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i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. hello. i'm dr. sheldon cooper, and welcome to the premiere episode of sheldon cooper presents: fun with flags. over the next 52 weeks, you and i are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology. hang on, dr. c. what's vexillology? vexillology is the study of flags. cool. i think i just learned something. did you have fun doing it? i'll say.
i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez...
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i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. . >> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman.et ready for great stories and the stories behind them. "right this minute." >> incredible new video of a nebraska tornado. >> before you know it the camera is right inside the storm. >> now see how outlaw storm chasers stay a step ahead of dangerous twisters. >> have you to really play it right to get many front of them. >>> a dad takes his daughter on a boat race. >> this should be fun for them. >> see why it is until it isn't. >>> an abandoned dog is found under a trailer. how a little
i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. . >> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman.et ready for great stories and the stories behind them. "right this minute." >> incredible new video of a nebraska tornado. >> before you know it the camera is right inside the storm. >> now see how outlaw storm chasers stay a step ahead of dangerous twisters. >> have you to really play it right to get many front of them. >>> a dad takes his daughter on a...
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frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie haener. a nationwide attack on trafficking of children for sex. three nights of sweep in the bay area rescued six children. >> when you think of human sex trafficking you think of elsewhere in the world but it exists live and well in cities across the country, including oakland. >> the fbi and law enforcement talked about the bust today announcing the arrests. ktvu's debora villalon was there. she in the news room with the challenges young victims face. >> reporter: you might think a teenager who is turning drinks would be relieved to be taken off the streets but those on the front line say it is not that simple. >> police probation, miami. >> reporter: thursday night in a hotel. a 16-year-old prostitute has come to this room. he is not a business man and she is being watched and monitored on hidden camera. >> i negotiate the price. make sure we have an agreement. >> reporter: always sad and surprised when the girl who knocks is so young. >> i don't have no -- no choice. i don't have no help.
frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie haener. a nationwide attack on trafficking of children for sex. three nights of sweep in the bay area rescued six children. >> when you think of human sex trafficking you think of elsewhere in the world but it exists live and well in cities across the country, including oakland. >> the fbi and law enforcement talked about the bust today announcing the arrests. ktvu's debora villalon was there. she in the news room with the challenges...
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frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. >>> developing news, amtrak is reporting delays because of a deadly accident in richmond. fire officials say a person was hit and killed by a southbound train coming into the amtrak station. this is video from news chopper 2. you can see investigators there at the scene. the train was close enough to the station to off load all passengers who were not hurt. the north bound track is operating. >>> fire crews on the scene of a grass fire on olhone college in fremont. news chopper 2 is live over head. you can see flames are burning right now. the fire burned 5 acres of that very dry grass land. we just saw crews citing back fires. that is what -- setting back fires. that is what that may be. olhone college is on mission boulevard and it is next to open space in the foothills off 680. crews are in the mop up stain right now. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin -- stage right now. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions right now. >> very dry conditions. over the last 24 hours, 36 hours, temperatures cooled off. s
frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. >>> developing news, amtrak is reporting delays because of a deadly accident in richmond. fire officials say a person was hit and killed by a southbound train coming into the amtrak station. this is video from news chopper 2. you can see investigators there at the scene. the train was close enough to the station to off load all passengers who were not hurt. the north bound track is operating. >>> fire crews on the scene of a...
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i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> news chopper 2 is over head as firefighters are trying to get the upper hand. the flames continue to burn through brush. the fire is burning that foot of mount hamilton. it broke out about 5:00 p.m. we have been watching as the fire burned two homes, leveled the homes, nothing left. we talked to melanie and she was telling us how the wind didn't seem to be a panther but the temperatures -- factor but the temperatures were warm. >> amber lee is on the scene as well. >> reporter: we are on the 13,000 block of clayton roads. look at the firefighters beyond the trees there. they are still trying to put out the fire, the rubble that is still burning. that is one of the homes that was destroyed. the second home is just behind that. here with me is the captain with the san jose fire department to bring us up to date. >> what we have is two homes that were called in, 2:22 p.m. this afternoon. 2 alarms. it spread into the it grass. we were able to surround that to keep it from spreading to other homes. right now we do have structure production goi
i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> news chopper 2 is over head as firefighters are trying to get the upper hand. the flames continue to burn through brush. the fire is burning that foot of mount hamilton. it broke out about 5:00 p.m. we have been watching as the fire burned two homes, leveled the homes, nothing left. we talked to melanie and she was telling us how the wind didn't seem to be a panther but the temperatures -- factor but the temperatures were warm....
