i am heather holmes. >>> a bomb squad have been blowing up pipe bombs at a storage center in pacheco and is our top story tonight. paul chambers is live with an update. >> they say it is so dangerous that one could wipe out the entire building alone. there is a robot out here. earlier today members of the state's bureau of narcotics enforcement found by pipe bombs this afternoon. i personally heard two of the devices being set off. >> fire in the hole! >> reporter: the manager said around noon today a woman who runs the storage facility was taken into police custody. we are told officers found for pipe bombs along with another pipe bomb. highway patrol has closed down interstate 688 while a bomb squad detonates the devices be officers say they went about the pipe bombs from concerned citizens. >> we responded to see this individual was here, and she was here. they initiated a traffic stop and contacted her and got them to search the locker and found the pipe bombs. >> reporter: they have taken three people into custody. two were later released and there was a small amount of methamph

>>>it is thursday january 20th, gasia is off i'm heather holmes. welcome. we begin with the latest on the amber alert issued for a missing 4-year-old boy. four miles from where the 4-year-old was abdecorated. he was taken by his mother'sest rang boyfriend, rodriguez. now, a farmworker reported seeing a car, similar to the suspect's, drive into this canal. dive teams pulled one car from the canal yesterday and another car today. but neither is the car they are looking for. >> it is -- a car was pulled out. i knew my son or jose were not going to be in there. i mean, that is not -- that is not what would happen. i already know. a tire tread is being determined to see if the car pulled out today is the one the farmworker saw. sonar is being used to look under a tunnel. the suspect's vehicle say silver toyota corolaa with a plate of 68bw445. the sheriff investigators say rodriguez has not used his phone or credit card since tuesday. they also say a tip today that he had been spotted near bakersfield did not man out. >>> conservative commentator under fire again

. >> good evening, everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. that arizona congresswoman is in critical condition after she was shot in the head while hosting a public event in tuscon this morning. samantha hayes has the latest from washington. >> officials have determined that congresswoman gabriel gifford was the target of a shooting in her political district in southern arizona. meanwhile, her colleagues on capitol hill are reacting in shock and sadness. one of the victims of a shooting spree at a tuscon grocery store saturday morning is us congresswoman gabriel gifford, making it a sad day for capitol hill and arizona. >> my thoughts and prayers are with congresswoman gabriel gifford, the staff and their families, as well as other victims of the senseless and cruel violence. >> reporter: gifford, who represents the southern arizona district was holding a meet the public event when gun shots rang out. a man who works nearby relaid what he heard. >> i heard 15 or 20 shots in the parking lot. came out immediately. >> reporter: doctors say she s

heather holmes is live tonight with more on what happened, heather. >> a loud crowd and these signs were enough to get the public committee to take action. 40 alleged gang members the next target. in man supporting anything to make the streets safer. >> yes, it's a good idea. sure. >> this is an urgent matter. >> reporter: but tonight, people called for an end. opponents argue police already have the tools they need that injunctions do not work and are a waste of resources. >> what we need is a reprioritizing of the money that is being spent on the gang injunctions to go into community programs, into saving our education system. >> reporter: the assistant police chief says it has been money well spent. >> there's been a significant reduction of violence in north oakland. >> reporter: that's where an injunction went into effect last june. the 15 people named have not committed any additional crimes in the safety zone. mayor quan has not yet taken a stand on the injunction. >> i have not been briefed on it. >> reporter: the fruitvale anti gang injunction heads back to court. i'm heather ho

heather holmes is live tonight with more on what happened, heather. >> a loud crowd these signs were enough to get the public committee to take action. 40 alleged gang members the next target. in man supporting anything to make the streets safer. >> yes, it's a good idea. sure. >> this is an urgent matter. >> reporter: but tonight, people called for an end. opponents argue police already have the tools they need that injunctions do not work and are a waste of resources. >> what we need is a reprioritizing of the money that is being spent on the gang injunctions to go into community programs, into saving our education system. >> reporter: the assistant police chief says it has been money well spent. >> there's been a significant reduction of violence in north oakland. >> reporter: that's where an injunction went into effect last june. the 15 people named have not committed any additional crimes in the safety zone. mayor quan has not yet taken a stand on the injunction. >> i have not been briefed on it. >> reporter: the fruitvale anti gang injunction heads back to court. i'm heather ho

