live in hercules, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> the times reports that 94% of the teachers at hercules high supported a vote of no confidence in the principal saying she had created a fox education environment. >>> some developing news in the lake tahoe area. a woman is dead and a pilot has some credit 8:00 injuries after a plane crashed near truckee and happened yesterday morning as that plane was traveling from santa ana. kpix 5's cate caugurian in our newsroom now with what we know about that accident so far. cate? >> reporter: frank, investigators welcome back on the -- will be back on the scene trying the figure out what caused the small plane to crash. meanwhile its pilot is recovering in the hospital this morning. an faa spokesperson said the plane crashed in the snowy northern california mountains yesterday. the pilot was identified as 70- year-old ray farnell. he was taken to a hospital in reno. his 55-year-old wife darla was pronounced dead at the scene. they are from tahoe city. their plane crashed six miles southeast from truckee's tahoe airport. it was a chp pilot who spotted t

live in hercules, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> this incident is the second at hercules if four months -- in four months. a fight involving another transgender student happened last november. a 16-year-old sophomore who identifies as a traps gender female was fighting with -- transgender female was fighting with three other students. >>> a vail jill for a popular mart mess eighth grader. a memorial is in place on the railroad tracks where jenna betti was killed sunday afternoon. on facebook, her mother says jenna dropped her phone and went back to retrieve it. that's when she was struck and killed. tonight's vigil starts at 6:30 at martinez junior high school. >>> a 4 your girl refrain -- 4- year-old girl remains in critical condition. her mother was driving on osgood road when she crossed the center line and hit another car head-on. the little girl was in the back in a car seat that wasn't secured properly. police say the mother and the driver she hit may both face drunk driving charges. the faa is investigating the crash of a small plane that took the life of a lake tahoe woman. the wrecka

okay mark kelly live for thus morning in hercules.mark. >>> the overnight rain is likely been factor in a number of accidents and that includes this crash on church street in san francisco. a car hit the side of the house leaving wreckage in the front yard. the fire department says one person suffered a head injury and was treated at the scene. could be very careful driving out there. >> you know what? i was just thinking about that today and we're kind lucky in some ways, we come in early and there's not many cars out on the roadways. but boy this and the commute? kind of dangerous out there today. >> take your time. take your time today. very slickest on -- slick out on the roadways and a lot of moisture out in the atmosphere. we're seeing drizzle and more fog this morning. a chance of a few more light sprinkles. but the heavier amounts of rainfall though sliding out of the bay area right now and you get the sense high pressure building in behind that weak system. still the hi-def doppler radar scanning the skies and most of this is

it happened just after 11:00 at hercules middle and high school. that's when a 15-year-old transgender teen walked into the boys restroom as the student was leaving, three 16 to 17-year-old boys walked in. >> forced into the handicap stall and physically and sexually assaulted. >> reporter: afterward the victim walked to the school nurse's office and asked for help. the student biologically a female but identifies male was then taken to the hospital for treatment and rape kit. hercules detectives interviewed the victim and questioned other students an campus but still don't know who the suspects are. >> many times victims cannot at least initially identify their attackers in this type of an offense. >> reporter: the campus itself is no help. the school does not have security cameras. >> this probably would not have happened at the high school because we have 120 cameras an on campus there. >> reporter: the school board president charles ramsey said the suspects should consider themselves on notice. >> you already expelled and you will be punished a

hercules high school was in compliance with that law.orrow morning students can expect a stepped up security presence on campus as hercules police search for those three suspects. live in hercules, andria borba, kpix5. >>> in november this happened on the same campus, a fight involving another transgender student. a 16-year-old sophomore who identifies as a transgender female fighting with three other students. the contra costa county times reports 94% of the teachers at hercules high have supported a vote of no confidence in the principal saying she created a toxic environment. >>> about a half hour ago crews in concord finally managed to fix a big water main break. water was pouring out of this rupture about 1:00 this afternoon on san miguel road closing the road most of the day. right now san miguel is back open. >>> pink is the color. friends left messages, flowers and a partly cloudy soccer ball at the scene -- pink soccer ball at the scene where a train hit and killed her. the 8th grade athlete was walking with friends. when they s

