. >>> cal osha has now joined the investigation into what went wrong. ktvu's rob roth continues our live team coverage. >> reporter: julie, the area here on berkeleyway is still sealed off. investigators have been coming and going pretty much all day long as they look to answer the many questions as to what happened here yesterday. among those investigating is cal osha. >> we want to make sure they have their proper pte, personal protective equipment and that they have it properly worn. whether it was protective or not and whether or not they followed procedure. >> reporter: firefighters say they have long been concerned about homes constructed similar to the one that burned yesterday. >> a lot of the houses are built upside down. you will have the front door at the top of the house and the dwelling below the street level. as a firefighter, that's the most dangerous kind of way to enter into a building because you're coming in on top of the fire. >> reporter: tom o'conner says firefighters are well aware of what happened in the area back in 1995 the las

if cal-osha cannot stop him and dbi cannot stop him, why do we even need permits? i think it is easier to require him to get one than to figure out a way to make the city safe if no one has to get one. can we spend a little time so we do not have to come back in a month and tell the same story? i have been working with nancy for more than one year. i've never seen such a bad set of plans as what was submitted in 2010 by this building owner/ contractor. the drawings were inconsistent from sheet to sheet. they were signed by an engineer who may or may not have ever seen the plans. some of the plans were photocopied from an earlier set. there's a problem at 23rd ave. the deeper you dig -- he digs -- the more we might find out. it's too late for a slap on the wrist. this has been going on for nine years. the property was bought in 2002 and he immediately began structural work in the house. they did kitchen work without permits. there have been new gas lines without permits. i'm sorry, but the director in this room stood on the deck, -- of the one permit that was comple

as you heard pam mention cal osha is one of the agencies that will be out here. police and fire investigating as well. they are trying to figure out out what lead up to the flash over. we will try to get closer for you coming up on mornings on 2. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro county sha -- ktvu channel 2 news. now let's go to claudine wong. >> reporter: firefighters and police officers have been coming here to san francisco general this morning for the ongoing vigil for firefighter anthony valerio. when they are here they are met with the critical response team. the team that mobilized right after this tragedy. i talked to one member of that team. he talked about the bonds. >> the bonds are incredibly tight. the fire department has a very strong brotherhood and sister hood. i don't think there is a stronger bond than cops and firemen. something like this brings us closer to together. there is a lot of you know words that don't need to be said but you know just a glance, a look into another firefighters eyes and that says a lot. >> reporter: they dro

. >>> new at 7:00, cal osha today released three citations against a psychiatric hospital and the hospital was fined $17,000. george anderson was assaulted by a patient that he was walking with. anderson suffered skull fractures and is unable to work. >>> investigators hope data from michelle le's cell phone provider will give them new information. >> reporter: missing posters still blanket the streets. the 26-year-old nursing student was last seen friday night in hayward. mobile phones regularly emit signals to nearby towers whenever they're powered on. today hayward police received a pattern that le's phone followed until midday saturday. >> it has taken a while for us to get that information from the providers could we are garnering the information now and trying to put it together to get us a location. >> reporter: they say they have also processed le's suv. >> we hope to have information back on that evidence within a two-week period. >> reporter: investigators have questioned le's family and friends including interrogating a woman with which le had a falling out. >> we ended up havin

cal osha is investigating. >>> san jose's police chief announced this morning his department is getting help from the federal department of homeland security. two agents from the immigrations and customs agency will join the gang task force. it's part of a six-year-old campaign called operation community shield. >> these direct -- detectives have experience in street gangs like ms13. >> san jose police said plot agents frr immigration and cuss -- from immigration and customs, they will not participate in deportations. >>> a zombie march, then pan overnight camp out at city hall. kraig debro explains. >> reporter: they wanted to emulate worker hops wanted to keep bargaining rights. >> a lot of people slept over. we want to stand in solidarity. >> reporter: later today the san jose city council hold as special agenda meeting. according to the website, the mayor will declare a fiscal and pub lick safety meeting. >> we are in a crisis that we need to drails. >> reporter: council members will begin discussing changes that would allow san jose to reduce its contribution. some union members ar

