don carmignani's attorney. he said, don denies his involvement in any prior attacks, this is just victim blaming, plain and simple. don was nearly beaten to death, there's no excuse for that. the videos speak for themselves, his character is irrelevant. his attorney said he is the victim of a crime and the media is trying to parade an alleged incident from the past, as a reason he somehow deserves what happened to him. you have seen the video. do you think there's a chance that it is don carmignani in those prior attacks? >> certainly that is the issue in the case because it is highly relevant as to whether this was self-defense and whether don carmignani was involved in other incidents involving the homeless using the bear spray. so, the public defender's office released him and it's up to them to prove it is him, but it is highly relevant information and i understand his lawyer wants to protect his client. but at the same time, this is very troubled waters for mr. don carmignani if he is in fact the person in

the public defender said that don carmignani pepper sprayed him first. this video just released by the public vendors office shows a man alleged to be don carmignani walking toward a sidewalk holding something and the man immediately appears and covers himself with a jacket as if he is trying to protect himself. he scares off the man with the jacket, the public defender's office is saying there are eight different police reports saying that somebody with the same description as don carmignani , indicating he was the aggressor. the public defender's office believes he is the person in this video taken in november 2021, he is hitting another man, who police believe is don carmignani, he walks up and sprays him with something. >> the first thing that mr. garrett doty does when he realizes it is mr. don carmignani coming at him, he ducks out of the way with his coat covering his head. implying he knows and has been subjected to the violence of the bear spray in prior incidents. >> in the original case against don carmignani's alleged at s her he was not able

don carmignani lives, it shows a man asleep , on the sidewalk. he sprays this bear spray at the homeless. not just passing by. but focusing on the victims face. >> garrett doty is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with serious bodily injury , assault with force, likely to produce great bodily injury. we asked the district attorney about this video. >> i viewed a video. in right now, it is simply an allegation of who it is. he is a necessary witness in this case for a number of reasons. given many factual allegations that have,. >> you are not dropping the case? >> no. >> the former fire commissioner was not in court to address the allegations. if he does not show up today, the judge may order prosecutors to drop the case against garrett doty. hearing begins at 9:00. we will be there. >>> a debt ceiling bill narrowly passes the house but the drama is not over. why the country could default on its debt for the first time ever. >>> we cannot - life is uncertain. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to f

wasn't me. >> don carmignani was not in court today, the judge moved to the hearing to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and if he doesn't show, you order prosecutors to drop the case altogether. >> and elizabeth holmes will stay out of prison for now, she was due to surrender , she now has at least 10 more days of freedom after the attorney filed a last-minute appeal late yesterday. the delay is automatic to give the government some time to respond. >>> tonight, the antioch mayor will hold a talk on race at delta bay community church, that starts at 7:00 and it comes as the police department is mired in a racist text messaging scandal. hundreds of those messages came to light as a part of an fbi investigation into the antioch and pittsburgh police department. federal investigators say at least 17 officers were part of the text group on their personal phones. the investigation found officers would congratulate one another for hurting people during arrests. and repeatedly using the n word. people reacting during last night's council meeting. >> put them on a national list , not bounced to anothe

don carmignani's friend said it started with a few homeless people blocking his parents front door and when he asked them to leave, witnesses say that's when he was attacked, neighbors are set police did not detain the other people that were with him. >> we are all living in this petri dish of mental health because the city is not dealing with it. >> i'm from the east coast, i moved here because i love the city and it's becoming more and more disturbing to live here. >> don carmignani has a long recovery process and i plan to sell the house and move out of san francisco once that happens. >>> this comes after bob lee was stabbed and killed. he was a failure former bay area resident was visiting from florida. police say there are leads that they are following up on but they are nothing much else about this case just yet. >>> you can see tense moments at san francisco state last night after a speech by a former college swimmer, riley gaines was at the school to talk about her opposition to transgender athletes competing in women's sports. many students were not happy about her appearance

family and friends identified the victim as 53-year-old don carmignani. he's a lifelong san francisco residents, a former fire commissioner and a businessman. >> my parents live in the house that my grandfather built and i built the house next door. >> he's fighting and he's angry. i just came from the hospital and spent an hour with him and he's angry. >> reporter: this man is a civil rights attorney and a longtime friend of don carmignani. the victims family tells me he has a fractured skull, a broken jaw, and cuts on the head and face that required 51 stitches. >> this is not a homeless issue, this is now a criminal issue and a mental health issue and that's how we are not seeing this issue. >> reporter: joe said it started with a few homeless people sleeping in front of dawn's parents house on magnolia street and blocking the front door. he says dawn asked those people to move and at least one person later attacked him. it was wednesday evening around 7:30, police arrested one suspect, 24-year-old garret doty. many neighbors are upset that police did