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. >> police are investigating a hate crime against a 15-year-old student in hercules. >> sensitivity training needs to be brought to the classroom. >> a middle school parent wants something done to stop violence against transgender students. it's the second incident at the school involving a transgender student. >> the school district brought a crisis team today >> it's apalling. i just >> this community should be open minded it's upsetting to hear. >> hercules police are on campus today, trying to figure out who attacked a transgender 15-year-old, born a girl, but identifies as a boy. the teen was sexual assaulted using the boy's bathroom. >> this is another story in the past. >> this isn't the first case here of violence because of bullying. this video of of a fight in november was posted online a transgender student seen fighting here says sheaed to defend herself. >> they need to do something, quick. >> we're horrified what that this could happen. >> the superintendent says she the have plans. >> the program will help with the climate generally. we're doing it in all schools. >>

in hercules, andria borba, kpix5. >> and hercules police say they will wait for the case to cool off before they review it. then lit be up to the da to decide if he will press any charges. >>> this is a scene in martinez a couple of hours ago. hundreds of people held candles at a memorial for 14-year-old jenna betty who was killed by a train when she picked up her cell phone. >> you will always be in my heart. i miss you and love you so much jenna. rest in peace. i love you. >> grief counselors will remain at the school for the rest of the week. >>> the family of a woman found dead in a stairwell at the san francisco general hospital will be filing a claim against the city of san francisco. not clear what lynn spaulding's family is demanding but they want the hospital and the sheriff's department to change their security procedure. >>> right now, the oakland city council is taking up the issue of a city wide surveillance program. opponents of the so-called domain awareness center are making their voices heard. it would be a hub to monitor cameras stationed around town. the latest wor

in hercules, andria borba, kpix 5. >> hercules police say they are reviewing the case and it will be up to the district attorney to decide whether to press charges against the teen. >>> dna evidence solved a cold case in fairfield. priscilla stroll was found beaten to death in her home in the 1983. detectives put the dna evidence into a database in 2012 and earlier this year, they got a hit. robert hathaway, his dna and fingerprints, match those found at the crime scene. hathaway committed suicide last month after police talked to him about the case. >>> it's stockton or bust for the google barge all wrapped up at san francisco's treasure island where it's been under construction for months now. just last week, we learned it would be moving out of the bay into stockton's deep water port and that's because the project doesn't have the proper permits for the bay. >>> your fancy google glass not allowed at some bars in san francisco. the willows posted these new signs. the bar says its customers do not want to be recorded. this comes a week after a woman posted this video. she says she

you concede hercules high-school is starting their day.ssaulted on campus. coming up i will tell you why they believe this is a hate crime. >> plus, the crisis in ukraine continues as the russian president's vladimir putin sestet he is ready to use all means to protect citizens in the country. >> we also have a full detail of the forecast coming up. >> good morning. we begin the our with the traffic. >> we are tracking hot spots. the bay bridge westbound committed to the toll plaza is backed up. even though we have been incident free the drive time is up 28 minutes. this is especially from highway 24, the 880 approach is much quicker and a little bit quicker coming from the east shore freeway. also, we are tracking hotspots from the peninsula. 1 on one, south bound hassled trappi has slow tt should be about 11 minutes but now it is that 23 minutes. this is twice the normal commute time. there are delays for to exult about as we start the morning with a hot spot in san bruno. traffic, even though the accident is clear it is still backed up.

it happened at hercules and the transgendered team was forced into a bathroom.. also, santa clara police watch your help finding three people who robbed two different people. they only have brief descriptions of but you can read all about where these robberies happened. if you think they are connected and the severe weather and southern california. thanks a historic a boat. these are pictures of the pirate ship or bolt that some of the weekend. the 27 ft. boat and also a prop in the movie time >>:. we have that story and picture a kron4 dot com 3643 what's the story on weather and traffic. >>george: here's a look at a ride to this is the rich and san rafael bridge and the westbound direction where traffic has been moving pretty smoothly. we've had no problems here for the ride a leading to the richmond bridge. but traffic moving out of richmond off by the westbound has been moving well. there are no problems there. but take a look at your commute on 101 here in the southbound direction. the traffic looks great here all morning -- to head down coming in from mari

>>> now at noon -- faculty and police hold an emergency meeting at a hercules school after a transgender student is attacked in a school bathroom. what they plan to do to keep all students safe. >>> a car hit as bus stop, tree and street signs before slamming into a car dealership. the trail of destruction and the charges the driver now faces. >>> and going to bat for bosco. the dog that helped police protect people now needs help himself. >>> good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. a campus already hit with claims of bullying and sexual harassment has been hit with violence once again. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in martinez with how hercules high school is responding to an attack of a transgender student in a boys' bathroom. >> reporter: parents and students say they were surprised by this attack recent one -- the second one in just the past few months. this morning, school flirls held an emergency -- officials held an emergency meeting. parents said they were shocked that a male transgender student was sexually assaulted in a bathroom yesterday during school. >> i'm very bothered by it. a

