in walnut creek, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >>> you heard of "snakes on a plane"? how about scorpions. jeff ellis was asleep on an alaska flight june 17 going from seattle to anchorage when he woke up to a tingling sensation in his sleeve. i thought it was a little bug but then realized it was a scorpion. >> i raised my hand up and i was oh, my god that's a scorpion! and a tray table was down so i grabbed a napkin, picked that thing up and just held on to it like a natural reaction to grab it. >> he realized the scorpion had stung his elbow. two doctors on board said he would probably be fine -- probably. all he could do was wait 30 minutes until the plane landed to find out. not exactly clear of course how it get on board but the airline thinks it might have crawled on when the plane was in texas. >>> wow. can you imagine?! [ laughter ] >> you fall asleep, get bit by a scorpion on a plane of all places. >> check your shoes. >> i grew up in the mojave desert. spiders are different. they scare me. scorpions? nah. this is inland live our cbs 5 weather camera from ins

juliette goodrich shows us the unusual way protestors spoke out against tuition hikes.juliette. >> reporter: elizabeth, uc officials say they really had no choice but to impose these hikes. they say it's because of state budget cuts but a lot of students say it is not fair, they feel caught in the middle. take a look. [ chanting ] >> reporter: students dressed in disney costumes protesting today's vote to increase university tuition again. >> we're here to say that we're going to keep fighting this. this isn't something that's over you know. it's completely unacceptable. >> time that we tell big companies such as disney that they don't need tax breaks. they made an incredible amount of money and they are not paying a lot of taxes, which is affecting our schools. >> reporter: they took their message inside a board of regents meeting at uc-san francisco. their message was heard but the outcome disappointing for them. fees must go up. >> it's going to happen. >> reporter: the regents approved a 9.6% tuition increase on top of an 8% increase already approved, bringing under

juliette goodrich was in the court when the victim's family came face to face with the suspect. >> his life was taken away. but his joy and smile will always with with us. >> reporter: almost a year after jessica's boyfriend 22- year-old rubin martinez was shot to death the two were on a date, she saw her boyfriend's alleged killer in a fairfield courtroom. he was arrested last night on murder charges. already behind bars on other charges. >> now i actually, you know, can actually see the person that has brought so much pain to this family. >> reporter: the victim's entire family showed up to see the suspect in court today. 24-year-old keith ford. they say rubin martinez had big dreams of going to college and being a success. >> his life was taken by a lost soul. >> reporter: investigators believe martinez tried to drive away after he had been shot. he lost control of his car and collided into a garage. he was pronounced dead at the scene, killed by gunfire. >> we ask the same question over and over. why him? he never fought. he didn't believe in fights. he believed in breaking up figh

juliette goodrich reports some of those arrests happened right here in the bay area. juliette. >>> reporter: hi, elizabeth. they call themselves "anonymous." and they have been linked to numerous cyberattacks throughout the world. today, 35 search warrants, 16 arrest, some of them here in the bay area. fbi agents searched homes, seized computers and made arrests throughout the country including san jose in a nationwide takedown of the notorious hacking group called "anonymous." >> so there's a group of hackers, these people who were arrested may just be people who used their computers to sort -- for a digital protest. >> reporter: the defendants charged in the san jose indictment allegedly conspired with others to intentionally damage protected computers at paypal from december 6, 2010, to december 10, 2010. >> they announce targets often and then boast about them online and sometimes release data that they have gotten from servers they have compromised. >> reporter: they gained worldwide attention in december when they disabled or disrupted the websites of mastercard

as juliette goodrich as many as, the thieves posed as a klein to case the place. >>> reporter: it took police five months to track down this suspect and arrest him. he was found at a place where there are plenty of coins, a casino. >> the door jammed. the lock in the door, has all been replaced. >> reporter: this stamp and coin dealer says the thief who walked away with a half million dollars in rare gold coins from his business acted as an interested collector with a girlfriend just days before the break-in. >> a fellow who works for me showed him some coins and he probably cased the place that way. that's one of the reasons why we know who he is because he was able to id him from a photo line-up. >> reporter: the suspects clearly cased the place. this is an alarmed building on the second floor. take a look at this. the suspect walked down this hallway. he was avoid this surveillance camera, came down the hall and before knocking down these doors with a crowbar he turned this surveillance camera around so he was never caught on videotape. pillar took photos after the break-in. he even

juliette goodrich takes a look at the pocketbook impact. >>> reporter: it's always a positive sign when new restaurants are being built offering hundreds of new jobs. >> you have seen our numbers in the company have gone back up. you know, much different from like the fine dining sector. >> reporter: but the reality, many people's lives are on hold as the nation's debt crisis drags on. >> there are people that have had their homes on the market before and they have actually pulled them off and just waiting to see what happens. >> reporter: the continued stalemate in washington, d.c. could pressure the markets and everyone's checkbook. >> don't panic. >> reporter: gary smith is a financial planner and says as for stocks... >> i think there's something like a decline of 20% in stocks, worst case. >> reporter: and credit cards? >> there's a potential for higher interest rates for all types of consumer debt. >> reporter: and your 401(k)? >> stable value funds wouldn't be particularly affected. >> reporter: his overall advice? >> be aware of how much risk you're taking in your investment acc