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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. teachers unions are denouncing the judge's ruling today as a threat to their profession. but others say it's about time to end the tenure's program. ken wayne is live with the flaws the judge found unconstitutional. ken. >> reporter: there's a saying as california goes, so goes the nation. and there's no doubt the rest of the country is keeping a close eye on this ruling. the judge's ruling is a stunning set back for california's teacher unions. los angeles superior judge drew wrote, substantial evidence presented makes it clear to this court that the challenged statutes disproportionally affect poor and or minority students. you can find some of those students at dr. martin luther king jr. school in richmond. the principal here says the judge made the right call. >> i would go with the judge, yes. it is a good thing. you know. the goal is to find the most competent people for our students. >> they don't two to piedmont, they don't go to palo alto, they come here because of the fact t
good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. teachers unions are denouncing the judge's ruling today as a threat to their profession. but others say it's about time to end the tenure's program. ken wayne is live with the flaws the judge found unconstitutional. ken. >> reporter: there's a saying as california goes, so goes the nation. and there's no doubt the rest of the country is keeping a close eye on this ruling. the judge's ruling is a stunning set back...
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good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. state auditor record slams the agency created to help key you safe on the road. east bay state senator requested the audit following last year's deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. ktvu patty lee is live at sfo with the problems outlined in that state report. >> reporter: julie, if you ever catch an airport shuttle or hop on to a limousine you expect those carriers to be safe and some agency is keeping tabs, but this 45 page report out today says that is just not the case and the cpuc must make changes. after five women died trapped in this burning limousine in may of 2013, state auditors were called in. >> unfortunately five people had to die for them to take action. >> reporter: caught the horrifying scene with a cell phone camera images that still haunt him. the fire was ultimately blamed on mechanical failure. now the agency responsible for overseeing passenger transport vehicles in california has been found inadequate. >> they are not adequately ensuring the public is safe.
good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. state auditor record slams the agency created to help key you safe on the road. east bay state senator requested the audit following last year's deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. ktvu patty lee is live at sfo with the problems outlined in that state report. >> reporter: julie, if you ever catch an airport shuttle or hop on to a limousine you expect those carriers to be safe and some agency is keeping tabs, but this 45...
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. >> and i'm frank somerville. the people sometimes rob people. and police say they're seeing a pattern of these wildings and now they're ready to crack down. ken pritchett talked to police in san leandro on what they're doing to tack it will problem. >> reporter: these roving mobs, these wildings are using mass transit to move around then wreak havoc. now they will be followed by police all around the bay. the hayward b.a.r.t. station, a report of 60 teenagers gathered possibly heading north. waiting for them at the bay fair b.a.r.t. station. it's a new task force on wildings. >> it's a group of 10 and up to 150 who gather for the purposes of doing nothing but terrorizing people and intimidating others and committing other acts of crime. >> reporter: wilding is not new to the rest of the country. this is video of a mob of teens ransacking a convenience store in texas. back on may 9th in berkeley, hundreds of teens rambled through downtown some fighting and using pepper spray on other kids. san leandro police say there have been three wildings inc
. >> and i'm frank somerville. the people sometimes rob people. and police say they're seeing a pattern of these wildings and now they're ready to crack down. ken pritchett talked to police in san leandro on what they're doing to tack it will problem. >> reporter: these roving mobs, these wildings are using mass transit to move around then wreak havoc. now they will be followed by police all around the bay. the hayward b.a.r.t. station, a report of 60 teenagers gathered possibly...
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. >> reporter: good evening i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. crews are spanned out as they look for a little girl. about noon, the little girl walked away from her camp side. the search for ita rosshire is missing. >> reporter: more than 100 people with reinforcement still arriving. they had hoped to find this brown haired girl before dark. but that didn't happen. >> reporter: crime tape went up within a camp site where a family from new mexico had been relaxing on vacation. by afternoon, panic. >> we had a lot of people out here on the road shouting her name. >> reporter: shouts of ida were heard in the forest for hours. as her family searched before calling for help. search dogs are running with ida's scents. expanding out from the family's tent and the area she and her little brother had roamed all morning. playing with children from neighboring camp sites. ida may have taken off on a hunt. >> her family said she has a favorite water bottle which she thought she lost it. they had it. >> you couldn't tell anything bad had happened. >> reporte
. >> reporter: good evening i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. crews are spanned out as they look for a little girl. about noon, the little girl walked away from her camp side. the search for ita rosshire is missing. >> reporter: more than 100 people with reinforcement still arriving. they had hoped to find this brown haired girl before dark. but that didn't happen. >> reporter: crime tape went up within a camp site where a family from...
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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. this is really becoming a hotel where greed are growing and guests appear to be staying for free. near oakland airport with why the hotel was remodeled but never reopened, amber. >> reporter: we saw one private security guard here during the day but not tonight. and the securitygates are locked but neighbors tell me that doesn't stop people from coming in. graffiti is growing like weeds. >> you just don't let that happen. >> brian: it can get to the point where things get out of control and other main thing k- s happen here. >> reporter: neighbors tell me they've -- look closely, we caught one man on camera who ducked as soon as we saw him. neighbors say homeless living here can create a hazard. >> reporter: i'm wor -- >> i'm worried about a fire. >> reporter: workers say they were told the hotel renovate at one point. but the property was sold to a new owner last january. it was supposed to reopen in january, then march, now it's pushed to this fall. >> the people of oakland deserve
good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. this is really becoming a hotel where greed are growing and guests appear to be staying for free. near oakland airport with why the hotel was remodeled but never reopened, amber. >> reporter: we saw one private security guard here during the day but not tonight. and the securitygates are locked but neighbors tell me that doesn't stop people from coming in. graffiti is growing like weeds. >> you just don't let...
