>> that's right, dan, a memorial is growing to brian higgins near 18th and castro streets. there are flowers and pictures. friends say he was a gentle soul who would never hurt anyone. now these fliers are popping up and they are appealing for help to catch a killer. >> he is on community patrol in the castro putting up fliers on the death of brian higgins and known to his friend as feather. >> we are looking to the public to provide additional clues where "feather" might have been before he was assaulted. >> higgins was found on sunday morning. he had been beaten and possibly robbed. the photo released by san francisco general hospital helped identify him. >> everything about him was love. he radiated love. >> friends held this vigil at 3:30 p.m. the exact time "feather" was removed from life support. >> the people responsible for this need to get what they deserve. >> police are calling this a homicide. >> they did receive a video surveillance that showed that this person was actually a victim of a crime. >> police are not ready to release the video that shows a white mal

higgins prison job is as an inmate adviser, a layman defense lawyer. >> inmate hall has been charged with dsa, drug screen alter. >> i did this for a reason. it was because i'm coming up for parole here in less than three months. and i guess i needed a way to delay that. to delay getting out. i'm not ready to get out. >> lieutenant vance, the d-board chairman has a tendency of don't know, don't care when it comes to personal problems. all he wants to address is what's in the writeup. >> ziggy faces several potential penalties for attempting to alter his drug screen, including time in the hole. a loss of his prison job and even a judgment that can make his whole plan backfire, a transfer to another prison. >> that's one punishment i really don't look forward to, being transferred somewhere else. >> ziggy's reluctance to leave prison became all the more puzzling when we learned some of what he endured during his 30 plus years of incarceration. >> i was not born gay. every relationship i've had has been a forced type -- well, this is what i have to do type thing. but i didn't enjoy it.

higgins had a strong circle friends at the vigil. however, many others who came to the park wednesday, didn't know higgins , but still wanted to express their sympathy. redwood city police busted two massage parlors and arrested three people in connection with a prostitution ring that police say, was being run out of each parlor. kron four's jeff bush is live in redwood city with the latestjeff. >>jeff bush they have been in conducting an investigation for the last two months and i have been told it ended last week when an undercover cop was offered sex in exchange for moneyredwood city police say that 27 year old ting sun was running the prostitution operation out of the new spa massage parlor on el camino real. police arrested sun and charged her with pimping and pandering. police also arrested 38 year old li zhend and 44 year old winnie tse on prostitution charges. police say the group was operating out of the new spa massage parlor as well as the aurora spa, which is also in redwood city. on wednesday, the doors to the new spa pa

>> that's right, dan, a memorial is growing to brian higgins near 18th and castro streets. there are flowers and pictures. friends say he was a gentle soul who would never hurt anyone. now these fliers are popping up and they are appealing for help to catch a killer. >> he is on community patrol in the castro putting up fliers on the death of brian higgins and known to his friend as feather. >> we are looking to the public to provide additional clues where "feather" might have been before he was assaulted. >> higgins was found on sunday morning. he had been beaten and possibly robbed. the photo released by san francisco general hospital helped identify him. >> everything about him was love. he radiated love. >> friends held this vigil at 3:30 p.m. the exact time "feather" was removed from life support. >> the people responsible for this need to get what they deserve. >> police are calling this a homicide. >> they did receive a video surveillance that showed that this person was actually a victim of a crime. >> police are not ready to release the video that shows a white mal

bryan higgins arrived at san francisco general hospital without a name. by the time his family found him they had a little time to say good-bye before he was taken off life support. ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco with the new video police hope will lead them to bryan higgins' attacker. >> reporter: some of the people we shown the video to said the man seemed familiar. police are hoping it will generate new clues. >> video taken from a taxi cab shows the person of interest san francisco police are searching for in connection with the death of bryan higgins. >> oh, my god. >> release of the video today drew strong reaction in the castro district. bryan higgins was found unconscious august 10. [ indiscernible ] >> my god. i hope they find him. seriously. it is horrible what happened. i mean, he did not deserve that. >> bryan higgins is blacked out in the video. the suspect is a white male wearing a gray sweatshirt and a red shirt underneath it. >> you see the victim running on the street towards the cab. then run across the front of the cab

