they have stepped up dui patrols and are running checkpoints. ktvu's alex savidge what they are seeing live. >> reporter: the night is young right now and so far police haven't you been found anyone over the legal limit. officers are stopping cars randomly at this dui checkpoint own 8th street near folsom. any suspects drunk-drivers can expect to start the new year behind bars. >> anything to drink tonight? >> no? >> reporter: on the hunt for drunk-drives this new year's eve. anyone who looks impaired will face a field sobriety test. dui checkpoints like this one hold special means. >> my husband was almost killed in a drunk-driving accident and it's terrifying and it would break my heart if money spokesman else lost a loved one because others were drinking and partying. >> reporter: san francisco police captain casciato says it seems like they are getting the message, he has a message for those who think they can throw back some cocktails and go behind the wheel. >> don't even try. it doesn't work. it's not worth, it because it is a ten-year pr

that new dui law allows the courts to revoke a driver's license if that driver has three or more dui convictions. this of course is the time of year that chp and police across the state are look out for drunk drivers. and in petaluma early this morning a suspected drunk driver struck and seriously hurt a 15-year-old boy who had been walking across the street. it happened at the intersection of east washington and e death street. the 15-year-old victim has been in the crosswalk police say and the driver that hit him did not brake in time. the teen was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is in stable condition. they suspect the driver was drunk. they did sobriety tests and the driver was ultimately arrested on suspicion of dui. the new dui law we mentioned earlier it was passed in 2010 but goes into effect today. drivers with three or more convictions will have your driver's license suspended for ten years. or you can have it cut in half if you install a breathing unit in your car. >>> all night and into this morning highway patrol officers have been busy cracking dun on dr

and there is the dui charge. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> voters will be heading to the polls tomorrow in south carolina as the nation moves close to picking a gop presidential nominee. tonight, supporters are trying to reach undecided voters in the palmetto state. kris van cleave is live in south carolina, where a ron paul rally has just wrapped up. >> it went quite late into the night and started early this morning, hundreds of people breaking the bad weather to hear from mitt romney, and the overflow crowd waiting to hear from newt gingrich. it is shaping up to be a nail biter tomorrow. ron paul rally supporters in columbia and a final nighttime rally. just one stop in a nonstop all- day, out all over the state pushed for the palmetto primary. how are you feeling about the election tomorrow? >> better. >>. gingrich packed the house. >> we are going to take the first big step towards ensuring that a conservative is nominated for president of the united states. >> mitt romney, winning the endorsement of virgini

he is charged with dui manslaughter, dui maiming and dui wreckless driving. >> his friend does not have a drinking problem. >> you don't see him drink? you don't see victor drinking? >> no. >> the police say he was very drunk. mucho drunk. >> he has been working for the last few months at the nearby kfc. >> when he's here, he works hard. >> the fatal incident happened a half mile from where both the victims and the suspect live. they live in the same apartment complex. brian's grandmother says he knows victor. >> and she wants him punished severely for taking his grandson's life. >> he was here on saturday. she took care of him on saturday and there's a candle where he was sitting. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> brian's mother is still in the hospital. she has two broken legs, a broken pelvis and other injuries. she doesn't remember anything after being hit and they have been told not to talk about what happened to her son until she perhaps gets stronger. lesli. >> life in prison, plus 200 years. that's the potential penalty for a man accused in a brutal series of home invasions and sexual

last year there were more than 195,000 dui arrests and. some bay area public transit agencies are offering free rides to encourage people to keep their cars at home. the santa clara transportation authority will be offering free rides tonight. the exact times of the free rides varies with each transit agency. trips on b.a.r.t. will not be free but they will be running trains until 3:00 a.m. check out our web site, abc7news.com. >> a record crowd is expected in times square for the big ball drop. that's ahead. also, a look at the celebrations in some of the first nations to celebrate the new year. >> leigh: hi there, planning on viewing the fireworks around the bay area this evening? we'll have a look at the forecast, and if you need to bundle up tonight. also, looking ahead to the first few dives the new year. that's coming up. >> also, ensuring this never happens again. at&t park made some safety changes before >> australia was one of the first countries to celebrate the new year, ringing in the start of 2012 just before 5:00 a.m. our tim

that law was created after a man in san mateo was arrested for dui nine times. also, a new law on the books means you just got 8 raising the minimum wage. companies now have to pay $10.24 an hour. that is a 325 an hour raise. it is part of a 2003 law that requires san francisco to raise the minimum wage each year. san francisco is now the first city in the country with a minimum wage more than $10 an hour. the >>darya: there were a lot of major tax stories in 2011. new tablets into the passing of a tech genius. >>gabe: the biggest tax story of the year was the death of steve jobs. his passing after a long battle with cancer made waves around the world. he was a visionary that cannot be replaced. as almost every manufacturer came out with a version of the tablets to take on the apple ipad. none of them have made a significant look in the apple market share. there is one that came out this year that might do just that. amazon release the kindle fire tablet. it was built and prices low to lure people away from the ipad. cost a lot of people are snatching them out.