according to the attorney for don carmignani, because of new evidence, prosecutors may actually drop publdefenderr commenhile ey dinot confirm whether those charges will be dropped, they did say this. "the public defender has received discovery from the prosecution that includes evidence of prior unprovoked attacks of homeless people alleged to have been committed by don carmignani. " in a story you will only see on cbs news bay area, carmignani talks about his injuries and this case. >> when i was running away , the impact in the back of my head went through my skull. he cracks my draw from here all the way down. they put a plate in from here all the way to hear. >> reporter: former fire commissioner and long-time resident, don carmignani, spoke through incredible pain, detailing the injuries he sustained from this vicious attack in the marina near laguna and magnolia streets. new video from his attorney shows garrett doty picking up a metal weapon from a trashcan and taking practice swings tside ho his mother othemelessople were blocking the front door. moments later, video shows t

tonight don carmignani is in the hospital with 51 stitches, a fractured skull, and a broken jaw. neighbors say he was attacked by a group of unhoused people and one of the neighbors shared this cell phone video with us. they say that is the suspect holding the same metal pipe used in the attack. some residents say this all points to a larger problem, not just in the marina, but in the city as a whole. >> we grew up in this neighborhood. his mom and dad and he live in this neighborhood. we care about our city, but at a certain point as citizens, there's little we can do to protect ourselves. it's like rearranging deck furniture on the titanic in san francisco where the resources are not being allocated for mental health. >> betty yu is with us. i know you talked to somebody who saw that happen. i can't imagine how scary that was. >> yeah. he really described it as frightening and he said that he has seen this group of homeless people he believes are involved in this attack many times in the area. many residents say they tried to walk around this group or even avoid the area altoge

the victim, don carmignani. he had surgery on his skull according to his friend. by the way, he is seen doing a radio appearance six months ago to familiarize yourself with his face. today, he is in a hospital bed. he briefly served as fire commissioner and is one of the biggest landlords for medical cannabis businesses. listen to what san francisco's police chief and the da had to say about this attack. >> i have seen the photo of the former commissioner. it was a brutal and violent attack. >> my heart goes out to him and his family. he is expected to survive which is good news. you know? these types of little attacks and brazen attacks, these are the things that have people anxious about what is happening. >> we can tell you the suspect was booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. that incident in the marina comes just after the deadly and world headline making stabbing of tech executive, bob lee. today, we are getting a look at surveillance video obtained by the daily mail. it might be disturbing to you. that is a fair warning. this shows him walking

don carmignani is in the hospital with 51 stitches, a fractured skull, and a broken jaw.was attacked by homeless people. one of the neighbors has this disturbing cell phone video. he held a metal pipe during the attack. residence status points to a larger problem, not only in this neighborhood, but the entire city. >> he grew up in this neighborhood. his mom, and his dad, and he grew up in this neighborhood. as citizens, there is little we can do to protect ourselves. it is like rearranging deck furniture on the titanic here in san francisco where the resources are not being allocated for mental health. >> he talked with a neighbor who saw part of that attack and that he saw homeless people before and believes they are involved. >> reporter: it when you shared the cell phone video with a man they identified as the suspect who brutally attacked the victim with a large metal pipe. the victim is 52-year-old don carmignani, a lifelong san francisco resident, a former fire commissioner, businessman, and father of two. the family said he suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw

when we interviewed don carmignani last night we asked him about this video and this is what he had to say. >> to show me, a person of interest, and that wasn't me. >> so carmignani is saying that wasn't him in the video. garret doty is the man accused of attacking him. his attorney sai that doty was acting in self-defense. carmignani said h was just trying to get doty and a group of other people to leav after he says they were camped outside of his mother 's home. >> i used the spray as self-defense. i never went afte him. i never ran across the street to try to fight him. tha was never my goal. it cracked m jaw from here all the way down and they put a plate in from here all the way here. >> for the assault he was describing, doty faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon aggravated battery with serious injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. the district attorney says she will be forced to release doty from custody of common yanni doesn't show up to give his account to the judge. we asked the d.a. about the newly released video, too. >> i have viewed

the details on this quickly evolving case. >> reporter: the public defender's office believes don carmignani is the person in this video taken in the marina in november 2021. >> on the same vote that mr. carmignani lives it shows a man asleep on the sidewalk. he sprays this bear spray at the homeless not just passing by, but focusing on the victim's face. >> reporter: the public defender says this is one of eight unsolved bear spray assaults on unhoused people within four blocks of where carmignani lives. >> the district attorney and the police gave us, the defense, yesterday these police reports because they believe these acts are related to mr. carmignani. >> reporter: we asked the d.a. about that video. >> i have viewed a video and right now it's simply an allegation of who it is. >> reporter: we also spoke with carmignani tuesday night. he says it's not him. >> they show me a person of interest and that wasn't me. >> reporter: garret doty's public defender says carmignani bear sprayed her client on april 5th and doty was act in self-defense when he hit him with a metal pipe. >> when i wa