>> that's right, dan, a memorial is growing to brian higgins near 18th and castro streets.there are flowers and pictures. friends say he was a gentle soul who would never hurt anyone. now these fliers are popping up and they are appealing for help to catch a killer. >> he is on community patrol in the castro putting up fliers on the death of brian higgins and known to his friend as feather. >> we are looking to the public to provide additional clues where "feather" might have been before he was assaulted. >> higgins was found on sunday morning. he had been beaten and possibly robbed. the photo released by san francisco general hospital helped identify him. >> everything about him was love. he radiated love. >> friends held this vigil at 3:30 p.m. the exact time "feather" was removed from life support. >> the people responsible for this need to get what they deserve. >> police are calling this a homicide. >> they did receive a video surveillance that showed that this person was actually a victim of a crime. >> police are not ready to release the video that shows a white male

this is where higgins used to work, there is a flyer posted asking for tips. there is a new piece of video police hope will lead to answers. on a taxi dash cam video of a man police call a person of interest in the brutal beating death of brian higgins, who was found beaten and left for dead in the triangle neighborhood nearly two weeks ago. >> we're hoping the release of this video might trigger somebody to know who this person is. >> reporter: higgins, who is part of san francisco's radical fairy community and known by many as feather lynn was taken off life support on august 13th, leaving his friends heart broken and at a loss for why such a gentle, happy guy would be targeted. >> i would like to see the reason why this happened, because i can't find any reason why someone can do that to someone like him. >> either a homicide or a hate crime. >> reporter: the court considered higgins a son. the 31 year old lived just a few doors down from court's deli, where he worked as a cashier. >> every day he used to come when i opened up the store, he used to come to

this is what brian higgins worked at this deli and market. you can see there's a poster up in the window asking for tips. tonight police have released a new clue they hope will lead to justice. >> shows the victim being chased. mr. higgins, by a person of interest or suspect, if you will, on church street the morning of mr. higgins was found unconscious. >> reporter: san francisco police hope these images taken from a taxi dash cam will lead to a killer. police call the man in the video a person of interest in the brutal attack of brian higgins who was found beaten and left for dead in the triangle neighborhood nearly two weeks ago. >> so essentially we're asking for the public to view this video. if anyone has any idea who this person is to please contact san francisco police. >> reporter: higgins who is part of san francisco's radical ferry community and is known by many by feather lynn was taken off life support on august 13th. his friends say they want answers. >> either a homicide or a hate crime. >> reporter: kort says higgins was like

it is just sad. >> reporter: pictures show the scene where bryan higgins was found sunday morning. >> we do not know what the motive was. >> reporter: police say it is not clear whether this was a hate crime. >> we be a history in the castro of lgbt people being targeted. >> i feel like they dropped the ball. >> reporter: some friends say police have been slow to share details about the investigation. bryan higgins' sister pleaded for witnesses to come forward. >> if anybody knows anything come forward and say something. let it be known. >> reporter: police say surveillance video indicates the suspect is a white male in his 20s to 30s. investigators are asking anyone who may have information about the crime to call the police department. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. a massage parlor expected of being a brothel and now three people are under arrest. ktvu's christien kafton is live where police just made those arrests. >> reporter: the spot here is one of two pause that were bust -- spas that were busted. you can see this sp

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>> jimmy: and higgins. you remember higgins? >> thank you!>> jimmy: now, as you know, we're going to play charades. each player get a turn giving silent clues to their teammates. 45 seconds on the clock. we'll do four rounds worth one point each and the fifth round is the charades showdown. >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: each team gets 1,036 points. >> steve: wow! [ laughter ] that's a lot of points. >> jimmy: it's a lot of points, yes. whoever wins that, wins the whole thing. all right. halle, won't you go first. you start us off. >> halle: okay. >> steve: team berry, ready to roll. team fall-on, you guys are over there. >> jimmy: it's fallon. >> steve: what's that? >> jimmy: it's fal -- [ audience shouting ] >> jimmy: neither. >> halle: oh, god. [ laughter ] okay. >> steve: all right. we got this. song. card. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: higgins. >> steve: five. five words. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> steve: oh, jiminy christmas. >> five words. >> jimmy: no, we're not -- >> steve: belly. pregnant. stomach. >> jimmy: what do you have when you have a stoma

he shares the shock of this incident with many of higgins' friends. >> he's a magical being. he prefers the name feather. >> reporter: feathers were hung in local storefronts to honor the young man. >> free spirited. really gentle. wanted to be with people that are having fun. >> reporter: police are asking residents be a business owners in the area to review any surveillance video of the neighborhood on sunday morning. they're especially interested in the early morning hours between dawn and 7:00 a.m. more video might help in this case. in san francisco sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >>> san rafael is still shut down after a big rig too big for the road ended up in a ravine. it was loaded with large pvc pipes when it made a hairpin turn at big rock trail and the end of the truck fell over the cliff side. the driver was not hurt. this is just east of lucasville animation. the road is expected to reopen at 6:00 tonight. so about an hour from now. >>> a serial airline stowaway admitted to violating her probation today. marilyn hartman received a 177-day jail sentence from a los a