hercules police revealed late today that the teen admitted making up the whole story. and within the past hour, ktvu's claudine wong talked to the president. >> reporter: the school board president had some very interesting things to say about this false report. we should tell you that today, ramsey took us into the school to show us the bathroom where the alleged crime had happened, the health center where the alleged report had been made. he told us he did that to show the district wasn't scared of tackling problems here head on. he said he did that because he wanted to be transparent about what was happening and how the district was responding. and even though the report turned out to be false, he says a response is still justified. the west contra costa school district is a district with problems and just because this case goes away, doesn't mean all those problems have been solved. >> remember, we're a school district that has had real legitimate heinous crimes take place. we had a gang rape in 09 '09 in richmond high school. we had an 8th grader raped. i'm not go

no arrests have been made. >> the school district brought a crisis team to hercules middle high schoolf students needed to talk about the attack. parents are still processing the news. >> it is appalling. this community should be open minded but it is showing it is not. coming from kids...it's upsetting. >> hercules police are on campus trying to figure out would attacked a transgender 15-year-old who was born a girl but identifies as a boy. the teen was sexually andinglily assaulted using the boy's bathroom. a california law allows the students to use the bathroom of the gender they choose. >> this is a story of the past. >> this is not the first case of violence because of bullying. this video was posted online a trans gender student seen fighting says she had to defend herself from bullies. >> they need to do something quick. >> we horrified this could happen to any of our schools. >> the superintendent says they have plans to teach tolerance to the student. >> antidefamation league program we are bringing in, no time to hate, will help with the climate. we are not only doing it her

christie smith is live in hercules with the latest. >> they held an emergency meeting for 45 minutes this morning. the teachers, superintendant and police were all there. you may recall this is the second altercation in the hercules middle high school this year involving a transgender student. this was at the end of a class period. a transgender teen went to use the boys bathroom. on the way out, he said they pushed him back inside and physically and sexually assaulted him. the superintendant admits that hercules does not have security cameras. >>> we're clearly concerned about why we would have two such egregious incidents in the court of one year, and we're already having plans in place to work on our anti-bullying. our sexual harassment prevention training with staff and students and we will escalate those here. >> the counsellors are on hand today to help students, but also the teachers that were upset by this. teachers are reviewing their attendance logs to see if any students were absence or late yesterday trying to find these teen suspects. i spoke with police and they said th

there are cameras in several schools already, but hercules does not have them. they actually weren't considered a high priority school, but this incident put hercules at a much higher priority. >> he said hercules was on the bottom of the list. >> because it's the newest school. this school just opened in 2002. schools open in the 60s. >> but you made this one up? >> absolutely. >> when i talked to ramsey 30 minutes ago, i asked if hercules would get those cameras, he said absolutely. even given this new development. again, he says there are still issues here that need to be addressed. these cameras would cost $2 to $3 million. they wouldn't be in place for about 18 months because plans still need to be made. charles ramsey is on his way back to the school to talk about this new development and you'll hear from him coming up at 6:00. live in hercules, ktvu channel 2 news. >> school administrators were quick to act yesterday in part because they have had issues before with transgender students. just four months ago, another transgender student was involved in a f

the latest happened in a boys bathroom at hercules high school.15-year-old who identifies as a male says he was attacked by three teen boy who is physically and sexually assaulted him. it's one of the first cases of violence since a new california law gave transgendered students the freedom to choose which bathroom they use. >> the attacker made disparaging remarks which is adding to the sexual assault investigation, also being made a hate crime. >> kongss for this behavior and that you will be expelled, you will be punished and we'll ask that you are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. you can't assault students on campus no matter who they are. >> investigators have not made arrests so far. hercules high does not have security cameras. organizers say that will change. this is the same school that is under scrutiny for how it handled this, a fight between a transgendered student and three girls. this video is of the fight taken last year. jules says she had been bullied for weeks and asked for help. gutierrez threw the first punch and po

