sheriffs deputies say orville fleming knows the back roads of the mountains well. he's an avid outdoors m door do would visit for recreation. deputies were warned during briefing this morning. >> at this point we just know the want for him will and we take that very seriously. >> reporter: investigators say they found the body of fleming's live-in girlfriend, 26-year-old sarah jane douglas, inside their sacramento home last friday. they say she was brutally stabbed to death and no one has seen fleming since. >> somebody somewhere had to pick him up and drive him away from that scene. and we're looking for that person to come forward and talk to us. >> reporter: investigators say fleming has his work keys which give him access to fire road, trails and calfire stations throughout california. they consider him armed and dangerous. >> it's a grave concern. anytime we have someone that has a want like this and we know that they're interested in coming to this area and they have an understanding of the terrain, it's always concerning. >> reporter: investigators say flemi

tonight, a conversation with renÉe fleming.singer.nown as an opera she studied at juilliard and performed with a jazz trio. she is starring in the l.a. "ara's production of streetcar named desire." we have that right now. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> and by contributions to your pbs station. thank you. ♪ >> the four-time grammy winner has played at the opera house in london and on sesame street. she is considered one of the finest in the world. she is performing in need l.a. opera's production of "a streetcar named desire." she is seeing the role of blanche. aria.take a look at the smell the seaan air." ♪ tavis: you have done everything with everybody at least twice. i cannot imagine what it feels like to have a piece written for you by andre. this is renÉe fleming. >> it is exciting. typically, and classical music, we present works and are trying to fit into a template created by someone else. when it is for you and you are the template, there is freedom. i can say, it would be a bette

take pkg 0:01 0:14 a sus 55 anos, el jefe del departamento de bomberos de california, orville fleminges acusado de acuchillar mortalmente a su novia en su hogar en sacramento... las autoridades intensifican su busqueda dice el oficial kennedy que lo interestante de este caso es que como fleming conoce el trabajo de campo, sabe con exactitud cmo actuan las autoridades, a diferencia del ciudadano comn oficiales en santa cruz estan en alerta maxima tratando de localizar al bombero, quien pudiera estar en las montanas, y lo que alarma a las autoridades es que debido a su rango, l tiene las llaves de las puertas que dan acceso a zonas de uso exclusivo cuando hay incendios forestales, para kennedy, esto causa tremenda preocupacion y pudiera dificultar las labores debido a su vasto conocimiento. segun reportes, fue el viernes cuando alguien entro al hogar de fleming que comparta con su novia y la encontraron en un charco de sangre en el piso. desde ese dia, nadie lo ha visto, aunque su camion fue encontrado en elk grove, a unas 10 millas de sacramento fleming pudiera estar armado y es consid

orville fleming was arrested last week after a long search. he made a court appearance in sacramento yesterday but didn't enter a plea. relatives of victim sarah douglas wanted to make sure fleming knew they were in court. at one point, douglas' mother hissed at fleming. >> bad. i wanted it bad. i wanted to attack him bad. i wanted to do something bad. >> you were hissing in there. was it hard? >> real hard. real hard. >> sarah douglas' body was found inside the sacramento county home she shared with fleming. he was on the run for more than two weeks until police caught up with him at a bus stop. >>> a lot of southern californians are heading to san jose today to keep the so- called pillowcase rapist locked up. christopher hubbard raped dozens of women in san francisco and l.a. in the '70s and '80s. kristine lazar reports the santa clara county judge will hear comments this morning about his recent decision to release him. >> i have to, you know, stand my ground put my foot down voice my opinion. >>> reporter: a mother of four daughters and a

say fleming may have changed his appearance by shaving. he also has tatoos on his left arm. >>> it has happened again, another person hit by a car at a san francisco intersection that's becoming a dangerous place for pedestrians. a 20-year-old woman was struck in the crosswalk at sunset and yorba yesterday afternoon. she broke her shoulder. the driver was cited for failing to yield. in february a car hit and killed a 78-year-old man at the same intersection. the city is planning to install a traffic light there. >>> ac transit says it will appeal a jury verdict that it must pay $14 million to a passenger who broke her back while on the bus. here's the bus security camera video right here. it shows what happened. passenger maria francisco jolted out of her seat there when the bus speeded over a speed bump and she landed hard. ac transit says it does acknowledge it was responsible for the accident but it says the facts and law do not support the excessive jury award. >>> an east bay mall had a big crowd overnight. but there weren't any shopp

