the i-team dan noyes is here with an exclusive investigation. dan? >> alma and dan, the contra costa animal shelter in martinez has nearly 300 dogs with a thousand more animals coming in every month. critics say shelter staff seems overwhelmed and that too many healthy adoptable dogs are destroyed including at least one by mistake. >> i'm at the martinez shelter. >> i started volunteering. as i went to the shelter to adopt a dog. >> reporter: she saw peaches on a rescue group's website. when she got to the shelter -- >> found out that the dog that i came to rescue was put down hours before. so, i went to the parking lot and cried. >> reporter: more determined than ever, she became a volunteer and started her own rescue group. >> they have no room. they are overwhelmed. they're overcrowded. they will put dogs down for being overcrowded. >> reporter: critics say the stress on the system can lead to mistakes and one case stands out. barbie was a 4 year old pit, a rescue group had a foster family waiting. but before she could be picked up, she was put do

the i-team dan noyes is here with an exclusive investigation. dan? >> alma and dan, the contra costa animal shelter in martinez has nearly 300 dogs with a thousand more animals coming in every month. critics say shelter staff seems overwhelmed and that too many healthy adoptable dogs are destroyed including at least one by mistake. >> i'm at the martinez shelter. >> i started volunteering. as i went to the shelter to adopt a dog. >> reporter: she saw peaches on a rescue group's website. when she got to the shelter -- >> found out that the dog that i came to rescue was put down hours before. so, i went to the parking lot and cried. >> reporter: more determined than ever, she became a volunteer and started her own rescue group. >> they have no room. they are overwhelmed. they're overcrowded. they will put dogs down for being overcrowded. >> reporter: critics say the stress on the system can lead to mistakes and one case stands out. barbie was a 4 year old pit, a rescue group had a foster family waiting. but before she could be picked up, she was put do

. >> iteam reporter dan noyes was tipped off to the arrest from neighbors who saw it happen in lake county. >> new at 6:00, we're joined from spheuperior court. >> dan andama. they had a hard time finding a place to settle. they came 140 miles from from the site of the ghost ship tragedy. 47-year-old derrick al min a fought returning to the county to face the manslaughter counts that could get him 39 years in prison in connection with the ghost ship fire. >> an arrest warrant for you. >> he insisted on appearing in court late this afternoon to have the charges read. >> alameda county law enforcement should be here to pick you up within the time frame as stated. >> no attorney, no family members, no friends came to support him. people living in this quiet upper lake neighborhood tipped me to the arrest this morning, sending this photo of a sheriff's vehicle that accompanied the fbi and alameda county investigators. >> i just heard pounding on what i thought was the wall. i heard, open up, open up and just like shouting. >> they looked like they were ready for a fight, man. i mean they were

. >> iteam reporter dan noyes was tipped off to the arrest from neighbors who saw it happen in lake county. >> new at 6:00, we're joined from spheuperior court. >> dan andama. they had a hard time finding a place to settle. they came 140 miles from from the site of the ghost ship tragedy. 47-year-old derrick al min a fought returning to the county to face the manslaughter counts that could get him 39 years in prison in connection with the ghost ship fire. >> an arrest warrant for you. >> he insisted on appearing in court late this afternoon to have the charges read. >> alameda county law enforcement should be here to pick you up within the time frame as stated. >> no attorney, no family members, no friends came to support him. people living in this quiet upper lake neighborhood tipped me to the arrest this morning, sending this photo of a sheriff's vehicle that accompanied the fbi and alameda county investigators. >> i just heard pounding on what i thought was the wall. i heard, open up, open up and just like shouting. >> they looked like they were ready for a fight, man. i mean they were

