. >>> hello everyone i'm frank somerville and welcome the a second look. the month the supreme court is considering appeals by three men sentenced for life without parol for crimes they committed while they were juveniles. one prohibited sentencing juveniles for life without parol for crimes other than murder. the second prohibited automatic sense of of life without parol and required judges. ktvu's norene jaramillo explains. >>> many people who live here are tall too familiar with the signs and billboards. >> i've seen it so many times it's saturday. but kid are used to it. the community is younger to. they want to get tough with you've nile offenders. >> kids who kit mudders all day long. >> you should be considered an adult, when you do an adult crime you should watch out for yourself. >>> the district ár district attorney's office. california voters changed a lot to allow prosecutors to direct tile. that owns second delimit for complete shar the d.a. says the now ctlol found pamela vacelli. proctor is accused of gunning down delasalle football star kel

i'm frank somerville. tonight we look back to 1964. it was around that time that an entertainer carol donner was becoming famous. her act, topples dancing. >> reporter: in the late 60s and 70s the topples craze followed by the bottomless craze was a magnet for tourism. while the source of outrage from the town's citizens, but let's start at the beginning. or perhaps we should say at the top with carol doda. tonight she carrying a shop where she carries frillies and larger size underwear. she still dresses in a way that emphasizes her famous assets. in 1964, carol doda was a cocktail waitress in a north beach salon called the condor. every now and then she would amuse the customers by getting up on the piano and dancing. they likedded it so much it became a regular show. then the owner got an idea of a fashion sensation, the topples bikini. >> he said i have a new costume. and i said oh great a new costume. and i noticed and said this is a strange costume. i said i don't think i can wait on tables anymore because they won't be grabbing

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> he was he would speak to us. ktvu's cristina rendon is live where our camera recorded the interview at the jail. >> reporter: this man is homeless and he has been in jail less than 24 hours but he is already saying he did what he had to protect himself from that teen and his friends. >> i am sorry about all this. >> reporter: he is apologizing from jail to the family of ivan diaz. he is taking responsibility for stabbing the 16-year-old last night. the question is, was it murder or self-defense. >> self-defense. i carry that knife as a tool. absolute last resort. never had to use it to protect my life before like that. >> he says he was jumped by idaho kids and his friends. -- by ivan diaz and his friends. >> kicked in the head 60 times. >> reporter: he pulled out his knife waving it around without realizing he was stabbing anyone. friends and family are devastated. >> i would like to know how everything started. why -- what reasons did he have to stab my brother. >> reporter: his sister is clinging to the last m

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> parents want to know why he was hired in january when he was already under investigation for sexual abuse. >> 2 investigates tonight the new details. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he has been looking into gaps in the process. >> reporter: i just checked with police again. they confirm prosecutors plan to bring felony charges against him involving sexual abuse. she now on leave from -- he is now on leave from teaching. he was preparing to take his class on an over night field trip. >> reporter: parents are still trying to understand how a teacher could be hired while under investigation for sexually abusing kids. >> somebody dropped the ball. i mean, somebody needs to lose their job. period. >> police say he was still at the charter school when shoo he sexually abused several students. officers arrested him at his new job teaching 7th graders yesterday. >> something that wasn't disclosed in 2 weeks he was going to take kids on a field trip over night. >> reporter: 2 investigates compiled his teaching time line. hired as a subst

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i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> police are interviewing a dozen middle school students about sixing and allegations the images -- sexting and allegations the images were forced a girl to perform sex acts. police were -- sex acts. police were notified monday. ktvu's john fowler spoke with police and administrators today about coping with the phenomenon of growing up too fast with social media. >> reporter: this is what can happen when you mix technology with immature brains. >> reporter: police tell me the sex act occurred on campus. but the case involves a dozen or more students at four middle schools. >> the one image was specifically used as fear and intimidation for the victim to engage in a sexual act. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> somebody naked or something. >> reporter: they had a couple of minor incidents, nothing criminal but tackles this head on. with group discussions and counseling. >> i tell them you learn from your mistake. don't do it again. >> later on you will regret it. >> like going to go out there, instagram, facebook, twitter. >> reporter:

