we want to go now to ktvu's eric rasmussen.st to report the fire, so what's going on right now? >> reporter: well what we know is this stand off is not over yet. you see the large number of police behind me. in fact, in the last few minutes we saw the smoke lessen here and

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ktvu'sericktvu's eric rasmussen is -- ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now. >> reporter: let's look at contra costa county. 20% with no party affiliation. santa clara 28%. in san francisco, look at this, 30% of voters registered without party affiliation. >> are you registered? >> reporter: we asked that question to a dozen people. >> democrat. >> republican. >> i am a democrat. >> democrat and republican. >> fight on us. >> reporter: even our poll found what they found. >> independent. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 21% of all california voters are registered with no party affiliation. >> i am ready to do that. >> reporter: why? >> i feel like both of them are not -- not in my interest. >> reporter: while both parties lost some support, democrats hold a advantage with 44% of registered voters to 30%. democrats and republicans insist they can win over those millions of independents. >> on the social issues, i believe the republicans are nuts. they try to outright each other. 2012 represents a opportunity for republicans to show their alternatives to somewhat the democrats are doing. >> reporter: c

they called ktvu to investigate a growing rooster farm and as eric rasmussen shows us, they fear it'sger to the birds and the people who live near them. >>> even from a distance -- >> it's nonstop. >> neighbors can't avoid the sound. >> yeah there's a lot of roosters crawling. >> reporter: they're not showing their faces but people who live next to this sprawling complex of rooster pens on sunny slope avenue in castro valley say the noise isn't the only reason they're speaking up. >> i haven't seen anything that would give me anything, but 300 roosters would lead me to believe they're fighting them some where. >> reporter: an animal control officer sent this letter to neighbors that nunez had applied for a permit to have 300 roosters. but even though neighbors expressed opposition say nothing has been done. there are now between 400 and 500 roosters here and that the property owner makes $5,000 a month renting space to the birds owners. >> hi mr. nunez this is eric rasmussen with ktvu channel 2. >> reporter: despite several attempts we could not reach nunez to ask him about it. >> is

they called ktvu to investigate a growing rooster farm and as eric rasmussen shows us, they fear it'sa danger to the birds and the people who live near them. >>> even from a distance -- >> it's nonstop. >> neighbors can't avoid the sound. >> yeah there's a lot of roosters crawling. >> reporter: they're not showing their faces but people who live next to this sprawling complex of rooster pens on sunny slope avenue in castro valley say the noise isn't the only reason they're speaking up. >> i haven't seen anything that would give me anything, but 300 roosters would lead me to believe they're fighting them some where. >> reporter: an animal control officer sent this letter to neighbors that nunez had applied for a permit to have 300 roosters. but even though neighbors expressed opposition say nothing has been done. there are now between 400 and 500 roosters here and that the property owner makes $5,000 a month renting space to the birds owners. >> hi mr. nunez this is eric rasmussen with ktvu channel 2. >> reporter: despite several attempts we could not reach nunez to ask him about it. >

ktvu's eric rasmussen now with information about where the remains were found today. >> reporter: eer we are hearing that they are just wrapping up for the night you can still see the lights where they have been working here down the road a little weighs. that is where they have been searching all day and around 5:30 authorities confirmed they found pay porshe of a skull and bones buried about 35' keep in the same well where they found a woman's remains yesterday. digging continued well after dark in this remote part of san joaquin county with new urgency for the second day in a row investigators found remains believed to be human in an old well on this property. in all that is three victims in three days, turned up since authorities followed directions given by convicted serial killer wesley shermantine, who is still on death-row. >> that is what he was saying is, it's out here, so let's keep going. >> reporter: sacramento bounty hunter says he prosed to pay shermantine where he and his childhood friend loren herzog buried their victims. >> how many bodies do you think are back there

