>>the district attorney's office tells me bugai was charged with impersonating an officer earlier this year, which is a misdemeanor. he plead not guilty. he will be back in court next monday for both cases. keep in mind, kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual assault can hold a life sentence. reporting in san francisco. >>it will be another night without running water for residents of an apartment complex in pleasanton. they haven't been able to shower - or use toilets since friday. tonight - they're hearing that the problem 'might' finally be fixed by tomorrow night. but as kron four's scott rates reports -- it's been a long four days. > > that would be pretty crummy to live here. there has been absolutely no communication. it is really annoying. > > no communication and no water. that is what we hear the residents are dealing with for the past four days. she and everyone in the apartment complex has had to find alternate ways of living. whether that is taking a shower- > > the other day i went to the pool and jump then. > > using the toilet. > > you fill up a jug of water and us

. >> do your best impersonation. >> the lead singer of pearl jam, fun to impersonate and sound like him, but now you'll have a brand new way to imitate him from this video going viral from stoke home, sweden at a concert. he has a bottle of wine, and watch what he picks up. we're just going to make it into a verb. it means picking up a sneaker. >> okay. i'm going to do you one better. >> sneaker, like a converse like this here, and then doing this. >> wow. man! >> takes a sneaker and downs it. >> oh, that's rock star. >> tell me it doesn't belong to someone in the crowd. not someone's shoe, right? >> oh, it is someone's shoe in the crowd. there was a woman in the audience, a big pearl jam fan who had a sign who said, sign my sneaker. threw shoes on the stage, signs the shoe and sends the shoe with the bottle of wine to the girl with security. she has one signed shoe, and the other shoe is on the stage. that's why you hear him say -- >> i'll do you one better. >> instead of signing one shoe, drinks wine out of the other after sender her a bottle of wine, and then the audience made her dr

. >> a man accused of impersonating a police officer to sexually assault immigrants has needed not guilty. he dressed as a cop and kidnapped and assaulted new immigrants from central america. he would take victims to their home and handcuff and drug them and force them interest sexual acts. >> the suspect threatened the victim with deportation or law enforcement retaliation if the victims reported the incident to police. >> the records show that he is a licensed security guard but jeffrey bugal has a long history of impersonating people of authority. he is held on $2 million bail. >> no arrests in the case of a young girl shot in the arm during a birthday party in a popular park. it happened on saturday evening at lowell park. the girl was terrified. >> we her gunshots and i saw bullets playing. >> the ten-year-old alyssa felt a sting in her arm from a bullet fired 100 yards away. a gunfight between five or six erupted. >> i rap. we were scared. >> it was the worst thing ever to happen. i would never want anyone to go through what i went through. >> the young adults and teens were hanging

police can't say how long his charade wept on of impersonate ago police officer or how many immigrant he may have been victimized. >> the mission was just one area 35-year-old jeffrey guy would often paoltr. trouble is he wasn't ap co-but he talked like one. even dressed like one. all in an effort to kidnap and sexually assault new immigrant from central america. >> unknown how many victims there are out there. >> sf pd says guy drove the same type of car they drive. crown victory y.he took the victims back to his home where he would handcuff drug them and force them into sexual acts. >> not only that suspect threatened the victim with deportation and/or law enforcement retaliation if the victim reported the incident to police. >> the intimidation worked. most victims didn't tell anyone until investigators started asking questions. >> that's not right. >> this woman who did not want to good on camera says she saw him in the neighborhood but knew he went a police officer. >> if i wouldn't have listened to him because i know there's a lot of fraud around here. >> on line records show gu

. >>> a san francisco security guard is behind bars tonight accused of impersonating a police officer. he sexually assaulted immigrants from central america. the 35-year-old faces felony charges, including kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual assault. he acted as a police officer and threatened victims with deportations. prosecutors say the suspect would bring his victims to his home, get them drunk and sexual assault them. >> this type of incident does put opbarrier in the communities we -- up a barrier in the communities we serve. >> investigators say he targeted immigrants from central america with limited english skills and he drove a car similar to what real officers use. he is held on $2 million bail. this isn't his first brush with the law. ktvu channel 2 news obtained documents from michigan. he was prosecuted in 1998 for criminal sexual conduct and 1999 for impersonating a professional. >>> a judge will decide soon whether to send a man to a mental health facility for having a bomb. defense attorneys asked that he be admitted to a mental health facility. tonight he is