. >>> i'm juliette goodrich live in dublin where safe and sane fireworks are okay. but not in livermore. the fireworks show has been cancelled. some residents are fired up saying the show must go on legal or not. >>> it's likely due to malnutrition for sure but also being in a situation. >> when the local food movement goes terribly wrong. how you might be able to help these rescued rabbits. >>> myspace sells for $35 million. facebook valued at something like a gazillion! but why? how they hang such high dollar values on something you can't even put your hands on and why investing your money is risky. ,,,,,,,,,,,, denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. cities. bang!! >>> just before the 4th of july holiday a reminder, fireworks are illegal in all but a dozen bay area cities. today the dublin fire department demonstrated the danger of fireworks and how people can seriously be injured. also illustrated how fireworks can easily start fires. in contra costa coun

juliette goodrich explains how this guy managed to get away with so much. >> reporter: allen, it took police five months to arrest this suspect. he was found at a place where there are plenty of coins, a casino. >> the doorjamb, lock in the door, this is all been replaced. >> reporter: stamp and coin dealer stanley pillar says the thief who walked away with half a million dollars in rare gold coins from his business acted as an interested collector with a girlfriend just days before the break-in. >> a fellow who worked for me showed him some coins and probably cased the place that way. that's how we know who he is because we were able to identify him from a photo line- up. >> reporter: the suspect cased the place. this is an alarmed building on the second floor. look at this. of the suspect avoided this surveillance camera, came down the hall and before knocking down these doors with a crowbar he turned this surveillance camera around so he was never caught on videotape. pillar took photos after the break-in. he even identified the suspect by mug shot. police say the suspect billy vas

if people hold back now, that's going to have an effect. >> absolutely. >> juliette goodrich, thank you. >>> too tough for the navy? the california neighborhood that's off limits during fleet week. >>> the second biggest fish in the sea, nobody can seem to find it. how your camera could help scientists make some history. barbecue sauce, ty all on freshly baked b. dangerous places. but is a los angeles subu >>> well, they are on the front lines in some of the world's most dangerous places but is a los angeles suburb too dangerous for u.s. navy sailors? that's the talk around san pedro, the harbor community south of los angeles after the navy warned its sailors to stay away during fleet week. when the uss abraham arrived at the port of los angeles, the navy told sailors saying san pedro's downtown shopping district has problems with drugs. it came as a shock to neighbors hoping for an economic boost. angry san pedro merchants have asked the navy not to give out those flyers to sailors on other ships that are coming in. >>> it may seem odd. it is the second largest fish in the world. and n

juliette goodrich shows us the letter has sparked fear of a stricter crackdown. juliette. >> reporter: dana, it is a crackdown for the growers and sellers of medicinal marijuana but some feel it is the patients who need the medicinal marijuana the most who will suffer. the heat is on for medical marijuana growers and suppliers even if they are complying with state law. >> anyone in the business of providing cannabis to these patients could still be a target even if the patients themselves are not. put you're still putting the target on the back of the patients if they don't have medicine access. >> reporter: strict guidelines now released by the obama administration reinforce federal prosecution of anyone growing and smiling marijuana to medical patients. marijuana advocacy groups say it contradicts the president's earlier pledge to let states set their own policies. >> across the country yes, it means that the war will go on, it's going to continue to be a battle to change the laws on this because the federal government and the obama administration doesn't seem

juliette goodrich shows us the unusual way demonstrators protested these tuition hikes. juliette. >> reporter: dana, it was pretty eye-catching. imagine this. students protesting in cartoon costumes. yes, disney costumes. that's because one of the board members is also a board member for disney. so students are saying money should go to college, not disneyland. [ chanting ] >> reporter: students dressed in disney costumes protesting today's vote to increase university tuition again. >> we're here to say that we're going to keep fighting this. this isn't over. it's completely unacceptable. >> time that we tell big companies they made an incredible amount of money and they are not paying taxes. it affects our school. >> reporter: they took their protest inside the meeting. the message was heard but the outcome disappointing. fees must go up. >> it's approved. it's going to happen. >> reporter: the regents approved a 9.6% tuition increase. that's on top of an 8% increase already approved bringing undergrad tuition to more than $12,000 a year. that's 18% higher than last yea

