infestations. 2, dph to develop a training curriculum on bedbug abatement. 3, owners to respond to bedbug infestation complaints. 4, property owners to disclose bedbug infestation history for the previous two years. 5, the department of public health to collect and publish bedbug data on a quarterly basis. 6, establishing enforcement procedures and 7, making environmental findings. >> thank you. colleagues, one of the first thing issues did when i joined the board of supervisors was to call a hearing on bedbugs in the city and county of san francisco. prior to that hearing actually a group of many of our residents from neighborhoods, chinatown and south of market and the tenderloin had been convening meetings fore over a year to discuss what we could do about the citywide epidemic that has been plaguing our neighborhoods. through the work group this legislation came forwards a series of recommendations on what we could do to better abate bedbugs and the bedbug abatement issue here in san francisco. this legislation will address three primary issues. the first of course is to actually coll

that includes what are beg bugs that look like bedbugs, but aren't them? so they are training materials and there they are. i think the only other thing to mention about this legislation is that it would require an additional inspector in terms of the certification required after violations. and that could be accommodated either by a salary ordinance request next fiscal year or temporarily or long-term reassigning existing staff and deprioritizing other activities. >> thank you so much, miss cohen. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> i do want to thank miss cohen and doctor bachi for working with our groups and recognize the department of building inspection who gave us feedback on this legislation as well. i have been notified by the clerk that we have an overflow room, room 250 and if you are here for another item and would like to give up your seat for folkses here at this item, the sheriff does not allow us to have people standing in the room. you will be able to watch the hearing and come back in for your item when that is up. i have just distributed amendm

notifying them about this bedbug problem urging them to submit work orders if they think they have bedbugs. the goal right now to of course contain the infestation. keep the bedbug problem from spreading as i said right now it's only in those two units. let's just hope it stays that way. jessica, mike? >> kristin fisher live in college park this morning. >>> fairfax county police released a sketch of a man they say is a serial fondling suspect. he's wanted for groping at least five women in springfield, virginia. and if you think you recognize this person here, on your screen, please contact police. the most recent attack was tuesday night on hibling avenue. a woman was groped in front of her daughter. another woman was groped on the same street two weeks earlier and detectives believe there could be even more victims. >>> d.c. police confirm they're investigating allegations that a guard in the city jail sexually assaulted an inmate. sources tell wtop radio the guard is accused of removing an inmate from his cell, taking him to an area without cameras and attacking him. and those sources

the students were told about the bedbugs and asked to report any problems. the maintenance staff and pest control experts will inspect. >> it's terrifying. >> kind of creepy, hoping i don't get bedbugs from a visitor. >> reporter: students tell me it's been a problem in the past, cap stone management did check before semester. >> we have to live out of garbage bags an get bitten every night. >> reporter: good luck to you, david tessler. the e-mail statement doesn't say exactly how many students have bedbug bites but it does say they travel through clothing, pillowcases and furniture and the best way to get rid of them is keep a clutter-free room. live on the university of maryland's campus, news4. >>> people whoa live in a condo apartment are complaining about raccoons, a lot of them. one fed-up homeowner at the arlington on walter reed drive sent us these photos. she says the animals are no longer afraid of humans because someone there is feeding them. they've csed property damage and they're even limiting residents' movements at night. >> you can't use the

the university of maryland dealing with a bedbug infestation. our crew just finished interviewing several students affected by the creepy critters, and they'll be joining us shortly. >> our ken molestina has been tracking this story. we're talking about an infestation of bedbugs. how bad is this, kenny? >> reporter: it's pretty bad. the company that runs these dorms, capstone management, say they're aware of the problem and are working to fix it. however, a couple of students i spoke to say every morning they're waking up with bites. >> this is like after the treatment happened. i'm still continuing to get bitten. >> reporter: she lives in one of the dorm-style apartments that has been overcome by bedbugs. this film shows the conditions they have been forced to live in. her and her roommate have been forced to put their belongings in bags and empty out entire closets of clothing in order to try and rid their rooms of the bed busmghts they say exterminators have been in their apartment several times but they keep waking up with bedbug bites night