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. >> and i'm frank somerville. that judge was surprised to learn that his windows are not bullet-proof. >> reporter: luckily this building was empty when that bullet came flying through that second floor window. you can see the bullet home right there and that gunshot is adding urgency for a push for better security at federal facilities. courthouse security under fire after someone fired a shot that pierced a window of the federal courthouse in oakland. >> we're definitely concerned. >> reporter: agents with the federal protection service discovered the bullet during a check of the building. upon further inspection officials realize it passed through the chambers of u.s. district judge white. it went through a window, struck a microwave before coming to rest at the wall of the jury room. >> at this point we don't believe that any of the judges were targeted. >> reporter: instead they believe it was a stay bullet from a shoot out. still judge white says he hopes the administrative offices will step up and protect j
. >> and i'm frank somerville. that judge was surprised to learn that his windows are not bullet-proof. >> reporter: luckily this building was empty when that bullet came flying through that second floor window. you can see the bullet home right there and that gunshot is adding urgency for a push for better security at federal facilities. courthouse security under fire after someone fired a shot that pierced a window of the federal courthouse in oakland. >> we're definitely...
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frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie haener.ationwide attack on trafficking of children for sex. three nights of sweep in the bay area rescued six children. >> when you think of human sex trafficking you think of elsewhere in the world but it exists live and well in cities across the country, including oakland. >> the fbi and law enforcement talked about the bust today announcing the arrests. ktvu's debora villalon was there. she in the news room with the challenges young victims face. >> reporter: you might think a teenager who is turning drinks would be relieved to be taken off the streets but those on the front line say it is not that simple. >> police probation, miami. >>
frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie haener.ationwide attack on trafficking of children for sex. three nights of sweep in the bay area rescued six children. >> when you think of human sex trafficking you think of elsewhere in the world but it exists live and well in cities across the country, including oakland. >> the fbi and law enforcement talked about the bust today announcing the arrests. ktvu's debora villalon was there. she in the news room with the challenges...
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good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haenerment on the bottom of your screen we're updating the results of today's elections. but first new allegations against a second guard after ktvu obtained the video. >> reporter: we received the video this afternoon and the school district is filing a report with child protective services. the video starts with francisco smiling. francisco and the officer start fighting over control of the wheelchair. the sec guard steps in and francisco goes down to the floor. mitchell appears to kick him in the head. at one point you see both guards on top of francisco. >> he throws me to the corner of the elevator and grabs my chest. >> reporter: the video was released. mitchell appears to pull san francisco to the ground and beat him. the second guard has been identified as sholandra cotton. she's been placed on administrative lead. >> the video is agredious to begin with. there's no reason for an adult to react thislike this, in a violent manner. >> reporter: the attack on francisco martinez is appalling, says the francisco's attorney. they are co
good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haenerment on the bottom of your screen we're updating the results of today's elections. but first new allegations against a second guard after ktvu obtained the video. >> reporter: we received the video this afternoon and the school district is filing a report with child protective services. the video starts with francisco smiling. francisco and the officer start fighting over control of the wheelchair. the sec guard steps in and...
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good evening i'm ken wayne, frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener, the other crime mailome with federal charges. tonight2 investigates and ktvu's eric rasmussen reporting. >> reporter: a family member first contacted us when someone stole a custom made wedding dress off a neighbor's porch. we recognize what appears to be the same suspect when he popped up in another case just days later. >> reporter: police now say the man caught on this surveillance video in berkeley is 63-year-old derek france. cameras recorded someone with the same two tone ball cap and bike with baby trailer on the back. he first appeared with a package under his arm, minutes after this mail woman delivered it to a doorstep. but it's what happened next. >> i said why would he do something like that. >> reporter: that has this woman so upset. oblivious to the camera right in front of him the man rips open the box, he took an african wedding dress custom made in ethiopia. the future mother-in-law says it was similar to one she wore not easy to replace. >> reporter: what do you think of seeing that guy
good evening i'm ken wayne, frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener, the other crime mailome with federal charges. tonight2 investigates and ktvu's eric rasmussen reporting. >> reporter: a family member first contacted us when someone stole a custom made wedding dress off a neighbor's porch. we recognize what appears to be the same suspect when he popped up in another case just days later. >> reporter: police now say the man caught on this surveillance video in...
