new at 10:00, debra villalon on what police had to encounter as they cornered a criminal in the act. >> reporter: they searched dozens of backyards on the block. and we saw firsthand how officers struggled cash strapped. a brand new suv stolen and followed until it crashed into a pole. their radios clicking constantly so they can't hear or be heard. >> we were able to transmit. i wouldn't say we failed. >> reporter: but where the on star system could have stopped the vehicle, they could not get the word out. radio failures aren a ongoing problem. >> sometimes they don't work, sometimes they are in and out. sometimes they bleed over each other. it's hard to explain it all because it does different stuff. >> reporter: after a few hours, they gave up. not even a borrowed dog did the job. >> everyone the dog we were using today is from emeryville. >> we did not have a helicopter. we requested a helicopter. >> reporter: and haven't had one for two years. the lack of tools disturbing for residents. >> if there's a shoot out and they're calling for back up and their radio isn't working, wha

ktvu's debra villalon is live. >> reporter: here at market and kernie this fountain was a meeting spot for quake survivers back in 1906 and it's where people will observe a moment of silence monday at 12:04 a.m. 3,000 people killed, a quarter million homeless. even now 1906 never peals. >> those vulnerable areas are still as vulnerable. >> reporter: the same quake today would tremble older buildings and would make damage worse. probability of such a quake 63%. but as forecasting has become more cutting edge, so has our denial. >> it drops in our priority, what would you go without feeling anything. >> reporter: awareness rose with the 100 year anniversary of 06. thousands of people swarmed downtown to mark the city's ruin and recovery. and they heard from a dozen survivors, centenarians, tomorrow there will be only one. >> all the others are now gone. >> reporter: bill delmonte is 105. >> i can't believe it, i'm still here. >> reporter: always here, the risks so tragically brought home after japan. the scenes we are seeing are not as plentiful or powerful than other years, they are jus

debra villalon has details. >> reporter: this fatal crash is sealed off but looking across the water you can see the wreckage and agoivety at this hour. this is the four seater with only the pilot aboard. witnesses said he seemed to do everything he could to avoid crashing on to bistandards near by. people near soccer fields were shocked to see the plane procruding. >> we couldn't even see his face from the mud. to try to get his head at least out of the mud, clear his face to he could breathe. that was my plan. but the mud was too dense. >> reporter: the pilot had just taken off from oakland airport. airborne only a few minutes before his engine apparently quit. the only hint of trouble, this transmission to oakland tower. >> he was a very experienced pilot and he was a very, very safe pilot. >> reporter: others who fly the world war ii era airplane said they immediately recognized this one and realized sadly the pilot was all but the president of their navy club. they suspect their club leader was diving. or as witnesses say diving to avoid hitting bistandards on the shore. >> he o

now we have team coverage, debra villalon. >> reporter: it came down hard. this was a cold blast that blew everyone away. from above it looked like a sierra town with a white blanket on rooftops and roads and not melting. this construction crew jokes they were happy to have hard hats when the storm hit. >> it didn't really rumble like thunder it almost popped. it was impressive. >> reporter: it clung to downtown business where activity stopped including this karate class. >> just started pounding and pounding then me and my students looked out of the door and it was basically snowing. >> this is april. >> reporter: many residents ran outside to find a good vantage point for pictures before the memory melted. >> it's sort of like it started raining cats and dogs. i had to come out and take a picture of it. >> pretty amazing. look at your windshield. see how thick it is. i don't think i've seen that ever in my lifetime. >> reporter: people who grew up in solano county mashed the most because they know how rare this is. white mountain peaks in april. sure. but

now we have team coverage, debra villalon. >> reporter: it came down hard. this was a cold blast that blew everyone away. from above it looked like a sierra town with a white blanket on rooftops and roads and not melting. this construction crew jokes they were happy to have hard hats when the storm hit. >> it didn't really rumble like thunder it almost popped. it was impressive. >> reporter: it clung to downtown business where activity stopped including this karate class. >> just started pounding and pounding then me and my students looked out of the door and it was basically snowing. >> this is april. >> reporter: many residents ran outside to find a good vantage point for pictures before the memory melted. >> it's sort of like it started raining cats and dogs. i had to come out and take a picture of it. >> pretty amazing. look at your windshield. see how thick it is. i don't think i've seen that ever in my lifetime. >> reporter: people who grew up in solano county mashed the most because they know how rare this is. white mountain peaks in april. sure. but