because he's in line. >> jimmy: higgins is not here.nothing there. >> jimmy: no. >> look at this. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's online. >> getting a pizza. >> jimmy: yeah, lot -- he's getting the pizza. >> donatello. he named it all. >> jimmy: but you play a -- you play a cameraman. >> i play a cameraman. i play a good guy, and i kind of help out. i'm friends with megan fox's character, april o'neil. and his name's vernon fenwick. which, you know, doesn't elicit the sort of superhero-type stuff, vern. [ laughter ] yeah, it's not really an action star. >> jimmy: vern fenwick, no. >> but he's a good guy. i had to do some action stuff. i had a really great action sequence. >> jimmy: i'm going to laugh if they cut your action sequence. >> they cut -- >> jimmy: because i really do want to see this. >> it's me -- megan fox and i beat up 30 ninjas. >> jimmy: no! [ laughter ] >> believe me. >> jimmy: dude, i remember -- i had dinner with you when you were filming this thing and you were exhausted. you were like, "i'm so sorry, dude. i'm wiped out

higgins was taken off life-support last week. he was a member of the radical ferries, a movement of gay men searching for a spiritual dimension to their sexuality. investigators say they do not know whether this was a hate crime. >>> the names of the officers involved in the pepper spray incident at uc davis back in 2011 are now public. the california supreme court upheld the lower court's ruling that the public has a right to know the names of all police officers involved. you'll remember the video that went viral back in november of 2011, when campus police pepper sprayed occupy protesters. a report on the incident was later released, but the names of the officers involved were withheld. but last night the full report, including those names, became public. >>> a bay area football team hits the big screen, "when the game stands tall" opens nationwide today. we'll take a look with you, next. >>> plus, why students may soon be able to get a four-year degree at their local community college. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome b

this is congressman brian higgins, democrat from new york. congressman higgins, you introduced a bill about the sports blackout rule. what is that rule? >> the blackout rule allows the nfl to not broadcast in a local area football games that are not sold out and the fcc voted to end the government support for the blackout rule that has been in effect since 1975. the reason for that is the economic of the nfl has changed. 70% of construction in the stadiums is financed by taxpayers. and the audio and visual technology has changed at home. and stadiums like buffalo, which is the second smallest market in the league, has the capacity in their stadium of 73,000 yet the league average is 67,000. and things like luxury seating, advertising in accordance with the selective bargaining units and the team are revenue obtained by the teams exclusively. so we believe the blackout rule is obsolete and doesn't serve the purchase anymore. why would a team not want their team exposed, their product and brand, exposed to tens of thousands of people. we think

bryan higgins died this afternoon.d stevenson is in san francisco where friends and family joined together as he was taken off of life support. david? >> reporter: frank, bryan higgins was taken off life support and died this afternoon as hundreds of strangers and friends attended a vigil in his honor at this san francisco park. the investigation focuses on whether they can find the suspect in the case. they have surveillance video and the investigation has gone from attempted murder to homicide. the vinylal was organize -- the vigil was organized and drew 200 people. >> i didn't know the young man but i just felt it was important to come here and show our unity. >> reporter: unity after 31- year-old bryan higgins was found badly beaten sunday morning. he was taken off life support this afternoon by his family who thanked friends and strangers for their support. >> very, very, very

higgins was taken off life support last wednesday. he was a prominent member of san francisco's radical ferry community. police are not commenting on whether there could be a connection in the killing. >>> there's been homicide in mill valley. two men found dead in two different homes. it appears there may be a connection between the deaths. sheriffs stopped short of calling it a murder/suicide. they said an investigation is ongoing. it happened in the strawberry manor neighborhood. neighbors say they heard shots. but didn't think it was gunfire. >> i thought, it couldn't be happening in this neighborhood. it's a really safe neighborhood. i never lock my door. i shouldn't say that. and it was probably something else. >> i don't recall any kind of major crime at all. >> now, the last time a murder happened in mill valley was 2002. >>> tonight, a local family is deeply divided over the death of a 2-year-old girl. was it a horrible accident? or the fault of an irresponsible family member? she pleaded not guilty to child endangerment. she