. >> another cop out trolling for dui suspects nearly gets hit by one. >> at 70 miles an hour. >> see why this case had more than its share of surprises. >> if there's a zebra nearby, keep your head on a swivel. >> good advice, but a little too late for this woman. >> oh! >> and, a dog dumped in a parking lot, cowers under a car. >> that is the cutest little puppy. >> how her rescuer finally coaxed her out. >>> we're going to get things started with a story that steven

with the new year, comes losts of new laws, duis and booster seats. plus, the growing concerns about violence in oakland as mourners play tribute to all the murder victims of 2011. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. no rain today. in fact, accuweather seven-day forecast pinpointing to a dry first of 2012. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast. plus looking ahead to what you >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> growing concerns about violence in oakland after another child is shot and killed. five-year-old gabriel martinez, jr. was cield outside his parent's food truck blocks from where another little boy was killed earlier this year. here's the story. >> gabrielhart was five years old and was helping his father load sodas into the family's foot truck. witnesses say someone outside fired shots into the vehicle, hitting gabriel in the chest. he saw the boy's father react. >> he had blood on his hand and he's lining, my kid got shot. he has a gun, he has a gun. someone call the cops. >> the gunman is describe as a light compl

-- grieving family talks to kron4 after a woman and two others are arrested in the case of a deadly dui accident >>> a community comes together to learn more about an accused cereal rapist who terrorized their neighborhood. >>> and another scare for airline passengers as planes nearly collide on a runway. >>> tonight at 11:00, an arrest in a nearly year-old deadly dui case. pon year-old, emile -- 51 year-old emilia chen is behind bars. police say she bought the alcohol with her daughter's friend. the teenager, along with others was involved in a crash on highway 101 last february. the others in the car and the driver who is facing jail time survived. the district attorney says they were all intoxicated. >>> kron4's reggie kumar spoke with a young girl's family which is still coping with her death. >> reporter: the father of 17 year-old margaret says he angry finding out that emilia chin allegedly purchased alcohol for his daughters >> i didn't know that the mother of a friend did it. that's ridiculous. >> the alcohol was the main -- played the biggest role in the accident. >> do you rem

he's facing charges of dui and hit and run. police say they have been very busy overnight. this was one of three drunk driving crashes they handled overnight. alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> their goal is to disrupt business at banks and other corporations involved in foreclosures. organizers predict it will be one of san francisco's largest demonstrations since the iraq war protest nearly ten years ago. ktvu claudine wong will have a live report in our next half hour. >>> this morning dozens of occupy cal protestors continue their marathon demonstration inside a uc berkeley campus library. theying to over the anthropology library. >>> time is 5:03. bay area courthouses will be talking to occupy protestors today as part of a national protest in 100 cities to occupy the courts. the demonstrators are protestingth recent landmark u.s. supreme court decision that won the removed most limits. demonstrations are planned today outside courthouses in san francisco, oakland, and san jose. >>> this morning at 9:00 the union city woman who's accused of killing nursing student mi

. >>> howard county, dui charges against a woman are thrown out, she walks free because a judge said her rights were violated. brian kuebler joins us now. >> police departments are not supposed to have quotas or a number of citations to give out. one judge in howard county believes police were doing just that. the woman was pulled over and blew more than double the legal alcohol limit. it's why she was pulled over that ultimately let her walk out of the howard county district court with no charges. >> you have to have reasons not numbers to meet, actual reasons to pull over someone and invade their privacy. >> reporter: mark successfully argued that point on behalf of his client based on this memo obtained from howard county police. one that states officers should be ticketing 2-4 drivers an hour ui patrols to fulfill a federal grant police received. >> what the judge found, they were violating the quota law under the public safety article. therefore they were operating illegally and can't seize you illegally under the constitution. >> i don't know why the judge ruled the way she did