investigators say fleming's outdoor skills make him difficult to track down. a retired fbi profiler thinks fleming may be headed for mexico. >> his only best chance is to find a big crowd to blend into and try not to stand out. >> fleming has keys to hundreds of state fire buildings and storage facilities. also of concern, two guns registered to him haven't been found. fleming acceptability text messages to his estranged wife moments before investigators say he killed sarah june douglas. the first was can we put us and our family back together? she replied you already hurt me so bad. i'm over it. never going back to a cheater. never. >>> well, the first same sex marriage has come to a southern state now. kristin and jennifer kissed outside the courthouse in fort smith, arkansas. becoming the first gay couple married less than a day after a judge tossed out arkansas' voter approved ban on gay marriage. kim robinson and her partner felicity are one of 11 couples who sued to get a 2004 voter approved constitutional amendment overturned. >> going into this, we had

not just any final ticket the wanted poster is for fire chief orville fleming wanted for the murder of his girlfriend, sarah douglas on may 1st. >> somebody somewhere had to pick him up and drive him away from that scene and we're looking for that person to come forward and talk with us. >> reporter: douglas was stabbed more than 20 times and strangled. >> he couldn't control -- he threw a sheet over her so she couldn't fight any more and pushed her down and tied it around her neck. >> reporter: phlegming is believed to be armed and dangerous with key to access every fire station in the state including the one in the santa cruz mountains. he also has knowledge of this rugged area. in this community, some were surpriseth. >> i hope, you know, for his sake and our sake that he is caught. >> reporter: others not shocked at the prospect of a fugitive hiding out here. >> and just the history of this whole idea, up and down highway 9, you know, in the 19th century, bank robbers would hide out up here. >> reporter: the crime has all of the sorted details of a hollywood movie with a firm r. ra

fleming met his girlfriend two years ago through my red book.the two made allegedly made a sex tape that featured fleming, douglas and other firefighters. a tape douglas was using to extort money before her murder. >> a sex tape that's irrelevant. where's the sex tape. that's pointless to the fact that my sister was murdered. >> reporter: the sheriff tells me its deputies have been told to be on the look out for fleming, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> a lot of students stayed home today from two schools in danville that were the targets of threatening messages. attendance was down about 50% even though there was a stepped up police presence at both john baldwin elementary and charlotte wood middle school. according to a letter sent out by the principal, authorities have now caught a person they believe is responsibility for those threatening messages. >>> uc berkeley wants to expand a recent facility. the lawrence berkeley national lab campus is planned for a plot of land on mead street which is off of richmond bay. amber lee is there tonight wit

orville fleming is a chief wanted for the murder of his girlfriend on may 1. he is believed to be armed and dangerous with keys that give him access to every cal fire station in the state, including the one in the santa cruz mountains. he may not look like the wanted posters. he shaved his head and mustache in the past. >> he was barely recognizable to them. it modifies his aparents. >> reporter: in the community -- his appearance. >> reporter: in the community the idea of a fugitive hardly raises an eyebrow. >> has to come out of hiding to buy food, doesn't he? >> i hope for his sake and our sake that he is caught. >> reporter: if he has gone low tech, it is a lung way. he met his girlfriend sarah douglas two years ago on my red book.com. >> not what you have done in your past that matters it is what you are doing now. >> the two made a sex tape. cal fire says the allegations are serious. sarah douglas was found in the home they shared. stabbed 20 times and strangled. the killing so violent her family is trying to cover the evidence for her funeral. >> her sc

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fleming met his girlfriend two years ago through my red book.the two made allegedly made a sex tape that featured fleming, douglas and other firefighters. a tape douglas was using to extort money before her murder. >> a sex tape that's irrelevant. where's the sex tape. that's pointless to the fact that my sister was murdered. >> reporter: the sheriff tells me its deputies have been told to be on the look out for fleming, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> a lot of students stayed home today from two schools in danville that were the targets of threatening messages. attendance was down about 50% even though there was a stepped up police presence at both john baldwin elementary and charlotte wood middle school. according to a letter sent out by the principal, authorities have now caught a person they believe is responsibility for those threatening messages. >>> uc berkeley wants to expand a recent facility. the lawrence berkeley national lab campus is planned for a plot of land on mead street which is off of richmond bay. amber lee is there tonight wit

