los angeles police chief charlie beck is once again defending his defendant's arrest of giovanni ramirez. he made his first verbal comments yesterday. the chief says he stands by the arrest even though giovanni ramirez has been exonerated. >> i can't change any of that. i presented the same patterns. >> the chief also published an editorial saying the arrest met the burden of proof. two other men are facing charges for the bryan stow beating. meantime bryan stow remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. he is making progress in his recovery. so much so the family is calling this week pretty amazing. stow's family says he's mouthing words. doctors also tell us this week that stow can follow some commands and he is still interacting with his family a little bit more. >>> former numi workers in fremont are getting a huge payout. >>> the headaches created in arizona after a giant wall of dust surrounds the phoenix area again. >>> and a sign of the times how the skyrocketing cost for gold may be leading to a surge in crime on the streets of oakland. >>> good morning, traffic is

he wrote quote regrettably giovanni ramirez was caught between the state's right to investigate and the public's right. but we met our burden of proof and the media showcased our side of the story. >>> we want to show you 1988 polaroid of repair work. a pinhole sized leak was discovered on the pipe nine miles from the san bruno blast site. the exact location of the leak on that pipe is in dispute. pg & e's own report sites the 1982 leak being on a longitude weld. a preliminary ntsb report on the san bruno blast says the explosion occurred along a weld. >>> emergency officials still have not determined how much hazardous material leaked into the soil. 11,000-gallons of a high concentration of bleach and chlorine leaked yesterday from the tang of a hennessey water treatment plan. hazmat crews were able to contain the spill and keep it from getting into near by concrete and the water supply. >>> native american protesters have vacated a vallejo park after three months of round the clock vigils. a woman tells ktvu she considers the agreement to be a victory. two native american tribes belie

the world. >>> los angeles police chief charlie beck is defending his departments arrest of giovanni ramirez. he made his first verbal comments yesterday. the chief says he stands by the arrest even though ramirez has been exonerated. >> you know i can't change any of that now. i will say this, i presented the exact same fact patterns i have been presented at the same time i would have made the same decision. >> two other men are facing charges for the beating. bryan stow remains hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. he is make progress in his recovery. so much so that the family is calling this week pretty amazing. stow's family says he's now able to mouth some words. >> we wish him well. >>> time now 5:37. let's check in with sal. i know yo are -- i know you are watching problems around the caldecott. >> yeah we will start with caldecott. cal tran has just shut down completely. for the next 20 minutes. that's what i just heard here. so you will be down to one bore on the westbound drive coming out of orrin do into okay land. i know a lot of people do that this time of morning. wi

it's really unclear why they were so set on giovanni ramirez before. in his case, it continues to move forward unrelated to this though. he has a long criminal history that keeps him incarcerated in san diego. he is trying to get released because he says that he was incarcerated as a political move by the police chief but the police chief stands by the story and related to this they think they have the right guys so far. >> they did look alike. so a mistaken identity perhaps. kirk hawkins is live in l.a., thanks. >>> good morning, folks. we have some patchy fog out there right now. today though looks like a brighter day ahead as we are going to see more sunshine, a little gray as we look toward russian hill this morning in san francisco. but that is going to start to clear out. sunshine, 80s and low 90s inland. 60s low 70s even 80s as you make your way toward the santa clara valley and a sliver of sunshine out at the coast with some patchy fog. numbers now in the 50s around the bay area. by the afternoon, we are going to warm up very nicely. high press

in light of the giovanni ramirez arrest who has been cleared in the stow case, the lack of positive i.d.switnesses at this point bode well for the defense. sanchez's sister doreen charged as an accessory dead testify in front of grand jury a short time ago. but the transcripts are sealed unless the information is talked about in an upcoming trial should it happen. both prime suspects expected in court for preliminary hearing september 30. reporting live in downtown los angeles, lisa hernandez, abc news. >>> u.s. forces killed the taliban militants who shot down the u.s. helicopter killing 30 elite service members. the marine corps general john allen today a pentagon news conference that the u.s. forces tracked the insurgents and killed them with f-16 in the morning. the chinook helicopter was hit by a surface to air missile this weekend. this morning, u.s. military leaders are still searching for the top insurgent leaders that the seals were going after in saturday's mission. >>> u.s. troops killed in the vietnam war are honored in fremont. traveling replica is now on display at devry uni