but this week, a howard county judge threw out the dui charges. wjz obtained a copy of the police memo at the center of the case. in it, a supervisor advises dui patrols, an average of 2 to 4 citations must be written per hour by each officer or future federal funding may be withheld. >> reporter: it also said you need to stop as many vehicles as possible, looking to make a dui arrest, and warnings don't count. his lawyer says even if his client was drunk, it's irrelevant. >> the only way to teach you not to violate people's people's constitutional rights is to say that you don't get to move forward with it. this is the wrong way to go about it. >> the judge has not issued a statement or commented about why she made the reversal in this ruling. >> this judge made a ruling i don't agree with. >> howard mcmahon says the district does not use quotas ever. >> this traffic officer is committed to safety. it was a well-intended memo. in retrospect, not worded well. >> the officer did the best they could. and because of an administrative issue, the case

the law was created after a man in san mateo was arrested for his ninth dui. francisco is the new minimum wage law. the employers must pay employees $10.24 per hour. this is a part of the 2003 law that requires a city increase each year. san francisco's of first city in the country whose minimum wage is more than $10 an hour. shoppers had better change the way they bring home the groceries. and this lot is for san jose. and craig shows us what this means to the average grocery shopper. >>reporter: no more paper or plastic, and how this paper or bring your own. this save mart store was ready offering free reusable canvas bags for customers to use from now on after that you have to buy them yourself. you have no more plastic bags but if you get a paper bag you have to pay a dime or reusable canvas bags the have to remember to bring into the store. most customers say that they accept the change. >> it is nothing new to me i have been using them for a couple of years now it is not a big deal to me. >> it is better for the environment this is a good way to go. irri

he is charged with dui manslaughter, dui maiming, wreckless driving, and no operator's license. >> brian's grandmother says she knows victor aldona. not only do they live in the same apartment complex, but she spoke to him at the place he used to work and the place he has been working. the kfc. the manager and coworkers say he was a good guy and a hard worker. they say they never saw him drunk. >> when he's here, he works hard. he looks out for people. he takes care of business. >> you're very surprised to hear what happened? >> definitely. i was. >> no one is more shocked than brian's family. >> he was here on saturday. she took care of him on saturday and there's a candle right there where he was sitting. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> brian's mom said the fairfax hospital, she has a broken pelvis and two broken legs. she only remembers being hit, not anything that happened after that. they also say they have been told not to talk to her about what happened to her son until she is better. >>> now, a followup on the abandoned baby girl who died after being left on a stranger's doorstep in d.

he's facing charges of dui and hit and run. a hayward police sergeant told me this accident was one of throw dui related crashes his department handled late overnight. >>> the continuing rain means slick roads. we were in berkeley overnight where you can see it coming down there. this morning we are tracking the rain and how it will effect your commute. steve and sal will have more throughout the morning coming up. >>> also this morning dozens of occupy cal protestors continue their marathon demonstration inside a uc berkeley campus library. they took over the anthology library. many faculty members strongly support the demonstrators and worked out a deal with campus police to prevent a crack down. but that deal is only good through this morning. and it's not clear what will happen next. >>> in just about 90 minutes occupy protestors in san francisco will begin a day long demonstration in the city's financial district. their goal is to disrupt business at banks and other corporations involved in foreclosures. it will be one of

it turns out the officer was on duty at the time at a dui checkpoint. supervising officers areached at the scene and tried to make an arrest but he reportedly resisted. >> he drew his weapon, a fight ensued, he fired his weapon and one of my officers that was there also discharged his wife and the officer was fatally wounded. >> the officer who was killed has not been release. was newly married. the officer who fired the fatal shot is now on administrative leave pending an investigation. he's an eight-year veteran of the force. >>> in sacramento tonight three people are dead including a baby boy and many others are injured after an suv and light rail train collided. witnesses say the driver of the suv veered around a crossing arm and then onto the tracks moments before being hit by the train. donna cordova from our nbc station in sacramento has more on this from the scene. >> get paramedics. don't mustbaby. >> reporter: witnesses yelling at some of the passengers who got off of the light rail train after the crash who were trying to help the victims in

waukesha county dui court works with people who have been convicted of their third dui. under this program in addition to serving their sentence, did mental health counselors work with repeat offenders to stay sober and get their lives back on track. this program's success has been a model for similar course throughout the country and most recently in date county, wisconsin republicans and democrats are raking together to implement the dui court. finally, i'm proud of our state's veterans courts. in 2008, the state public defender's office in wisconsin department of veterans affairs led an initiative to bring veterans courts to wisconsin. now wisconsin ethics veteran sports and most recently brown county is establishing its own veterans courts to serve the green bay area. these efforts ensure that our vets are treated for the unique challenges they face after honorably serving our nation and i applaud them. mr. tucker, we know treatment courts are highly effective at saving taxpayer dollars by helping low-level offenders stay out of jail and overcome addictions. state an

