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ktvu's debora villalon is live at a mobile home park where there's some serious damage and a hard effort to put those fires out, debora. >> reporter: ken, we're looking at three of the four mobile homes that burned in this park. it happened incredibly fast because after the quake came gas ruptures and a water main break. when the earth stopped moving, fire started burning. as several mobile homes where the gas lines had ruptures and found a spark probably at the electrical box it's a community of some 250 homes. 350 residents. >> there was no stopping the flames. >> reporter: some people tried garden hoses early on then turned their attention to rescuing neighbors. >> moved our cars, got our valuables, helped neighbors out. walkers, everybody is inside. everybody's homes are on the floor upside down. >> reporter: with roofs and furniture in their way and fires spreading outside, many in this senior community feared for their lives. >> the tv, the cabinet. i have two tvs were all coming at me. and it was all in pitch dark. >> reporter: compounding the crisis the quake also ruptured the wa
ktvu's debora villalon is live at a mobile home park where there's some serious damage and a hard effort to put those fires out, debora. >> reporter: ken, we're looking at three of the four mobile homes that burned in this park. it happened incredibly fast because after the quake came gas ruptures and a water main break. when the earth stopped moving, fire started burning. as several mobile homes where the gas lines had ruptures and found a spark probably at the electrical box it's a...
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ktvu's debora villalon is live at the mobile home park in napa where some residents lost their homes, debora. >> reporter: it's one of the worse things a quake can bring. a gas fed fire. and when lines rupture to four mobile homes this morning they were lost almost before crews could get there. >> all i could think is how many homes are going to burn. it was very scary to see the fire. >> reporter: the managers of 28 years had a few hundred residents to worry about. >> i was concerned, i was scared because i thought they're not going to get out. >> reporter: everyone did get out. but six mobile homes were damaged by fire and dozens more are structurally damaged. and too unfit to live in. >> my house is trashed. i don't know they might condemn it. >> i have a friend who lost everything. everything. >> reporter: at a time fire crews needed all the water pressure they could get to fight the fire. water was pouring down the street. a line broken by the quake right outside the senior complex. considering that obstacle and how much more this fire might spread, residents are feeling fortunat
ktvu's debora villalon is live at the mobile home park in napa where some residents lost their homes, debora. >> reporter: it's one of the worse things a quake can bring. a gas fed fire. and when lines rupture to four mobile homes this morning they were lost almost before crews could get there. >> all i could think is how many homes are going to burn. it was very scary to see the fire. >> reporter: the managers of 28 years had a few hundred residents to worry about. >> i...
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ktvu's debora villalon joins us with his story. >> reporter: looking at the house and the chimney from the outside, there is no evidence of the ordeal this family went through that put a 7th grader in the helmet in serious condition. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: she tears up describing how she heard the screams of her grandson in her living room. >> she came with her husband and they saw the magnitude of the situation. that the whole wall was over his back. >> reporter: the fire place separated in the earthquake and fell in one place on to him, crashing him from the -- crushing him from the waist down. his friend was on the couch along side him and wasn't hurt. he dragged his mattress from his bedroom for the sleep over, and that is why he was under the fire place. he was conscious but crying in pain waiting for parms to arrive. -- paramedics to arrive. >> she was trying to calm down him. [ speaking foreign language ] >> holding his arm. and telling him help is coming. don't worry. just pray and have faith. >> reporter: he was rushed to the hospital. and then transferred
ktvu's debora villalon joins us with his story. >> reporter: looking at the house and the chimney from the outside, there is no evidence of the ordeal this family went through that put a 7th grader in the helmet in serious condition. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: she tears up describing how she heard the screams of her grandson in her living room. >> she came with her husband and they saw the magnitude of the situation. that the whole wall was over his back....
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ktvu's debora villalon is live in mountain view with details about man shot and killed at a rap convert. >> reporter: kristina, 20,000 people are here for rascal flatts. you might hear that show is still going on as police look for whoever got a gun in here last night and used it. ♪[ music ] wiz khalifa is a popular young rapper, nor known for praising pot than violence in his music. but last night violence came to him a half-dozen shots fired as his shoreline show was ending. >> we do want to catch the individual or individuals involved with the shooting rt the man killed friends say was 38-year-old erik johnson of oakland, a husband and father, concert promoter with a record label. he was to host an offparty at the san josi club after the concert. but about 11:00 p.m. johnson was shot several times. >> the shooting occurred backstage at shoreline amphitheater and right now we're looking for a suspect, could be multiple suspects. we have a description of one individual involved. >> reporter: that description, a black man in his 20s, 5'to 5'8, short hair, white participate and black shi
ktvu's debora villalon is live in mountain view with details about man shot and killed at a rap convert. >> reporter: kristina, 20,000 people are here for rascal flatts. you might hear that show is still going on as police look for whoever got a gun in here last night and used it. ♪[ music ] wiz khalifa is a popular young rapper, nor known for praising pot than violence in his music. but last night violence came to him a half-dozen shots fired as his shoreline show was ending. >>...