the 35-year-old security guard impersonated a police officer and preyed upon immigrant men from central america. at least one person has filed a restraining order against him. bugay is charged with kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual assault. he's being held on $2.1 million bail. >>> an alameda county courtroom was packed as two men awaited sentencing for the killing of 3- year-old carlos nava almost three years ago. the toddler was struck by a stray bullet during a gang shooting in oakland. last month lawrence denard and willie torence was convicted. sentencing was expected today but the day spent hearing motions for a new trial and motions to continue the sentencing. the judge denied both. sentencing is now expected for tomorrow. >>> relief tonight for people in pleasanton who have been without running water for five days. tonight that water is finally back on in 350 homes. residents tell ktvu service was restored just before noon today at the spring house apartments. people had been using bottled water and buckets of pool water since the leak end when the high pressure water

police can't say how long his charade wept on of impersonate ago police officer or how many immigranthe may have been victimized. >> the mission was just one area 35-year-old jeffrey guy would often patrol. trouble is he wasn't ap co-but he talked like one. even dressed like one. all in an effort to kidnap and sexually assault new immigrant from central america. >> unknown how many victims there are out there. >> sf pd says guy drove the same type of car they drive. crown victory y.he took the victims back to his home where he would handcuff drug them and force them into sexual acts. >> not only that suspect threatened the victim with deportation and/or law enforcement retaliation if the victim reported the incident to police. >> the intimidation worked. most victims didn't tell anyone until investigators started asking questions. >> that's not right. >> this woman who did not want to good on camera says she saw him in the neighborhood but knew he went a police officer. >> if i wouldn't have listened to him because i know there's a lot of fraud around here. >> on line records show guy

snlt we're hearing details and denials in question, the case of a man arrested for impersonating a sanncisco police officer and kidnapping undocumented immigrant men for sex. nbc bay area's terry sweeney joins us outside the bar where this alleged kidnapping took place six years ago. why are we only seeing charges filed now. >> reporter: that's one of the questions being asked. how it started in 2008 and it is just now coming to liflt he is saying it is possible his client being prosecuted because of his very conservative views on immigration. >> is your client a police impersonator. >>? he is not at all. >> reporter: he's heard a police officer testifying that mr. bugai and an accomplice entered the bar in the mission district in 2008 dress in the san francisco police uniforms. they approached two hispanic men, told them they were under arrest for being drunk and proceeded to take them here to bugai's residence. this is where he allegedly attempted to sexually assault them, threatening them with deportation if they ever reported it. the alleged victim in court identified only as luis

. >>> first a man is arrested for impersonating a police officer.why authorities say he did it and what we've learned about his past. >>> a man in san francisco is under arrest for committing sexual assault while impersonating a police officer. david stevenson tell us the suspect is accused of preying on immigrants and threatening them with retaliation or deportation. >> reporter: jeffrey bugay is being held facing felony charges including kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual assault. this security guard preyed on two central american men. >> saying he was a police officer. then taking them to his residence where he would commit sexual assault on the victims. >> reporter: the two cases date back to 2008. though police are asking other possible victims to come forward. investigators say bugay drove this crown victoria similar to those used by real police officers. >> there were some handcuffs that were involved. and he would threaten the victims that if they were to contact police there would be retaliation and or deportation. >> reporter: cou

police can't say how long his charade wept on of impersonate ago police officer or how many immigrant he may have been victimized. >> the mission was just one area 35-year-old jeffrey guy would often patrol. trouble is he wasn't ap co-but he talked like one. even dressed like one. all in an effort to kidnap and sexually assault new immigrant from central america. >> unknown how many victims there are out there. >> sf pd says guy drove the same type of car they drive. crown victory y.he took the victims back to his home where he would handcuff drug them and force them into sexual acts. >> only not only that suspect threatened the victim with deportation and/or law enforcement retaliation if the victim reported the incident to police. >> the intimidation worked. most victims didn't tell anyone until investigators started asking questions. >> that's not right. >> this woman who did not want to good on camera says she saw him in the neighborhood but knew he went a police officer. >> if i wouldn't have listened to him because i know there's a lot of fraud around here. >> on line records sh