juliette goodrich cbs 5. >>> san francisco police say that they have solved the art caper. tonight a new jersey man is behind bars accused of lifting a pricy picasso from a union square art gallery. mike sugerman shows us how a trail of clues led police right to their man. mike. >> reporter: dana, that purloined picasso should be back in its place after police -- after good police work. yesterday this dashing suspected art thief was in the movies. today's he is in custody. >> this is an unbelievable piece of police work. >> reporter: the police chief proud of how his people tracked down 31-year-old mark lugo who allegedly grabbed this pencil sketch "tete de femme" off the wall at the weinstein gallery and calmly walked to a taxi. unfortunately for him, it was captured by security cameras at neighboring lefty o'doul's restaurant. >> the surveillance video, yes, helped us identify the individual. he also -- the cab driver also helped us locate the area where mr. lugo was staying. >> reporter: which was here at the upscale palomar hotel just a few bronx from the gallery. -- a

." >>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. he watched and a b.a.r.t police officer shot and killed oscar grant. now grant's best friend is also dead by the hands of a gunman. joe vazquez is in hayward tonight to tell us what happened. joe? >> reporter: juliette, family members of john caldwell wrapped up an emotional vigil here at the murder scene of the six people that were on that platform new year's day 2009. two have now died violently and so young. >> oscar grant then him now. >> reporter: two and a half years after the shooting death of his best friend oscar grant, 25-year-old caldwell was himself murdered. >> happened in broad daylight which is real crazy too. >> right. >> i don't know, it is just dum, i think it is. >> reporter: caldwell was sitting in a car at a hayward gas station around 5:30 p.m. friday when someone walked up and fired several rounds. the suspect ran away. police searched the area but never found the gunman. investigators say they don't believe the shooting was random but they are not elaborating on

. >>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. we begin with breaking news out of san francisco. there has been a shooting involving a police officer in the city's bayview neighborhood. it happened less than an hour ago. all we know right now is that one person was shot. and taken to general hospital. we are working on getting more information and when we do we will certainly pass it along to you. >>> he was only a few feet away when a b.a.r.t police officer shot and killed officer grant. now grant's best friend is also dead, the victim of a shooting. joe vazquez is in hayward tonight to tell us what happened. joe. >> reporter: in about half an hour friends and family members will gather here at this makeshift memorial at the murder scene to pay their respects. all day they have been popping by here just shaking their head at the fact of the six men who were there that new year's day 2009 two have died violently and so young. >> oscar grant and then him now. it is crazy. >> reporter: two and a half years after the shooting death o

. >>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. >>> the coroner identified the 19-year-old shot by san francisco police saturday. his name is kenneth harding and he has family in seattle. as linda yee learned police there wanted to talk to him about a fatal shooting there. >> reporter: a witness video posted on youtube documents the minutes after the shooting. the suspect is down. police surround him. and the crowd becomes increasingly agitated. >> one, two, three, four, five, six. >> reporter: on the grounds according to the witness a weapon. missed by officers but picked up by someone in the crowd. police looked at that video, identified the person and recovered the gun today. investigators believe it is the same 45 caliber weapon used by the suspect to shoot at officers yesterday afternoon. >> the suspect fled on foot during the course of the foot pursuit at this point we believe the suspect fired backwards at the officers. the officers returned fire in self-defense. >> reporter: late today police

. >> goodrich. >> i guess that is it. >> anything further? >> just briefly, and to correct the record -- this is a commercial building. this is a live-work building. there are requirements like things to maintain a business license. i want to make sure that is clear on the record. going to the matter at hand, i am actually really encouraged to hear the sponsor talking about alternatives. we welcome a chance to in gauge him and speak with the notion of an elevator or stairway. although it is challenging from a drainage perspective, there are ways to make this happen. granted, they may not be as straightforward or desirable, but there are ways to make this proposal happened. i will not go into the details. there are a variety of permitting problems with what is on the roof now. in particular, there is no historic clarence for three of the four events of the installation of things on the roof. this is a historic building. a certificate of appropriateness is required. non-was sought. i do not want to go too deeply into that. i want to comment on