cal-osha is investigating an accident that injured two caltrans workers in antioch. the men were putting up a retaining wall along westbound highway 4 near summersville road. authorities aren't sure yet, but they suspect the wall may have fallen on top of the workers. the men suffered minor injuries and were taken to john muir medical center. >>> in a couple of hours, city leaders will hold a meeting so controversial people stayed there overnight in protest. they will talk about what to do about san jose budget crisis and how much public employee unions will be affected. john alston is live with more. >> the city council special meeting will start at 1:30. but before that, in an hour, there will be a special blessing service outside city hall in support of collective bargaining. now, overnight, a number of people camped out on the steps of city hall. to make that very point about collective bargaining. the group of labor activists want to avoid declaring a fiscal emergency, which mayor chuck reed already suggested as a way to deal with the rising pension costs and to

the difficulty firefighters ran into fighting this diamond heights fire and the latest into the cal-osha investigation. >> late word on a contract deal that could save the jobs of more than 100 local police officers. details at noon. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon, topping our news the city of san francisco is officially in mourning today after the death of a firefighter. a second firefighter remains in the hospital critically injured. flags are flying at half staff at san francisco city hall. a ktvu photographer took this video this morning. mayor ed lee ordered city flags to be lowered in memory of 48- year-old vincent perez, a 20 year veteran of the fire department. the first san francisco firefighter to die in the line of duty in eight years. we have continuing coverage on this house fire, which we first brought to you yesterday at noon with two reports. jade hernandez is at the scene of the fire where investigators arrive this morning but we begin with david stevenson at san francisco general for the latest

cal-osha is investigating an accident that injured two caltrans workers in antioch. the men were putting up a retaining wall along westbound highway 4 near summersville road. authorities aren't sure yet, but they suspect the wall may have fallen on top of the workers. the men suffered minor injuries and were taken to john muir medical center. >>> in a couple of hours, city leaders will hold a meeting so controversial people stayed there overnight in protest. they will talk about what to do about san jose budget crisis and how much public employee unions will be affected. john alston is live with more. >> the city council special meeting will start at 1:30. but before that, in an hour, there will be a special blessing service outside city hall in support of collective bargaining. now, overnight, a number of people camped out on the steps of city hall. to make that very point about collective bargaining. the group of labor activists want to avoid declaring a fiscal emergency, which mayor chuck reed already suggested as a way to deal with the rising pension costs and to

cal osha tonight is investigating the incident. >>> actor peter falk has died. falk is better known for his role in colombo. a family spokesman said falk had been suffering from dementia since 2008. >>> a large colorful crowd in san francisco can mean many things. this time it's about gay rights here on a big weekend. >>> and it is a big weekend around here and the temperatures they're going to cooperate. we'll have the forecast for both saturday and sunday. i'll show you where that fog will be for the morning hours. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! >> san francisco assemblywoman fiona mom is calling for a investigation. it is a story we first told you about wednesday right here on ktvu challenge two news at 5:00. in march, the pilot's cockpit microphone got stuck open and his comments went off on an faa channel. he had to under go diversity training before going back to work. the congresswoman said she has chosen a different airline to fly and is urging others to do the same. >>> both sides of the gay marriage issues crowded the halls of th

. >>> cal/osha is fining napa state hospital more than $16,000 related to the december attack of a therapist there. the agency faults the hospital for not having an adequate alarm system or escort procedures. the hospital has already been fined $100,000 for safety violations related to the killing of a nurse allegedly by a patient. >>> on the economy watch tonight california's unemployment rate is down for the fifth month in a row. the state labor department report released today puts may's unemployment at 11.7%, but it's not all good news. a federal survey shows 2.1 million californians remain out of work. in the bay area unemployment fell in all nine counties except san mateo which had no change from april. solano county had the highest rate in the bay area at 11.3%. marin county has the lowest rate in the state at 7.4. >>> jobs are certainly indicators of a healthy economy, but in the bay area this are other markers and very few are encouraging. ktvu's robert handa shows us the trouble signs. >> reporter: desperate home ors crowded into save the dream at -- owners crowded into the save th