driver of the car is facing felony dui, trying to evade police. one of the charges damaging public property. what happened was, the driver was coming back down 880 and when it got to the bottom of the hill, it tried to make a u-turn and come up the off ramp. the chp officer following close behind, took the inside route there, nudged the car against one of the signal lights down there. the signal light was out, but the driver of the car had to stop. >>> domestic violence charges could be filed today against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. the judge said he'd make a decision by the end of this week. the new sheriff is accused of a domestic violence incident involving his wife on new year's eve. mirkarimi and his wife deny any abuse occurred. >> how can people feel safe? the sheriff shouldn't be putting his political career over the safety of domestic violence survivors and their children in the city. >>> mirkarimi's defense attorneys say if charges are filed today, they're likely to be misdemeanor charges, not felony. >>> san francisco police

he is charged with dui, manslaughter, dui maiming. reckless driving and no operator's license. the boy who was killed was brian hernandez chavez. his mother was injured and is in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> something so traumatic and i can't imagine what that would be like. my heart goes out to her completely. >> the sidewalks the boy and his mom were walking on runs on busy duke street. many residents walk on the path. >> i walk here all the time every day and i almost get kit by cars left and right. this can be avoidable. >> in alexandria, peggy fox, 9news now. >> victor is a resident of the alexandria area of fairfax county. he's being held at the alexandria jail without bond. >>> water safety campaigns appear to be paying off. today we learned that fewer children are going to hospitals for near drowning incidents. this is a new study and it sounds accidents in the u.s. fell 49% between 1993 and 2008. the number of kids who die by drowning decrease by 42%. researchers found a 40% drop in hospital visits following bathtub related drownings in infants an

in it, a supervisor advoiz -- advises dui patrols. an average of 2 to 4 citations must be written by each officer. or future federal funding may be withheld. it also said you need to stop as many vehicles as possible. looking to make a dui arrest, and warnings don't count. quackenbush's lawyer said even if his client was drunk, it's irrelevant. >> the only way to teach you not to violate people's rights is to say that you don't get to go forward with your evidence. and that's the message that was sent. there is a right way and a wrong way. and unfortunately, this was the wrong way to go about it. >> the judge has not issued a written statement or made a comment. >> she the -- the judge should not have thrown the case out. the girl should have been punished for what she was doing. >> reporter: william mcmahon agrees, and calls the ruling a bad one. he insists the department does not use quotas ever. >> this officer is committed to traffic safety. in retrospect, the memo was not worded well. >> it's unfair. the officer went out there, d

one of them shows sspervisors directing patrol officers to citations per hour during the department's dui saturation patrol and aggressive driving details. one roll call sheet we obtained shows that officers who make sixty stops in a month will be the police chief says the operation was part of a federal grant program.. and calls the talk of quotas.... a misunderstanding. 3 "with those grants comes some expectations. in this particular case, uhm, an employee who was in charge of administering this program put guidance out based on those expectations.. that after we became aware of it, i can see how that can be misinterpreted... but we do not have quotas in this police department." the police chief is calling the judge's ruling...a bad one. he says the department is reviewing its options that could include appeals.. police think video of a baltimore cop being attacked that went viral... will help their case against the suspect. the police department says the officers handled the situation well.they say the video adds another layer of scrutiny but shouldn't hinder what police < "you're not

of different sources you don't have people that are just saying oh there's this one thing he had a dui or whatever you know there used to be you would just fund this one thing you would throw that out there and they would build a whole campaign around it and now there's more of a comprehensive look at a candidate and you look at what what we know about him then how that might indicate how he's going to lead in the future so it's a little more nuanced now than it was is there anything that is too racy or that goes too far have you ever found some kind of dirt on a candidate that even their competitors weren't willing to put out there to the public absolutely and people are always surprised to hear that that camp campaigns really don't especially congressional campaigns. statewide campaigns presidential campaigns or their own animal but but they don't really want to go deep negative if they don't have to because there's always the risk of blowback and so yeah we have definitely brought things into them that they look at and everybody's like whoa you know i don't want to even be associate

