ktvu's eric rasmussen found out the shortage comes as the demand for food hits an all time high. >> reporter: powe day foes >> reporter: -- potatoes are a source of energy food handed out. u.s. army vet wilson comes here twice a month. >> the community right here they do need food. people are suffering here in the united states. >> reporter: but a critical program where the u.s. department of agriculture buys up excess food from farmers and gives it to food banks has come to a halt. the alameda county community food bank was getting 80,000 pounds of bonus produce from the usda every month until now. >> that's gone to zero. yeah. >> nothing? >> nothing. >> that's no small amount of food. 80,000 fans is the same weight of a fully loaded semi truck like this one. and the shortages could get even worse. lawmakers in washington are considering millions more in cuts to emergency food programs at a time that calls for help to this hot line has hit an all time high. wilson and the agencies that helped him could end up feeling the pinch. surviving on a budget of $25,000 a month making ends meet would

ktvu's eric rasmussen is on the scene. has just talked to detectives there. where are you exactly in richmond and what have you learned? >> reporter: well, we're in the triangle courthousing development, part of the richmond public housing. this all happened about 90 minutes ago. you can see the scene is very active here right now. police have taped off a large area but you can see by where they're standing, they've focused in on this one unit you see there, just hearing from police in the last few minutes, they say that the shooting happened all inside that unit. there were three people shot and killed. they say one of the victims did live here. the other two did not. they're not sure what their involvement was. they did take one person down to police headquarters for a statement. they say this all happened right around 4:30 this afternoon. they say the shooting happened at very close range inside that small apartment there. they're still gathering a lot of information. of course, there are a lot of questions about what led up to this, what might have been t

that's where our eric rasmussen is live tonight with new information from police. >> reporter: heather, police say they actually found the three men dead inside the front door of this unit. you can see the lights are on. i can tell you officers are still inside there right now. investigators are only labeling one of these men a victim, and they will only say that some sort of an argument sparked this exchange of gun fire, but i can tell you a lot of neighbors around here think this was an attempted robbery. richmond police say it was a grizzly scene when they found three men shot to death inside this home on triangle court after 4:30 p.m.. >> i did not hear the shot but i did hear the sirens. >> reporter: nakila turner leaves a few yards away. >> three people dead in the house so close to you, it touches me. >> reporter: michael anderson, dante deloony of oakland and a 28-year-old man who hasn't been identified yet. >> we can't really go into the details other than the investigation reveals that the people inside the house were all involved in interactions and that led to an argument a

eric rasmussen. >>> ktvu.com has more information on those free clinic, just look for the web links sectionon the front page. >>> the ac transit board has ratified contracts with two support staff unions that are expected to save the agency $6 million. electrical workers agreed to pay 10% more. the savings are expected to help the transit agency close a $19 million deficit. >>> plans to hand the airport back to the city of palo alto is on hold. palo alto would like to take the airport back as early as next year but environment impact studies and other issues will postthat date back to at least 2013. the county will continue to run the airport until then. >>> we are learning more tonight about an army private who has admitted to plotting a terrorist attack on fort hood texas. abdo was arrested yesterday during a traffic stop in texas near fort hood. the fbi says it found an article on bomb making from an al-qaida website in his motel room along with shotgun shells, gun powder and a uniform with fort hood patches. a gun shop owner provided a tip. >> he selected six canisters of smokeless gun

we're live here in emeryville, eric rasmussen. >>> he spent more than eight hours swimming to shore.later on, another fisherman's story about that night. >>> the fire started about 5:23. it only burned about an acre and crews put it out an hour later. the fire started in this vehicle and then spread to near by brush. the car's owner returned to the scene tonight and told an investigators that the vehicle had overheated and that she parked it on the grass. firefighters in danville were also busy this afternoon putting out a fire that burned very close to some homes. san ramon valley fire officials say the flames burned about an acre and came within 25 feet of some townhomes. firefighters doused the flames in minutes, the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the federal government admits that its parol agents made mistakes in monitoring phillip garrido. 42 pages in length, it looks at the visits to the garridos. the report concludes phillip's monitoring was substandard. >>> 20% of today's sales at the sizzler will go toward search efforts for michelle le. h her brother told us

