the dead include nine women and 7 adult. >>> berkeley police chief is under fire from some of his ownicers now. cate caugiran in berkeley where the chief admits he made a big mistake. >> reporter: the berkeley police chief will have tough questions to answer from his staff after he sent a reporter or an officer to a reporter's home. the police chief says he apologized but will the apology be enough for his staff? berkeley police chief michael meehan says that he sent an officer to bay area reporter doug oakley's home at 12:45 a.m. late friday. the officer said meehan demanded corrections to an article. oakley wrote an article about a heated town hall meeting on thursday and meehan said oakland's article was wrong. not only did the officer go to his home awakening the writer and his family but sent e-mails demanding more changes. meehan admitted his actions were wrong. he told cbs 5 he apologized to oakley. oakley isn't going to file charges but is concerned that if meehan did this once, he might do it again. this morning we'll see if meehan's apology will hold up with the rest of his

berkeley police say what happened next crossed a line. the police chief sent an officer to the journalist's home here in this neighborhood in the middle of the night to demand that the story be changed. >> i was shocked! >> reporter: attorney and ex- police officer harry stern says the tactic gives the perception of intimidation. >> becoming an editor, an armed editor, if you will, is really concerning. >> this could erode that trust that the berkeley police department has built over 100 years. >> reporter: it's reminiscent of a first amendment fight in 2002 when berkeley mayor tom bates admitted to stealing and trashing 1,000 copies of the daily californian, after the paper endorsed his opponent. >> poor judgment. it's very poor judgment. >> reporter: meehan has apologized saying "i take full responsibility for this error in judgment." by email, reporter doug oakley tolders, the chief apologized to me and my family and i accepted it. now i'm ready to move on but the community hasn't moved on someone chalking this message calling for meeha

. >> berkeley police held at town hall meeting tonight talk about the murder of the berkeley hills man. police blamed internet bloggers for posting misinformation about the crime and wanted to set the record straight. but as robert lyles reports, there are few public meetings without far works. >> this is not the first time that this has happened. >> it was as if peter secours murder was yesterday. emotions are still raw and questions about why. >> ... house to put the fire station to seek help. there was no one there. >> berkeley residents wanted to confront city council residents about what happened. instead, questions need to be handwritten and city leaders would read and respond. it didn't go over well especially with the occupy crowd. >> that encampment was there in terms to occupy the truth. >> but very berkeley was attacked before he was bludgeoned to death. >> the young man coming from the other direction punched me in the face and then started calling my face. i grabbed him and we both went down. >> there was no escaping the real question. the berkeley police failed to respond

>>ysabel: berkeley police chief apologized to a news reporter for sending someone to his home in the middle of the night to demand changes to a story. he claimed the oakland tribune reporter missed reported what he had said in their recent public meeting. he has since apologized, but the damage is done. da lin has more. >>da: the berkeley police chief seen in this video sent an army officer to leave reporters house over a news article. if an armed sgt knocked on the door at 12:45 pm fan demanded changes to the story that had just published of mind. bumps >>da: reporter said this had never happened before in his 24 years of journalism. >> was willing to hear him out, but not that of a glut in the morning. >>da: the store was about to this meeting and addressed in a recent homicide. the chief said he tried he mailing and calling the reporter with no success so out of desperation he said is subject to his home to request an immediate correction to the story. >> i caused distress to him and his family. it will never happen again. >> many journalism experts compare the tactic to attempted

. >>> berkeley's police chief could face more scrutiny this week. tara moriarty is live outside police headquarters. tara. >> reporter: today city council woman susan plans to meet with the city manager to discuss the police chiefs actions. this controversy all stems from an incident that happened thursday after midnight when berkeley police chief michael meehan decided to send an officers to a reporters home. doug oakley had written a story about a heated community meeting earlier that night. meehan had apologized for the departments slow response in connection with the february 18th killing of berkeley hill resident. meehan said he never apologized but instead said he was sorry for not releasing information about the homicide earlier. the police officer knocked on oakley's door while they slept. she told oakley she was mortified to be at oakley's home but was asked to give a direct order to ask him to change the story. he says he does not plan to sue and will report to work today. live from berkeley i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jury s

more fallout is expected from the controversy surrounding berkeley's police chief. police chief michael meehan was peppered with questions about the departments response to a recent beating death of a oakland residence. he thought the online article misrepresented his comments. he sent an officer to the reporters home at 12:45 in the morning to insist the story be changed. today a city council woman plans to talk to the manager about the chiefs behavior. coming up in the next half hour a live report from berkeley on how this incident may effect the relationship between the community and the police rank and file. >>> jury selection continues in the trial of san francisco sheriff ross mitigating mirk roadway -- ross mitigating mirkarimi. he is charged with domestic violence battery, child endangerment and persuading a witness. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> a concord woman facing dui and child endangerment charges after a crash involving her three-year-old daughter. the truck they were in crashed into a utility pole on market street around 4:30 yesterday morning. that