ktvu's heather holmes is in oakland where community leaders tonight condemn the shootings but we begin in arizona. more now on what the president had to say tonight. paul? >> reporter: julie, frank, here is what the president said tonight. he came in and delivered a speech after visiting the congresswoman giffords at the hospital. president obama and the first lady joined mourners in tucson ontario witness speaking at a memorial before residents, lawmakers, relatives of victims, the president offered words of comfort. >> what we cannot do is use this tragdy as one more occasion to turn on each other. >> reporter: before the memorial the president met with the survivors of saturday's mass killing including gabrielle giffords who remains in critical country. the president delivered this news. >> a few minutes after we left gabby's room and some of her colleagues from congress were in the room gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> reporter: the young man credited with helping save her life intern daniel hernandez said thursday he doesn't deserve any special credit. >> the real hero

and ktvu channel 2 heather holmes has more on their story. >> reporter: frank it was a sold out crowd here at the theater, where the performers at the youth speaks organization took the stage to honor king and themselves. >> how do i find a way, the beating of my heart? how do i survive? >> reporter: surviving in 2011. it is a different world than it was in 1955 when king was leading the montgomery bus boycott. but for the last several years, 16-year-old allison says she has been leading her own boycott of her family after being abused. >> i think he would be proud that i am not running away anymore. and that i am not boycotting it. i am facing it and doing it, nonviolently. >> i am looking for employment. >> reporter: 19-year-old josh merchant relived the job interview he wishes had another outcome. the unemployed poet used the stage to talk about the struggles of following your heart while trying to make a living. >> been beating, i am the ring that dr. king wanted. >> reporter: strong words and questions from a diverse group of young people on the day we celebrate the courage of a

heather holmes is live in napa with our report. heather? >> reporter: well, ken, this 1971 volkswagen van is missing one key part tonight. a back window. come inside and take a look. you can actually still see the broken glass here. frustrating, bet. because this family not only had one vehicle hit but two. >> i awoke in the morning to my back window being shot out. >> reporter: the regs organization -- restoration was a christmas give for devon guy and now he is looking for a hard to find back window. >> i started the car and my friend got out and started wiping. once he started wiping i noticed it was a complete spider web. >> they found a pellet and turned it over to napa police who have been busy the last two days taking reports of this vandalism spree. >> it happened in north nap a practice, and east napa and south napa. >> the second round hit here. this whole section of glass was out and shattered. >> arthur was watching television last night when he heard the alarm on his truck. his driver's side window was busted. and there was a s

. >> i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm franker somerville. have a good evening. -- and i'm frank somerville, have a good evening.

heather holmes is live in napa with our report. heather? >> reporter: well, ken, this 1971 volkswagen van is missing one key part tonight. a back window. come inside and take a look. you can actually still see the broken glass here. frustrating, bet. because this family not only had one vehicle hit but two. >> i awoke in the morning to my back window being shot out. >> reporter: the regs organization -- restoration was a christmas give for devon guy and now he is looking for a hard to find back window. >> i started the car and my friend got out and started wiping. once he started wiping i noticed it was a complete spider web. >> they found a pellet and turned it over to napa police who have been busy the last two days taking reports of this vandalism spree. >> it happened in north nap a practice, and east napa and south napa. >> the second round hit here. this whole section of glass was out and shattered. >> arthur was watching television last night when he heard the alarm on his truck. his driver's side window was busted. and there was a s

i am heather holmes and welcome to bay area news at 7:00. >>> we begin tonight with the search for abducted 4-year-old boy is focused on an irrigation canal. about two hours ago a sheriff's dive team pulled this car from the murky waters but have determined it is not related to the case. investigators are trying to identify another large object under the water after a farmworker reported seeing a car roll into the delta last night. he said that car matched the description of a silver toyota belonging to 27-year-old josi s davon rodriguez who is accused of raping 4-year-old juliani -- of ripping 4-year-old juliani cardenas from his grandmother's arms. >> he told us he saw the car roll into the canal and the car floated to the abatement bridge. that is where the car sank and was lost from view. >> the suspect is the estranged boyfriend of the boy's mother and the canal is located about 4 miles from where the boy was abducted. >>> now to oakland with the school district is allowed -- allowing a new text to tip program and jana katsuyama is live on the scene. >> reporter: officials tell me this

. >> and i'm heather holmes in for julie haener. thank you so much for joining us. we'll see you back here tonight for the 10:00 news. have a good night. >> good night.