don carmignani confronted them and that, they say is what provoked the brutal beating. >> when don cameasked them to leave, and he was blindsided by a metal pipe to the head. >> so it's not safe for the fire commissioner. not safe for the tech billionaires. definitely not safe for pauly p. not safe for business. you ready? whole foods in san francisco downtown, their flagship store right on market street was just forced to shut down. just one year after opening. they say it's unsafe for workers. there is needles in the produce section. drug pipes in the fair trade coffee beans. you can't even being assaulted by a hostile trans gender shopper. the whole food bathrooms are like a wuhan wet market. they steal ribeyes and don't get prude. do you know how san francisco banned plastic bags. you have to buy the bags they have there for like $5 a bag? they stole all those too. you can't get a bag. now you have to carry your produce out of the store with your arms like this. good luck going down the street without getting jacked for your arugula. you can't even get a probiotic smoothie without g

responsible for eight unsolved assault on house list people. >> reporter: the department believes that don carmignani is the person in this video taken in november of 2021. >> on the same street mr. carmignani lives, it shows a man, a sleep on the sidewalk. he sprays this bear spray at the homeless. not just passing by, but focusing on the victim's face. >> reporter: the public defender said it is one of eight unsolved bear spray assault on unhoused people. within four blocks of where he lives. >> the district attorney and police gave us , the defense, yesterday, these police reports because they believe these acts are related to mr. carmignani. >> we asked the d.a. about the video. >> i have reviewed a video and right now, it is simply an allegation of who it is. >> reporter: we also spoke with carmignani on tuesday night. he says it is not him. >> they show me a person, of interest, and that wasn't me. >> reporter: garrett doty's public defender said carmignani sprayed her client and he was acting in self-defense when he hit him with a metal pipe. >> when i was running away, the impact at the back

you're looking at last wednesday's brutal beating of former san francisco fire commissioner don carmignani. >> in the marina district monday. his attorneys released surveillance video of the metal pipe attack coming out. father says his son suffered a broken jaw, 50 stitches in his face and surgery to remove a piece of his skull. the suspect garret doty now faces multiple charges, including assault with a deadly weapon. aggravated battery with seous bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. but the public defender representing doty says that's only part of the story that, in fact, mister carmignani. started the. altercation from. by a threat. pepper spraying mister doty the use of pepper spray is not seen in the segment. a video coming on. these attorneys have released. but in a statement from his hospital bed coming out, he says 3 homeless men set up an encampment in front of his mother's home that wednesday morning. he says my family has said prior interactions with these individuals who have made repeated threats of violence to my family members. as a r

the details on this quickly evolving case. >> reporter: the public defender's office believes don carmignanit mr. carmignani lives it shows a man asleep on the sidewalk. he sprays this bear spray at the homeless not just passing by, but focusing on the victim's face. >> reporter: the public defender says this is one of eight

don carmignani is in the hospital with fractured bones and a broken jaw. neighbors capture this disturbing cell phone video. this is the suspect holding a metal pipe used in that attack. residents say this points to a larger problem, not only in the marina, but in the city as a whole. >> his mom and dad lived in this neighborhood. you know, we care about this city. but as citizens, there is little we can do to protect ourselves. it is like rearranging deck furniture out here on the titanic when resources are not being committed to mental health. >> kissing the homeless people before that he believes are involved. >> reporter: it was assured that the cell phone video as a man they identified as a suspect who brutally attacked the victim with a large metal pipe. the victim is 53-year-old don carmignani, a lifelong resident a former fire commissioner, businessman, and father of two. the family said he suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw, and cuts on his head in place. his injuries required 51 stitches. >> i saw a guy who was clearly hit in his head. he w

it was last night that we learned the city's former fire commissioner, don carmignani, was brutally attacked at his home wednesday night. the polic chief said they made an arrest in the case. >> the former commissioner was attacked on magnolia street between buchanan and laguna streets. he had surgery on his school yesterday according to his friend. he is the one on the right when he appeared on the radio six months ago. he briefly served as a commissioner, fire commissioner in 2013. and one of the city's biggest landlords for medical cannabis businesses. the polic chief and the d.a. said this about it was a very brutal and violent attack. >> my heart goes out to him and his family. he is expecte to survive his injuries which i good news. with these types of brutal attacks, these are the types of things that have peopl anxious about what is happening >> right now, we don't know who was arrested for attacking don carmignani. but the d.a.'s office expects to receive the case over the next few days and could file charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> two days before the attack, tech execu