kutv's eric rasmussen is live in oakland with what he has seen so far tonight. eric. >> reporter: this is of course where they gathered earlier tonight. we want to show you a live look we have from a mobile camera that is following this crowd right now. we understand that this crowd may be about 100 pel or so west on mcarthur past webster. they have been marching for some time, but there is a live look at this march that is happen of. we can tell you it all started around 9:00. protesters appear to be make this way to oakland police headquarters bub they were blocked by a line of officers around 8th street and suddenly turned arund. the march has remained peaceful and i can tell you there have been chants of nonviolence. however, i should say it did not start that way tonight when three or four people with their faces covered threw a bottle of urine and a piece of wood at another news tractor-trailer. soon others came over to apologize and here is what one of the protesters had to say. >> we had no idea, whatever happened here was not part of the major group of p

live in fremont, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have some developing news right now outf pleasant hill. that is where police are searching for as many as three gunmen following a shooting at a small park next to vandwood elementary school. according to a witness the shooting happened around 7:45 in the park off marine lane. sources tell ktvu news the victim is an 1-year-old male.. he was taken away by ambulance and police are not release anything details about the supports and no word yet on "possible motive. >>> well, tonight shootings and other crimes are certainly rattling nerves in pleasant hills. john sasaki talked with police about the recent uptick in crimes. >> reporter: pleasant hill is a bedroom community of 33,000 residents. people appreciate the small town feel. >> i like the feeling and i like the ambience. i'm thrilled that they have developed it like they have. >> reporter: even now there is more development coming. this huge safeway opened next to sun valley mall. and this is an in and out burger said the to open next month, but more development means mor

eric rasmussen explains it's part of a tough new daytime curfew approve bid county leaders today. >>do whatever it takes to get a kid to school. >> reporter: finding students who lost their way is a job for john. the unified school district is one of the unincorporated area new daytime curfew. angel says 50% of the absences here are unexcused something one recent grad can attest to. >> seems like a lot of people skipping out, i was one of them. >> would it make a difference if you would get fined a couple hundred bucks. >> definitely. i would not skip. >> contra costa county d.a. mark peterson says the new curfew is another crime fighting tool but the sheriff's office warns enforce m ent might be limited. >> we don't want to give any -- >> reporter: los angeles city leaders recently reduced crimes for daytime curfew violations after a backlash from the community and some parents here shared similar concerns. >> kids will be kids. so i'm thinking it's up to the parents job to make sure that the kids go to school. not the sheriff. >> reporter: first time offenders will still get a warn

eric rasmussen explains it's part of a tough new daytime curfew approve bid county leaders today. >> do whatever it takes to get a kid to school. >> reporter: finding students who lost their way is a job for john. the unified school district is one of the unincorporated area new daytime curfew. angel says 50% of the absences here are unexcused something one recent grad can attest to. >> seems like a lot of people skipping out, i was one of them. >> would it make a difference if you would get fined a couple hundred bucks. >> definitely. i would not skip. >> contra costa county d.a. mark peterson says the new curfew is another crime fighting tool but the sheriff's office warns enforce m ent might be limited. >> we don't want to give any -- >> reporter: los angeles city leaders recently reduced crimes for daytime curfew violations after a backlash from the community and some parents here shared similar concerns. >> kids will be kids. so i'm thinking it's up to the parents job to make sure that the kids go to school. not the sheriff. >> reporter: first time offenders will still get a war

eric rasmussen live on the scene of that fire on international boulevard where he talked to the man about his daring rescue, eric. >> reporter: frank it's incredible, before this guy could get into the burning apartment. he had to jump this fence and climb a wall back there. somehow he made it up tot second floor balcony where this disabled man was already crawling out of his wheelchair. tonight this good samaritan is telling me, he doesn't even know how he did it. >> all in one motion, jump, jump, jump, jump and got over. >> reporter: 41-year-old james jackson showed us how he sprang into action around 2:00 this afternoon when he heard a disabled man was trapped inside a burning second floor apartment. >> he said don't let me die and i said i'm not. >> reporter: johnson who's 5'9" and a former football players saw the fire when he was on his way to the gym. >> i just react ed. i didn't think, i just reacted. i was about to enter the building and as i stepped to answer, it was a big blast of flame. and i stepped back. >> reporter: but somehow, johnson was able to get back to the balcony a