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debora villalon is live with how one business is casting a long shadow over its neighbors building, debora>> reporter: they're all over the bay area. unreenforceed buildings like this one on a retrofit list waiting to be strengthened but sometimes the quake hits first. >> we want pizza. >> we hope tomorrow night. >> reporter: the owners of the pizzeria are outside explaining why they're shut down. >> not one bottle that fell. >> reporter: their landlord had their property retrofitted. >> a brand new business, we went through all the steps they refired and we're building shut down because of a business that did not. >> my buildings have been through earthquakes. they're 100 years, over 100 years old. >> reporter: the lawyer who owns the brown stone building has been told for years to retrofit but hasn hasn 't. >> the idea of spending a lot of money on that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. >> reporter: he says says it's not necessary. >> it looks necessary to me. >> i don't know how he got away with that. >> reporter: but the owner of another newly red tagged business is angry. >> yes beca
debora villalon is live with how one business is casting a long shadow over its neighbors building, debora>> reporter: they're all over the bay area. unreenforceed buildings like this one on a retrofit list waiting to be strengthened but sometimes the quake hits first. >> we want pizza. >> we hope tomorrow night. >> reporter: the owners of the pizzeria are outside explaining why they're shut down. >> not one bottle that fell. >> reporter: their landlord had...
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reporting live in vallejo tonight, debora villalon ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new details about the man killed by a runaway trailer in the north bay. the highway patrol says 32-year- old dwayne usher of vallejo was behind the wheel of his honda waking to turn onto lakeville highway when a passing catering van lost its trailer a heavy brick pizza oven. it killed him and injured his two sons aged 4 and 8. they are home now, but a 34-year-old woman in the passenger seat is still in the hospital. investigators have impounded the portable oven to determine if it was being properly towed. >> we're looking into whether there were safety chains and whether those safety chains were connected and in use at the time? and failed or whether or not they weren't connected at all? >> a safety chain should back- up the tow bar, if it fails. the oven is owned by rosso, a petaluma restaurant that advertised wood fired pizza as a catering business. the driver was cooperative, but not explain why it detached. >>> new at 10:00 a 72-year-old man is hospitalized tonight after he was shot in the head in a hunti
reporting live in vallejo tonight, debora villalon ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new details about the man killed by a runaway trailer in the north bay. the highway patrol says 32-year- old dwayne usher of vallejo was behind the wheel of his honda waking to turn onto lakeville highway when a passing catering van lost its trailer a heavy brick pizza oven. it killed him and injured his two sons aged 4 and 8. they are home now, but a 34-year-old woman in the passenger seat is still in the...
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debora villalon went to santa cruz and found out what caused it and how long the smell will stick around>> okay my name is steven and i'm your captain. >> reporter: passengers on this sunset cruise got a show. sea birds sweeping and diving. sales darting up close because dinner was dead anchovies. thousands of them. >> they're looking for a safe place to stay. they swim to the harbor, deplete the oxygen and they die. sort of a sad escape. sorry. >> reporter: this shows the anchovies in a feeding frenzy. rotting fish can damage boats. the ramp is now closed along with the kayak and paddle boat rental. this happened last year too and skippers know it gets worse before it gets better. >> the quality of the water and the quality of the air is going to diminish. and so people may be less likely to want to come out this weekend. >> it smells fishy but not overwhelming to me, not really. >> reporter: for this family out for the first day on their sailboat. >> it's a hard thing to recruit people to come out and scoop up dead first name. >> reporter: tomorrow people will gather for the first day
debora villalon went to santa cruz and found out what caused it and how long the smell will stick around>> okay my name is steven and i'm your captain. >> reporter: passengers on this sunset cruise got a show. sea birds sweeping and diving. sales darting up close because dinner was dead anchovies. thousands of them. >> they're looking for a safe place to stay. they swim to the harbor, deplete the oxygen and they die. sort of a sad escape. sorry. >> reporter: this shows...
