for export. rail yards are usually busy, idle. both sides hardened their positions to the point that the most important west coast ports are at the tipping point. >> we need to get the people back to work. that is what is very concern about this. absolute grid lock -- concerning about this. absolute grid lock. . >> reporter: last week the employers warned the labor slow down would

now to ktvu's azenith smith live at stanford. >> reporter: the president said everyone is online and that means everyone is vulnerable. he is hoping summits will keep the ball rolling and providing more safe guards for the american people. >> trying to figure out why it is that a nice place like this is wasted on young people. >> president obama started his speech cracking jokes. the place that made nerd cool. then his speech turned serious. notice vulnerable online is getting worse. >> one of the great paradoxes of our time. the technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to unmine us. and inflict great harm. . >> reporter: he dressed a need to work together a-- addressed the need to work together. he ended his speech by signing a executive order encouraging and promoting sharing information to prevent and respond to cyber attacks. >> empowered the young generation of students to promote change. >> students picked by a lottery picked to watch the speech said the president was inspirational. he recognized that but said it was meant to be a first step as he looks to

i'm azenith smith. >>> police in moraga are looking for two men who robbed a woman in broad daylight as she was walking down the street. it happened yesterday at about 4:15 on camino ricardo. two men in a car got out and forcibly took her purse. police say he was pushed to the ground and did suffer minor injuries. the car was described as a black mercedes with tinted windows. >>> a federal grant has been awarded to b.a.r.t. to help create a device that would automatically stop and approaching train. b.a.r.t. says the idea is to link the warning devices with track side workers, trains and the operation center. a total of seven b.a.r.t. workers have been killed on the job for the last several years. >>> a swearing in ceremony is just about to get under way in the east bay for newly elected congressman matt desoney. he was hired to replace miller. miller is expected to be on hand to administer the oath of office. desoney was officially sworn in in washington, d.c. today's event is ceremonial. >>> frigid temperatures pummeled the north eastern side of the united states. boston has receiv

ktvu's azenith smith is in san jose where a memorial is growing this evening. >> reporter: he is beyond grief- stricken. he was able to escape the gunfire but his partner wasn't. he stopped by to pay his respects where he was gunned down. >> i just wish he would have made it through. i just -- didn't deserve that. >> reporter: you don't have to see his face to hear his heart ache. he wept, devastated his partner died taking a bullet for him. >> the first bullet went past my head and he jumped in the line of fire protecting me and my other partner that was out there. whoever else was out there. took the bullets for us. >> reporter:

ktvu's azenith smith is live at the motel where she learned this case is one of many. >> reporter: unfortunatelys a problem people don't realize that is happening here. everyone i spoke to in the neighborhood say they heard about it in the movies but didn't think it could happen right here. >> disgusting that, you know, a kid like that, you know, i have kids, grandkids, i would be upset. >> it is real suddenly. >> reporter: that is the reaction from people who live and work near the inn after learning this man from oakland was arrested for pimping a 15- year-old run away at this motel. >> sunnyvale. san francisco you expect that. big city. but around here it is shocking. >> reporter: he met the teen on social media and has been exploiting her for the last month. they spotted the girl on the website back page.com and tipped off police. an officer ranged to meet the girl. police found him nearby with $6,500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. and that he was aware of her age. and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> she says he used force and fear on the girls and it r

ktvu's azenith smith has more. he didn't expect such an enormous response but he got one. >> reporter: he says it is overwhelming. the tweet generated 5,000 retweets. he had no idea a tweet would speak volumes for the transgender community. >> reporter: mike honda is getting recognized for something else, the proud grandfather of a transgender. . >> when she turned two she said my name is melissa. this is how you spell it. at 2. >> reporter: that is when the family began a journey of acceptance and support. a way to create a dialogue and openness on a topic that hasn't always been politically correct. >> people say she was born a boy. [ indiscernible ] >> she was born melissa. she identified herself as a girl. >> reporter: the tweet comes when some say violence against those questioning their quoit is getting worse -- their identity is getting worse. >> been a lot of tragedies. murders and discrimination and this is a different angle where you have a grandparent who is a political figure who is supportive. so it is

in palo alto, i'm azenith smith, ktvu news. >>> add the federal government to the user of apple pay. apple pay will be used to distribute federal benefits such as social security. national parks will also begin accepting apple pay. the changes stem from an executive order calling for more secure payment technologies. >>> a pilot flew a small airplane into restricted air space while the president was at stanford. two f15 pilots were unresponsive. sheriff deputies met the pilot there. the secret service also talked with them before eventually letting him go on his way. tomorrow if air force one will take president obama to palm springs. we've learned that departure has been moved up about 90 minutes. the president is scheduled to be in the palm springs area until monday. he has no public events. on ktvu.com we have posted more on the president's visit including his remarks at stanford. you will find a link on our front page. >>> now to developing news from the south bay where a vta light rail train hit and killed a man just before 7:00 at a busy intersection in san jose. the pedestrian