bedbugs at one of the resident halls. >> this isn't the first time either. there's been a problem like this on campus. kristin fisher is live in college park with the story this morning. good morning to you kristin. >> reporter: good morning jessica. good morning mike. well the management company that runs the dorm the capstone management company says they are aware of this bedbug problem and that they're actively working to fix it. but students say it's not happening fast enough. and they're worried that it's actually starting to affect their schoolwork and let me show you why. take a look at the kinds of living conditions that these students are having to deal with. their clothes are being kept in garbage bags, the beds have been stripped of sheets and they've had to vacate their apartments for several hours while the exterminators come in and try to rid their units of bedbugs. so far the problem is confined to just two units in the south campus common 7. but even the management company calls the issue an increasing problem on campus. >> i just feel like

however, he did say they were alerted to the problem in late september and described the bedbug issue as an increasing problem. >> the stress that we've all been through is like really crazy because we're just really worried right now about spreading it. off my walls. >> reporter: now both are hoping the age sects are gone once and for all to refocus on their studies. >> we can't keep living like this. >> we're all stressed. it's painful and itchy to be bitten by the insects and we can't focus to be students at maryland. >> reporter: that spokesman i had a phone conversation earlier with today from capstone says they're urging anyone with problems to let them know. but as you just saw, this issue is very much still ongoing. it is not resolved in these students say their patience is running out. we're in college park, ken molestina, 9news now. >>> here's a look at the other stories making news now this morning. cbs news has learned investigators are looking into the possibility of border patrol agent killed earlier this week died from friendly fire. nicholas ivie and two other agents c

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. >>> getting rid of the bedbugs. new legislation aimed at revealing very important information. >>> scary moments for a store clerk in maine. what had her running for her life. >>> you can wake up with ktvu every morning. get the mornings top stories that developed while you were asleep sent straight to your cell phone every weekday morning at 6:00 a.m.. get your ktvu morning wakeup call by texting the word wakeup to 70123. >>> 5:23. terrifying moments look at this. a store clerk in portland maine is running from her life from a suspected gunman. still not clear if the man was trying to rob the store or if he had other motive. look at her. the clerk was able to escape. police are now searching for that suspect. >>> police also searching for a man that robbed a bank in alameda at gunpoint. the robbery reported at the city bank on webster street at 10:00 yesterday morning. the gunman pulled out the gun, then escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and other items from that bank. he's described as a man in his 20s. a

we'll be back. >>> an update on reports of bedbugs at the university of maryland. we told you about it last night. tonight there are three confirmed cases. students living inside the south campus commons apartments have been meeting with capstone on campus management, the company in charge of where they live, exterminators were on campus. >> we are literally living out of giant plastic bags. all of our clothes, all of our furniture. everything is completely -- it's a complete mess. it's hard to find my clothes. we have to dry our clothes with high heat before putting them on to decrease the risk of having bugs on us. >> during the interim six weeks, we understand we have been compliant. but there has been no compensation or plan made. that's our primary concern. >> well capstone issued a statement that reads quote, we will continue to follow our established protocall to responding to residents who notify us of bedbugs. students aren't satisfied, but they believe their concerns are being taken seriously. >>> thousands of local high school seniors will take the s.a.t

we have been plagued with transients, prostitution, bedbugs, roaches. i had to vacate my apartment for a week due to bedbugs. it was horrible. i have suffered stolen items and this street the boeing, not the outside people. it takes away apartments for renters, diminishing the amount of supply in the city. which drives the rentals up. this is simple. it drives it skyhigh, so that the middle-class can no longer afford to live here. it gets worse. no security. the doorman doesn't know people coming in or out, as he used to know people who lived there long-term. the quality of life has been diminished terribly. i can't say enough. i have had so much trouble with this landlord. rose marie knows how many times i called her office to correct items that were horrible. so i urge you to pass this legislation unanimously when it comes to the board, because it's so important this. has been going on for years. i had mentioned it year before supervisor chiu came in and i'm glad it's finally being adjudicated thank you. >> thank you. let me call up mary long, lana an

