. >> carl miller cheated clients out of millions of dollars. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez with the latest developments. >> reporter: it's actually several hundred thousand dollars, but there's a civil case against this man. today a number of carl miller's alleged victims came to court to see for themselves a man they say was living a life of luxury on their dime. the man who once seemed to have it all now faces a stiff potential prison sentence for allegedly stealing from his clients. >> when i first met him, he looked like a choir boy, an innocent guy. >> reporter: kurt i hines and dozens of others trusted carl miller of orinda to put his hard-earned money to work. hines gave the investments will company owner $400,000 with the promise of getting big returns. instead, hines says he got swindled. >> when you put money in something that you think is safe and someone steals from you, it's really maddening. >> reporter: miller pleaded not guilty this morning to nine felony counts including embezzlement, filing false documents and forgery. prosecu

. >> he's accused of bilking dozens of investors out of million autos for decades, carl miller looked what to be a successful real estate investment business. he came from a prominent family. but when the real estate market turned south, investors found out their securities were anything yet. carl miller lives in this mansion, taking expensive vacations, sent his kids to private schools it was a lie. his business was a lie. >> alan is too embarrassed to say how much he lost. >> had i not ever met him i would have been a lot better off. put that it way. >> he says he knew the money was gone in october, 2009 when miller sent him an e mail saying he took weiss's money out of december strairks only intending to keep it for a week. apologies aren't enough, wrote miller. he took the paper work to the district attorney, others started showing up. >> what do you think you lost? >> myself? my family? millions. so... lots of money. >> this photographer doug cohen says miller's children went to expensive private schools, at the expense of his own kids. >> their college fund was torn up. you know

police arrested carl miller after a number of people came forward claiming miller took their money. he appeared to be a successful real estate investor with 175 clients, treasurer of a local boy scout troop and had a mansion in or yinda. some say their monday paid for the life style. >> it's hard. it's different when you lose money in the market but when it's -- basically taken from you... stolen, it's -- it hurts. it's like having a car stolen. it's -- you feel violated. >> miller's attorney says carl miller is going to do everything tronl make things right. his bail hearing is set for tomorrow morning. >> the fight over redevelopment funds is now headed to the state supreme court and the city of san jose is among those leading the charge. severe state cuts all but eliminated what many consider a vital tool at the local level. we are live now in san jose. >> this 126 page lawsuit was filed with the state of california. california redevelopment association and league of cities says stwhait is trying to do violates proposition 22 passed by 61% of the voters and makes it illegal for s

. >> carl miller is in jail tonight. a bail hearing set for morning. he's in laws trying to put up real estate to get him out. >> and he was the treasurer of the local boy scout troop in or yinda. is' accused of taking money from them? >> the deputy d.a.says miller took money out of the boy scout troop account for no apparent good reason but put the money back in. i think $10,000 at one time and another $6,000 another time. but put the money back in. and that is still embezzlement, even if you don't take it out permanently. >> and police plees outlined their case in order to prove the man they shot and killed over the weekend fired at them, first. angry neighbors held a protest over the shooting of the 19-year-old keng yej wade harding, killed saturday as he ran from police when they tried to stop him for not daying his -- paying his muni fare. many are questioning whether harding had a gun. the police chief provided autdo from the shot spotter system picking up sounds and locations of the gunfire. >> we believe that the shot spotter confirms there wer

carl miller is accused of bilking dozens and dozens of investors out of millions. their savings stole stolen. real estate market turned south miller investors found out that their security were anything but. as mark matthews. >> karl blake miller lives in this mansion in 0written today. he took expensive vacations to africa and bali. sent his kids to private schools. >> whole thing was a lie. whole business was a lie. >>reporter: allen weiss a former option trader on the pacific stock exchange is too embarrassed to say how much he lost. >> had i not ever met mr. mr. miller i would have been a lot better off. put it that way. >>reporter: weiss says he knew his money was gone in october of 2009 when miller sent him an e-mail saying that he took weiss money out of desperation. only intending to keep it for a week. apology aren't enough wrote miller. weiss took his paperwork to the district attorney. others started showing up. what do you think you lost. >> myself personally and famil family? millions. spol lots of money. >>reporter: photographer doug was another of th

carl miller cheated 175 clients out of more than $1 million taking retirement money and using it on personal luxuries including a $3 million home and the use of a private jet for family vacations. miller pleaded not guilty to those charges, he faces nine felony counts. if convicted he faces up to ten years in prison. miller's alleged victims say he deserves it. >> i'd like to see him spend a lot of time in prison to make up for what he did to the people. >> miller's attorney says miller is trying to do what he can to make things right. >> the ongoing debt ceiling debate means a busy day on wall street. let's turn to nicole lapin. good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are a little higher. stocks closed lower monday, trading over the concern that the ratings agencies could still downgrade the credit rating even if the debt deal is reached. asian markets rising, europe is higher, we get data out this morning significant on home prices, new home sales and consumer confidence. ford, 3m, ups reporting. yesterday the dow falling 88 points to 12,592 where we closed, the nasdaq lost steam as

attorneys say carl miller cheated about 175 clients out of more than a million dollars, taking their retirement money and squandering it on personal luxuries including a $3 million home and the use of a private jet for family vacations. miller pleaded not guilty this morning to nine felony counts including embezzlement, theft and forgery. if convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison. miller's alleged victims say he deserves it. >> i'd like to see him spend a lot of time in prison to make up for what he did to people. >> miller's attorney tells nbc bay area miller is trying to do what he can to make things right again. >>> nothing more nerve-wracking getting a letter from the irs, maybe, an e-mail from the tax agency especially when you don't realize it's a fake. savvy spammers are emperson nating government agencies with very sophisticated phishing scams. we see the latest ploy to try to steal your financial identity. >> mine doesn't show the image. >> reporter: peter schwartz gets hundreds of spam e-mails but one in particular made him take a closer look. >> i didn't have any de