azenith smith, thank you. >>> to the labor fight that port of oakland and 28 other west coast ports. still no deal tonight between workers and shippers and today the port was at a stand still. ktvu's tom vacar tells us truckers who aren't involved in this dispute are paying a price here. >> this mess deepens and today the one word that describes the port of oakland, eerie. >> reporter: today the port was like a movie, evidence of humans but nobody around. the usual activity was abandon and the economy, the movement of goods, stalled. once again while the longshoreman play a dangerous game with the ship lines and operators who lock them out, 9,000 port truckers make nothing. >> this is a slow death we are suffering right now. >> we are this far apart. >> reporter: that is what the longshoreman said for many days now. >> this is the first time they have come back to innegotiating table. that is positive -- the negotiating table. that is positive. >> we are shut down. we are held hostage. >> look at this, acres of logs. all of it tied up at the port of oakland doing grievous damage to t

ktvu's azenith smith was in court as brock turner faced the judge today. >> reporter: the judge issued a protective order. a restraining order against brock turner so he is not allowed near the victim. brock turner dropped out of stanford since the accusations and that is a relief to many students here. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> reporter: brock turner walked into the courthouse without answering questions from reporters. defense attorney on one side. father on the other. he let his attorney do the talking, entering a not guilty plea to raping a woman outside a fraternity house january 18. documents state he admitted he had been drinking. he just wanted to hook up with the girl. >> these sexual assaults happen on campuses, at parties across the country. >> reporter: she praised the grad students who saw the assault and tackled him before police arrived. >> if they are listening, thank you. thank you for doing the right thing. because of their actions they stopped a sexual assault. >> reporter: according to documents the victim told detectives she doesn't remember much from

azenith smith, ktvu. >>> a couple of systems headed our way over the weekend.ber one system showing up right now in the north bay. moves through the bay area tomorrow and makes for a very wet day. especially in the lunchtime, 11:00 to 2:00 range. showers showing up in the eureka area now. light scattered showers showing up offshore. we're starting to get reports of light sprinkles around point rays station. out toward occidental. showers will increase tonight and they'll make for a wet morning commute. the main concern is going to be out there by pen grove where it gets some flooding. some of the small streams and such. i don't suspect the russian river should be a problem. but we'll be watching that area. on the bridges tomorrow morning. there's a high wind warning that goes into effect. the winds will be coming from the south. the san rafael bridge that's the one. it travels from alvisa over the southerly flow on to the bay. it gets a lot of speed going. so the san mateo richmond bridge can be a little messy. look for that tomorrow morning. 7:00a.m. tomorrow

azenith smith. >>> lab tests have determined that some kind of synthetic oil is what killed hundredsof sea birds on the bay. officials still don't know where that goo came from. it first showed up on the san leandro shoreline. fish and wildlife says it contains a mixture of nonpetroleum based fats and oils and when it got on the bird it made it impossible for them to stay warm or float or fly. >> he came in completely covered he couldn't flap his wings. everything was stuck to him. >> reporter: more birds were healthy enough to be released today near the golden gate. about 90 of them are still at a rehab center. >>> 72 hours without a phone or tablet. tonight at 10:45. bay area students take a break from technology and explain why they're doing it. >> up next, sweet treats for your valentines. last minute gift options and which restaurants might offer -- what some restaurants might offer instead of saturday night dinner. (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a

in san jose, azenith smith, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the bay area man on trial in new york for operating the black market silk road website was convicted on all counts. he was declaredle guilty on seven counts. the silk road site facilitated illegal drug deals. he claims he only created it, and was set up as a fall guy. his parents are outraged, saying the jury wasn't allowed to hear all the evidence. the verdict could put him in prison for life. his lawyer is planning an appeal. >>> radioshack appears to be on the brink of bankruptcy tonight, and that is expected to lead to thousands of of stores being closed. the wall street journal is reporting the bankruptcy filing will likely allow the company to sell the leases for 2,000 stores. 4,000 other locations are expected to close. radioshack employs 27,000 people across the country. it has lost money in each of the last 11 quarters to big box competitors such as wal-mart, best buy, and amazon. >>> one-on-one with this bay area idol hopeful. >> i just feel completely grateful and blessed for every moment that i've had. >> not one, but two s

new at 6:00, ktvu fox 2 news' azenith smith is live at aloha coffee and water.e targeted. >> reporter: well frank, the thieves didn't just break into big name stores but you can see the door is now boarded up and owners were greeted with broken glass everywhere this morning. at 6:00 this morning it was the alarm system that alerted the manager something was wrong at this

>> azenith smith, thank you. >>> international bird rescue released 20 birds that had been covered in gray goo. this is the second group of birds to be released. hundreds of birds were sickened by the goo along the bay area shoreline. the birds were released on the east bay at shoreline park inside the port of oakland. >> it is important for us to be releasing birds here. that will bring the number of birds released over 100. >> last time, the birds were released up in sausalito. these birds were rehabilitated 2-and-a-half weeks. we called fish and wildlife to see if they have any information on what the goo is yet. they are still not sure. international bird rescue says the last time they found a coated bird was on january 22. >>> two california state senators proposed legislation that would change vaccination laws for school children. state senators richard pan and ben allen are responding to the measles outbreak in california that would eliminate personal and religious belief exceptions. it would also establish a requirement at schools that parents are informed about the vaccinatio