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the search is on for cal fire battalion chief orville fleming.he body of 26-year-old sarah douglas was found in the sacramento county home last week. >> there was a big fight in the there, a lot of blood everywhere. looks like there was a sheet wrapped around her neck. >> reporter: his friends and family call him mo. he is married to a woman in fresno, but he was engaged to sarah. a former escort he met on redbook.com. investigators say after stabbing sarah to death, he took off in his state issued cal fire truck. he ditched it three also my opinions away from the murder scene and hasn't been seen since. he knows the santa cruz mountains, yosemite and the sierra very well. he has the skills to stay in the wild for days if not weeks. >> all those things that a survivalist or an outdoorsman type of person like we know he is can actually survive and hide much longer. >> reporter: yesterday, the state fired fleming not because he is a fugitive but because he missed five straight days of work. that with the warrant of his arrest makes him dangerous in

the statewide search for fleming does continue today. say he has most likely left the sacramento area and that he does have connections in fresno and in other parts of california. reporting live in the newsroom pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you. time's 8:46. been a busy day. >> it has been. >> a lot happening n in traffic too. >> one of the things that on fridays sometimes you get surprised by traffic that is just a little heavier than you'd like it. let's take a look. i want to show you that 880 is slow. sometimes we have friday light. today it's been just friday -- i would say friday moderate. doesn't have a good ring to it though. it's backed up from the coliseum heading up to the brick wall. also looking at the toll plaza. it's been about a 20 minute drive time into san francisco. let's take a look at these drive times. 24, still 9 minutes from pleasant hill road to the tunnel. 238 to fremont on southbound 880, 32 minutes. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you sir. very good morning. lot of fog has returned for some. especia

fleming vanished only to be found friday at a bus stop. investigators say he had been hiding in shrubs near train tracks close to where he abandoned his cal fire pickup truck. >> i thought he was very nonchalant about it. it's very hurtful. >> reporter: she was disturbed about the demeanor but says they are committed to the pros. >> it's our day in court and we just want due process. we want justice and, uhm, we'll be here every day. >> reporter: but she is hoping that fleming will choose to make it quick. >> he admitted to what he's done. right now we would like him to plead guilty and we would like to close this. >> reporter: in oroville, derek shore, kpix 5. >> fleming didn't enter a plea. his arraignment was postponed until next week. >>> he raped 40 impressed many in the bay area. tonight, new -- he raped 40 women many in the bay area. tonight new concern over the pillowcase rapist. >> the 49ers wouldn't be moving to the south bay until a seed planted in the 1980s finally paid off. >> there's thunderstorm rain and snow in every direct

investigators had been following up on possible sightings of fleming as far as oregon.estigators released very few details about his arrest, but they have scheduled a news conference for about an hour from now. we expect to learn more about that arrest. julie haener, reporting live in the newsroom. >>> calls to close the wildlife museum in petaluma, after photos and videos surfaced of students abusing rats at the museum. for years, select students from petaluma high school have been taking part in programs at the museum to learn how to take care of animals. information from an online petition accuses a supervising teacher of encouraging students to inhumanely kill the feeder rat. but a student enrolled in the museum program tells us why the incident did happen, the teacher did not condone it and that the students acted order their own. >> these were two or three students and the claims on the website was our instructor allows and even encourage also the abuse of animals. that is where they are wrong. >> disciplinary action was taken against the students involved and the

and with that, that gives him motivation to act erratically. >> reporter: fleming has the keys to cal fire facilities around the state. he knows the santa cruz mountains, yosemite and the sierra well and has the skills to survive in the wild for days, even weeks. >> all those things that a survivalist or an outdoorsman type of person like we know he is can actually survive and hide much longer. >> reporter: andria borba, kpix 5. >> the state fired fleming not because he is a fugitive but because he missed work for five days in a row. >>> 18 animals have been found locked inside three small filthy rooms in monterey county. the spca found these dogs in the pacific grove home on wednesday in total the agency rescuing 14 dogs and 2 cats from that house. the home is dangerously cluttered. the stench so bad, humane society officials could barely breathe. so far, no arrests. the spca is pushing the d.a. now to file charges of animal neglect. >>> fremont police are investigating a teacher accused of slapping a student. kpix 5's cate caugiran spoke with the boy today as students and parents jo

a man hunt is underway for orville fleming. this after his girlfriend sarah douglas was found stabbed to death at their home in sacramento. orville fleming ask a skilled outdoors man with keys to gates, trails and facilities around the state. authorities chairicide -- shared text messages from his wife. he asked to be picked up. orville fleming spent his final message to her after the killings saying you should have come and picked me up. >>> report from the san francisco fire department says a smoke detector didn't go off last month in a fire that killed a boy and his mother on april 16 at a public housing apartment. a report released today by the fire department says there was one smoke detector and it didn't work. it is not clear why or whose responsibility it was to make sure it was working. >>> investigators say yesterday's fire at a mobile home park may have been linked to cooking. a fire killed a man and a woman. another man escaped the smoke and flames. firefighters say the fire appears to have started in kitchen but th