if they find more bedbugs in their room. >>> a raccoon invasion is forcing them to stay indoors. one homeowner fed up at the building on walter reed drive sent us these photos. they have been complaining about someone feeding them. raccoons have been around way too long. they no longer fear humans. they are a nuisance and a danger. >> we can't sit outside on our balcony and enjoy the outside without them literally coming up on to the fence and into our space. one of our neighbors as cats. i think there's been a couple events where cats have gone missing. >> homeowners say the raccoons have been a problem for about two years. >>> we are going to head outside and check in with tom kierein who has a chance to get out there in the sunshine. >> a good day to be outside on the weather deck. >> this may be the last time you see me out here without a coat on. this is going to be the last day we might get up to 80 degrees probably this year. right now, plenty of sunshine and gorgeous blue sky over washington. there's the live view from the nbc 4 city camera and as we look at what's been h

. >>> university of maryland dealing with a bedbug problem. several students are reporting bedbugs in their apartments. the complaints stem back to the beginning of the semester. exterminators have been called to the south campus commons sevens apartments. >>> this week marks 10 years since the beginning of the sniper attacks that terrorized the d.c. area. tonight friends, family and well wishers gathered in gaithersburg to honor the victims. one by one stories were told of each. community leaders also remember the fear that plagued our area. >> parents were afraid to allow their children to do anything. we were literally held hostage to two individuals that caused so much panic to our community. >> 10 people were killed, three others hurt during the shooting spree. john allen muhammad and lee boyd malvo were captured and convicted, muhammad executed and malvo serving a light sentence. >>> it's been 68 years since seven u.s. marines went missing in action on a training flight over the south pacific in world war ii. tonight their remains are ba

they showed their bedbug bites and their furniture overturned. capstone says quote, we will continue to follow our established protocall for responding to residents who notify us of bedbugs in their unit. students say they are not satisfied. they believe their concerns are finally being taken seriously, so maybe things will change. >> tomorrow, one of the most dreaded days for high school students everywhere. s.a.t. test day. all across our country, a record number of students are taking the s.a.t. more and more colleges don't require the test anymore. as peggy fox reports, the s.a.t. is not the best measure of whether or not a student will do well in college. >> tomorrow morning, many high school seniors will be taking the s.a.t. the second time, trying to improve their scores. the class of 2012 bombed the test with the lowest scores in history. since 2008, critical reading scores dropped 4 points and writing scores dropped 5 points. some blame the falling s.a.t. numbers. they say it is dumb down curriculum and causing teachers to teach to their

. >>> new war planned against bedbugs. how >>> good morning.refighters in lake county counting on calmer overnight weather to help them gain ground on a 300 acre wildfire near the town of lower lake highway 29 closed. right out in fire is 20% contained. evacuation orders lifted for two communities last night after crews managed to stop the fire from advancing. calfire says higher humidity and calmer winds overnight helped them. >>> doctors in england have an update on the condition of a 14-year-old pakistani girl who was shot in the head by members of the taliban. doctors say malala is able to stan with help and write but still shows signs of infection. -- the taliban targeted malala because she criticized their opposition to the education of girls and women. >>> we are learning more about what is in the controversial files covering more than two decades of sexual abuse allegations if the boy scouts. two dozen incidents took place here in the bay area. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: i've been reading through t