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i'm frank somerville. >> and i'll julie haener. tonight, a well known social media consultant is behind bars accused in an explosives probe. we get the details from jana katsuyama. live at crissy field, where police made that arrest tonight. >> reporter: julie, all of this was closed off, but san francisco police towed the car away after the bomb squad investigated it. videos of chamberlain being taken down. this is how the three day fbi manhunt for ryan chamberlain ended. san francisco police officers ordered chamberlain on the ground, handcuffing him. two officers had been on patrol, and spotted the white nissan altima. they ran the license plate, and confirmed it was the wanted car. an uber car parked nearby took video with his phone. >> i took a look at my window, saw there was an arrest being made. got out of the car, and started rolling film with my iphone. >> reporter: he says a wanted man called for help as officers took him away. >> i was rolling with my iphone. the cops said back away. the guy who was getting arrested loo
i'm frank somerville. >> and i'll julie haener. tonight, a well known social media consultant is behind bars accused in an explosives probe. we get the details from jana katsuyama. live at crissy field, where police made that arrest tonight. >> reporter: julie, all of this was closed off, but san francisco police towed the car away after the bomb squad investigated it. videos of chamberlain being taken down. this is how the three day fbi manhunt for ryan chamberlain ended. san...
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. >> and i'm frank somerville. homeland security found that bag outside city hall, as a police commission meeting was underway inside. the streets were closed off, and officers ordered everyone to stay a thousand feet away. the bag was pushed up against the driver's side door of a police car. ken pritchett is live on the scene tonight to tell us how it got therek and what was in it. >> reporter: we'll show you that bag in just a second. the police had good reason to be concerned. it was actually wedged up against the driver's side door. the result was a call to police, and much of civic center shut down for about an hour. look carefully at this san francisco police car. underneath it, propped up against the driver's side door is a bag. a leather bag. a suspicious sight, say police, especially given current events. >> cue to all the recent attacks on law enforcement across the nation and in canada, we talk precaution to make sure the officer was safe, as our officers. >> reporter: a homeland security police officer
. >> and i'm frank somerville. homeland security found that bag outside city hall, as a police commission meeting was underway inside. the streets were closed off, and officers ordered everyone to stay a thousand feet away. the bag was pushed up against the driver's side door of a police car. ken pritchett is live on the scene tonight to tell us how it got therek and what was in it. >> reporter: we'll show you that bag in just a second. the police had good reason to be concerned. it...
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. >> and i'm frank somerville. a man is found dead in his home. his wife and his children all missing. here is who is missing. >> reporter: friends of the man are describing him as hector ortiz. police are still trying to to piece together who would want him dead and why his wife and children are missing. what has happened leaving an empty feeling for manuel contr era s who casted oscar and kids as close family friends. >> he was so friendly with everybody. he was so friendly with everybody. he doesn't make trouble with anybody. >> reporter: he had divorced his wife alicia a few months ago. the relationship was strained. he only spoke to the kids mothers when she had visitation. >> the mother is gone. obviously that's some what suspicious. we haven't said she's a suspect in the case. she's someone who we need to locate. and make sure that she's okay, make sure the children are okay. >> reporter: police say shortly before 8:00 this morning, neighbors discovered oscar dead from a gunshot wound in a yard behind this home. he lived in a unit behind th
. >> and i'm frank somerville. a man is found dead in his home. his wife and his children all missing. here is who is missing. >> reporter: friends of the man are describing him as hector ortiz. police are still trying to to piece together who would want him dead and why his wife and children are missing. what has happened leaving an empty feeling for manuel contr era s who casted oscar and kids as close family friends. >> he was so friendly with everybody. he was so friendly...
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. >> and i am frank somerville. >> in february ktvu told you about how odometer fraud was on the risetonight had a camera rolling during a undercover sting and ktvu's eric rasmussen is here with what that investigation revealed. >> reporter: you can't tell if it has been tampered with by looking at the mileage but the dmv says half the cars had odometers that were rolled back or replaced. the owner of the deepertion sold a-- dealership sold one of the cars to an under cover investigator. >> reporter: anything to say for yourself? >> for what? >> reporter: are you rolling back the odometers? >> i don't know what you are talking about. >> reporter: that is hard to believe. moments before officers put him in handcuffs. 2 investigates reported him closing a deal. his customer an under cover investigator with the dmv, ready to pay
. >> and i am frank somerville. >> in february ktvu told you about how odometer fraud was on the risetonight had a camera rolling during a undercover sting and ktvu's eric rasmussen is here with what that investigation revealed. >> reporter: you can't tell if it has been tampered with by looking at the mileage but the dmv says half the cars had odometers that were rolled back or replaced. the owner of the deepertion sold a-- dealership sold one of the cars to an under cover...