they say they won't sleep until fleming is found.nvestigators are posting fliers with his picture on them, hoping that someone might spot him. he might try to change his appearance by shaving his head and mustache. dan? bianna? >> doubly difficult day for that family. bazi, thank you. >>> a lot of other news overnight. let's get a look at the morning headlines with ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with the hot air balloon nightmare in virginia. it happened during a balloon festival. spectators watching in horror while a hot air balloon hit electrical wires while attempting to land. officials have not been able to locate the basket with three people onboard. >>> a new recording has surfaced, reportedly of sterling, donald sterling, saying that racism wasn't the reason for the remarks to v. stiviano that got him banned by the nba for life. it was, he said, jealousy. this comes as the l.a. clippers met with their new boss, former citigroup and time warner chief dick parsons, who the nba installed as the new ceo. >>> an

. >> investigators say fleming may have changed his appearance boy shaving his head or moustache. >>> facebook helped police rescue two teenaged girls who had been kidnapped and raped. police arrested the man in sparks nevada. he took the two girls to the nugget hotel in sparks. when they were reported missing police went to facebook for help. facebook revealed to police one of the girls logged on from an ip address at the nugget. the girls are now in reno waiting to go home. >>> happening today president obama heads to a walmart in mountain view. he will highlight the company's energy efficiency. kpix 5's kiet do is already there.

douglas was getting ready to move out something fleming didn't want to happen. >> said that when shee felt that he would try to do something to sarah. >> investigators say they believe fleming has left the sacramento area. they found fleming's unoccupied vehicle a white calfire truck in elk grove two hours ago. >>> the malaysian government released a preliminary report. the malaysian airline also said that it was going to close its assistant center in beijing. that was the reaction of loved ones who have found out they will have to leave the hotel and leave. today's report from the malaysian military indicates officials did not realize the plane had gone off the radar for 17 minutes and a rescue operation was only initiated four hours later. during that time air traffic controllers contacted their counter parts in singapore and hong kong. at one point they thought the plane may have entered cambodian air space. >>> the widow of one of the pilots of the hijacked 9/11 planes say that airliner cockpits are still not secure. this is what happens when a door is opened for just a few secon

orville fleming was arrested in elk grove southeast of sacramento. fleming has been on the run since may 1st when the body of sarah douglas was found inside their home in sacramento. fleming is an avid outdoors man and had access to fire roads, trails and cal fire stations across the state. >>> new at 5:00, a lot of fire concern in marin county. investigators believe an arsonist is to blame. this morning 11 fires were set on hillsides in novato, specifically the crossroads neighborhood. nbc bay area's mark matthews is in novato. >> reporter: briarwood, site of one of the fires, behind me it's a small fire but another one on the other side of this hill, and one beyond that, 11 within a mile. and two more fires set the day before. all of the fires set in grass or brush, all of them thankfully never grew larger than this one on columbine. where crews are mapping the origin. a few blocks away on briarwood, arson investigators gathering evidence. 11 fires, some set within just minutes of each other. >> as firefighters, we're responding to one cat this mor

a wanted poster issued for fleming has been sent to hundreds of cal fire facilities. investigators say fleming murdered his 26-year-old girlfriend at their sacramento home last week. fleming is known to be an experienced outdoors man who spent time in the santa cruz mountains. because of his high ranking, he has access to remote areas across the state. >> there is a potential that he does have keys to fire gates and even some of our facilities. that's why we're being proactive, making sure all employees are on alert and report anything suspicious. >> extra security is in place in those areas and police are on-site and access codes have also been changed. >>> they say they've become victims at their own workplace. health care workers from across the bay area staging a protest demanding extra security measures. live at san francisco general hospital with why hospitals are saying this story just doesn't add up. >>> also coming up, his harrowing final moments. the heroic thing a south bay man did moments before he died in a mobile home fire. >>> fremont an elementary scho

douglas was getting ready to move out something fleming didn't want to happen. >> said that when shet him she felt that he would try to do something to sarah. >> investigators say they believe fleming has left the sacramento area. they found fleming's unoccupied vehicle a white calfire truck in elk grove two hours ago. >>> the malaysian government released a preliminary report. the malaysian airline also said that it was going to close its assistant center in beijing. that was the reaction of loved ones who have found out they will have to leave the hotel and leave. today's report from the malaysian military indicates officials did not realize the plane had gone off the radar for 17 minutes and a rescue operation was only initiated four hours later. during that time air traffic controllers contacted their counter parts in singapore and hong kong. at one point they thought the plane may have entered cambodian air space. >>> the widow of one of the pilots of the hijacked 9/11 planes say that airliner cockpits are still not secure. this is what happens when a door is opened for just a f

