heather holmes is here now and you talked to the family about what happened, heather. >> i did frank and julie and this was the first day of the family's 10 day vacation. and it's already one they won't forget. the teen is recovering tonight after that shark took a bite from her leg. beautiful beach in maui attracting people from all over the world, this morning a livermore father and three daughters took to the beach when something happened. >> my husband felt something at his back. and then all of them started screaming and running out of the water. she said something bit me , and i looked at her leg and she had a big gash. >> reporter: the first responders treated her wound before the mother took her to the hospital. >> they want to leave the wound open for several days and then stitch it up. the main concern now is infection so they want to keep it clean and let it heal. >> reporter: st. claire says she was told it was a black tip shark. the beach was closed and warning signs posted. visitors had told officials they had seen a shark swimming in the area just yesterday. >> i was w

heather holmes is here now and you talked to the family about what happened, heather. >> i did frank and julie and this was the first day of the family's 10 day vacation. and it's already one they won't forget. the teen is recovering tonight after that shark took a bite from her leg. beautiful beach in maui attracting people from all over the world, this morning a livermore father and three daughters took to the beach when something happened. >> my husband felt something at his back. and then all of them started screaming and running out of the water. she said something bit me , and i looked at her leg and she had a big gash. >> reporter: the first responders treated her wound before the mother took her to the hospital. >> they want to leave the wound open for several days and then stitch it up. the main concern now is infection so they want to keep it clean and let it heal. >> reporter: st. claire says she was told it was a black tip shark. the beach was closed and warning signs posted. visitors had told officials they had seen a shark swimming in the area just yesterday. >> i was w

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heather holmes is live at dolores park to tell us what a supervisor plans to ask the mayor tomorrow.porter: supervisor anthony weiner he will ask the mayor to get tough on vandals like those who struck here several times. there is even employer graffiti on that utility box in the median. the supervisor is fed up. just feets from where a father and son play chase, the work of vandals is visible. graffiti at the new play area at dubose park which opened just last month. >> to those of us who work very hard to get these parks improved it's very frustrating. >> reporter: both recently convenient rated did you boss and dolores park and scott winier's district were were vandalized days after opening. historic lamp posts smashed red spray paint across the restrooms and palm trees cuts. >> i think there's a perception in san francisco when you do graffiti there are few or no consequences. we need to send the message there are consequences. >> reporter: weiner wants police and district attorney office's to be more aggressive in vandalism cases. >> officers are doing a lot of the arrests they

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm john sasaki in for ken wayne. we begin this evening with a busy afternoon for san josi firefighters who handled a grass fire quickly spread along the southbound lanes of highway 87. more than 50 firefighters responded to that blaze. crews stationed some engineers at the top of a nearby hill to protect homes, but none were threatened in the end. >> this is fuels here. the fire event was relatively fast. crews had a hard time to get in front of it to stop the fire. we were able to get it at several breaks, that led to a natural break here and able to contain the fire. >> firefighters tell us that this same area burned last summer after someone threw a lit significant fret a passing car. >>> in oakland power was restores in an area of the hills where a car crash sparked a fire. utility crews had to replace two power lines that were knocked down when an elderly woman rammed into a power poll at pole yesterday afternoon. news chopper 2 was live overhead was the fire moved towards homes. about 100 firefighters were call

heather holmes is live at dolores park to tell us what a supervisor plans to ask the mayor tomorrow.pervisor anthony weiner he will ask the mayor to get tough on vandals like those who struck here several times. there is even employer graffiti on that utility box in the median. the supervisor is fed up. just feets from where a father and son play chase, the work of vandals is visible. graffiti at the new play area at dubose park which opened just last month. >> to those of us who work very hard to get these parks improved it's very frustrating. >> reporter: both recently convenient rated did you boss and dolores park and scott winier's district were were vandalized days after opening. historic lamp posts smashed red spray paint across the restrooms and palm trees cuts. >> i think there's a perception in san francisco when you do graffiti there are few or no consequences. we need to send the message there are consequences. >> reporter: weiner wants police and district attorney office's to be more aggressive in vandalism cases. >> officers are doing a lot of the arrests they are docume

