i'm gasia mikaelian. this is bay area news at 7:00. neighbors said they could hardly see the flame, but a house fire proved deadly for an east bay woman and her two dogs. live with sandy andrew. >> reporter: gasia, it might have helped save a life. the holiday on broadmoor boulevard is ending an a sad note. neighbor edward a most was just waking up while the house across the street quietly burned. >> smoke came out of the front part of the house and you could see what was coming out probably, but you didn't see any flames. >> reporter: tonight it's hard to tell there was a fire here. the house is in tact. she died when her house filled with smoke. two dogs died in the fire too. the home did not have working smoke alarm. >> it's always to make sure that you have the appropriate amount of smoke detectors in your home and you change the batteries on a regular basis. >> did you have any smoke alarm? >> he didn't know until we asked him to check. >> needs a battery. >> reporter: according to the national fire prevention association, two-thi

. >>> good evening, it is friday december 16th i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> a judge says the state failed to give proper consideration to an alternative consideration for the death penalty. executions have been on hold now for years. >> reporter: this 9 page ruling effectively resets the death penalty clock. it means the state has to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new procedure to conduct executions here. >> reporter: prisoners doing time on death row bought a little more time before any of them might see the inside of the prison's new death chamber. the clock stopped today right here in supreme court division e. the judge struck down the state's newly adopted lethal injection procedure. >> the department of correction and rehabilitation had done this right the first time we would not be here. >> the judge's ruling says, in part, that they did not give enough consideration to an alternative to california's 3- drug lethal injection. currently two states use a 1- drug injection. >> the 3-drug creates a risk that the inmate will be suffering pai

. >>> geech, it is thursday december 15th, i'm gasia mikaelian, this is -- good evening, it is thursday december 15th, i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> a man was working on a tour bus and was beneath the bus when it somehow rolled on top of him. it is our top story at 7:00 tonight. john susoki has been looking into it. he is this at the edge of the bay view district to tell you what he has learned, john? >> reporter: gasia this is is the bus line on the other side of this fence. you can see crime tape around the charter bus that killed a man this morning. >> reporter: we were not allowed on the property but just before noon investigators say a man was working on that bus. he was lying on the ground underneath it and somehow it appeared to roll off of riser and on to that worker. >> all we have a male victim. i don't have abage or where the victim is from. >> reporter: this yard is home to cally party bus and lucky tours. no one would tell us which company the man worked for and no one could say how it happened. >> failure on what the bus was on, mechanical failure

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here's gasia mikaelian. >> it is something that's on my mind because of the anniversary of the earthquake at the loma prieta earthquake and the earthquakes that have been happening all over the world. i figure our time is coming back. >> earthquake has messed with everyone's mind. the biggest issue for us is the lack of warning. >> reporter: cynthia speaks for the red cross. >> for people it could be days to months and years. >> it's a total disaster after earthquake they're not the same. once you survive it you will have a lot more problems to go through. >> during the response time, the faa has changed the recommendation that you have threeive i'm looking at more from five to seven days. >> most victims to go to a free safe project. >> there are the tpáeur sreus where -- there are the first steps, then you have the honey moon stage. but that disillusion, that this is going to be like this for a while. >> reporter: they have personnel to provide the most important aid, piece of mind. >> to talk about the potentiallies that are protected. to help them greed as well as the resources on how

there is the wind advisory, 40 miles per hour, again, gasia mikaelian, i gave you the current amounts, 35 miles per hour in the oakland hills. the significance here is that this is going to last about 12- miles longer than the wind events do. we'll see power outages throughout the bay area, we'll see more, back in the forecast in just a bit. >>> thank you, keep in mind that the coverage of the strong wind continues on line. go to our website at ktvu.com. and look at the hot topics with links to the storm tracker two. >>> and a man who police say deliberately ran down a fireman in san francisco is behind bars tonight. 22 the 22-year-old held for the murder of a firefighter. the investigators say the two men argued at a jack-in-the-box on thanksgiving, and that escobar ran him down later. last week he was spotted in north beach. >> another police officer who works patrol saw the surveillance video out in the media and so forth. and he recognized it. he actually saw him earlier that night. >> he faces charges of attempted murder and assault charges as well. they are still searching for h

