if i knew something like this would happen, no more dogs ever. >> his stepson says he forgives hyashi and takes some blame himself. >> he loves animals. and you know, he just got too many animal, couldn't handle it. and i gave him too much responsibility, for the kids, giving him that, union, while i'm going to -- you know, while i'm going to work, and that might have been a little bit too much, he has his own family to raise, you know. i hope he knows that i still love him. >> reporter: state law forbids shelters from adopting out pregnant dog, but the contra costa county animal shelter said it has no record of ever adopting out hyashi a pit bull. in concord, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> a suspected arsonist is sitting in jail this morning. police believe travis eugene church hill set fire in a recycling bin in front of sam's market on telegraph avenue. police identified church hill from a surveillance video. the fire he is accused of setting was one of nine authorities say were deliberately set around berkeley in the past week. police appears there is a definite link between the fires. >>>

. >> steven hyashi is devastated over the death of his 2-year-old grandson. >> he was only two years old he wishes he got rid of the five pit bulls sooner. >> it was an accident. a terrible accident. my, i will take the blame for those dogs being mine. and not getting rid of them when i'm supposed to he got the oldest of the pit bulls from a pound when she was pregnant keeping two male puppies and there were more, he said the dogs often fought over food. >> the older dogs bullied them for food. so... that is why i think the younger dog separate from the adult dogs. >> that is why two dogs were in the yard and three older once in the garage when hyashi left to drive his son to an athletic event. the dogs had not been fed. his wife and 2-year-old grandson were still sleeping he wakes up, opens the door, going to my wife's bedroom to lie next to her. >> but not yet yed. somehow, the 2-year-old ended up in the garage with the three pit bulls. he never goes into the garage. how did he get in there? we both thought that the dead bolt had a top lock. >> no one heard this attack. >> my wife

>>> steven hyashi is an emotional interview the day after his pet pit bul pulled a his grandson to death. she jailed on $120,000 bond in the boy's death. tree mystery finished talking with him face to face a short time ago. what did he he to say? >> 52-year-old candidly said he takes the blame for this terrible accident. usuay he is around the dogs supervising thehin. he says it's a terrible accident. yesterday he wasn't home it happened. >> a he recounted some of his last memories th his two-year-old grandson before he was mauled to death. >> he was only two years old. >> the family dog he now considers killers. >> the way i feel, i apologize now. >> they of euthanized all five dogs. two-ye-old jacob bris bees what happenedered in the gare where the of the dogs were. hyashi wasn't homat the time. >> the grandmother and four-year-old brotr and 19-year-old uncle were all home. nobody else was hurt. he is still wondering how his grandson got into the garage. >> he has never gone down stairs to the garage. me and my wife both thought -- >> he always monitored the dogs around the children? >

>>> steven hyashi is an emotional interview the day after his pet pit bulls pulled a his grandson to death. she jailed on $120,000 bond in the boy's death. tree mystery finished talking with him face to face a short time ago. what did he have to say? >> 52-year-old candidly said he takes the blame for this terrible accident. usually he is around the dogs supervising the chin. he says it's a terrible accident. yesterday he wasn't home it happened. >> a he recounted some of his last memories with his two-year-old grandson before he was mauled to death. >> he was only two years old. >> the family dog he now considers killers. >> the way i feel, i apologize now. >> they of euthanized all five dogs. two-year-old jacob bris bees what happenedered in the garage where three of the dogs were. hyashi wasn't home at the time. >> the grandmother and four-year-old brother and 19-year-old uncle were all home. nobody else was hurt. he is still wondering how his grandson got into the garage. >> he has never gone down stairs to the garage. me and my wife both thought -- >> he always monitored the dog

>> hyashi wasn't at home at the time of the attack. he has been booked for child endangerment and possession of dangerous animal. >> a body of a soldier is back home. he died when his vehicle hit an ide last week. he spent 15 months in iraq before being deployed to afghanistan late last year. he grew up in lake berryyessa and joined the army in 2006. >>> a popular east bay park is open again this morning after being closed yesterday by a bomb scare. for the selling time this week, police responded to reports of a suspicious device. the bomb squad was called in to examine and detonate hit. police canine units didn't find anything else suspicious. first pipe bomb was detonated on wednesday. kid's soccer tournament is still scheduled for dad. >> there is blue green algae can be toxic to humans and it usually occurs in late summer. almaden lake will remain closed until the bloom disappears. >> this morning, officials are offering a reward hoping to catch the person who is killing trees in golden gate park. 44 trees have been vandalized sin

. >> now, the judge ordered that hyashi be appointed a public defender before the next court appearance scheduled for august 5th here in martinez. he's being held here in jail on $120,000 bail. in martinez, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> and san jose police chief abruptly announced his retirement today and we are live from the south bay bureau. the chief had planned this for a while. >> and this is not a surprise. the end of october will be 30 years with the department. he started as an officer and will leave as police chief and with 30 years under his belt he's entitled to a pension worth 90% of his salary. this year, amounting to about $215,000. san jose police chief was sworn into office in january, 2004. touted as progressive and technology minded. >> the day i got sworn in in the speech i said we've got to move this into the next department and get technology. >> under chief davis, crime data became available online. and the department is the first in the country where officers have deployed many video field cameras but there has been controversy. including two high-profile officer-i

