heather holmes is live now in the city where members of the police commission got an ear full at a communitymeeting tonight, heather. >> reporter: every top cop since heather fonb in 2004 has lobbied for these devices but without success. everyone who came here are hoping that the current chief's efforts will fail too. >> we have serious concerns. >> reporter: the the proposal to put tasers on police hands is not letting up. >> reporter: chief greg suhr continues to push for a pilot program to arm 500 officers about 5% of the force with tasers after completing crisis intervention training. prelong who's family said was mentally ill had used a boxed cutter. he then lunged at a police officer with the bloody box cutter. >> it's sad that an individual lost their life. >> tasers pose a danger, we know that they can kill people and they kill people. >> i would have to see an asian american getting killed simply because he doesn't understand or doesn't speak english. and there was no option but to shoot him. >> reporter: now this police commission sub committee will hold two more meetings with the

heather holmes is live now in the city where members of the police commission got an ear full at a communitymeeting tonight, heather. >> reporter: every top cop since heather fonb in 2004 has lobbied for these devices but without success. everyone who came here are hoping that the current chief's efforts will fail too. >> we have serious concerns. >> reporter: the the proposal to put tasers on police hands is not letting up. >> reporter: chief greg suhr continues to push for a pilot program to arm 500 officers about 5% of the force with tasers after completing crisis intervention training. prelong who's family said was mentally ill had used a boxed cutter. he then lunged at a police officer with the bloody box cutter. >> it's sad that an individual lost their life. >> tasers pose a danger, we know that they can kill people and they kill people. >> i would have to see an asian american getting killed simply because he doesn't understand or doesn't speak english. and there was no option but to shoot him. >> reporter: now this police commission sub committee will hold two more meetings with the

ktvu's heather holmes has our continuing coverage. ht to tell us what the investigation has yielded so far, heather. >> reporter: frank the tanker of the overseas raymar has been ordered to remain anchored here indefinitely. tonight as you mentioned the coast guard is telling us that those on board this vessel were told that trouble was ahead. before the 750-foot oil tanker struck a tower of the bay bridge yesterday morning, those monitoring its travels warned of the danger. according to information released late tonight from the u.s. coast guard the vessel traffic service on yerba buena island tapped with helping ships navigate safely was in communication with the overseas raymara and alerted the ship to the hazard. but whether the pilot had time to react remains to be seen. >> the pilot is responsible for the navigation of their own vessel. >> reporter: guy kleess is no advantager to the bay. having guided vessels through the tricky waters since 2005. the coast guard finished their interviews with the pilot and crew. >> they'll have

ktvu's heather holmes has our continuing coverage. e is live on treasure island tonight to tell us what the investigation has yielded so far, heather. >> reporter: frank the tanker of the overseas raymar has been ordered to remain anchored here indefinitely. tonight as you mentioned the coast guard is telling us that those on board this vessel were told that trouble was ahead. before the 750-foot oil tanker struck a tower of the bay bridge yesterday morning, those monitoring its travels warned of the danger. according to information released late tonight from the u.s. coast guard the vessel traffic service on yerba buena island tapped with helping ships navigate safely was in communication with the overseas raymara and alerted the ship to the hazard. but whether the pilot had time to react remains to be seen. >> the pilot is responsible for the navigation of their own vessel. >> reporter: guy kleess is no advantager to the bay. having guided vessels through the tricky waters since 2005. the coast guard finished their interviews with th

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. >>> in the east bay, a shooting at the bayfair b.a.r.t. station has left one person dead and another one injured. alley rasmus there and she's talked to witnesses and how this affecting service. >> reporter: the station is closed. it's been closed since 1:00. we've seen train after train pass through the station without stopping. there's crime scene tape on the b.a.r.t. platform and there's tape blocking just about every entrance on the ground level. this is all because of a fatal shooting that happened around 12:30 this afternoon. it happened in the bus zone. that parked ac transit bus you are looking at, five seats next to it is where the victim of the fatal shooting was found. a 40-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. a woman was injured. she went to the hospital. her life injuries -- her injuries are not life- threatening. witnesses, including several people at a nearby taxi stand, told us they heard several shots fired, then saw a crowd of people at the bus stop disperse. >> shots. like two slowly and the others more quickly

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. >>> we'll get to the cold snap in a moment. but first, breaking news from oak -- oakland, several people were shot outside of the a home. deborah villalon is joining us. >> reporter: just minutes ago this was a birthday party which ended with five people shot. now our camera was here as those victims were taken away by paramedics. we're told their wounds are not life threatening. they are hospitalized in stable condition and being interviewed by detectives right now. all five victims are men. they were among a group of 20 or so at this birthday party off seminaries just off foothill when someone opened fire on them when they were outside the house. they braced for cover. they ran across the street and the people opened the door for them but that place was hit by bullets. police don't know if the gunman was on car or foot, or he was at the party or he crashed hit, they survived a volley of gunfire here in oakland, deborah villalon. >>> now to the bitter cold weather gripping the bay area tonight is expected to be the coldest ni