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he retired in 2008. >>> a school in hercules -- hercules high school is rocked by more violence involving a transgender student. the condition of the victim who was attacked in a bathroom. >>> gunshots fired by russian sole ders as tensions rise in ukraine. details behind this encounter and the first comment on putin on this growing conflict. >>> right now, traffic is getting busier in many areas as we look at 280 northbound. it is slower than it was a few moments ago. we'll tell you why and also look at other south bay freeways. >>> wet weather winding down this morning. how much longer before -- before we will finally dry out for the second half of your afternoon and in the extended forecast, more rain is on the way. alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> new this morning,

the traffic continues up the eastshore freeway through hercules. richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza. we're experiencing delays here as well because i guess folks wanted to share the love starting to take this bridge instead and so we're seeing some traffic delays here. finally at the san mateo bridge, we are seeing a little bit of a slowdown as you head westbound on into foster city. not too bad. but there is still a high wind advisory in effect for this span. back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a teenager is dead in the south bay and the police believe a homeless man is responsible. the police have been investigating this overnight and it's led them to a popular park in campbell. that's where janine de la vega is to tell us what you are finding out. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. the 16-year-old boy who was killed is from san jose. we're told he was hanging out here at john d. morgan park in campbell near the baseball field when the violence broke out. now, here's a photograph of 24- year-old todd tharp. camp

hercules pd immediately start 0 an investigation. today, there was stepped up police presence on campus. all day today, students thought classmates were going to be arrested and police were going to make arrest at any time. well, that at no time happen. the teen recant 0 his story. hercules pd say, quote, as the investigation continued, officers were up able to substantiate the facts of the victim's statement, including the time frame of the incident and the lack of physical injuries to the victim's head, face, and hands. just a few minutes ago, school board president ramsey reacted to latest developments. >> -- yes. it is a cry for help. we need to be supportive and compassion n. we have to find out what is going on in the home. was this a cry for help? we don't want to minimize that. >> reporter: the school president says this doesn't take away from the fact that the school kneads surveillance cameras. as for the filing the false report, the student could face charges. the school board president said he is just glad nobody was arre

but, first, eastbound 80 out of hercules we have solo vehicle spinout block one lane. c.h.p. issued high wouldn't advisory for benicia bridge. be careful with both hands on the wheel. 101 southbound is 4 minutes from santa rosa to san francisco. through the santa cruz mountains, 23 minutes. from the maze to san francisco, there is another high wind advisory from c.h.p. so drive slower. >> state hopes to have regulations in place for driverless cars bit under of the year with an open house yesterday to discuss safety with the public. there were questions of where riders would sit and how much insurance would cost and would would be at fault if an accident. also of concern is how the driverless considers utilize people's personal information. >> they are operating and traveling down the public roads and getting information how to maneuver the vehicle and that information is stored somewhere and the people are concerned. >>> manufacturers can test out cars on roadways when they have paid $5 million for insurance. >>> the sonoma county sheriff is have thing 52 home burglar

hercules middle and high school. kron4 scott rates is alive tonight and hercules. how is the school reacting? >> reporter: i am extremely relieved that there is no victim. >> reporter: a rigidly telling investigators that he was sexually assaulted by three other male students and this boy's pressroom on campus. the police immediately started looking into the sea investigation skirted they were unable to validate and the fax from the student due to the time frame. it did not add up nor did the lack of physical injuries to his face, and hands. the students admitted to fabricating the story. fox >> we have to we have to find out what it's going on in their home and within their community and the fact that there are trends gender with this: one with them. >> reporter: the school system district the plan to include surveillance cameras within the school for security measures. >> pam: and missing puppy has been found here is a picture of jamie. the one who purchased the public a few days ago, saw the dog picture on the nos

hercules police say, the 15 year old originally told them.ned inside a restroom at hercules middle and high school. but investigators were unable to validate the facts of the student's account. the question now is. why did he make up the story? police say. this officially closes the investigation. no word on the reason yet as to why the student made up the story. chipotle lovers listen up. the restaurant's guacamole could be in jeopardy. we'll tell you why, coming up. plus, we'll tell you about a scam that is targeting netflix subscribers. and rain is coming. erica will tell you when to expect we weather in the forecast. hough come back to the kron4 morning news. how big a backup. your drive time running about 18 minutes. rich still weighed on the richmond line. bart recovering. that left three stations closed. for 2 1/2 hours. the recently reopening. delays on the rich men lined a problem free for cow trains a stream in the muni metro. >>: just moments ago president obama is reaching connecticut now 3 here's air force one as the president is

tonight hercules police say the story of a transgender student who was assaulted on the hercules highus was false. >> reporter:investigators say 15 year old's story just didn't add up.they couldn't substantiate the student's statement.including the time frame of the attack. and the lack of physical injuries. the police department is reviewing possible charges against the student who reported the attack. >> reporter:part of the reason this story generated so much interest was because of an incident that did happen at hercules middle high school.back in november. here's the fight.involving sophomore transgender student jewles gutierez. >> reporter:it was video- taped.gutierrez.who identifies as female.is in the white skirt and black jacket. gutierrez says repeated bullying prompted her to confront the fellow students who were harassing her. >> reporter:jewlyes was charged with misdemeanor battery.but the chrges were eventually dropped.thanks at least in part to an online petition that said she has been bullied for a while leading up to the incident. >> reporter: >> pam: a law enacted on

