eric rasmussen. >>> the retrofit project in the dumbarton bridge is on the way right now. lanes are closed in both directions as crews install four steel plates. they'll eventually install 32 of the plates. caltrans says lanes should reopen by 5:00 a.m. crews are reenforcing the bridge. >>> san francisco nummi officials are preparing to fire a bus driver after seeing video we showed last night on the 10:00 news. the cell phone video shot by a passenger shows a nummi driver texting while driving the 24 bus. today nummi said it is now in the process of terminating the bus driver because texting while driving is a fireable offense. >> clearly what the video demonstrates is unacceptable behavior. we're in the customer service business as well as providing service. >> reporter: initially nummi officials told him she pulled the bus over to text because of a family member and she was suspended for three days. but after seeing the video, officials say they will fire her. the man who took the video says he thinks she should have been fired immediately. >>> rita williams was in fede

eric rasmussen. >>> the retrofit project in the dumbarton bridge is on the way right now. lanes are closed in both directions as crews install four steel plates. they'll eventually install 32 of the plates. caltrans says lanes should reopen by 5:00 a.m. crews are reenforcing the bridge. >>> san francisco nummi officials are preparing to fire a bus driver after seeing video we showed last night on the 10:00 news. the cell phone video shot by a passenger shows a nummi driver texting while driving the 24 bus. today nummi said it is now in the process of terminating the bus driver because texting while driving is a fireable offense. >> clearly what the video demonstrates is unacceptable behavior. we're in the customer service business as well as providing service. >> reporter: initially nummi officials told him she pulled the bus over to text because of a family member and she was suspended for three days. but after seeing the video, officials say they will fire her. the man who took the video says he thinks she should have been fired immediately. >>> rita williams was in fede

eric rasmussen believe it or not found 20 offenders living in one home. >> reporter: they found evidence they got one of -- that got one of these rearrested. >> sheriff's office, sheriff's office. >> reporter: more than a dozens registered sex offenders list this single place in alameda as their address. one man allowed us inside. our cameras were rolling as officers arrested this man. they wouldn't name him but they said they found pornography on his computer. that alone is a conviction, because he had already been arrested. they say tight funding makes operations of this size only possible a few times a year. agents insist it's critical to public safety even if most of the offenders they check like this man is not in violation. >> there's a lot of us that are not a threat to anybody. >> you understand why they have to do these checks. >> totally understand, i respect what they are doing. >> reporter: agents say there are about 3,500 registers sex offenders in all of santa clara county. they plan to check on 40 of them tonight. day say in most cases they find about 10 to 20% of the guys

eric rasmussen is live. neighbors say this place has become quite an eyesore. >> reporter: it sure has. the chain is all coming down when the new owners put a new grocery store here. >> i remember shopping in this building as a child with my mother pushing me around in a grocery cart. >> reporter: now the new opener says he's ready to rebuild a new henry's market. >> they are a competitor that's closer to whole foods i would say than safe way. >> reporter: many neighbors tell us it's good news. >> i'm very excited. it's been this way for a long time. it's such an eyesore to go by every day. >> reporter: they say for six years, this building has been a black eye for walnut creek, a building not known for blithe. >> how does a building go empty for 30 years like that? >> reporter: some have raised concerns about more impact to traffic and whether there'll be enough parking. >> this will be a changed community and very much for the better we think. >> reporter: city council members just signed off on zoning cha

eric rasmussen is live. neighbors say this place has become quite an eyesore. >> reporter: it sure has. the chain is all coming down when the new owners put a new grocery store here. >> i remember shopping in this building as a child with my mother pushing me around in a grocery cart. >> reporter: now the new opener says he's ready to rebuild a new henry's market. >> they are a competitor that's closer to whole foods i would say than safe way. >> reporter: many neighbors tell us it's good news. >> i'm very excited. it's been this way for a long time. it's such an eyesore to go by every day. >> reporter: they say for six years, this building has been a black eye for walnut creek, a building not known for blithe. >> how does a building go empty for 30 years like that? >> reporter: some have raised concerns about more impact to traffic and whether there'll be enough parking. >> this will be a changed community and very much for the better we think. >> reporter: city council members just signed off on zoning cha