. >> his attorney says carl miller is going to do everything reasonable within his power to make things right. >> in san francisco, if you want to get a divorce or try to sue somebody you should be prepared for huge delays. county's court system is laying off 200 workers in closing 25 courtrooms. you can expect to wait hours to pay a traffic ticketed in person or get court paperwork. year and a half or longer to get a divorce and five years for civil lawsuits go to trial. >> come october 3rd, closed signs will manage on many courtroom doors. windows will be shuttered and civil division will be oust business. >> they say they are considering similar actions. it's the latest fallout after the legislature cut $350 million from the judiciary budget. they say they'll have to cut at least that much again next year. >>> mike nicco is here to talk about the forecast, talking about the fog that is in places, it's going to last all day to o the coastguard? >> not all day. it will clear north to south along the coast. because we have the clouds along the coast and bay will be pretty close to yeste

carl miller led into the martinez courtroom for his bail hearing remaining in jail today, accused of stealing money from dozens of clients. miller ran a real estate investment business and treasurer of the local boy scout group and comes from a prominent family. his clients claiming miller took their money. >> he was involved in many fraudulent transactions, pkit -- pocketing the money and lived a life style off the backs of other people. >> his attorney said miller going to do everything within his power make things right. his bail hearing continued until monday. >> president obama reaffirmed support for overturning the federal key fence of marriage act. doma defines marriage only between a man and woman. california senator feinstein believes public opinion is swinging against doma sponsoring an alts in a tiff bill called respect for marriage act. the democrat also sits on the senate judish yairy committee, hearing testimony tomorrow from married same-sex couples. currently they do not enjoy the same rights that apply to heterosexual married couple autos they cannot file joint feder

they arrested carl miller after a number of people claimed he took their money. he appeared to be a successful real estate investor. he had a 175 clients and clients said it was their money that paid for his lavish lifestyle. >> it's hard, to lose money in the market but when it's basically taken from you, it hurts. it's like having a car stolen. you feel violated. >> he is being held on $416,000 bail. his attorney says he will do everything reasonable within his power to make things right. >> they are trying to determine the cause of an apartment fire in san jose that displaced ten people. firefighters were called about 7:30 last night. blaze broke out in one unit and quickly spread to two others. it took more than an hour to bring the fire under control. residents had to be evacuated. nobody was home in the third unit and nobody was hurt. >> at&t's attempt to bring out the tv service in san francisco faces a big test today. service will require the installation of hundreds of utility boxes on city sidewalks. opponents say they are unsightly and would attract gr

prosecutors say carl miller the former head of orinda real estate investment cheated 175 clients outre than $1 million. much of that was their retirement money. miller allegedly spent the money on personal luxuries including a $3 million home and private jet. he pleaded not guilty. his lawyers say he is working to make things right. >> san jose state university trying to figure out how to house a group of returning students. there are more students than rooms. now it's looking for a hotel to house 200 students. the hotel will be within walking distance or short light rail ride but it hasn't figured out which hotel will fit the bill. once the university decides the students have five days to agree or decline and get their money back. the university is in a housing cut because of a rule that freshmen who live more than 30 miles from school must live on campus. if it's the fairmont i'm going back to school. time to check the forecast with christina loren. >> you and rodney dangerfield. we're looking pretty good. we have a pretty solid cloud bank. i think we're going to lose it earlier t

carl miller, the former head of the orinda group, is pleading not guilty to stealing the savings of hundredsle. prosecutors say miller cheated 175 clients out of more than $1 million, taking retirement money and using it on personal luxuries like a $3 million home and the yoof a private jet for family vacations. miller faces nine felony counts. if convicted he faces up to ten years behind bars. miller's alleged victims say he deserves it. >> i would like to see him spend a lot of time in prison to make up for what he did to the peo e people. >> miller's attorney says that miller is trying to do what he can to make things right. >> 6:44. time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. another gorgeous start, it's crisp out there this morning. we aren't noticing as much fog as we had at this time yesterday. but we do have a little bit of reduced visibility in places like novato so watch out for that. we're looking pretty good as we head throughout the day. you'll probably want to get outside if you can. our temperatures are going to climb into the upper 7

they arrested carl miller after a number of people came forward and claimed that he took their money.ansion in orinda. >>> clouds are going to keep the coast and bay from warming but we'll see a little bit in the east bay. 70s around the bay shore. 50s with increase sunshine this afternoon. temperatures will remain stead throughout the forecast. >> we have the golden gate bridge moving smoothly. >> the news conononononononononn -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ u.s. women's world cup team here ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> so wonderful to have the u.s. women's world cup team here with us and you can see the little faces lighting up, david. they're equally excited to meet -- >> yououav

carl miller says he didn't cheat 175 clients out of more than $1 million. working to make things right. >>> let's get a check of the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. we have a gorgeous day before temperatures start climbing. tomorrow, a five degree jump. 65 degrees for today in san francisco. we still have pretty thick fog hanging around the city. 81 with sunshine in san jose. that goes for the rest of the south bay. as we head throughout the weekend, temperatures warm up into the90s. 92 on saturday. it's going to be a hot weekend. let's check the traffic with mike. >>> it's horrible at 580 because of the accident around livermore accident forcing all of these folks to jam up here by the altamont pass. this is going to send a lot of folks through livermore trying to cut through there, know that you're going to see traffic for the next 45 minutes. slow past highway 84 and through palo alto. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 9:58. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area morning news o