fleming has spent a lot of time in the santa cruz mountains. he is believed to have two guns with him and is considered dangerous. >>> the san jose woman accused of stabbing her baby boy to death may enter her plea in court today. ashley newton has been in jail since she was arrested april 26th. investigators say she drove her 7-month-old boy to a park in livermore, deliberately wrecked her car and then stabbed the child. the sequence of events is still a bit unclear, but while officials were investigating the car crash, they say newton came out of the woods holding the body of her baby. investigators say she also had stab wounds, those are believed to be self-inflicted. >>> investigators will be examining the wood chipper used after a tree trimming job at oakland. some say workers may have killed endangered baby birds. the black crowned knight harins were nesting in the trees on alice street between the 13th and 14th. the post office hired a crew to trim those trees because workers were tired of bird droppings on their truck. a neighbor took c

"usa today" national reporter wrote that piece on fleming and others as well.ood to see. before we talk about the larger problem, what can you tell us about jonathan fleming today and letting him out with a $93 check it seems like a crime in itself and i be know a payout is expected years from now. what is he facing today? >> today jonathan flemming is fending for himself and depending on the good will of others. he's taken out a loan like many exxonries have to on the compensation he's to receive and they've raised $48,000 so people can donate until about friday for that, but it's about him figuring out on his own. he got $93 so really, jonathan is sleeping on the couch of a cousin and hoping that he can can find work, and really, there's no compensation there and his lawyers hope that maybe within a couple of years or maybe a year he'll get some compensation and he's fending for himself and hoping that other people will just help him. >> i have a question here. how do you arrive at $93. where do you come up with that figure. why give someone money at all? >>

cal fire says orville fleming has been with the agency for 24 years. the family of sarah douglas says she was found dead yesterday morning in the south sacramento county home she shared with fleming. >> she was on a night out with her sister and her mom and she came home and according to her sister he was waiting for her. >> detectives say fleming was driving a cal fire truck but it was later found abandoned in elk grove. >>> today officials from countries held a joint news conference about their long- term plan to find the missing malaysia airlines plane. authorities plan to expand the under water search in the indian ocean but australian officials are less optimistic that an unmanned sub from the united states will really find anything. >> i must say the chances of finding it, the probability is lower than it was when we started the search. >> a new preliminary report from malaysia confirms that radar tracked the plane as it turned west but air traffic controllers didn't realize the boeing 777 was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from ci

they say fleming became very controlling of her and didn't want her to leash the house.quest for a restraining order shows fleming was also married and that his wife claims the girlfriend was harassing her and her kids demanding money. investigators say fleming is known for changing his appearance by shaving his head and changing the look of his facial hair. >> he was barely recognizable to them. it modifies his appearance greatly. >> investigators say fleming is an avoid outdoorsman and often goes to the santa cruz mountains, the sierra and yosemite. they say he has keys to fire gates, trails and fire lookout stations and that he may be using survival food and gear that is stored in the stations. there are reports that the girlfriend had a sex tape showing her having sex with flelling and other -- flelling and other firefighter -- fleming and other firefighters at an academy where he taught. there are reports that the wife has seen that tape. we'll continue to follow e haves throughout the day -- to follow developments throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you. >>>

fleming. taken into custody without incident. >> fleming told investigators he had been living in some bushes. see the latest mug shot that he has saved his mustache. detectives don't believe anyone helped him while hiding for the couple weeks. >> popular restaurant san francisco mission district was vandalize overnight. this photo shows you the extent of the damage and it is not the first time local corner has been tagged. the restaurant is located at 23 and bryant street. people in that neighborhood say it's another example of the gentry ification of the area. 7 news reporter has the story. >> these are pictures of the damage done to the facade of local corner located on brian street and 23rd. all wind 0spray painted silver. even the exterior of the neighbor house was vandalize. this morning one of the owner was busy removing the graffiti. this is the sixth time the restaurant has been targeted. but today the message was clea clear. they will reman open for business. neighbors who came to se

fleming into custody without incident >> : so as quickly taken to our editors and bureau an intervieware coming give a statement will allow us a couple hours he admitted mr. douglas on may 1st and give a full statement in that regard. at this time out like to introduce one of homicide detectives involved in the case provides more information the crime or the subsequent apprehension efforts and an eventual apprehension perhaps the interview that six of what he can talk about at this time we will not be going into specific details about mr. fleming statement because we do not want to impair the eventual prosecution will take place in this case >> : introduced at this time brian hughes. >> : good evening obviously it this case has taken on a tense of media intrinsic interest partly because mr. fleming was employed and hellfire and man pot we were engaged in kind of bring back down to the beginning of this as a domestic violence homicide mr. fung and ms. douglas were engaged in a dating relationship they lived together unfortunately and resulted comment that and skidded into violence. >>

