. >> reporter: gregory foster and his coworkers acted fast. called animal control. >> we pulled the puppy out of the bag. we examined it. the puppy was frightened. >> reporter: investigators want to know where this puppy came from. however the workers i talked to here say that will be difficult to determine if not impossible. one thing seems clear this puppy was disposed of. a deliberate act. >> it had to go into a dumpster by someone placing it there. >> reporter: animal welfare says if it can't find her owner, adoption for this gem should be no problem. >> someone can definitely you know take good care of it and raise it and be somebody's best friend. >> in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police say a phone scammer is tricking and threatening vallejo residents. a resident was recently contacted by someone who said he was a police officer. then they told her that there was a warrant for her arrest and if they didn't pay $3,000, their children would be placed in social services. >>> about 2 million chase accounts were af

. >> reporter: gregory foster and his fellow employees saved gem and called animal control. >> we pulledpuppy out of the bag. we examined it. the puppy was frightened. it was scared. it was whining. >> the whole situation that she just went through is traumatizing. we don't know. again we don't know how many days she was in the repsych -- in the truck. we don't know. >> reporter: gem suffered nasty wounds to her leg. she will recover but it may be weeks before she's put up for adoption. the calls are people who want her. one dog with a waiting list of more than 100 people. but there are other gems at the shelter looking for a home. >> someone doesn't get gem they can always come down to our shelter and look through our kennels we have other lovely animals up for adoption. >> reporter: animal investigators are looking at who put this dog into a trash bag and into a dumpster. we talked to the man who found gem who says he would like to be on the list to adopt her. >>> san francisco city leaders made their first move today to bring the america's cup back to the city. mayor ed lee today deli

. >> gregory foster and hi co- workers acted fast. called animal control. >> pulled the puppy route of the bag. we examined it. the puppy was frightened, scared, whining. >> reporter: animal welfare would like to know what truck she came on. how she got to this facility. that would help determine where gem is from. the workers i talked to said that would be difficult to determine, if not impossible. one thing is clear, this puppy was disposed of, a deliberate act. animal welfare says if it can't find her owner adoption for it gem should be no problem. >>> police are warning police about a phone scammer who is tricking and threatening victims. police say a resident was recently contacted by someone that claimed to be a vallejo police officer. he told the resident there was a pending warrant for her arrest and if she didn't pay $2,000, she would be arrested and her children would be placed with child protechsive services >>> some chase bank branches open today to help customers deal with the data breech at target stores. 2 million chase

. >> reporter: gregory foster and his fellow employees saved gem and called animal control. >> we pulledned it. the puppy was frightened. it was scared. it was whining. >> the whole situation that she just went through is traumatizing. we don't know. again we don't know how many days she was in the repsych -- in the truck. we don't know. >> reporter: gem suffered nasty wounds to her leg. she will recover but it may be weeks before she's put up for adoption. the calls are people who want her. one dog with a waiting list of more than 100 people. but there are other gems at the shelter looking for a home. >> someone doesn't get gem they can always come down to our shelter and look through our kennels we have other lovely animals up for adoption. >> reporter: animal investigators are looking at who put this dog into a trash bag and into a dumpster. we talked to the man who found gem who says he would like to be on the list to adopt her. >>> san francisco city leaders made their first move today to bring the america's cup back to the city. mayor ed lee today delivered a letter to the cup's ev

. >> reporter: every day at his job at san francisco's ecology recycling yard gregory foster watches the world's castoffs roll by. >> you name it, it came down this line. >> reporter: as a trash sorter, he scans a conveyor belt looking for things to save. >> our job is to pull off as much material as we can and try to save things from going into the landfill. >> reporter: he's never been called on to save a living thing. >> this is where i saw the puppy coming down the line. it was in the bag. >> reporter: there among the trash was a small poodle. foster pulled the emergency cord to stop the belt. >> it was wet, bleeding, it was cut. >> reporter: workers cared for the animal number animal care and control arrived. someone appropriately named it gem. >> the dog has some bite wounds and conjunctivitis and she's expected to make a full recovery. >> reporter: the puppy's sad story has prompted hundreds of calls from people hoping to ahospit adopt it. josephine and rich added their name to the list. >> i couldn't believe how upset i was. i want to make her life happy. >> reporter: those m

. >> gregory foster and fellow employees saved gem and called animal control. >> we pulled it out, examinedt. the puppy was frightened and scared. >> the whole situation, she went through it was traumatizing. we don't know how many days she was in the truck. we don't know. >> gem had wounds to her neck and injured her leg. she will recover but it may be weeks before she can be adopted. but calls are from people that want her. one dog with a waiting less of more than 60 people. >> but there are other gems at the shelter looking for a home. >> they can always come to the shelter. we have other lovely animals available. >> reporter: i checked with the shelter. the list of people that would like to adopt has now grown to more than 100 people. they say they are not sure how they plan to ultimate adopt her because of complicated medical issues. we heard from the family of the man that found her. they say he now would like to adopt gem. in san francisco, ken pritchard. >>> everyone wanting a gem. mean time, a bay area family gets it stolen kitten back. a hotel manager found the kitten, named arizo