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reporting live in santa rosa, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we found ta -- tarantulas one. how they're motivated by the bird and the bees. >>> and here's another look at the web cam from the big island in hawaii. our chief meteorologist bill martin is going to give us the current track. >>> and a remind er you can get ktvu news to go. download our app and watch our newscasts on your mobile device. >>> back now to our developing news in that hurricane that is starting to lash the big island of hawaii. this is a live picture once again from hilo where the sun has just set there. it's wet, it's windy and it's going to get a whole lot worse in the next coming hours. >> it really is. and this is the first recorded time in history that a hurricane has hit the big island. it looks as though it might make it as a category 1 hurricane. these winds gusts out of hilo see them here wind are coming in the right direction. those are the outer bands gusting to 30. that's nothing with wind gusts coming up in the next hours easily at 35 miles per hour. this land fall could be over between
reporting live in santa rosa, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we found ta -- tarantulas one. how they're motivated by the bird and the bees. >>> and here's another look at the web cam from the big island in hawaii. our chief meteorologist bill martin is going to give us the current track. >>> and a remind er you can get ktvu news to go. download our app and watch our newscasts on your mobile device. >>> back now to our developing news in that...
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ktvu's debora villalon live in the highway there near vallejo with why some drivers are concerned byey're seeing. >> reporter: or what they're not seeing gasia. it's kind of a black hole. we're at the bottom of a deep trench and you can hear and see traffic going by above us. vehicles flying by, many with no awareness this steep drop off is even here. highway37 was known as blood alley before it got a center divider. safe for now but saddled with back ups because it's one lane each direction, grassy marsh on both sides. >> i have seen the big dig. >> reporter: what's alarming drivers now is this unmarked trench. growing longer and deeper by the day. alongside the pavement headed westbound. in some places it plunges as much as 40 feet and startles people to realize it's so deep and so close. >> i think that they should put some cones out for sure. i drive two kids over 37 every day to my house in vallejo and it's bad. it's scary. >> there's a good 30-foot drop and it's all of i don't know how many feet from the road. >> reporter: the excavation is part of a massive fish and wildlife p
ktvu's debora villalon live in the highway there near vallejo with why some drivers are concerned byey're seeing. >> reporter: or what they're not seeing gasia. it's kind of a black hole. we're at the bottom of a deep trench and you can hear and see traffic going by above us. vehicles flying by, many with no awareness this steep drop off is even here. highway37 was known as blood alley before it got a center divider. safe for now but saddled with back ups because it's one lane each...
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debora villalon is live at the road closed overnight getting some much needed retrofit. >> reporter: a 24 hour operation, both here and about a half mile down where there's an identical construction zone. tearing gaps in this freeway to replace two 50-year-old hinges. it's the sound of concrete breaking up and for caltranss the sound of long awaited work getting done. >> there are benchmarks all across the project. right now we're actually, we're going on time. >> reporter: on time to get a hinge like the one berubber replaced. hinges allow the road to expand and contract and shift without breaking during an earthquake. more relevant than ever after this week's quake. but this retrofit has been on the board for years. >> how can we make it safer? it's something that's been planned this is more like maintenance that's been planned for a long time. >> reporter: interstate 280 carries about 1,600 cars each day in and out of san francisco. heavy ware and tear and after the recent quake, the elevated freeways got another inspection. >> they came back and looked at this. there wasn't anyth
debora villalon is live at the road closed overnight getting some much needed retrofit. >> reporter: a 24 hour operation, both here and about a half mile down where there's an identical construction zone. tearing gaps in this freeway to replace two 50-year-old hinges. it's the sound of concrete breaking up and for caltranss the sound of long awaited work getting done. >> there are benchmarks all across the project. right now we're actually, we're going on time. >> reporter: on...