eric rasmussen. >>> the arrest is also drawing attention from rochester new york. three girls were killed there in the early 70s. the girls were known as the double initial killing. all three victims had the same initial for the first and last name just like the victims in california. naso lived in rochester in the 60s and reportedly traveled there in the early 70s. we learned he was born in new york state in 1934. he served in the u.s. service. he married and divorced in the early 60s. naso was working as a commercial photographer in reno. >>> we talked to the bay area man who says he remembers joseph naso from a photography class they took together more than 40 years ago. >> he just gave me a funny feeling but i looked beyond that because i was looking at his photographs and stuff. >> reporter: naso went door to door looking for business. he hired naso to take pictures of his daughter for her first birthday. >> we had him in our home, and i think a lot of other people did. >> reporter: the man says he hasn't thought about naso in years. but heard the news and was

new at 10 tonight, ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in oakland where bay area dealers say they are seeing a flood of buyers and sellers. eric in. >> reporter: right, ken. you know, we are talking about people looking to cash in on small amounts of jewelry all the way up to investors buying up thousands of dollars of silver at a time. 30% jump in prices in just the last month surprised even the owner of this store here on piedmont avenue. brian walker opened oakland silver and gold less than a year ago but he never imagined the spike in prices he is seeing now. >> the day we opened silver was trading at $17-point will 5 an ounce. right now as we speak silver is trading at $46.72 an ounce. >> that might pale in comparison to gold now selling for more than $1500 an ounce. but walker says more investors are buying silver in huge quantities. >> the green box down here would be what we would call a monster box. that's 500 ounces of silver american eagles. we had one customer buy four of those boxes last week. four monster boxes of eagles. >> reporter: that's about $100,000 worth of coins like t

eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> and officials have come up with a plan to save six homes from a landslide these here are pictures from a home where the ground slipped away during last month's heavy storms. the city wants to pound steel peers into the hillside to save the home. in return the homeowners are being asked to save a waiver agreeing not to file future lawsuits death lawsuits against the -- lawsuits against the city. >>> it's been the sight of cinco de mayo celebrations but this year it's going to be different. janine de la vega in san jose where the annual parade and festival are cancelled. >> reporter: this sunday guadalupe park would have been filled with people, vendors and musical entertainment. it's kind of ironic that there's a huge monopoly board inside the park because that's what it boils down to. it's a game of money. >> reporter: cinco de mayo is a few days away. but the barco family is having their own celebration today. marco is looking forward to go watch the parade downtown. >> it makes me happy to be with my people. it's a very emotional time for me. >> reporter:

eric rasmussen. >>> the arrest is also drawing attention from rochester new york. three girls were killed there in the early 70s. the girls were known as the double initial killing. all three victims had the same initial for the first and last name just like the victims in california. naso lived in rochester in the 60s and reportedly traveled there in the early 70s. we learned he was born in new york state in 1934. he served in the u.s. service. he married and divorced in the early 60s. naso was working as a commercial photographer in reno. >>> we talked to the bay area man who says he remembers joseph naso from a photography class they took together more than 40 years ago. >> he just gave me a funny feeling but i looked beyond that because i was looking at his photographs and stuff. >> reporter: naso went door to door looking for business. he hired naso to take pictures of his daughter for her first birthday. >> we had him in our home, and i think a lot of other people did. >> reporter: the man says he hasn't thought about naso in years. but heard the news and was

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco's terminal two is now ready for passengers. the first flight will arrive next thursday. it will house a virgin america and american airlines. it has green features including energy efficiency and reclaimed materials. >>> the burning man festival will relocate its headquarters to the city's main market neighborhood and will sign a lease for a space on sixth and market streets. >>> a marine was remembered today with a spirited memorial. >> the athletic fields were filled with break dancers performing in honor of lance corporal harry lew. the he was a break dancer -- he was a break dancer from santa clara high and died on sunday in afghanistan. >>> a government shutdown is just days away. what is being done right now to avoid a financial crisis. >>> a unique bidding war. what has car dearlers snapping up a certain kind of vehicle. >>> coming up, a big change with our temperatures. >> is our president barack obama is trying to avoid a government shutdown. he immediately called for congressional leaders to come to the white house. d

eric rasmussen told us and he is live to explain what led to the two arrests. eric? >> reporter: detectives say they actually witnessed one of these guys slide right under a truck and steal. now they have connected them to at least four other cases and they think there could be many more. investigators say michael helm and larry hernandez could be the two men responsible for a string of crimes in the north bay that initially left police with few leads and left truck owners like nick furious. >> you are sitting in your house and you get up the next morning and your car sounds like a bomb went off. >> reporter: we first spoke to him earlier this month when the thieves stoled the catalytic converters in one night. they caught them doing the same thing in sonoma county. >> there is many more. we just scratched the surface with these two guys. >> reporter: detectives finally got their big break when started doing surveillance on these guys and followed them all the way to this park and ride in nevada where they caught them red-handed stealing another one. >> they grabbed

