i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. a young father is in custody and a young mother awaiting the return of her newborn baby after a kidnapping ordeal in the desert southwest. we get new information from ktvu's ken wayne live in sunnyvale where he spoke to the mother tonight after our 6:00 news. >> reporter: there is a very relieved mother tonight, but she's still waiting to find out when she'll see her baby boy again. surrounded by loved ones, patricia romero said through an interpreter tonight the last 24 hours have been very hard. translator: i was really afraid i wouldn't be able to see him again. i was really scared. >> reporter: her 2-week-old son henry was allegedly

hello everyone i'm frank somerville. it was seven years ago that the sla gunned down oakland's first black school superintendent dr. marcus foster. in 2002, ktvu's rita williams had this look back at the shooting and the group behind it. >> sit, sit, sit. good doggy. >> reporter: you would never know it by looking at this man today but his body is still riddled with bullets. >> 23 entrance and exit wound. that was pretty much from a zig. >> reporter: it was november 1973 and blackburn was leaving thed administration building here with his mentor and friend superintendent dr. marcus foster. as they approached blackburn's car the shooting began. >> in my memory i have a freeze memory of him pitching forward on to this fuselage of bullets. >> reporter: he died in the parking lot. robert blackburn's heart stopped twice in the operating room but somehow he survived. >> when they told me that he had arrived d.o.a. i just felt that was unacceptable. i just couldn't bear it. >> reporter: thousands of people came out to mourn oak

. >> and i'm frank somerville.eived an update from the airport, the police and the mayor of los angeles. >> we have team coverage for you tonight. david stevenson is live at sfo with the impact from today's shooting here at home. let's begin with julie haener. >> she's in the news room and has been monitoring the situation in los angeles. >> reporter: right now parts of lax are starting to reopen. that was announced in a news conference about 45 minutes ago. we also know the one person who was killed in today's attack was a tsa agent. the first ever to be killed in the line of duty. two other people were wounded, at least one of them is also a tsa screener. witnesses say everything was normal inside the terminal this morning when suddenly they heard gunfire. >> i heard a couple of popping noises. i turned to look. sounded like somebody banging on something. there was a stampede of people. >> reporter: airport police say a gunman walked up to the tsa screening area, pulled an assault rifle from a bag and began shoot

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco where he spoke with neighbors and police about the violent clash. >> the clash at the housing complex is over reasonable versus excessive force and both sides said they have the video to back them up. >> reporter: video shot inside the housing complex shows a confrontation between police and residents. >> i hear my brother scream he couldn't breathe. >> reporter: as an officer holds back a young man a another man rushes up and punched by a plane clothed officer. >> that suspect had a confrontation with other officers. >> reporter: police say it began after three officers identified themselves and attempted to stop a 20-year-old forral illegally riding a bicycle -- for illegally riding a bicyclist on a sidewalk. >> the lady was trying to put the handcuffs on him. >> reporter: police clashed with three other men who were trying trying to interfere. he is being held on $143,000 bond and faces three felony. >> i know him. he is employed. he goes a school. took up an interest in photography. thi

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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the firefighters that was driving that engine is facing charges and now the other firefighters on that truck could be in trouble too. david steven -- stevenson joins us now. and steven, you looked at two key pieces of surveillance video involved in that case. >> reporter: we also spoke to the attorney for the motorcyclists who says he's still recovering but lets us know he's still very angry about what happened to him right here. surveillance video shot june 29 shows a san francisco ladder truck striking a motorcyclists. ktvu obtained an update on the motorcyclists. he suffered broken ribs and punctured lungs. >> he's still trying to recover. he's been hospitalized several times and still in not so good shape. >> reporter: the firefighters later resigned he was charged with driving under the influence and faces a police investigation. fraizer is suing quinn and the city alleging negligent conduct and that quinn consumed alcohol a violation of fire department rules. >> i think we all w

. >> and i'm frank somerville. >>> we first showed you the video of a vicious batting of a homeless man. we just learned that police have opened an investigation into the attack. >> and the video is now prompting police to look at the case. >> reporter: well, san francisco police told us today that if they hadn 't seen the video they wouldn't have known a crime had been committed here. this video obtained by ktvu shows one man appearing to stomp viciously on the head of a person sleeping on the street. >> right, i learned first of it when i saw the videos. >> reporter: when the police chief saw our report last friday he learned there was no official police report of the incident. officers were seen on camera checking up on the victim who was able to walk away. >> we started again in earnest. our detectives started working it back ward because we don't have a victim or a suspect. watching ktvu's report also prompted the city's district attorney to act. >> this is very disturbing. you see this vicious attack on an individual that was not doing anything wrong. >> reporter: george gascon is

