jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> dozens of protesters gathered outside bank of america today, they are calling on the bank to stop the wave of foreclosures. this is part of a nationwide movement to get banks to help rebuild communities and stop exploiting people. >> we believe they are poor corporate citizens in our city. >> some people withdrawing their money from the banks and demanding the banks to offer loan modifications. >>> we know the name of the second victim stand to death inside a home. john gilbert was discovered on september 11 at the home. his body along with renee washington was found. investigators say the fire was set to cover up a homicide. no arrests have been made. >> university of california, berkeley students and owners and residents gathered today at one of the most dangerous intersections. among other things the group is calling on the city to install a stop sign or pedestrian lighting. >>> the death of a cancer patient. judith ming had been at alta bates summit medical center since july and died saturday after being given the wrong medication. ktvu's k

jade hernandez is live now where she spoke with a patient today about how the strike affected him. >> reporter: we spoke to one patient with sickle cell anemia. me was very disappointed to see nurses fill these picket lines instead of hospital rooms. rallying or on a picket line, the one day strike encompassed several unions. but one of the patients these nurses say they are standing up for was disappointed to see temporary nurses caring for him. >> nurses are slow, they're new to this. getting my medication is slower, i had to wait for them. i've been coming since i was 10, i'm 20 now. >> reporter: in order to make patients had uninterrupted care they hired 500 workers. at no cost, the hospital would not elaborate. >> we knew that the unions were unlikely. i think if you look at the fact that they're striking 36 hospitals that this is really a move for the unions to shut down health care. >> reporter: nurses defend their right to straight to save patients and their contracts in the end. >> i get the benefit of having weekends off and i'm stuck with this employer all that time and wai

ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san francisco, where how the family of injuredfiant's fan bryan stow got involved. >> reporter: bryan stow's mother was here and was expected to throw out the first pitch, but bryan's dad did. the family represents their son, a giant's fan beaten outside of dodger's stadium opening-day is still recovering. today marks the 10th annual strikeout violence day. they held the day honoring survivors of violence and groups committed to stopping it in the community. an hour ago we caught up one group, an organization which helps domestic violence victims. at tonight's game group volunteers are selling $1 raffle tickets for the the chance to win a signed, giant's jersey. >> it's not about any one particular cause. i think it's that we all come together and all trying to work to create a violence-free community. >> i like the jersey. >> reporter: this couple may win one of these jerseys if they are lucky and told me that they walked away feel going about helping a group that was reaching out to the community. we're told that it has the largest volunteers, 150 vo

jade hernandez just arrived there at the scene and joins with us latest. >> reporter: about 30 minutes ago we received an update from the hayward police department and we can tell you this evening that a body has been found. authorities cannot tell whether or not that body is a man or woman, the remains are so decomposed wftv we can tell you that the hayward police department is actually keeping us away from the area. news chopper 2 can give us a clearer picture above us this evening. so far we know a volunteer discovered the remains today during a search for missing student michelle le. this is the eighth search since had he disappeared in late-may. they conducted the search in the sunol canyon areas and we have been told investigators are present at every one of the searches. to give you a better area where we are, we're not far from the pleasanton and sunol golf clubs joining us this evening is the sergeant from the alameda county sheriff's offices and thank you, sergeant for joining us. you have been back to the area where the remains were found. can you describe how difficult it i

jade hernandez. >>> oakland homicide investigators are looking into a suspicious apartment fire after two burned bodies were found inside. the fire broke out at 11:00 a.m. neither the cause of death or the identities of the two badly burned bodies have yet to be released. but it is believed that one of the victims is a woman. invest investigators are looking into a report of a witness who says two people ran out of the billing after that fire be -- out of the billing after that fire began. >>> our crews shot this video in richmond early this morning as a strike team from marine county fire began to move south. crews are helping to put out the flames. this is video of the comanche fires southeast of bakersfield. crews are also working to put out a fire southeast of bakersfield. over all more than 25,000 acres across the country have burned. officials say the fires are caused by lightning from thunderstorms yesterday morning. >>> the evening commute tomorrow could be another long one for b.a.r.t. riders. scenes like this have become common place on mondays. b.a.r.t. is now warning that