amy hollyfield is live at the berkeley police department. >> reporter: this is all because of a community meeting that happened thursday night where police were discussing how they responded to a call that ended in the murder of a berkeley hills resident. the police chief michael meehan apologized to that crowd. he says he apologized about how the department informed the public about its response to cukor's call for help in an online article in the tribune be a reporter said he apologize for how police responded. the chief sent a spokesperson to the reporter's home at 12:45 in the morning and asked that the story be changed. >> i didn't know what to think. i couldn't sleep the entire night i was shaking, i was so shocked! >> reporter: the chief has apologized. called eight over zealous attempt to get the right -- called it an over zealous attempt to get the right information out. a city councilmember wants to meet with the city manager about the situation. she called the chief's acts a little extreme. now the police union is saying it is gravely concerned about what the chief did. amy hol

transcripts shows the victim asked police to respond with more urgency than first revealed. >> reporter: there are two items of information that have emerged. the berkeley man killed after calling police for help. first the transcript from peter cukor's call to a nonemergency police line. berkeley police say what has been released is not complete nor verbatim. cukor tells the dispatcher the man on his driveway wants to come in which is strange and i would like an officer up here, right away. on that february night the dispatcher labeled the call priority two, because there was not a crime in progress. the man who police arrested is accused of beating cukor to death with a flower pot after that call. more controversy for the berkeley police chief in how he handled the aftermath of this case. we are learning not only did he send a public information officer to a reporter's home to confront him about a story he had written, turn out the chief may have inappropriately asked the pio to use the department's database to find the reporter's home address. an attorney for the pio says the search was not illegal. e-mails between the chief and pio were obtained, th

chief answering to the the public tonight about the police response to the february beating death of a berkeley hills man. 67 year-old peter suker was killed outside his home on february aekt, beaten witha -- 18th. beaten with a flour pot. dewit's family says he's a paranoid schizophrenic. and the police say they have reviewed the case, and there was no delay in getting to the house. >> reporter: berkeley's police chief defending his department's hamming of a february murder -- handling of a february murder saying there were enough officers to respond to emergencies, and the first call that came in was on a nonemergency line and was put in the cue to be followed up. >> we on had people to answer emergency calls all night long, including this event. to this point, we haven't found anything outside of the norm. >> reporter: the supervisor explained to the crowd how calls are prioritized, and what to tell a dispatcher when you're in an emergency. she describes this case as the perfect storm. >> it's a double tragedy in a way. i think this young man desperately needed treatment and help, and he cle

. >>> new tonight, the berkeley police department is on the defensive. community members are demanding answers why police didn't respond immediately to a call for help. jean elle joins us tonight. and some say berkeley police made a deadly mistake here. >> reporter: and the police chief answered questions, hoping to change some minds. he believes dispatchers handled the calls correctly. as soon as it was clear there was an emergency, police rushed to the scene. but still, some residents aren't satisfied. tempers flare on the recent beating death of a 67-year-old and how police answered the call. dozens of people are anxious for answers why police didn't answer sooner. the key may be his demeanor. he called the nonemergency line to report a man trespassing on his property in the berkeley hills on february 18th. city councilwoman susan wingraf says he was very calm. >> i'm quoting now. there's a gentleman hanging around. he seems very spacey. >> reporter: dispatch made it a priority two call, which means an officer is sent when one is available. the chief s

oakley will report to work today anywhen while the berkeley police association says they are gravely erned about meehan's actions. >>> and how do you think berkeley's city council should respond to the incident? that's the questions we're asking our viewers on facebook this morning. frank wrote if berkeley doesn't want an out of control police department, they will at least suspend him. math lin wrote the council should suspend the chief. and we want to know what you think. follow the ktvu channel 2 morning teams on facebook and send us a message. we'll share more of your comments coming up on mornings on 2. >>> new video we want to pass on to you. take a look at this. new video out of california. swimmers were ordered it of the waters when sharks were spotted near the shore. there are no reports of any swimmer being injured and the beach was reopened a couple hours later. >>> northern california air national guard rescue team is helping two injured sailors off the coast of mexico. members of the 129th rescue wing left moffett field yesterday. they headed 700 miles west to provide med

berkeley police say what happened next crossed a line. the police chief sent an officer to the journalist's home here in this neighborhood in the middle of the night to demand that the story be changed. >> i was shocked! >> reporter: attorney and ex- police officer harry stern says the tactic gives the perception of intimidation. >> becoming an editor, an armed editor, if you will, is really concerning. >> this could erode that trust that the berkeley police department has built over 100 years. >> reporter: it's reminiscent of a first amendment fight back in 2002, when berkeley mayor tom bates admitted to stealing and trashing 1000 copies of the daily californian after the paper endorsed his opponent. meehan says, i take full responsibility for error in july. by email, reporter doug okayly tolder, of the chief apologized to me and my family and i accepted it and now i'm ready to move on but the community has not moved on. someone chalked this message calling for meehan's firing in front of the city hall steps. >> whether he can recover fro