allied live where the beating happened >> : this busy intersection where bryant higgins left for dead this homicide investigation has lot of unanswered questions in the motive behind it a fatal attack is the one known >> : would of it was a robbery if it they had some sort of connection between the suspect in the beckham we don't know if there was a hit, >> : there's been speculation as to whether this is a crime the artist was severns the scope? his longtime boyfriend right higgins was found lying in the street lifeless no sure or what >> : the answers and people either coming forward and telling us what they saw or suspect in custody it's hard to speculate what the motive was >> : no initial sun ultra once released footage from her camera and the trustee in a section was presented please immediately look for suspects and month the mayor was wide 32 years of age wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and all we have at this point >> : of order is looking for piece of information that can help tide the case together >> : openly to make the case and then by the suspect >> : that the personal

higgins was found brutely beaten in the castro nearly two weeks ago. this video shows a man chasing higgins the morning he was found unconscious in the triangle nand. he was take nl off life support last week. he was member of the radical ferries, a movement of gay men searching for a spiritual dimension to their sexuality. >>> the names of the officers involved in the pepper spray incident at uc davis in 2011 are now public. the california supreme court upheld a lower courts ruling that the public has the right to know the names of all police officers involved. if you'll recall, the video that went viral in november of 2011 when campus police pepper sprayed the protesters. the names of the officers involved were removed. last night, the full report including names were made public. >>> the group friends of the berkeley tuolumne camp will hold a special event tonight to mark one year since the devastating rim fire. tonight, the nonprofit group will hold a campfire sing along at the park in berkeley. starts at 5:30d. the sing along is one of three plann

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higgins, switch places with artie.tie, that's enough. now, look, here's how the game works -- >> artie: legally you have to have someone between me and giada. >> jimmy: yeah, part of her contract. artie, you're going to start the game by pressing start on this buzzer and drawing a clue from the top of the pile. get your teammate to guess the clue as quickly as possible and then hand the buzzer off to the person on your right. okay? you can make any physical gesture, say anything, except "what did i have for breakfast this morning?" >> stop! >> jimmy: which you can't say any word -- i guess oatmeal. you can't say any word in the actual clue. if you're holding the buzzer when it goes off your team loses that round. first team to win two rounds wins the game. let's take our positions. giada, over here. >> where am i assuming my position? >> jimmy: you're there and don't --artie. >> artie: i'm fine. >> oh, no. >> jimmy: there we go. artie, you're going to start. just press the button to start and take the clues and go for

brian higgins found brutally beaten in the castro district over the weekend. he never recovered. at the exact time that higgins was taken off life support yesterday, many who knew him joined hands in the park and paid tribute to his life. >> we're all in shock and a little bit freaked out by the whole situation. it seems like we don't have all the facts yet either. that somebody would hurt him seems just insane. >> higgins was a member of the radical ferries, movement of gay men searching for spiritual dimension into their salty. they do not know if this was a hate crime. >>> at 4:36, for millions of fans, the shocking death of robin williams is still rocked. his loss was felt on broadway last night. it went dark as a salute. the lights were dimmed in his memories, though known for missouris and sand-up come dis, he starred in broadway comedies. including with steve martin. now the daughter of robin williams is suspended her twitter and instagram accounts because of her hurtful messages. zelda williams posted her raw reactions on twitter when her dad passed away. thousands of peo

brian higgins, found brutally beaten in the castro over the weekend. he never recovered. at the exact time that higgins was taken off life-support yesterday, many who knew him joined hands in devos park and paid tribute to his life. >> we're all in shock and a little bit freaked out by the whole situation. it seem like we don't have all the facts yet, either. that somebody would hurt him seems just insane. >> higgins was a member of the radical fairies, a group of men who were searching a spiritual dimension for their sexuality. investigators say they do not know yet whether this was a hate crime. >>> the bay area homeless woman who stowed away on a flight out of san jose has chosen a six-month jail sentence instead of getting mental health treatment. marilyn hartman appeared in an l.a. courtroom yesterday. she has a long history of trying to sneak on to bay area flights. last week, she snuck past security at san jose international and boarded a plane to l.a. without a ticket. she was arrested at l.a.x., told to stay away from the airport, and the next day, she returned s

higgins worked at a deli and had the nickname feather. friends can't imagine why someone would attack him. >> you didn't even have to come to him and say, hey, feather, i'm having a bad day. he knew and would just embrace you. >> higgins was found unconscious sunday morning near duboce and church streets in san francisco. police found some surveillance video of the assault but so far they have not identified a suspect or determined a motive. >>> developing news now from suburban st. louis. michelle sa gonna reports after another night of violence after a white police officer killed a black teen. >> reporter: police in ferguson, missouri, lobbed tear gas at protestors for a fourth night after a crowd became unruly. dozens of people were out again to protest the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. >> we just say hands up, don't shoot! >> reporter: earlier in the day the police chief asked protestors to confine their demonstrations to daylight hours. they responded with peaceful marches. but tensions are still running high. on wedne