eric rasmussen told us and he is live to explain what led to the two arrests. eric? >> reporter: detectives say they actually witnessed one of these guys slide right under a truck and steal. now they have connected them to at least four other cases and they think there could be many more. investigators say michael helm and larry hernandez could be the two men responsible for a string of crimes in the north bay that initially left police with few leads and left truck owners like nick furious. >> you are sitting in your house and you get up the next morning and your car sounds like a bomb went off. >> reporter: we first spoke to him earlier this month when the thieves stoled the catalytic converters in one night. they caught them doing the same thing in sonoma county. >> there is many more. we just scratched the surface with these two guys. >> reporter: detectives finally got their big break when started doing surveillance on these guys and followed them all the way to this park and ride in nevada where they caught them red-handed stealing another one. >> they grabbed

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he fund republicans are skeptical about the president's plans. ic? >> reporter: ken, they say all you have to do is take one look at the gas prices. if they remain high and the economy continues to struggle, the gop, even in some strong holds here in parts of the bay area, think they could count a serious challenge to the president next year. [ applause ] >> reporter: while president obama faced a friendly crowd at facebook in palo alto and blasted the gop budget not everyone in the bay area was buying in. >> i voted for him, as i said earlier, very enthusiastically. and he is just another run-of- the-mill politician that just wants to get re-elected. >> look, he's out there trying to get his job back. well, hell, a lot of americans don't have their jobs at all. >> reporter: from his home california republican party chairman called the president's visit an early campaign stop. >> isn't this something that every sitting president would do as they try to get re- elected? >> yes, look, politicians fight for their jobs. i get that. but he has to show,

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he fund republicans are skeptical about the president's plans. eric? >> reporter: ken, they say all you have to do is take one look at the gas prices. if they remain high and the economy continues to struggle, the gop, even in some strong holds here in parts of the bay area, think they could count a serious challenge to the president next year. [ applause ] >> reporter: while president obama faced a friendly crowd at facebook in palo alto and blasted the gop budget not everyone in the bay area was buying in. >> i voted for him, as i said earlier, very enthusiastically. and he is just another run-of- the-mill politician that just wants to get re-elected. >> look, he's out there trying to get his job back. well, hell, a lot of americans don't have their jobs at all. >> reporter: from his home california republican party chairman called the president's visit an early campaign stop. >> isn't this something that every sitting president would do as they try to get re- elected? >> yes, look, politicians fight for their jobs. i get that. but he has to sho

eric rasmussen is live at the scene where he found out that the vacant building had become home to as many as 40 homeless people. eric? >> reporter: frank, this was the third fire in three weeks. it is still burning right now. investigators think somebody was actually cutting scrap metal out of the building to sell and sparked these flames. but simply too dangerous for firefighters to go inside. they say in some parts of this building, the garbage and debris is a full three feet deep. fire is still burning through the old cadillac dealership long after the firefighters got the call just before 1 a.m. they snapped these photos as the flames engulfed the abandoned building that had become a refuge of last resort for homeless people like christine hoffman. >> where are we going to go? you know, this was the only place to live. and i don't have anywhere to -- excuse me. >> they believe fire investigators looking for scrap metal sparked with a small torch making an already unsafe building even more dangerous. >> we know that from inspections, previous inspections that the building is not s

eric rasmussen is live at the scene where he found out that the vacant building had become home to asany as 40 homeless people. eric? >> reporter: frank, this was the third fire in three weeks. it is still burning right now. investigators think somebody was actually cutting scrap metal out of the building to sell and sparked these flames. but simply too dangerous for firefighters to go inside. they say in some parts of this building, the garbage and debris is a full three feet deep. fire is still burning through the old cadillac dealership long after the firefighters got the call just before 1 a.m. they snapped these photos as the flames engulfed the abandoned building that had become a refuge of last resort for homeless people like christine hoffman. >> where are we going to go? you know, this was the only place to live. and i don't have anywhere to -- excuse me. >> they believe fire investigators looking for scrap metal sparked with a small torch making an already unsafe building even more dangerous. >> we know that from inspections, previous inspections that the building is not str