. >> reporter: well gasia mikaelian it was several investigations that were currently happening. the uc davis chancellor didn't talk specifics about what happened during the pepper spray incident. but she said if given the chance to live to day over again, police would not have moved in on the protesters. it was 15 seconds of video that raised many questions, why was force used? was it excessive? the chancellor testified before lawmakers in sacramento that she was shocked by this image captured on november 18th, but denied it was her call. >> did i direct the police to use pepper spray? and the answer is no. did i direct the police to use force? and the answer is no. >> reporter: several investigations are now under way as to what happened and who, if anyone, ordered the use of pepper spray. >> you suggested that you give this power to a vice chancellor to oversee police, did she authorize the use of pepper spray or force? >> that is something i cannot speak to this. obviously, the investigation will bring this forward. >> reporter: an attorney with the aclu testified that uc dav

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it is friday, december 9th i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> the authorities say it only took a minute for thieves to break into a best buy store, steal a couple hundred ipads and make a get away moments before the deputies arrived. the break in happened at the best buy in san carlos and was captured on video. we explain why the authorities are warning holiday shoppers. >> reporter: you can see from the video these two thieves walked into this best buy last night focused. >> they were very efficient. got in, got the stuff. knew where they were going and what they wanted. >> reporter: and they did not waste a second. from the moment the detectives say the thieves pried open the roll up door using a floor jack within a minute they were gone. >> it was no questions, it looked well performed, choreographed and they were in and out of there almost before the alarm sounded. >> reporter: and still had time to roll out a wrack filled with 200 to 300ipads. the thieves struck just before midnight. not stuff holiday tales are made of. >> shocker. you are not supposed to be s

. >>> it is friday december 2nd, i'm frank summerville, gasia mikaelian is off tonight. this is bay area at 7:00. >>> this month's unemployment numbers are better. national unemployment for november fell to 8.9%. 120,000 new jobs were add in november. 8.6 is the lowest the unemployment rate has been since march 2009. how is that translating for bay area job seekers? in our top story at 7:00. we are at a construction site that should boost the economy, john? >> reporter: frank, that building behind me is a business that is set to generate hundreds of new jobs, called casino matrix. within weeks some of the unemployed will be employed in the gaming industry. >> reporter: it is going up near the airport. set to open february 1st and employ 270 people. the owner toldy me by phone all of the makers will make between $40 and $70,000 a year including tips that is jackpot for people out of work. >> i thought i was going to find a job sooner. i have been through this several times now. in the past five years. >> reporter: this is a work to feature a 1-stop center. it features 100

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i'm maureen naler, gasia mikaelian is off tonight. >>> a fire nearly engulfed an entire apartment fire today. it broke out before noon at the building of corner of pierce street and golden gate avenue in the western eddiedition neighborhood. 150 -- addition neighborhood. 150 firefighters fought the flames in three buildings, some on top of the roof. three firefighters and one resident were treated for minor injuries. >> windy conditions, hills, separation, the buildings are attached. if you dope make an aggressive attack you are likely to lose the entire block. firefighters say all of the 36 tenants were able to get out okay. the firefighters effort had one unexpected impact on neighbors. john s is usoki joins us -- john susoki joins us with what people are finding in their water supply. >> there was a huge attack from the firefighters that led to a weight on the water. it served up muddy water for residents. in the video you can see a lone firefighter on top of a ladder dumping water on a building. if you look closely the water has a brown color. it obviously looks different than the

it is thursday december 8th, i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> there is a grinch on the loose in contra costa county. a theft stole several hundreds of dollars of christmas gifts from a single mom. the police have is a warning from the police. >> reporter: christmas is 17 days away. crooks are out in forth looking for people with shopping bags left in cars. we met a woman this afternoon that learned it the hard way. >> reporter: kerry has had a rough week. >> i don't know if i will get in here you guys. >> reporter: yesterday she discovered someone broken into her trunk and stolen most of the gifts she bout her 6-year- old twins. >> it takes a minute for it to register and then it is like holy, you know what. my bags are gone. >> reporter: even her son's baseball bag, containing bats and glove were taken. >> saved over a long period of time, $10 here and there. and you know it is gone. it is just gone because of somebody's selfishness. >> reporter: this crime happened near her home in crockit. the police say 'tis the season for property crimes, especialliy in shop

i'm in for gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> a man is under arrest accused of running an unlicensed clinic in san tranny's mission district. the district attorney says he posed as a doctor and used a real doctor's name to prey on at least one patient. it is our top story at 7:00. jay her tphapb dez is live in the city with why the da says the victim's story needs to be heard -- her -- jade her tphapb dez is live in the city with why the da says the victim's story needs to be heard. jade? >> reporter: yes, he prayed on the ethnic community where he operated the doctor's office t. is like any other in the mission. >> he has a store front, he looked legitimate. he had business cards,. >> reporter: that authenticity and the bargain onbasement price of a liposuction about a third of the cost sucked in one woman. >> while the anesthesia was waiting to, who. he was smoking a cigar, offered her a cigarette and she held her own iv bag acting as an a sift ant during her surgery. at today's news conference they explained the woman's infected insession led to reconstructive surger