the former fire commissioner and long-time resident, don carmignani, spoke through incredible pain , detailing the injuries he sustained from this vicious attack in the marina near laguna and magnolia streets. new video from his attorney shows garrett doty picking up a metal weapon from a trashcan in taking practice swings outside the house of his mother. he said ople were blocking the front door. moments later, video shows the suspect wildly waving the weapon before bashing don in the head. he later chases don on lombard and hits him again, fracturing his skull. >> i didn't go out there to fight anyone. it is three on one. i know on spirit i am 52 years old . i have two hip replacements. i am an old guy. i could've been a dead guy. >> reporter: it is my he said, efforts, he didn't run away and tried his best to defend himself. the suspect was charged with multiple felonies. on tuesday, the attorney for don said the at assisted d.a. told him the attack was self-defense and new evidence of prior unprovoked attacks on homeless people, believed to have been committed by don, led to the

seen the evidence that supposedly points to don a being an aggressor in prior cases. >> so we know there is this hearing set for tomorrow mornin and carmignani is supposed to b there to give a statement. we had to see all this plays out i court and hopefully we will ge some answers. to watch more of betty's interview with don you can watch the clips on our website at kpix.com. >>> across the bay, more than 100 criminal cases are in jeopardy in oakland after a lon time homicide detective was arrested. officer tran is facin several felony charges of lying and bribery. he is accused of lying under oath during a murde trial in 2011. alameda county district attorney pamela price claims that tran paid a woman t falsely testify against two defendants and tried to bribe another witness in the same case. in a recorded video statement, the d.a. said that the two murder convictions were vacated last year because of tran's alleged conduct. her office will review at least 125 other cases he investigated. th president of the oakland polic officers association immediatel fired back. >> this veteran homicide investigator will be vindicated he will be cleare

. >> reporter: don carmignani did not show up to court. that means accused attacker garrett doty will be released. at least that's what the judge ordered today. next hearing is late may. prosecution asked for a continuance saying he was not able to show up because of medication he is taking for injuries from the attack. judge released doty with minimal supervision and he cannot have contact with carmig gnani. >>> hopefully we have a dismissal because he will never come in and give a statement. or we proceed for preliminary hearing and i get the opportunity to cross examine him. >> reporter: this is video that added new revelations. hathaway says she has strong suspicion that the one walking up to the person and spraying them with bear spray is carmignani. this is also one of the assaults on unhoused people within blocks of where the former fire commissioner lives. we know the charges are still pending against doty and next hearing date is may 23. >> we just got a statement from district attorney jenkins. we have not dismissed the charges i

the attack left don carmignani with a number of major injuries including a fractured skull and a jaw that a friend said will leave him disabled for life. doty's public defender said carmignani pepper sprayed doty. >>> investigators want to know who it will 12 minibuses on fire after 10:00 p.m. last night. the buses were parked under interstate 280 on 23rd street. crews got everything under control within an hour. no one was hurt. >>> a saga that dragged on a year. the final evictions are underway. the wood street homeless encampment in oakland. the city got the green light to clear out the 40 or so residents. a judge stopped the city from doing so until there was enough shelter beds available. the city built a tiny cabin in the area but residents want to live the way they have been. >> they livestock. we are being cattle russelled from one camp to another and around used largest homeless encampment with two to 300 residents. they have two goals to get the remaining people in shelters and sell the land to developers to build 107 affordable housing units. >>> let's get to first alert m

at 6.30, the man accused of hitting former san francisco fire department commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe earlier this month was released from custody today. this development came down this morning and it is a requirement by law. after coming on a missed his opportunity to go to the courthouse and testified to help us better understand the judge's decision is our legal analyst michael cardoza. so the judge was obliged to do. this was an e. >> i'm not sure obliged to do it. but if the victim doesn't show up after been subpoenaed to a preliminary hearing, the prosecution better have a good reason. why your alleged victim here right so the judge, all right. he's out and make some sort of sense. but this case is done a complete one 80. i mean, it looks horrible for carmen yanni, right? poor guys getting beat up by a metal pipe goes into the hospital. serious injuries right now. it turns out there are allegations he was going around the marina district with bear spray spring in the faces of homeless people on the on the streets of that city. that's what's being alleged chest.