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight. ktvu's paul chambers is in san bruno where residents and leaders are getting the word but we begin with tom vacar and what he learned about the criminal complaint expected to be filed. >> reporter: experts said this would be coming. tonight not officially filed we are seeing the dimensions of the indictment. the indictments for the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion, the blast killed 8, injured scores more, destroyed 38 homes and damaged more. pg&e ceo issued a statement saying san bruno was a tragic accident that caused a great deal of pain for many people. we are accountable for that and make no excuses and we are deeply sorry. ktvu channel 2 news learned the indictment centers on violations of the federal pipeline safety acts. it alleges record keeping violations, to know the kind and condition of its pipes, it did not manage the integrity of the pipelines and it failed to identify safety threats it should have known existed. in a statement pg&e apologized again. >> regardless of wh

good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. investigate the bridge punch list and we told you about it last night. tonight the toll bridge program oversight committee was briefed on that long list and ktvu's tom baker was the only reporter to talk with bridge officials as they left that meeting and he joins us live. tom. >> the committee is comprised of the head of caltrans, the head of the california transportation commission and steve who is the head of the mtc and chairman. now what they wanted to do was not just talk about those items and many other items that will be fixed, they wanted to know about other long-term kind of things and they wanted to hear direct from caltrans other than the way they normally hear about it, which is usually in the news. based on these punch lists that we showed you yesterday, the questions the oversight committee is most interested in boils down to three main questions. what major items are still unresolved? what items will require more than the planned amount of maintenance? and what potenti

. >> i am gasia mikaelian, frank somerville and julie haener have the night off.rged with abusing six boys. tonight we are hearing from mother who said he tried to recruit her son to a youth camp started by the teacher. tonight 2 investigates the ties to several bay area schools. ktvu's eric rasmussen is here with what you found. >> reporter: officials say he was going to take another group of boys to yosemite next month before he was arrested last week. now one mother says he made the same kind of offer to take her son a few years ago. >> reporter: she went threw range of emotions when she learned the charges of sex abuse against ron guinto. >> grief. i feel so bad for him, why, why. and then i am like no, how could you. how could you. >> last week when she heard ron guin

. >> i'm frank somerville. a middle school teacher facing 14 charges, including 11 for lewd acts with a child. tonight, we have new details, noel walker, live from richmond. >> reporter: that teacher was arrested here at mira vista. the school board told me, they did their due diligence before hiring this teacher, but there is a question about whether they contacted his previous employer. now the board president says they might need to do more in the future to keep kids safe. as students arrived for the start of school, richmond police headed upstairs. straight to classroom 25, and 7th grade teacher, ronald david guinto. >> handcuffed him in his classroom, or at least in front of his classroom. >> reporter: he faces more than a dozen charges of sexual abuse on a child. the west contra costa unified school district hired him in january. the district says he passed a background check in december. the same time he was being investigated police, and his previous employer, making waves charter school, for the allege

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. tonight we have exclusive surveillance video of the crime in progress. heather holmes has new information. she is live with the new images of the man authorities are still trying to find. healther. >> reporter: i have been working to find out more information about this two vehicle crash. today authorities share with me some new significant evidence in the case. and it shows that driver stealing the car just minutes before the crash. a red honda, its driver nowhere to be found. investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van t

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> police are interviewing a dozen middle school students about sixing and allegations the images -- sexting and allegations the images were forced a girl to perform sex acts. police were -- sex acts. police were notified monday. ktvu's john fowler spoke with police and administrators today about coping with the phenomenon of growing up too fast with social media. >> reporter: this is what can happen when

good evenieveryone, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. it was nearly 30 hours ago, that a massive fire tore through a six story apartment building under correction in san francisco's mission bay. now heavy equipment is pulling down the weak and twisted remains. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live, and tells us, firefighters are still finding hot spots tonight. >> reporter: you can see the bright lights brought out by firefighters as they continue their work here tonight. just 10 minuteses ago, firefighters were spraying water on that ladder truck. today was a day of demolition, as crews worked to make this site safer, and also give firefighters access to what hot spots remain. a tiny flame, through a somehow unbroken fourth floor windo was the only fire visible for much of the day. a caterpillar pushed and pulled down the upper floors of the gutted building. all at the direction of san francisco fire. >> the demolition has done a great job of helping us, this afternoon and evening. >> reporter: the demolition crews also moved the pile of d

. >> i'm frank somerville. a stunning fall from grace. state senator, leeland yee handcuffed in the back of a law enforcement vehicle. he is charged with conspiracy to traffic firearms in exchange for campaign donations. fbi agents carried out rides across three cities. 26 people arrested. among them, a notorious san francisco former gang leader, and a former san francisco school board member. tonight, leeland yee is out on a $500,000 bond. he is charged with conspiracy to traffic firearms, and six counts of fraud. he is scheduled to return to federal court on monday morning. ktvu's jana katsuyama will detail the fbi's case. we begin with amber lee. she asked leyland yee's attorney about the charges. >> reporter: frank, we're in the sunset neighborhood where the state senator lives. we came to the home behind me, he did not answer his door, but we did catch up with him as he left the federal courthouse earlier tonight. >> senator, can you tell me what the reaction is to your arrest? >> reporter: dressed casually in a blue jacket, the stat