heather holmes is off tonight. we begin with developing news out merine county whether the bodies of a missing ross woman was found. the body of debora schmit was found in a creek bed near her home in ross. she was last seen a week ago wednesday and failed to show up to class on the following thursday at high school where she was an english teacher. searchers launched a search including golden gate park in san francisco. she leaves behind a son in the 8 8th grade. the cause of her death is under investigation. >>> for the latest on the search of 4-year-old juliane cardenez. dive teams wrapped up their search today without locating him. the first reaction from his family since the kidnapping suspect's car was found in the canal. >> reporter: ken, we are at the family home, and you can see the candles are burning as they always do in the driveway of the home. the family says they believe he is still alive, and he is in the hands of his captor, despite according to the sheriff, evidence of the contrary. >> reporter: 4

heather holmes is off tonight. it may be a new year but the same cold, wet weather that ended 2010 is sticking around for the first few days of 2011. we have team coverage, including where it's raining right now and the major california artery that is shut down at this hour. we begin with ali, she is live at sfo with the latest there. ali. >> reporter: maureen, most international flights are on time but the duty manager tells me many domestic flights are experiencing 30 minute up to two hour delays. and it's all because of the weather. jets climb through low-lying clouds in san francisco this morning, because of the rain and strong winds, planes at sfo had to change the direction they usually take off and land. >> we end up having to do the reverse of what we normally do. and when that happens, we can't handle as many airplanes. >> reporter: the switch is common whenever there is stormy weather, but the result is that many flights face delays at sfo today, some flights were cancelled. >> unfortunately when the stor

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. in a move that caught just about everyone by surprise, the city's police chief has stepped down to become the interim district attorney. that leaves the police department with a new chief that may not be there long. our coverage begins with ktvu's john sasaki. >> reporter: a conference brought out the who's who. >> as i was listening to him, it became clear to me that he was the choice. >> reporter: gascon was the city's police chief from 2009 until this afternoon. the former chief who's also a lawyer is the first latino district attorney. >> i believe that i can offer something to this role that will be some what unique and having the understanding of policing. >> reporter: one big difference between gascon's administration and that of camela harris is that harris refused to seek the death penalty even in the case of a cop killer. gascon will be working with adachi. >> we have less resources and yet we are seeing our case loads explodes. the workloads increased even higher. david chu

heather holmes is off tonight. >> and the other candidate reportedly is san jose's interrum police chief, chris moore. when asked in an e-mail where he was a candidate, oakland police responded to ktvu simply stating, "yes, he is and that no decision has been made." he took over as oakland's police chief back in 2009 and has a three-year contract, but can take another job if he chooses. if he is chosen, then he will become san jose's first african american police chief. they plan to announce a new chief by the end of next month. >>> there is a new twist in a decade-long mystery in the south bay. today, we learned last night's murder suicide in san jose is linked to the 2001 disexperience of a woman. police said that the woman's brother killed the main suspect in her disappearance. we have team coverage beginning with ktvu, jean garcia. >> reporter: they found 52-year- old, wayne sanchez, dead in the parking lot with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sanchez is the brother of harms, a woman who went missing in 2001 and is presumed dead. investigators say earlier that nig

. >> good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne and the missing of 4-year-old juliani cardenas had a message, "keep searching." new at 10:00 ktvu's christ yin kafton was at that vigil at modesto and the boy's mother was asking for an informal beamed. >> reporter: juliannei cardase' mother was here at the vigil in modesto just about two and a half hours ago and certain her son is alive. she thinks her ex-boyfriend may be disguising the boy and she is asking everyone to keep an eye out for the suspect, josi rodriguez. >> maybe more people could see it, and maybe we could get that tip to bring him home. >> reporter: follow the news of the statewide amber alert has been called off, tabitha cardenas is asking people around the state to continue to post leaflets of her son and his suspected kidnapper, josi rodriguez. police say rodriguez scene of that accidented the boy from his grandmother's arms. rodriguez' car was pulled from the water friday afternoon. two windows on that car were open, but there were no signs of boy or rodriguez inside. >> josi is still out there, and a

i'm heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> the first vietnamese america to sit on the council is now vice mayoras she drew upon her experiences of immigrating to the u.s. when she was 4 years old. >> i would not rest until the thirst for good labor in our city is quench by the realization of the american dream were as vice mayor, nguyen will sit in for the president. >>> he's ruled now for zero years, the violent and deadly classes today to try and overthrow a country's leader. >>> and i'm tracking dense fog warning. some fog in santa rosa. will you see fog >>> new at 10:00 tonight a 19- year-old man was shot in the back in the 600 block of easlon street in east oakland. officials have not released his condition. police tell us they think he was coming to the aid of a person who was being robbed. the shooter is believed to be on a bmx bicycle and could be linked to another robbery a few blocks away. >>> high school and elementary students are taking on a program to keep them invested in school and out of trouble. the program teams up with elementary school students with high school students and