. >>> berkeley's police chief may face more scrutiny over his interaction with reporters, following a. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live in morgan hill, 90 minutes from now, volunteers will fan out across the county looking for the missing 15-year-old sierra lamar. they will have new information from investigators. that coming up. >>> flight departure delays in newark and philadelphia. arrival delays into sfo, nearly 75 minutes. >>> hot spot in san jose north 101 jammed because of two injury accidents one at tully one at the capital expressway, bay bridge toll backed up past the 880 overcross ing. i >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the opening bell is about to ring. you can see on the right the new york stock exchange ringing the opening bell our officials -- [ inaudible ] also the berkeley organic food company annie's go public today priced at $19 a share. we'll find out how they are doing. we'll go live to the new york stock exchange for an update in 15 minutes. >>> following weather and traffic thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kri

you need to know what happened. >> reporter: police chief meehan indicated that at this meeting emotions ran high, discussing the beating death of a berkeley neighbor. >> i have been dealing with this fairly emotional event that we had. >> reporter: afterwards an oakland tribune reporter in the crowd got a knock on the door the a police officer sergeant indicated that the reporter needed to amend his story. the chief disagreed with some of the facts. >> i saw this article come out late at neat and think, hey, i'm going deal with it right now. >> reporter: today, as berkeley officers performed daley duties the chief at headquarters was busy with reporters explaining himself. >> the reasons really don't matter. it was just a significant error on my part. i put him in apawkward position. shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: by phone the tribune reporter doug oakley says he takes the chief's apology at face value. >> the chief wanted changes made right then and there at 1:00 a.m. i said, no. i can't do it. >> reporter: by 7:00 the next morning, oakley made minor changes, but it wasn't enough. >> he got his foot in the door and wanted more chan

berkeley police closed off the street between awe continue and bank croft way. helped the woman driving in the white van. at 6:30 shots fired here on bonnie air street near bancroft wait a minute they heard a barrage on the streets. 2 people in the car opened fire on 3 young men in front of a house. all 3 men wounded. one managed to get inside the van that had a mother with two young children inside. the van manageed to get bancroft before stopped by police. resident said the shooting is the result of too much time and too many guns. >> you think this is something some kind of grudge. >> really ain't no gang. just kids all grau up with each other. screws too many guns on the street. all these kids got guns. that's the problem. today find the gun coming from they keep having the crime scene. >>reporter: at least a dozen shots fired. haven't been able to talk to berkeley police as yet but know that the 2 young men shot and suffered non-life threatening wounds. another suffered a wound to the chest or stomach area and we don't know what the condition of that indivi

bay area news group reporter doug oakley got a visit from a berkeley officer saying the police chief demanded changes be made to an article that oakley wrote. he wrote an organize about a heated town hall meeting saying meehan apologized for the department's slow response of the murder of berkeley resident peter cukor. meehan said he never said this and said he was sorry he failed to quickly release the information about the killing. in regards to sending an officer to oakley's home, meehan apologized to doug oakley and said he went about the situation wrong. >> putting myself out there just to say this is completely my fault. i apologize to mr. oakley. i'm falling on my sword because i was wrong and i put him in an awkward position and shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: oakley says he has no plans to file charges. but told the "san francisco chronicle" he was concerned if meehan did this once, he could do this anytime again that he was upset. we're hearing reports that several officers of meehan's force says the chief is more concerned about his image than the case at hand. live in

on friday morning a berkeley police sergeant was tent to the report's howard. the chief wanted the change because he thought the reporter misinterpreted what he said at a meeting. he says he didn't think the reporter would be intimidated since he regularly deals with the sergeant. >> a group of oakland residents say they're tired of the blight in their neighborhood so they're sending a message to city leaders. the alliance for californians for commune empowerment is a group of west oakland residents who want to improve their neighborhood. today they hung a "no dumping" sign at at a vacant lot. >> we're tired of blight. we're tired of drugs. we're tired of trash. and we want to see our city come up to a higher standard than right now. >> alan: the group says it's also gone door-to-door to get more neighbors involved in the cause. the group wants to turn the empty lot into a park or recreation center. >> if you want to by a new ipad you may have to be patient. >> somebody told me i went viral. i didn't know what that meant. >> alan: an innocent restaurant review