they said douglas considered leaving fleming just days before her murder.phanie douglas was on the phone with her sister late that night and heard arguing. >> she screamed and it was a shocking scream. >> reporter: meanwhile, fleming's estranged wife told kxtv he sent text messages begging to reunite two days before the murder. >> he was saying i want my family back. come get me. come pick me up. >> reporter: megan fleming says the last text was the most disturbing, sent at 2:31 a.m., just hours after douglas' death. "you should have come and picked me up." for "good morning america," bazi kanani, abc news, los angeles. >> and now to oscar pistorius, the defense wrapping up its case in his trial for the murder of his girlfriend. the defense and prosecution trying to get inside the mind of pistorius this morning. abc's matt gutman is right there at the courthouse covering it all for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. pistorius' defense going for broke this morning trying to prove his vulnerability by portraying him as someone not only

investigators say fleming admitting to killing his girlfriend. his arrest comes more than two weeks after her body was found. investigators say she had been stabbed to death. today, her sister-in-law said the entire family has been on edge since it happened. >> in shock for 15 days, now, we are totally relieved that he is out. i will say, we will be able to sleep better knowing no one else will get hurt. >> reporter: investigators say this was complicated by fleming's extensive skill in the outdoors as well as his familiarity with california's mountains. >> >> fog along the ocean of san francisco. we had fog this morning. these were the highs recorded today. 85 in fairfield. 87 in concorde. the highs today, a little cooler and they are going to be cooler again tomorrow along the coast here, i have fog right at ocean beach. right now, that will start to spill through the gate tonight. we'll see more of it tomorrow that's why temperatures outside right now are so cool. 59 in oakland. 53 in san francisco. last night, we had temperatures in the 70s,

. >> sarah douglas board body was found inside the home that she shared with fleming. fleming was on the run. >> >> nows want to get divorced or take care of legal issues. they can't because of what allen martin found. >> i had no idea what i was getting into. >> erred going in we know it will be -- everyday we know it will be. if you come to feed the traffic meter. >> it is not just people stacked in waiting rooms. >> behind the window you will find backlogged cases on boxes. >> this is not the way a is system should function. presiding judge barry good has been asked to do more withless, slashing expenses to the bare essentials losing more than a third of his staff. >> we like the fact we have been more efficient if n many ways but we beyond the point. when you think of delayed bins and -- but we are starting to see the same problems in court. >> these represent parties where the families have agreed to get divorce but we haven't been able to process them because we give top priority to domestic violence that include people's safety. >> it is not just divorces put on

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just days before the killing orville fleming texted his estranged wife asking her for help to put usand our family back together. he also asked to be picked up but didn't say where. he sent his final message two hours after the killing saying you should have picked me up. >>> teacher suspended after slapping a student in class. that is one day after a report on the accusations. ktvu's alex savage explains the district's decision. >> reporter: parents and students demonstrated outside the school this morning calling for the third grade teacher fred burg to be fired. the teacher was suspended after a 9-year-old says he grabbed his face and slapped him twice. the teacher was slated to return to class today but the parents put pressure on the district. >> you guys are allowing a grown man who said he put his hands on my child and saying it is okay. if we didn't say anything he would have been here yesterday. if we did tonight this. >> reporter: according to relatives burg admitted to putting his hands on the boy but described it as a pat on the face. he was in tears after it happened. >>

authorities say fleming is an expert outdoorsman and has access to back roads not open to the public because of his cal fire position. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the hot forecast. here is a look at oakland with a tranquil look but it will heat up quickly. >>> pick pockets -- caught on camera. new techniques they are using to catch you or guard when you least expect good morning, from the roof of the broadcast center where you can see the air is still pretty clear. that is one of the big stories with the calmer conditions, we will have pollution building. today is the first summer "spare the air" day so whatever you can do to not burn fossil fuels, take the ferry, maybe, that is a good idea. you can see the change from yesterday to today, look at the winds, they are light and variable and fairfield, they now blowing back toward us and that is the offshore wind that will develop tonight and bring us our hottest days tomorrow and wednesday. visibility is looking good, even along the coast. the clouds are gone right now. san jose, you have clean air right now and you are