i'm heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> the first vietnamese america to sit on the council is now vice mayoras she drew upon her experiences of immigrating to the u.s. when she was 4 years old. >> i would not rest until the thirst for good labor in our city is quench by the realization of the american dream were as vice mayor, nguyen will sit in for the president. >>> he's ruled now for zero years, the violent and deadly classes today to try and overthrow a country's leader. >>> and i'm tracking dense fog warning. some fog in santa rosa. will you see fog in your neighborhood? i'll let you know. >>> and americans are falling behind the rest of the world in life expectancy. what we're doing wrong. >>> new at 10:00 tonight a 19- year-old man was shot in the back in e 600 block of easlon street in east oakland. officials have not released his condition. police tell us they think he was coming to the aid of a person who was being robbed. the shooter is believed to be on a bmx bicycle and could be linked to another robbery a few blocks away. >>> high school and elementary students are taking on a

. >> good evening i'm heather holmes in for julie haener. >>> police tell ktvu that they'll be using sonar tomorrow. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live at the boy's home and patterson with new cell one video of the missing 4-year-old. >> reporter: heather there is an agonizing wait going on in this patternson home. tonight the search for a missing 4-year-old is in cyber spac a facebook page has been posted titled find juliani cardena. today a distraught mother spoke to his son and the alleged man who abducted you. >> tell jose you want to come home. tell jose you want your mom. maybe he'll feel bad. i'm hoping that juliani can get him to be remorsable. >> reporter: authorities say, they have received numerous sightings from across the state of juliani, system jose esteban rodriguez and the carolla used to take the boy on tuesday. but so far nothing solid and there's no electronic trail. cell phone calls, credit card purchases. >> that is odd in itself. but there's an opportunity, the suspect had a lot of cash on him, the suspect may have been traveling cash. >> reporter: a witness says he

heather holmes is off tonight. the search for a missing teacher came to a grim end today after authorities found her body. the body of 53-year-old deborah schmidt was discovered just before 10:00 this morning in a creek not far from her home in ross. the high school teacher was last seen ten days ago. the discovery comes after two searches away from her home. one was around phoenix lake a popular recreation area in ross. the other was in san francisco's golden gate park after authorities thought she might go there to live as a homeless person. the investigation of the area where she was found did not show signs of foul play. the coroner will perform an autopsy before cause of death is determined. family members have said schmidt was going through a divorce but not known whether that played a role in her disappearance. >>> we have new information tonight about a bizarre officer involved shooting in oakland during which officers killed a man who was brand dishing a -- brandishing a fake gun. he was dressed in camoufl

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. within the hour, investigators looking for a missing 4-year- old boy has announced that a lead has gone cold. but we are just told that they will resume searching that canal that they first searched yesterday. >> reporter: well within the past few minutes the sheriff department came out and said they will resume that search of that canal tomorrow. that canal just to reference that

. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. it was a shocking act of violence.astating details are unfolding tonight as arizona representative gabrielle giffords fights for her life. she was shot in the head this morning while meeting with constituents. a large crowd gathered tonight outside her tucson hospital for a candlelight vigil. inside the democratic lawmaker is recovering from surgery. and and remains in critical condition. at least a dozen other victims of today's rampage are at the very same hospital being treated for their gunshot wounds. news of the deadly shooting sent shock waves throughout the political community with scores of gabrielle giffords's colleagues responding in disbelief. >> i am just heart broken. gabby is more than just a colleague. she is actually a friend. she has always been a noble public servant and my thoughts and my prayers are with congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her family. >> six people died in today's shooting, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. authorities say gabrielle giffords was the intended target.