reporting live in oakland, jade hernandez. >>> the u.s. army says a decorated soldier from livermore has died of rabies. kevin schumaker served from may 2010 until may of this year. officials say he died last wednesday in new york where he was stationed for. the military says how he contracted rabies is unconfirmed. shumaker is survived by his mother and father. >>> the event was part of national disaster preparedness day. it included presentations by the police department and the red cross. the event was important due to the fact that most residents lack sufficient preparation as well as adequate supplies for any kind of natural disaster. >> we're grossly understood prepared for a natural disaster which shouldn't be the case especially since we live in california. >>> those who attended the event were given energy supplies and provided tips on how to prepare for a disaster. >>> just days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, federal authorities are warning that terrorists may try to launch another attack by using a small plane

ktvu's jade hernandez tells us how the government is stepping in. >> reporter: hours ago leaders filled this area. today the neighbors are filled with hope won a large victory. as a resident she was tired of taking the drugs and crime this area served up. >> in order for us to move we got to change our mentality. >> reporter: moving more than 1,000 residents into a new development. today mare ed lee detailed the plan in front of the community center. hud only granted the funds once they could determine if residents wanted to change. >> one thing to have a great application but we are going to get out of this building and walk this whole place. talk to the people who live here. >> reporter: the money includes job training and school help. the superintendent says the school is only one of his schools that will receive some of the $3.5 million pledged. this is only part of the beginning. now comes the real work. >> how we allocate and spend the money. >> reporter: construction is a year and a half or more away. >> i need all the residents to work so when they move to the new neighborhood t

ktvu's jade hernandez spent the day at the sonol mountains. >> reporter: volunteers gathered to organize a search spread out over the area of half a football field. >> it's a dirt road. it is accessible by vehicle. we took our vehicles down there last night and yesterday. but it's lightly traveled. it does not get a lot of pedestrian traffic or bicycle or horse back traffic. but it certainly is a trail that's used. >> reporter: by mid-afternoon, authorities cleared the area and opened it up. the very spot where the remains were found were no longer hidden. there were sign that is county investigators were out here. we found this bone fragment left behind. what wasn't left behind, the remains taken away yesterday. a volunteer discovered what appeared to be a badly decomposed body without clothes or personal items near by. whether it was a man or woman authorities couldn't tell. it was the second search led by michelle le's family this week end, the eighth over all since le vanished. one reason for the searches, cell phone trails led to this area. if dna evidence is needed, results on whet

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 a race in the south bay honored the memory of a man killed. the andy garcia run, walk, bike took place. he was one of 40 people on board of flight 93. >> every single person on that flight gave their lives for us and our freedom and it is my hope no one forgets that. >> he would have been 72 years old on august 28. he was returning from a business trip on 9/11. >>> sunday ktvu will air 9/11 a decade of range. we will have reports from new york, washington d.c. and pennsylvania and we will talk with people who lost loved ones that day. our live broadcast is at 6:00 p.m. this sunday, september 11. >>> the help continues to clean up at the box offense. number one again for the third straight week. $19million over the weekend. it was followed by three new films. >>> julie haener is live with the stories we are working on for 6:00. >>> the august jobs report was bad for a number of reasons, the picture of racial inequality painted for african americans looking for work. and a problem at napa state hospital a patient that

and ktvu's jade hernandez tells us why it may soon be evicted. >> reporter: watching his workers work remembers watching the bridge at the loma prieta. >> i started saying what you guys need was a gorgoile. >> reporter: and an iron smith and placed it on the bridge. no one wanted to be the first to ask him to move on. >> what we're talking about here is folklore but it is important. >> reporter: the cardena bridges has rags the dog and he's been protecting it for more than 50 years. the memorial sits under the new bridge. >> these towers are like gigantic redwood trees. there are spirits lurking and they are protecting us and they can put us in peril. so our mascots are there to protect us. >> they felt like they wanted to do something beyond everything they were doing to make the bridge strong. something spiritual. >> reporter: commuters can't see the 18-inch troll hanging off the northern side of the old bridge and with the construction of the new span, the iron creature has received an eviction notice. caltrans is talking to museums. there are other ideas for the troll. >> i think