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. safeway is set to change hands in an acquisition by albertson's owner. we learned your neighborhood safeway store won't close any time soon. albertson says it plans no immediate store closures. the safeway name won't be going away either. and we have jana katsuyama with how the sale will affect shoppers and grocers. >> reporter: i reached a safeway spokeswoman, she said at this point there's no decision on what to do with the pleasanton offices. that's the corporate offices. that's where most likely there could be lay offs to eliminate duplication. here at the stores i've been hearing a lot of complaints from both customers and workers. johnson likes convenience and low costs. >> i like the deals that i get from safeway. you know you come and you know if you're a club member you get the coupon deals and you know you get a better bank for your buck. >> reporter: safeway operates 1,345 stores in 20 states. that would greatly add to albertson's 1,074 stores in 21 states. the merger would

. >> i'm frank somerville. a student is facing charges in a sexting scandal that led from one school to another. and the sexting led to one girl being blackmailed. credible >> reporter: the school resource officer launched an investigation found that more than a dozen boys were using their phones and other mobile media devices to distribute inappropriate photos. that officers investigation found that one boy a student at adam's middle was using photos of a female classmate to blackmail her right here on campus. >> we have been able to establish that there were acts, unlawful acts of unsexual conduct that took place during that threat that was made. >> reporter: investigators say inappropriate images were sent and received by students at adams, bristoll and exelsiur middle school. investigators say everyone involved including the alleged victim are between the ages of 12 and 14. despite their age the boys face very serious consequences. >> as of this evening there are still detectives out interviewing students.

. >> and i'm frank somerville. fire season is off to an early start here in the bay area. this three alarm fire burned near the pittsburg fire generating plant in contra costa county. with california in a drought energy it may be a sign of things to come. amber lee live in pittsburg where i10 turns into willow pass road. she's been on the scene ever since we told you about this fire on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> reporter: frank, firefighters remained here on the scene. behind me you can see their vehicles. we're told some will remain overnight to keep an eye on hot spots. a large column of billowing black smoke is an ominous sight. it could be seens for miles. >> it was a lot of smoke. when we came, when we drive down the street here there was fire there. a lot of fire. >> reporter: the first call came in at 3:15. flames burned near pg & e lines in the field surrounding pittsburg power plant. >> i'm scared, i'm scared because it was continuing right there and now it seems to be spreading. >> reporter: workers who came to the scene to monitor the situation. >> this is

frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm heather holmes. more than a dozen aftershocks have been recorded. the largest was 3.6. the shaking was felt over a large area but the most intense was right around lahabra. you're looking at live pictures over the l.a. area. these are pictures of a water main break in lahabra we're told is related to the quake. so far there's no reports of injuryings. the u.s. geological service says that they has been very active in the past ten days. now let's go to bill martin. >> here in the weather 2 center to tell us that lahabra is not far from the shake map. >> it shows you the areas that felt the quake the most. people call in, they feel it. it comes into this map and it registers. atz you look at this map you can see -- as you look at this map you can see, kind of toward east of long beach, everybody in here felt it strong. but look at the rest of the area, the basin you're looking at the green, this earthquake was about at least reports are saying like .1-kilometers deep. very shallow. it's a mile east of

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. andrew silva was on his way home on his motorcycle when he was killed by a drunk driver. >> reporter: it doesn't seem fair and it doesn't seem right. that's what friends and family are telling me about lance corporate andrew silva. if you look behind me, a large crowd is gathered. all of them trying to make sense of what truly is a senseless death. a man works to repair a crosswalk sign on busy dakota road as a family works to repair its broken heart. >> big impact. >> reporter: tony tesano talks me through the events that left silva dead. tosano says it started here. a man called to report a man in a mini cooper who was distraught and tried to pay with a medical card. then police say the driver ran a red light and slammed into a motorcycle. killing lance corporate lance silva. here he is seen here in afghanistan. his friends rushed to the scene. >> they brought a flag to cover him. >> this guy had been stopped on a normal day it would have been a misdemeanor dui. but because he is dr