it's also a tactic that prompted a howard county judge to toss all charges against a motorist facing duia1:00:05 "what these types of quotas do is encourage officers to fabricarte certain charges, and it's the innocent perosn found had she twice the legal - limit of alcohol in her blood. 06:42:20'we don't have quotas" william mcmahon, is clear, there are william mcmahon, polcie chief howard county polcie chief william mcmahon, is clear, there are no quotas, he says the memo was 3 misinterpretedthe numbers mentioned in the document simply guidelines to insure the county complies with the requirements of a federal grant.06:45:00"the grant was dependent upon being successful to keep that grant funding"06:44:53"the directive was to go out and look for enforcement opportunities so we asked for a copy grant to see for ourselvesturns out there is nothing in writing...just conversation. howard county officials now telling us the quotas were based on discussion between county employees who manage the grant. so we even dug deeper aad askkd the national highway traffic safety administration which m

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. >>> two fatal dui related crashes this holiday weekend. that is down from 4 for the same time last year. the number of dui arrests is up with a total of 161 arrests. compared to 124 last year. those numbers are expected to rise when they release the totals from its effort that ends monday at midnight. >> to the south bay where a family there is starting the new year in temporary housing after a fire gutted the home they lived in in less than a hour into the new year. ktvu's maureen naylor has more. >> reporter: everything is gone. >> she never thought she would start 2011 barefoot. >> no shoes. i mean i got nothing. no purse. i.d., nothing. everything is gone. >> everything she says. firefighters are still investigating what caused the fire at this home 50 minutes into the new year. a neighbor shot this cell phone video. she, her two children and a friend were sleeping inside when the smoke detector went off. >> started in my son's room. my friend woke up and smelled smoke. and then we opened the door and flames were all over the place. i

.  >>> game show host pat sajak is admitting to not dui, but hui, hosting under the influencethe host of we'll of fortune says he used to do tapings drunk back in the day. he says he and vanna white used to take long dinner breaks and down up to six margaritas before doing more shows. he admits he sometimes had trouble recognizing the alphabet. he says alcohol no longer plays a part in his hosting routine. >>> celebrity chef paula deen in the spotlight again for being photographed eating a giant cheese burger. tmz published the photo taken onboard a cruise ship where she is hosting an annual vacation for fans. witnesses say there were also french fries on her plate. dean has come under attack for hiding her type 2 diabetes for three years while pushing cholesterol busting treats on her show. >> oh boy. all right. >> meteorologist lisa argen in. the weather is going to change? >> it is. clouds should thin out throughout the afternoon. we are still looking at the possibility of maybe a sprinkle in the north bait. heavenly now cloudy skies, -- fog, temperatures in the 40s, they a

weren't convicted of any crime nor awaiting a trial the rest are there for low level offenses like duis or minor drug charges and only a few of them were actually accused of violent crimes to having imposed does make a good point here that being an undocumented immigrant is on its head a civil offense and not a criminal one man immediately with the punishment of spending time behind bars so why are so many of these immigrants actually ending up in jail we see it all comes down to money private prisons that make a killing of undocumented immigrants because they can hold them in their prisons allowing the detention centers to meet their financial goals and a statement of as you see the corrections corporation of america wrote immigration reform laws which are currently a focus for legislators and politicians at the federal state and local level also could it materially adverse impact us so for them a locking up immigrants and throwing away the key is simply a business strategy the private prisons choose to overlook how this affects those behind bars who are too often forgotten they also f

police say the number of new year's the dui arrests were up. the chp reported to fatalities and 195 dui arrests compared to five and 140 the year before. officers arrested almost 1200 s for drivers which is up from the 961 arrests a year before furious fear is a look at the full drive this nicely in within the law on the san the sale of rich, it all looks it's gifts for everyone is running of the speed limit in the commute direction. there is nothing to hold you up in the plenty of sunshine. we will be right back. how the offer has a new-line sensitive and is seeking both. let's take a look at the big board. the numbers up and down most of the morning. the dow is now gaining in of by five points. let's go to george and see what is up with the commute. >>george: a big improvement in menlo park. we had a truck fire earlier this morning. correlate the what shutdown. fifth esteban back in easy ride for the better part of the morning. for a little while there was a slow traffic at the approach to the bridge but no longer. the golden gate bridge look

it's also a tactic that prompted a howard county judge to toss all charges against a motorist facing duiblood. 06:42:20'we don't have quotas" howard county polcie chief there are no quotas,he says the memo was misinterpretedthe numbers mentioned in the document simply guidelines to insure the county complies with the requirements of a federal grant.06:45:00"the grant was dependent upon being successful to keep that grant funding"06:44:53"the directive was to go out and look forr enforcement opportunities so we asked for a copy grant to see for ourselvesturns out there is nothing in writing...just conversation. howard county officials now telling us the quotas were based on discussion between county employees who manage the grant. so we even dug deeper and asked the national highway traffic safety administration which manages the grant if they indeed required quotas.]there answer? no way. in this email they say "there is no federal or state mandate that requires the howard county police department to issue a certain number of citations. 01:07:52 resources"and that's with good reason says