police said happened yesterday morning in hercules high-school. kron4 will tran is live on the the same. >> the teen went to the bathroom and about 11:00 a.m..he was leaving the bathroom and three boys brought him back to the bathroom and sexually assaulting him. they believe that they went after him because he is a trans gender which is why they are investigating this as a possible hate crime. this happened before in the school district is aware of the history and that is why the president of the school district jumped all over this. he is appalled and this is what he had to say. >> as a school board member, i am horrified, this is terrible that is neat still in on this campus would have to be subjected to this type of conduct. >> i can tell you that the three boards have not been identified and there still investigating. the boy was taken to hospital, he was treated his parents were notified. here is morning any student that is caught doing this you will be expelled and he will encourage the prosecutor to go after you to the full extent of the l

hercules police say, the 15 year old originally told them. the assault happened inside a restroom at hercules middle and high school. but investigators were unable to validate the facts of the student's account. school officials say, they still need to look into why the student told the story in the first place. police say. this officially closes the investigation. no word on the reason yet as to why the student made up the story. part of the reason this story generated so much interest, was because of an incident that did happen at hercules middle high school. back in november. a fight involving transgender student, jewlyes gutierrez identifies as female. she is in the white skirt and black jacket. gutierrez says, repeated bullying prompted her to confront the students who were harassing her. gutierrez was charged with misdemeanor battery. but the charges were dropped. thanks in part to an online petition that said. she had been bullied for a long while leading up to the incident. a person as the stranded in the east bay. take a look here of

amok in hercules and something needs to done.terday in the boy's bathroom, a transgender 15-year-old who identified as male and was exercising his right under a new controversial law that says students can use the bathroom of the gender they identify w the teen was leaving the restroom and three boys= kÑtç] shoved hao the stall and sexually assaulted him. the school board president says the district just revised the policy to include trans scene december students but more needs to be done. >> we take this seriously but we are not acting quickly enough. i will ask the board to have a special meeting to address this and let the superintendent know this must stop. we cannot tolerate this. >> this was taken in november and it sparked a lost discuss about bullying. a 15-year-old transgender student had to fight girls who were bullying her because she says school officials wrote not help her after she complained of bullying. the school board held a meeting a month later. >> police say they will treat this latest incident involving the

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that is the latest here in hercules. juliette goodrich kpix 5. >> julia, quickly. any word on why the teen would have made up the story? >> reporter: no reasoning at this point. we just got this information. i'm sure we're going to be in touch with some students. president of the school board is here. we will ask him some of those tough questions. >> thank you, julia. >>> in about an now and a half a martinez community will hold a memorial for a popular eighth fridayer who died over the weekend. a memorial is in place on the railroad tracks where jena betty was struck and killed -- bette was killed on sunday. it includes all pink, her favorite color. on facebook her mother says jena dropped her phone on the tracks and went back to retruth. >>> a woman accused of beating her elderly woman in the head will now face murder charges. the woman died last night. a family member says the mother and daughter got into an argument just before they talk cruz also new at 1:00, a last ditch effort from a high school basketball power house to make it to the playoffs. kpix 5 repor

on the campus of hercules high school. school resource officers will call to the student health center on the report of a possible assault of a transgender person. the victim was leaving the bathroom when confronted by three teenage males. the teens pushed the victim into a handicap stall where the sexual assault took place. the victim was taken to the hospital no one has been identified as a suspect. >>> students at a school and martinez are devastated after a 14-year-old girl was struck and killed by freight train. we learn more about the girls final moments and mistake she made that apparently cost her her life. >> students at martinez junior high war peak in her honor. they helped coming together like that would help them through a difficult day. >> everyone was crying and it was depressing. >> she will always be in my heart. >> how did this happen? we haven't even processed it yet. >> sunday evening 14-year-old jenna betti was hit and killed by passing train. it appears the eighth-grader had been meeting her boyfriend

