. >> reporter: good afternoon, jana. they are gonna be taking the rare, if not unprecedented test, to james logan high school next week. the person who runs the testing says about a third of all of those tested will will test positive for -- those tested will test positive for tb. he said it's something to worry about, just don't get too worried. mes logan has 4500 students. there will be testing all because of one active case. >> i'm scared my son is gonna get infected with this. >> reporter: last week parents got letters from the high school telling them a student had hb. yesterday, a letter went out to parents saying testing is needed. are the parents worried about it? >> not really. i'm not. >> they know it's there. but they are not worried about it. >> this is not a scare. this is what we do all of the time. >> reporter: dr. bob benjamin says a third of the world's population is infected with the virus that causes tb which is spread through close contact. the patient who was diagnosed with tuberculosis is no longer

jana katsuyama, live in our news room with this story. jana. >> it's quite a story, gassia. today, yassar afifi told me the fbi contacted him saying he was a national security threat and never heard from them until this week. he said it started sunday when he took his car in for an oil change. >> they lifted it up. i was doing an oil change and i saw a glimmering piece of -- or a black device just sticking under my car with a wire hanging out. >> reporter: he says he found this, a small box with a long stick and magnetic attachments. he said he and his friends did a web search trying to find out what it was and posted pictures of it online. it was a tracking unit sold only to the army and law enforcement. today he sat down for his first tv interview and told us what happened next. >> on tuesday, after i came back from work, i came home and one of my roommates walked upstairs and told me there were two people standing next to my car. >> reporter: he says the woman and man later came up to his car and said they were fbi agents. >> he said his name was vincent and he showed me

jana katsuyama is live with our story. >> gasia, a private vigil is bed , but take a look at there. they're planning to come outside here and do another vigil by this front gate of the hospital where you can see the flowers and candles put out here just a show of support how much donna meant to her coworkers, families and friends. >>> friends say 54-year-old was a caring person thatd her job as a phychiatric technician at napa state hospital. >> she's a very likable person,s so sad. it's so sad that you know, that we lost somebody just so dedicated. >> denise went to school with her and was a close friend. >> shed big blue eyes and -- she had big blue eyes and came to work with a smile. >> they ordered that flags flowf staff. she had worked with the mentally ill by saturday night was found dead at the courtyard. the suspect appeared in the superior court this afternoon and believe that 37-year-old tried to rob her before killing her. he's held on charges of second degree murder. friends and family of donna gross say that napa state hospital had prior problems of state discipline and

jana katsuyama visited their farms and she is live with more. >> reporter: gasia, this is a remote part of sonoma county. on a quiet hilltop across santa rosa, they are bringing guest artist to her secluded retreat to collaborate with others in creating artwork. she is the founder of the life is art foundation which started in new orleans sponsoring arts project their and in sonoma county. she bought the land six years ago with her partner. >> we wanted to find a beautiful piece of property to have a residency on. to enjoy, and show outdoor installations. >> reporter: with the recession she says other findings are in short supply and decided to try her hand at farming. >> the current economic climate has been terrible. it seems like a creative way to address funding the arts. >> reporter: it's not just any farming. the quiet breeze across her 120- acre plot brings the distinctive scent of marijuana. >> the last way i imagined. it seems like one of the most viable forms of nonprofit supports that i have ever encountered. >> reporter: this is the finest first-year growing pot for about 10

jana katsuyama is like a car story. >> reporter: gasia, the cruise ships, i want to take a look -- wanted to take a look at that green energy alternative that will bring some cashier into the city. the skyline was graced with white ships today expected to meet poor calls this year's and the diesel engines run nonstop. >> the whole time it is spewing pretty dirty fuel emissions trade they keep all of the lights on. >> reporter: today at pier 27 where the massive shipped out they greeted it with new technology they introduced the first shoreline power supply allowing cruise ships to turn off their diesel engines and plug into the electric grid. >> all of that power is coming from renewable energy and as that comes, it goes to our hydroelectric tms that create the power so there are no emissions. >> reporter: the shoreline power hookup will cost each cruise line $60,000 per ten- hour. and it will be a breath of fresh air. each chip that shuts off its engine eliminates the emissions of 54 diesel trucks running nonstop and will make a healthier environment for hundreds of shortening and port w