. >>> a man arrested for impersonating a police officer, then committing sexual assaults. the specific group of people police say he was targeting. >>> san mateo bridge and the bridges across the bay in general are pretty busy at this time. you can see right here. san mateo bridge taking 10, 15 minutes to cross the span. coming up we'll tell you how long it will take to you get from oakland to san francisco on the bridge. >>> a lot of cloud cover. thunder, lightning, this morning. right now, it's just rain all the way to san jose. there's a lot going on for july. i know it's july. but there's plenty to talk about it. >>> welcome back. 7:14. did you see that? lightning over san francisco. it's been a wild morning. this video was taken near at&t park early this morning. you may have seen it or heard it. our crews and cameras also spotted lightning in the east bay. now, steve paulson, all over this. he will have your tuesday forecast coming for you in just about four minutes from now. >>> san francisco prosecutors say a security guard preyed on immigrants from central america

they are still looking for a fourth man. >>: its never cisco man is facing charges for impersonating police officer. 35 year-old jeffrey but drivpolice say he wl approach one man who appeared to be true. he drove a white ford crown victoria. he would leave them to his column. if they were not already intoxicated he would get them dry. develop we do no he will be back in court next monday to keep in mind a kidnapper would attempt to commit sexual assault can face a life sentence. >>: residences san mateo the past few months have filed a complaint with the police tried to collect back taxes. they're reporting these calls to the irs. after what was called the full-scale over 25,000 people were contacted. >>: their offered $2,500 reward for information on the lead to the rest this will lead who walks and starbucks and taking expense of laptops. will show you this video to see what she looks like. it happens mostly in the south of market area where their companies are that has all the gadgets. she is the co- founder of bells along dachau he says that in the headquarters that's up houses i

. >> catherine: a man has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a police officer to sexually assault women.. >> catherine: police say jeffrey boo-guy targeted a particular kind of woman. that's coming up in a live report at 8:30. >>highway 84 has reopened after a car crash closed both directions of the highway >> catherine: near woodside - almost all day. >> catherine: a car knocked over a power pole this morning - near grandview drive and highway 35. >> catherine: it blocked the road - bringing traffic to a standstill. no one was hurt - but the sheriff says highway 84 didn't reopen until about 7 tonight. >> reporter: new developments in eastern europe.as a blurry picture may be about to get clearer. >> reporter:russian separatists have agreed to turn over the black boxes from that downed malaysian airliner. the information could determine exactly what happened in the skikes over eastern ukraine last thursday. >>"we have to make sure that the truth is out, and that accountability exists." >> reporter:president obama says the evidence points to russia. pentagon analysts say satellite,

. >>> plus, a tsa impersonator gropes women at the airport. >>> temperatures are still below average, what does it look like for the weekend? details are coming up in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you karen. that story and more and the very latest on the malaysian airliner that apparently crashedner the >>> we are following the latest on the malaysian airlines flight that reportedly crashed on the ukrainian-russian boarder. lets go to george stephanopoulos with the latest. >> the flight data recorder, and voice recorder will be found and can be debriefed. on top of that when we figure out what the decent profile is, we'll know. >> standing by at the white house. >> the president is briefed on this, is he on air force one right now on his way to delaware. but it's important to point out just after the president announced a new round of sanctions against russia because of the activity in ukraine. two planes have gone down over ukraine air space, a cargo plane and another fighter jet and the ukrainian government places the blame on the russians for that, and that is someth

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. >>> in the bay area a man accused of impersonating a police officer to sexually assault immigrantsguilty. the 35-year-old jeffrey bugal was arrested this month. he would stress as a cop and drive around in a ford crown victoria and kidnap and sexually assault new immigrants from central america. he would take the victims to his home where he would handcuff and drug them and force them into sexual acts. >> the suspect had threatened the victims we with deportation or law enforcement retaliation if the victims reported this to police. >>> reports show that he is a licensed security guard but police say he has a long history of impersonating people of authority. he is held on $2 million bail. >> bart is starting a new crackdown. we will have who they are targeting and specific stations their we focusing on. >> new details of the next iphone with apple sources revealing more information on the hot gadgets. >>> in emeryville, a beautiful shot and you can see why we are seeing so many thunderstorms and beautiful clouds. traffic and weather are next. >>> we have been following showers and