. >>> cal/osha is fining napa state hospital more than $16,000 related to the december attack of a therapist there. the agency faults the hospital for not having an adequate alarm system or escort procedures. the hospital has already been fined $100,000 for safety violations related to the killing of a nurse allegedly by a patient. >>> on the economy watch tonight california's unemployment rate is down for the fifth month in a row. the state labor department report released today puts may's unemployment at 11.7%, but it's not all good news. a federal survey shows 2.1 million californians remain out of work. in the bay area unemployment fell in all nine counties except san mateo which had no change from april. solano county had the highest rate in the bay area at 11.3%. marin county has the lowest rate in the state at 7.4. >>> jobs are certainly indicators of a healthy economy, but in the bay area this are other markers and very few are encouraging. ktvu's robert handa shows us the trouble signs. >> reporter: desperate home ors crowded into save the dream at -- owners crowded into the save th

yesterday the psychiatric hospital received a nearly $17,000 fine from cal osha that included three citations for failing to correct unsafe work practices. the fine is linked to the december assaults on a therapist named george anderson. he was attacked by a patient, suffered skull fractures and is now unable to work. >>> cal train investigating an accident that left one man dead. it happened yesterday about 7:00 p.m. southbound lane train hit a man on the tracks south of the san antonio station in mountain view. now cal train is trying to figure out why the man would you describe was on the tracks. this is the seventh death on a cal train track. of the others three ruled suicide and three others still under investigation. >>> 5:07. if you're getting ready to head out the door, sal is keeping an eye on things for you. >> good morning. traffic is doing well around the bay area as we look at the east shore freeway and traffic coming out on 80 westbound. it's at the speed limit. it's getting more crowded as you head to the toll plaza but not too bad. as a matter of fact it's going to be light th

yesterday the psychiatric hospital received a nearly $17,000 fine from cal osha. that included three citations for failing to correct unsafe work practices. that fine is linked to the december assault on 79-year-old therapist george anderson. he was attacked by a patient, suffered skull fractures and is now unable to work. >>> one man is dead after being hit by a cal train. yesterday around 7:00 p.m. a southbound train hit the man on the tracks south of the san antonio station in mountain view. now cal train is trying to determine why that man was standing on the tracks. this is the seventh fatality on the cal train tracks. other others three ruled suicides and three others still being investigated. >>> your time is 6:07. sal's watching the roads. you're everyone watching the incline. why? >> that's right. because there was a stalled bus up there on the bridge and cal trans crews are up there with their trucks now. this is not having a major effect on the toll plaza because cal trans was out there rather quickly to get it out of the way. traffic still a little slo

for 15 years the farm work advocates had told cal osha to help those working in the heat but they were always ignored. so i carried a bill in the california legislature that required that farm workers and all outdoor workers had basic protections from the heat, water, shade and rest periods. it was the first law of its kind in the nation. a decade after that law i am in congress, and while some farms obey the heat protections, others are flagrantly violating it. the power act will stop these violations. it would have let someone go to the authorities without fear of retaliation. it would have let him continue to work while he cooperative with cal osha to take them to court and would make sure that they treated all workers fairly from then on. and i hope that because of the power act a son will never have to watch a father die in this way again. the power act will bring abused workers out of the shadows. it will give employees the courage to stand up to the world's biggest and strongest companies. the power act will fundamentally change the very structure of workers' rights in this coun

i understand that cal osha is on their way here. there may be another agency out here as well.n you take a look at the first two and the three stories, you can see the windows have been barbed barb -- bashed out. on the bottom doesn't look like windows. this is cement siding. that's one of the things investigators will be looking into. reporting from san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> injured firefighter anthony valerio is receiving a large show of support this morning from both his relatives and his firefighter family. ktvu's claudine wong continues our live team coverage. claudine, you've been seeing family and friends coming and going. >> reporter: he hasn't gotten an update on the condition of anthony valerio but he wanted to thank the community for all the spomplet he said they've will someone here all night. as far as he is concerned they have a man down and he will never be alone. we talked to valerio's brother. they've gotten a lot of support from everyone overnight. the last of the siblings arrived. so today he will have his entire family at his bedsi

cal/osha has to conduct their information.e. >> are your chp officers on the scene there investigating right now. >> we do have officers at the -- out there at the scene, just to ensure that it won't interfere with the flow of traffic. other than that, we're just there for traffic control. >> all right. that's sergeant trent cross from the california highway patrol. ktvu's news chomer 2 is osen -- is also on the way. >>> in other news, right now, this morning, young people are waking up on the steps of san jose city hall after staging a very unusual march. kraig debro is joining us live. he's out there right now with the message from this group for city officials. >> reporter: dave, waking um and wiping the sleep out of their eyes, behind me, they actually moved. now they've gone out -- the glass-enclosed rotunda. the group of young people say they are part of next- generation bay area, a group that works for social and worker justice. they say they spent the night here as they show a solidarity with the young people who prote