boyce attacked him at a restroom at hercules restroom mopped. investigators became suspicious when they found no signs of injury. the student confessed to making up the story. school officials claim it a cry for help. >>> hundreds of mourning the loss of an east bay teen. hit and killed by a train on sunday. she dropped her cell phone on the tracks and was trying to retrieve it. 1,000 people attended a memorial at martinez junior high, held candles while tells stories about jenna betti. >>> and our media partner the mercury news reports the city council nan moupsly backed a measure raises taxes from 12% to 14% expected to generate an additional $2.4 million a year. the funds would be used to replace fire stations, rehabilitate parks and build parking garages. >>> 4:38. we, of course have that continuing problem on b.a.r.t. sue will inform you on that in a second. first up, mike with the weather. >>> good morning again. zoomed in on half moon bay where it's improved about a mile and a half to two miles. fog is hanging around half moon bay this mo

november 15th video shows a transgendered students at hercules high school was a salted by four other s salted br students. this victim is a fino stephen it identifies as and now. please say this a crime that deals with this thing nohe now female was y three other people and is currently in the hospital. five years ago there was a richmond gained assaults that happened at the same school along with several other trance and genderetransgendered studeng assaulted. counseling services will be given to students who need it along with police on the campus. the storm of the sick california over the past day is over. down the south and in central valley there still is a lingering showers. the showers will taper off as we head into the later hours and you'll see clear skies and warm and tempters tomorrow. new 11 to be-bop and found dead tonight and apparent murder- suicide. please have not yet released any details including the names or ages of the victims. a tragic accident in the martinez and at a loss of a fourteener a goal that was hit and killed by a train on sunday. today dozens of frie

nobody hurt. >> hercules high school will tlook add security cameras after a 15-year-old female saysted by three teen employs. investigators have not made arrests. >> the judge in the murder trial is ordering an investigation of claims that a tv channel broadcast a picture of one of the witnesses without the witness' consent. that witness says she heard screaming and gun shots the morning that reeva steenkamp was killed. >> that is what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local update. 3 c3 Último momento putin se refiere only as the last resort even as russian forces fire shots on protesters. and secretary of state john kerry involarrives in the volat region this morning. >>> out of order, a dramatic interruption in the court during the trial of oscar pistorius as the victim's mother speak to us in an exclusive interview. why she says she has to see pistorius face to face. >>> historic lows. winter's misery rolls on with tens of millions waking up to

. >> the hercules police department will decide whether to charge a 15-year-old transgender student. he fabricate add story about being sexual assaulted at school. he's not the first one to make up a story. the cost of filing a false police report hurts with staffing and budget cuts for every department. monte francis is live to explain really how much of a pain it is when someone files a false report and how it impacts everyone, monte. >> as an example. the oakland police deputy is 200 officers short of the 800-officer goal. that means they are not even responding to many low-level crimes. when someone files a false report, it puts a real strain on already depleted agencies. >> reporter: for remembensics d bathroom, detectives interviewed students and teachers and police provided extra security at hercules high school after a transgender student claims he was sexual assaulted in a school bathroom. it turned out, the teen made up the story. regardless of his motive which remains unclear, police could charge the 15-year-old with filing a false report. >> we ex pended a lot of energy a

kpix 5's ryan takeo is live in hercules with the details. >> reporter: one thing that we just learned within the last half hour was the victim went through a sex assault evidence kit over at the hospital. now, police are looking for three males believed to be 16over 17 years old. the victim is a 15-year-old transgender student worn a female, identified as a male. now, the latest that we know is that the student chose to go into the boys bathroom here on campus and that when leaving, he was confronted by three male students, and the report is that he was pushed into the handicap stall, which physically and sexually assaulted in that stall in the boy's bathroom. the suspects have not. arrested yet. there are three of them age 16 or 17. the student is at the hospital. now, police are investigating this as a hate crime, and also as a sex assault. now, this comes just a few weeks into a new state law where students are allowed -- students who are transgender are allowed to choose which bathroom they go into. also, part of that law is that the stu

. >>> extra counselors will be on the campus of hercules high school after the latest violent incident targeting a transgender student. he was attacked by three male students yesterday afternoon. he was shoved into a stall. tara moriarty will tell us am about the same tie school after the trans anyder am -- transgender rights are to use bathrooms that they feel comfortable with. an effort to qualify failed in the november ballot. >>> and the state university is due back in court this afternoon. four students are scheduled to be formally charged in a racially charged bullying case that has prompted several protests. white students formmented -- toremented a black roommate interest. the university has launched an unprecedented investigation. >>> a candle light vigil will be held at martinez to honor the life of a popular student. 14-year-old was trick and killed. they ran on to the train tracks. many are wearing pending to remember her. i tonight's candle light vigil begins at 6:30 on the campus. >>> they are concerned about a recent surge in violent crimes. early saturday morning, a 31-