>> reporter: san francisco general hospital confirmed higgins was removed from life support, and died at 3:33 this morning. that shifted it from attempted murder to a homicide case. they said they do not have a motive, and do not know if this was a hate crime. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> san jose's ciscoe systems is planning another big round of layoffs. this afternoon, ciscoe announced it is cutting up to 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce. the maker of computer network hardware cited a slow down in global sales as the reason. less than a year ago, they announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs. while revenues and net income are down, the ceo says he sees a brighter future, as he moves ciscoe into high performance cloud computing systems. >>> the dow rose 91 points putting it in positive territory for the year. biofuel helped fuel the gains. >>> the dozens of vehicles being recovered, and what police say it may actually help them solve other crimes. >> plus we're in the middle of a warm up. what it will mean for temperatures for you tomorrow. >> shot in the head while is sleeping on the beach.

. >> james:officials say, bryan higgins was pronounced dead at 3:33 p-m. >> james:he was found sunday morning near >> james:s-f general hospital officials were not able to identify higgins at first. >> james:he was found without a wallet or any identification. >> james:police are investigating his case as attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. >> james:more than a hundred people gathered to pay respects to 31- >> james:they held a vigil on a small hill in duboce park. where he was assaulted early sunday. >> mark:higgins had a strong circle friends at the vigil. >> mark:however, many others who came to the park wednesday, didn't know higgins , but still wanted to express their sympathy. >> mark: it was eight years ago when her son was shot and killed. the teams a mother follow brown will be answering questions and handing out fliers looking for information on the teenager. fifth are having today at 3 this afternoon. >> james:happening later today. united educators of san francisco plan to take a strike vote against the san francisco unified school district. >> james:it's ha

san francisco police have released new video that could help solve the murder of brian higgins.bc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has details >> this is the man police are looking for. >> it's a dash cam video. this is prior to him being found unconscious. >> they described the person as a white man in his 20s wearing a gray hoody and red tee shirt. images spread through the castro district. >> i asked, and showed it to customers. nobody knows anything about him. >> to all of us that knew him by feather >> truly an artist. everything he did was being artistic and making art. >> police admit they're out of options and they say l is more video that shows them without a douth brian higgins was murdered. >> he's seen beginning to assault mr. higgins on the side >> it's baffling to neighbors who say feather had no enemies >> he was peaceful, part of the solution. in this neighborhood. >> a problem with crime some say is creeping into a safe part of the city. >> it's getting worse. >> it leaves investigators almost no way if he was unlucky or targeted. >> finding the man could prove ju

bryan higgins was found brutally beaten in the castro district over the weekend. he never recovered. at the exact time higgins was taken off life support today, many who knew him joined hands in deboce park and paid tribute to his life. >> we're all in shock and a little bit freaked out by the whole situation. it seems like we don't have all the facts yet either, that somebody would hurt him seems just insane. >> higgins was a member of the radical fairies, a movement of gay men searching for spiritual dimensions to their sexuality. investigators say they don't know yet whether sexuality played a role in the attack. tonight they're still looking over surveillance video. >>> a bizarre story. of the serial stowaway continues. marilyn hartman was in court today and chose six months of jail time instead of getting mental health. she has a long history of trying to sneak on to bay area nights. last week she snuck past security at san jose international and boarded a plane to l.a. she was arrested at l.a.x. and told to stay away from the airport. but the very next day s

san francisco police have released new video that could help solve the murder of brian higgins. news reporter jonathan bloom has details >> this is the man police are looking for. >> it's a dash cam video. this is prior to him being found unconscious. >> they described the person as a white man in his 20s wearing a gray hoody and red tee shirt. images spread through the castro district. >> i asked, and showed it to customers. nobody knows anything about him. >> to all of us that knew him by feather >> truly an artist. everything he did was being artistic and making art. >> police admit they're out of options and they say l is more video that shows them without a douth brian higgins was murdered. >> he's seen beginning to assault mr. higgins on the side >> it's baffling to neighbors who say feather had no enemies >> he was peaceful, part of the solution. in this neighborhood. >> a problem with crime some say is creeping into a safe part of the city. >> it's getting worse. >> it leaves investigators almost no way if he was unlucky or targeted. >> finding the man could prove just a