. >> they had him do a series of field toe bright tests like they would any dui stop on the road. which he failed. >> reporter: the fie phi lot is michael ferrero of pen grove. >> they is very unusual for us. i've been here almost ten years, and i've never seen it. anytime someone does something like this, it reflects badly on all of us. >> reporter: in addition to the dui charges, ferrero will likely face charges from the faa, which could include a suspension or even revocation of his pilot license. >>> a california state assemblyman, and vocal stater of gun rights was cited for trying to bring a loaded gun onto an airplane. he said he was keeping the gun near him at home, because he received death threats over legislation to overturn the dream act. he says he put the gun in his briefcase to hid it from his wife, but forget about it this morning when he tried to board a flight to sacramento. >> you hear stories about this and you think, what is this person thinking? what kind of an idiot would carry a gun into an airport? and it was just a really, regrettable mistake. >> police s

san francisco police will also have dui patrols. the mare said it is in place city wide incase 49ers fans get out of hands. >> people want to be in a safe city, we'll have the city safe. if we need special attention we will call it up. the city clowes how -- city knows how to celebrate safely. >> reporter: reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> later we break down how to get tickets for the championship game, and gary radnich will be here and he will talk about the match up and what to expect sunday and log on to www.kron.com for the latest video, photographs and viewer comments. >>> decision 2012 the 5 remaining gop candidates faced off tonight ahead of the south carolina primary. today jon huntsman announced he was stepping out of the race. he gave his backing to mitt romney. tommy has more. >> reporter: with two wins under his belt and the endorsement of jon huntsman mitt romney was the ran to beat in the gop debate. >> we need for you to release your income tax. >> i would ask mitt romney, do you believe people who are felons, served the

. >> aldona is facing several charges including dui manslaughter, reckless driving, and driving without license. he is due in court at 9:00 a.m. >>> today protesters in the occupy movement will meet for what they're hoping to be the largest gathering ever. it coincides with the start of the 2012 legislative session. this is video of occupy demonstrations that were held in d.c. back in the fall. members of the occupy movement are protesting economic disparities. the rally at the capitol is planned to start at 9:00 this morning. >>> in the day ahead, the american civil liberties union will file a lawsuit against metro transit police. the legal action comes after metro officers arrested a man in a wheelchair outside the u street/cardoza metro station last may. the incident was recorded and posted on

. >> they had him do a series of field toe bright tests like they would any dui stop on the road. which he failed. >> reporter: the fie phi lot is michael ferrero of pen grove. >> they is very unusual for us. i've been here almost ten years, and i've never seen it. anytime someone does something like this, it reflects badly on all of us. >> reporter: in addition to the dui charges, ferrero will likely face charges from the faa, which could include a suspension or even revocation of his pilot license. >>> a california state assemblyman, and vocal stater of gun rights was cited for trying to bring a loaded gun onto an airplane. he said he was keeping the gun near him at home, because he received death threats over legislation to overturn the dream act. he says he put the gun in his briefcase to hid it from his wife, but forget about it this morning when he tried to board a flight to sacramento. >> you hear stories about this and you think, what is this person thinking? what kind of an idiot would carry a gun into an airport? and it was just a really, regrettable mistake. >> police s

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overall, the chp made00 dui arrests last year. >>> authorities are looking for a serial arson theist -- arsonist. here's more. >> reporter: black and burned up grass suffered -- covered a small section of the park. these are the remnants of the 30 suspicious fires that have happened in novato over the last 4 hours. >> this is the work of an arson or arsonists. >> reporter: ten fires happened last night, close to 20 the night before. many close to hundreds of homes. >> i didn't see any fires but i certainly smelled a fire smell. i knew there was something burning. >> the most recent fire happened at 1:30 in the rush creek open space preserve. you have to walk a mile and a half to get to the fire. ten hours after it started, fire crews were still out there putting out hot spots. a cluster burned about three quarters of an acre. residents are worried. >> we're so dry, we haven't had much rain. it could potentially put houses at risk. >> reporter: police have no conkeep leads. but they have -- concrete leads but they will test some items to see if they test positive for accelerants. >>>