police say 24-year-old garrett dodi swung a metal pipe at 53-year-old don carmignani yesterday.her's home arena district near the golden gate bridge. kahrl says he is releasing the video to draw attention to the city's deteriorating public safety. >> it's becoming more disturbing to live here. it's no way to live in fear all the time. >> dody's 'public defender says this is a case of self-defense and her client was pepper sprayed. the video however shows him using both hands to protect his head before hurrying away with bloodstreaming down his face. he suffered a fractured skull. broken jaw, and needed 451 stitches. don carmignani says this is a example. >> petrie dish of mental health. >> the attack happened after tech executive bob lee was fatally stabbed not far from there. still, no arrest or motive in his murder. city leaders say the shortage of some 500 police officers is making the crime situation worse. i believe it's a direct result of the fact that we do not have enough officers on our street. >> garrett dodi faces several charges, including assault with a deadly weapo

the men arrested after an altercation with former fire commissioner don carmignani has been released l. the public defender said carmignani initiated the incident. reggie: hundreds are still without power with -- power in san francisco's financial district. an underground transformer caught fire wednesday night. the power could be out until tomorrow morning. kumasi: former vice president mike pence has testified before a grand jury. he was questioned for more than seven hours as part of the investigation into former president donald trump's role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. reggie: a's fans plan to protest the teams plan to build a new ballpark in las vegas. they will gather at the pedestrian bridge outside the oakland coliseum tonight at 5:00 p.m. drew: april warmth continues for another day. microclimates are in full play later today. we will have 60's along the coast, but 90's in our hottest cities inland. jobina: so far your commute is clear in terms of locking issues on the roadway, but we do have fog through emeryville. also on the bay, especially as you are leading

don carmignani said the suspect is one of three men who has caused problems in his neighborhood for ale. he and his family called police in the past. this time he asked them to leave and that's when he said one of them attacked, that man, 24-year-old garret doty, charged with three felony counts of assault and battery. his scheduled court appearance this morning was pushed to thursday. his public defender claims carmignani threatened and pepper sprayed doty sometime before the beating, but even if that's true, we don't know what happened between them and the attack caught on camera. >>> a fire under interstate 280 destroyed 12 buses overnight, some of them left as just hollow shells. these are privately owned minibuses. the mechanic who works on them tells us recently people had started staying in the buses to keep warm. they allowed them to sleep there till the buses started to get vandalized. >> if you don't get out, i'm going to call the police and he jumped into the other side and then so later he told me oh [ bleep ], burn that up. >> so the mechanic says he told the sheriff's de

it is the latest twist after the ex-commissioner don carmignani was a no show in court. they were decide if there was enough everyday against garrett doty to present a trial. but they asked for a continuance saying that carmignani couldn't show up because of medications he was taking from the attack. this comes after a dramatic turn yesterday with the release of the new video. doty's public defender says she believers the man walking up to this person sleeping on the streets and spraying them with bear spray is carmignani. this was from november, 2021 and is one of eight attacks on homeless people within blocks of where carmignani lives. doty's defense team says carmignani had pepper sprayed doty prior to being beaten. carmignani's attorney released a statement today saying don denies his involvement in any prior attacks. this is just victim blaming, plain and simple. don was nearly beaten to death and there is no excuse for that. so da brooke jenkins says they have not dismissed charges against doty and carmignani's testimony is necessary for prosecutors to prove them.

dodi's attorney says one shows don carmignani, the former fire commissioner, approaching her client with what looks like a can of bear spray which she says provoked the attack. the public defender released a second video from 2021 showing a similar bear spray attack, claiming the attacker was the former fire commissioner. >> eight separate acts of violence. these eight separate acts of violence were perpetrated against people who are homeless. >> carmignani's attorney denies that he was involved in any of those attacks against the homeless people. the d.a. says carmignani has not spoken with investigators or prosecutors since this incident, and she's subpoenaed him to testify as the preliminary hearing continues tomorrow. jenkins the d.a. says the testimony of carmignani could be key in getting garrett dodi in custody. >>> antioch's mayor is set to host what could be a tense public conversation tonight, the topic race as the city's please police department has placed over two dozen cops on leave amid an fbi investigation and a racist text messaging scandal. here's nbc bay area's christie

assaulted of former fire commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe in the marina district.now know that the district attorney's office has decided to dismiss the charges against dodi. that is according to a statement just sent to us by carmignani's legal team. according to his attorney, the da says that the attack on carmen yanni. was self-defense. the da also informed carmignani's legal team in fact, heat may be prosecuted for discharging pepper spray. a common yanni says the altercation started after he asked to a man including dodi to move from the front of his mother's home. he said they were outside a consuming drugs and being aggressive to people passing viral. of course, be staying on top of this story. in other news tonight, the lineup for this summer stern grove festival has officially dropped the flaming lips. lyle lovett santa gold and indio girls, indigo girls rather are among this year's headliners. and now in his 86th year, the stern grove festival. it's one of the oldest music festivals in the country and it's going to kick off this summer on june 18th for a

