heather holmes live in danville with details on this scam, heather. >> reporter: frank for more than eight months now, police have been trying to connect the dots between hundreds of thousands of missing church dollars and late today this announcement. detailing those three arrests including the arrest of two church employees. as parishners preyed and gave, a devious scheme was being put together from the office. kathleen dake is accused of writing checks to the tune of $250,000. >> there's no excuse for it. particularly when they are put in the position of trust and honor. and trust and honor was violated and that's sad. >> reporter: the investigation began when the pastor noticed financial irregularities and brought in an outside accounting firm. >> that is when it became clear that it was a bigger problem than they had suspected. >> reporter: diocese officials say the thefts had been going or for year. the three used the money to support their upscale lifestyles, such as expenses associated with dake's two story house with a pool in black hawk now up for sale. >> lower income and

ktvu's heather holmes live in oakland where he obtained surveillance video. >> reporter: the owner of offer this to more people so he built this to extend the sidewalk and turns the bus stop into a common area. he watched as someone drove off with his idea. >> it was installed when we had our event long the curb in this bus stop. >> reporter: he proudly showed off the extension 10 days ago. a beautiful platform. >> working in the yard. >> reporter: made of wood that converts this into a usable space. >> we had neighbors come out and we have pictures a guest book with lots of comments. >> reporter: the structure was broken down into smaller pieces and set outside the cafe. he planned to pack it up and put it into storage. but the day before he was to move it it was gone. a camera caught someone loading it up. >> i guess they thought it was -- people were throwing it away. >> reporter: he says, he saw a white truck loaded with a piece of the deck. desperate to get it back, flyers have been posted. and a facebook page created to spread the word. >> bring it back to us. i have money to re

heather holmes live in danville with details on this scam, heather. >> reporter: frank for more than eight months now, police have been trying to connect the dots between hundreds of thousands of missing church dollars and late today this announcement. detailing those three arrests including the arrest of two church employees. as parishners preyed and gave, a devious scheme was being put together from the office. kathleen dake is accused of writing checks to the tune of $250,000. >> there's no excuse for it. particularly when they are put in the position of trust and honor. and trust and honor was violated and that's sad. >> reporter: the investigation began when the pastor noticed financial irregularities and brought in an outside accounting firm. >> that is when it became clear that it was a bigger problem than they had suspected. >> reporter: diocese officials say the thefts had been going or for year. the three used the money to support their upscale lifestyles, such as expenses associated with dake's two story house with a pool in black hawk now up for sale. >> lower income and

only on 2, heather holmes is live at police headquarters where she has been told that one helicopter can do the job of ten officers. heather? >> reporter: it is unmatched in its ability to respond to suspect pursuits, riots, missing persons reports. an officer in a patrol car does not have the same speed, durability and ma moveibilty as a helicopter. >> reporter: the helicopter has been in the hangar since july of 2009. but now the police chief ordered the chop tore return to the science a limited basis. allocating $60,000 of the budget to cover the cost of flight the helicopter one day a week for four hours during peak service times. the commander welcomes the order as the department prepares for the possibility of a summer crime spike with fewer officers on the streets. >> the officers in vehicle pursuits. they can back away and the helicopter can take over, chasing suspects on foot into yards is dangerous. the helicopter can assist with that and pinpoint the person's exact location. >> reporter: the chief pilot credits the helicopter with capturing thousands of criminals over the y

only on 2, heather holmes is live at police headquarters where she has been told that one helicopter can do the job of ten officers. heather? >> reporter: it is unmatched in its ability to respond to suspect pursuits, riots, missing persons reports. an officer in a patrol car does not have the same speed, durability and ma moveibilty as a helicopter. >> reporter: the helicopter has been in the hangar since july of 2009. but now the police chief ordered the chop tore return to the science a limited basis. allocating $60,000 of the budget to cover the cost of flight the helicopter one day a week for four hours during peak service times. the commander welcomes the order as the department prepares for the possibility of a summer crime spike with fewer officers on the streets. >> the officers in vehicle pursuits. they can back away and the helicopter can take over, chasing suspects on foot into yards is dangerous. the helicopter can assist with that and pinpoint the person's exact location. >> reporter: the chief pilot credits the helicopter with capturing thousands of criminals over the y