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. new information about the deadly shooting of a veteran's sheriff's deputy in mendocino county. the deputy had bay area roots. was a graduate of napa high, and spent the last 26 years in law enforcement. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with ken pritchett in the shawl town of cleone, just north of fort bragg. that's where the shooting took place. ken, you have learned the suspect did not commit suicide, but was shot by a fort bragg police officer. >> reporter: around 5:00, at a 5:00 press conference the sheriff said he believed that the suspect had taken his own life. but at 8:00, the sheriff updated this story and said they now believe the suspect was shot and killed by a fort bragg police lieutenant that came in a hail of gunfire between that police officer and that suspect. that exchange of gunfire came minutes after the deputy lost his life. deputy ricky dell fiorentino. >> i said ricky, i think i need to find a way to clone 30 more of you. he said no, boss, the world is not

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> parents want to know why he was hired in januarywas already under investigation for sexual abuse. >> 2 investigates tonight the new details. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he has been looking into gaps in the process. >> reporter: i just checked with police again. they confirm prosecutors plan to bring felony charges against him involving sexual abuse. she now on leave from -- he is now on leave from teaching. he was preparing to take his class on an over night field

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> he was he would speak to us. ktvu's cristina rendon is live where our camera recorded the interview at the jail. >> reporter: this man is homeless and he has been in jail less than 24 hours but he is already saying he did what he had to protect himself from that teen and his friends. >> i am sorry about

. >> i'm frank somerville. a stunning fall from grace. state senator, leeland yee handcuffed in the back of a law enforcement vehicle. he is charged with conspiracy to traffic firearms in exchange for campaign donations. fbi agents carried out rides across three cities. 26 people arrested. among them, a notorious san francisco former gang leader, and a former san francisco school board member. tonight, leeland yee is out on a $500,000 bond. he is charged with conspiracy to traffic firearms, and six counts of fraud. he is scheduled to return to federal court on monday morning. ktvu's jana katsuyama will detail the fbi's case. we begin with amber lee. she asked leyland yee's attorney about the charges. >> reporter: frank, we're in the sunset neighborhood where the state senator lives. we came to the home behind me, he did not answer his door, but we did catch up with him as he left the federal courthouse earlier tonight. >> senator, can you tell me what the reaction is to your arrest? >> reporter: dressed casually in a blue jacket, the stat

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. andrew silva was on his way home on his motorcycle when he was killed by a drunk driver. >> reporter: it doesn't seem fair and it doesn't seem right. that's what friends and family are telling me about lance corporate andrew silva. if you look behind me, a large crowd is gathered. all of them trying to make sense of what truly is a senseless death. a man works to repair a crosswalk sign on busy dakota road as a family works to repair its broken heart. >> big impact. >> reporter: tony tesano talks me through the events that left silva dead. tosano says it started here. a man called to report a man in a mini cooper who was distraught and tried to pay with a medical card. then police say the driver ran a red light and slammed into a motorcycle. killing lance corporate lance silva. here he is seen here in afghanistan. his friends rushed to the scene. >> they brought a flag to cover him. >> this guy had been stopped on a normal day it would have been a misdemeanor dui. but because he is dr

frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm heather holmes. more than a dozen aftershocks have been recorded. the largest was 3.6. the shaking was felt over a large area but the most intense was right around lahabra. you're looking at live pictures over the l.a. area. these are pictures of a water main break in lahabra we're told is related to the quake. so far there's no reports of injuryings. the u.s. geological service says that they has been very active in the past ten days. now let's go to bill martin. >> here in the weather 2 center to tell us that lahabra is not far from the shake map. >> it shows you the areas that felt the quake the most. people call in, they feel it. it comes into this map and it registers. atz you look at this map you can see -- as you look at this map you can see, kind of toward east of long beach, everybody in here felt it strong. but look at the rest of the area, the basin you're looking at the green, this earthquake was about at least reports are saying like .1-kilometers deep. very shallow. it's a mile east of

. >> i'm frank somerville. that fire burned for hours and was a test of will for firefighters. the flames engulfed an apartment complex under construction. the fire started just before 5:00 this evening and the flames just took off from there. here's where that building is located just south of at&t park between channel and channel basin's street on fourth. right now this is the view from news chapper two over that sight. you can see it is still a very active scene. there are also still flames burning and firefighters as you can see here are pouring waters on what's left of the building. we have coverage beginning with ken pritchett. ken you just learned a firefighter was injured tonight. >> reporter: i talked to a fire department spokesperson. and he said that engine was on the last ladder truck to arrive. the fire was too hot. the flames too intense they had to retreat. they had to leave their truck behind for fear that the building would collapse down on the truck's location. that injured firefighter continued to fight this fire for hours. only later to report that he had mi