support the evening everyone there's still no word some light on who attacked a 31 year-old bride higginsdead on sunday now the committee is gathering to remember young life cut short >> : troll's clifford left my fork for the visual and san francisco >> : to cut reserve for severance as federal hospitals as by higgins known as father lynn taken off life-support died around 3333 this afternoon pirandello's parked at the same time his friends and family all the visual and as a few blocks from where he was attacked early sunday morning to a glut of the deal from the visual or the 100 people came up this afternoon appears specs you formed a large circle around the cell several people were visibly upset now this attack has shaken neighbors they can't understand who would attack it kind person brian was a very likable get a strong quart group of friends >> : such as ferrite can understand how people can be so cold other people it's very very sad. >> : back live now 7 cisco police department trading praia's death as a homicide they identified a possible suspect described as being a white male i

higgins unconscious.rter: person of interest as white man in his 20's wearing a gray hoodie red t-shirt underneath it. the image spread through the castro district where he lived and worked. >> i show it to many customers. nobody knows about anything about him. >>reporter: she owns the deli where he sometimes tended the counter. 2 were also good friend. >> i consider him like one like like one of my kid. he went by feather. >>reporter: fixture here on market street feather just brighten up the neighborhood. >> truly an artist. everything he did in his life was about being artistic and song and making own hart. >>reporter: they are out of option and say more video too too graphic to release showing that breen higgins was murdere murdered. question is by whom? >> he is beginning to assault mr. higg instant on the side before they go off frame. >>reporter: all baffling to neighbors who say faith her no enemy. >> he was peaceful. he was part of the shrugs not part of the problem in this neighborhood. >>report

. >> james:and this morning there is still no word on who attacked 31- year-old bryan higgins and left >> james:now. police are investigating his death as a murder. >> james: killer. >> reporter: this is a busy and this section is where he was left for dead. >> reporter: police are still trying to figure out if this is a robbery. is there a connection between the suspect and the victim or if it's a hate crime. >> reporter: the artist was found lifeless line and the street with no shirt in the wild. >> reporter: police immediately started looking for the suspect was described as a white man between 20 and 30 years old wearing a gray sweater. >>: take this person off the street-out victimizing people. >> reporter: police are not willing to release that surveillance. but they do tell us that they have been gently searching for suspects. >> james:and last night more than 100 people gathered to pay their respects to higgins. >> james:they held a vigil on a small hill in duboce park where he was >> james:many of the people at the vigil >> james:however, others who came to the park didn't kno

steve higgins retired. higgins, you're -- you're back already? i'm back. >> jimmy: what happened? >> steve: i said four square and seven years ago. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my god. oh, my god. retire again. now, get out of here. [ laughter ] oh, you're back from retirement already? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: oh, gosh. >> steve: okay. >> jimmy: all right, good. >> steve: keep it rolling. >> jimmy: all right, there we go. guys, the other big news everyone is talking about is the trailer for "50 shades of grey" just came out. [ cheers and applause ] it's become the most-watched trailer of the year with more than 36 million views on youtube. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: so, that means it's time for "50 shapes of grape" -- where we send our writer, arthur, to the streets of new york city to get people's thoughts on the trailer and see whether or not they notice that he's mispronouncing "50 shaves of grey." [ laughter ] here we go. check it out. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ 50 shapes of grape >> have you seen the trailer for "50 shapes of grape"? >> i have

the 31-year-old brian higgins was removed from life support after being found beaten and unconscious on church street. here is that story. >> early morning, gregg is on community patrol in castro putting up flyers about the death known to friends as "feather." >> we are looking to the public to provide additional clues where he was before he was assaulted. >> he was found unconscious on church street beat and possibly robbed. this photo released by trend general hospital identified him. >> everything about him was love. he radiated love. friended hell the vigil at 3:30 p.m. and the time he was removed from life support. the people responsible for this need to get what they deserve. this is called a homicide and there could be a solid lead. >> the police department received video surveillace camera that show this person was actually a victim of a crime. >> police are not ready to release the video which may show a white male suspect attacking higgins. police can community patrols urge people to let others know you are going and be aware of surroundings when walking alone. >>> twitter