i came to prison for a dui. they gave me 90 days for that, and six-month drug program.st time like a year and a half ago, they -- since i was in the shoe when i left, they brought me back in the hole. that's how i do it. now i'm waiting to go to icc to find out when they're going to let me get out. >> matthew usually returns to prison for petty crimes. he has a history of committing more serious offenses behind bars. >> he's capable of a lot of violence in custody in the prison system. and in fact, he hasn't been in a general population setting since i think maybe 2003. and that's because he keeps getting in trouble. he batters the officers. he's resistant, uses alcohol in custody. ♪ >> whoops. that didn't work. >> good, how are you? >> good. >> this is institution classification committee. this is for administrative segregation inmates and this is a due process issue where we bring them in, review why they're in ad seg and you know, go over the issues of why they're locked up in ad seg and what they can expect from here. >> cdc number. >> matthew national, 245854. >> s

and 195 were arrested for dui. you can see the drunk driving arests for way up over last year while fatalities were down. >> and this could with a few more days before the squirrel monkey returned to the zoo is ready to greet visitors again. banana sam is being kept private for now away from the public. the 17-year-old has been through a lot. zoo keepers say someone cut two holes into the mesh of the exhibit, then, saturday a man called police and reported seeing banana sam in stern grove. the caller told investigators he was able to coax it into his backpack. >> we're observing him. he appears okay now, it might take time for something to show up. it's possible he might become sickly. so that is why we're watching him, still. >> and the zoo was offering a $5,000 reward. no word if the man who says he found the monkey will get the money. >> good thing he's back. >> and safe. >> and spence jer back, too. and let's take a look at the forecast. >> and we had clouds around today, and there is a weak front pushing throu

he is charged with dui manslaughter, dui maiming, wreckless driving and no operator's license. >> he is stupid for not turning and he hit my nephew and my sister-in-law. >> not only do they live in the same apartment complex, but she says she spoke to him at the place where he used to work and the place where he has been working. the kfc. the manager and coworker says he was a good guy and hard worker. they never saw him drunk. >> when he's here, he worked hard. he looks out for people. he takes care of business. >> you're very surprised to hear what happened in. >> definitely. i was. >> no one is more shocked than brian's family. >> he was here on saturday. she took care of him on saturday and there's a candle right there where he was sitting. >> brian hernandez chavez was his mother's only child. she is in fairfax hospital with two broken legs and a broken pelvis. as well as other injuries. her family says that all she remembers is being hit. she remembers nothing after that and her family says that doctors have told them not to talk about her son. so it's really unclear how much s

cary keating in santa clara playing without their star player, kevin foster, recently arrested for dui. and paris blackwell going to work. rex walterses. if a game broke out among coaches in the bay area, he'd kill everybody. cody dooland to the hoop. keating and the broncos 0 and 7. 90-74, usf. the bay area's best team now 20 and 2. >>> we have a buzzer beater. north carolina state lorenzo brown, the rebound oh, my gosh. pam, you got to see this. this is more important than dubai. guy just throws it to end the game, and it goes in. [ laughter ] >> you never see that! sometimes middle of the game or end of the first half, but to win the game , there it is tonight. >> wow. >> a lot of fun. and let me just tell you, i got a little overrule excited. that was just the end of the first half. >> i saw the final score. >> so i got a little over excited. >> that's okay. >> instead of ad-libbing, read the cue card. >>> warriors are off. oklahoma city tomorrow 90 . grizzlies and the clippers, look at those uniforms! it looks like brazil versus france. that's the old aba throw back. that's the ho

. >> the 22-year-old will remain behind bars on charges of dui manslaughter maiming and reckless driving. the judge denied bond in his case. he was driving westbound on duke street sunday afternoon when he lost control of his car, jumped the curb, and slammed into a mother and her young son who were walking. the eight-year old boy was killed. his mother suffered two broken legs and a fractured hip. this morning, prosecutors said after striking the two he kept driving 50 yards before crashing. prosecutors allege that he had been drinking several hours before getting behind the wheel he failed several sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of .15. prosecutors say they have not verified his legal status. authorities say he was driving without a license. >> the 8-year-old is no longer with us. he was too young. >> alexandria police say this is the first failed pedestrian crass of the year. pedestrian say is a dangerous part of the road. what happened here was tragic theme it is very scary. >> the suspect will be back in court for a preliminary hearing february 13. >> thank you. the acl