debra villalon, ktvu news. >>> we have more details now on the city seeing a tax hike tomorrow. the sales tax in el cerrito goes up to 10.25%. >>> in hayward tonight, thousand s of people held a vigil to try to find clues to a the murder that happened a year ago. ayala was a student at chevo college and wanted to be a physical education teacher. his mother says someone knows something. >> you have to stop, you can't do a code of silence. somebody close to you is going to be killed next. and what then? >> police tell ktvu say they have had no good leads and are hoping that someone will come forward with leads. >>> and 63-year-old charles redmond is accused of inappropriately touching an eighth grade boy. redmond skipped town heading for mexico after police started an investigation. antioch police learned that redmond had crossed back into california and detectives went into san diego and took him into custody today. >>> plea deals could keep two former pizza parlor employees for vandalizing a rival store front. 33-year-old bryan tucker pleaded guilty to felony vandalism charges t

debra villalon, ktvu news? highway patrol cancelled an amber alert this evening. within an hour the man they were looking for contacted authorities. officers tell us they also located the girl and that she is unharmed. we went by the home in oakland where the alleged abduction took place. a neighbor told us she saw the 15-year-old girl run from that home earlier today. police tell us the 57-year-old suspect is being questioned and that they are also looking into the validity of the original report. >>> in el dorado county phillip and nancy garrido pled guilty today. the husband and wife will likely spend the rest of their life in prison. phillip garrido pled guilty to 15 counts of sexual assault. it carries a sentence of 425 years. nancy garrido pled to 37 years to life. her attorney says garrido wanted to spare jaycee dugard and her two daughters from having to testify in trial. >> that will mean that that will not happen. and i think it's fair to say that she's also very relieved in that regard. >> reporter: the timing was unexpected, the judge only called the e

debra villalon, ktvu news? highway patrol cancelled an amber alert this evening. within an hour the man they were looking for contacted authorities. officers tell us they also located the girl and that she is unharmed. we went by the home in oakland where the alleged abduction took place. a neighbor told us she saw the 15-year-old girl run from that home earlier today. police tell us the 57-year-old suspect is being questioned and that they are also looking into the validity of the original report. >>> in el dorado county phillip and nancy garrido pled guilty today. the husband and wife will likely spend the rest of their life in prison. phillip garrido pled guilty to 15 counts of sexual assault. it carries a sentence of 425 years. nancy garrido pled to 37 years to life. her attorney says garrido wanted to spare jaycee dugard and her two daughters from having to testify in trial. >> that will mean that that will not happen. and i think it's fair to say that she's also very relieved in that regard. >> reporter: the timing was unexpected, the judge only called the e

debra villalon, ktvu news. >>> we have more details now on the city seeing a tax hike tomorrow. the sales tax in el cerrito goes up to 10.25%. >>> in hayward tonight, thousand s of people held a vigil to try to find clues to a the murder that happened a year ago. ayala was a student at chevo college and wanted to be a physical education teacher. his mother says someone knows something. >> you have to stop, you can't do a code of silence. somebody close to you is going to be killed next. and what then? >> police tell ktvu say they have had no good leads and are hoping that someone will come forward with leads. >>> and 63-year-old charles redmond is accused of inappropriately touching an eighth grade boy. redmond skipped town heading for mexico after police started an investigation. antioch police learned that redmond had crossed back into california and detectives went into san diego and took him into custody today. >>> plea deals could keep two former pizza parlor employees for vandalizing a rival store front. 33-year-old bryan tucker pleaded guilty to felony vandalism charges t