congressman brian higgins. bill andintroduced a bring to the fcc about the sports blackout rule. what is that role? >> the blackout rule allows the nfl to not broadcast in local .reas the ballgame is end the government support for the blackout rule that has been in effect since 1975. the economics of the nfl and professional sports have changed. of stadiumd that 70% construction in the nfl is financed by taxpayers. not by nfl owners. home game watching experience has changed with advances in audio and digital technology. buffalo, the market,mallest team, the league averages 67,000. things like luxury seating, advertising, in accordance with the bargaining agreement, revenues that have retained exclusively by the team. we believe that the blackout rule is obsolete. it doesn't serve the purpose anymore. given the merchandising. why would a team not want their to tens ofd thousands of people? we think the blackout rule is obsolete. the fcc took the first move. they will vote at the end of this year. we believe the nfl will follow. >> the nfl has final say on whether or not this happ

friends tell us higgins was part of the radical ferry movement. it is mostly gay men looking for a spiritual de-mention. and the police are not saying why higgins may have been targeted this the attack. and again, we do expect there will be quite a turnout this afternoon, a vigil on honoring the victim in the beating. the family is hoping more witnesses will come forward. live this afternoon in san francisco. >>> all right, thank you, alex. right now, amtrack is investigating an incident that damaged a car. good afternoon, bryan. >> reporter: good afternoon, tory, yes, this station brings in freight cars, amtrack cars and bar train cars. and now what happened yesterday afternoon, one viewer said it was small gauge gunfires a it passed by the station. these are a couple of pictures that the viewer e-mail today us. he says that another window was also hit aboard this am frank train. now he said it was gunfire but amtrack is just saying that some type of object hit the train and it is currently a case of vandalism. and now this happened aboard a nort

higgins was taken off life support on august 13th. >>> an armed carjacking. this is where the chase ended at about 9:30 this morning. they say three men carjacked a red buick sedan. it is believed the two people in the car were not hurt. officers then chased the car through the tenderloin and south of market. the suspects hit another car, got out of the buick and ran off. at some point in the chase police say the men threw a handgun and narcotics out of the car. they are looking for the suspects between 7th and howard streets. >>> san jose police investigating' shooting that happened this morning. as a man was getting into this green toyota when another car drove up and started shooting. the victim was shot at least once in his torso. he was taken to the hospital with serious but nonlife threatening injuries. they need people to come forward to with information. >> we collected evidence that we found on scene. at this point there still is further investigation as to what motive or whatever >> reporter: police say the only description of the suspect vehicle is

. >> bryan higgins known as feather lynn in san francisco was found beaten early august 10. police today released surveillance video taken from a taxi cab. investigators say the footage shows him being followed by this man moments before they move out of camera range. >> there is an altercation, that is what we want it talk to this person about. >> reporter: he says the man may be one of several that cause trouble near his restaurant. bryan higgins' friends held a vigil wednesday as the family removed him from life support. >> i was shocked. i am not surprised. this area, we see fightalize the time -- fights all the time. . >> reporter: another look at the person of interest police want to talk to in the death of bryan higgins. he is described as white male wearing a gray sweatshirt and a red shirt underneath it. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two american missionaries who contracted ebola have been discharged from an atlanta hospital, including dr. kent brantly. >> today is a miraculous day. i am thrilled to be alive. to be well a

the examiner reports that higgins was part of the radical fairy movement. gay men looking for a spiritual dimension to their sexuality. it's unclear whether they'll be investigating it as a hate crime. we understand that the victim's family is planing to remove him from life support this afternoon and hold a advantage i will at the same time in his honor. we're live in san francisco alex savage ktvu news. >>> in san bruno many who survived that deadly pipeline explosion if you are years ago they're angry about plans for a new housing development in their neighborhood. the blast killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes in this neighborhood. the developer wants to build 30 new homes in that same area. being are worried that the construction project might strain the continuing recovery efforts >>> a new warning in san francisco, this one is aimed and making it easier for people to ban the question of criminal convictions on an application. they voted to extend that policy to the private sector. ban the box, the box on the application where people are chec