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. >>> the 49ers they staged quite a comek to defeat the falcons. and fred inglis is joining us. >> this is why i don't go on roller coaster rides. my stomach can't take it. the 49ers knew they would need a record setting come back. and quarterback colin kaepernick showed leadership. 49ers take the first lead with more than eight minutes left in the game. matt ryan he was big all day but his fourth at four. and there's navarro bowman. 49ers earn the greatest come back in history. they now have a chance to win their sixth nfl title but their first one in 18 years. >> we want to go get it. those guys came out on fire. putting 17 points early. this type of shot late in the season, we definitely did that today. >> can you explain what it means to go to the super bowl now? >> it means a lot. from the bottom, being at the top right now this feels amazing. >> as an individual this is what you dream of. you dream of going to the top position at home. beat them on their field to go to the super bowl. it would have been nice to play in

. >> i'm jana katayama in for heather holmes nfl meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking where the storm is now, but we begin with ktvu's metakeller live at san francisco international airport. >> jana i just spoke with the manager who told me there are no delays at sfo. as for the rain it came on a busy travel weekend both in the air and on the roads. rain once again hit windshields and drenched the roads. so if you need to feed the family, why bother getting out of the car until you get home? >> just watch movies and eat in and out. >> stay warm and dry? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: many students enjoyed their time off with christmas and new year's, but head back to class on monday. for one college student the drive for san diego starts late tonight. >> mostly nervous because my tires are not the best tires to drive in the rain, but hopefully they will be okay. >> reporter: these guys are also driving southern california. >> the wipers aren't working well. >> reporter: people leaving in east palo alto have a reason to be nervous whenever it rains. >> it comes over, hey, it's going t

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. we have new information tonight about a crime in the san francisco's bay district. a woman was doused with chemicals and set on fire. tonight police are still looking for the assailant, the victim's boyfriend. police released the picture of dexter oliver. he is still on the run tonight. >> reporter: crime scene technicians carried gas canisters from the home. the people who live here say the extra gas is for the cars in the driveway. but today at noon police say this man 22-year-old dexter oliver decided to use the content of these bottles to burn and seriously injure his girlfriend. >> they argue and stuff all the time but i didn't think it would go this far. >> reporter: the mother of three is now in the hospital with burns to the face, chest and neck. the victim's sister says it all started with an argument that started at the laundromat. >> my sister wanted to wash but he didn't want to leave the clothes there. he says she does it all the time, so he threw them down. >> reporter:

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes.or the record second year in a row the san francisco 49ers are heading to the nfc championship. quarterback colin kaepernick leads the tale to that huge victory over the packers. a live look at candlestick, which as you can see in the live pictures still lit up after tonight's game. eric rasmussen outside of the stick to talk to the fans. >> reporter: you can still feel the energy and excitement out here. it's a good thing everybody is in a good mood, because they have a long way to wait trying it make their way out of candlestick park. i did talk to a couple of traffic officers and they say everybody this they encounter has behaved for the most part. the party still going on tonight. we actually met up with this group from petaluma and santa rosa before the game and caught up with them again after the big victrism you see the celebration going on there. tonight some fans told me they felt like there was more energy at candlestick park and we saw plenty of it right after the game tonig

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. >> desperate to track down the numerous people involve, bart released more deals about today's deadly shooting at the bay fair station in san leandro. during a news conference officials reveal in a teenager is in custody and that that shooting stemmed from a feud between two groups. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san leandro, where she talked to several witnesses about the chaotic scene. >> reporter: we do know that a 16-year-old teenage boy has been arrested and investigators say two groups with each three to four people met here, argued and then a shootout erupted. police say an innocent bystander died. this taxi driver intelligent up safe giving us his name, but described for us what he heard moments after shots rang out at the bay fair bart station. >> boom, boom, boom, boom, and then i said that is shootings. so i see three young guys crossing the street. trying to get away. so i jumped in my car and went around to the other side of the street and then try tried to identify where they were going. >> reporter: the taxi driver said the man

. >> i'm jana katsuyama in tonight for heather holmes. >> we begin with developing news, covering two shootings on the peninsula that happened within a few miles of each other. the first shooting involved a mother and her child, but we begin in east palo alto where ktvu's jade hernandez has late- breaking details about the shooting there. >> reporter: investigators will have to determine if the first shooting in menlo park a few hours ago is tied to the recent shooting in east palo alto. you can see police officers are capital blocked off here. the most disturbing part is a young child was shot in the first shooting and police are investigating whether these are gang-related. we saw a woman, we believe it was the injured woman from the first shooting get into a police car. she and her 2-year-old son were taken to the hospital, where they remain tonight. she was setting in the back of car in menlo park. a bullet pierced the window and grazed the toddler silting on the mother's lap in the backseat. the driver's side had two bullet holes in the door. menlo park tell us that the car had f