she says the killing of bob lee and the brutal beating of don carmignani are unacceptable. >> i love you, but get your butt in action, please. >>> police investigating a shooting this afternoon in the south bay where there was at least one gunshot victim in central san jose near keys and south third street. they've been taken in to the hospital with life-threatening wounds and police have not said anything about a suspect or any other comes. >>> it is not okay to take our joy. >> hundreds of people came to a rally and march in san francisco today, dragon up, fight back, organized by the san francisco democratic party in partnership with several organizations. it's a protest against what they describe as a nationwide attack on trans rights. dozens of bills have been introduced this year across the country that deal with lgbtq issues including access to healthcare, as well as laws that limit the visibility of drag. >> in san francisco we stand for something different, we stand for unity. seeing so many people here this morning makes me feel happy that we have a strong community. >> the

so that is a lot of footage, and this is a story that don carmignani, and fox news told, that almoste derek dowdy, pick a metal pipe from a traffic and chase khamenei around the streets of san francisco. and you must take, it was a brutal attack, it really did happen, it left carmen yami with a fractured john go, he need emergency surgery, and more than 50 stitches. in his attacker, garrett jody was arrested, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and battery causing serious bodily injury. but now we know, there's one very bit of video missing. fox only told half of the story, the full story began before an eagles video started rolling. this new footage released by the public defender until these cases where they say the encounter with don carmagnani actually began. you see a man who according to donors attorneys, is carmagnani carmagnani walking down the sidewalk wielding a can of what appears to be bear spring. he approaches dowdy offscreen, and doughty leaps and off rain warning away from carmagnani. the two men then seemed to exchange words before dowdy continues to walk away

it comes as don carmignani is facing an order to show up in court after his exclusive interview with kpix and betty yu. we have more on how the new video was putting an alleged victim now on the defense. >> this gets a little complicated, so stick with me here. the alleged assault suspect garrett doty was in court today for his pulmonary hearing, but kpix.com was not. if he is not there to give his side of the story tomorrow, the judge could order the case dropped. this was the original case. doty was accused of beating carmignani after carmignani tried to get doty and two others to move from a small encampment in front of his mother's house in the arena. his public defender says that carmignani pepper sprayed him first and that the defender is releasing the video that proves he was acting in self-defense. so check this out from november 2021. you see a man with a blanket lying on the sidewalk and another man whom the public defender believes is carmignani, walking up to him and spraying him with bear spray. that is one of eight similar attacks reported against the unhoused within fo

investigators say that the suspect garret doty allegedly assaulted former san francisco fire commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe happened in the marina doty is facing several charges including assault with a deadly weapon. he faces 7 years in state prison if convicted on all charges and allegations. >> so very large movement of personnel dedicated to making sure that these people caused tremendous pain to their survivors, brought into custody. >> talking he's talking about a huge sweep of arrests in the south bay, san jose. police say 22 people were arrested last month. all of them accused of assault kron four's. rob nesbitt joins us live in the newsroom and has more. rob, the crimes of the 22 suspects range from misdemeanor assault. 2 felony cases of assault of a minor and rape. >> wearing a teal ribbon to show support of assault awareness month. officer steve aponte announced the arrest of 21 men and one woman but a assault investigations unit in san jose. their mug shots released wednesday. first of all, this is an excellent the work of the detectives to not only identify >> and locate thes

judge ordered 24 year-old garret doty to be released from jail after the former commissioner don carmignani failed to show up for a preliminary hearing. doty is allegedly the an house person holding that metal object and is accused of using it back on april 5th, 2 assault kerman yanni in the city's marina district. but now 8 different video clips have been released showing a man who matches the description of coming on e spraying bear repellent on unhoused people in that area. do these public defender says the new video may explain why the former commissioner hasn't given a statement to police and did not obey the subpoena to show up in court. she says her client was acting in self-defense. >> in less, mister karman, johnny is credible. and believe a they don't have a prosecution. and so it's my duty to figure out if mister karman johnny actually has a real pattern of doing this. >> our kron four's can't wait. actually spoke with legal analyst michael cardoza about the judge's decision to let dodi go free. and here's what he had to say. >> if the victim doesn't show up after been subpoenaed