orville fleming arrested last week after a long search. he made a brief court appearance in sacramento yesterday but didn't enter a plea. relatives of the victim sarah douglas wanted to make sure fleming knew they were in the court, too. at one point, douglas' mother hissed at fleming. >> bad, i wanted it bad. i wanted to attack him bad. i wanted to do something bad. >> you were hissing in there. was it hard. >> real hard. real hard. >> sarah douglas' body was found inside the sacramento county home she shared with fleming. he was on the run for more than two weeks until police finally caught up with him at a bus stop. >>> cal/osha is investigating the death of a construction worker in san mateo. the worker fell 15 feet and landed on concrete yesterday afternoon. it happened at a housing development being built on the old bay meadows racetrack. the man's name hasn't been released. >>> happening today, bicyclists in san francisco honor fellow riders killed or injured on city streets. the event starts at 5 p.m. at the sports basement on byro

investigators say fleming admitting to killing his girlfriend.is arrest comes more than two weeks after her body was found. investigators say she had been stabbed to death. today, her sister-in-law said the entire family has been on edge since it happened. >> in shock for 15 days, now, we are totally relieved that he is out. i will say, we will be able to sleep better knowing no one else will get hurt. >> reporter: investigators say this was complicated by fleming's extensive skill in the outdoors as well as his familiarity with california's mountains. >> >> fog along the ocean of san francisco. we had fog this morning. these were the highs recorded today. 85 in fairfield. 87 in concorde. the highs today, a little cooler and they are going to be cooler again tomorrow along the coast here, i have fog right at ocean beach. right now, that will start to spill through the gate tonight. we'll see more of it tomorrow that's why temperatures outside right now are so cool. 59 in oakland. 53 in san francisco. last night, we had temperatures in the 70s, tw

there are reports that orville fleming could be hiding out in the bay area. the 55-year-old former cal fire battalion chief is wanted for the murder of his 26-year-old girlfriend last week. investigators suspect he is hiding out in the santa cruz mountains. fleming has access to cal fire facilities and has extensive knowledge of surviving in the wilderness. >>> police in sparks nevada have arrested this man with the help of facebook. nicholas wessel of richmond is accused of kidnapping and raping two teenaged runaways. police say he took the 14- and 15-year-old girls to the nugget hotel. they say facebook was able to help when one of the girls logged on from an ip address at the hotel. the girls are now in reno waiting to be sent home. >>> checking some other bay area headlines now on this friday, the battle over martins beach continues today in a san mateo county courtroom. a surfing foundation is suing millionaire venture capitalist vinod khosla who bought the property in 2008. surfers claim that mr. khosla is blocking access to the beach south of half moon

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fleming is about six feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. the los angeles clippers franchise is getting a new leader. with owner donald sterling banned from the league for life over racist audio recordings. the n-b-a announced that it's appointing a new c-e-o to oversee the team's day-to-day operations. a move that shelly sterling -- donald's wife and the team's co-owner -- now supports. the clippers beat the goldenstate warriors in their first-ever playoff game 7 at home saturday night. next. a dangerous stampede leaves dozens injured at a las vegas hotel. what set off all the chaos. san francisco has its share of problem intersections, but one in particular, has so much going on. many say, it's no wonder that it took this long to be featured by stanley roberts.so here it is tonight. in this edition of people behaving badly. segways are only permitted to be used on the street and they must follow traffic rules and not run red lights even whild carrying a dog , well in a perfect world anyway. but we're not in a perfect world we are at 6th an

. >> orville fleming is a california state fire chief trained to save lives.he is interviewed during the 2013 training exercise near sacramento. now, he stands accused of stabbing to death his 26-year-old fiance,z;añ sarah douglas in the sacramento home they shared. the object of a statewide california manhunt. >> we are extremely proficient at tracking fugitives. i'm certain much better than he is at being a fugitive. >> outside the murder scene last night, her family and friends held a vigil. the victim's aunt said her niece was on the phone when she was murdered. she recounts the last seconds of that chilling call. >> she enters the house, she comes up from behind. and on the speakerphone you could hear her say you scared the [ muted ] at me. then she screams and the phone goes dead. >> her pickup truck was found abandoned south of sacramento. still no sign of a fire cheer on the run. blood was found in that abandoned truck and sacramento sheriffs are concerned fleming might try to take his own life. >> family members tell abc news they don't believe the ho

members say the 26-year- old woman was getting ready to move out and they say that was something fleming did not want to happen. >> her mom said that when she met him she felt he would try to do something to sarah. >> investigators found fleming's cal fire truck in elk grove outside of sacramento last night but there was no sign of him. >>> firefighters in southern california making progress in battling a wildfire that already burned 1,900-acres and forced 1,600 homes to be evacuated. fires near rach rach, now 53% contained. manhattantory evacuations have now been lifted. a break in the weather, this is really helping firefighters. the winds now clocked at 25 miles per hour, down from 70 miles per hour earlier in the week. . >>> city leaders are asking for proposals for two separate projects on alameda point. they want a regional shopping inner for one development and retailer shops ands ofs, and at least 800 condominiums and apartments. multiunit housing projected had been banned and some are upset the city wants to change that now. >>> a state appeals court will allow at&t to install h

