ktvu fox 2 news' eric rasmussen is live now in the news room with the move the woman's family made today. >> reporter: the attorney representing misty holt singh's husband and children filed what is called a claim against the city of stockton. it is a first step before they can sue the city. she was one of three hostages taken by bank robbers back in july in the chase and shoot-out that followed, they fired 600 rounds hiting the 41-year-old misty holt singh ten times. two of the three bank robbers were also killed. her family attorney greg bentley says police didn't follow their own policies ability going in with stealth making bank robbers less likely to take hostages. >> if that officer had not been visible and they left the scene, i wouldn't be here right now. misty holt singh would still be alive. the stockton police department was negligent in its failure to comply with standard response policies. >> stockton city attorneys disputed some of the claims. today the police chief says a report will be released in april. misty holt singh's family didn't put a dollar figure on damages but

eric rasmussen tonight. >>> protesters disrupted a meeting to announce the new special trustee of san francisco city college. >> about a dozen people carrying signs shouted down speakers. they are upset over the appointment of the trustee who will havedition making power -- have decision making power instead of the board. >> people are upset there is a special trustee with powers here at the school. they want to have democracy returned to the college and to the city. >> the board's power was stripped after the school lost accreditation. the school says power will be given back in july after each member completes training. >> a number of americans feels parents should vaccinate their children. the poll shows 80% of americans say vaccines should be required for healthy children and youngsters should be barred from schools till they are vaccinated. 154 measles cases were reported this year. many cases are in california. a lack of immunizations can give the virus a place to grow. >> we two things have been happening. there has been an uptick in measles cases and we have growing pockets in

eric rasmussen, ktvu fox 2 news. >> you think that 16-year-old girl is under the dean's list under thosel rain around here. >> it will start raining tonight, tomorrow morning. by the afternoon commute it is wet at your house. down to san jose. morgan hill. heavy rain. hearing a lot about it. as we come in close. you can see where it is raining now. not like last december, that storm hung up in the north bay for 36 hours before it made its way south. this storm hangs up there for 24 hours before it works its way south. it will drop quite a bit of rain. north bay with a foot up there. russian river area. half foot in santa rosa. shower activity now. storm number one is tomorrow. focus on that. wind advisory that will go into effect. heavy rain and a flood watch for the north bay. again similar to last december. hanging outlet there. we will see -- out there. we will see lucky drive, high tide, localized flooding in the spots that flood. so that is for tomorrow. when the heavy rain gets here around noon, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., there is friday. saturday is a neat deal. we will get showers but

ktvu fox 2 news' eric rasmussen found out the conditions are no better now. it has been difficult to hold anyone accountable. >> reporter: we are not getting any straight answers about who owns the imperian towers in downtown oakland. it used to be called in menlow. richard singer was sentenced to prison for paying someone to try to burn down the billing while people were still living there. in an e-mail, singer told me he sold the hotel. but four years later, tenants say the conditions are still unsanitary and unsafe. >> if an earthquake was to happen, we wouldn't know if the billing would hold up. or a fire, we can't get out. escape. and the fire alarm doesn't even work. >> may we speak to you for a moment about the towers? >> reporter: we caught up with a woman listed as a trustee of the company who now owns the hotel. she didn't want to talk to us about the conditions there. 50 tenants want to seek possible legal actions against the owners. 2 i investigates went to see the hotel and we recorded some incredible video we will have tonight at 10:00. >> in ca

they are supposed to help keep the lights and the heat on but ktvu's eric rasmussen reports not everyone is getting the help. >> 2 investigates discovered there are some parts of the state that did not use all of the money they received last year. two month ago we -- months ago we heard from a man who was approved for assistance. a retired engineer who tell on -- fell on hard times. he acted 2 investigates after he received a frustrating follow up notice from the agency that was supposed to help him. >> they said they ran out of money. you are not getting paid. period. >> reporter: it turns out the funding had been declanning for several -- [ audio difficulties ] -- declining for several -- [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: there is not nearly enough to go around. by the states' estimate, 7% of all the people eligible for assistance get the help they need. what we didn't expect to find is that some agencies aren't using all of the funds -- using all of the funds they get each year. we will have more tonight at 10:00 p.m. >>> three members of congress are weighing in on a large medical