. >> injuring a don carmignani seriously. we're going to show you that video, but we do want to warn you, it is hard to watch in the top left-hand side of your screen. you can see a man beating carmen yanni with a metal object that sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his head. in the meantime, the attorney for the defendant is calling this self-defense. our first dan kerman reports. >> he's for former san francisco fire commissioner don common yanni have released this video which they say shows wednesday night's brutal attack of their client by a man with a metal pipe. coming on. father says his son suffered a broken jaw in the marina district attack which resulted in 50 stitches in his face and surgery to remove a piece of his skull. the suspect garret doty now faces multiple charges including assault with a deadly weapon. aggravated battery with serious bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. but the public defender representing doty says that's not the full story. >> mister

at 6.30, the man accused of hitting former san francisco fire department commissioner don carmignanimetal pipe earlier this month was released from custody today. this development came down this morning and it is a requirement by law. after coming on a missed his opportunity to go to the courthouse and testified to help us better understand the judge's decision is our legal analyst michael cardoza. so the judge was obliged to do. this was an e. >> i'm not sure obliged to do it. but if the victim doesn't show up after been subpoenaed to a preliminary hearing, the prosecution better have a good reason. why your alleged victim here right so the judge, all right. he's out and make some sort of sense. but this case is done a complete one 80. i mean, it looks horrible for carmen yanni, right? poor guys getting beat up by a metal pipe

investigators say the suspect garret doty assaulted former san francisco fire commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe east. see the guy with the pipe there. this was in the marina district. tony is facing several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon. he's facing 7 years inestate prison if convicted. >> people who attend illegal fireworks shows in san mateo county will now find themselves facing a find. that announcement came after a vote by the county's board of supervisors to amend the existing fireworks ordinance. the original law only penalize those who set off the illegal fireworks. but now people 200 feet are subject to a fine of $500. fines will also be increased to $2000 for those possessing or setting off fireworks within 500 feet of a day care or school for more information on the revised ordinance, you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. >> all right. not to our 4 zone forecast. we're looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. not as jammed as it was a little while ago, but probably a lot of people heading to the giants game. and chief meteorologist lawrence

assaulted former commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe in the marina district. we now know that the da's office has decided to dismiss the charges against dodi. that is according to a statement sent to us by coming on his legal team. according to his attorney, the da says the attack on carmen yanni was self-defense. the da also informed coming on his legal team that he may be prosecuted for discharging pepper pray. carmen yanni says the altercation started after he asked to men including dodi to move from the front of his mother's home. he said they were outside consuming drugs and being aggressive too. people passing by. >> most of 70 valley will be closed this week due to a forecast of flooding. these are images from all of the snow the park's received over the past. when are currently it's melting due to the higher temperatures. now in valley, the closure will be at on the east side of the el cap. a 10 crossover. it begins on friday night and it's expected to last until next wednesday for for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us mayor. how fast the sn

shows the man san francisco police say brutally assaulted former fire department commissioner don carmignaniliterally right here here around the corner in front of the gas station. he almost beat the man into the street with all these cars that you'll see passing by it was it wasn't one in one location. it was moving several people witnessed the attack which took place in several spots on magnolia and laguna streets in the marina district within a few paces from where carmignani lives the man arrested his homeless and neighbors here say he befriended these two other homeless people who have made this area their home. we spoke to one of them nate roy who gave us more details about the weapon that was said to be used by the alleged attacker it wasn't for what was it? it was

. >> steve: former fire commissioner, don carmignani, put out surveillance video from his mother's house that shows him being attacked. we'll put it up. he's in the far right corner there. turns out the video shows him, he approached a group of homeless men and said, do you have to camp next to my mom's front porch and they struck him in the head and chased him before somebody called for help. he was taken to the hospital and had emergency surgery. i heard this morning, 50 stitches and one of the people stole his hat and was wearing it around the neighborhood. this guy called the cops and said homeless people are camped on my mom's front porch, do something. they never did. >> ainsley: look at this, the guy was chasing him. he had surgery, he was just protecting his mom saying, please don't camp in front of her house, you have to move. whole foods is now closing, everyone loves to go in, they have to close because of crime and theft. >> brian: one flagship store says it is not safe for my workers to come in. gavin newsom let it go to a hell hole and london breed has reversed course and g

don carmignani said the suspect , in the corner, is one of three men causing problems in his neighborhoodear-old said he and his family have called police in the past and this time, he asked them to leave pit he said one of them attacked and the suspect, 24-year-old garret doty, has been charged with assault and battery, felony counts and his lawyers said that he had threatened and pepper sprayed garret doty before the beating. even if that's true, we don't know what happened between then and the attack caught on camera. >>> [ crowd chanting ] people rallied across the bay area to protest a ruling from a texas judge halting fda approval of a long used abortion pill. the protest was at the ferry building in san francisco yesterday and one of the groups, the raging grannies, said they have been fighting for abortion rights for decades, now. >> we fought for abortion rights back then and knew plenty who got pregnant and needed abortions and had to have a legal abortions but we don't want to go there. it's wrong for people, men, women and everyone and not good health care. >> california respo