we're live here in emeryville, eric rasmussen. >>> he spent more than eight hours swimming to shore.later on, another fisherman's story about that night. >>> the fire started about 5:23. it only burned about an acre and crews put it out an hour later. the fire started in this vehicle and then spread to near by brush. the car's owner returned to the scene tonight and told an investigators that the vehicle had overheated and that she parked it on the grass. firefighters in danville were also busy this afternoon putting out a fire that burned very close to some homes. san ramon valley fire officials say the flames burned about an acre and came within 25 feet of some townhomes. firefighters doused the flames in minutes, the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the federal government admits that its parol agents made mistakes in monitoring phillip garrido. 42 pages in length, it looks at the visits to the garridos. the report concludes phillip's monitoring was substandard. >>> 20% of today's sales at the sizzler will go toward search efforts for michelle le. h her brother told us

eric rasmussen. >>> ktvu.com has more information on those free clinic, just look for the web links section front page. >>> the ac transit board has ratified contracts with two support staff unions that are expected to save the agency $6 million. electrical workers agreed to pay 10% more. the savings are expected to help the transit agency close a $19 million deficit. >>> plans to hand the airport back to the city of palo alto is on hold. palo alto would like to take the airport back as early as next year but environment impact studies and other issues will postthat date back to at least 2013. the county will continue to run the airport until then. >>> we are learning more tonight about an army private who has admitted to plotting a terrorist attack on fort hood texas. abdo was arrested yesterday during a traffic stop in texas near fort hood. the fbi says it found an article on bomb making from an al-qaida website in his motel room along with shotgun shells, gun powder and a uniform with fort hood patches. a gun shop owner provided a tip. >> he selected six canisters of smokeless gun powder

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eric rasmussen talked to family members about the search. >> reporter: now the coast guard says they have the capability to immediately drop in to try to rescue the men. >>> several sources confirmed les yee did not survive. some who were rescued called home to tell others what happened. >> he said once you jumped off the boat which had lights, he said you couldn't see more than 3 feet in front of you. so when you were in the water, unless you were in the vicinity of someone you had no idea where you were. >> reporter: donald is the son- in-law of a man who is still missing. >> find my father-in-law, please. >> one of the greater access that it has, the back end can open so you can have people standing at the back end as we're searching. >> reporter: on its website it says all further trips have been cancelled. the task force says its business license has been suspended since 2001 for failure to file tax returns. but in an e-mail it only told channel 2 we are devastated by this tragedy. every effort is being made to assist in the search. our thoughts and prayers continue to be with t

we're live here in san jose, eric rasmussen, channel 2 news. >>> three people are presumed dead after being swoept over a water fall at yosemite park. they ignored posted signs and climbed over a barricade to take pictures at vernal falls. all three plunged more than 300 feet in front of horrified witnesses. >> i saw the man's eyes as he was going over the falls. >> lives were lost, it's traumatic. >> among those who saw the three hikers fall were family members and friends of the victims. the rangers said the merced river is running fast and full and rangers are searching downstream for the three bodies. all three victims were from the central valley. friends and family are gathering at the park today. >> everyone is just praying that he gets found. >> the rangers say they may not find the vichls' bodies for months -- victims' bodies for months until the river reseeds. rangers reopened the trail about noon today. >>> a northern california elementary school principal says he is innocent of accusations that he touched students inappropriately. bob adams spoke outside the courthouse in

ktvu's eric rasmussen in palo alto with highlights from the first fireworks show in that city's history. >> reporter: ken, it was the very first one. had he finished firing off the grand finale, maybe 10-15 minutes ago. maybe a few hundred people out here. they are starting to make their way out by now. maybe not a huge crowd, but city officials told me this was really a dry run as had he it try to make this an annual tradition. they led everybody out to the field at cesar chavez academy. of course, they are celebrating independence day, but they are also celebrating the birth of this city. it's east palo alto's 2th anniversary. [ applause [ applause ] >> reporter: and we just shot this video of the fireworks about 15-20 minutes ago. city leaders admit this would only be a modest 20-minute display, but i can tell you, people seemed empressed with the fireworks tonight. east palo alto was also able to put on this $18,000 show with the help from community sponsors and no taxpayer dollars. you know what at a time when other cities are scaling back or canceling fireworks all together, peopl