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> there are fears of a massive death toll in the philippines. by some estimates as many as 10,000 people may have been killed following last friday's storm. as for the official death toll it fluctuates. so far the confirmed death toll is 942. the united nations says 620,000 people have been displaced. today a survey over the city by u.s. marines found that nearly every building there has been damaged or destroyed. emergency supplies are on their way to survives today. u.s. marines and soldiers loaded up cargo planes. here in the bay area they are coordinating relief supplies and money. ktvu's david stevenson has a look at these efforts. >> reporter: activists worked hard to raise money for typhoon haiyan relief today in downtown san an

. >> and i'm frank somerville. we go live to patti lee. >> reporter: frank, the castro is still the place to be. this is a celebration that draws people from not just the bay area, but the world too. but for others it's a yearly tradition. street theater at its best. for some a lot of planning to wear the perfect costume. >> we have kramer here, of course. >> elane. >> why? >> because we have to teach her how to dance. >> i'm a disco-naut. a disco astronaut. we've all carried out the same theme. >> reporter: city leaders scaled back the street party in recent years after a violent clash. police are on foot pushing people along. still fans say this remains a great celebration. >> i've always been a fan. i'm catholic, so this is a scare away the spirits. tomorrow it's the saintly day. >> reporter: earlier we saw police reprimand for public drunkenness. happy halloween, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> more details now in 2004 and 2005 a total of five people were stabbed at the castro halloween party. in 2006 nine people were

i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. >> police increased patrols after a 19-year-old student said she was raped inside a campus bath room. ktvu's maureen naylor is live at de anza college in cupertino with why she may have been targeted. >> reporter: first let me tell you i checked with investigators, they say still no arrests. the woman said she was attack here on the de anza college campus. a source tells me she could be considered part of the lgbt community and the case is being investigated as a hate crime. >> reporter: she was raped monday afternoon inside a stall in this bath room. >> it was a rape and during the school day and classes were in session during the time. >> reporter: the police chief is calling it an isolated incident. students received an e-mail yesterday. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: police identified the attacker as an 18 to 20- year-old man who is a de anza college student. they were acquaintances and not friends. >> scary whether you know the person or not. you feel very unsafe. especially in a place you should feel secure. >> the woman was brought t

frank somerville has the night off.sed from the hospital sasha fleischman is talking about the moments when another teen set sasha fleischman on fire. >> reporter: thanksgiving sasha fleischman's first day at home in three and a half weeks. >> glad to be home. and -- although -- it wasn't so bad in the hospital. >> reporter: he spent 24 days in the burn unit. on november 4 someone set the teen's clothes on fire. >> my skirt is on fire. i freak out because i am on fire. >> reporter: sasha fleischman was able to put out the flames by stop, drop and roll and with the help of other passengers. richard thomas admitted to setting him on fire and facing charges in

. >> and i'm frank somerville. we go live to patti lee. >> reporter: frank, the castro is still the place to be. this is a celebration that draws people from not just the bay area, but the world too. but for others it's a yearly tradition. street theater at its best. for some a lot of planning to wear the perfect costume. >> we have kramer here, of course. >> elane. >> why? >> because we have to teach her how to dance. >> i'm a disco-naut. a disco astronaut. we've all carried out the same theme. >> reporter: city leaders scaled back the street party in recent years after a violent clash. police are on foot pushing people along. still fans say this remains a great celebration. >> i've always been a fan. i'm catholic, so this is a scare away the spirits. tomorrow it's the saintly day. >> reporter: earlier we saw police reprimand for public drunkenness. happy halloween, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> more details now in 2004 and 2005 a total of five people were stabbed at the castro halloween party. in 2006 nine people were

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we start with that breaking news. police and fire crews are racing from one scene to the next and pg & e is scrambling. the most serious problem is in oakland where the winds proved deadly. at about 8:35 a tree fell on to a pedestrian. deborah villalon is out in the elements and she's going to show us some of the damage but we begin with bill martin. he's tracking these powerful winds bill. >> a really windy night out there. typically when we have wind advisories like this one they're in the higher elevations. but we have these winds in the lower elevations. the winds are strongest right now in the east bay hills up above berkeley. we're looking for the wind to continue to be strong as we go through the evening hours. they should begin to get a little better. the strong northernly wind is going to begin to back up as we go into the next hour or so but they're still running very, very strong. you can see the current wind speeds 29 miles per hour. these are current numbers now. sustained wind in fairfield at 29 is like