in 1999, he was accused of impersonating a health care work earn at a hospital in michigan. he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and sentenced to 90 days in jail. this time, bail was set at $2 million. according to investigators, it wasn't just the mission district where baguy was looking for victims. he had contacts in heyward and oakland. police are coming forward with the information hoping that other victims who have not yet come forward will contact the police. they say no one will be deported because of coming forward and reporting this crime. reporting from the mission, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> tesla motors today put the brakes on all production at its fremont plant. but the halt is temporary and the paychecks will continue. the plant will be closed through august 4. it's undergoing a $100 million upgrade to help launch production of a new suv rolling out next year. the popular s model will still be manufactured at fremont. it will the raise production at the plant by 25%. >>> netflix hits a major milestone. for the first time, it has topped 50 million subs

a young man of deep faith to serve god and country and could always get a laugh of the impersonation of his commander. colonel jason. the husband who cannot wait to become an uncle. the adventurous spirit with every photo has a big smile. corporal matthew phillips. even biggerwith an heart, a prankster who's best play was cleaning up at the poker table with his buddies and dad. corporal raney. the youngest, just 20 years old, who loved laying guitar and did everything in his life with passion. corporal gunnar. these american patriots live to serve us all. they died to protect each of us and their legacy lives on in the hearts of those who love them, especially their families, mothers, families, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. the depth ofmatch your loss but please note that this nation will honor your soldiers now and forever. i would ask the goldstar family from that deployment of police band -- please stand. please stand. [applause] this is a story ryan wants us to remember -- soldiers who love each other like brothers and five for each other. families with made a sacrifice

. >>> and the bay area executive accused of impersonating a tsa agent. the powerful family connections he has in hong kong. >> let's take a live look at the afternoon commute. this the sky way in san francisco. it's been backed up for hours trying to get out of the city. the oncoming traffic on the lower deck of the bay bridge. and it's starting to get more congested on the right side of your screen on the 101 south. heading to 101 south. looks like a long, slow commute ahead. stay with us, more to come on >>> covering antioch and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> a truck driver is being blamed for a spectacular crash in kentucky. it's a little far off, but look at the top of your screen. the big rig making a turn is suddenly hit by a freight train and split in half. it immediately burst into flames. the driver was not seriously hurt. he told authorities he was focused on the back of his rig as he made the turn. so he never saw the train coming. the crash could have been worse, actually. officials say the car loaded with black powder was only a fe

. ♪ >>> on stage is blobby williams, impersonator, but notice the front row. what do you see?> is that a prosthetic leg? >> yes, it is. >> shoe included. >> shoe included. that's heather bess, and guess what? during the performance, tries to get on stage, not close. >> nope. >> watch, whoever that guy is in the long hair, security, whatever, he picks the thing up, and williams is, like, yeah, send it up there, and there she is, heather then like sitting on the guardrail there, rocking out, part of the show p. >> he held her, sort of. >> i think it's the first time it happened. when do you get a leg thrown at you? >> could be the first time and it was on video. >> awesome. from there to a similar video, and off the bat, oh, he only has one leg as well. something he's going to use to tap with? >> yes. okay. well, that's good, right? a room full of people, a studio, and they are watching intently, but he just is getting started. ♪ >> wow! >> i wonder if maybe he's able to make the sounds that other people aren't. >> that's what i think. rather than tap, he has a tap and knock. >>

says shortly after the guys got back in the truck and drove away, he claims they called his phone impersonating police officers, but craig asked for badge numbers and names, but they hung up. he recognized the voices. he was talking to them. he claimed this was an attempt at insurance fraud, that they were trying to get money and say this guy was responsible, that he rear ended them, and craig is thrilled he bought the camera because it's all the proof he needs this was not his fault. >> we're all adventurous on the show, take 105 days off to visit 20 countries, right? william did the it same thing, but he did not take a razor and took selfies every day while traveling the globe. from the looks of it, had a great time, clean shave, day one, starting in iceland. how beautiful is that? he goes all over the world, like, literally. he has all great selfies with all these iconic images. my favorite one, i think, is the first time we had a viral video with the pope. >> wow. >> pope francis, cool dude. >> makes the time seem real because the beard is like a clock that doesn't go around and around, but