jana katsuyama is live with our story. >> he just walked through that r not more than 5 minutes ago after posting $25,000 bill. he has been -- bail. he has been released and turned himself in earlier after an arrest warrant was issued on tuesday. this 44-year-old san francisco man says he's accused of attacking his alleged abuser 65-year-old linder. >>> sheriff's investigators say the attack happened at this retirement center. witnesses say on may 10th around 2:00 p.m. the suspect lynch called and asked if linder was there. >> he used the name eric and sad that he needed to get in contact with father because he needed to make notifications. >> a half hour later he showed p and confronted him in the lobby and attacked him. >> he punched him in the face ad all over the body, and after the father goes down to the ground suspect takes off on foot. >> sheriff's deputy say it tookt using phone records they traced the call to lynch. his attorney says his client was sexually abused by him. >> when my client was 7 years od , he and his brother went on a camping trip, and father was the color. >> t

jana katsuyama is live in oakland with our story. >> reporter: they held an online webinar that just wrapped up about 10 minutes ago. it is part of the effort to educate voters about that ranked choice voting. counting votes will be a little different this year for the first time three cities, oakland, berkeley, and stand in and stand meander will offer voters ranked choice voting. and if a voter's first choice fails to get sufficient support, there second choice will get a boat instead. >> voter education has been a top priority with $1.5 million set aside in officials say they have held 100 community information center and in creating an itunes application which voters can download for free. >> we have sent out a mailer to every single registered voter in berkeley and san leandro and have it running at movie theaters prior to the movies. >> reporter: some say the paper casting a single vote. >> i think it gives too much of an edge to folks. >> reporter: nationwide less than one dozen counties have tried this and they found there was a slight increase in voting errors. >> they are m

jana katsuyama is live in freement with the details. >> well gasia, this is usually the end line, but the dream here is to take that train from freement through silicone valley to santa clara, and today a federal official from washington d.c. came to tower the project tour the project side. >>> for bart riders traveling south, freement is the end of the line. >> it would be fabulous. a lot of times i want to get down there, and i can't. >> i think it would be a good thing. you open a door for a lot of people traveling without using their cars. >> instead of driving here, they could just take it to the bay. and that's a good idea. >> that idea is gaining ground as construction crews prepared an old freight train right of way to be converted into the new bart line. the 16-mile extension would run through downtown san jose ending in santa clara where it would connect with the cal train train. it's a $6.1 billion project but only 85% of the funding is in place. and that's why u.s. represents invited a federal official to tour the site. >> we're relocating this traffic here. >> they have a

jana katsuyama live with the story. >> well immaterial you to take k at this yellow paint. these are markings that show where the gas line runs underground through this neighborhood, but officials say it could take a year or even more before they can find another route. >> i never want to go through ay anything like that, i don't want anyone to go through something like that, so we have to find out what we're living on top of. >> kathy says the yellow paint r nervous. she was home when it sfloeded on september 9th just a few blocks from her house. if they rebuild the line. >> i will leave. if it goes bacn , i'm out of here, definitely. >> today san bruno mayor and stn ator eye met pg&e and the ceo committed to relocating the line. >> he made the commitment to me on behalf of pg&e that he did not want that pipeline reconnected through the glenview neighborhood and they would do everything they could to find another location. >> but it won't be easy that wil find another neighborhood in this densely populated area. >> pg&e staff are in fact rightw going through different mode

jana katsuyama live in san francisco to explain. >> well gasia, i spoke to a facebook spokesman and gay rights activist here in san francisco about the controversy. it started around this facebook page calling for a day of action in october around the deaths of gay teens. >>> as the gay straight alliance network in san francisco, she saw the call to action on the facebook page. >> we heard about it online like everyone else, got invites. >> it says in memory of the recent suicides where purple on october 20th, and within weeks it attracted half million supports. the string of suicides by five gay teens of anti-gay bullying has created a nation-wide outcry. >> they have been devastated and impacted. >> but that page attracted violate anti-gay messages. today the gay andless bean alliance against defamation sent us a link of some messages that included death threats. some comments read, i'm the [bleep] are killing themselves. having a great time in purgatory and another one had a nats uric concentration camp with a caption, this is an acceptable gay rights parade. they said the postings v

jana katsuyama is libor that officer is hospitalized. >> reporter: gasia, i talked with the police chief that told me that the officer went through a two-hour surgery. he's expected to recover. it was at the intersection of warm springs road in mission court where a van ran over patrick brower before slamming into a metal pole. the driver jumped out and ran away. >> the car ran him over and it was pretty brutal. >> reporter: they searched the area for the suspect could they say the accident was no -- this is no accident. >> we believe this was not a traffic accident that the officer was intentionally struck by the suspect. >> reporter: they say that the delivery van was reported stolen from a residential area where an employee was making a delivery for about one hour later officer brower saw the band pulling out of the shopping center. >> the driver of the van saw the officer on the motorcycle and for the van and hit the motorcycle and accelerated even more. >> reporter: the police chief says that an ambulance rushed brower to the regional medical center and has been with the police forc