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> in oakland you can see the flag there flowing in the wind. area is under a wind advisory tonight. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the biggest gusts right now. >> winds seats are picking -- speeds are picking up. santa rosa 30 miles per hour out of the north. right here. strong winds. gusting to 45 miles per hour e. we have sustained winds of 29 in fairfield. the winds are picking up. 20 miles per hour at livermore. just showed you where the winds are blowing the hardest. next this wind advisory, where the 60 miles per hour gusts will be and the changes for your bay area weekend. >> we have created a slide show of weather photos. check them out on www.ktvu.com. look under hot topics and make sure you send us your photos. e-mail them to us at photos photos@ktvu.com. >>> hate crime investigation at san jose state. one of the students charged has turned himself in. and two other are planning to

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. hardest hit is the city of tosloban. a few days ago it was a thriving community the size of fremont. here alone as many as 10,000 people are believed dead. the united nations says 660,000 people are displaced and in need of basic aid such as clean drinking water and tetanus shots. we get the new developments from ken wayne and they include heart ache. >> reporter: there are more than 100,000 filipino families living in the bay area. and they've all been waiting for word of their family. and today, one family got the news they feared. >> he was known as boy to his family. >> my dad is in denial. and just to hear everything that's going on. we feel so helpless here. >> reporter: cheryl learned her 60-year-old uncle stayed behind in his home and died. he's one of the thousands of people believed to have parished in one of the worse typhoons in history. the typhoon has moved through and the devastation left behind is mind boggling. trees snapped like pencils. ships thrown on beaches. buildings decimated. >> the rate of damag

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. major delays on b.a.r.t. tonight this time the problem literally fell from a train. we found crowds of glum looking drivers. the problem happened when a metal object came to rest on the electrified trail. one train hit the metal and was damaged it was taken out of service. other trains had to be -- as passengers crowded. one man said he had been delayed for hours others were just fed up. >> i don't think frustrated would be the word to use right now. >> i've been out here at least a good 50 minutes. it's definitely frustrating. >> i was on the train. had to get off the train. i've been waiting for the next train. >> reporter: service was restored at 7:00 but passengers said the trains were still too crowded to board. a train operator heading in the opposite direction noticed electrical arching and called in the problem. later tonight at 10:30, trouble for travelers. we're pinpointing a massive storm that's expected to cause big problems at mayor airports tomorrow. >>> a police investigation goes online and un

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the rain is badly needed after an unusually dry year. but even a little rain is enough to create problems. the rain has been falling all day long it started to the north bay and slowly moved south. this is san francisco's mission. after weeks of unseasonably warm weather many are welcoming the rain. the forecast calls for it to continue. and rosemary has what you can expect for tomorrow and the rest of the day. >> reporter: as expected the rain picked up this evening. and it is very widespread. even a few areas actually shaded in yellow showing you moderate rainfalling at times. spreading into areas of san mateo. might shift a little bit to the north. we have a very good rainfalling over the richmond and san rafael bridge. so if you melt it or heard it coming down outside you definitely were right on that one. moderate rain reported along areas through livermore as well as dublin and to the east. the rain will begin to wind down. it's going to stake -- stick with us for the next few h

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. police bust a drug operation they say was selling drugs and marijuana. a search of that house turned up something else. seven firearms. only on 2, ktvu's heather holmes is live in martinez. >> reporter: detectives here tell me that they were shocked, surprised by the large amount of drugs and large amount of weapons all of which they say were loaded. that included an assault weapon. i want you to listen now to the phone call we obtained that first tipped off police. >> martinez police department. >> we have a weapon being fired on the street. taking off very quickly. >> reporter: this 911 call about a gunman opening fire led police to swarm this house on valencia court. >> i heard a pop, pop, pop. and they told me, get in here. cops are coming. >> reporter: police released these photos of firearms they found. in the center the most dangerous of the weapons confiscated an ak47. >> it actually had fixtures to it. it had the handle reconfigured. >> reporter: the suspect was arrested. >>

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. ktvu's jana katsuyama has more on the surprise hours before the board of directors was set to meet. >> reporter: well the board has a special meeting that has been scheduled for tomorrow and what we are hearing now is that the bart administration has found some language in the contract that could cause them to recommend the board reject the agreement. here is the statement we received from b.a.r.t. management today. b.a.r.t. management believes that a provision it did not agree to was include in the final package. b.a.r.t. is costing out the impact of the provision. it appears that the b.a.r.t. board is going to be looking at this. they won't vote but they will discuss it tomorrow. the agreement with the unions, the two largest unions was agreed upon and ended up with the unions going on strike twice in the course of the negotiations. this agreement brought all of that to an end. both unions ratified the contract by votes of 80%. so this is something union members i talked to say this