imposter. >>: geoffrey booth guy who police say works as a security guard impersonates a count. you can only imagine that someone is new to the country who have limited english skills they either asleep are intimidated. he's accused of approaching his prey by leading hithem to his home. some of the victims are handcuffed. before letting them go he threatened his victims with a deportation. >>: we do not care about someone's status please f bringing this to the police. he will be back in court next monday for both cases. kidnapping with intent for sexual assault can bring present time. >>: former i-r-s official lois lerner may exist. a closed committee with the i- r-s deputy associate chief counsel. it's also a contrast to testimony from i-r-s commissioner john koskinen who said the emails were lost when lerner's computer crashed. lerner led the division of the i-r-s that targeted groups claiming tax-exempt status. these missing emails were dated around the time these groups faced scrutiny. ma >>: a friend of boston marathon was found guilty monday of obstructing the investigatio

[ laughter ] >> jimmy: was he an impersonator?o, i think that's the name of the studio. it was a while ago. but it was fun. he yelled at me a lot. he's like really aggressive. >> jimmy: what? >> the only thing i remember from that class is he kept screaming at me -- "come on, princess eyes!" "harder, princess eyes!" and he called me princess eyes, which was like my nickname. >> jimmy: so you got a a nickname? we met him once. roots, do you remember we met richard simmons? we were doing the thanksgiving day parade and we were on the float. and we were all just waving. [ laughter ] it was really fun. and we heard, "roots, roots, jimmy." and we were looking and we turned around. and i'm not kidding. richard simmons was on a a glittery seahorse. [ laughter ] >> wow. >> jimmy: he's on a glittery seahourse. and i'm not joking. we all looked over and waved at him. tariq was standing right next to me, he took his leg and pulled it behind his head and just waved at us. [ laughter ] >> wow. [ applause ] >> jimmy: unbelievable. i'll never fo

. >>> a san francisco man accused of impersonating a police officer is due in court today. investigators say jeffrey bugai targeted immigrants getting them drunk, sexually assaulting them and threatening with deportation if they told anyone. bugai pleaded not guilty to five felony counts: >>> new traffic signals are being turned on at this hour. a pedestrian was killed there earlier this year and others have been hit. mayor edly is helping turn on the new lights in just a few minutes. the speed limit on sunset was recently lowered by 5 miles an hour. >>> still ahead on midday, the question of compromised safety. whether they threaten southwest airlines with hefty fines. >> and the shelling resumes. what the u.s. is demanding of israel and hamas today. >> the kpix 5 weather center. patchy fog along the coast. here comes the monsoon. maybe thunderstorms. we'll talk about it next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, when it opened up, the stock markets were down but now they're picking up steam a little bit. they're at 16,986. >>> a $12 million civil fine. the they did not follow the c

it's an elton john impersonator, singing the most annoying part of "crocodile rock." ♪ la-a-a-a-a la we'll have a a second elton john impersonator, benny and the jet ski. [ laughter ] he's singing the most annoying part of "benny and the jets." ♪ benny! >> jimmy: there you go. [ laughter ] then, we're going to come around the corner and back into the studio. whoever wins this is super champ of all time and is the next -- [ laughter ] -- american kayak warrior. [ laughter ] uh -- here we go. cameron, are you ready for a a little -- >> cameron: yeah, i'm ready. >> jimmy: really? >> cameron: yeah, i'm ready. are you ready? >> jimmy: all right, higg-bone -- >> steve: ready? >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: are you ready? >> cameron: i'm ready. >> steve: are you ready? >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: 1 -- >> jimmy: mm-hmm. >> cameron: move your foot! i know this trick, you cheater. >> steve: -- 1, 2, 3, kayak! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> cameron: ah! [ laughter ] it's stuck! josh! >> jimmy: higgins! help me! [ laughter ] >> cameron: ah! ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: where -- where is she? i don't know where she is