looking at the traffic maps, of putting your drive time 21 minutes from hercules to berkeley.ing 10880 in the westbound direction. 880 in the south direction is getting heavy only down to san leandro. there were reports of debris but there was on the northbound side. this is an unexplained slow down. >> the south bay freeway is still looking good. the more ran ride is not too bed and i want to show you san francisco where they have reports of slow traffic getting into the city right at this 180, 280 interchange. there was installed that turned into an accident north bound, the connection from 280 north is already back up. >> nearly 25 years after the exxon oil spill in alaska people in the region, including some wildlife are still struggling. it was on march 24th, 1989 when the 900 ft. tanker carried 53 million gal. of crude, struck a reef. it was unleased and an estimate of 10.8 million gal. of thick, talks a crude oil into the war, polluting the coastline of prince william sound. >> a former government employe and new jersey and mr. still in hundreds of thousands of dollars

it happened this morning at a hercules school. kron4s alecia reid is standing by with the latest. >> catherine: alexia - what are we learning about the attack.? >> reporter: victim has taken been taken in for sexual assault exam he will be we interviewed when he is a bit, but right now he does not remember his a tall attackers. attackers >> he made his way over to the health center where the police was notified. >> reporter:this comes after another fight involving a transgender student at hercules high school last november. >> reporter: live in her cleese. fish for >> catherine: it was caught on cell phone video. the student - jules gutierrez -- faced battery charges. but the case has been on hold -- so the 16-year-old could take part in a conflict resolution program. >> catherine: police say jules got into a fight with three other classmates on campus -- after being bullied about gender identity. a tragic accident in >> catherine: martinez. tonight -- family and friends are mourning the loss of a 14-year-old girl who was hit and

. >>> a transgender teenager recants a story about a bathroom account at hercules high school. the charges that teen could now face. >> reporter: $12 million to keep the bay bridge lights burning for another ten years. do you think it's worth it? we're live in san francisco with some reaction. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> welcome to "mornings on 2." live pictures from the bayfair b.a.r.t. station in san leandro. it's a little more crowded than usual. that's because there's no b.a.r.t. service south of hayward after a man was hit and killed on the tracks nearly eight hours ago. we have live team coverage on your commute. we'll hear from sal and brian flores in a moment. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >>> let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, you said maybe take an umbrella? >> tonight. this evening the evening commute could be more cloud cover over us. i think this system will enhance. there's a pretty good system moving in. by 4:00 everybody is in the north by. by tonight it starts to move south, 6:00 to 8:00 rain begins to pick up and move towards the peninsul

jewlyes gutierrez attends hercules middle school. this video. she is seen in his white dress. she was the first to slap a grow after what she described as months of they picked on. everyone involved in that fight was suspended. she is the only one known to be facing charges. maligned the battle over is some of the country could be coming to an end. standing 52 ft. tall, the street which is called a ghost redwood is in danger of a remote. experts say the industry is so rare that it is the only one of 10 in existence. however, members of the community say the they have to come to an agreement with public works officials to get this tree relocated. >> stanford plays second seed ucla today in the pac -12 tournament semifinals. what a day for dwight powell. first he was named the of pac-12 scholar athlete of the year, then he held the cardinals defeated arizona state. the final score 79-58. >> the sharks' are looking shark in the run-up to the playoffs. patrick marleau gave the sharks the leader of the third. the columbus bluejackets late

first, the east shore freeway where the ride is still just 40 minutes from hercules to berkeley. schedule with no delays. you can see things are starting to clear through the dublin interchange for the westbound 580 right now that this accident has been clear. the south bay freeway looks good and the 101 drive time is just 40 minutes of to the mountain view expressway. the more ran right still delay free with under 25 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> the bay bridge is a horse of a different color, the mean lights were activated just 11 minutes ago. make it 12, you can see that it is already backing up and this seems that when they kick the marin lights off, they have them cycle and a low rate. now it is beyond the 880 over crossing. the san mateo bridge, great conditions, still the 11 minutes. if you are born to more ran, the richmond san rafael bridge has no problems. neither does 580 westbound. >> charges have been brought against seven members of the bay area street gave who brought the ball been involved and the strength of robberies. a federal grand jury indicted a

the east shore freeway, 60 minutes from hercules to berkeley.lready at 21 minutes for the ride to livermore to dublin. south bay freeway, we had an accident at mckee that has been cleared so it is not a hot spots. >> the more ran ride is looking good for 1 01 and we are still the delay free. >> right now, we're waking up to the cloud cover. the temperatures are warm with san francisco was 55 degrees. humidity is a factor right now we have a tropical clouds. take a look at this system that is making its way. the storm track will stay to the north. you won't see heavy rain for the north bay. i think you will see of to an inch out of the system. fortunately, the bay area will not see that much. for the afternoon, mainly dry conditions. 69 degrees for antioch. 70's and the south. as we head into the evening, that is one of rain should rise. by 6:00 p.m. had your rain is expected for santa rosa and petaluma. >> scattered showers will continue overnight and a chance for sprinkles early thursday morning. most of the bay area will miss a quarter of an i