amy hollyfield is live at the berkeley police department. >> reporter: the story picked up steam over the weekend. now that it is monday morning a city councilmember says she wants to take a closer look. the police chief michael meehan has apologized and said what he did was an error in judgment. he was questioning a news story about a community meeting thursday night entitle an online article for the tribune the reporter wrote about how the chief apologized to the crowd. the chief disputed the reporter's account and sent his spokes earn to the reporter's home 12:45 in the morning to ask him to change the story. >> i didn't know what to think. i couldn't sleep the entire night i was shaking, i was so shocked. >> i hope it never happens again. and i hope that people are rearthurred this was a unique isolate -- people are reassured this was a unique isolated incident. >> reporter: a city councilmember has called meehan's action a little extreme. oakley did make a change to the story then meehan called and e-mailed oakley asking for more changes which he refused to do. oakley has said he

there has been discussion on how to create a public memorial. >> the president of the police association in berkeleyking out against the police chief's decision to send armed officer to a reporter's home after midnight because the cheap disagree with the reporter's story. >> the police association is outraged and ashamed of his conduct in this matter. we do not want that to date with a trust that the community has in our members. we are working with city hall to come up with a resolution for the matter. >> in contra costa county, the sky where remains closed at highway 4 because of that, a tanker flipped over this morning as it was exiting was down four. the tender contains 63,000 lbs. of cetane which is a highly flammable chemical. none of it's filled with the tanker's damage free-for-all had to transfer the chemical onto another tanker. in contra costa county, dan kerman, kron4 news. >>officer: already on when a reporter was sold out. in london, these two young men were camping outside of the region's history apple's for fear it a call every apple store in the bay area and visited a couple. there

monte francis spoke to the police chief and the reporter and is in berkeley with the story. >> reporter: diane, good evening. critics are calling the incident an afront to the first amendment. the police chiefed amitts he was wrong and"t)omising it will never happen again. on thursday night berkeley police chief michael meehan hosted a community immediating about the police response to last month's beating death much peter cukor and doug oakley riled a report online stating that meehan apologized for a delayed response to the crime scene. oakley told us by phone he went home and shortly before 1 a.m. he was awakened by a knock at his door. >> i never know what to think when the police come to the door in the middle of the night. i was afraid something had happened tragic to someone i knew. >> the sergeant was mary cusm suchlt s, the department administration officer that says he wanted them to achange the report saying the chief apologized for ab explanation but not for responding to the crime scene. oakley, who agreed to make the changes said he felt start he willed and intimidated. >>

closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >>> berkeley police chief apologizes to his department's response to an intruder call. >>> an appeals court could decide if a video of sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife can be used as evidence in his domestic violence trial. >>> good morning clear sky over san francisco, sunny and warm today that's it. pattern change on the way that will bring several chances of rain. >> [ inaudible ] >>> good morning thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. america's best known luxury retailer opened in walnut creek today. the road to the opening was rocky with residents and competitors waging an expensive two year campaign to block it. amy hollyfield is live at broadway plaza to explain. >> reporter: neiman marcus appears ready to let bygones be bygones. the store is putting out the olive branch, several details trying to reach out to the community. it is ready to go. there's a lot of art inside, most done by local bay area artists. the cafe has a walnut creek salad. the store is doing what it can to be part of the community. this store did

this morning more controversy for berkeley police chief in how he handled fallout from the case.only did he send a sergeant to a reporter's home to confront him about the story he written. i the the chief may have inappropriately asked the sergeant to use the department's database to reporter's home address. an attorney for that sergeant says the search was not illegal. e-mails were obtained and they show the chief contacted two other media outlets about their stories on the case. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 5:36 now. university of california regents meet in san francisco today and they will consider how campusesing going to respond to fought protests. -- the system wide review comes after protests in -- -- protests that drew national attention. today's review is aimed at setting policies for the future. today a judge will decide whether uc davis can release a report on the pepper spraying of demonstrators. campus police have been fighting that release. >>> maybe getting sprayed with showers nothing too severe. most of that crazy stuff yesterday is out of here. >> that was mos

tonight, the berkeley police chief is, hot seat in answering questions about the public on the police response to the beating death of the berkeley hills man. he was killed outside its home on february 18th and d in with a flower pot. this is the man accused of beating him. the family of dewitt says he is a paranoid schizophrenic. right now take thompson is at the meeting and joins us live. >> people are here for answers from the police department and especially the police chief. let's take a peek inside the meeting. it is a packed house. people want to know what happened in if there was any delay in the police said they want to know if there was an issue with police getting to the house. one it councilwoman heard the transcript of the first call to police and she said this is where the problem could have been. >> the phone call was very calm. as it did not in any way express a sense of urgency. there are discussing exactly how to speak to a 911 dispatcher, what he should be telling them and how anxious he should be sound to get across what you need to. >>grant: an apartment complex b