only some people appear to be getting the message, eric rasmussen. >> reporter: owners at this warehousestore say they ran out for a time today. but homeowners now know that if you don't have one of these at your home, you're going to get fined. on friday all single family homes in california will have to have a smoke detector. >> did you know you have to have one by tomorrow. >> no. >> i heard it was going to be put into law but i didn't know it was tomorrow. >> the purpose here is to allow you to protect your family. >> reporter: menlo park fire chief saw the dangers of carbon monoxide in 2008 when his department responded to a home where it affected eight people. >> they actually had several children unconscious, they had adults that are sick. >> a very basic battery operated one. >> reporter: now that the cost has dropped under $30, supporters of the law say there's no reason not to have a carbon detector. officials admit catching offenders isn't the goal. >> how do you even begin to enforce a law like this. >> like many laws. how do we enforce it? we could be punitive. it's kind of

it could come at their expense, eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: this bill could make a requirementl over the bay area whether everybody is on board or not. a solution to snarl bay area traffic and polluted air. >> i haven't had a car since the 90s. >> reporter: now a proposed law would pay more commuters to follow the lead of test roulette. >> people need to be encouraged to use bicycle and public transportation and stop using cars. >> reporter: a new bill by yee would require workers to subsidize their workers if they bike or use mass transit to work. they could get up to a $70 a month subsidy. >> absolutely, it would convince people to get out of their vehicles. >> reporter: people with as few as 20 employees could have to pick up part of their tab for this commute, and that includes this restaurant here in piedmont. >> we would do our best to meet those obligations. >> reporter: but the owners of this restaurant and seven others in the area warn that it won't be easy. >> so many business are in trouble, to add one more thing on top of our day-to-day expenses, we'll try our best

it could come at their expense, eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: this bill could make a requirementall over the bay area whether everybody is on board or not. a solution to snarl bay area traffic and polluted air. >> i haven't had a car since the 90s. >> reporter: now a proposed law would pay more commuters to follow the lead of test roulette. >> people need to be encouraged to use bicycle and public transportation and stop using cars. >> reporter: a new bill by yee would require workers to subsidize their workers if they bike or use mass transit to work. they could get up to a $70 a month subsidy. >> absolutely, it would convince people to get out of their vehicles. >> reporter: people with as few as 20 employees could have to pick up part of their tab for this commute, and that includes this restaurant here in piedmont. >> we would do our best to meet those obligations. >> reporter: but the owners of this restaurant and seven others in the area warn that it won't be easy. >> so many business are in trouble, to add one more thing on top of our day-to-day expenses, we'll try our bes

eric rasmussen is live and tells us a dog helped rescue one woman. >> reporter: a dog started barking like crazy when the flames got close. the fire stopped just short of this house. but two others up the hill were not as lucky. hot temperatures, wind and dry brush sent flames through walnut creek's hidden meadows neighborhood so quickly people had little time to get out. >> my neighbors -- were driving by my house honking the horn, i opened my door and i saw flames. they get get out, and i got out. >> reporter: this woman's dog cally saved her life. >> she saved me. >> reporter: there was no time to save gold's house and one other home. >> flames going up the hill. within second it was gone. >> windy, so we had quite a bit on our hands in a very short order. >> reporter: firefighters got the call just after 3:30 and scrambled to protect a third home and the owner's goats. we were there as they photographed a gas can that rolled down the hill but officials don't know if it might have started the fire. >> they are all really lucky. >> reporter: gold and other victims yet don't know wha