i'm gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> governor brown is getting a victory to shore up the state budget. in a unanimous decision the court found that the governor and lawmakers had the right to eliminate 400 local redevelopment agencies. the governor argued that move will save california $1.7 billion and it invalidated a plan to allow them to remain in place if they pay the state a porg of their tax revenue. they say they will be able to finish projects in the pipeline but future construction is in doubt. >> anything that we don't have a contract for we are not allowed to make new decisions. >> governor browned today's decision guarantees more than $1 billion for california schools and public safety. >>> now, san jose and other cities sued the state to try to stop it from raiding the redevelopment funds. they will need to find other funding to salvage development projects. >> reporter: nanciy just moved her family into the new brickwood terrace apartments an affordable complex. >> did you save moneyy by moving here? >> yes, i did. yes, i saved a lot of money moving h

i am gasia mikaelian. julie haener and frank somerville are off tonight. >> i am mike mibach.isco" was raided this morning and protesters are gathering near justin herman plaza to discuss their next steps. ktvu's patty lee has the story. >> this is not what happened last night. >> reporter: protesters started gathering at noon today to decide the next steps to take. >> there will be a lot in a lot of places. in justin herman plaza or wherever. >> they spilled on to market street where officers were lined up incase of trouble. the group marched several times throughout the afternoon and around 3:00 a protesters placed a chair in the mild of market street. he was arrested long with several others. occupiers who were arrested during the morning raid on justin herman plaza. >> i have no belongings, no

i am gasia mikaelian. >> and i am frank somerville.monday, thousands of bargain hunters have been out there day. making this one of the busiest shopping days of the year. ktvu's janine de la vega is out with the crowds to tell us there are very good deals out there. >> reporter: frank, it is so crowded out here at the west

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian, julie haener is off tonight. two people are hospitalized tonight after a small plane crashed at concord buchanan field. we learned the pilot had just taken off then radioed the tower that he needed to make an emergency landing. >> reporter: gasia, it didn't take long at all for this pilot to realize he had a major problem just after take off. he contacted air traffic control and told them he had an emergency. he turned the plane around and headed for one of these open runways but missed. take off trouble for a pilot at buchanan field in concord and this is the result. a single engine navian nose first north of the one of airports runways. the pilot and passenger injured. just after take off around 3:30 this afternoon, the pilot declared an emergency. tried to make it back to the airport and crashed. take a look at these pictures from news chopper 2. you can see the small plane came to rest near the runway just yards from highway 4. firefighters pulled the pilot and male passenger out of the wrecked plane. both su

. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian. the paddle debate became a hot seat for embattled oakland major jean quan. debra villalon live in the city who tell us it didn't take long before tonight's issues started to deteriorate. >> reporter: that's right, commonwealth forums are usually very quiet but today they had to threw some people out. what now? what next? but they were barely seated before quan became a target. >> we're no longer asking for your permission, to tolerate or not tolerate anything. >> reporter: pent up anger over the tear down of the camp. >> i was there when the tear gas happened. >> reporter: hostility from fellow panelists and the audience. >> what the nation saw was the few seconds when a group of anarchists, a small group broke into buildings and started setting fires. >> reporter: throughout minutes of so called mic checks, quan sat quietly. then several people were escorted out. >> we came in here under good terms. >> reporter: but on it went, members of the audience shouting lie kwrar and standing

good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm frank somerville. a packed house tonight after two sexual assaults in san francisco's mission district. new at 10:00, ktvu's heather holmes live at st. james church where hundreds showed up to hear how investigators planned to catch that attacker. >> reporter: police said they are saturating the 27th street corridor, and announced the $25,000 reward. last week, she didn't give a thought to walking her neighborhood alone, now she doesn't go out without her 100- pound dog. >> i have a neighbor who has a smaller dog who is borrowing my dog so she can walk him also. >> reporter: they made donations to help the two women recover. >> i couldn't give much, but i gave what i could. >> reporter: san francisco police say solving these cases is a priority. take a look. this is new surveillance footage of the suspected attacker, taken after thursday's incident. watch as he turns away when he notices the camera. >> the victim wants all women to be aware of this crime. >> reporter: a friend of thursday's victim. the