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i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. so far it's been dumpsters and debris set ablaze. we've learned of eight fires in all. and with the firebug showing no signs of stopping, there are fears the fires will involve other targets. live in san francisco's soma neighborhood, where two more fires were set last night. >> reporter: right here, those two dumpsters behind me, they were set on fire. if you take a look, you can see just how close they are to this building. i've learned this is part of an escalating scene of fires in this neighborhood. a construction site. a real estate firm. flames have erupted in all of it. >> at nighttime, you don't know what's going on. >> with at least 8 suspicious fires in less than three weeks. >> someone thinks they're doing minimal damage by lighting some dump certificates on fire. obviously, it can lead to more. >> reporter: some have been dumpster fires, like the last two blazes last night. garbage was set on fire at first and folsom, and less than a block away. >> we believe those incidents are related. >> reporter: san francisco's arso
i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. so far it's been dumpsters and debris set ablaze. we've learned of eight fires in all. and with the firebug showing no signs of stopping, there are fears the fires will involve other targets. live in san francisco's soma neighborhood, where two more fires were set last night. >> reporter: right here, those two dumpsters behind me, they were set on fire. if you take a look, you can see just how close they are to this building. i've learned...
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i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> she was found dead inside the bath room of her homen livermore. now more than a decade later her neighborhood has been found guilty of second degree murder. prosecute -- second degree murder, prosecutors say he was high on meth when he strangled her. he claims she hit her head in the shower. eight years later he was arrested and today a jury found him guilty. ktvu's noelle walker was inside the courtroom and you spoke with the victim's family. >> reporter: i did. it took three days of deliberations but that is nothing compared to the number of years that her family waited for this day. >> reporter: they say the wheels of justice turn slowly but when they turn a corner the release of emotions come quickly. that is the father and daughter. she is almost as old now as her mother was when she was killed in 2002, found by her father
i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> she was found dead inside the bath room of her homen livermore. now more than a decade later her neighborhood has been found guilty of second degree murder. prosecute -- second degree murder, prosecutors say he was high on meth when he strangled her. he claims she hit her head in the shower. eight years later he was arrested and today a jury found him guilty. ktvu's noelle walker was inside the courtroom and you spoke with the...
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i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> that officer who is now on administrative leaveering her critics. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's mike mibach with what she had to say online. >> the school district told me it is -- its training is not good enough as students say they support the officers including one who just commented today online. >> today at oakland high school chatter about the videos and the two school security officers at the center hof investigation. -- of the investigation. >> tay talk to -- they talk to us and they do they job. they do they job. >> the school district fired her. last night she was suspected with pay. today on her facebook page we found a post that appears to answer criticism. it is crazy to me people with no jobs and never worked in their life could have the nerve to comment about what i do in situations on my job. the school district said they hire the officers directly. >>
i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> that officer who is now on administrative leaveering her critics. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's mike mibach with what she had to say online. >> the school district told me it is -- its training is not good enough as students say they support the officers including one who just commented today online. >> today at oakland high school chatter about the videos and the two school security officers at the center hof...
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. >> and i am frank somerville. julie has the night off. first we begin with developing news from the east bay. a man's body has been found and now his children and their mother are missing. police officers came to the house on 16th street before 8:00 a.m. this morning and found a man was shot to death inside. ktvu's amber lee is here where the search is on for the children and their mother. you just spoke with police. i just came out of a briefing with police. neighbors found the father shot dead in the home on the 1600 block of 16th street. police are treating this as a homicide investigation with the missing mom with three children. mom is 35 years old. children are 6 years old, 12 years old, and a two-year-old. police say they are not calling mom a suspect because they don't know what happened. mom does not live with the children and the father and the dad had custody of the chil
. >> and i am frank somerville. julie has the night off. first we begin with developing news from the east bay. a man's body has been found and now his children and their mother are missing. police officers came to the house on 16th street before 8:00 a.m. this morning and found a man was shot to death inside. ktvu's amber lee is here where the search is on for the children and their mother. you just spoke with police. i just came out of a briefing with police. neighbors found the father...
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frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener.s its final conclusions about what went wrong when asiana's boeing 777 slammed into the sea wall killing three people and injuring 187 others. federal investigators say the pilots relied too heavily on automated controls and didn't realize how low or slow the lane was going until -- the plane was going until it was too late. they turned off an automatic speed control and the planes controls were so automated they were too confusing. two of the three girls who died were not swearing their seat belts when the plane crash. the ntsb also found room for improvement more notably in the case of young girl who was run over because she was left on the tarmac and not properly triages. >> we have live team coverage, john fowler spent the day looking at how pilot training could change because of this. but first david stevenson on the lessons for first responders, david. >> reporter: yeah, ke
frank somerville is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener.s its final conclusions about what went wrong when asiana's boeing 777 slammed into the sea wall killing three people and injuring 187 others. federal investigators say the pilots relied too heavily on automated controls and didn't realize how low or slow the lane was going until -- the plane was going until it was too late. they turned off an automatic speed control and the planes controls were so automated they were too confusing. two...