we also received reports of environmental health issues such as bedbug infestations and these reports were made by individuals who lived in public as well as private housing. about 40 percent of our contacts wanted to get information about service and support animals. clients wanted information about their rights to have one and wanted to learn how they could register their animal as a service or support animal. we also received calls from business owners, landlords, as well as the general public to get information about their rights when it came to service and support animals who were behaving inappropriately in public places. the remainder of the inquiries involved questions about education and employment accommodations. people also called our office to dispute their disability placard citation and they were referred out appropriately. as far as ada complaints go, we received more ada complaints this past month than we usually do. it totaled in the amount of 18 complaints. we received no requests for accommodations and only one curb ramp request, however. the majority of the complai

we can't live like this for six weeks. >> the next bedbug treatment is scheduled in two weeks. we're told the on campus apartment infected has private management separate from the university of maryland. >>> for many this is the beginning of a long holiday weekend. a new law in the district will allow some bars to stay open up to 4 a.m. monday morning. not everyone thinks that's great idea. fox 5's matt ackland has details. >> reporter: the longer hours will only take place sunday night into monday morning. the bars approved on this list will be authorized to stay open until 4 a.m. it's something council member jim graham worries about. >> the key problem is there's no public transportation. so people who think that they want to go dripping until the later hour are -- drinking until the later hour are going to drive or they have to take a taxi. that's all they've got unless they live in the area. so i think that the congestion, the noise, the adverse spillover effects is likely to increase, maybe not this weekend, but as the program expands. >> reporter: council member graham t

renters say they're dealing with everything from holes in the floors and ceilings to bedbug infestations and the building's owners right-hand turn doing anything about it. >> we're not being responded to -- a crisis, that's now to the point of a civil right's crisis. >> a spokesman did not return calls for comment to news 4. prince george's county say they're aware of the issues and have given the management group until october 20th to get them fixed. >> it looks like a national's fan and investigators say the actions were very criminal tonight. the f.b.i. is asking for help. police say he held up the t.d. bank last friday. after the hold-up, the robert went out and hailed a taxi. >> for the first time ever, a person can pick up an hiv test in local drugstores. it costs about $40. people swab their mouths and you can get results in about 20 minutes. doctors are hoping the tests will encourage more people to check for hiv. but others say the price tag is too steep for low-income americans. >> it allows you to find out if they want to click on a special want button. people can see the want

. >>> well, bedbugs are causing headaches for students at the university of maryland. the pests are spreading through parts of building 7 at the south campus commons dormitories. the company that manages the dormitories says that they were told about the problem in late september and they are working to get rid of the bugs. well, students say it's difficult to concentrate on class work. when they wake up with bug bites and so they've had to strip sheets off their beds and put their clothes in bags. >>> montgomery county lawmakers giving the -- are giving the plastic bag tax another look. right now we pay five cents for getting a bag at the supermarket and at stores. the county council president says the tax may hit too many kinds of realtors. and it may need to be narrowed. since the tax was put in place, january 1st, it has brought in nearly $170,000 a month for the county. >>> a grandmother and an infant are alive today and that's thanks to the quick actions of prince george's county firefighters. their apartment on 85th avenue and new car rollton caught fire this mo

. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, bedbugs aren't the only thing to worry about when you're traveling your hotel room lock may be vulnerable to thieves. >> reporter: just blocks from time square, tourists trek in hotels like the hill ton garden inn for a safe night's sleep but when we checked in we found electronic locks on guests rooms can open without a e key. >> i'm going to insert the marker into the bottom of the door and the door is going to open up. >> you are in my room with your hands on my ipad. i can go down the entire hallway and unlock every door. >> reporter: and it also worked at the holiday express where no key, no problem. hackers first exposed the problem earlier this summer posting videos like this one on youtube, and now the tools can be hidden in magic markers and iphone cases and the how to guide is just a click away online. big name hotels reportedly bought millions of the faulty locks from a company called onti. >> millions of people will be at risk until this problem is fixed. >> reporter: they told abc news the company is working with the customers to deploy