. >>> and more fallout on the berkeley police chief, regarding the beating of a man last night, the police chief, meehan, apologized for sending a sergeant to the home of reporter doug oakley after midnight, the chief said he wanted changes to the story. oakley said he made changes, but not all the ones the chief requested. the first amendment advocates say that could be seen as intimidation. >>> and turns out today was not last call for a popular watering hole. the gold dust lounge is still in business. the eviction order didn't happen here. there was a lot of attention focusing on the fate of the bar. the eviction appears to be blocked by a lawsuit at this point. >> the lawyer said everybody still has their jobs, and we're celebrating that we're still here. >>> the landlord accuses the bar owners of misleading the public about the real situation and says the gold dust owners knew their lease had a 90-day cancellation clause. >> rally today, where they're trying to keep open. the managers say they're shutting down april 15th, because the lease is set to expire. the rally organizers say th

berkeley police had closed off the street. police stopped the white van that had one of the victims inside. shots were fired near bancroft way. they heard a barrage of shots on the street. a car with two people inside opened fire on five young men who were in front of the a-building shooting dice. emily was inside the apartment when she heard the shots. >> we heard eight shots and we ran into the hallway and came out here and called the cops and came out here. i guess that people got shot over there. >> reporter: three men were wounded. one man managed to get in the van trying to get away. the van got to bancroft before it was stopped by police. they say it's the result of too much time and too many guns. >> they have to get the guns off the street. all the kids got guns. they don't have an education but they got guns. >> it shows a dozen shots were fired. a family with small children was nearby a bullet that went through a window. >> in the window there is nice lady who has some children and her and her kid were right near the

there are two buildings that if neighbors go in with the police escort for 10 minutes they will be allowed back inside. >> cate caugiran live in berkeley, thank you. >>> police are investigating a fatal shooting in san jose's edenvale area. dispatchers started getting calls about the shooting just after 7:00 yesterday evening. officers found the victims shot several times near monterey highway. the man rushed to regional medical center where he died last night. so far, no word on any suspects. >>> it was a matter of setting the record straight. berkeley police held a town hall meeting about the murder of a berkeley hills man and it was full of emotion. >> that was precious time of the screwup that happened in the communication to go up the hill and take care of the situation. that's precious time! >> according to police reports, the 67-year-old peter cukor was beaten to death 15 minutes after he reported a trespasser at his home last month. the initial call wasn't urgent enough for police to respond. another man said he was also attacked that same night. >> young man coming from the other direction punched me in the face then started c

no injuries reported. >>> and berkeley's police chief addressed angry residence last night about his esponse to the beating death of a berkeley hills man. officers were busy with occupy protests that night are false. >>> it has gone viral but far from being a silly video or celebrity siting. it's about a war lord in uganda and receiving praise and conflict. joseph kony is wanted by the international criminal court for abducting children and forcing them to be soldiers or sex slaves. the video is a documentary. it encourages young people to contact celebrities and politicians and ask them to take take a stand. it calls on everyone to plaster posters of kony all over the world on april 20th. but some critics say the video over simplifies the issues. they point out president obama has sent special operation forces to africa to try and locate kony. my kids told me about this. ktvu.com has a link to the kony 2012 video. >>> our time now 5:44. today most of the republican presidential candidates are focusing their campaigns on mississippi and alabama. we are told their primaries are next tu

berkeley police holding a town meeting about the murder of a berkeley hills man of and it was full of fireworks. >> the screwup in communications. >> take care of the situation. that's precious time! >> emotion are still raw about the murder of peter cukor. according to police reports, the 67-year-old man was beaten to death 15 minutes after he reported a trespasser in his home last month. but the initial call wasn't urgent enough for the police to respond. another man said he was attacked that very same night. >> young man coming from the other direction punched me in the face. then he started clawing my face and i grabbed him and we both went down on the ground. >> the internet media the bloggers, the commentators, things like that, they got ahead of this with speculation. we put out information. we didn't put it out quickly enough. and so we got behind that. that's unfortunate because it leaves people with this belief that somehow this crime wouldn't have happened but for this, this discussion about "occupy." it's a red herring. >> an "occupy" march did keep the officers busy that

berkeley police closed off bonar street in this area. police stopped a white van that had one ever victims inside. 6:20 shots were fired near bancroft way. neighbors said they heard a barrage of shots on the street. a car we are told with at least two people inside opened fire on five young men who were in front of an apartment building here shooting dice. emily was inside her apartment when the shots sounded. >> we heard a bunch of shots, like 8 shots, and we all ducked and ran into the hallway. we came out here, called the cops and came out here and i guess that people got shot over there. >> three men were wounded, one man managed to get inside this van trying to get away. a mother with two young children were inside. the van managed to get as far as bancroft before it was stopped by police. residents said this shooting is the result of too much time and too many guns. >> have to find out where the guns are coming from. they have to get the guns off the street. all these kids got guns. they don't even got an education, but they got gun