in richmond, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and more details on the case now. we contacted richmond police. no one agreed to speak on camera. but chief chris magnus released this statement. >>> police in fairfield have announced an arrest in a homicide case that went unsolved for eight years. investigators say recently discovered dna led them to arrest 34-year-old ricardo cruz in the 2003 death of katherine patigliano was found stabbed to death by her daughter in her fairfield home. he is the ex-boyfriend of another daughter but have not yet released a motive in this case. >>> scientists at uc berkeley revealed a prototype for an earthquake early warning system. it would have given bay area residents as much as 20 seconds advanced warning of the earthquake. it works by using hundreds of sensors to detect so-called pea waves which advance before the main shock waves. information like that can make a huge difference to agencies like bart. >> within about 15 seconds, within 20 seconds we can end up having a train that's going 60 miles per hour down below 80 miles

in richmond, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and more details on the case now. we contacted richmond police. no one agreed to speak on camera. but chief chris magnus released this statement. >>> police in fairfield have announced an arrest in a homicide case that went unsolved for eight years. investigators say recently discovered dna led them to arrest 34-year-old ricardo cruz in the 2003 death of katherine patigliano was found stabbed to death by her daughter in her fairfield home. he is the ex-boyfriend of another daughter but have not yet released a motive in this case. >>> scientists at uc berkeley revealed a prototype for an earthquake early warning system. it would have given bay area residents as much as 20 seconds advanced warning of the earthquake. it works by using hundreds of sensors to detect so-called pea waves which advance before the main shock waves. information like that can make a huge difference to agencies like bart. >> within about 15 seconds, within 20 seconds we can end up having a train that's going 60 miles per hour down below 80 miles

eric rasmussen will have a full report coming up on the news at 6:00. reporting live in richmond, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> the chauncey bailey murder trial resumed in an oakland courtroom this morning. yesterday, jurors heard chilling testimony from the man who admitted shooting the oakland journalist. broussard said he went up to bailey and without saying a word opened fire. broussard said he fired three times to be certain bailey was dead. broussard claims yusef bey iv ordered him to kill bailey because the journalist was working on a story about the financial collapse of the bakery. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting this morning which left two people injured. it hatched at seminary avenue on east 18th street where shots were fired into a van. police say -- police say they received the report around 8:15. they are releasing very few details but officers were also at a second crime scene which may be related on 60th avenue. so far there have been. >>> reports of any arrests -- so far there have been no reports of -- o

we're live in richmond, eric rasmussen. >>> the alameda county bomb squad was called today to deal with a world war ii era hand grenade. >> police say a woman cleaning out her garage this afternoon found the grenade and called 911. the bomb squad took it away and blew it up at a near by park. >>> a grand theft suspect who's been on the run for two weeks is behind bars tonight. carl talton surprised just about everyone when he showed up in an oakland court yesterday for sentencing in a 2009 theft case. he was promptly arrested. talton was wanted on suspicion that he stole $40,000 from elderly victims. >>> ab26 would have required police to check the citizenship of anyone suspected of being in the country illegally and would hacrime for unauthorized aliens to work at all. ab1018 would have required public agencies to check the citizenship status of anyone asking for state funded benefits. >>> robert handa has reaction to governor brown's latest budget move to shift the inmate population. >>> the group's opposed the proposal because they say st. luke's is one of the only two hospitals that

eric rasmussen has more. >> the plea came on short notice in el el dorado county superior court. attorneys for phillip and nancy garrido had been gaggling -- haggling on the details. but in the end, phillip garrido pled guilty and he could be sentenced to 431 years in prison. an emotional nancy garrido pleaded guilty to kidnapping with two enhancements, a victim under 14, and kidnapping for purpose of rape. nancy's attorney says she's a different person now than when she kidnapped jaycee dugard. >> she obviously committed a serious wrong. in her view now, she's made peace with god wants to get on with life, what's left of it. >> as for jaycee dugard, the girl an convicted at -- abducted at 11 years old, the prosecutor spoke with her last night about plea deal. he says this means she and her two daughters fathered by phillip garrido, will not have to testify. >> frankly, i'm relieved that means that won't happen. i think it's fair to say she's also very relieved in that regard. >> now, early on, nancy garrido's attorney had expressed hope she would be able to leave prison some day

eric rasmussen. >>> you can hear more about the announcement of the arrest on ktvu.com. >>> investigators said today the death of a 16-year-old san francisco boy over the weekend involved an alleged arson plot. andy zeng's body was found inside a duplex near rankin street early sunday morning. the first floor of the duplex had been soaked in gasoline. four teenagers have been arrested in connection with zeng's death. and police say they are searching for a fifth suspect. >> they are all teens. one of them is being charged with murder. that is not an ordinary case. we do not see juveniles murdered that young who have known each other. >> reporter: grief counselors were at thurgood marshall today where zeng was a sophomore. >>> channel 2 news at 5:00 brought you the rescue live. three kayakers had rented kayaks. all three kayaks overturned. the coast guard brought the victims to safety and took them to a local hospital to be checked out. >>> if you've been thinking of buying one of those flip video cameras you might be out of luck. today cisco announced it is folding its flip camera busines