that was something fleming did not want to happen, they say. >> she said when she met him she felt he would try to do something to her. >> investigators found fleming's cal fire truck in elk grove outside of sacramento last night. they say he may be heading for the fresno area. >>> police in daly city are now investigating a woman's death as a homicide. the 65-year-old was found dead in her home on florence street wednesday morning. the san mateyo coroner determined it was homicide. police arrest her estranges husband, 65-year-old daniel thomas on suspicion of domestic violence and violation of a restraining order, but not for her death. she filed for a restraining order in 2012. >>> firefighters in southern california are making progress in battling a wildfire that burned 1,900-acres and forced 1,600 homes to be evacuated. so far no homes have burned. the mandatory evacuations have now been lifted. a break in the weather has been helping firefighters. the winds are now clocked at 25 miles per hour. that is down from 70 miles per hour earlier in the week. >>> a marin county water dist

. >> then there was 29 year old patrick fleming, an expert skier and college rower. they called him a rookie because he'd never rowed in the ocean, but his thrill seeking was matched by a kpul shon to be prepared for the worst. >> there's not going to be this riveting edge of your seat excitement, but we're still rowing and moving, but there's going to be sheer terror that pumps us up. >> patrick's parents hated the whole idea. >> he said to me very calmly, he's an adult. i can't tell him what to do. but don't worry, he'll never go through with this. put it in the back burner, take it out of your head. famous last words. >> by january 23, 2013, the james robert hansen and its crew pushed off on their journey to miami. with good weather, they thought the trip would take about two months. >> the last thing i said to him when i saw him was "come home to me." >> the crew members planned to work in shifts. two would row while the other two tried to sleep below deck. >> i was up, september an e-mail to all the parents saying they're o call me any time. the expedition has b

investigators say fleming is an avid outdoorsman.e may be hiding in the santa cruz mountains. >>> fremont father is is outraged and plans to protest outside of his son's elementary school. ktvu alex savidge is live with the punishment and reaction. alex. >> reporter: pam, good morning to you. after a week long suspension, this teacher has been cleared to return to class later today here at patterson elementary school but the boy's father says he will be here as well to protest that decision. he believes what happened here was unacceptable. this third grade student was left in tears after he got a question wrong on a math test. >> he dropped my paper on my desk. grabbed me by my chin and slapped me woman times in the face. >> this all happened monday april 28th last week. there was a report filed. the school district also did its own investigations. those findings haven't been released. nine-year-old julian riviera says he handed in his math test to his teacher fred burg and he was told one question was incorrect. he misplaced a decem

jonathan fleming, exonerated of murder and freed after 25 years, hugging a total stranger, alex sutaruised $35,000 for fleming to get back on his feet. >>> and these kids tried coffee for the first time. >>> and the cast of "star wars vii" got together. yep, ford, fisher and hamill are back. a reunion it is. >>> over in oregon, a glove-hungry pit bull took the field. >> and now he's stolen the left fielder's glove. >>> and a guy called robert blank graduated from davenport university. oh, dear. >>> finally, the most alarming video of the week. photographer blair bunting hitched a ride with an elite f-16 thunderbird pilot and filmed a video selfie. that was the "instant index." i'm nick watt. >>> and coming up next, the funnyman who has become a favorite friend in this country. it's our person of the week. when you sat down to dinner with anticipation, not hesitation. when you didn't dread bedtime because of heartburn. when damage to your esophagus caused by acid reflux disease wasn't always on your mind. that's when you knew nexium was the prescription medication for you. because for o

officials say fleming has spent a lot of time in the santa cruz mountains. he's believed to have two guns with him and considered to be dangerous. >>> the san jose woman accused of stabbing her baby boy to death may enter a plea in court today. 23-year-old ashley newton has been in jail since she was arrested on april 26th. investigators say she drove her 7-month-old boy to a park in livermore, deliberately wrecked her car, and then stabbed the child. the sequence of events still unclear, but while officials were investigating the car crash, they say newton came out of the woods holding the body of her baby. investigators say she also had stab wounds there, believed to be self-inflected. >>> well, investigators will be examining the wood chirp used after a tree trimming job in oakland. some workers say that the birds could have been killed, endangering baby birds. the black crown night herons were nesting in trees on alice street between 13th and 14th. the post office hired a crew to trim the trees because the workers there were getting pretty tired of bird