. >> dan noyes looks at possible charges. >> reporter: i found a restoration crew hired by insurers at ghost ship this week. can't wait to take the building down, would be best for everyone they said. but civil and criminal cases must first play out. take many months or years. director of the criminal justice center. >> so many people contributed to this, district attorney has to make decisions how many to charge. >> you're saying not a question of if charges are coming but how many will be charged? >> that's my supposition. >> he think it's a certainty because of the conditions that led to the fire. happen hasered electrical wiring that often sparked. rickety staircase that easily burned and made escape impossible just a few. believing that charges are coming because of the many complaints made about the man. >> manslaughter charges and probably convictions seem extremely likely here. this is an egregious a case of homicide liability for a fire as i've seen. >> alameda district attorney's office wouldn't give me a date but said they have a team all dedicated to the matter and conducti

. >> iteam reporter dan noyes was tipped off to the arrest from neighbors who saw it happen in lake countyheuperior court. >> dan andama. they had a hard time finding a place to settle. they came 140 miles from from the site of the ghost ship tragedy. 47-year-old derrick al min a fought returning to the county to face the manslaughter counts that could get him 39 years in

the eye team dan noyes has been digging and has more on the shooter. >>> the peninsula home, before theouple knew it, they were being asked for almost $4,000. then 7 on your side michael finney stepped in. all that and much more coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. kristen, dan? >> we'll see you then. >> a warriors die hard fan got an invitation to an event thanks to a snazzy kitchen appliance. >> we told you about the toaster last week. a lot of stars autographed it. >> it was klay thompson who took interest when it was his turn to sign it. >> he recognized some of the signatures. he recognized david lee right there. he recognized draymond. so, i'm like, yeah, draymond and david lee right there. man, that's really cool. it's the first time i've ever seen this. >> ray sent this tweet this morning saying he got a personal invitation to tomorrow's victory parade from klay. very impressed and yes, he will be riding on a float. >> awesome. that's going to be so fun. well, the parade will follow the same route as 2015. it will start at broadway and 11th head to the western edge of lake merritt ne

. >> new at 6:00 dan noyes joins us with the story. >> they have until today to make a claim againstng to catch the serious problems at the warehouse that led to this tragedy. it is moving forward on several fronts. i found a restoration crew hired by insurers at the ghost ship this week. they say they can't wait to take the building down, that it would be better for everyone else and that could take months, maybe years. the director of stanford's criminal justice center. >> so many people contributed to this, o'malley, the district attorney, will have to make decisions about how many people to charge. >> you're say in

. >> new at 6:00 dan noyes joins us with the story. >> they have until today to make a claim against the city of oakland for failing to catch the serious problems at the warehouse that led to this tragedy. it is moving forward on several fronts. i found a restoration crew hired by insurers at the ghost ship this week. they say they can't wait to take the building down, that it would be better for everyone else and that could take months, maybe years. the director of stanford's criminal justice center. >> so many people contributed to this, o'malley, the district attorney, will have to make decisions about how many people to charge. >> you're say iing it's not a question of if charges are coming but how many people are going to be charged. >> that's my supposition. >> reporter: he believes charges are a certainty because of the conditions he at the ghost ship that led to the fire. the haphazard electrical wiring that often sparked, the rvs parked inside the building,g, t fuel load from artwork and ch t collected junk. and weisberg believes charges are coming because of many complaints

. >> new at 6:00 dan noyes joins us with the story. >> they have until today to make a claim against the city of oakland for failing to catch the serious problems at the warehouse that led to this tragedy. it is moving forward on several fronts. i found a restoration crew hired by insurers at the ghost ship this week. they say they can't wait to take the building down, that it would be better for everyone else and that could take months, maybe years. the director of stanford's criminal justice center. >> so many people contributed to this, o'malley, the district attorney, will have to make decisions about how many people to charge. >> you're say iing it's not a question of if charges are coming but how many people are going to be charged. >> that's my supposition. >> reporter: he believes charges are a certainty because of the conditions he at the ghost ship that led to the fire. the haphazard electrical wiring that often sparked, the rvs parked inside the building, the fuel load from artwork and ch t collected junk. and weisberg believes charges are coming because of many complaints