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live at the coliseum where there might be some new hope tonight. >> maybe justtle bit. believe it or not tonight was actually a sell out. more than 36,000, the team even sold another thousand standing room only tickets. a lot of those fans were wearing t-shirts like this one. they were urging and demanding ownership let the team stay here in oakland. >> drive to left. >> reporter: new and improved a's have hopes of winning on the field. but if the team will stay in oakland they'll have to win over fans like owenson. >> i just feel like we're second class citizens. >> reporter: he cancelled his season tickets because of concern. >> we're smart consumers. when we don't think we're getting our money's worth. we put it some where else. >> reporter: now lewis is back and he joined fans wearing their feelings on shirts and banners. but that enthusiasm hasn't come in large numbers. the a's finished second to last in the tenant. we found major jean quan. she insists the vision of a new stadium could still become a reality. >> we're still talking to major league baseball

eric rasmussen. >>> the death of a napa state worker is prompting a stiff fine.cal-osha fined the mental health department. a patient is charged with killing and robbing donna gross last october. the state mental health department has 15 days to appeal the fine. >>>? san francisco today, a young woman was reunited with the people who are credited with saving her life as part of national crime victim's rights week. lauren sholler's heros received special recognition during a ceremony. in may 2007, a man who was just paroled from san quentin prison stab her in the head, wrist, back, and jugular vain at a bakery. an attorney jumped to her rescue and was stabbed several times as well buzz probably ended up saving lauren. and other people got involved as well. >> i love them so much. they are very, very special. literally each and every one of them are the reason i'm alive today. >> reporter: schaller is a college student now. she says she will never forget the attack but wants to move on. the attacker is serving a life sentence. >>> the looting of a jewelry store aft

eric rasmussen joining us now and tells us what police found in that search. >> reporter: they brought joseph naso here to marin county right after they arrested him in southwest tahoe yesterday. we were just inside today to ask for a jailhouse interview. he has declined but it was that evidence in his house that revealed his connection to these unsolved killings. he spent the last three decades avoiding capture and prosecution for the killing of three women. they say one was dumped along fairfax 34 years ago. >> marin county detectives believe naso is responsible for the 1977 murder of roxene roggasch. >> reporter: roggasch was just 18 at the time. they also tie naso to the killings of 22-year-old carmen colon and. officials from six agencies were present at if news conference, but would not answer questions. they would not reveal how they arrested him. only that a official found gun, am in addition and other items that connected naso to the killings of the women. >> work from the waso sheriff's office uncovered and first revealed the links of the chain in evidents that eventually unl

eric rasmussen. >>> the death of a napa state worker is prompting a stiff fine.cal-osha fined the mental health department. a patient is charged with killing and robbing donna gross last october. the state mental health department has 15 days to appeal the fine. >>>? san francisco today, a young woman was reunited with the people who are credited with saving her life as part of national crime victim's rights week. lauren sholler's heros received special recognition during a ceremony. in may 2007, a man who was just paroled from san quentin prison stab her in the head, wrist, back, and jugular vain at a bakery. an attorney jumped to her rescue and was stabbed several times as well buzz probably ended up saving lauren. and other people got involved as well. >> i love them so much. they are very, very special. literally each and every one of them are the reason i'm alive today. >> reporter: schaller is a college student now. she says she will never forget the attack but wants to move on. the attacker is serving a life sentence. >>> the looting of a jewelry store aft

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live at the coliseum where there might be some new hope tonight. >> maybe just a little bit. believe it or not tonight was actually a sell out. more than 36,000, the team even sold another thousand standing room only tickets. a lot of those fans were wearing t-shirts like this one. they were urging and demanding ownership let the team stay here in oakland. >> drive to left. >> reporter: new and improved a's have hopes of winning on the field. but if the team will stay in oakland they'll have to win over fans like owenson. >> i just feel like we're second class citizens. >> reporter: he cancelled his season tickets because of concern. >> we're smart consumers. when we don't think we're getting our money's worth. we put it some where else. >> reporter: now lewis is back and he joined fans wearing their feelings on shirts and banners. but that enthusiasm hasn't come in large numbers. the a's finished second to last in the tenant. we found major jean quan. she insists the vision of a new stadium could still become a reality. >> we're still talking to major league ba