and as ktvu's jade hernandez reports the candidate took jabs at the obama administration even makingeference to one bay area company. >>> the event began the minute michelle bachmann stepped out and greeted alex selokoski. once the strong rally crowd drew applause. >> what a pleasure to be in marin county where the tea party is alive and active. >> reporter: there were issues she addressed with the a 150 people who paid at least 100 bucks to hear her speak. >> the obama administration only took them nine days to bring that project off the shelves and bring money to solydra. >>> but the candidate also had to defend her recent remarks about the hpv vaccine which she called dangerous. >> at the conclusion of the debate, a woman came to me very distraught, she thanked me for my remarks, she told me her daughter had a negative effect to the vaccine. and that's all i related. >> they didn't like the change they got the last time around. they're really unhappy. >> i think it's anybody's game at this point. it's very exciting. very dynamic. >> reporter: jelokoski founded the first tea party

and as ktvu's jade hernandez reports the candidate took jabs at the obama administration even making reference to one bay area company. >>> the event began the minute michelle bachmann stepped out and greeted alex selokoski. once the strong rally crowd drew applause. >> what a pleasure to be in marin county where the tea party is alive and active. >> reporter: there were issues she addressed with the a 150 people who paid at least 100 bucks to hear her speak. >> the obama administration only took them nine days to bring that project off the shelves and bring money to solydra. >>> but the candidate also had to defend her recent remarks about the hpv vaccine which she called dangerous. >> at the conclusion of the debate, a woman came to me very distraught, she thanked me for my remarks, she told me her daughter had a negative effect to the vaccine. and that's all i related. >> they didn't like the change they got the last time around. they're really unhappy. >> i think it's anybody's game at this point. it's very exciting. very dynamic. >> reporter: jelokoski founded the first tea part

ktvu's jade hernandez is live on the scene with details. first off, we are live at ruth and viking drive. we can show you, frank, just where this leak happened. it's down the road and across the bridge. we can also show you right now pg&e crews working at this hour. that line has been capped but, of course, pg&e still out here. now, police told us that we arrived at the pipe leaking had been capped and a lieutenant says that residents were being allowed back in the neighborhood. i want you to take a look at news chopper 2 video. the leak affected three nearby schools. we spoke to one mother whose son plays football at the school. she received a call. her son tried to assure her everything was under control and that's just what pleasant hill police told husband we arrived as well. a pleasant hill police say that subcontractors working for pg&e pierced a gas pipe. that leak began around 2:25 just as school was letting out. some time after 3:00, pg&e capped the line. >> my son just called.  he told me that the gas main is leaked and everybod

as janine jade hernandez reports, bachmann was here looking for support and money. >> reporter: bachmann stepped out and said hello to the tea party members. there were issues she addressed with the 115 people who paid 100 bucks to hear her speak. >> i believe it's impartive we secure our southern border. the obama administration only took them nine days to bring that project off the shelf and try to get money to solyndra. we know $550 million of tax money has gone to solyndra and now that company has filed for bankruptcy. >> reporter: but bachmann has had to cover her comments about the hpv vaccine. >> they didn't like the change they had the last time around. they are very unhappy. >> reporter: delakoski formed the first tea party in san rafael. today she has 1,800 people in the mailing list and support is growing. >> beyond my california leadership team, we can do this. i want you to know it and we will do it. >> reporter: in san rafael, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> michelle bachmann is scheduled to address the california republican party convention tomorrow night. the con