. >> i'm frank somerville. we are on storm watch tonight with rain finally back in the forecast. right now, the wet weather is still to the north, but it's expected to slide south while most of us will be sleeping. we have team coverage for you tonight. bill parton tracking the timing, we begin though, with ktvu's debra villalon live in san francisco, where the rain is chaptered to show up first. >> reporter: time to dust this off for the first time in two months. this contractor hit the hardware store tonight for down spots to finish a roof tomorrow. the dry autumn, he says has been good for builders. >> nonstop. everybody i know is nonstop doing stuff. there was that little rain before that scared everybody. >> reporter: as bay area skies turned ominous, water districts are eased for the reservoir. >> last year was a rainfall year, and we still filled it capacity. >> reporter: captured mostly in reservoirs. levels right now look good, but they're on borrowed time. >> our rainfall year started july 1. we had just over 1 inch. an average for this same date is 7 inches. we're not

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco where he spoke with neighbors and police about the violent clash. >> the clash at the housing complex is over reasonable versus excessive force and both sides said they have the video to back them up. >> reporter: video shot inside the housing complex shows a confrontation between police and residents. >> i hear my brother scream he couldn't breathe. >> reporter: as an officer holds back a young man a another man rushes up and punched by a plane clothed

i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. >> police increased patrols after a 19-year-old student said she was raped inside a campus bath room. ktvu's maureen naylor is live at de anza college in cupertino with why she may have been targeted. >> reporter: first let me tell you i checked with investigators, they say still no arrests. the woman said she was attack here on the de anza college campus. a source tells me she could be considered part of the lgbt community and the case is being investigated as a hate crime. >> reporter: she was raped monday afternoon inside a stall in this bath room. >> it was a rape and during the school day and classes were in session during the time. >> reporter: the police chief is calling it an isolated incident. students received an e-mail yesterday. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: police identified the attacker as an 18 to 20- year-old man who is a de anza college student. they were acquaintances and not friends. >> scary whether you know the person or not. you feel very unsafe. especially in a place you should feel secure. >> the woman was brought t

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. vulnerable cancer patients victimized by thieves. authorities in santa clara county announce the arrest of two women. they're accused of stealing the identities of more than 100 people, including those of of breast cancer patients. maureen naylor is live now in santa clara to tell us how police got this big break in the case. >> reporter: the id theft victims are from all over the bay area, from as far north as san francisco to as far south as santa clara county. >> there's a paper trail. >> reporter: investigators tonight are still going through a paper trail of stolen mail, and documents, uncovered last week inside a room at the avatar hotel off great america parkway. authorities say two san jose women staying here tried to use a fake credit card. when the hotel went to evict them, authorities found a lot more. >> there was a ton of stolen mail, there was notebooks, including people's personal identifying information in there. names, credit card information. >> reporter: jennifer deng says investigators noticed something strange in

. >>> good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new information is being released about the situation at l.a.x. the gunman seemed to be specifically targeting tsa arguments. they say he pulled an ar15 assault rifle from his carry on bag and police say they later found anti government writings in that bag. new developments tonight about what happened inside terminal three in ktvu's jana katsuyama. >> reporter: l.a.x. is the nation'd third busiest airport. and police say censia just walked in and started shooting. one passenger caught the chaos on their cell phone. one moment it's calm. then suddenly. >> on the floor, on the floor now. on the floor. >> reporter: passengers ran and scramblinged to get away from the gunman in l.a.x.'s terminal three. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: people were running, being knocked down and there was luggage everywhere and mayhem. >> reporter: l.a.x. pd say the gunman walked into the terminal and pulled a semi automatic rifle out of his bag. >> he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners a

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the chp says click roads contradicted to a number of accidents -- contributed to a number of accidents. this viewer photo shows crews recovering a car that ran off the highway with four people inside. it plunged 50 feet down the embankment this afternoon. two women suffered major injuries. it shut down the north bound lanes for 3 hours. >> in oakland crews responded to a two car crash at the highway 24 interchange about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. one person had to be taken to the hospital and the wet weather is blamed for a string of power outages, including one that shut down a high school. classes at silver creek high schol had -- school had to be chanceled. >> we have live -- canceled. >> we have live team coverage. ktvu's allie rasmus is tracking the problems but we begin with mark tamayo monitoring the changing conditions. he

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we start with that breaking news. police and fire crews are racing from one scene to the next and pg & e is scrambling. the most serious problem is in oakland where the winds proved deadly. at about 8:35 a tree fell on to a pedestrian. deborah villalon is out in the elements and she's going to show us some of the damage but we begin with bill martin. he's tracking these powerful winds bill. >> a really windy night out there. typically when we have wind advisories like this one they're in the higher elevations. but we have these winds in the lower elevations. the winds are strongest right now in the east bay hills up above berkeley. we're looking for the wind to continue to be strong as we go through the evening hours. they should begin to get a little better. the strong northernly wind is going to begin to back up as we go into the next hour or so but they're still running very, very strong. you can see the current wind speeds 29 miles per hour. these are current numbers now. sustained wind in fairfield at 29 is like