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. tonight we have exclusive surveillance video of the crime in progress. heather holmes has new information. she is live with the new images of the man authorities are still trying to find. healther. >> reporter: i have been working to find out more information about this two vehicle crash. today authorities share with me some new significant evidence in the case. and it shows that driver stealing the car just minutes before the crash. a red honda, its driver nowhere to be found. investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van t

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. safeway is set to change hands in an acquisition by albertson's owner. we learned your neighborhood safeway store won't close any time soon. albertson says it plans no immediate store closures. the safeway name won't be going away either. and we have jana katsuyama with how the sale will affect shoppers and grocers. >> reporter: i reached a safeway spokeswoman, she said at this point there's no decision on what to do with the pleasanton offices. that's the corporate offices. that's where most likely there could be lay offs to eliminate duplication. here at the stores i've been hearing a lot of complaints from both customers and workers. johnson likes convenience and low costs. >> i like the deals that i get from safeway. you know you come and you know if you're a club member you get the coupon deals and you know you get a better bank for your buck. >> reporter: safeway operates 1,345 stores in 20 states. that would greatly add to albertson's 1,074 stores in 21 states. the merger would

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. new information about the deadly shooting of a veteran's sheriff's deputy in mendocino county. the deputy had bay area roots. was a graduate of napa high, and spent the last 26 years in law enforcement. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with ken pritchett in the shawl town of cleone, just north of fort bragg. that's where the shooting took place. ken, you have learned the suspect did not commit suicide, but was shot by a fort bragg police officer. >> reporter: around 5:00, at a 5:00 press conference the sheriff said he believed that the suspect had taken his own life. but at 8:00, the sheriff updated this story and said they now believe the suspect was shot and killed by a fort bragg police lieutenant that came in a hail of gunfire between that police officer and that suspect. that exchange of gunfire came minutes after the deputy lost his life. deputy ricky dell fiorentino. >> i said ricky, i think i need to find a way to clone 30 more of you. he said no, boss, the world is not

good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. it was nearly 30 hours ago, that a massive fire tore through a six story apartment building under correction in san francisco's mission bay. now heavy equipment is pulling down the weak and twisted remains. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live, and tells us, firefighters are still finding hot spots tonight. >> reporter: you can see the bright lights brought out by firefighters as they continue their work here tonight. just 10 minuteses ago, firefighters were spraying water on that ladder truck. today was a day of demolition, as crews worked to make this site safer, and also give firefighters access to what hot spots remain. a tiny flame, through a somehow unbroken fourth floor windo was the only fire visible for much of the day. a caterpillar pushed and pulled down the upper floors of the gutted building. all at the direction of san francisco fire. >> the demolition has done a great job of helping us, this afternoon and evening. >> reporter: the demolition crews also moved the pile of d

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> bomb making chemicals found inside a home in pacifica and dozen gunsoelle walker is in san francisco tonight so how did san francisco police end up with the case? >> reporter: it started months ago when there was a small explosion. police used surveillance video to identify a suspect, then they followed the bread crums and tonight two men are in jail -- crumbs and tonight two men are in jail. what police and investigators found here made it sound more like an explosive storage -- storage unit. more than 600 explosives. plus the material and chemtuals to make more. -- chemicals to make more. neighbors are stunned. >> i heard an officer hasay how men -- say how many pounds. i told my husband, dude, he had enough stuff to blow up half the neighborhood. >> reporter: her neighbor is marc ormando. he faces multiple explosive charges along with child endangerment. two children lived at the home. a woman who walked inside said she had no comment, their neighbor across the

. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was just walking home from school, when he was shot. fortunately, his injuries aren't serious. neighbors say gun violence in the area of antioch high school, and sycamore drive where that shooting happened is all too common. she just got a description of the gunman from police. >> frank, police are taking this very seriously because of hour reckless, how brazen this gunfire was. the teenager was not the intended target, but he easily could have been killed. >> everybody scattered when they heard the shots. >> reporter: the boy was almost home from school, taking his usual route when suddenly bullets started flying, and one hit him in the arm. in panic, the child started running for home. but some people tried to help him. >> i just went in the house and got a towel and wrapped him up. his mother was really messed up, so i tried to comfort her. >> reporter: she says she sees the teenager every day, walking alone, ear buds in, minding his own business. >> coming only from school, by himself. looked like a good kid. >> this is very scary,