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian, julie haener is off tonight. two people are hospitalized tonight after a small plane crashed at concord buchanan field. we learned the pilot had just taken off then radioed the tower that he needed to make an emergency landing. >> reporter: gasia, it didn't take long at all for this pilot to realize he had a major problem just after take off. he contacted air traffic control and told them he had an emergency. he turned the plane around and headed for one of these open runways but missed. take off trouble for a pilot at buchanan field in concord and this is the result. a single engine navian nose first north of the one of airports runways. the pilot and passenger injured. just after take off around 3:30 this afternoon, the pilot declared an emergency. tried to make it back to the airport and crashed. take a look at these pictures from news chopper 2. you can see the small plane came to rest near the runway just yards from highway 4. firefighters pulled the pilot and male passenger out of the wrecked plane. both su

good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. julia haener is off tonight. >> i'm frank somerville. by all accounts, it was a frightening hit and run today. officers were looking for a woman when she spotted them, then took off, hitting an innocent pedestrian as she fled. live at highland hospital tonight with exclusive information about the driver, including her picture. heather? >> reporter: frank, her name is erica rojo. police say she was so desperate to avoid getting caught today, she put innocent people at risk, including an oakland grandfather who is being treated tonight here at highland hospital. >> a side mirror ripped from an suv. an electrical junction box separated from its mounting enthusiasm is the aftermath of a hit-and-run in oakland. >> she's wanted for two felony warrants. once for auto theft, and one for drug charges. >> reporter: looking to serve those warrant this is afternoon. free month police tracked her. before officers moved in. rojo realized cops were on her tail, and took off. >> an suv coming down the sidewalk. she came to the curb right here, jumped th

gasia mikaelian. >>> federal prosecutors filed papers late tonight calling on a judge to send barry bondsn. the they want bonds sentenced to 15 months in prison for his conviction of obstruction of justice involving a sports doping investigation. sentencing is set for a week from today. bonds defense lawyers are asking that he get probation and possibly home confinement. >>> if authorities have their way, a group of suspected gang members will spend the night behind bars. five suspects remain at large. the raids are part of a seven month investigation into what gilroy police say is one of the most active gangs in the community. >>> california governor jerry brown is warning voters that there will be consequences if they reject his proposed ballot measure to raise taxes. in a tweet issued by brown's office the governor said if tacks don't pass there will be a hole that will trigger further cuts. the governor's plan would raise income taxes on the wealthy and boost the states sales tax by a half percent. if the governor's plan gets if the governor's plan gets enough votes, it will [ male an

. >>> good evening i'm gasia mikaelian in for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. justice delayed for 20 years, but tonight a victim's family very relieved. debra villalon live at the contra costa county jail with details of a cold case that is no longer. >> reporter: in this jail tonight sits raymond vong who was always the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend in 1999. but it took a savvy customs agent to finally nab him. alice sims was a 21-year-old college student and new mother when her boyfriend reported her missing. he became the focus when sims remains were found in the nevada desert. a failed lie detector test and a big insurance policy on her. but it wasn't until today that raymond wong now 40 face adjudge and showed no emotion arranged for murder. >> he is a very cocky, somebody i would consider arrogant individual. and i believe that for years he's thought he's gotten away with this. >> reporter: originally wong fled his pinol home for canada and more recently china. but a child pornography wrap tripped him up. a customs agent apprehended him as

. >>> good evening i'm gasia mikaelian in for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. justice delayed for 20 years, but tonight a victim's family very relieved. debra villalon live at the contra costa county jail with details of a cold case that is no longer. >> reporter: in this jail tonight sits raymond vong who was always the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend in 1999. but it took a savvy customs agent to finally nab him. alice sims was a 21-year-old college student and new mother when her boyfriend reported her missing. he became the focus when sims remains were found in the nevada desert. a failed lie detector test and a big insurance policy on her. but it wasn't until today that raymond wong now 40 face adjudge and showed no emotion arranged for murder. >> he is a very cocky, somebody i would consider arrogant individual. and i believe that for years he's thought he's gotten away with this. >> reporter: originally wong fled his pinol home for canada and more recently china. but a child pornography wrap tripped him up. a customs agent apprehended him as

gasia mikaelian. >>> federal prosecutors filed papers late tonight calling on a judge to send barry bondsto prison. the they want bonds sentenced to 15 months in prison for his conviction of obstruction of justice involving a sports doping investigation. sentencing is set for a week from today. bonds defense lawyers are asking that he get probation and possibly home confinement. >>> if authorities have their way, a group of suspected gang members will spend the night behind bars. five suspects remain at large. the raids are part of a seven month investigation into what gilroy police say is one of the most active gangs in the community. >>> california governor jerry brown is warning voters that there will be consequences if they reject his proposed ballot measure to raise taxes. in a tweet issued by brown's office the governor said if tacks don't pass there will be a hole that will trigger further cuts. the governor's plan would raise income taxes on the wealthy and boost the states sales tax by a half percent. if the governor's plan gets enough votes, it will go into effect next month. >>