addressing the additional department of hub health action steps to deal more effectively with the bedbugs infections which we read a lot about that in the papers. the supervisor is most appreciative with dbi assistance with the drafting of this ordinance. dbi chinese-speaking volunteers will be at another community outreach event from 11 am to 2 pm, the chinatown resource fair. if you are in the vicinity please stop by and be good to see people from the department. that, madam secretary, concludes my president's announcement. >> is there any public comment on the president's announcement? seeing none, item 3, general public comment, bic will take public comment on matters within the commission's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> before we start i'd like to read the ground rules. any personal comments regarding the staff will not be tolerated. >> my name is spencer gosh, i have been a building inspector for 30 years. i would like for people who have problems with the department to come to public comment. as with all my previous appearances before

>>> inmates at a prison in pennsylvania are being allowed to go home for a few days because of a bedbug infestation. furlough so exterminators. inmates will be allowed to go home, stay with friends and family. those who don't have a place to stay will remain at the prison in a different area. >>> controversy surrounding the zoo halloween decorations prompted the zoo to remove the display. life size ghostly figures with black faces are hung from tall trees. in person, the figures have more animation and appear to be floating, in photos posted on the facebook page, the figures hang from the branches leading some to be reminded of a lynching scene. >> i mean, not the first thought i got when i came in and saw them, but i can definitely understand that. it might make some people uncomfortable. >> faces are black so that at night, the lights inside the faces would be the only thing that you see. so it's actually designed to be a faceless image. >> officials have promised to remove the display. you know, these days when somebody's dog turns up missing, it can also be located quickly with the

there are complaints, there are complaints about bedbugs, there are complaints about people in the space using drugs and alcohol. these are private hotels and we don't have control over every single unit in the hotel. there are people that come into the hotel to sell drugs. this is a reality in the area we're talking about. there are neighbors that are using and it's tempting it use with them. we don't have as much control over the situation as we would like, but at the same time if you want to expert more control then you have to have a higher bar. so it's a dynamic that we struggle with all the time. but by and large, over 95, 97 percent of people are extremely happy to have a space that they can actually, they get a key, they can lock the door, they can have a place that's private for them and a place where they can store their belongings and just feel safer. overwhelmingly it's a positive response but by no means is it perfect. >> i would say for the permanent housing, you know, 97 percent or 98 percent of the people are extremely happy and i mean we have a much easier environment th

reports tonight that an on- campus apartment building is infested with bedbugs. the university warn students of the bugs in an e-mail. the outbreak is affecting those that live in the south campus, and is building. the warning was no surprise to many students reporting constant bug bites. david shows the red marks left behind. for us haven't offered to live anywhere else. >> the university doesn't disclose how many are affected but those that are have been of advised -- have been advised to keep the clutter of the floor and their rooms. they feed on blood often but not always at night. the number of bed bug infestation has climbed rapidly since the mid-1990s. >> if you need proof that bullying is a problem, these new numbers are disturbing. education officials are coming together to figure out how to cut back god and identify a bully. >> police have just released surveillance video of a bar surveillance video of a bar fight >> a 20-year-old man's night out ended with him shot and killed during a bar brawl. a month later, police have yet to make an arrest. >> inve

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. >> the next bedbug treatment is scheduled in two weeks and we're told the on-campus apartment affected has private management separate from the university of maryland. >> a new school ban will have kids in new jersey screaming for ice cream. following an ongoing protest from parsippany high school, the school district there is adding another government mandate. no ice cream may be sold during the school day at school and the superintendent is not happy but his hands are tied. >> and wait until you go home. that is whee did. >> yeah. >> and hit the frigerator. >>> why yahoo!'s new ceo is taking heat days after giving birth to her first child. >> and apple honors the late great steve jobs on the one- years anniversary of his passing. we'll be right back. whenen i was younger and... financially stable. we were poor. the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. clerk. way up. insurance... and i make great money. seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. to accountants... and construction workers. place to work with good pay... anwhen we switched to fios,r we got better tv, better