. >> and i'm frank somerville. that shooting began when a deputy spotted a stolen vehicle. we have more information from amber lee where that shooting happened. amber-- >> reporter: frank as you can see behind me busy aspiarian has reopened to public. but roads had been closed for up to two hours after the shooting. a neighbor told me she heard sirens as she was preparing dinner. >> two shootings. two bullets. i heard two shootings. then after that it just went chaos. >> reporter: the two shots the neighbor heard was from a deputy opening fire on a driver who had stopped on espirian on grant after leading deputies on a chase a few miles away. >> it appear it is deputies used force safety and shot at the suspect. the suspect moved his vehicle in the direction of the deputies. >> reporter: a short while before the shooting the driver had led other sheriff deputies on a chase on sherry lane. deputies had tried to pull the driver over but the driver had taken off and the deputies lost sight of him until the deputy involved in the shooting spotted the driver and opened fire. >> t

. >> and i'm frank somerville. that shooting began when a deputy spotted a stolen vehicle. we have more information from amber lee where that shooting happened. amber-- >> reporter: frank as you can see behind me busy aspiarian has reopened to public. but roads had been closed for up to two hours after the shooting. a neighbor told me she heard sirens as she was preparing dinner. >> two shootings. two bullets. i heard two shootings. then after that it just went chaos. >> reporter: the two shots the neighbor heard was from a deputy opening fire on a driver who had stopped on espirian on grant after leading deputies on a chase a few miles away. >> it appear it is deputies used force safety and shot at the suspect. the suspect moved his vehicle in the direction of the deputies. >> reporter: a short while before the shooting the driver had led other sheriff deputies on a chase on sherry lane. deputies had tried to pull the driver over but the driver had taken off and the deputies lost sight of him until the deputy involved in the shooting spotted the driver and opened fire. >> t

. >> and i'm frank somerville. fire season is off to an early start here in the bay area. this three alarm fire burned near the pittsburg fire generating plant in contra costa county. with california in a drought energy it may be a sign of things to come. amber lee live in pittsburg where i10 turns into willow pass road. she's been on the scene ever since we told you about this fire on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> reporter: frank, firefighters remained here on the scene. behind me you can see their vehicles. we're told some will remain overnight to keep an eye on hot spots. a large column of billowing black smoke is an ominous sight. it could be seens for miles. >> it was a lot of smoke. when we came, when we drive down the street here there was fire there. a lot of fire. >> reporter: the first call came in at 3:15. flames burned near pg & e lines in the field surrounding pittsburg power plant. >> i'm scared, i'm scared because it was continuing right there and now it seems to be spreading. >> reporter: workers who came to the scene to monitor the situation. >> this is

. >> and i'm frank somerville. new at 6:00, jana katsuyama live in richmond where a local police and b.a.r.t. officers are joining forces. so jana who's being targeted here? >> reporter: well, they are looking at evening commuters frank, and they say that they've had 18 robberies in just the past 2-1/2 months and if you have your phone out or if you have head phones in you're more likely to be a target. this is a richmond b.a.r.t. station right here. they say that most of the people who have been targeted have been evening commuters coming out of b.a.r.t. police say that most of the robberies are happening in the late afternoon and evening hours. the robberies have happened within a few blocks of this b.a.r.t. station as people are walking home. some of the robbers have displayed guns and taken cash, credit cards, jewelry or mobile devices. >> the people are usually distracted by tablet or iphone. some sort of device or they're wearing ear buds so they can't hear. they're being followed a block or two then robbed aw

. >> i'm frank somerville. a middle school teacher facing 14 charges, including 11 for lewd acts with a child. tonight, we have new details, noel walker, live from richmond. >> reporter: that teacher was arrested here at mira vista. the school board told me, they did their due diligence before hiring this teacher, but there is a question about whether they contacted his previous employer. now the board president says they might need to do more in the future to keep kids safe. as students arrived for the start of school, richmond police headed upstairs. straight to classroom 25, and 7th grade teacher, ronald david guinto. >> handcuffed him in his classroom, or at least in front of his classroom. >> reporter: he faces more than a dozen charges of sexual abuse on a child. the west contra costa unified school district hired him in january. the district says he passed a background check in december. the same time he was being investigated police, and his previous employer, making waves charter school, for the allege

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight. chambers is in san bruno where residents and leaders are getting the word but we begin with tom vacar and what he learned about the criminal complaint expected to be filed. >> reporter: experts said this would be coming. tonight not officially filed we are seeing the dimensions of the indictment. the indictments for the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion, the blast killed 8, injured scores more, destroyed 38 homes and damaged more. pg&e ceo issued a statement saying san bruno was a tragic accident that caused a great deal of pain for many people. we are accountable for that and make no