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. >> i'm frank somerville. another bay area bridge, another problem. this time, it's it's new carkena's bridge, the problem and how that problem might impact other bridges as well. >> reporter: frank, the problem is over on actually the other side on the vallejo side of the newer span of the bridge, and caltrains basely announced today they found cracked and broken parts in the seismic joint. caltran says an inspection on may 15 uncovered the problem on the newer part of the bridge. seismic joints absorbed movement, and had been under scrutiny, when crews first noticed a clanking sound on the northern joint from an offcenter pin. they discovered parts of the northern joint were cracked, and off center. one of the joint's 90 pivot pins is damaged, and has slipped off its bearing. also a plastic stirrup is cracked. crews installed temporary wood pieces to stabilize the joint. a spokesman says there is no safety risk for drivers. two other bay area bridges have similar problems. >> there is a similar design on the martinez bridge. >> reporter: those bridge
. >> i'm frank somerville. another bay area bridge, another problem. this time, it's it's new carkena's bridge, the problem and how that problem might impact other bridges as well. >> reporter: frank, the problem is over on actually the other side on the vallejo side of the newer span of the bridge, and caltrains basely announced today they found cracked and broken parts in the seismic joint. caltran says an inspection on may 15 uncovered the problem on the newer part of the bridge....
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frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. 10 fires and all considered suspicious. firefighters are asking for help before someone gets hurt. the fires have been clustered in two areas, eight in the south side of the city. police have arrested teenagers but since then two other fires have been sparked out in a park. ken wayne has more where a fire hit close to home. >> reporter: you can see behind me the blackened area where these two fires burned had it not been for this fire break, this barren area and quick work of firefighters it's easy to see how homes could have been lost. >> reporter: this is video of livermore's latest suspicious fire shot yesterday. after firefighters had knocked it down. a day later, livermore pleasanton firefighters were still taking care of hot spots and the fire, still the talk within neighbors. >> it easily traveled 300 or 400 feet within minutes. >> reporter: rayback called 911 on what was the second fire of the day. both started within hours of each other and almost the same spot. >> there were no other obvious causes other than bein
frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. 10 fires and all considered suspicious. firefighters are asking for help before someone gets hurt. the fires have been clustered in two areas, eight in the south side of the city. police have arrested teenagers but since then two other fires have been sparked out in a park. ken wayne has more where a fire hit close to home. >> reporter: you can see behind me the blackened area where these two fires burned had it not been for...
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i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> news chopper 2 is over head as firefighters are tryingper hand. the flames continue to burn through brush. the fire is burning that foot of mount hamilton. it broke out about 5:00 p.m. we have been watching as the fire burned two homes, leveled the homes, nothing left. we talked to melanie and she was telling us how the wind didn't seem to be a panther but the temperatures -- factor but the temperatures were warm.
i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> news chopper 2 is over head as firefighters are tryingper hand. the flames continue to burn through brush. the fire is burning that foot of mount hamilton. it broke out about 5:00 p.m. we have been watching as the fire burned two homes, leveled the homes, nothing left. we talked to melanie and she was telling us how the wind didn't seem to be a panther but the temperatures -- factor but the temperatures were warm.
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. >> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> just around the corner from a string of popular restaurants. neighbors tell us the area is symptomatic of a growing crime problem. new at 10:00, ktvu's heather holmes is live. >> reporter: this is the same area dealing with a rash of car break-ins, and now this. this mugging might have had an entirely different outcome had a stranger not stepped up. a young woman with a bandage wrapped around her head. the victim of a brutal mugging in oakland. >> two of them had like huddled over this woman, and like flowing fists. >> reporter: maya somer had just finished having a delayed father's day dinner with her father. they came across the disturbing scene. >> the first thing i did was to shout as powerfully as i could. no, stop, get away. >> reporter: mark summer told me years ago, he had witnessed a similar attack and said nothing out of fear for his own safety. this evening, he found the courage to speak up. >> what if it had been my daughter? so i really feel glad that this time i didn't withhold. >> reporter: the two robbers then ran down shaddic
. >> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> just around the corner from a string of popular restaurants. neighbors tell us the area is symptomatic of a growing crime problem. new at 10:00, ktvu's heather holmes is live. >> reporter: this is the same area dealing with a rash of car break-ins, and now this. this mugging might have had an entirely different outcome had a stranger not stepped up. a young woman with a bandage wrapped around her head. the victim of a brutal mugging...
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frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. >>> developing news, amtrak is reporting delays becausef a deadly accident in richmond. fire officials say a person was hit and killed by a southbound train coming into the amtrak station. this is video from news chopper 2. you can see investigators there at the scene. the train was close enough to the station to off load all passengers who were not hurt. the north bound track is operating. >>> fire crews on the scene of a grass fire on olhone college in fremont. news chopper 2 is live over head. you can see flames are burning right now. the fire burned 5 acres of that very dry grass land. we just saw crews ci
frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. >>> developing news, amtrak is reporting delays becausef a deadly accident in richmond. fire officials say a person was hit and killed by a southbound train coming into the amtrak station. this is video from news chopper 2. you can see investigators there at the scene. the train was close enough to the station to off load all passengers who were not hurt. the north bound track is operating. >>> fire crews on the scene of a...