. >>> plus, the berkeley police chief is under fire after he sent a sergeant to someone's home in the middle of the night. we'll explain. >>> also, how a new all-inclusive program on the puninls law is allowing special needs kids to take their talents to the stage, and while organizers dedicated to the event to a woman and her autistic son who died this week. >>> plus, baseball is buzzing about the a's tonight, do they have a new star? the news starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer. we begin with the race for the republican prlsh nomination. santorum won the caucuses in kansas, while mitt romney took wyoming. the next significant test comes this tuesday. >> we had a very, very good day. >> with a strong showing in the kansas caucuses, gop presidential hopeful rick santorum notched another victory, and he's making the case, he's the conservative choice. >> we have to have candidates, a candidate, a nominee who can get up there and draw a clear contrast with the president of the united states. >> for santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul, the saturday caucuses in kansas and

anyone with information is asked to call berkeley police. in berkeley, abc7 news. >>> three men are now in jail accused of an october shooting that killed three young people in san leandro. the victims were gunned down following a warehouse party that had been advertised online. sergio has reaction from the father of one of the victims. >> for the last five months roger kiel has kept his daughter's bedroom almost exactly the same as the last time she was there. >> ashley, in my mind, i keep thinking she's coming home. >> except for the small shine he put together in her memory. she was shot to death early last october in san leandro. now he said he's feeling relief. >> i can't even expression how i feel right now. >> san leandro men arrested three men. they are now facing charges, including homicide, for their alleged roles in the murder of the girl and her two friends. they were killed in a spray of bullets following an october party that san leandro police say was organized online. kiel said he has been in close contact with the families of

police had with the story? the thursday night meeting vownted the case of a man who was beaten to death outside his berkeley hills home, allegedly by daniel dewitt who has since been arrest. there will questions raised how quickly the police responsibled to the attack but chief meehan told the audience his department responded quickly enough. oakley said the chief apologized. but meehan insisted he only apologized for the -- >> it's completely and totally an arrow in -- error in judgment. dug oakly has been very responsive and very reasonable. >> reporter: the reporter tells me he has accepted the police chief's apology. meanwhile, a city council member near berkeley says she has concern and is going to be walking into the city manager's office on monday. reporting live, sergio quintana. >> alan: tired of being targeted by robbers, oakland food truck owners are taking security into their open hands. here's why many of them are considering armed security guards. >> reporter: the family run the tacos truck and are still mourning he loss of gabrielle jury who was shot to death in the truck. they're hiring their own

no word on the condition of the person . >>> in berkeley the controversy over the police chief.tvu's paul chambers tells us, the is one group that is outraged and embarrassed. >> reporter: i can tell you i have been trying to contact all the players involved, they are in meetings. look at this. you can see how he feels about the chief, he says it is time for him to go. >> reporter: he is upset by the action of berkeley police chief. he is a member of occupy berkeley and says he was arrested last year. >> he gone after people's right to free speech, to assembly and now the press itself. he needs to quit. >> reporter: last week the chief says emotions ran high about the death of a resident last month. friday morning, he sent the chargent to a home of a reporter. >> the police association, the members are outraged, embarrassed by the actions. >> it is not standard practice. so it would be interesting to find out more. >>> the chief apologized for his actions. saying it won't happen again. some feel the damage is already there and hard to repair. >> we want this to effect the trust

berkeley's police chief is apologizing to residents but defending his department's actions following the death of a 67-year-old homeowner last month. 160 showed up at a meeting last night that became heated at times officials spent more than an hour answering questions about what happened the night meter cukor called police for help but -- the night peter cukor called police for help but murdered later. they say public report --s are not accurate. >> we have not found evidence of anything that could have changed unless people knew what was going to happen in the future. >> police arrested daniel dewitt diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for the murder. a judge is expected to hear a report on the suspect in two weeks. >>> san francisco superior court is expected to issue a ruling as early as today in question a 55 second video showing bruises on the arm of mirkarimi's wife and whether that could be used as evidence. that video was shot by a neighbor. the trial judge is allowing the evidence the defense does not want it shown to jurors. mirkarimi and his wife are denying the accusat

. >>> and more fallout after the berkeley police ordered a sergeant to a newspaper reporter's house after midnight to get that journalist to change an article. well the president of the berkeley police association weighed in today, telling the san francisco chronicle that the rank and file takes issue with the situation, and is gravely concerned regarding the trust of the community we serve. chief michael meehan went to the house, and told ktvu news it was a significant error on his part, saying it won't happen again. >>> missing for more than a week, the efforts made today along the san mateo coast to find a camper from san bruno. >>> and mission to mexico, what these bay area national guard members are able to do that could prove life saving for the stranded fishermen. >>> and white house hopefuls hitting the campaign trail. why rick santorum referred to mitt romney as a liar today. the news continues in 90 seconds 0 . >>> the san mateo sheriff's office is looking for a marine gone missing. it has been more than a week since he went missing. ktvu's jade henderson hernandez has more. >>