the public defender claims don carmignani threatened and pepper sprayed him before the beating but evenat's through, we don't know what happened between then and the attack caught on camera. people rallied across the bay area to protest a ruling from a texas judge halting the fda approval of a long used abortion pill in the protest was at the ferry building yesterday and one of the groups, the raging grannies, said they've been fighting for abortion rights for decades. >> we fought for abortion rights and we were activists back then and know plenty who got pregnant and needed abortions and had illegal abortions. we don't want to go there. it's wrong for women, men and everyone. it's not good health care. >> california is responding by stockpiling a different abortion bill than the one that was banned. this state secured 2 million pills of the alternate brand and a judge barred the fba from restricting the abortion pill and the biden administration is appealing the ruling. >>> a woman walking was violently grabbed from behind last night and the suspect knocked the woman to the ground but

the attack happened in the marina district last week in tring don carmignani.the meantime, the attorney for the defendant says her client didn't start the attack. >> we want to warn you, the video is hard to watch. kron four's dan kerman has the story. the attorneys for former san francisco fire commissioner don common yanni have released this video which they say shows wednesday night's brutal attack of their client by a man with a metal pipe. coming on. his father says his son suffered a broken jaw in the marina district attack which resulted in 50 stitches in his face and surgery to remove a piece of his skull. the suspect garret doty now faces multiple charges including assault with a deadly weapon. aggravated battery with serious bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. but the public defender representing doty says that's not the full story. mister doty did not start this altercation. >> mister. carmack nani. approach. mister doty. and threatened mister doty. sprayed him with pepper spray. >> any use of pepper spray is n

but the video reportedly only tells part of the story and the commissioner don carmignani is now accused of provoking the attack. kron four's haaziq madyun talk with the public defender and the district attorney here. here's the details. this is from. >> november 6 of 2021. and it occurred on the sidewalk of magnolia, which is the streets that mister harman, lives san francisco, deputy public defender. clay hathaway has still photos from the video that she says shows a man matching the description of former sf fire commissioner car. but yanni using bear spray on another house person harming is the alleged victim of the april 5th assault outside of his home in the marina district. >> he was hospitalized after the alleged attacker. garret doty hit him several times with a pipe here at the hall of justice. the defense says this evidence supports dhoni's claim of self-defense being attacked with bear spray by the alleged victim. it is the same person that we on this video from the incident on april 5th of 2023. and the first thing that mister doty does. >> is he ducks out of the way with his

viral video shows a homeless man identified as garret doty swinging a metal pipe and hitting don carmignani multiple times sending him to the hospital. but this video reportedly only tells part of the story and carmen yanni is now accused of provoking the attack forces seek that you spoke with the public defender and the da today and he's the latest. >> this is from. november 6 of and it occurred on the sidewalk of magnolia, which is the streets that mister harman, lives san francisco, deputy public defender. clay hathaway has siill photos from the video that she says shows a man matching the description of former sf fire commissioner car. but yanni using bear spray on another house person carmignani's the alleged victim of the april 5th assault outside of his home in the marina district. he was hospitalized after the alleged attacker. gary doughty hit him several times with the pie here at the hall of justice. the defense says this evidence supports dhoni's claim of self-defense. >> being attacked with bear spray by the alleged victim. it is the same person that we see >> on this video fro

. >> right now, we don't know who was arrested for attacking don carmignani. but the da's office expects to receive the case over the next few days and could file assault with a deadl weapons charge. it was just day before the tech executive bob lee was stabbed to death in his neighborhood. we are getting a look at the surveillance video right here obtained by the dail mail showing lee walking in the moments after the attack early tuesday morning. in this clip, you can see him in the upper right-hand corner of your scree stumbling at one point toward a apartment building where he falls and then is seen reaching for his phone he was rushed to the hospital where died. lee was visitingbuomthey say that there are some leads that they are following up on. right now, no suspect information has been released t us about the case and police still have not said if the attack was targeted or random. of course it will have continuing coverage of the violent attacks in san francisc as well as steps being taken to keep you safe. you can see al that on our website on kpix.co

investigators say the suspect, garret doty assaulted former san francisco police commissioner don carmignani with a metal pipe. this happened in the marina district. doty is facing several charges including assault with a deadly weapon. he faces 7 years in state prison if convicted oakland police are investigating an afternoon double shooting citizen app the video shows the scene. >> police say it happened on brookdale avenue near the windsor health care center. officers found 2 people who had been injured in the shooting. no information yet on the suspects or unrest to oakland place are asking anyone with information to call. o p d a san francisco police still looking into a freak accident that killed a 66 year-old san francisco man. this happened yesterday in the area of jones and geary streets in the city. police say the man who died had been in a uhaul runaway u haul that crashed into a fedex truck in the tenderloin. not clear yet why the u haul began rolling. the man got out and apparently got trapped between the 2 vehicles. he later died at the hospital. police want anyone with informa