anybody, and he couldn't handle it. >> luis harris has already been found guilty by a jury of impersonatingr in order to rape a young woman on the city's bayshore boulevard. he still says he's innocent, but today he is headed back to court to be sentenced. >> some people say this guy is a great con artist. what i can tell you is this, my emotions and my tears are real. my sincerity is 100% real. >> harris previously served a three-year sentence in state prison for grand theft and violating probation, and does not want to go back. >> prison life is a traumatic, horrible experience. so much so that during my interview of my arrest this time i told a detective, you know, if i had the ability to take your gun from you, i would have taken it and shot myself in the head, because i don't want to return to prison. that's everybody's worst fear. >> the judge who will now sentence harris says the evidence is overwhelming. >> he kidnapped her, he pretended he was a cop, he raped her. he got her p.i.n. number under false pretenses. he used her credit card, and he obtained her money. at the time she was

to, you know, recycling is for the folks that are here taking what's here we're a k34ur7b9 trans impersonate center we're making sure that we look into the areas like the tenderloin, bay area, katrero hill and all those under looked places for the under tapped resource, you know, and how do we recycle that those folks are here now and since they're here now why, you know, would we be looking someplace else those folks are here and care about here now and recycling in a different kind of way so, you know, and the feeling i got watching that we say live with when we were in bay area at the community meeting remember that young man that talked about what he did you could see people in the audience say wow. this guy's on top of that and this is one of the projects of all the city departments that got the federal money to do the jobs we've got to be the only program in the city that has something recycling from that. and i can't be prouder. i think one of the things we have to continue to tap for all the 0 people that think that you know the whole green movement is about simply some things they'r

in his 20s he was charged with impersonating a health care worker at a hospital. >> this defendant is going to face very serious consequences. >> anyone can always ask for law enforcement id issued by every sheriff and police department in the state of california. >> reporter: he's pled not guilty. he is being represented by the public defender. but the cops want you to know that if anybody out here has had any sort of a similar incident feel free to report it. come on down to the police department whether you're here legally or illegally. they the p just want to talk to you about this. nobody will be deported. allen. >> he is not a cop. being a security guard he knew how to talk the talk, certainly, which served his purpose. >> reporter: well, in fact, he was licensed with the state to be a a security guard since 2002. that gave them the right to have the belt, the gun and the baton and those patches. it is a very fine line sometimes, especially at night. ask for the id. >> absolutely. phil matier, thanks. >>> a motorcyclist caught taking a wild ride down a bay area freeway is in tro

trent is convicted of burglary and criminal impersonation, but the judge deems him insane and trent is taken to an oregon hospital for treatment. two years later, doctors release him. in 2007, trent is back in court and he's got one trick left up his sleeve. just as the judge orders trent into custody on $250,000 bail, he makes a run for it. >> he put his hands behind his back like he was going to comply, and then he took a short glance at the door and that split second, i thought, this is the one that's going to run. >> a local tv station's camera catches deputy nicole morrissey o'donald immediately chasing after trent as he runs down the steps. >> my thought was that if he were able to get down the stairs, there might be possible weapons that he could access at the bottom of the stairs. >> the deputy steadily fires her taser gun at trent, who's about 20 yards away. he doesn't get very far. >> he stayed on the stairway. i got on my radio and called for assistance. about four deputies came down the stairs and we handcuffed him. returned him to the courtroom. >> did you think you were g

. >> impersonation of the irs impugns the integrity of the internal revenue service. >> reporter: so in people believe the callers and send in checks that criminal investigators which tracked $4 million sent to the scammers nationwide just since last object. and that's just those who have reported being scammed. the actual loss would be two to four times higher. >> generally before the irs will ever contact you on the telephone you will receive multiple notices in the mail. >> reporter: our investigation found that out of $4 million lost to this scam nationwide, a fourth of it, more than a million dollars, has come from california. new york state finishes a distant second with a half million dollars lost so far. so if you get a phone call like this, don't return the call. no matter how official sounding and urgent the voice may be. >> it really makes me mad that how people like that trying to target senior people like me. >> reporter: here's a good note. none of the people we talked with paid the scammers. now, if you do get this phone call the irs wants you to call them, not the num