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but first debora villalon with surveillance video that continues to contradict the truck driver's story. >> that severe video is prerevealing. what can tell you tonight is the injuries were minor to moderate. it's luckily, this was a relatively slow speed crash. surveillance video catches the crash. the 18 wheeler turns left. knocking the train off the track, passengers off their seats. >> a lot of hollering, a lot of p pushing a lot of people running across the street. >> reporter: anthony barry came to the hospital to get checked out. >> it hurts like hell. it hurts like hell sir. >> incidents on third street something we've been paying attention to. >> reporter: lights with signs to keep cars, semis and trains separate on this busy corridor. >> the operator did everything he could have done. >> it's the veteran operator's first ever accident. and seeing the big rig looming. he dropped the overhead wires for safety and threw on his emergency brake. >> for somebody that's an operator it's extremely upsetting because it's the sense of powerlessness. >> reporter: the crash punctured the
but first debora villalon with surveillance video that continues to contradict the truck driver's story. >> that severe video is prerevealing. what can tell you tonight is the injuries were minor to moderate. it's luckily, this was a relatively slow speed crash. surveillance video catches the crash. the 18 wheeler turns left. knocking the train off the track, passengers off their seats. >> a lot of hollering, a lot of p pushing a lot of people running across the street. >>...
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. >> ktvu's debora villalon is talking to people who live in the mobile home park. a lot of damage there. >> reporter: take a look at the ruins of three mobile homes in the senior community. two of them side by side right here. you can see a third one in the back and a 4th also burned to the ground. for the people in this 250 unit community the earthquake was just the start. natural gas lines ruptured and people were running from the flames. and helping their neighbors get out too. all of this made worse by a broken water main. and napa fire crews immediately called for back up. many residents needed help getting out. some in wheelchairs but everyone made it out safely. >> i noticed flames that were in the back of the house. and i thought this must be a gas leak and then it just took off. just took off. immediately. i mean it was a matter of two minutes before it was engulfed. >> shakingshaking and a baking. never had this. never felt this. it happened. you go with the flow. >> i am so happy that we are alive. that the rest of this doesn't matter very much anymore.
. >> ktvu's debora villalon is talking to people who live in the mobile home park. a lot of damage there. >> reporter: take a look at the ruins of three mobile homes in the senior community. two of them side by side right here. you can see a third one in the back and a 4th also burned to the ground. for the people in this 250 unit community the earthquake was just the start. natural gas lines ruptured and people were running from the flames. and helping their neighbors get out too....
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and debora villalon is live now that the reviews are in. >> reporter: we're in the glendale neighborhood. this is where signs posted were supposed to keep the stadium crowd out but people here say they may need more defense. as fans soaked up the lush surroundings of levi stadium. another team besides soccer was in intent on its goal. >> it's a work in progress. you're never going to open a stadium without issues. >> we look at everything. every single thing we can do better every single event we're going to try to do that. >> reporter: staffing was spot on but he didn't like seeing fans jam some entrances while others were under used. >> everybody wants their bag at the same time. >> reporter: too large for security guidelines and lines to retrieve them were long. >> we had to tag it and bag it and i didn't like that experience and i know most people didn't so we're going to work on that. >> reporter: maybe be the ninest biggest hurdle. >> i didn't know the three lanes were going to be condensed to one. >> reporter: fans complained about long waits to get into parking lots. >> there's a
and debora villalon is live now that the reviews are in. >> reporter: we're in the glendale neighborhood. this is where signs posted were supposed to keep the stadium crowd out but people here say they may need more defense. as fans soaked up the lush surroundings of levi stadium. another team besides soccer was in intent on its goal. >> it's a work in progress. you're never going to open a stadium without issues. >> we look at everything. every single thing we can do better...
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reporting live in santa rosa, debora villalon, ktvu news. >>> fremont police arrested a man after they say he broke into a home and sexually assaulted a woman inside. 34-year-old jamal morris was arrested just hours after police say he broke into a home on paseo parkway. it happened yesterday. police say he waited for a mother and her adult daughter to come home and then tied them up before sexually assaulting the mother. morris ran away with money and other items after a male resident returned to the home. he's a convicted felon and is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. >>> the family of a cal football player who died after he collapsed during a conditioning work out is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the university of california. ted agu died in february. his family claims, coaches and trainers failed to immediately help the 21-year-old after he began experiencing symptoms. members of the training staff saw him struggling and pulled him out before he passed out. >>> two nummi accidents friday and dozens of people hurt. resources were overwhelmed. tonight there are questions
reporting live in santa rosa, debora villalon, ktvu news. >>> fremont police arrested a man after they say he broke into a home and sexually assaulted a woman inside. 34-year-old jamal morris was arrested just hours after police say he broke into a home on paseo parkway. it happened yesterday. police say he waited for a mother and her adult daughter to come home and then tied them up before sexually assaulting the mother. morris ran away with money and other items after a male resident...