eric rasmussen tells us that part of the research is to find out what life is like on mars. this is the camp set up north of the arctic circle where researchers are trying to simulate the environment on mars. after a visit to the college of the san mateo planetarium, luis alvarez was scheduled to join them. >> he told me, you're scheduled to come to the arctic with us, i was just shocked. >> reporter: his mother brought him to the u.s. as a child from nicaragua. >> i know that junior college students don't usually get to do this. to give us a good firm foundation i think it'll be tremendous. >> this would be the kind of telescope that we are thinking about. >> reporter: alvarez will also be laying the ground for a telescope that will send images directly back to the college of san mateo. >> i will put up images by a camera set on a student. >> reporter: funding for the project comes from private donors and the san mateo county astronomical society. but professors say the value can't be measured. >> where it takes us, we don't know. but we know that there's a lot to study and

eric rasmussen tells us that part of the research is to find out what life is like on mars. this is the camp set up north of the arctic circle where researchers are trying to simulate the environment on mars. after a visit to the college of the san mateo planetarium, luis alvarez was scheduled to join them. >> he told me, you're scheduled to come to the arctic with us, i was just shocked. >> reporter: his mother brought him to the u.s. as a child from nicaragua. >> i know that junior college students don't usually get to do this. to give us a good firm foundation i think it'll be tremendous. >> this would be the kind of telescope that we are thinking about. >> reporter: alvarez will also be laying the ground for a telescope that will send images directly back to the college of san mateo. >> i will put up images by a camera set on a student. >> reporter: funding for the project comes from private donors and the san mateo county astronomical society. but professors say the value can't be measured. >> where it takes us, we don't know. but we know that there's a lot to study and

only some people appear to be getting the message, eric rasmussen. >> reporter: owners at this warehousestore say they ran out for a time today. but homeowners now know that if you don't have one of these at your home, you're going to get fined. on friday all single family homes in california will have to have a smoke detector. >> did you know you have to have one by tomorrow. >> no. >> i heard it was going to be put into law but i didn't know it was tomorrow. >> the purpose here is to allow you to protect your family. >> reporter: menlo park fire chief saw the dangers of carbon monoxide in 2008 when his department responded to a home where it affected eight people. >> they actually had several children unconscious, they had adults that are sick. >> a very basic battery operated one. >> reporter: now that the cost has dropped under $30, supporters of the law say there's no reason not to have a carbon detector. officials admit catching offenders isn't the goal. >> how do you even begin to enforce a law like this. >> like many laws. how do we enforce it? we could be punitive. it's kind of

eric rasmussen is live and tells us a dog helped rescue one woman. >> reporter: a dog started barking like crazy when the flames got close. the fire stopped just short of this house. but two others up the hill were not as lucky. hot temperatures, wind and dry brush sent flames through walnut creek's hidden meadows neighborhood so quickly people had little time to get out. >> my neighbors -- were driving by my house honking the horn, i opened my door and i saw flames. they get get out, and i got out. >> reporter: this woman's dog cally saved her life. >> she saved me. >> reporter: there was no time to save gold's house and one other home. >> flames going up the hill. within second it was gone. >> windy, so we had quite a bit on our hands in a very short order. >> reporter: firefighters got the call just after 3:30 and scrambled to protect a third home and the owner's goats. we were there as they photographed a gas can that rolled down the hill but officials don't know if it might have started the fire. >> they are all really lucky. >> reporter: gold and other victims yet don't know wha

eric: ask for "silence of the lambs" man. >> monica: welcome back to "the five." glad to have you on board today. brand new poll by rasmussen regular and automatic drug testing for welfare recipients. another rasmussen question. how should welfare applicants be tested? 53% say regularly. and finally, should welfare benefits be taken away from those using illegal drugs? 70% of us say absolutely! so, greg gutfeld, here is the deal. if they are on the dole, if they are taking public money, the public has a right to know how the money is being used and if they're using on the public money. >> greg: if you are on the government arm, we get to know what is going? your arm. like that? you know it's funny. this is an interesting thing. it forces you the make a decision. if you want welfare, that means you have to get off the drugs. if you want the drugs, you've got to get off the welfare. so you are sitting at home going which one do i do? which one do i do? for bob, it has to be a deadly -- >> bob: sorry, checking on my blackberry. >> greg: that is not a -- >> bob: hey, look. this is ridiculous. how do you make your fingers work o