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. >> i'm heather holmes. more questions about the safety of workers at napa state worker. another attack happened on a staff member. a source inside say the incident happened 2:15 p.m. this afternoon. a female physical therapist was being chased by a psychiatric patient and a man stepped in and the man received a serious beating. we just spoke with the hospital and they are not commenting on this incident today. there have been calls to improve security after a psychiatric technician was killed by a patient last october and a month before that incident a rehabilitation therapist was attacked and hospitalized by another patient. now we have a crew on the way to napa and we will have more details coming up tonight on the 10 p.m. news. >>> the highway patrol is investigating a deadly crash off highway 1 in sonoma county. the vehicle went over the highway just before 12:30:00 p.m. this afternoon. there you can see it in the surf at the bottom of the rocks. it crashed down a seaside cliff just north of badega bay much the driver who was the only person in the vehicle was killed

in tonight's special report, ktvu's heather holmes takes a look at the three words that could lead today, on any given street. >> only commercial vehicles are allowed to park there. >> reporter: san francisco parking control officers are on the job. but now accusations that they are not doing their jobs correctly. even violating the state law. at issue, this section of the california vehicle code. it requires, among other things, that each parking citation contain the last four digits of the vehicle identification number. if readable through the windshield. >> i need to get the vin number first. >> reporter: while some parking officers are getting out of their three-wheeled vehicles to record the information, we found other officers who aren't even making an attempt. you never got of your vehicle to check the vin number. despite our ability to read the vin number this officer put cannot read by the vehicle's owner easily able to make out the information. and the vin doesn't get any easier to read than on this suv. but apparently the officer just couldn't read it. >> the standard of ev

in tonight's special report, ktvu's heather holmes takes a look at the three words that could lead tolood of dismissals. >> reporter: on any given day, on any given street. >> only commercial vehicles are allowed to park there. >> reporter: san francisco parking control officers are on the job. but now accusations that they are not doing their jobs correctly. even violating the state law. at issue, this section of the california vehicle code. it requires, among other things, that each parking citation contain the last four digits of the vehicle identification number. if readable through the windshield. >> i need to get the vin number first. >> reporter: while some parking officers are getting out of their three-wheeled vehicles to record the information, we found other officers who aren't even making an attempt. you never got of your vehicle to check the vin number. despite our ability to read the vin number this officer put cannot read by the vehicle's owner easily able to make out the information. and the vin doesn't get any easier to read than on this suv. but apparently the office

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. there are major new develop developments in in the bryan stow case. police have reported what they are calling the aggressor in the giant's fan bryan stow attack. >> reporter: bryan stow remains in critical condition. his family got one bit of good news today, that one of the alleged attackers is now behind bars. >> the los angeles police department has arrested a suspect in the senseless and brutal attack that occurred here at dodger stadium on opening day. >> reporter: police announced the arrest of giovanni ramirez. >> he said that we had bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> reporter: sources say ramirez has at least three prior convictions for robbery, attempted robbery. witnesses identified him from a line up and police say that he is main aggressor. police also say he has fresh tattoos that would cover identifying tattoos. after today's game against the a's two giants players said their fan bryan stow is never far from their minds. >> all our thoughts and prayers are with brya

good evening i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne.. there's been another attack. this time leaving the membered on edge. >> reporter: there was another brutal attack on a staff member by a patient. >> at 2:15 p.m. a patient with a -- >> i've talked to staff earlier, they said she was okay. >> reporter: this is just another report of violence. >> we're constantly watching over our shoulders now every day. >> reporter: most workers leaving the property today told me they were very concerned about their safety. >> the fact that we're getting younger and younger, more sometimes more gangster like mentalities coming into the hospital. >> as we told you in a special report last month, since 1989, the hospital population has gone from 20% criminal element to 88%. and 16% are accused killers. >> we're talking about people who probably don't need to be there. >> reporter: this just seven months after donna gross was killed allegedly by a patient. two weeks ago state mental health officials announced police officers. but not soon enough to protect the people hurt today. joh

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. we have breaking news to tell you about. we're getting news of people getting shot in oakland. we have news crews just getting to the scene and as soon as we learn more we're bring it to you. >>> people may be rethinking its imagine as the safest by city in america. ktvu has been looking into the latest killing, a 25-year-old woman killed in her car. >> reporter: a woman of five we're told ken. and san jose police have made no arrest yet in her killing or any other those in recent days as the city's home hit 24, 10 more in all of next year. a single candle and a few roses. barely a hint of what happened here last night. a 25-year-old woman was shot while at the wheel of this mercedes and crashed about a block away. she lived near by and loved ones ran here, watching as cpr failed to save her. >> we always felt that san jose was one of the safer places. >> reporter: this neighbor called 911 hearing the shots in her of her home of 25 years. >> when -- i had visitors and when i heard the