i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a senior prank can lead to hundreds of suspensions and ruin senior prom. >> reporter: the harris high school campus is cleaner but as you can see, paint still remains on the ground. this could keep students from participating in program. >> i totally saw it as a harmless prank. >> we didn't think it was going -- i thought it was just an innocent prank. >> reporter: about 10 students have already been suspended. dozens more could be punished. many of them may not be able to participate in graduation ceremonies. >> it is okay to enjoy time in high school but it is not okay to do anything that will deface the school campus. >> reporter: more than 20 seniors were on campus scrubbing up the paint. they hope this shows that they feel remorse. reporting live in brentwood, matt keller. >>> it appears two people who were shot in downtown oakland right now are in stable condition and expected to survive. the shooting happen at 9:30. initial report show the woman was shot in the leg. police say

. >> and i'm heather holmes. this is the 42nd year san francisco celebrated the gay community and hosted the pride parade. there were of course the elaborate costumes and floats, but new this year, optimism. >> reporter: pride parade 2012 that rolling in with the dykes on bikes. >> colorful parade celebrating the rainbow flag. >> it's a pleasure to be here to share this joy. >> reporter: visitors traveled from near and far just to watch the parade and show their own pride. >> actually in houston this weekend is our pride, but i heard this is the biggest pride in the united states of america and i had to be here. >> reporter: amidst the fun there was also a serious message, marriage equality. >> absolutely we deserve the same rights everybody else has. >> reporter: san francisco's mayor hailed president obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage. >> i think the time has come in history, will be with us when the highest court makes that decision. >> reporter: paradegoers agreed that will be a day to cheer and

. >> i'm heather holmes and we have learned that giant's 3rd baseman, pablo sandoval has been questioned by santa cruz county sheriff's deputies about an alleged incident at a resort. dib roo villalon is live at at&t park where the sexual harassment aggregations are rocking the area. >> reporter: they are only accusations. he has not been detained as detectives work this case. 25-year-old pablo sandoval took the field for the san josi giants tonight, playing minor league ball as he heals from surgery for a fractured hand. off-the-field? >> investigators are going to treat like this every other case we have at the sheriff's department. >> reporter: they confirm they are investigating a complaint from a woman who says she was assaulted by sandoval at seascape beach resort after meeting him in a bar in santa cruz. it was consensual sex according to his lawyers, but she says she was too intoxicated to consent. >> he has cooperated and we were able to interview him and the investigation is ongoing at this time. >> reporter: sandoval nicknamed kung fu panda has been a crowd favorite. he led th

. >> hello again everyone i'm heather holmes. >> our weather is creating ideal conditions for the spread of fire and a red-flag warning is in effect for the north bay and east bay hills and in the south bay today, crews had their hands full for a time, battling a brush fire that burned perilously close to home. ktvu's debora villalon in san josi with how today's windows made that fire tricky. >> reporter: heather, it was here along highway 7, this is called light flashy fuel and it does burn in a flash. flames whipped up really fast. this video comes from a resident across the freeway, who started shooting even as engines arrived. startled by how big the flames grew. >> they were at least 20' at one point. and they actually got really close to the firemen themselves. >> crews had a hard time getting in front of it to stop the fire. >> reporter: a hard time because of 20 miles per hour wind gusts. the fire jumped a walking trailheading towards home homes at the top. even with more engines, 50 firefighters and water drops from a helicopter, final acres were blackened between the exit and c

hello everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> an outpouring of emotion. where that 3-year-old die adn her family and neighborhood are in mourning after the little girl drown in the san mateo lagoon. eric rasmussen is there live where neighbors held a vigil for the little girl. >> reporter: this drowning has simply stunned people who live off of the day avenue. like you said, police say this little girl wandered away from her family's home and somehow fell into the lagoon that you see here. as we pan up along the shoreline, you can see candles that neighbors set out for her tonight. we learned it was a neighbor who first came upon the girl in the water this afternoon, but by then, we are told, it was already too late. as police tried to console family members of a 3-year-old girl who drowned in the san mateo lagoon, neighbors struggled to come to grips with what happened? >> terrible. devastating and they were always, you know, they were always -- the two girls were always together. >> reporter: this time, police think the little girl wandered away on her