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> a grass roots appeal to serve and protect.y on 2, how police hope more home grown officers can turn the tied against crime. also the bridge is open for traffic but the state needs to sign on the dotted line. the list of thousands of finishing touches the eastern span of the bay bridge needs before that could happen. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >>> police say there has been no sign of an at risk 93-year- old man who disappeared while driving home in the rain. robert davis was last seen wednesday night after he had dinner. afterwards he never arrived at the retirement community where he lived for the past 10 years. his family fears he may have become lost wile driving in the -- while driving in the rain. >>> new legislation aimed at respecting the wishes o

frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener.s outside jail where chris culliver walked out a short time ago. >> reporter: that's right. chris culliver walked out here just a short time ago. a quarter after 5. he was met by a woman who was upset with the media attention and then he was picked up by a man. police spokesperson confirmed chris culliver was arrested this morning in san jose. investigators say he was driving a white mustang when he hit a bicycle and say tried to drive off. a witness followed him. he hit the witness' car and a few moments later the witness blocked his car. police showed up and arrested chris culliver. a cornerback for the san francisco 49ers. investigators searched the car and found brass knuckles and then they arrested chris culliver. we are told the bicyclist was treated at the scene and released. chris culliver released 45 minutes ago. we tried to ask him what

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight.ing into the back ground of the developer and the challenges. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson where the remains of the building must now be torn down. david? >> reporter: let's go right now and look at how the demilation on the building picked up -- demolition on the building picked up. it is getting taken down piece by piece by that large piece of construction equipment. we are seeing it tumble bit by bit on to the street as construction crews watch. it wasn't just the fire in the area that sent smoke into the clouds and threatened the environment but also the water that was used to fight the fire that weakened the building and washed talkens down the drains. -- toxins down the trains. >> reporter: crews began tearing tain the retains this afternoon -- down the remains this afternoon. >> right now we have a perimeter set up to keep everybody out of the area. >> the building began burning at 5:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. investigators said welding work may have sparked the fire tha

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> as many as 1,000 people gathered tonight to remember an 8-year-old girl at a candlelight vigil. the community is morning the loss of 14-year-old jenna betty. she was hit by a train as she tried to retrieve her cell phone from the tracks. the crowd heard from her friends and family. >> reporter: it was quite a crowd tonight. you can see the pink ribbons are tide, not just students, but teachers, and family from the community, all stunned by the loss of this girl who meant so much to so many. grief is not a lesson many students have to face at school, but tonight, martinez junior high school pulled together, and shed tears for their classmate. 14-year-old, jenna betty. >> everyone loved jenna. >> reporter: a pastor asked everyone to send their strength and prayers to her parents and two sisters. he said each light represented the memories the 8th grader left behind. >> this is a time to remember her life, and who she was to each of you. >> reporter: jenna and her boyfriend were sitting on train tracks sunday. they heard a train and turned

. >> and i'm frank somerville. that fire burned for hours and was a test of will for firefighters. the flames engulfed an apartment complex under construction. the fire started just before 5:00 this evening and the flames just took off from there. here's where that building is located just south of at&t park between channel and channel basin's street on fourth. right now this is the view from news chapper two over that sight. you can see it is still a very active scene. there are also still flames burning and firefighters as you can see here are pouring waters on what's left of the building. we have coverage beginning with ken pritchett. ken you just learned a firefighter was injured tonight. >> reporter: i talked to a fire department spokesperson. and he said that engine was on the last ladder truck to arrive. the fire was too hot. the flames too intense they had to retreat. they had to leave their truck behind for fear that the building would collapse down on the truck's location. that injured firefighter continued to fight this fire for hours. only later to report that he had mi

. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was just walking home from school, when he was shot. fortunately, his injuries aren't serious. neighbors say gun violence in the area of antioch high school, and sycamore drive where that shooting happened is all too common. she just got a description of the gunman from police. >> frank, police are taking this very seriously because of hour reckless, how brazen this gunfire was. the teenager was not the intended target, but he easily could have been killed. >> everybody scattered when they heard the shots. >> reporter: the boy was almost home from school, taking his usual route when suddenly bullets started flying, and one hit him in the arm. in panic, the child started running for home. but some people tried to help him. >> i just went in the house and got a towel and wrapped him up. his mother was really messed up, so i tried to comfort her. >> reporter: she says she sees the teenager every day, walking alone, ear buds in, minding his own business. >> coming only from school, by himself. looked like a good kid. >> this is very scary,