that killed an 8- year-old virginia boy, he is charged with several crimes including man lawsuiter, dui and driving without a license -- manslaughter, dui and driving without a license he was behind the wheel when his car hit the curb that little boy died at the scene his mom is still in hospital. >>> alison, new developments from the cruise ship tragedy, reports the death toll has now risen to seven. 29 people still unaccounted for including two americans as well as people from germany, italy, france. this is a live look now at the cruise ship wreck where rescue crews today, set off explosives to create, 4 holes in the hull for easy access into and out of the ship. meantime, we are learning about audio recordings between the captain of the ship and italian coast guard, on the tape, the captain resists returning to the ship to coordinate the evacuation after a coast guard official orders him to do so the recording goes against the captain's claim he stayed onboard for the entire evacuation. >>> fuel transfer about to begin in city of nome alaska the city of 3500 did not get its last fue

. >> tonight, we can tell you the driver is facing a number of charges, including dui, manslaughter, and wreckless driving. >>> well, it's been a beautiful day out there despite the seasonable chill in the air on this mlk day. we can see showers and more in the forecast. gary mcgrady is tracking it in the weather center. what are we talking about? >> reporter: it's the more that seems to get everyone's attention, right? uh-huh. >> reporter: and looks like briefly, late this evening early in the morning, we could get a little bit of a -- maybe a sleet pellet coming out of the sky and that is going to be well north-northwest of us and as soon as that would happen, it would not be a big deal at all, it would be hagerstown and into the southern sections and western sections of pennsylvania. maybe extreme western maryland. let me show you what is going on. definitely rain is returning to the area, okay. can you look back to the rest of us. the rain is picking up and moved across west virginia. it's moving into western maryland. so, that is initially what we're keeping an eye on. you see t

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. >>> game show host pat sajak is admitting to not dui, but hui, hosting under the influence. host of we'll of fortune says he used to do tapings drunk back in the day. he says he and vanna white used to take long dinner breaks and down up to six margaritas before doing more shows. he admits he sometimes had trouble recognizing the alphabet. he says alcohol no longer plays a part in his hosting routine. >>> celebrity chef paula deen in the spotlight again for being photographed eating a giant cheese burger. tmz published the photo taken onboard a cruise ship where she is hosting an annual vacation for fans. witnesses say there were also french fries on her plate. dean has come under attack for hiding her type 2 diabetes for three years while pushing cholesterol busting treats on her show. >> oh boy. all right. >> meteorologist lisa argen in. the weather is going to change? >> it is. clouds should thin out throughout the afternoon. we are still looking at the possibility of maybe a sprinkle in the north bait. heavenly now cloudy skies, -- fog, temperatures in the 40s, they are

. >>> this morning a man faces dui charges of manslaughter -- a man facing dui charge -- let me startgain. the drunk driver charged in the death of an 8-year-old boy in alexandria will be in court. police say 22-year-old victor aldana was drunk when he drove his car off of duke street near i-395 sunday hitting brian hernandez chavez and his mother. his mother survived with two broken legs. brian died. family members say they are heartbroken. >> sad. very sad. >> sad knowing that he's gone. he was a little brother to me. just terrible seeing this. >> aldana is due in court at 9:00 a.m. >>> right now, police are looking for the parents of a week-old baby who died outside in the subfreezing temperatures. you saw the breaking news first on 4 yesterday morning. a man found the baby girl on the steps of a home on channing street in northeast washington. she had no clothes and was wrapped in only a thin blanket. the man who found the baby tried to warm her up and performed cpr. paramedics then rushed the baby to the hospital, but it was too late. police are asking for anyone with information

he is facing charges of dui and hit and run. hayward police told me earlier on this particular crash on bishop avenue was one of three dui related accidents they handled overnight. live this morning in hayward alex savidge. >>> 6:34. we just got word muni successfully removed that suv. the one that drove into one of the under ground tunnels. we showed you all of this during yesterday's morning on two. the driver drove down the tunnel and crashed into a platform. now 40-year-old scott mitchell was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. muni was able to push the suv off to the side of the tracks. they were able to remove it during the overnight hours so work would not interview with muni service. >>> the 49ers are preparing to host the new york giants in sunday's nfc championship game. crews say the field is in good shape because of the dry weather throughout the regular season. the field should be able to soak up any rain without getting slick. the nfc logo and lines were all painted on wednesday and the field has been cov