. >> i am heather holmes. >> to new orleans and a live look at the louie armstrong international airport in new orleans, the san francisco 49ers just landed a few minutes ago. a full week ahead of the super bowl. >> turn up the voloom now, the -- voloom now, the team left this -- volume now, the team left this afternoon. the baltimore ravens will arrive tomorrow. >> and in other news. >>> police were in a neighborhood where aman was shot and killed -- a man was shot and killed last night. the friends are mourning the sudden loss. ktvu's ann rubin is live with new information in this ace. ann? >> reporter: gunman, they need witnesses to come forward. >> reporter: a large group of friends gathered to light a candal and say a prayer. he was bunked down saturday as we was walking. >> i heard loud gun shots. four. four gun shots. >> you could feel the tension. >> reporter: police responded quickly but by that time the shooters took off. >> unknown direction, unknown mean ez. we need witnesses. >> reporter: authorities do not know why he might have been targeted. his past includes a charge rel

heather holmes was in the audience and tells us there was something different this year, heather. >>orter: julie just as the program says here, tonight's event promoted no guns in light of the killings at sandy hook elementary, and the sold out crowd embraced that message. >> this battle will never be won until we all get free. >> reporter: before she took to the stage in front of 1,000 people, 20-year-old jade cho shared privately with us her pointian poem. >> but it's raise every voice and speak a new world into being. >> reporter: cho was one of two dozen young performers who honored king's legacy through music and the spoken word. >> tomorrow nobody will care. >> reporter: tonight's theme mainly focused on gun violence. >> we're asking people to really speak about that on a day where we celebrate someone who so much believed in nonviolence. a lot of young people are growing up in violent circumstances. >> reporter: two # 2-year-old donte clark says he has seen the impact of gun violence in his neighborhood. and tatiana told us about a classmate that met his fate through the barre

reporting live tonight, heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> new at 10:00, a peaceful resolution that lasted for about five hours this evening. a s.w.a.t. team responded to an apartment in the 400 block of 20th avenue between geary and anza. neighbors had reported shots fire inside the apartment. after seeing a bullet hole in the door police called for hostage negotiators. the man inside the apartment was alone and eventually they talked him into surrendering. that was at about 8:15 this evening. the man was taken for a mental health evaluation. >>> a man was suspected of robbing a woman then killing her little dog. laurice barrett is wanted for robbery and animal cruelty. they say this surveillance video shows barrett running away just moments after he robbed a woman and threw her dog into the street. the dog ended up dying of his injuries. >>> the airport in paris is named after dugal. there is a plan to rename san francisco international airport after harvey milk. >> reporter: millions of passengers pass through sfo and the idea of renaming the airport after a politician is getting mixed

heather holmes was in the audience and tells us there was something different this year, heather. >>r: julie just as the program says here, tonight's event promoted no guns in light of the killings at sandy hook elementary, and the sold out crowd embraced that message. >> this battle will never be won until we all get free. >> reporter: before she took to the stage in front of 1,000 people, 20-year-old jade cho shared privately with us her pointian poem. >> but it's raise every voice and speak a new world into being. >> reporter: cho was one of two dozen young performers who honored king's legacy through music and the spoken word. >> tomorrow nobody will care. >> reporter: tonight's theme mainly focused on gun violence. >> we're asking people to really speak about that on a day where we celebrate someone who so much believed in nonviolence. a lot of young people are growing up in violent circumstances. >> reporter: two # 2-year-old donte clark says he has seen the impact of gun violence in his neighborhood. and tatiana told us about a classmate that met his fate through the barrel of

we have continuing coverage now from heather holmes.'s live at treasure island with what she's learned about the bar pilot guiding that tanker and the scrutiny he's now facing. >> reporter: he's been a bar pilot since 2005. prior to that he worked for several years on oil tankers for exxon. but today while guiding that vessel. the overseas raymar this experienced mainer sideswiped the tower of the bridge. look at the top left side of this picture. that is a piece of the bridge barrier stuck to the side of the ship's hull. >> about 30 to 40 feet of the tower system has been damaged and will have to be repaired. >> reporter: the wooden and metal barrier protected the bridge. but the question remained today why did the pilot steer the oil tanker right into the tower? >> the visibility was a quarter mile. >> reporter: officials say it was foggy and there was a strong current two possible factors. the coast guard had been in contact with the crew but it's unclear if they received any warning. >> they spoke to the vessel and that will come ou

we have continuing coverage now from heather holmes.he's live at treasure island with what she's learned about the bar pilot guiding that tanker and the scrutiny he's now facing. >> reporter: he's been a bar pilot since 2005. prior to that he worked for several years on oil tankers for exxon. but today while guiding that vessel. the overseas raymar this experienced mainer sideswiped the tower of the bridge. look at the top left side of this picture. that is a piece of the bridge barrier stuck to the side of the ship's hull. >> about 30 to 40 feet of the tower system has been damaged and will have to be repaired. >> reporter: the wooden and metal barrier protected the bridge. but the question remained today why did the pilot steer the oil tanker right into the tower? >> the visibility was a quarter mile. >> reporter: officials say it was foggy and there was a strong current two possible factors. the coast guard had been in contact with the crew but it's unclear if they received any warning. >> they spoke to the vessel and that will come