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the rain is badly needed after an unusually dry year. but even a little rain is enough to create problems. the rain has been falling all day long it started to the north bay and slowly moved south. this is san francisco's mission. after weeks of unseasonably warm weather many are welcoming the rain. the forecast calls for it to continue. and rosemary has what you can expect for tomorrow and the rest of the day. >> reporter: as expected the rain picked up this evening. and it is very widespread. even a few areas actually shaded in yellow showing you moderate rainfalling at times. spreading into areas of san mateo. might shift a little bit to the north. we have a very good rainfalling over the richmond and san rafael bridge. so if you melt it or heard it coming down outside you definitely were right on that one. moderate rain reported along areas through livermore as well as dublin and to the east. the rain will begin to wind down. it's going to stake -- stick with us for the next few h

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. hardest hit is the city of tosloban. a few days ago it was a thriving community the size of fremont. here alone as many as 10,000 people are believed dead. the united nations says 660,000 people are displaced and in need of basic aid such as clean drinking water and tetanus shots. we get the new developments from ken wayne and they include heart ache. >> reporter: there are more than 100,000 filipino families living in the bay area. and they've all been waiting for word of their family. and today, one family got the news they feared. >> he was known as boy to his family. >> my dad is in denial. and just to hear everything that's going on. we feel so helpless here. >> reporter: cheryl learned her 60-year-old uncle stayed behind in his home and died. he's one of the thousands of people believed to have parished in one of the worse typhoons in history. the typhoon has moved through and the devastation left behind is mind boggling. trees snapped like pencils. ships thrown on beaches. buildings decimated. >> the rate of damag

. >> and i'm frank somerville. heather holmes is live, she learned that the man was given a visitors pass despite never giving his full name or showing identification, heather. >> reporter: the principal here admits mistakes were made. when the man came to the campus with nothing but the student's first name was able to get a pass to be here on campus then wander freely near classrooms. a stranger scare at this small elementary school in el sobrante has left a mother horrified. the mother admits she received a call from her children's school. >> why would they call me in the middle of the day and say if i was picking up my daughter. >> reporter: so you made no arrangements to pick up your daughter. >> no. >> reporter: the man said his name was james but gave no last name or any information. >> do you know a james? >> no not with that description. >> reporter: the man was on surveillance camera. >> my security was taken away. i didn't feel secure, i didn't feel my children were safe. >> reporter: last night the scho

. >> i'm frank somerville. we are on storm watch tonight with rain finally back in the forecast. right now, the wet weather is still to the north, but it's expected to slide south while most of us will be sleeping. we have team coverage for you tonight. bill parton tracking the timing, we begin though, with ktvu's debra villalon live in san francisco, where the rain is chaptered to show up first. >> reporter: time to dust this off for the first time in two months. this contractor hit the hardware store tonight for down spots to finish a roof tomorrow. the dry autumn, he says has been good for builders. >> nonstop. everybody i know is nonstop doing stuff. there was that little rain before that scared everybody. >> reporter: as bay area skies turned ominous, water districts are eased for the reservoir. >> last year was a rainfall year, and we still filled it capacity. >> reporter: captured mostly in reservoirs. levels right now look good, but they're on borrowed time. >> our rainfall year started july 1. we had just over 1 inch. an average for this same date is 7 inches. we're not

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. major delays on b.a.r.t. tonight this time the problem literally fell from a train. we found crowds of glum looking drivers. the problem happened when a metal object came to rest on the electrified trail. one train hit the metal and was damaged it was taken out of service. other trains had to be -- as passengers crowded. one man said he had been delayed for hours others were just fed up. >> i don't think frustrated would be the word to use right now. >> i've been out here at least a good 50 minutes. it's definitely frustrating. >> i was on the train. had to get off the train. i've been waiting for the next train. >> reporter: service was restored at 7:00 but passengers said the trains were still too crowded to board. a train operator heading in the opposite direction noticed electrical arching and called in the problem. later tonight at 10:30, trouble for travelers. we're pinpointing a massive storm that's expected to cause big problems at mayor airports tomorrow. >>> a police investigation goes online and un