it started with a single complaint to ktvu's eric rasmussen about likeheat. >> reporter: only a tinyrcentage of people who need it are getting it. and we're learning why the state is leaving critical dollars on the table. it's an easy thing to take for granted but for this 76-year- old man keeping the lights and the heat on at his mobile home in los als -- altos has never been more difficult. >> how are you keeping the lights on? >> recycling. >> reporter: he says to expect to see a payment to help with utilities in eight weeks. and then a different letter. >> it said they ran out of money. so you're not getting paid. >> reporter: it was no typo. santa clara had used all of its assistance dollars from the previous year. >> you can see there's way more people that need the help than actually we can provide for every year. >> reporter: daren seaton is deputy director of sacred heart responsible for doling out utility assistant dollars to the people who need it. the federal government commits a certain amount of funding to states every year and californian's share is shrinking. $144mill

ktvu's eric rasmussen reported the story last week and back with a wonderful update here. >> reporterg. i just got off the phone with the mom, she has blown. they have raised -- viewers raised $10,000 to help her family find a safer place to live. we documented problems the towers in oakland. you remember we met the 16-year- old and her brother as they were about talug laundry up four -- to lug laundry up four flights of stairs. they moved into this tiny room to escape domestic violence. 2 investigates found holes in the walls, lights out in the stair ways and garbage in the hallways. yet she is getting straight "as" in school. she told -- as. in school. >> sometimes when i want privacy i go in the closet. i know it is ridiculous but that is the only place i could go. >> after our story we were flooded with requests from viewers who wanted to help. nicole set up a page on go fund me. in 24 hours they raised more than $10,000. she told me they hope to use the donations to move out and find a better place to live. and as for the condition at the hotel, they had to evacuate for a small f

but ktvu's eric rasmussen is here to explain why others are now calling for more testing. >> reporterall here in these documents, including a lawsuit. concerns about toxic fumes. an independent report that sounds some contamination, to keep quite about ground water contamination. one man who works there wants answers. >> reporter: ron lamb is fighting an uphill battle. >> i think everybody person, up and down the peninsula should deconsent. >> she took one look amend me and said ron, you're having a heart attack. >> reporter: two more heart attacks, strokes, and surgeries later, ron says he's fighting for answers. >> my doctor started asking me questions about exposures to voc's. >> reporter: volatile or begannic compounds include acid, chloroform, and other harmful chemicals. some voc's were found in the ground water under this building on constitution drive, where lamb and his girlfriend had a cabinet making business from 2002 to 2008. >> we didn't know until well into after the end of the lease about the toxics. none of it was disclosed to us, or any of the tenants in the building.

. >> new almost 4 years later, eric rasmussen followed up and found out life isn't any better for the people who live there. >> reporter: it really isn't. the hotel has changed names and changed managers since a former owner, richard singer tried to burn the place down in 2010. back then, federal authorities arrested singer, before he could pull off the arson. but when residents told 2 investigates they were still being objected to unsanitary and unsafe conditions, we went to check it out for ourselves. formerly the menlo in downtown oakland. within minutes, we caught a glimpse of why some people who stay here call it hell. holes in the walls. garbage on every floor. the elevator? broken. >> do you live here? >> yeah. >> reporter: we met 16-year-old dana and her brother in the lobby. for several months they say a tiny room on the 4th floor has been home to them and their mom, nicole. >> came into this room. came into the hotel, and i cried. i did not know it was as bad as this. >> reporter: she say domestic abuse forced her and the kids out of their house. $260 a week, does not get th