. >> i am heather holmes. >> a boating accident in the delta, a boat airing three men -- carrying three men capsized. one man survived, one body is recovered and right now the search for the third man. ktvu's ken pritchett is live on the scene where he spoke with family members. >> reporter: while the names of the victims haven't been released a talked to a family member of one of the missing men, she came out here and she had a question that you would think would be easy to answer, was her cousin still missing in this dark water. >>> the water of whiskey slew is not fast moving, not cold. this is where the accident happened yesterday morning when a boat capsized. >> they were in a 12-foot aluminum boat, we are not sure as to the cause. >> reporter: one man made it to shore and then the search began for the other two men, one body recovered yesterday afternoon. today sheriff's boats used sonar and a drag line in the search for the missing man. it is taking place in full view of boating traffic. >> this is our second similar incident within a week. weed e monday morning very similar. >>>

. >> i'm heather holmes. we're just about 12 hours away from one of the biggest pride parades in the the world. san francisco is hosting its 42nd celebration of gay pride of and the festivities are well- underway. platt keller is there. >> reporter: heather, take a look behind me. a massive crowd in the castro. thousands of people are here for pink saturday an annual event for pride week. organizers are calling it the largest nighttime street party. a lots of the men and women in blue are keeping an eye on pink saturday. no cans or bottles are allowed inside, homing to keep alcohol- fueled trouble out. once people are inside the fence, the pride party begins. >> we're here to have a good time and celebrate who we are. >> reporter: multiple sound stages were set up to scatter the crowds and food trucks are keeping people from overstuffing the bars and restaurants. >> everybody seems pretty well- behaved. so that is a good thing. >> reporter: the annual dyke march was earlier today with added horsepower. dozens

heather holmes is live now in alameda county with the surveillance video deputies are using to search for the man. >> reporter: right now, officials are inside. they are reviewing the images captured by surveillance cameras and they not only show the suspected shooter, they also show a very expensive suv leaving the scene. >> this is the man caught on video, running through a parking lot seconds after gunfire erupted on mateo street in unincorporated san leandro. she told me, it was her 18-year- old brother shot outside this complex. >> he is in stable condition right now. he's lost his right eye. his bone structure is fractured on his right side of his face. >> reporter: sheriff deputies surrounded the apartment building after receiving information that gunmen might be holed up inside the units. some carries weapons, others shields, lined up on the second floor of the building. on the ground, a k-9 unit walked the perimeter. >> deputies made entry into an apartment that we thought the suspect might be. it turned out he was not in there. >> reporter: this surveillance video ktvu obtai

heather holmes is live where she's watching returns. >> reporter: the could has thinned out quite significantly but earlier in the evening this room was packed. the adrenaline going, the enthusiasm going, they are energize and starting tomorrow their focus will shift on the november election. members of the san francisco republican party liked the headlines that appeared on the tv screens and that came across on their smart phones, romney wins. we talked to candidates running for office. these republicans know the odds are stacked against them. but they believe they can push romney to victory. while dillan knows it is unlikely she will win, they're more -- >> i think people are tired of the spending policies and are really to tighten their fiscal belts. >> reporter: dhillon says the party is strategize on how to get support. >>> romney's victory tonight brings his delegates to 1,398. the other candidates have either dropped out or taken their name out but still have votes in their name. >>> the latest employment numbers showed a slow. local democrats are talking about the president's chances at

heather holmes is live now in alameda county with the surveillance video deputies are using to search for the man. >> reporter: right now, officials are inside. they are reviewing the images captured by surveillance cameras and they not only show the suspected shooter, they also show a very expensive suv leaving the scene. >> this is the man caught on video, running through a parking lot seconds after gunfire erupted on mateo street in unincorporated san leandro. she told me, it was her 18-year- old brother shot outside this complex. >> he is in stable condition right now. he's lost his right eye. his bone structure is fractured on his right side of his face. >> reporter: sheriff deputies surrounded the apartment building after receiving information that gunmen might be holed up inside the units. some carries weapons, others shields, lined up on the second floor of the building. on the ground, a k-9 unit walked the perimeter. >> deputies made entry into an apartment that we thought the suspect might be. it turned out he was not in there. >> reporter: this surveillance video ktvu obtai