. >>> good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new information is being released about the situation at l.a.x. the gunman seemed to be specifically targeting tsa arguments. they say he pulled an ar15 assault rifle from his carry on bag and police say they later found anti government writings in that bag. new developments tonight about what happened inside terminal three in ktvu's jana katsuyama. >> reporter: l.a.x. is the nation'd third busiest airport. and police say censia just walked in and started shooting. one passenger caught the chaos on their cell phone. one moment it's calm. then suddenly. >> on the floor, on the floor now. on the floor. >> reporter: passengers ran and scramblinged to get away from the gunman in l.a.x.'s terminal three. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: people were running, being knocked down and there was luggage everywhere and mayhem. >> reporter: l.a.x. pd say the gunman walked into the terminal and pulled a semi automatic rifle out of his bag. >> he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners a

. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was headed home after a long night of work. now an east bay man is lucky to be alive after a hit-and-run driver sent him to the hospital. heather holmes is line in oakland, with the surveillance video that could help the investigators catch the driver. >> he or she may still be out there, but the crash itself was caught on camera. i'm told police here have taken a look at this video, and now the victim and his friends want you to take a look too. he went out to see his friend helpless in the street. it was around 2:00 sunday morning. 32-year-old brian mendoza was leaving shadow ultra lounge, where he works as a bartender. security video shows him crossing 13th street, watch as a dark colored suv barrels down the street and slams right into him. the driver appears to brake for a second, and then takes off. mendoza was rushed to highland hospital. >> i never experienced so much pain. >> reporter: he's at home now recovering. >> they stuck a rod inside of my femur. i remember seeing glass flying in front of my eyes. >> reporter: a

. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was headed home after a long night of work. now an east bay man is lucky to be alive after a hit-and-run driver sent him to the hospital. heather holmes is line in oakland, with the surveillance video that could help the investigators catch the driver. >> he or she may still be out there, but the crash itself was caught on camera. i'm told police here have taken a look at this video, and now the victim and his friends want you to take a look too. he went out to see his friend helpless in the street. it was around 2:00 sunday morning. 32-year-old brian mendoza was leaving shadow ultra lounge, where he works as a bartender. security video shows him crossing 13th street, watch as a dark colored suv barrels down the street and slams right into him. the driver appears to brake for a second, and then takes off. mendoza was rushed to highland hospital. >> i never experienced so much pain. >> reporter: he's at home now recovering. >> they stuck a rod inside of my femur. i remember seeing glass flying in front of my eyes. >> reporter: a

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. police bust a drug operation they say was selling drugs and marijuana. a search of that house turned up something else. seven firearms. only on 2, ktvu's heather holmes is live in martinez. >> reporter: detectives here tell me that they were shocked, surprised by the large amount of drugs and large amount of weapons all of which they say were loaded. that included an assault weapon. i want you to listen now to the phone call we obtained that first tipped off police. >> martinez police department. >> we have a weapon being fired on the street. taking off very quickly. >> reporter: this 911 call about a gunman opening fire led police to swarm this house on valencia court. >> i heard a pop, pop, pop. and they told me, get in here. cops are coming. >> reporter: police released these photos of firearms they found. in the center the most dangerous of the weapons confiscated an ak47. >> it actually had fixtures to it. it had the handle reconfigured. >> reporter: the suspect was arrested. >>

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the firefighters that was driving that engine is facing charges and now the other firefighters on that truck could be in trouble too. david steven -- stevenson joins us now. and steven, you looked at two key pieces of surveillance video involved in that case. >> reporter: we also spoke to the attorney for the motorcyclists who says he's still recovering but lets us know he's still very angry about what happened to him right here. surveillance video shot june 29 shows a san francisco ladder truck striking

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.he smoke made several people sick and traffic was stopped on the main artery between oakland and contra costa county. we have live team coverage tonight. alex savidge has more. but first paul chambers. >> reporter: this evening's commute is in full swing. this morning's fire was a good reminder why it pays to stay calm in an emergency situation. you can hear a firefighter yelling out commands, leading people to safety. this is what it looked like inside the caldecott tunnel this morning. heavy smoke and people trying to escape a fire inside. >> we got everybody out of their cars and out of the tunnel as fast as we could. >> reporter: as people walked out of the tunnel to safety, you could see the smoke rolling out behind them. oakland fire says just before 10:00 this morning the call came in that a vehicle was on fire inside the eastbound bore. the exact cause still unknown. the heavy smoke was the reason that paramedics had to transport seven people to the hospital. many of which were