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she's apprehending a man impersonating a suspect who's pretending to beat her with a stick.n organization called "cover your k-9 "is covering san francisco police dogs vests to help keep them safe. >> we love our dogs, but they're tool. we will send them to do whatever we need them to do. if they get injured -- well, that's a shame, but it's better for a dog to get injured than a police officer. having said that, i don't want my dog getting hurt. >> petsmart raises money for the vests through dog wash events and donates the money to cover your k-9. they include emergency supplies including pads to stop bleeding. they cost about $1,500 each. >>> new details about the fire that damaged award-winning restaurant in los gatos. the fire apparently started near garbage cans outside the building, although the official cause is still under investigation. the estimated damage is valued at $240,000. the structure, including the roof and attic, were badly damaged. the restaurant's owner has vowed to reopen the restaurant, but there's no estimate on when that will happen. ♪ >>> a minor d

a man has been impersonating a park ranger. he is accused of taking pictures of women in the area and kicking a dog while giving out bad information about dog walking rules. and up north, the largest fire in washington state's history continues to burn and threaten homes this afternoon. the carlton complex fire 16% contained. more than 250,000 acres have burned. as many as 500 homes have been evacuated. weather and cooler -- wetter cooler weather that moved in yesterday are helping to fight the fire. >>> california doesn't measure up to the majority of the united states when it comes to taking care of its children. a recent report says california falls in 40th place when considering children's well- being. the report from oakland-based children now looks at family stability, economic stability, health and education. >>> there's a new cop on the block. the crackdown on water wasters in the south bay. >> and the california drought is affecting wildlife, too. the proposal to keep fishermen away from the russian river. >> hi, i'm m

. >>> tonight, a person is under arrest for impersonating security screening. he gave women private pat downs. betty yu has more. >> reporter: ken, this man was not an employee. he was not in a uniform. he was in khakis and a blue polo shirt and he was up to no good. a man suspected of having one too many drinks posed as an airport screener at sfo. authorities say he lured two unsuspecting women, both foreigners into a booth for a pat down. how did he pull it off? the man was a ticketed passenger who went through the security check point. he went to an airport lounge and spent a few hours drinking and that is when the trouble began. he may have swiped plastic blue gloves to look the part. the 53-year-old then returned to the screening area and convinced a passenger who had already been screened to go to a private booth. what happened inside is not clear because she disappeared to catch her flight. but then he did it again. this time the security screeners took notice. >> this is wild. when i have a quarter in my pocket, they catch it. a guy walks in, he starts

how one man impersonated a secu screener at s-f-o.en on hol california for several year the judge's ruling may end capital punishment once and all. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's thursday, july 17th i'm ,,,, >>> here's today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories in the middle east. a brief break in the fighting this morning. boast israel and hamas agreed to a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire so civilians in gaza could get food and water. >>> and president obama announced new sanctions against russia targeting energy firms and banks. mr. obama hopes the economic pressure will end russia's support for insurgents in ukraine. >>> three people including one hostage have been killed in california in bank robbery and high-speed chase. it started with a robbery at the bank of the west in stockton. the thieves took three women hostage and led police on a 45-minute chase. it ended with a shoot-out in which police killed two suspects. two

so we will develop impersonal means of communication, like codes or covert communications equipment, or dead drops. and we want our dead drops to be innocuus, we don't want them to draw any kind of attention. or we want them to be particularly disgusting so no one will touch them. in this case we might have hit the disgusting part because this is a rat concealment and was used for operations in moscow. the only creature that will go anywhere near a moscow rat is a hungry moscow cat. but we thought of that as well. so as you are issued your rat dead drop, you're also given a bottle of tabasco sauce, so you can lace that rat with the tabasco sauce and hopefully the cats won't bother it. take away your dead drop. these are just some of the animals that have been partners in espionage. we're in the intelligence art gallery and we don't always have an artifact or an object to catapult us into that part of our history. so 10 years ago we started an intelligence art collection, inspired by the painting collections in the military services, and we're standing next to our first painting in th

tonight exclusive reports front line iraq only on al jazeera america >> on the stream, >> computers impersonating people, facial recognition nabbing criminals in apps that know way too much about you. mind-blowing artificial intelligence on the stream. >> the stream on al jazeera america >>> in israel a funeral is being held for the three settlers whose bodies were found in the occupied west bank on monday. the young settlers went missing on june 12th. prime minister netanyahu attended one funeral and accused hamas of killing the young men and said the organization's members will pay. >>> iraq's parliament is adjourned for a week after they failed to agree on a speaker for the new unity government. >>> and investigators have taken nicolas sarkozy into custody for questions. they alleged he was getting inside information about a separate investigation into his 2007 election funding. he's denied any wrongdoing. >>> syria's stockpile of chemical weapons are in the final stages of transfer to international waters for destruction. the u.s. ship arrived in the port and will be loaded with the toxic che