. >>> this is a person of interest in the beating death of 38-year-old brian higgins. this is from a dashcam camera. higgins was found beaten and unconscious on that corner and may have been robbed. >> he later died at the hospital. he was a radical member of the ferries and went by the name of feather. if you have information contact police. >>> the aunt of a 2-year-old girl killed by a hit and run driver faced a judge today. they pleaded guilty to child felony charges. he walked her into the middle and left her there. a driver with the green light hit the girl without stopping. the paternal great grandmother believes the aunt is at fault. >> she's as much to blame as the driver in the car. he did have a part in it, but it wasn't his fault. he didn't stop because he hit the child. but no, it was definitely the aunt's fault. had the child not been there, he or she would not be in the situation right now. the little girl's mother does not blame her sister and wants her released from jail. bail is $50,000. >>> two men discovered dead in adjacent backyards. we were over t

higgins found brutally beaten in the castro nearly two weeks ago.video shows a man chasing higgins the morning he was found unconscious in the triangle neighborhood. higgins was taken off of life support last week. he was a member of the radical ferries. movement of gay men searching for a spiritual dimension to their sexuality. investigators say they do not know yet whether or not this was a hate crime. >>> it is 5:35, names of the officers involved in the pepper spray incident at uc davis in 2011 are now public. california's supreme court upheld a lower court's ruling that the public has the right to know the names of all police officers involved. remember that video went viral in november of 2011 when campus police pepper sprayed occupy protesters. a report on the incident was later released, but the names of the officers involved was removed. last night the full report including names was made public. >>> 5u6 35 -- 5:35, you have been awaiting presumably all week for this moment. its arrived, we have just the person for you. >> i think we've bee

higgins later died at the hospital. he was a well known member of the radical ferries, a gay spiritual community and went by the name of feather. if you have information, contact police. >>> a $30,000 reward is being offered for a robbery. at 1:00 in the afternoon, three gunmen got into the house and forced some of the crew to the ground as they were robbed of camera equipment, laptops, cell phones and more. >>> a quiet town is investigating two fatal shootings of men who lived next door to each other. their houses are here and here. they were both found in their backyards, near the strawberry village shopping center. tiffany wilson is live with the latest. tiffany? >> it's been years since they investigated a homicide at mill valley. at this hour, they will not say a murder suicide. they tell the neighborhood they are not looking for any other shooter. sky 7 hd shows two crime scenes separated by a fence. in each backyard, a man shot to death. marin county sheriff's deputy responded to 154 circle last night after famil

higgins was found badly beaten in san francisco's duboce triangle this month.he died three days later. the video comes from a taxi's dashcam. >>> and new at noon, a man was shot while sitting in his car in san jose. it happened before 6:00 this morning in the area of thackery drive and lido way. officers say the victim a man in his 30s was in his toyota when someone drove up to him and fired a single shot. the suspect was in a honda and got away. the victim is recovering at the hospital. >>> also new at noon both americans treated for the ebola virus have left the hospital and now have been allowed to go back home to their families. nancy writebol was released tuesday and is not making any public comment. dr. brantly calls this a miraculous day. >> i'm thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family. [ applause ] >> brantly and writebol both contracted the deadly ebola virus in liberia and are first known ebola patients to recover here in the u.s. in sacramento, health officials say it will be another couple of days before they determine if

higgins is blacked out but shows him closely followed by this man moments before the two of them moveof camera's range. >> there's some part of an altercation and that's what we want to talk to this person about. >> he does look familiar. >> reporter: dave jack says the man in the video may be one of several that constantly cause trouble near his church street restaurant just a few feet from where higgins was found. his family removed him from life support. >> i was shocked but i'm not surprised in this area because we see fights around here all the time. >> reporter: the person of interest people want to talk about the death of bryan higgins is described as a white male in his 20s and 30s wearing a black hoodie with a red shirt underneath. >>> a three person brightening crew will be removing garbage and human waste at entrances and exits. they'll be working on all of the downtown locations. cut backs during the recession forced it to trim its cleaning crews. >>> some two dozen kittens left outside the marin county shelter will be up for adoption. now a seven day hold that allows owne

they have received surveillance video showing higgins was a victim of a crime.nvestigators are not releasing the video which could show a white meal suspect attacking higgins. >>> developing news from missouri: the governor will travel to the town of ferguson to see firsthand the continuation rising from the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a police officer. anger over the shooting sparked another confrontation between police and protesters last night. miss have not released any 9-1-1 tapes or details of the degrees of michael brown. >>> twitter is rethinking their policy on online bullying after users sent disturbing images messages about her father. they say they will not tolerate abuse of had and will improve support for family members of deceased users. zelda is going off twitter and instagram with this message had keeping with her father's sense of humor "a small giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car after you washed it." a memorial grows at the san francisco san jose used in the movie of "mrs. doubtf