ktvu's debra villalon is at the ballpark who says benching the coach is not good enough. >> reporter: he brandished a fan asking a fan what are your teeth worth. now the enbattled coach may wonder what his job is worth. roger mcdowell was put on administrative leave as the league investigates. >> he picked up a bat, he swung it back and asked me how much my teeth were worth. >> reporter: mcdowell yelled at the fan using the word homo and threesome and simulated a sex act with the bat. when a man asked him to tone it down, he said kids don't belong in a ballpark. >> this is a family store, and you know families needed to be respected and treated with dignity and fans do. >> reporter: giants fans tuning in to their team on the road tonight are also watching the mcdowell fall out. >> if they find that he's not a good role models, he doesn't do his job well then they should put him some place elsewhere he's not in front of the limelight and he's not in front of the kid. >> fans are huge competitive fans so i don't hold it against him. >> reporter: besides the incident here, attorney alred

debra villalon learns that the boat was anchored in sausalito. >> reporter: it was a tug boat similar to these, but it was not docked but anchored in richardson bay and headed to here from pacifica, it didn't get far. six to 8-foot seas and ferocious winds, rough conditions off ocean beach that claimed one life and almost two. >> they were almost to get one may day call out before they had to abandon ship. >> reporter: that may day call helped the coast guard locate them. but the ship was in bad ship. about the same conditions and stretch of coast where a 30- foot sailboat flipped a year ago. this time a 53-year-old man on the tug was kept afloat. the captain 52 got into an inflatable boat but it capsized. the boat and his sailor were washed ashore. >> that tells you how dangerous the sea can be. >> i've seen him out on the bay, the boat looked perfectly serviceable. >> reporter: the fishermen are learning of the tragedy. this man saw the sailor on his boat and job and says any boat can be capsized. >> there are so many fishermen out there that aren't experienced in the water and poun

people are waiting longer to fill up, debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: some of them are not filling up. they are getting a half tank or less. look at this sale, $4 that's not even a gallon of gas. running an increased risk of running out. ask the tow truck drivers. they are going through more of these gas cans on stranded drivers. >> they didn't want to go get gas, they were hoping it was going to go down. or they get a little bit of gas because they want to save. >> i can't spend you know money on gas the way i used to. >> reporter: drivers admit they used to keep more in the tank. but now wait until they see the light. the warning light. >> i'm going to e. >> does it make you nervous? >> yeah, it makes me nervous. but what can you do. >> reporter: aaa has seen this before, more people running out of gas. the last time pump prices soared three years ago. then as now their advice. >> aaa always recommends never run below 1/4 tank. >> it goes below the line. >> reporter: still this driver says he has no choice but to run on fumes. even after he sputtered to a stop recently. >

debra villalon is live now where a packed public meeting has been under way now for four hours. >> reporter: it's been debated but not decided. that is the crowded floor in the lobby. the council room is too full for fire officials to lets anyone else in. this target store has been looking for approval to be built, and today they lack only three votes. opponents say the big chain store will hurt small business. san rafael leaders know at reelection that could make them targets. >> nine out of 10 of these cards support this project. pretty great. >> it doesn't take a brain surgeon that if target is going to generate $55 million in sales it's going to come at someone elses expense. >> reporter: what protesters see is another type of green. $650,000 in annual sale tax from target. and there's already a store near by in nevado. now that target sells food it will compete with local grocers. the council continues to hammer target about how it's 200 employees at $10 an hour can afford to buy into health care and live. >> it all crumbles and falls apart if they are almost commuting in from out of t

people are waiting longer to fill up, debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: some of them are not filling up. they are getting a half tank or less. look at this sale, $4 that's not even a gallon of gas. running an increased risk of running out. ask the tow truck drivers. they are going through more of these gas cans on stranded drivers. >> they didn't want to go get gas, they were hoping it was going to go down. or they get a little bit of gas because they want to save. >> i can't spend you know money on gas the way i used to. >> reporter: drivers admit they used to keep more in the tank. but now wait until they see the light. the warning light. >> i'm going to e. >> does it make you nervous? >> yeah, it makes me nervous. but what can you do. >> reporter: aaa has seen this before, more people running out of gas. the last time pump prices soared three years ago. then as now their advice. >> aaa always recommends never run below 1/4 tank. >> it goes below the line. >> reporter: still this driver says he has no choice but to run on fumes. even after he sputtered to a stop recently. >