. >> i'm heather holmes. san francisco's police department tonight needs a new chief. the sudden opening after police chief was named today as the city's next district attorney. john is live now in the city with more on the political musical chairs. >> reporter: i'm standing outside the hall of justice where the third floor has a news boss and the new da needs to move everything down two floors from the office the police chief. a rare sunday news conference inside city hall brought out a who is who of san francisco government. they came to see the out going mayor introduce the interim da who started off advicing the mayor on his choice. >> as i was listening to him it became clear to me that he was the choice. >> reporter: he was the city's police chief from 2009 until this afternoon. the he is now the first latino da. >> i believe i can offer something to this role that will be unique in having the understanding of policing. >> reporter: one big difference between his administration and the former da is that harris refused to seek death penalty even in the case of a c

. >> good evening i'm heather holmes in for julie haener. >>> police tell ktvu that they'll be using sonar tomorrow. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live at the boy's home and patterson with new cell phone video of the missing 4-year-old. >> reporter: heather there is an agonizing wait going on in this patternson home. tonight the search for a missing 4-year-old is in cyber space. a facebook page has been posted titled find juliani cardena. today a distraught mother spoke to his son and the alleged man who abducted you. >> tell jose you want to come home. tell jose you want your mom. maybe he'll feel bad. i'm hoping that juliani can get him to be remorsable. >> reporter: authorities say, they have received numerous sightings from across the state of juliani, system jose esteban rodriguez and the carolla used to take the boy on tuesday. but so far nothing solid and there's no electronic trail. cell phone calls, credit card purchases. >> that is odd in itself. but there's an opportunity, the suspect had a lot of cash on him, the suspect may have been traveling cash. >> reporter: a witness say

. >>> ktvu's heather holmes is now in oakland. >> reporter: julie, imagine you've just finished your shopping, you're standing out here outside your locasafeway and you're faced with a gunman. what do you do? three people took heroic measures. >> reporter: the chaos and carnage ended when witnesses saw a chance and took it. bill badger made a move to bring down the gunman. >> somebody else took a chair and they hit him on the back of the head and he slumped forward. that gave me the opportunity to grab his left arm, and put my other hand up in his back and shove him down. >> reporter: badger and another man secured the shooter on the ground. >> he started hollering, but we held him there. >> reporter: the suspect was down but still tried to reload his gun. >> he dropped it out of his pocket, he was down and i was able to get it before he got it. >> daniel hernandez, a university of arizona junior showed no fear in the face of gunfire. >> reporter: arizona governor jan brewer led an ovation for gabrielle giffords intern. >> all i saw was the entry wound. that's where i was applying th

. >>> ktvu's heather holmes is now in oakland. >> reporter: julie, imagine you've just finished your shopping, you're standing out here outside your local safeway and you're faced with a gunman. what do you do? three people took heroic measures. >> reporter: the chaos and carnage ended when witnesses saw a chance and took it. bill badger made a move to bring down the gunman. >> somebody else took a chair and they hit him on the back of the head and he slumped forward. that gave me the opportunity to grab his left arm, and put my other hand up in his back and shove him down. >> reporter: badger and another man secured the shooter on the ground. >> he started hollering, but we held him there. >> reporter: the suspect was down but still tried to reload his gun. >> he dropped it out of his pocket, he was down and i was able to get it before he got it. >> daniel hernandez, a university of arizona junior showed no fear in the face of gunfire. >> reporter: arizona governor jan brewer led an ovation for gabrielle giffords intern. >> all i saw was the entry wound. that's where i was applying

heather holmes is off tonight. >>> a bank robbery turned into a deadly shoot-out tonight in union city. police say a customer called while the robbery was in progre. a short time later officers chased what they say was the getaway car. a shoot-out followed leaving the officer's car riddled with bullets. patty lee is at the scene with the latest. patty? >> reporter: one suspect is dead and another taken into custody. you can see the getaway that brown lincoln town car across the street being processed by fbi and union city police officers. around the corner is a police car riddled by bullet holes. sustained as the suspect started firing as he tried to escape into this neighborhood. now, police say this bank highest started this afternoon. police received a 911 call from a customer around 12:45 reporting a masked man trying to rob the bank of the west on niles road. a second call from the alarm company warned police that the suspect was armed. a union city officer in the neighborhood spotted the suspects in the getaway car and gave chase. during which this passenger the man police say en

. >> i'm heather holmes. holmes. police, gun fire dear the daily city san francisco border. it was one of two cases in which bay area officers fired their weapons. paul chambers spoke with people living near the scene about what happened. >> reporter: we are live at the scene. let us show you these orange markings. this is where the car was. according to a witness the car was trapped in by police. let me show you what happened next. the driver slammed on the gas and ran into this home. >> as he back up into the character, four shots. i was like wow,. >> reporter: san francisco police say around 7:10 last night a police officer pulled a vehicle over. the driver backed up in the direction of the officer who shot and struck the female. >> he was at the passenger side when the car backed out he kind of just stepped back and shot four times. >> reporter: the driver was taken to the hospital where police say she has life threatening injuries. the witness believes the officers used excessive force, especially since the car was blocked had no place to go. >> the worst thing he was g