. >> i'm frank somerville, oakland police calling it outrageous, seven people shot tonight. we get this from ken wayne live at the shooting scene at 96th avenue and olive street in east oakland. he's been talking to witnesses and police there as investigators try to sort out what happened. ken? >> reporter: frank, this is still a very active crime scene even though the shooting happened four hours ago. officers are gathering evidence talking about what they've recovered so far and planning how they will try to track down the shooters in this case. earlier tonight they also warned residents they should stay indoors. >> all residents stay inside your houses. >> reporter: police say the shooting happened around 6:30 in front of this mini market in this residential east oakland neighborhood. one or more shooters opened fire sending bullets flying everywhere. >> i heard the gunshots and i hit the ground and a bullet went straight through my ponytail. >> this is really kind of outrageous. 6:00 at night isn't that late at night and a fair number of rounds fired out here. so really

. >> and i'm frank somerville and we are on storm watch tonight t. rain is certainly slowing down the evening commute. this is a look at the traffic in i-80 through berkeley. >> in contra costa county, here is a look at the traffic on highway 24. now, here is what it looks like for those trying to make their way out of san francisco at this hour. all the headlights are headed east toward the bay bridge. another familiar scene there with all the slow going cars. >> and we have live team coverage tonight. ktvu channel 2 news' john sasaki following the impact of this first significant rain of the season. but first, we start with chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the path of storms. >> the rains are continuing to come down. just in time for the afternoon commute. here we are, live storm tracker two will kick it up. the heaviest rain has been in the north and south bay hills. the rain has been light and varying. when i come back in 15 minutes,ly time out the rain and show you the wettest locations and we will look at the weekend because ther

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. vulnerable cancer patients victimized by thieves. authorities in santa clara county announce the arrest of two women. they're accused of stealing the identities of more than 100 people, including those of of breast cancer patients. maureen naylor is live now in santa clara to tell us how police got this big break in the case. >> reporter: the id theft victims are from all over the bay area, from as far north as san francisco to as far south as santa clara county. >> there's a paper trail. >> reporter: investigators tonight are still going through a paper trail of stolen mail, and documents, uncovered last week inside a room at the avatar hotel off great america parkway. authorities say two san jose women staying here tried to use a fake credit card. when the hotel went to evict them, authorities found a lot more. >> there was a ton of stolen mail, there was notebooks, including people's personal identifying information in there. names, credit card information. >> reporter: jennifer deng says investigators noticed something strange in

good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> enzyme julie haener. joining us live with the plan that will be announced on thursday. robert. >> reporter: the public announcement is still planned for thursday but the rotation of detectives to patrol has already started. and so have the arguments on whether it actually involve arkansas solves the problem. there are only 912 working officers in the san jose police department. 457 on patrol. this week about 70 detectives will begin patrol unit. of the domestic violence unit and police union board member says the rotation follows severe cuts to the detective ranks railroad. >> a reduction already in some of arraigns and now having officers spend one additional day out in the street instead of investigating the cases they may have on their desk is devastating to our investigation. >> reporter: the police

. >> and i'm frank somerville. heather holmes is live, she learned that the man was given a visitors pass despite never giving his full name or showing identification, heather. >> reporter: the principal here admits mistakes were made. when the man came to the campus with nothing but the student's first name was able to get a pass to be here on campus then wander freely near classrooms. a stranger scare at this small elementary school in el sobrante has left a mother horrified. the mother admits she received a call from her children's school. >> why would they call me in the middle of the day and say if i was picking up my daughter. >> reporter: so you made no arrangements to pick up your daughter. >> no. >> reporter: the man said his name was james but gave no last name or any information. >> do you know a james? >> no not with that description. >> reporter: the man was on surveillance camera. >> my security was taken away. i didn't feel secure, i didn't feel my children were safe. >> reporter: last night the scho

good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.nly on 2 tonight, the family spoke with ktvu's robert handa about their anger and heartbreak. robert? >> reporter: well the criminal case against keith woodhose will be an important part of the civil lawsuit going on here at courthouse. he'll be expected to testify facing angry and emotionally devastated family member of the victim. we are not showing the families of the children originally molested by daycare worker. when the parents showed up after the start of the civil lawsuit in san jose today. but one mother talked to me about the pain her family has suffered after enduring a criminal trial that ended last month with woodhouse being found guilty of 30 counts of lewd conduct with kids under the age of 16. >> it has really destroyed our family. >> reporter: he's expected to take the stand in the civil trial. it targets his employers, child development incorporated and first baptist church of san jose known as the church on the hill. >> they betrayed our trust. as a result of the la