new at 6:00 tonight, jade hernandez live in oakland with word that lighting up will be legal for someparticipates. >> reporter: that's right the tents are already up and ready for vendors. off in the distance a huge stage has already been set up in front of oakland city hall. today workers assembled what will house hundreds of booths for the international cannabis and hemp expo. it will take over 6.5 blocks. it begins tomorrow and lasts through sunday. you don't need a cannabis card to get in for anyone 18 years and older. medical marijuana smokers can even light up legally in front of city hall. cannabis supporters tout oakland as the first city in the country to license cannabis. a few years ago oakland passed a tax and passed a law to allow cannabis businesses. >> it comes to show how far the industry has come that we can have an event in front of oakland city hall that is for the medical cannabis community. >>> for the past few years the expo has been held in the bay view city. major jean quan told us organizers have already consulted for oakland pd. if there's any incidents on sa

jade hernandez is live to explain what she's doing here. >> reporter: that's right. congresswoman michele bachmann who is running for president left this san raphael home more than an hour ago. her parts words were, the tea party is growing. michele bachmann arrived at the home of sally and alex zelikowski for a fundraiser. more than 100 supporters paid $a 100 to have breakfast with her today. >> what a thrill to be in marin county where the tea party is alive and active >> reporter: michele bachmann had a lot to say about repealing obama care and lowering the tax code, pushing the shrinkage of government and growing the private sector. she also had to answer for recently calling the hpv vaccine very dangerous. her whole point, she said, was the state government should mandate the vaccine nor receive kickbacks if it does. while addressing her supporters, she also jabbed president barack obama on several fronts, but began the attack with a bay area company, solyndra, based in fremont. >> $535 million of tax money has gone to solyndra. now that company has filed bankru

and unofficial kick off to the political season jade hernandez met up with candidates as they hit the streets. >> hi i am running for mayor in november. thank you. >> reporter: in the wherein edition the san francisco mayoral candidate spent the day meet and greeting in the safeway grocery store parking lot. >> it's day to think about the importance of work people in san francisco and think about we have lost middle class and a lot of people are without jobs. >> reporter: over in the mission public defender was shaking hands with san franciscoans hoping to get his name out. >> this is where my state will be for the next two months on the streets talking to people and it is a fascinating process. >> reporter: this morning city attorney and san francisco supervisor doab into the thick of a workers rights demonstration for hotel employees at union square. afterwards he treks back into campaign headquarters and sat down for strategy. >> today is the day people think about campaigning and campaigns. so, we expect voters will now after labor day start to be more atuned to the messages of ca

jade hernandez. >>> we have breaking news right now. specifically the sonol grade the south lanes in dublin. what you're seeing here is an accident, a car went under a semi truck. for a while it closed all lanes. as you see now they're back open. you will get a sense of how bad the back up is as a result of that accident and the ensuing closing of that freeway. the back up here just continues to stretch on. probably happened maybe half an hour or so ago. we don't know whether there were any injuries. but again the good news if there is any is that the lanes have been reopened. but boy you really get a sense here of just how bad the traffic is. again this is 680 in dublin in the southbound direction. be prepared for a big back up that you see there. we'll keep you posted as we get more information. >>> tonight the nation's capital and nation center are on high alert. while officials are taking precautions, from top leaders to ordinary citizens the response has ranged from caution to defiance to business as usual. >> i have a 9:00 appoint

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> commuter chaos is becoming something of a monday tradition in san francisco. let's give you another live look now, right down in the civic center bart station there in the platform where riders are waiting for the next train. this is the fifth consecutive monday that protestors have staged anti-bart rallies. total of 8 protests since the shooting of charles hill back in july. bart has closed stations eight times during the protests. we center this live camera on the platform, also jade up there on market. we're keep watching the situation and update you throughout this newscast. >>> in other news tonight, two men accused of murder in the death of a three-year-old oakland boy pleaded not guilty today. investigators say lawrence denard and willie torrance were aiming at a known drug deal they're in a drive-by shooting when gunfire hit a boy. their next scheduled court appearance is a pre-trial hearing in october. >>> relatives of admonish 'ol le wore shirts with her picture on it to a brief court hearing today for the woman accused of killing le.