eric rasmussen live on the scene of that fire on international boulevard where he talked to the man about his daring rescue, eric. >> reporter: frank it's incredible, before this guy could get into the burning apartment. he had to jump this fence and climb a wall back there. somehow he made it up tot second floor balcony where this disabled man was already crawling out of his wheelchair. tonight this good samaritan is telling me, he doesn't even know how he did it. >> all in one motion, jump, jump, jump, jump and got over. >> reporter: 41-year-old james jackson showed us how he sprang into action around 2:00 this afternoon when he heard a disabled man was trapped inside a burning second floor apartment. >> he said don't let me die and i said i'm not. >> reporter: johnson who's 5'9" and a former football players saw the fire when he was on his way to the gym. >> i just react ed. i didn't think, i just reacted. i was about to enter the building and as i stepped to answer, it was a big blast of flame. and i stepped back. >> reporter: but somehow, johnson was able to get back to the balcony a

coming up at 5:30, our eric rasmussen will take a look at how others react to the protests and what they hope to hear from the mayor in the state of the city address tonight. >>> and major development regarding the violence case against mirkarimi. we learned why mirkarimi will finally be able to see his young son again. >> reporter: well, frank that is right, with the domestic violence case just days away, the sheriff scored a victory, one that lets him see his son. >> i get to see my son, and i can't tell you how excited and grateful i am. >> reporter: the sheriff, ross mirkarimi, won the visitation rights with his son, after being barred from seeing him on january 13th, after he was arrested on domestic violence charges against his wife, lopez, today, a family court judge granted him visitation rights. >> in times that we were separated, just so i could get through, i bought little books and toys like this little fire engine. i couldn't buy a sheriff's car. >> reporter: and the supervision will be arranged by an adult cousin. he can see his son for two hours each weekday, and up to six

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ktvu's eric rasmussen is now live where that baby girl was just returned. eric. >> reporter: julie just about 90 minutes ago we caught up with a family member here in the parking lot who told us in fact, the baby had been returned to her mother here at the hospital. still no sign of the father though who authorities say took the baby and made it past security when the mother stepped out of their hospital room for just a moment this afternoon. when 18-year-old segrum miller and his 2 -day-old baby daughter disappeared it triggered a code pink. the bracelet that would set off an alarm was slipped off. >> there's no indication there's any crime that was committed. >> reporter: the alameda sheriff's department announced it would not be setting a search because of the mother's reaction. >> the mother does not feel that the baby is in any danger. >> whatever situation they were having, is all settled and the baby is back. >> reporter: just after 8:30, segrum miller's uncle told us it was the baby's grandmother who tracked the miller down, got the baby back and ret

eric rasmussen is now along the bridge with what workers have been telling him. >> reporter: these workers did not want to go on camera. they said someone pulled up, stole money from one of these booths and took off. california highway patrol investigators are releasing new details but confirmed what workers told us. two toll workers were robbed in the past week. the most recent one happened at 6:00 in the morning. >> it's scary. >> it is, i didn't think anybody would try that. >> reporter: investigators did not detail what surveillance video they have of the crime. it is not the first time toll collectors have been targeted. according to published reports, investigators looked at three arm robberies. nathaniel burress admitted to shooting and killing two people at the san rafael bridge. as the time toll collectors demanded more security. though no one was hurt in the robberies, drivers say they are at danger. >> there's nobody there. i've been driving for a month and maybe i've seen one time a cop there. >> reporter: back out here live. the highway patrol declined to say whether it's step

eric rasmussen is live in vallejo. he was in castlemont drive. >> reporter: police are adamant that they did not start this fire. they thought they had as many as six robbers suspects surrounded but by the time the house went up in flames those people were gone. investigators don't know how it all started. >> reporter: when police heard gunshots, police hurried to push onlookers down and take cover. our cameras were burning as thick smoke billowed out of the house. we now know that the men inside were no longer there. in gunshots were ever fired. >> we ruled that out at this point due to the fact that there was no one inside the residence. >> how did the fire start? >> we're not confident the fire started but we're sure that the fire was not started from incendiary devices which is flameless glass. >> reporter: it all started when a man said six men beat him up after a craigslist sale. >> i didn't want to know what was going on and can i get into my house to make sure my house is okay. >> reporter: neighbors including