. >> i'm frank somerville, oakland police calling it outrageous, seven people shot tonight. we get this from ken wayne live at the shooting scene at 96th avenue and olive street in east oakland. he's been talking to witnesses and police there as investigators try to sort out what happened. ken? >> reporter: frank, this is still a very active crime scene even though the shooting happened four hours ago. officers are gathering evidence talking about what they've recovered so far and planning how they will try to track down the shooters in this case. earlier tonight they also warned residents they should stay indoors. >> all residents stay inside your houses. >> reporter: police say the shooting happened around 6:30 in front of this mini market in this residential east oakland neighborhood. one or more shooters opened fire sending bullets flying everywhere. >> i heard the gunshots and i hit the ground and a bullet went straight through my ponytail. >> this is really kind of outrageous. 6:00 at night isn't that late at night and a fair number of rounds fired out here. so really

. >> i'm frank somerville. our attention turns across the pacific to one of the strongest storms in recorded history, typhoon haiyan slamming into the philippines making landfall at dawn. we have reports of more than 100 bodies lying in the streets of this city. the president of the philippines is warning his people to prepare for the worst. in many areas communication lines are down and the extent of the destruction is not yet known. however, it is expected to be catastrophic. the typhoon had sustained winds of 147 miles an hour and gusts of 170 miles an hour comparable to a category 4 hurricane in the united states. the only fortunate news is the storm moved through quickly. we have team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist bill martin on where the storm is now, but first ktvu's amber lee live in san francisco where members of the filipino community are taking action even as they're waiting for word on the safety of their families. amber? >> reporter: we're at the restaurant and bar where a fundraiser is

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. a young father is in custody and a young mother awaiting the return of her newborn baby after a kidnapping ordeal in the desert southwest. we get new information from ktvu's ken wayne live in sunnyvale where he spoke to the mother tonight after our 6:00 news. >> reporter: there is a very relieved mother tonight, but she's still waiting to find out when she'll see her baby boy again. surrounded by loved ones, patricia romero said through an interpreter tonight the last 24 hours have been very hard. translator: i was really afraid i wouldn't be able to see him again. i was really scared. >> reporter: her 2-week-old son henry was allegedly abducted by the boy's father 20- year-old mesut guler. after several reported sightings in the san diego area guler and his son were found in mexico. >> we're currently waiting for the mexican authorities to turn over the suspect and the child over to u.s. border agents at the lukeville, arizona border crossing. >> reporter: sunnyvale authorities are t

. >> i'm frank somerville. our attention turns across the pacific to one of the strongest storms in recorded history, typhoon haiyan slamming into the philippines making landfall at dawn. we have reports of more than 100 bodies lying in the streets of this city. the president of the philippines is warning his people to prepare for the worst. in many areas communication lines are down and the extent of the destruction is not yet known. however, it is expected to be catastrophic. the typhoon had sustained winds of 147 miles an hour and gusts of 170 miles an hour comparable to a category 4 hurricane in the united states. the only fortunate news is the storm moved through quickly. we have team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist bill martin on where the storm is now, but first ktvu's amber lee live in san francisco where members of the filipino community are taking action even as they're waiting for word on the safety of their families. amber? >> reporter: we're at the restaurant and bar where a fundraiser is

>> that was hardly noticeable, as frank somerville would say. low clouds, still by noon. but they will be burning off. we will see an increase in the clouds. there's plenty out here. it's just not taking aim at us. i think i'll go up to seattle and vancouver, not here. had a couple of 30s, more 40s and 50s. san francisco, some breaks already, but the low clouds, if you are on coast, parts of it are not bad. we'll go 64 for a high. a little easterly-southeasterly breeze might make for a wild afternoon. that's streaming in a lot of high and mid-level clouds. morning fog, clouds, low clouds and a few high clouds. filtered sun for a heil. highs coming down a little bit. a lot of upper 60s, low 70s. here's sal. >>> we're starting off with some video of that crash. i told but that earlier this morning right when it happened at about 4:45 in fairfield. a truck spilled a load of nails and caused a major collision here on 80. so driving from vacaville to fairfield was delayed. it also -- there was also another crash down the road, west 80 at travis. so the combination of both of t

frank some earlville. >> and earlville -- somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. tonight b.a.r.t.'s troubles are not over. b.a.r.t. says an error could devastate the agencies budget. we get the latest from jana katsuyama. she's been asking how exactly this mistake happened and what it means for bay area commuters, jana. >> reporter: it was surprising after the closed door meeting here tonight the board issued a statement. ordering the general manager to resume the talks hire a new chief negotiator and try to solve this problem that could cost b.a.r.t. thousands of dollars. and a statement was released, we're not comfortable with the potential liability. >> this may have potential grave consequences for the district and it will be a very difficult stretch i think for the board to approve it in its doesn't form. >>> b.a.r.t. administrators say they never intended to include an item that would provide eligible employees with six weeks of paid family leave. this contract release bid the board estimate that is if 1/3 of employees use the benefit it would use the district $44 million. a