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> as many as 1,000 people gathered tonight to remember an 8-year-old girl at a candlelight vigil. the community is morning the loss of 14-year-old jenna betty. she was hit by a train as she tried to retrieve her cell phone from the tracks. the crowd heard from her friends and family. >> reporter: it was quite a crowd tonight. you can see the pink ribbons are tide, not just students, but teachers, and family from the community, all stunned by the loss of this girl who meant so much to so many. grief is not a lesson many students have to face at school, but tonight, martinez junior high school pulled together, and shed tears for their classmate. 14-year-old, jenna betty. >> everyone loved jenna. >> reporter: a pastor asked everyone to send their strength and prayers to her parents and two sisters. he said each light represented the memories the 8th grader left behind. >> this is a time to remember her life, and who she was to each of you. >> reporter: jenna and her boyfriend were sitting on train tracks sunday. they heard a train and turned

. >> and i'm frank somerville. a student is facing charges in a sexting scandal that led from one school to another. and the sexting led to one girl being blackmailed. credible >> reporter: the school resource officer launched an investigation found that more than a dozen boys were using their phones and other mobile media devices to distribute inappropriate photos. that officers investigation found that one boy a student at adam's middle was using photos of a female classmate to blackmail her right here on campus. >> we have been able to establish that there were acts, unlawful acts of unsexual conduct that took place during that threat that was made. >> reporter: investigators say inappropriate images were sent and received by students at adams, bristoll and exelsiur middle school. investigators say everyone involved including the alleged victim are between the ages of 12 and 14. despite their age the boys face very serious consequences. >> as of this evening there are still detectives out interviewing students.

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> fbi agents stormed homes and businesses all over the bay area todayeral houses in san francisco, a steel company, a home and a free mason organization headquartered in san francisco. >> we have live team coverage tonight. ktvu's eric rasmussen has been going through the federal indictment against california state senator leland yee and two associates. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson in san francisco with more details about the charges that came to light as leland yee appeared in court this afternoon. p david? >> reporter: frank, you can see the camera crews that are waiting for leland yee to leave the building. in court today he sat listening to the charges and shared a laugh with his attorney, even though the charges he is facing is serious, including wide fraud. federal agents arrested leland yee home early this morning. here is leland yee arriving after 9:00 a.m. in handcuffs. he did not answer questions questions questions and appeared in court this afternoon. the compliant adjudged starting in 2012 he solici

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we're on storm track. for the bay area it was a one- two punch delivering rain and even flooding. gusty winds brought down trees such as this large fir in marin county. a neighbor said he heard a big boom and felt the ground crash under his feet. in fact, some ski resorts will see more than a foot of snow today alone. we have team coverage tonight. >>> with ktvu reporters covering today's much needed rain. first to bill martin with how much rain the bay area got today. >> reporter: the morning commute was a mess as you know. we saw one to two inches of rain that continues to impact not just the bay area. over toward, working your way toward fremont. these showers moderate to heavy at times. up here toward vallejo, more scattered showers. driving was messy tonight. visibilities get reduced. these scatters showers like we're seeing over here down near fremont are going to continue throughout the evening hours. fremont getting pretty good rain right now. you can hear it coming down if you're out near the frem

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the brush fire started at 3:15 p.m.oon in a field close to power lines and firefighters are still working to knock down the flames. now to bill martin our chief meteorologist for the latest weather conditions. >> we have been watching the fire for a while. the winds are blowing west -- from the west. they are blowing the fire towards the water. blowing away from the town of pittsburg. there is your shots of the flames. dry brush. a marsh land. you see lots of green and you see lots of water in the area. it speaks to how -- there is a live picture. there is a helicopter making water drops. the fire is pretty much contained. we talked about it yesterday, warmest bay area -- california on record. third driest california on record. this is what you get. the first day of spring and you have a brush fire in a marsh land. shows you how dry conditions are. winds from the west. that means towards the east the fire is moving. towards the bay. the delta. with the winds light, temperatures in the low 70s. humidity is 30% it is not

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.we're hearing about the quick action of three high school seniors. rob roth is live now in san ramon with why they ran into the house and why they're now in trouble at school, rob. >> reporter: the latest word is the 94-year-old woman who lived in this fire ravaged home is in critical condition. but she is still alive thanks to three brave high school students and a neighbor. three seniors at california high school in san ramon forever linked by an act of heroism. >> we saw somebody that needed help so we helped them. >> reporter: three students peter cavariotes, peter and garren said they were in a car near by and went to the house. >> it was smoking, i never saw anything like that. >> reporter: they went to the backyard and saw a 71-year-old woman and they walk her to the front. but her mother was inside the burning home. they saw a neighbor who busted open the front door. >> they came up