in light of the giovanni ramirez arrest who has been cleared in the stow case, the lack of positive i.d.s by witnesses at this point bode well for the defense. sanchez's sister doreen charged as an accessory dead testify in front of grand jury a short time ago. but the transcripts are sealed unless the information is talked about in an upcoming trial should it happen. both prime suspects expected in court for preliminary hearing september 30. reporting live in downtown los angeles, lisa hernandez, abc news. >>> u.s. forces killed the taliban militants who shot down the u.s. helicopter killing 30 elite service members. the marine corps general john allen today a pentagon news conference that the u.s. forces tracked the insurgents and killed them with f-16 in the morning. the chinook helicopter was hit by a surface to air missile this weekend. this morning, u.s. military leaders are still searching for the top insurgent leaders that the seals were going after in saturday's mission. >>> u.s. troops killed in the vietnam war are honored in fremont. traveling replica is now on display at devry

because obviously for weeks on end, we've been hearing about giovanni ramirez and maybe people thought, well, it's not the guys that were hastling us. now, as it turns out, these two men who were accused, people might recollect what happened that night and they had some kind of a scrape with them. i think the lapd and prosecutors are counting on more people coming forward. and as i said earlier, they kind of described it as an escalation of behavior that obviously culminate in this horrible act. >> a lot of people go to baseball games and here's hoping stwun saw something. thank you so much. thanks. now this. >>> the ugandan police are returning fire. >> terrorists keeping people from leaving areas where there's no food, there's no water and on top of that in some cases, they are stealing the aid from these people. now the u.s. has just made a dramatic move. we're going to take you to the frontlines next. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. us

. >>> charlie beck is defending his department's arrest of giovanni ramirez.he chief says he stands by the arrest even though geovany ramirez has been exonerated. >> nothing to hide. i am more than willing to talk about anything. >> and the sting of the ramirez matter has gone away or was there ever a sting? >> this is the nature of police work. >> the chief also published an editorial in the los angeles times saying the arrest met the burden of proof. two other men are facing charges for the bryan stow beating. in the meantime bryan stow is still in the hospital. he's making progress in his recovery so much so that his family is calling this week pretty amazing. his family says he's now able to mouth words. i'm sure they are set baiting those little victory -- are celebrating those little victory. >>> they were not ready for the weather that hit nebraska. cleaning up after this. >>> in oakland overnight a woman dies in a fire. find out what firefighters think may have been the cause. >>> good morning, if you are driving on westbound 24 any time soon it looks

chief charly batts publicly exonerated this man, giovanni ramirez earlier this month when the department arrested two other man in the case. now in a new editorial published in the los angeles times, beck says he still supports ramirez' arrest because it met the burden of proof at time, but writes, "athough ramirez has been cleared of any involvement in the crime, he still must deal with the fact that his name and right were released to the general public and this caused the appearance of a rush to judgment and is deeply regrettable." >>> the nevada trucking company involved in last month's deadly al track crash is countersuing. what the company claims amtrak and union pacific failed to do. >>> and if you have an need for speed, we have you covered taking you it to the track in sonoma. >> and a museum dedicated to our former governor. where you can see all things arnold schwarzenegger and the reason it opened this weekend. . . . >>> the trucking company involve in last month's deadly amtrak train crash in the nevada desert is now countersuing. john davis trucking company says amtrak and

giovanni ramirez of course the initial suspect that they pinned this crime but he was never charged. is he still in jail and what's the latest on him? >> reporter: well, frank, he is still in jail on unrelated charges. as you may remember, he had a very long criminal history and the last place he was taken to was a detention facility in san diego. there are some other charges and other related parole hearings that he still has to face but he was exonerated related to the dodger stadium beating. >> thank you, kirk hawkins live in los angeles. >>> all right. weather around the bay area today i think much improved. we are going to see more sunshine out there not as much fog to start this morning and that's some good news if you want the sun and it looks lick temperatures are going to be heating up outside. out the door now, a little cool to begin with mostly clear skies in the valley, conditions inside the bay and patchy fog in oakland. coast still has partly cloudy skies and patchy fog but not as thick as it's been. by the afternoon the temperatures moving up into the 80s even some low