amy hollyfield is at hercules middle high school. amy?> the president says he is worried not enough is being done and this is not the first incident to happen. a transgender, 15-year-old student, would identified as a male, was leaving the boys' bathroom and three boys shoved him into a stall and physically and sexual assaulted him. he was legally allowed to be in the bathroom because of a new controversial law that says students can use the bathroom the gender they identify with. the victim was taken to the hospital. >> we do not know exactly what provoked it but the suspects assault with hate crime enhancement. >> in this case, transgender team says she had to fight these girls because school officials refused to help her when she come minuted of bullying. the school board held a meeting a month after this and changed their hate crime policy to include transgender students but the president says that he will call if a special meeting to discuss the topic again and says things are running amok. this case that happened in the boys' bathro

. >> high school violence involving a transgender teen, once again it's on the campus of hercules high school. explaining why police call this assault a hate crime. >> reporter: well, it happened here on campus, in a bathroom during the school day. a 15-year-old freshman says he was jumped, and sexually assaulted. the transgender student who identifies as male says he had just left this boy's bedroom before 11:00 a.m. when he was forced back inside, and into the disabled stall. >> he was physically, and sexually assaulted. there is a strong indication it was a hate crime, and he was in the male bathroom, which is his right. >> reporter: he was led to the hospital by ambulance. >> i feel really bad for the victim. >> reporter: he says he will hold a special board member, addressing tolerance and safety at this school. >> as a board member, we're horrified by what happened. it's terrible. >> reporter: students didn't know about the attack. >> i had three children here. but i didn't know about that. >> i'm sad to hear that. i know there was an incident a few weeks ago of a young lady. >>

at hercules middle- >>> good morning everyone, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego.interview students at hercules middle high school in martinez today after a hate crime on campus. a transgender teen was attacked in a boys' restroom there yesterday. no suspects have been identified. >>> a woman is dead and her husband has critical injuries after a small plane crashed near truckee, tahoe airport. it happened last night as the plane was traveling from santa ana. investigators will be back on the scene this morning. >>> $10 million worth of gold coins found in the sierra foothills were likely stolen. a couple found six cans full of coinsen their property and now they may be linked to a heist at the san francisco mint in 1900. stay with us, photograph and weather coming -- traffic and weather coming right up. h roads. because the roads still a little slick and some drizzle outside and the delays are beginning to build now. northbound 880 near the coliseum. a little early to be seeing the delays. the metering lights have been on since just about 6:00. you are stacked into

. >>> now it hercules, where police reported the transgender studented who reported being assaulted now says it's all alive. the school board president said he is relieved, but the board acknowledges, the district has problems, and says just because this was a failings alarm, it -- false alarm, it doesn't mean they can let down their guard. >> we need to look into that. >> charles ramsey said the district now as an opportunity to effect real change, including getting surveillance cameras at hercules high. he says cameras would have made a real difference both in this case, and in a previous case, where there was a fight at the school, involving another transgender teen. >>> facebook is opening its wallet. and just over an hour ago, the city of menlo park accepted the handout to hire an extra police officer. >> reporter: from this meeting, you would think everyone in menlo park likes this offer. no one stood up to speak and the city council unanimously agreed, and gave it a big thumbs up. the working class. sometimes gritty, and crime ridden streets of bell haven are not what you think o

. >>> now it hercules, where police reported the transgender studented who reported being assaulted now says it's all alive. the school board president said he is relieved, but the board acknowledges, the district has problems, and says just because this was a failings alarm, it -- false alarm, it doesn't mean they can let down their guard. >> we need to look into that. >> charles ramsey said the district now as an opportunity to effect real change, including getting surveillance cameras at hercules high. he says cameras would have made a real difference both in this case, and in a previous case, where there was a fight at the school, involving another transgender teen. >>> facebook is opening its wallet. and just over an hour ago, the city of menlo park accepted the handout to hire an extra police officer. >> reporter: from this meeting, you would think everyone in menlo park likes this offer. no one stood up to speak and the city council unanimously agreed, and gave it a big thumbs up. the working class. sometimes gritty, and crime ridden streets of bell haven are not what you think o