. >> i'm heather holmes. the clinic may have been closed, everybody gone but it's electronic eyes were rolling. eric shows you now the incredible video of the fire bomb attack as it happened. >> reporter: it really is amazing. the owner said they don't know who could have done it but they think they were targeted. this is where someone broke through a window, threw in the fire bomb and it was caught on camera. two people fire bomb the clinic in santa cruz. in fact two more cameras inside the business recorded crystal clear images of the lobby of this local marijuana clinic. you can see those two people wearing hooded sweatshirts and bandanas look inside. then one starts hammering at a glass door while the other lights a large cocktail and throws it inside. >> believe what i was seeing. republican the owner and his partner were the first at the scene after getting a call from their alarm company. he said he used a garden hose to keep the fire from spreading into a second room where they keep much of the mariju

. >> good evening, everyone, i'm heather holmes. police tonight say those two young children from stockton may be the unintended victims of a car theft. 3-year-old rack he will moor and his 6-year-old sister were taken from stockton. the 3-year-old black male is three feet tall weighing 45 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. aleen is a 6-year-old female 65 pounds and brown hair and brown eyes and wearing a pink shirt with cap are you pants. their father got into an argument with a woman. >> the two adults, the female and the father of the children get out of the car. and they move a distance away from the vehicle. i am not clear at this point how far they moved away from the vehicle. but when they did, they left the vehicle running with the doors open and the two children in the backseat. >> police say that is when the suspect jumped out of another car, got into the buck and then took off with the children inside. now, the car is a pink and red buick park avenue four door with a grey interior. the car has a california license pla

. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. a piece of u.s. history in oakland is targeted by thieves. they made off with a massive brass gun poor from the batship uss maine which had been on display at lakeside park for decades. only on 2 eric rasmussen live in oakland with the clues left behind. eric? >> reporter: it certainly took some heavy lifting. this big porthole or gun port was right here on this concrete slab. you can see where they knocked it right off. we were even able to make out some tire tracks where the thieves drove right up here to get it. and they apparently got away without being seen by anyone. this solid brass gun port had been a centerpiece of lakeside park in oakland for generations, a monument to history and the uss maine which sunk after an explosion in cuba in 1898. >> so you can see the shape like that. >> reporter: now it's gone. >> it's about as tall as i am. it's about this wide. >> reporter: park supervisor says these wooden planks are among the only evidence of how the thieves made off the huge relic. city wor

. >> reporter: reporting live tonight here in san francisco, i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some americans are already cashing in on the death of osama bin laden. the san francisco company called zazzel is selling t- shirts, mugs, buttons basically anything the customer commands. zazzel's president says he knew after listening to president obama that they would be busy monday morning. and zazzle is not the only company making profits off osama bin laden's death. >>> and the nasdaq finished down 22 points. >>> tesla motors is expected to release its second quarter earnings. the electric car maker issued it's ipo last june. last month they opened their store, a showcase with flashy cars for upscale shoppers. >>>-- it's only about a mile to the pacific research center. the swiss based tech company employs about 1,000 people here in the bay area. the company spokesperson told us the move should happen next year. >>> as gas prices continue to go up, more americans are buying small cars. over all sales rose 18% last month compared to last year. general motors, hyundai and ford

. >> reporter: reporting live tonight here in san francisco, i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some americans are already cashing in on the death of osama bin laden. the san francisco company called zazzel is selling t- shirts, mugs, buttons basically anything the customer commands. zazzel's president says he knew after listening to president obama that they would be busy monday morning. and zazzle is not the only company making profits off osama bin laden's death. >>> and the nasdaq finished down 22 points. >>> tesla motors is expected to release its second quarter earnings. the electric car maker issued it's ipo last june. last month they opened their store, a showcase with flashy cars for upscale shoppers. >>>-- it's only about a mile to the pacific research center. the swiss based tech company employs about 1,000 people here in the bay area. the company spokesperson told us the move should happen next year. >>> as gas prices continue to go up, more americans are buying small cars. over all sales rose 18% last month compared to last year. general motors, hyundai and ford

that's where heather holmes is tonight. >> reporter: julie, i just learned that the search for the missing teenager has been called off for this evening. those efforts stopped about a half hour ago. although the search will continue tomorrow morning. now we watched just about 15 minutes ago as danville police and park police returned here to the command postwhere the girl's bicycle was found. but they returned without any additional evidence on alliy's where abouts. volunteers and search and recue teams were out in full search. >> looking at the beaches and obvious places. now we're going into a close order search. she's now had over 24 hours of being missed. >> reporter: the search team and law enforcement officials from law agencies spent the day combing the area around bay bridge. using boats to search the water and dogs to search the parking lot. where the missing girl's purple mountain bikes was discovered this morning by her father. >> we found a note on the computer with directions to this location. >> reporter: david bayliss called authorities and the search moveed from danville to

i'm heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> before going to arlington national cemetery, president obama introduced national security team. the uncoming and outgoing military leaders appeared with the president. martin dempsey was tapped to be the next chief of staff. wadefeld was picked to be joint chief of staff. all have to be confirmed by the senate. >>> a 51-year-old woman is behind bars in southern california tonight after police say she was found pushing a trash can contained a man's body parts. carmen montenegro was arrested last night. she was booked on suspicion of murder. the coroner has not releasted the identity of the victim. a woman who identified herself as a relative of montenegro called a tv station saying that montenegro came to her home looking for help to dispose of the body. >>> estimated that some 450 high risk prisoners were freed as unsupervised parolees. they found 31 were not eligible for unsupervised parol and nine were determined likely to commit violent crimes. in that, investigators estimate that more than 450 high risk inmates were released last year as part of a new

. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. we are watching traffic on illustrate -- on the bay bridge where construction is about to begin. crews are ready to shift eastbound traffic approaching oakland on to a new detour. that's where eric rasmussen is now live and, eric, there will be delays tonight? >> reporter: there certainly will be heather. i just talked to our contact here at the bay bridge about four minutes ago. crews are actually delayed. might not start for another hour or so because of all of the rain we had earlier today. we would like to switch our truck to a second camera we have to give you a sort of bird' eye view of the eastbound traffic. if you see us blowing around the camera is blowing around there. however, we can tell you they will be shutting down some lanes overnight tonight to shift this traffic on to the new detour. and that's, of course, to make room for the crews that are working on a new part of the bay bridge. shifting traffic on the bay bridge is no easy task, not even late on a saturday night.

that's where heather holmes is tonight. >> reporter: julie, i just learned that the search for the missing teenager has been called off for this evening. those efforts stopped about a half hour ago. although the search will continue tomorrow morning. now we watched just about 15 minutes ago as danville police and park police returned here to the command postwhere the girl's bicycle was found. but they returned without any additional evidence on alliy's where abouts. volunteers and search and recue teams were out in full search. >> looking at the beaches and obvious places. now we're going into a close order search. she's now had over 24 hours of being missed. >> reporter: the search team and law enforcement officials from law agencies spent the day combing the area around bay bridge. using boats to search the water and dogs to search the parking lot. where the missing girl's purple mountain bikes was discovered this morning by her father. >> we found a note on the computer with directions to this location. >> reporter: david bayliss called authorities and the search moveed from danville to

. >> i'm heather holmes. demanding rights for workers and immigrants. that was the focus of a may day ralph. >> reporter: this celebration wrapped up about two hours ago but it was a perfect illustration of this most american of rights, the first amendment's freedom of speech especially with a hard exchange between marchers and counter demonstrators. hundreds of people celebrated may day or international workers day. >> workers rights and everybody is just tired with the system. >> reporter: it started in the mission district with a spirited march. city supervisor who is eyeing higher office talked about issues faced by many american workers. >> how can we pay the mortgage, make ends meet, do the -- the after school program. >> reporter: they then arrived in civic center plaza. hundreds witnessed the speaks and many others across polk street to face off with counter demonstrators. they were members of the tea party and the minute men. >> the vast majority of us are focused on i think the loss of jobs to united states citizens and also with the flow of t

. >> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. a fight over the rights to that house is just one possible mow if i have for today's killings. john sasaki reports now from the fairfield house where ten hours later the police remain on the scene. >> my son who was next door told me that he heard a few. actually, we were upstairs and i was changing him. mommy, i heard all of these gunshots. >> reporter: that gunfire erupted on the house on venus drive around noon. a man and a woman were shot to death. jason iesenburg was airlifted to a trauma center where police say he died from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. another man was shot in the foot. >> is it fair it say that you believe that one person shot the other people and then shot himself. >> in the circumstances that's what we believe happened. >> i don't believe it was a love triangle. i honestly believe it was moreover the title to the home. >> reporter: that's where it gets confusing. the alleged shooter owned the home. the female victim who may be his ex-wife was also on the t

i'm heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> before going to arlington national cemetery, president obama introduced new national security team. the uncoming and outgoing military leaders appeared with the president. martin dempsey was tapped to be the next chief of staff. wadefeld was picked to be joint chief of staff. all have to be confirmed by the senate. >>> a 51-year-old woman is behind bars in southern california tonight after police say she was found pushing a trash can contained a man's body parts. carmen montenegro was arrested last night. she was booked on suspicion of murder. the coroner has not releasted the identity of the victim. a woman who identified herself as a relative of montenegro called a tv station saying that montenegro came to her home looking for help to dispose of the body. >>> estimated that some 450 high risk prisoners were freed as unsupervised parolees. they found 31 were not eligible for unsupervised parol and nine were determined likely to commit violent crimes. in that, investigators estimate that more than 450 high risk inmates were released last year as part of a