. >>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. about an hour ago the coroner identified the 19-year-old shot by police. his name is kevin harding. his family has made contact with our sister station in seattle because that's where harding lived. linda yee learned police up north wanted to talk to him about a fatal shooting there. >> reporter: a witness video posted on youtube documents the minutes after the shooting. the suspect is down. police surround him. and the crowd becomes increasingly agitated. >> one, two, three, four, five, six. >> reporter: on the ground according to the witness a weapon. missed by officers but picked up by someone in the crowd. police looked at that video, identified the person and recovered the gun today. investigators believe it is the same 45 caliber weapon used by the suspect to shoot at officers yesterday afternoon. >> the suspect fled on foot during the course of the foot pursuit we believe the suspect fired backwards at the officers. the officers returned fire in self-defense. >> reporter: late

but juliette goodrich reports, some people insist the show will go on legal or not. juliette. >> - >> reporter: hi, allen. we're in next door dublin. look at this. they have safe and sane fireworks. look at this huge display. it's legal here. however, if you bring them into livermore where their fireworks show has been cancelled altogether, police say they will be on high alert looking for these and other fireworks that night. >> those $10 ones. >> reporter: safe and sane fireworks. a huge money making fundraiser in dublin for the 4th of july. >> the block party here and they have those. >> reporter: in livermore the safe and sane fireworks israel legal and the annual show is cancelled leaving many residents fired up. >> that's student. now i go to go home and do illegal fireworks. >> so we just had to cancel this year. >> reporter: timbery is with the livermore recreation park district and says the fireworks show is cancelled because of budget cuts. are you concerned that some people may put on their own fireworks show here? >> well, fireworks are not allowed in liv

i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. >>> tonight, a man is dead after san francisco police shot him several times. he was being questioned for not paying a fare for muni. officers say the man fired on them. but joe vazquez reports witnesses tell a very different story. joe, now i understand we have some pretty graphic cell phone video of this entire incident. >> reporter: julia, we are only going to show a very short snipet of that video. too gorery to show on television. the man who sheet the video said he captured the last two shots fired by police officers then the video, the part you won't see goes on to show this man who was shot laying on the sidewalk bleeding profusely while he waited for help. listen closely and you can hear two pops. dixon said he turned his camera on just after the first firing. >> by the time you saw the officers get in front of us he gave the last two shots while he was already down. >> nine shots total? >> yes, seven to nine shots. >> reporter: it happened in front of dozens of witnesses. a man shot by at least two officers. several people tell cbs5

destruction preparation work is underway to lift the russian cruiser from the bottom of the bowl goodrich aimed at shedding more light on why the vessel went down with a loss of around one hundred thirty dollars. each continues in this thirty minutes from now in the meantime is the second part of our special report about anti nuclear activist from new zealand who works to inspire youth to fight for atomic disarm that's next. the fall out from the french test went beyond the polynesian islands they caused outrage in new zealand which took the lead in the n.t. nuclear movement and became a black sheep among western countries yes unlike any other country new zealand refused to rely on nuclear weapons for its security but here nuclear technology is banned it's the law. i think a lot of the young people feel proud about new zealand especially free policy that people have come of complacent and feel that as foreign we're safe there are these other issues here i mean a lot of people say people in the peace movement has had beaten out of members graveyards resounds and that's what people say. eve

juliette goodrich on how this spring's unusual weather is making for fierce mosquito breeding this year. >> reporter: we hear about this every year these cases of west nile virus so that's nothing different. what's unusual though this year is that we have had rain a couple of weeks ago. couple that with this hot weather and vector control says that is a dangerous breeding ground for mosquitos. mosquitos carrying west nile virus are out there. the latest indicator a dead crow found in walnut creek by bancroft and treat boulevard with west nile virus. mosquitos bite the infected birds and then become carriers. deborah bass is with contra costa mosquito and vector control. >> west nile virus is a very serious disease. it can affect anybody at any age and mosquito control matters. we need people to help us out. >> reporter: vector control just released a new campaign called mosquito control matters. this new video is now posted on their web page. >> it lets people know why mosquito control matters and letting them see the mosquitos themselves, what they need to be looking for in the water i

. >> thank you, juliette goodrich. >>> the man who runs the most powerful media empire was in the hot seat today. but rupert murdoch didn't take the blame for rupert murdoch's phone hacking scandal. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: rupert murdock is defending his blown empire but 2 1/2 hours into questioning he had to defend himself. a man lunged at him with a plateful of foam. his wife jumped to his rescue before the police arrested the protestor. earlier his son james apologized for phone hacking at the family's "news of the world" newspaper. >> it's a matter of great regret. >> reporter: politicians fired questions at the murdochs all on live tv. >> mr. murdoch do you accept ultimately you are responsible for the whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run and then maybe the people they trusted. >> reporter: murdoch employees are accused of tapping the voicemails of murder victims, politicians, even the families of 9/11 victims. former "news of the world" editor rebekah brooks also took the hot seat and chose her wor