only on 2, eric rasmussen was in emeryville he reports now in the spike on bridge traffic to levels wehaven't seen in years. >> reporter: this kind of bay area traffic is something mary masoten is seeing more than ever. >> pretty much if i'm not leaving my house by 6:00 in the morning, it's crazy out there. >> reporter: she drives her prius to work from richmond to brisbane every day and that trip includes crossing the bay bridge. >> when you have a big chunk of water out there you live with it. >> reporter: in december we learned she shared that part of her commute with an extra 70,000 cars and trucks an increase of more than 2%. for all seven state owned bay area bridges, traffic grew by more than 195,000 vehicles. >> that's particularly interesting because we've had slow but steady declines in toll bridge traffic every year since 2003-2004. >> as for the sudden u turn, sam godwell says the economy could be the driving force. >> maybe more commuters, maybe more deliveries being made across the bridge. >> reporter: officials say traffic also seems to be growing in and out of silican v

ktvu's eric rasmussen is now live where that baby girl was just returned. eric. >> reporter: julie just about 90 minutes ago we caught up with a family member here in the parking lot who told us in fact, the baby had been returned to her mother here at the hospital. still no sign of the father though who authorities say took the baby and made it past security when the mother stepped out of their hospital room for just a moment this afternoon. when 18-year-old segrum miller and his 2 -day-old baby daughter disappeared it triggered a code pink. the bracelet that would set off an alarm was slipped off. >> there's no indication there's any crime that was committed. >> reporter: the alameda sheriff's department announced it would not be setting a search because of the mother's reaction. >> the mother does not feel that the baby is in any danger. er situation they were having, is all settled and the baby is back. >> reporter: just after 8:30, segrum miller's uncle told us it was the baby's grandmother who tracked the miller down, got the baby back and returned it

eric rasmussen is live in vallejo. he was in castlemont drive. >> reporter: police are adamant that they did not start this fire. they thought they had as many as six robbers suspects surrounded but by the time the house went up in flames those people were gone. investigators don't know how it all started. >> reporter: when police heard gunshots, police hurried to push onlookers down and take cover. our cameras were burning as thick smoke billowed out of the house. we now know that the men inside were no longer there. in gunshots were ever fired. >> we ruled that out at this point due to the fact that there was no one inside the residence. >> how did the fire start? >> we're not confident the fire started but we're sure that the fire was not started from incendiary devices which is flameless glass. >> reporter: it all started when a man said six men beat him up after a craigslist sale. >> i didn't want to know what was going on and can i get into my house to make sure my house is okay. >> reporter: neighbors including

eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: earlier, police busted a clerk for selling alcohol to a minor. >> reporter: one bad decision ended this man in handcuffs. he did not know the youngster who just asked him to buy alcohol for him was a decoy. warrants for unpaid tickets meant police had to take him to jail instead of just writing him a citation. >> nothing good comes out of saying, okay i'll go buy you the alcohol. it's illegal, it's costly, it's dangerous. >> reporter: last year prosecutors say 51-year-old amelia chin bought alcohol for her son's 16-year-old friend who was killed hours later in brisbane. abc agents invited us on this operation funded by $25,000 state grant to alameda pd to fight alcohol related crime. >> what do you think about what just happened here. >> no comment. >> have you ever bought alcohol for anyone before who is under age. >> reporter: this 21-year-old who got caught didn't want to talk about it. on average one out of 10 people approached bid their decoys take the bait. as we saw tonight, most say no. >> for the most part people are doing a good job. b