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the search for the boy is now in its fourth be night. but sheriff's investigators tell us they still opal have one real lead. live in patterson the search remains focused on a murky canal. lloyd in. >> reporter: there is still hope in this search for a missing child. but the search is moving into its fourth day with the search no closer to finding the boy. there was a sense of dread at the canal tonight. searchers using a sonar device had detected an object in the murky waters a half mile south from where a witness reported seeing someone drive a silver car similar to the kidnapper's, into the canal. as a tow truck pulled the object out of the water, a patterson city councilwoman grabbed my arm, fearing the worst. as a car started emerging. it turned out to be a honda accord, stolen from patterson last year. it was the fourth car pulled out of the canal this week. >> it is encouraging that we have not found the car. you know, that leaves a hope and the possibility that our suspect cou

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the search for the boy is now in its fourth be night. but sheriff's investigators tell us they still opal have one real lead. live in patterson the search remains focused on a murky canal. lloyd in. >> reporter: there is still hope in this search for a missing child. but the search is moving into its fourth day with the search no closer to finding the boy. there was a sense of dread at the canal tonight. searchers using a sonar device had detected an object in the murky waters a half mile south from where a witness reported seeing someone drive a silver car similar to the kidnapper's, into the canal. as a tow truck pulled the object out of the water, a patterson city councilwoman grabbed my arm, fearing the worst. as a car started emerging. it turned out to be a honda accord, stolen from patterson last year. it was the fourth car pulled out of the canal this week. >> it is encouraging that we have not found the car. you know, that leaves a hope and the possibility that our suspect cou

ktvu's healther holmes in live in vallejo where she talked to a burglary victim who is stunned at that response time. heather. >> reporter: frank, so stunned that geana brisby is moving. she and her children arrived from a birthday party to find her windows broken and her home burglarized. that's the time she called police. >> someone robbed my house. >> reporter: house by house, the thieves searched for valuables. >> they took my x box. they went through my house. >> reporter: shaking this family's sense of privacy and security. >> i was screaming, i was nervous. >> reporter: and diana brisby would stay that way until 4:30 the next morning. she called vallejo 911. not once, not twice. >> then i said, do you have an officer available to come to my house. no. >> reporter: but seven times. >> we'll have an officer come contact you as soon as we have one available. people are fighting, they have to go to that first. >> reporter: today there are 90 officers on the force with evidence technicians and all but one canine team eliminated. calls in which a person's life was threatened received top priority, other cri

ktvu's healther holmes in live in vallejo where she talked to a burglary victim who is stunned at that response time. heather. >> reporter: frank, so stunned that geana brisby is moving. she and her children arrived from a birthday party to find her windows broken and her home burglarized. that's the time she called police. >> someone robbed my house. >> reporter: house by house, the thieves searched for valuables. >> they took my x box. they went through my house. >> reporter: shaking this family's sense of privacy and security. >> i was screaming, i was nervous. >> reporter: and diana brisby would stay that way until 4:30 the next morning. she called vallejo 911. not once, not twice. >> then i said, do you have an officer available to come to my house. no. >> reporter: but seven times. >> we'll have an officer come contact you as soon as we have one available. people are fighting, they have to go to that first. >> reporter: today there are 90 officers on the force with evidence technicians and all but one canine team eliminated. calls in which a person's life was threatened received top priority, other cri

ktvu's heather holmes is in oakland where community leaders tonight condemn the shootings but we begin in arizona. more now on what the president had to say tonight. paul? >> reporter: julie, frank, here is what the president said tonight. he came in and delivered a speech after visiting the congresswoman giffords at the hospital. president obama and the first lady joined mourners in tucson ontario witness speaking at a memorial before residents, lawmakers, relatives of victims, the president offered words of comfort. >> what we cannot do is use this tragdy as one more occasion to turn on each other. >> reporter: before the memorial the president met with the survivors of saturday's mass killing including gabrielle giffords who remains in critical country. the president delivered this news. >> a few minutes after we left gabby's room and some of her colleagues from congress were in the room gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> reporter: the young man credited with helping save her life intern daniel hernandez said thursday he doesn't deserve any special credit. >> the real hero