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. >> reporter: according to a court record out of michigan, bugai may have a history of impersonating authority figures. in 2009 he was arrested as posing as a health care worker in michigan. he reportedly was sentenced to 90 days in jail on a lesser charge. tonight, he's behind bars in san francisco facing kidnapping and sexual assault charges, bail set at $2 million. as we said at the top, this arrest happened 11 days ago, but police are coming out with it now because they are hoping that more victims will come forward. bugai reportedly with contacts in the mission in hayward, outer richmond, and in oakland. reporting from the mission in san francisco, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> just into our newsroom, a former cal student has been reported missing. this is a picture of her, 27-year-old last seen saturday at a campground in arnold. they were at the golden pines campground when she walked away towards highway 4. search and rescue teams used the helicopter and dogs, but her trail turned cold. searchers say it appears she got into a car near the highway. camille is about 5'1

. >> cash seems to impersonal. >> although people do it at bar mitzvah s. apparently in certain cultures people like money. >> do you know what i don't like. i think amanamanda was saying ae wedding she went to people pin cash on the bride's veil. >> it's a southern tradition. >> it's like hey, good luck. >> it's a lot like exotic dancers with the -- >> yeah. you're right. >> right? >> it kind of does. let's go to some good idea because it's time. >> can we pay for it. >> yes, question. we're going to pay for this one. you know we're about to show you video of a dog who had not seen its owner in two years because rebecca's owner had been overseas for two years. this is the moment that her snouzer casey saw her for the first time in two years. >> he like fainted. first he jumped up on her. he went crazy first. and then the pitch -- look. and then ready and -- dog is fine. >> she can't even believe it. >> that's everyday when i come home. >> that's so -- >> nothing makes you feel better in the world when you come home you've been told by all kinds of social m

investigators say eric slighton impersonated a tsa agent. he gave two women patdowns after drinking before. >> they see the "iron dome," left them feelthe iron fist. >> thousands of israelis are invading gaza. the offensive was launched on a day that was supposed to have a temporary cease-fire. this is the first major ground offensive in gaza in five years. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com your >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 5:00 on a friday. that means the weekend is here. and how about the weather, roberta? >> how about it! good morning, everybody. as you are heading on out the door we do have some areas of some very thick drizzle. you will need your windshield wipers over the bay bridge with the current air temperature around 65 degrees in oakland. once you make it due west to san francisco, it's in the low 60s. othe

. >> bulls, in this case, hemingway impersonators road bulls through town. called it home, and featured in helping way's novel the sun also rises. we'll >> that's "eyewitness news" tonight. i'm natasha brown. we appreciate you being with us tonight. if you are up early our morning team is, as well, they're on at 6:00 a.m. always on line at cbsphilly.com. criminal minds up next, everyone, got to get home to watch. have a great night. take care. man: now, from these experiments, a few factors became evident. one was the realization that serial killers have been with us since the dawn of man. please, let him go. take whatever you want, take anything, but please let my son go. my name is professor james fallon. i'm a scientist-- neuroscientist-- and i study the human brain. it is a complex and sometimes lethal machine. in a blind experiment, colleagues sent me 70 mri brain scans, and i idea who these brains belonged to. some were normals, some were schizophrenics, and some were killers. i analyzed all of them, 5 of which i dethad nod were the brains of psychopat

so naturally, an impersonation of the irs impugns the integrity of the internal revenue service. >> reporter: so many people believed the callers and send in checks that criminal investigators have tracked more than four million sent to the scammers nationwide. just since last october. and that's just those who have reported being scammed. the actual loss could be two to four times higher. >> generally, before the irs would ever contact you on the telephone, you would receive multiple notices on the. >> reporter: out of $4 million last, a fourth of it, more than a million dollars has come from california. new york state finishes a distant second with a half million lost so far. so if you get a phone call like this -- >> i need you to return the call. >> reporter: don't return the call, no matter how official sounding and urgent the voice may be. >> it really makes me mad there are people like that trying to target senior people like me. >> reporter: now, none of the people we talked with actually ever paid the scammers any money. we talked to more than a dozen victims, although a few of them