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. >>> and the police chief controversy in berkeley that sparked a national debate. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm ken wayne. >> i'm tori campbell. dave clark has the day off. it's monday, march 12th. >>> topping our news, more gun violence on the streets of oakland. police are investigating two shootings. one victim is a 13-year-old girl. allie rasmus is live with more. >> reporter: well, the 13-year- old girl is expected to recover. she was shot in the forearm and is expected to be okay. investigators have been trying to talk to her and try to get more information -- trying to get more information about what happened. this is the intersection where she was found, 18th avenue and east 15th street, around 2:30. this morning. it was from there, paramedics rushed her to children's hospital. but investigators say this is not where she was shot. somebody dropped her off here. police don't believe this shooting was connected to another earlier shooting that happened about two and a half miles away where the 13-year- old was f

. >> in the news this sunday morning, march 11th berkeley police chief apologizes for sending an officer to a reporter's house asking him to change his story. >>> arson investigators are trying to determine if two vehicle fires in san francisco lift night are related. >> good morning. the sun will be up at 7:26. we are looking at 47 in santa rosa. 51 right now cloudy skies in oakland. >> thank you, lisa. good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. tomorrow a berkeley councilwoman plans to meet with the city manager to discuss the controversy involving the police chief. the chief is publicly apologizing for ordering one of his officers to pay a midnight visit to an oakland tribune reporter to try to get him to make changes that a reported story. we report on the backlash the chief is facing even after he apologizes for what he calls an error in judgment. >> it happened thursday night after a raucous meeting in berkeley put together by city leaders. split chief michael meehan took pointed questions by the audience about the way his department responded to an attack las

he will be answering questions from the public on the police response to the beating death of a berkeleyto death with a flower pot by 23 year-old daniel dewitt. his family says he is a paranoid schizophrenic. kate thompson says there are questions as to whether the police response was delayed. >> concerned residents are expected to gather here at this community charge at 7:30 p.m.. they will be hearing for the first time directly from the police chief, the city manager into the supervisor of the police dispatch about what took place on the night and at a berkeley hills man was beaten to death. the phillies had priority with an occupy protests that was going on to carry the first call that came and about this is true of being on the property of was to a non-emergency phone line. >> over the course of the year airline passengers have seen things increase nearly 8%. that increase is likely to continue next year. >> 2012 and 2013 we will see your fears going up again, roughly 5%-8% at most. >> he is an airline industry analyst with atmosphere research group. >> air fares will go up long-term

the chief of the berkeley police. >> the chief has e-mailed oakley a letter of apology. oakley says he's taking it at face value. o.k.ly says he has never experience -- oakley says he has never experienced something like this. chris teen dan -- christine daniel released a statement. there was no justification for contacting the reporter in this way and the chief understands that more appropriate response to his concerns about inaccurate statements in the article should have been to wait until the following day and make contact by phone or e- mail. meanwhile the councilman says she plans to discuss the chiefs behavior with the city manager tomorrow. >>> we know the name of a man killed at a fire in alameda. it started just before 9:00 last night on a home on helm street. when firefighters arrived they found 54-year-old kenneth chase in the hallway. he was having a heart attack. >> when the patient was removed from the home. cpr was initiated and immediately transported to highland hospital. >>> he was pronounced dead at the hospital. his dog was also killed in that fire.

now berkeley police sad in that shooting, they are calling it a driveby. sick lar to the same, somebody opened fire and hit three young men. >> we had six kids and we have not heard anything a mayor 0 council member, nothing, where are they at? >> all victims are expected to be okay. >>> patrols have increased after dozens of tigers were slashinged. they received a call and 51 cars between two people. they are asking people to report any suspicious activity. >>> time right now, perez is here after a giving the opening address with washington d.c. after that he is visiting the a research center, and he will be in the area thursday to see who has invested early in his start ups, other than we are less than nine people but we are here to strengthen that connection. >> president perez will give his speech attempt spell emanuel, and mayor ed lee is scheduled to attend. >>> mean president barack obama will -- meantime president barack obama will meet with bennett and it hue. -- benjamin netanyahu. >> already, there is too much talk of war. in the last few weeks,

berkeley. one day after that huge apartment building fire near the cal campus. >>> police face angry community members. the outrage tied to a deadly crime in the berkeley hills. >>> the job report due out in a

