. >>> los angeles police chief charlie beck is going public about the brieon stow case. >> absolutelynothing to hide. >> what the chief is saying about arresting the wrong person in the case. >>> we are live in berkeley where police are cracking down on potential violent at the uc berkeley campus. >>> you heard it here live this morning. the roller coaster ride could be the norm for awhile. we go live to the opening bell next. >>> welcome back to the morning news. just ringing that opening bell this morning and stocks are down again overnight some pretty big losses in asian. this morning european markets continuing the trend. i'm looking right now most of them down more than 2%. it looks like much of the same here in the u.s. after a big drop yesterday. we went live to carter evans at the nasdaq that said the insiders are saying this could be the norm for a little while. hold tight. >> yeah. >> we will watch. >> we will. we will smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us on the ktvu morning news. it's a friday, august 19th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. overnig

. >> for the first time in a month, kandahar lee charlie beck made an appearance. on july 26, the chief was supposed to be at an unveiling of a billboard in east los angeles. and the controversy of the matter was hot. giovani had just been eliminated as a suspect. sanchez and norwood were now the suspects and when the chief didn't show up at that billboard unveiling, some had the peeceps perception that he didn't want to talk about that anymore. >> this was one of those cases? >> sure. absolutely. nothing to hide. i am more than willing to talk about anything. >> the sting of the ramirez matter had gone away? >> this is the nature of police work. >> he wouldn't go into details, but is he convinced that sanchez and norwood indeed are the right suspects? >> it's a great case. the district attorney accepted it. filed charges. i believe in the case. >> ramirez remains in state prison, parole violation. he won't get out until next march. sanchez and norwood are in isolation in county jail. separated and except for their attorneys have no phone calls or visitation rights

los angeles police chief charlie beck is once again defending his defendant's arrest of giovanni ramirez. he made his first verbal comments yesterday. the chief says he stands by the arrest even though giovanni ramirez has been exonerated. >> i can't change any of that. i presented the same patterns. >> the chief also published an editorial saying the arrest met the burden of proof. two other men are facing charges for the bryan stow beating. meantime bryan stow remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. he is making progress in his recovery. so much so the family is calling this week pretty amazing. stow's family says he's mouthing words. doctors also tell us this week that stow can follow some commands and he is still interacting with his family a little bit more. >>> former numi workers in fremont are getting a huge payout. >>> the headaches created in arizona after a giant wall of dust surrounds the phoenix area again. >>> and a sign of the times how the skyrocketing cost for gold may be leading to a surge in crime on the streets of oakland. >>> good morning, traffic is

. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly a month chief charlie beck made a public appearance, addressingan oaks chamber of commence at the events center. on july 26th the chief was supposed to be at the unveiling of a billboard in east los angeles. and the controversy of the stow matter was still hot. geovanni ramirez had just beanie limb nateed as a suspect, louis sanchez and marvin norwood, we were told, were now the suspects. and when the chief didn't show up at that billboard unveiling, some had the perception that the chief simply didn't want to talk about that controversy any more. >> sometimes it bothers me when people misread things. >> reporter: and this was one of those cases. >> sure. absolutely. i have nothing to hide you know. i am more than willing to talk about anything. >> reporter: and the sting of the ramirez matter has gone away, or was there ever a sting. >> well, you know, this is the nature of police work. >> reporter: he wouldn't go into any details about the latest arrests but is he convinced that sanchez and norwood, indeed, are the right suspects? >> it's a grea

. >>> after accusing the wrong man in the beating of giant's fan bryan stow, chief charlie beck privately exonerated this man giovanni ramirez earlier this month. in an editorial published in the los angeles time this week end, beck expressed his regret for ramirez name and picture being released to the public. he wrote quote regrettably giovanni ramirez was caught between the state's right to investigate and the public's right. but we met our burden of proof and the media showcased our side of the story. >>> we want to show you 1988 polaroid of repair work. a pinhole sized leak was discovered on the pipe nine miles from the san bruno blast site. the exact location of the leak on that pipe is in dispute. pg & e's own report sites the 1982 leak being on a longitude weld. a preliminary ntsb report on the san bruno blast says the explosion occurred along a weld. >>> emergency officials still have not determined how much hazardous material leaked into the soil. 11,000-gallons of a high concentration of bleach and chlorine leaked yesterday from the tang of a hennessey water treatment plan. haz

. >>> los angeles police chief charlie beck is defending his departments arrest of giovanni ramirez. he made his first verbal comments yesterday. the chief says he stands by the arrest even though ramirez has been exonerated. >> you know i can't change any of that now. i will say this, i presented the exact same fact patterns i have been presented at the same time i would have made the same decision. >> two other men are facing charges for the beating. bryan stow remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. he is make progress in his recovery. so much so that the family is calling this week pretty amazing. stow's family says he's now able to mouth some words. >> we wish him well. >>> time now 5:37. let's check in with sal. i know yo are -- i know you are watching problems around the caldecott. >> yeah we will start with caldecott. cal tran has just shut down completely. for the next 20 minutes. that's what i just heard here. so you will be down to one bore on the westbound drive coming out of orrin do into okay land. i know a lot of people do that this time of morning. wit

charlie beck says he did right based on the evidence and information at the time. the suspect has been cleared in the march attack on giants fan bryan stow and two other suspects here are now in custody. until yesterday chief beck had not appeared in public for a few weeks and some critics accused him of avoiding questions about the case. >> sometimes it bothers me when people misread things and this was one of those cases, sure, absolutely. nothing to hide. you know, i'm more than willing to talk about anything. >> stow a silicon valley paramedic remains hospitalized in san francisco. doctors say he is showing signs of improvement. >>> a 4-year-old boy is in critical condition in santa rosa after a speeding car crashed into him on a crosswalk. the car sped away from the scene outside of a park yesterday afternoon and police arrested a 22-year-old man after witnesses pointed out his vehicle. yesterday's crash is the city's second hit-and-run incident in the past five days. >>> 5:10 now. an autopsy is pending on the body of a gunman found dead after a two-day stando

chief charly batts publicly exonerated this man, giovanni ramirez earlier this month when the department arrested two other man in the case. now in a new editorial published in the los angeles times, beck says he still supports ramirez' arrest because it met the burden of proof at time, but writes, "athough ramirez has been cleared of any involvement in the crime, he still must deal with the fact that his name and right were released to the general public and this caused the appearance of a rush to judgment and is deeply regrettable." >>> the nevada trucking company involved in last month's deadly al track crash is countersuing. what the company claims amtrak and union pacific failed to do. >>> and if you have an need for speed, we have you covered taking you it to the track in sonoma. >> and a museum dedicated to our former governor. where you can see all things arnold schwarzenegger and the reason it opened this weekend. . . . >>> the trucking company involve in last month's deadly amtrak train crash in the nevada desert is now countersuing. john davis trucking company says amtrak and union pacific failed to maintain a safe railroad crossing where one of its trucks collided with an e