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> the a's are thinking about buying their flagship radio station. although the a's said they are just in the beginning stages for the extra sports 860 which is also called ktrb. >>> the large apartment complex in san francisco has a new owner tonight it is the largest privately owned investment. fortress bought it, the terms were not released. >>> the united airlines 747 was part of the fleet week air show and viewers of this video show it appears to pass awfully close to the bridge. in fact, it did not. the faa says it just looks that way because of the angle and that the pilot was being directed. certainly gave folks there a thrill. >>> and in fact, it was a good quarter mile from the golden gate bridge. but it was exciting to see. fleet week is wonderful as always. there's fog at the coast right now. it's very dense. we got weather headed our way up in the form of this weather system right here. it's going to move in. probably on thursday night into friday, bring us a slight chance of a sprinkle. that leads to more shower possibilities as we head

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> the a's are thinking about buying their flagship radio station.though the a's said they are just in the beginning stages for the extra sports 860 which is also called ktrb. >>> the large apartment complex in san francisco has a new owner tonight it is the largest privately owned investment. fortress bought it, the terms were not released. >>> the united airlines 747 was part of the fleet week air show and viewers of this video show it appears to pass awfully close to the bridge. in fact, it did not. the faa says it just looks that way because of the angle and that the pilot was being directed. certainly gave folks there a thrill. >>> and in fact, it was a good quarter mile from the golden gate bridge. but it was exciting to see. fleet week is wonderful as always. there's fog at the coast right now. it's very dense. we got weather headed our way up in the form of this weather system right here. it's going to move in. probably on thursday night into friday, bring us a slight chance of a sprinkle. that leads to more shower possibilities as we head in

jana katsuyama have the story. >> reporter: each placing a prayer stone into a box enremembering their friend and coworker. friends say dana works was a special person. >> she's a very likable person, and it's so sad. it's so sad that you know we lost somebody just so dedicated. you know so dedicated. >> reporter: denise quintana went to school with gross and was a good friend. >> she had these big blue eyes and every day she would come to work with a smile. everybody if she was tired she would have a big smile. >> reporter: gross had worked with the mentally ill for about 14 years. but sunday she was found dead at a courtyard. the patient, appeared in court today. jess massey tried to rob gross before he killed her. massey was declared insane after slitting a woman's throat in a parking lot and he's been in the mental hospital since then. now the state hospital had prior problems with patient discipline and a lack of security cameras. >> we have had violence from individual to individual on a regular basis and it's frankly, in places in the hospital out of control. >> reporter: a spok

jana katsuyama have the story. >> reporter: each placing a prayer stone into a box enremembering their friend and coworker. friends say dana works was a special person. >> she's a very likable person, and it's so sad. it's so sad that you know we lost somebody just so dedicated. you know so dedicated. >> reporter: denise quintana went to school with gross and was a good friend. >> she had these big blue eyes and every day she would come to work with a smile. everybody if she was tired she would have a big smile. >> reporter: gross had worked with the mentally ill for about 14 years. but sunday she was found dead at a courtyard. the patient, appeared in court today. jess massey tried to rob gross before he killed her. massey was declared insane after slitting a woman's throat in a parking lot and he's been in the mental hospital since then. now the state hospital had prior problems with patient discipline and a lack of security cameras. >> we have had violence from individual to individual on a regular basis and it's frankly, in places in the hospital out of control. >> reporter: a spok

jana katsuyama is live in san jose. >> reporter: we learned that the victim is unconscious and is in critical condition right now. we talked to his family because they cannot understand how it is that the cruiser hit him and we also obtained some surveillance video that shows the crash. the san jose police cruiser hit the men here on east santa clara street around 7:20 p.m. monday night and it was dark but we obtained video today from a surveillance camera that caught a glimpse of the cruiser hitting him who fell to the ground. about 15 seconds releasing officer in emerged from the car and later the flashing lights about the police, fire, and ambulance crews arriving. >> he was struck. he was hit by his head. >> reporter: he said the 63- year-old man is a husband and father of three. he was working for abc security as a car that night but he started the job last week and had become a u.s. citizen three weeks ago. >> very happy with his citizenship. everything was looking very good. >> reporter: they say the officer was driving the cruiser. he has been with san jose police for 17 year