good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm frank somerville. a packed house tonight after two sexual assaults in san francisco's mission district. new at 10:00, ktvu's heather holmes live at st. james church where hundreds showed up to hear how investigators planned to catch that attacker. >> reporter: police said they are saturating the 27th street corridor, and announced the $25,000 reward. last week, she didn't give a thought to walking her neighborhood alone, now she doesn't go out without her 100- pound dog. >> i have a neighbor who has a smaller dog who is borrowing my dog so she can walk him also. >> reporter: they made donations to help the two women recover. >> i couldn't give much, but i gave what i could. >> reporter: san francisco police say solving these cases is a priority. take a look. this is new surveillance footage of the suspected attacker, taken after thursday's incident. watch as he turns away when he notices the camera. >> the victim wants all women to be aware of this crime. >> reporter: a friend of thursday's victim. the

. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian. the paddle debate became a hot seat for embattled oakland major jean quan. debra villalon live in the city who tell us it didn't take long before tonight's issues started to deteriorate. >> reporter: that's right, commonwealth forums are usually very quiet but today they had to threw some people out. what now? what next? but they were barely seated before quan became a target. >> we're no longer asking for your permission, to tolerate or not tolerate anything. >> reporter: pent up anger over the tear down of the camp. >> i was there when the tear gas happened. >> reporter: hostility from fellow panelists and the audience. >> what the nation saw was the few seconds when a group of anarchists, a small group broke into buildings and started setting fires. >> reporter: throughout minutes of so called mic checks, quan sat quietly. then several people were escorted out. >> we came in here under good terms. >> reporter: but on it went, members of the audience shouting lie kwrar and standing

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian in tonight for julie haener.arning tonight that two men involved in a small plane crash in concord this afternoon should be out of the hospital within the hour. officials say the pilot declare an emergency in a single engine plane just after take off at about 3:20 this afternoon. he said he tried to return to the airport but wound up landing nose first at a gravel area near the runway. firefighters pulled the pilot and passenger from the

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. julie haener and frank somerville have the night off.arry bonds was sentenced to house arrest, community service and probation today. but just as soon as the judge issued her ruling she ordered a stay so the bonds legal team can appeal. >> ktvu's david stevenson was inside the room and joins us live from san francisco with the fall out from the federal case. >> reporter: bonds won't be going to prison and for now he won't even be under home detention as his lawyers try to turn back his felony conviction. >> good morning. >> reporter: before barry bonds was sentenced this morning on one count of felony obstruction of justice federal prosecutors made a final push to send him to prison. >> 3-1 pitch. >> reporter: the former giant's player was convicted in april of getting evasive testimony in 2003. federal prosecutor said the defendant lived basically a double life for decades. he had mistresses. susan ilston interrupted with, he was not prosecuted with that. that brought laughter and applause by people in the courtroom. >> i didn't think t

good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. julia haener is off tonight. >> i'm frank somerville. by all accounts, it was a frightening hit and run today. officers were looking for a woman when she spotted them, then took off, hitting an innocent pedestrian as she fled. live at highland hospital tonight with exclusive information about the driver, including her picture. heather? >> reporter: frank, her name is erica rojo. police say she was so desperate to avoid getting caught today, she put innocent people at risk, including an oakland grandfather who is being treated tonight here at highland hospital. >> a side mirror ripped from an suv. an electrical junction box separated from its mounting enthusiasm is the aftermath of a hit-and-run in oakland. >> she's wanted for two felony warrants. once for auto theft, and one for drug charges. >> reporter: looking to serve those warrant this is afternoon. free month police tracked her. before officers moved in. rojo realized cops were on her tail, and took off. >> an suv coming down the sidewalk. she came to the curb right here, jumped th

good evening i'm gasia mikaelian in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.oisy fight is going on in san francisco, neighbors there are comparing the noises coming from laguna high hospital to jet planes. it's not just machinery, it's also animals. david stevenson is live with some very angry neighbors and how the hospital is trying to lower the noise. >> reporter: laguna hospital says it's made a major effort to keep the machinery quiet. terry thompson says laguna honda hospital has become a

. >>> good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. julie haener is off tonight. >>> and i'm frank somerville.are following developing news the danville and newark where state kidney drug investigators raided a home and clinic. this is video of the manager of the happy wellness collective