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. we begin with that developing news in san josi. a woman crashed her car into a pond and just minutes ago we learned that despite efforts to rescue her underwater she died. kutv's debora villalon is live at the scene right off the almaden expressway. >> reporter: heather this happened before 3:00 and it's still a developing situation, because no one can be absolutely sure yet if the woman driving that gray car that you see over there was the only victim. she was pulled lifeless from her vehicle, submerged in about 15' of water. she had been under about 40 minutes and paramedics tried to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at a local hospital. this was a single-car accident and no explanation for. it the driver was coming out of the al plaiden plaza mall when witnesses say instead of turning, she drove straight across the intersection at high- speed, jumped a curb, went through a fence and launched into the pond. the first fire crews were not divers, but they did what they could. >> one of our firefighters did attempt to swim out

reporting live tonight, heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> new at 10:00, a peaceful resolution that lasted for about five hours this evening. a s.w.a.t. team responded to an apartment in the 400 block of 20th avenue between geary and anza. neighbors had reported shots fire inside the apartment. after seeing a bullet hole in the door police called for hostage negotiators. the man inside the apartment was alone and eventually they talked him into surrendering. that was at about 8:15 this evening. the man was taken for a mental health evaluation. >>> a man was suspected of robbing a woman then killing her little dog. laurice barrett is wanted for robbery and animal cruelty. they say this surveillance video shows barrett running away just moments after he robbed a woman and threw her dog into the street. the dog ended up dying of his injuries. >>> the airport in paris is named after dugal. there is a plan to rename san francisco international airport after harvey milk. >> reporter: millions of passengers pass through sfo and the idea of renaming the airport after a politician is getting mixed

heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the community of galt in sacramento county turned out this evening to honor a police officer killed in the line of duty. a candlelight vigil was held for officer kevin tan. he was shot to death yesterday. federal officers say he was highly respected. was a k-9 officer and was not married. he was 35 years old. there is a twist in this case. police say the man who shot officer tan and particular his own life wasn't the burglary suspect the officer was searching for. the gunman has been identified as humphrey gascone. the officer was talking to him, when gascone pulled out a gun and shot him. moments later, he shot himself. >>> pled guilty to urinating on the bodies of taliban in afghanistan. the staff sergeant admitted to desecrating the remains and violating military regulations. he also said he should have stopped other marines, but did not. he reached a plea deal to be demoted one rank. >>> a judge in santa barbara ruled, the scouts must turn over 120,000 pages of internal files as part of a civil case by a former scout who claims he was mol

heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the community of galt in sacramento county turned out this evening to honor a police officer killed in the line of duty. a candlelight vigil was held for officer kevin tan. he was shot to death yesterday. federal officers say he was highly respected. was a k-9 officer and was not married. he was 35 years old. there is a twist in this case. police say the man who shot officer tan and particular his own life wasn't the burglary suspect the officer was searching for. the gunman has been identified as humphrey gascone. the officer was talking to him, when gascone pulled out a gun and shot him. moments later, he shot himself. >>> pled guilty to urinating on the bodies of taliban in afghanistan. the staff sergeant admitted to desecrating the remains and violating military regulations. he also said he should have stopped other marines, but did not. he reached a plea deal to be demoted one rank. >>> a judge in santa barbara ruled, the scouts must turn over 120,000 pages of internal files as part of a civil case by a former scout who claims he was mol

. >> and i'm heather holmes. we are just a few days away from a major announcement from the white house on the obama administration's plans to address gun violence following the tragedy in newtown, connecticut. in the debate over gun control and fears of possible new regulations led to a big boost in attendance at a gun show this weekend right here in the bay area. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us with how many people showed up at the cow palace. >> reporter: about 10,000 people a day came to the cross roads of the west gun show at the cow palace this weekend. many of the people attending say the talk about gun control was top of mind. it's not every day you see someone walking outside with an ar 15 in hand, but jeremiah stephens brought it to the gun show this morning to shop for supplies. >> 5567, 22556. >> is am hoe hard to come by? >> oh, yeah. >> why do you think that is? >> everybody's afraid they will ban it. >> reporter: ammunition was a popular item, but some patrons using carts to carry boxes of it away. ea