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good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm heather holmes. and police say they know who did it they just need help finding him. amber lee is at the cvs where the crime took place. is it true the victim didn't even weigh 100 pounds. >> reporter: that's what family tells us. she is frail and uses a walker to get around. they tell me she is improving. the attack happened right outside the cvs car. police showed ktvu news this survey listens video of the white 1992 toyota camera moments after the carjacking. what the video doesn't show is this vicious attack before the suspect stole the 89-year-old victim's purse and drove away in her car. >> he punched her, literally pulled her from her car. causing her some serious injuries. >> reporter: police called the attack brazen and heartless. the victim a mother and grandmother had just purchased medication from the cvs pharmacy and had walked out to her car. it was parked right by the store's front door. a friend who visited her today tells us what happened. >> and this man punched her in the face. so
good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm heather holmes. and police say they know who did it they just need help finding him. amber lee is at the cvs where the crime took place. is it true the victim didn't even weigh 100 pounds. >> reporter: that's what family tells us. she is frail and uses a walker to get around. they tell me she is improving. the attack happened right outside the cvs car. police showed ktvu news this survey listens video of the white 1992 toyota camera...
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frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. late word of an arrest in the last 40 minutes in san francisco with a series of arsons south of market. heather holmes broke this story about the search for a firebug exactly one week ago tonight, and she's live in the city with the word of the arrest. >> reporter: the suspect has been arrested. he is the man seen in those surveillance videos, and pictures we showed right here on the 10:00 news just last night. he has yet to be identified, but i'm told police will be giving more details sometime tomorrow. as we were first to report last week on this string of arsons, this suspect has been connected to at least a dozen fires. occupy buildings and dumpsters. julie, this has obviously kept the san francisco fire department's arson unit extremely busy over the past few weeks. this has been their top priority. during my reporting, i have learned this has been a unit that has all but been eliminated. efforts are underway to try to bring back this unit to full force. >> restoring funding
frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. late word of an arrest in the last 40 minutes in san francisco with a series of arsons south of market. heather holmes broke this story about the search for a firebug exactly one week ago tonight, and she's live in the city with the word of the arrest. >> reporter: the suspect has been arrested. he is the man seen in those surveillance videos, and pictures we showed right here on the 10:00 news just last night. he has yet to...
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i'm frank somerville. >> and i'll julie haener. tonight, a well known social media consultant is behind bars accused in an explosives probe. we get the details from jana katsuyama. live at crissy field, where police made that arrest tonight. >> reporter: julie, all of this was closed off, but san francisco police towed the car away after the bomb squad investigated it. videos of chamberlain being taken down. this is how the three day fbi manhunt for ryan chamberlain ended. san francisco police officers ordered chamberlain on the ground, handcuffing him. two officers had been on patrol, and spotted the white nissan altima. they ran the license plate, and confirmed it was the wanted car. an uber car parked nearby took video with his phone. >> i took a look at my window, saw there was an arrest being made. got out of the car, and started rolling film with my iphone. >> reporter: he says a wanted man called for help as officers took him away. >> i was rolling with my iphone. the cops said back away. the guy who was getting arrested loo
i'm frank somerville. >> and i'll julie haener. tonight, a well known social media consultant is behind bars accused in an explosives probe. we get the details from jana katsuyama. live at crissy field, where police made that arrest tonight. >> reporter: julie, all of this was closed off, but san francisco police towed the car away after the bomb squad investigated it. videos of chamberlain being taken down. this is how the three day fbi manhunt for ryan chamberlain ended. san...
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. >> and i am frank somerville. >> julie haener is off tonight.s last hour after the fbi got word of a possible sighting of hillary of -- of ryan chamberlain. he was spotted two miles from his home that was searched over the weekend by the fbi, hazmat and san francisco police. ktvu's jana katsuyama live now with late developments. >> reporter: we are getting a lot of new information that is coming enabout the possible sight -- in about the possibility sighting. the fbi trying to find ryan chamberlain after explosive materials were found in his apartment over the weekend. we have ben talking with an -- been talking with an fbi agent who said they received a tip that ryan chamberlain was spotted 2:00 p.m. this afternoon in san francisco. we are told he was at the mad dog in the fog in the lower haight. fbi agents are in the area now looking for any trace of him. this was
. >> and i am frank somerville. >> julie haener is off tonight.s last hour after the fbi got word of a possible sighting of hillary of -- of ryan chamberlain. he was spotted two miles from his home that was searched over the weekend by the fbi, hazmat and san francisco police. ktvu's jana katsuyama live now with late developments. >> reporter: we are getting a lot of new information that is coming enabout the possible sight -- in about the possibility sighting. the fbi trying...