. >> berkeley residents wanted to confront police and city council about what happened instead. >> ier advertised -- >> questions needed to be handwritten. city leaders would read and respond. that didn't go over well, especially with the occupy crowd. >> that encamp was -- >> larry wright wanted leaders to know he was attacked by a mentally disturbed person shortly before peter was killed. >> started clawing my face and i grabbed him and we both went down on the ground. >> berkeley pd had to face real questions. did officers fail to respond to the 911 call promptly and did an occupy march preoccupy 36 cops working the night of the murder? >> the internet media, the bloggers, the commentators, we put out information, we didn't put it out quickly enough. that's unfortunate, because people believe this crime wouldn't have happened but for this discussion about occupy. it's a red herring. >> noticed daniel dewwit and made a nonemergency call. it was not prioritized. >> the call comes into the same place and really it's the content and the tone of the call. >> when the second call came i

police have not yet released his name. >>> overnight a shooting in berkeley left three young people withnshot wounds. it comes just a day after another shooting just nine blocks away, also had three victims. ktvu's jade hernandez is live where she learned the young men hurt overnight all played football together a few years ago. >> reporter: that is right. you can see where some of the bullets landed here and here. fortunately none of them struck and killed any of the young men gathered on the sidewalk right here early this morning. the violence has frustrated one man. the man known as coach knew the three young men shot this morning. berkeley police say the young men were standing on the sidewalk when the shooter or shooters walked around the corner and opened fire. walker coached the young men in pop warner football a few years ago and received a call from one of the young man's mothers after the shooting and she is worried and she is plain frustrated. just the day before he heard about another shooting injuring three other young men nine blocks away. in that shooting police say a man

. >>> the union representing berkeley police officers says it's gravely concerned about the police chief's decision to send a sergeant to a reporter's home in the middle of the night to complain about a story. city leaders say they will also look into sheriff michael mihan ordering the department's media relation's officer to the home of reporter doug oakley at 12:45 friday morning. mihan was reportedly upset about a story being writ be about a story who some felt took low long where -- where a man was beaten to death. >>> highway 4 has reopened. it was just reopened within the last half-hour after a tanker truck overturned and prompted a partial chore closure. the highway patrol says it overturned near hercules just before 10:30 at cumming skyway. the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. >>> san bruno police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who has been missing for over a week. search efforts have centered near the sharp park golf course in pacifica. his car was found parked nearby. the missing man, joseph mchenry. he told people he was planning to go rock climbin

information from police agencies and corporations and the general public with no regard to first amendment or privacy safeguards and then forwarded to the fbi. a coalition for a safe berkeley is working with our city council to ensure our relationship other police departments through mutual aid, and our own police department's criminal intelligence work all are governed by strict adherence to constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression and assembly and equal protection under the law and california's constitutional right to privacy. i urge you to pass the save san francisco civil rights ordinance. your positive vote will be a message to leaders in berkeley and run the state and nation at the era of racial, political, please profiling is over. and the civilian leadership will step up and decree the progressive dollars for police work that will truly provide safety and security for us all. thank you. [applause] supervisor mar: i does wanted to thank george -- we miss you from san francisco in berkeley. thank you for your support for an immigrant communities in the 1990's, the social justice part that you have done. it was terrible that you were interrogated like that.

three-story building. >> we have on the phone a corporal from the uc-berkeley police department.l us exactly how this happened? how this started and if they managed to get all the people out? >> i'm not sure how it happened. we were assisting berkeley police and fire on this incident initially for traffic control and realized there was probably uc students impacted so there's approximately 9uc students that were needling immediate more more long-term assistance so from our end we have just been mobilizing university officials to assist with their short- and long-term needs relative to housing. >> corporal, how many apartments were in there? just nine students? is that what you're hearing? >> nine students we're dealing w i don't know the total population of people in the building, just nine students we're dealing with. many other buildings were also evacuated. >> okay. that's the latest. thank you for joining us with the latest on this fire in berkeley on dwight way. >>> a warning this morning for boaters out in the san francisco bay. watch out for whales. its true. look at this.

berkeley hills. a 23 year-old man is accused killer. police say they have reviewed the case and there was no delay in getting to the house. the chief quickening his department had a lot of the february murder and saying that he had enough officers to respond to emerge include an accursed call that came in on a non emergency line was put in the queue below another call. now, to a story that you would only feature on kron4. the man that led the 49ers to the championship game, alex smith is speaking exclusively to kron4 about the possibility that eight manning could take his job. caught up with him in walnut creek last night in. the was kind enough to take time to answer the question. revere and >> i can they're really quite a few teams that will review the tires on him and made of wood if a game. it is taken manning, i and my thinking about it it outside of my control. a room but how can you resolve a lot of teams printed an interest in him. >> our contract talks going? >> it is going, that is all i can say. everyone knows how i feel about it. i