ktvu's heather holmes is live now at the park with what's being done for the first time tonight, heather. >> reporter: julie from sfpd blue to dodger blue, for the first time, police were incognito blending in with the crowd. it is the north versus the south baseball battle that gets fanned riled up even before the first pitch. >> sweet, we're going to tie it. >> reporter: the beef between the giant and dodger fans is deep and has gone beyond baseball with the brutal attack on giant's fan bryan stow in the giant dodger park. and hpd is beefing up security to make sure games are clean and violence free. police patrols, police are wearing rival jerseys. mayor ed lee said the undercover officers will be in the stand and parking lots and able to immediately escort out or detain any fans causing problems. >> i know where i'm at, i'm not going to act stupid. >> reporter: fans say it's a smart idea but many wish the red mark on the rivalry would fade. >> we're watching baseball games maybe remarks go back and forth but that's where it stands, that's where it lays. >> reporter: sfpd used this sa

ktvu's heather holmes is live now at the park with what's being done for the first time tonight, heather. >> reporter: julie from sfpd blue to dodger blue, for the first time, police were incognito blending in with the crowd. it is the north versus the south baseball battle that gets fanned riled up even before the first pitch. >> sweet, we're going to tie it. >> reporter: the beef between the giant and dodger fans is deep and has gone beyond baseball with the brutal attack on giant's fan bryan stow in the giant dodger park. and hpd is beefing up security to make sure games are clean and violence free. police patrols, police are wearing rival jerseys. mayor ed lee said the undercover officers will be in the stand and parking lots and able to immediately escort out or detain any fans causing problems. >> i know where i'm at, i'm not going to act stupid. >> reporter: fans say it's a smart idea but many wish the red mark on the rivalry would fade. >> we're watching baseball games maybe remarks go back and forth but that's where it stands, that's where it lays. >> reporter: sfpd used this sa

. >> i'm heather holmes. pride was on parade in san francisco today as thousands gathered on the sidewalks downtown for one of the largest gay pride parades in the world. christian was at the event. he joins us now live from civic center plaza the scene of another big pride celebration. >> reporter: a big pride celebration. take a look. the crowds out. the party under are underway. there is something for everybody. there is cheerleading, music, the theme this year is global equality. pride parade 2012 got rolling the dykes on bikes, more than a hundred groups marched. colorful parade celebrating the rainbow flag. >> pleasure to be here to share the joy. >> reporter: visitors travel from near and far just to watch the parade and show their own pride. >> actually in houston this weekend is our pride. i heard this is the biggest pride in the united states of america and i had to be here. >> reporter: amid the fun there was a serious message. marriage equality. >> absolutely we deserve the same rights everybody e

new information on what happened from heather holmes. she is live with the challenge firefighters face tonight. >> reporter: for more than three hours tonight firefighters chased this fire up the floors of this it 79 unit building. it quickly moved through the ventilation shaft and firefighters are still here on the scene. they had the fire put out just about 30 minutes ago. the red cross has just arrived to start escorting some of the people inside to allow them to get whatever they can but i just learned that 12 to 14 apartments in this building have been severely damaged. smoke streamed from the top of the building as residents watched and waited. >> first thing i did was grab the cat carrier, put the cat in, grabbed my jacket and left everything else. >> reporter: aaron stood on the corner with his cat after running out of his girlfriend i friend's apartment. >> next thing you look up and can see smoke, coming off the top. >> reporter: after six firefighters rushed to the building where the fire was first reported. then realized it w

new information on what happened from heather holmes. she is live with the challenge firefighters face tonight. >> reporter: for more than three hours tonight firefighters chased this fire up the floors of this it 79 unit building. it quickly moved through the ventilation shaft and firefighters are still here on the scene. they had the fire put out just about 30 minutes ago. the red cross has just arrived to start escorting some of the people inside to allow them to get whatever they can but i just learned that 12 to 14 apartments in this building have been severely damaged. smoke streamed from the top of the building as residents watched and waited. >> first thing i did was grab the cat carrier, put the cat in, grabbed my jacket and left everything else. >> reporter: aaron stood on the corner with his cat after running out of his girlfriend i friend's apartment. >> next thing you look up and can see smoke, coming off the top. >> reporter: after six firefighters rushed to the building where the fire was first reported. then realized it w