only on 2, eric rasmussen was in emeryville he reports now in the spike on bridge traffic to levels wehaven't seen in years. >> reporter: this kind of bay area traffic is something mary masoten is seeing more than ever. >> pretty much if i'm not leaving my house by 6:00 in the morning, it's crazy out there. >> reporter: she drives her prius to work from richmond to brisbane every day and that trip includes crossing the bay bridge. >> when you have a big chunk of water out there you live with it. >> reporter: in december we learned she shared that part of her commute with an extra 70,000 cars and trucks an increase of more than 2%. for all seven state owned bay area bridges, traffic grew by more than 195,000 vehicles. >> that's particularly interesting because we've had slow but steady declines in toll bridge traffic every year since 2003-2004. >> as for the sudden u turn, sam godwell says the economy could be the driving force. >> maybe more commuters, maybe more deliveries being made across the bridge. >> reporter: officials say traffic also seems to be growing in and out of silican v

eric rasmussen is now along the bridge with what workers have been telling him. >> reporter: these workers did not want to go on camera. they said someone pulled up, stole money from one of these booths and took off. california highway patrol investigators are releasing new details but confirmed what workers told us. two toll workers were robbed in the past week. the most recent one happened at 6:00 in the morning. >> it's scary. >> it is, i didn't think anybody would try that. >> reporter: investigators did not detail what surveillance video they have of the crime. it is not the first time toll collectors have been targeted. according to published reports, investigators looked at three arm robberies. nathaniel burress admitted to shooting and killing two people at the san rafael bridge. as the time toll collectors demanded more security. though no one was hurt in the robberies, drivers say they are at danger. >> there's nobody there. i've been driving for a month and maybe i've seen one time a cop there. >> reporter: back out here live. the highway patrol declined to say whether it's step

eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: earlier, police busted a clerk for selling alcohol to a minor. >> reporter: one bad decision ended this man in handcuffs. he did not know the youngster who just asked him to buy alcohol for him was a decoy. warrants for unpaid tickets meant police had to take him to jail instead of just writing him a citation. >> nothing good comes out of saying, okay i'll go buy you the alcohol. it's illegal, it's costly, it's dangerous. >> reporter: last year prosecutors say 51-year-old amelia chin bought alcohol for her son's 16-year-old friend who was killed hours later in brisbane. abc agents invited us on this operation funded by $25,000 state grant to alameda pd to fight alcohol related crime. >> what do you think about what just happened here. >> no comment. >> have you ever bought alcohol for anyone before who is under age. >> reporter: this 21-year-old who got caught didn't want to talk about it. on average one out of 10 people approached bid their decoys take the bait. as we saw tonight, most say no. >> for the most part people are doing a good job. b

eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> the stormer owner of a wine storage was sentenced for setting his winetorage on fire. prosecutors say he was trying to hide the fact that he sold 800 bottles of wine that did not belong to him. an investigator goes step by step how they made the case against mark anderson. >>> owners of bar and grill at walnut creek is set to go before the city to ask council members to lift restrictions on selling alcohol. back in december, the city commission reduceed the hours the lounge can serve alcohol. the owners plan to appeal that decision tonight. >>> boy not your typical ending at the ski slopes in the sierra. take a look at the picture we have. a glider pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at a ski run. a pilot and two passengers took off and had to land right on the slopes. the resort wasn't too happy about it but the sheriff said no criminal charges will be filed and in fact, they say the pilot did as good a job to land in finding a low populated to land. >> the wind really never materialized. we had gusts up to 35 miles per hour but it was basical

eric rasmussen joins us live to show us what moved some parishioners to tears. good morning, eric. >> reporter: good morning. it certainly did. of all vandalism one person says this is what bothered him the most, somebody knocked over this wooden cross here in the front lawn of the church. it's part of what is expected to be repaired here later today. a caretaker first discovered the vandalism yesterday morning, while preparing for ash wednesday services. someone spray-painted pentagrams on the church with seize the night and satan written in latin, and the phase of mary and joseph black but did not touch a statue of jesus. the father did not have the damage covered up because he said he wanted parishioners to learn from the desecration and find a way to forgive. at least one man told us he wouldn't bear to look at any of it until this morning. >> i decided i should probably -- take a look at it, do not ignore it, and then really take a picture of what really was done, and the gravity of the vandalism. >> reporter: again, police are calling this a hate crime. but