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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.achers unions are denouncing the judge's ruling today as a threat to their profession. but others say it's about time to end the tenure's program. ken wayne is live with the flaws the judge found unconstitutional.
good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.achers unions are denouncing the judge's ruling today as a threat to their profession. but others say it's about time to end the tenure's program. ken wayne is live with the flaws the judge found unconstitutional.
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. >> and i'm frank somerville. the fatal shot came from inside the car. new at 10:00, azmeth smith is live where that accident happened last week, and the other passengers in the car told police it was all an accident, azenith. >> reporter: so far no arrests has been made. the family has no idea what led up to the city here at this intersection. their son armando carranza said he was going todd movies movies -- going to the movies. the next thing they know, they were getting a visit from the coroner's office. >> sure enough i read it and it said coroner's office, i said no. i love him so much and, just knowing he's not at the house anymore, not seeing his face. this is like the longest i've not seen him. >> reporter: last thursday, just after midnight, carranza was a passenger in the car with three other men believed to be his friend. a handgun in the car went off. carronzo was dropped off at the hospital. >> at this point it seems like they may have been handling the gun and they did not know the gun was loaded. >> reporter: it's not believed that it was
. >> and i'm frank somerville. the fatal shot came from inside the car. new at 10:00, azmeth smith is live where that accident happened last week, and the other passengers in the car told police it was all an accident, azenith. >> reporter: so far no arrests has been made. the family has no idea what led up to the city here at this intersection. their son armando carranza said he was going todd movies movies -- going to the movies. the next thing they know, they were getting a visit...
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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we showed you the fire fight live on ktvu news at 5:00 and 6:00. tonight firefighters have controlled this blaze that destroyed several structures in fairfield after jumping a freeway at the cordelia junction. a battalion chief tallied the damage for us. four sheds and a garage were lost to the flames along with three homes. we get the developing news tonight from debora villalon. she's live near the intersection of interstate 80 and 680 where the first report of this fire came in just about 4:00 this afternoon. why did this fire get out of control so fast? >> reporter: essentially in one word it was the wind. the wind was just whipping for hours out here. right now it's pretty much just mop up. you can see pg & e back there. they are restoring pole that is were destroyed by this ferocious fire. fires consuming several buildings on its marchest. a battalion chief described the early going -- on its march east. >> they're trying to find some place to hold it. >> reporter: holding it pr
good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we showed you the fire fight live on ktvu news at 5:00 and 6:00. tonight firefighters have controlled this blaze that destroyed several structures in fairfield after jumping a freeway at the cordelia junction. a battalion chief tallied the damage for us. four sheds and a garage were lost to the flames along with three homes. we get the developing news tonight from debora villalon. she's live near the intersection of...
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good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.itor record slams the agency created to help key you safe on the road. east bay state senator requested the audit following last year's deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. ktvu patty lee is live at sfo with the problems outlined in that state report. >> reporter: julie, if you ever catch an airport shuttle or hop on to a limousine you expect those carriers to be safe and some agency is keeping tabs, but this 45 page report out today says that is just not the case and the cpuc must make changes. after five women died trapped in this burning limousine in may of 2013, state auditors were called in. >> unfortunately five people had to die for them to take action. >> reporter: caught the horrifying scene with a cell phone camera images that still haunt him. the fire
good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.itor record slams the agency created to help key you safe on the road. east bay state senator requested the audit following last year's deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. ktvu patty lee is live at sfo with the problems outlined in that state report. >> reporter: julie, if you ever catch an airport shuttle or hop on to a limousine you expect those carriers to be safe and some agency is keeping tabs, but this 45 page report...
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. >> and i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. >>> breaking news out of marin county, where a 9-old girl is missing. news chopper 2 was overhead, as search crews scoured samuel p taylor park. authorities say the girl is vacationing here with her family from new mexico. she is said to have walked away from a camp site where she and her family are staying. that was around 12:15 this afternoon, and she hasn't been seen since. her name is ida rothschild. more than 80 people are scouring camp sites on the ground and by air, looking for any sign of the girl. the search becomes more urgent as each hour passes and the sun begins to set. we'll, of course, keep you updated on any developments as they happen. >>> new at 6:00, private security close by, but not enough to prevent some recent violent crimes in oakland. at least two robberies in broad daylight this week have some questioning the effectiveness of private security paid by residents to patrol their neighborhoods. ktvu's eric rasmussen heard from both sides of the debate today, live now in oakland with the recent crimes raising con
. >> and i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. >>> breaking news out of marin county, where a 9-old girl is missing. news chopper 2 was overhead, as search crews scoured samuel p taylor park. authorities say the girl is vacationing here with her family from new mexico. she is said to have walked away from a camp site where she and her family are staying. that was around 12:15 this afternoon, and she hasn't been seen since. her name is ida rothschild. more than 80 people are...