reporting live tonight, here at san francisco's ocean beach, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> and at ktvu.comk we have posted more video of the various tombstones found along ocean beach. you will find it under bay area living. >>> turning now to the race for the white house. president obama is in los angeles tonight after making a brief stop in san francisco. the president spoke tonight at a gala for lesbian and gay supporters. it was just a month ago that the president revealed he supported same-sex marriage rights. tickets at this event started at $1,200. from there, the president went on to another fundraiser. earlier, the president made some fast money here in the bay area, during a 3 hour and 40 minute stop gofer. as eric rasmussen reports, even some obama supporters are irked that the bay area seems to be an atm for the presidential campaign. >> reporter: on a visit where time truly is money, president obama broke into a jog to greet a small crowd at sfo before believing for two high dollar fundraisers. brenda tucker johnson was among a few campaign volunteers along wit

heather holmes is live where she's watching returns. >> reporter: the could has thinned out quite significantly but earlier in the evening this room was packed. the adrenaline going, the enthusiasm going, they are energize and starting tomorrow their focus will shift on the november election. members of the san francisco republican party liked the headlines that appeared on the tv screens and that came across on their smart phones, romney wins. we talked to candidates running for office. these republicans know the odds are stacked against them. but they believe they can push romney to victory. while dillan knows it is unlikely she will win, they're more -- >> i think people are tired of the spending policies and are really to tighten their fiscal belts. >> reporter: dhillon says the party is strategize on how to get support. >>> romney's victory tonight brings his delegates to 1,398. the other candidates have either dropped out or taken their name out but still have votes in their name. >>> the latest employment numbers showed a slow. local democrats are talking about the president's chances at

reporting live tonight, here at san francisco's ocean beach, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> and at ktvu.comk we have posted more video of the various tombstones found along ocean beach. you will find it under bay area living. >>> turning now to the race for the white house. president obama is in los angeles tonight after making a brief stop in san francisco. the president spoke tonight at a gala for lesbian and gay supporters. it was just a month ago that the president revealed he supported same-sex marriage rights. tickets at this event started at $1,200. from there, the president went on to another fundraiser. earlier, the president made some fast money here in the bay area, during a 3 hour and 40 minute stop gofer. as eric rasmussen reports, even some obama supporters are irked that the bay area seems to be an atm for the presidential campaign. >> reporter: on a visit where time truly is money, president obama broke into a jog to greet a small crowd at sfo before believing for two high dollar fundraisers. brenda tucker johnson was among a few campaign volunteers along wit

. >> i'm heather holmes. for a second day in a row now a red flag warning is in of course for parts of the bay area. residents in the north bay are being told to take recautions. we are live in mill valley with the personal way firefighters are spreading the word. >> reporter: we are live off panoramic highway where you get a sense of the fire danger. you have homes backed up against thousands of acres of wild land which you can see is drying out after four months without any rain. >> i'm from the fire department. >> reporter: this team from the fire department is one of six stations charged within inspecting homes. >> i will take a quick look and can come back with recommendations and give you flyers. >> reporter: the fire department hired 60 extra people to help inspect homes mill valley to point reyes this weekend. >> cost me $360 to have those trimmed. >> reporter: this resident got a thumbs up for her measures but was warned that cuttings left near the street could be a problem. >> the fire comes in, cat

holmes norton, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. >>> new york mayor michael bloomberg is out defending the city's controversial stop and frisk policy. is it racial profiling? donna lieberman and heather mrk donald weigh in on that. >>> later, united health care promises to keep key provisions in place even if the president's health care law is overturn. is it a goodwill gesture or a pr stunt? stay tuned. >>> so they know these guys carry pot and other drugs and they stop and they frisk and they fine them and send them into the system. that's what drives crime down. get them off the street. the left hates that. hates it. because it is racial profiling. but it's really criminal profiling. >> to hear bill o'reilly tell it, stop and frisk not only works, it makes sense. but the numbers don't lie. stop and frisk, a policy that gives new york city police officers the authority to stop and search people they consider suspicious disproportionately affects young black and latino men. now major michael bloomberg is defending the controversial strategy. >> there's no denying -- takes guns off the streets and save lives. to borrow a phrase from president clinton, i believe the practice needs to

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