. >> keeping the >> reporter: hyashi says he was warned that doing an interview might put his life in danger, but he said he wanted to do it anyway. he is facing two felony charge in little jacob's death. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oakland police released the name of a man shot and killed in front of his home this morning right after he returned from work. they have identified the victim as a 53 -year-old. the shooting happened outside the home just before 2:00 a.m. the neighbors said they heard gunshots and when they looked outside, they saw him lying in front of his car. they said he was a pleasant person who kept to himself. >> he is a kind man. he doesn't mess with anybody. he goes to work and comes home. >> homicide detectives are trying to determine a motive for the killing. >>> criminals have been keeping the police busy in oakland. nine customers inside the green bubble restaurant were robbed just before 11:00 last night. the restaurant was robbed as well. there's no word yet on the discorruption of the suspects. two years ago, there was a take over of the restaur

hyashi will be arraigned next week and right now he's been held in jail and he's been held on $120,000 bond. reporting live in concord, cheryl heard, nbc bay area news. >> tragic story all around. >>> another night in the city of oakland is raising concern. a violent night on the heels of police layoffs. you're looking at surveillance video of the restaurant takeover robbery in north oakland last night. two men forced a half dozen customers at the bubble restaurant on piedmont avenue to hand over their wallets and purses. on the other side of town, a kaiser employee coming home from work was gunned down near his front door. with 80 fewer cops on the street, residents say they are terrified. >> there's not enough police to prevent these activities or to respond to them quickly when they happen so that they can actually capture the criminals. and now with the reduction of 80 police officers, they're not going to be able to investigate these crimes. >> oakland police say even with the cutbacks crime is down over last year, so far there are no suspects in last night's killing. >>> oakland

. >> steven hyashi never thought his five pit bulls could hurt anyone but he admits there were warnings. like one of the times when the pit bulls killed the family chihuahua. >> at that time i should have gotten rid of the dogs. >> police say in another incident, one of the dogs killed a pet parrot. >> it's hard for me to -- >> he says he used to believe pit bulls were safe if they were raised in the right environment. now, he has nothing nice to is say about the breed. >> you can't ban by breed. >> they say anti-pit bull sentiments are at a high. they want to discuss what kind of legislation to tie to prevent another attack breeds can't be banned but they will look at the example in san francisco. >> i think the ordinance is a gad one. >> in san francisco pit bulls must be sterilized. they passed the law in response to the death of 12-year-old boy who was mauled by his family pit bulls. >> it seems to be effective in san francisco for n terms of being able to cut down on some of the excess number pit bulls that are being bred. >> steven hyashi didn't when authorities decided to euthani

officers have charged hyashi with child endangerment and owning a mischief animal. >> the child was attacked by three president bush that were inside the garage. >> there were a total of five pit bulls in the home and two of them were in the yard. it didn't take officials long to decide what to do with the animals? >> the dogs were euthanized. >> there were two other children at the time of the attack along with the uncle and grandmother. they don't know why the family had so many dogs. >> as far as i know they had them as pets. i don't have any other details. >> neighbors say they don't know the family very well, but they do know about the dogs. >> i called animal control services because my two six granddaughters and dogs were tied up with ropes. >> animal officials say they could not do anything because the dogs were tied up but she didn't feel comfortable. >> they were barking seriously. >> one was walking her dog and when the animal came up to her. >> police haven't said whether any other family members will be charged in the attack. in concord amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >> they are

. >> 52-year-old steven hyashi when his grandson was killed but he did admit to owning the three pitull that has attacked the toddler. they have charged him with child endangerment. >> child at one point walked into the garage of the residence and was attacked by three pit bulls that were inside the garage. >> police say there were actually a total of five pit bulls in the family home. two of them were in the yard. it didn't take officials long to decide what to do with the animals. >> the dogs were euthanized. >> there were two other children at home at the time of the attack along with uncle and victim's grandmother. they don't no why they had so many dogs. >> as far as i know they had them as pets. >> neighbors say they really don't know the family very well, but they do know about the dogs. >> i called animal control services one day because my two six-year-old granddaughters were riding their bikes and they were tied up with rope. >> animal officials told her there was nothing they could do since the dogs were tied up. but she didn't feel comfortable to let her granddaughters ne

steven hyashi made a statement object together felony child endangerment charge against him in the death of his step grandson told the judge he cared for boit and never would have let him near the dogs had he been home. three of the five pit bulls attacked and killed the toddler after the boy wandered into the family garage on thursday. all five dogs have been euthanized. >> u.s. copy right office does bad cards to apple and cell phone carriers today giving aproveal to practice that's were once illegal. and interest there is details of fash-reaching changes for consumers. >> it's a major upset for apple. the copy right office ruled its okay for iphone users to modify phones. once done, iphones won't be restricted to running applications down loaded from apple. >> there is allowing other companies to compete. it's a good thing. and bad for apple. of course. >> jail breaking carries risks requiring coding to be changed in systems. and engineers say it's not easy for amateurs oo. you can see jail break not everyone will be willing to do that. >> in fact, apple issued a warning jail breaking

they arrested steven hyashi after the boy was attacked inside a garage yesterday morning.0,000. all five of his pit bulls were euthanized. >> a federal judge will set a new date for the barry bonds perjury trial. they claim he lied when he never knowingly took steroids in 2003 while testifying before a grand jury. case was supposed to be tried last year but it was delayed after the judge barred prosecutors from using key pieces of evidence. >> let's get an update on the morning ease commute, is it friday light? >> it is on bay area freeways. we have a major road closed, 80 and chevron way because of a fatal accident this morning. it could be shut down for a few hours. live camera shots, no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza or san mateo bridge. >> thanks very much. when we come back, kristine hanson stress gone. mind sharp. because unisom gave you deep restful sleep all night. morning early birds. unisom. good night. good morning. all it takes is a few ingredients and delicious mission flour tortillas. for budget-friendly recipes go to missionmenus.com. mission. tasty tor