reporting live, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >> tomorrow is the last day to apply to vote by mail. you should be able -- they should be able to receive the by 2:00 and be sure to put enough postage on the ballot. as many as three stamps may be needed. the ballot can be dropped off at any polling place in your county. game one of the world series is coming up on wednesday and the bay area is getting ready to play ball. they took advantage to groom at the field at at&t park in san francisco. the team is as danish as well. it bars and other entertainment venues are prepping for visitors aimed at making sure fans have the best time possible. >> you have people all over the place. you have all of the diehard speed you have everybody. this is your home team. >> hotels are booked solid. >> as for tickets, paying face value is now pretty much impossible but for those willing to pony up lots of cash tickets are obtainable as craig devereaux reports your best bet is going online. >> this morning you could buy tickets on the giants websites outfield seats for $210 each but the supply is

jana katsuyama is live in oakland with our story. >> reporter: the director says any day now somebody could come walking up to their door and evict them. that is because this mortgage lender basically foreclosed on the house and sold it without notification. >> i have a six bed facility which means i can have six children. >> reporter: she opened this children's home in may to care for developmentally disabled children. she says she and her staff are caring for three boys and now they are facing possible eviction. >> i don't know what to tell the kids if we are going to be here or not. i do not know what day they will knock on my door and say we have to go. >> reporter: she says the problem started with the housing bust when she and her sons fell behind on their $3,500 a month payment. the mortgage was transferred to carrington mortgage services in santa anna. kennington said they would give her a loan not -- a loan modification but she did not hear back and called a manager. >> i said it has been three months. he said, let me get back to you in a couple days. they said they would not

jana? >> reporter: tonight, the family is waiting to get their dogs remains back but they telly me they don't understand how an officer could of shot and killed their dog in their own backyard. when mary kate arrived home on tuesday immediately she saw something was wrong. her front gate was own and at the front door instead of the family dog she found a note from the officer. >> the officer wrote opd responded to your residence to investigate a burglary alarm. >> reporter: the alarm went off at 11:30 on tuesday morning. the officer said when he went to check the backyard he saw an own door and the dog, a yellow lab, named gloria, charged at him. >> while checking rear perimeter lab advanced on officer in threatening manner before being shot and killed. >> reporter: mary kate says her family is stunned. >> i am just -- i am just real upset and sad and it really didn't need to happen, i think but it did. >> reporter: matthew and isabel say she has been part of the family since she was a pupp

jana katsuama is standing by with more. >> reporter: you can see where they ripped the security gate off of the wall. he hopes the lawsuit will help give these owners and other business owners a small taste of justice. >> reporter: at this jewelry store it is not business as usual. there is less sparkle and shine on display these days since the store was luted on july 8th. >> just caught in the middle of it. we lost a lot of revenue you just don't have no money right now. >> reporter: a crowd of rioters broke out from the peaceful protest and broke into several stores on broadway. theytory down the security gate going in the windows and steal 50,000 worth of diamonds and gold. >> reporter: today, oakland city filed a lawsuit suing two men, dugas from castro valley and other from oakland who were arrested with items stolen from the store. >> we are trying to support or local businesses and show them that we care. we are not going to let cases like this go unanswered. >> reporter: the city attorney says the lawsuit names two other people accused of srapdlizeing public property that nig

we are live at the beach with this report, jana? >> reporter: well, gasia it has been 10 months since they closed this. and that forced drivers to take a detour down neighborhood streets. well, today, we learned that they are planning to reown the road, take down this sign by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. but, drivers should be aware there are major changes that have taken place on the road. >> reporter: the sunny day drew droves of people to ocean beach to walk, bicycle, catch a few waves ... or do a little drumming in the sun. tents were popping up for sunday's nike women's marathon where the course is set to end along the great highway and construction crews are racing to finish the emergency repairs. the great highway southbound lanes to highway 35 have been closed since last december. that is when unusually large storm surgees ate along the block, creeping inland seven to eight feet. crews put in large rocks to reenforce a 900 foot stretch of the coast and removing the shoreline by removing trash and debris. today, crews put the final pa

jana katsuoma is live with more. >> reporter: that is right, they are running extra trains tonight about for the big giants game here in san francisco. but the future of this service might be in jepordy. that is because the board voted today to cutback on trains, increase fares and eliminate the ticket booth both here in san francisco and in san jose. >> reporter county officials say they are running short on funds. to keep it on track the board voted to cut service and raise fares. that means a one-way ticket between san francisco and san jose will increase from $seven .75 to $8.50. cal train officials say the agency faces a $2.3 million deficit this year. largely because it relies on grants from other transit districts that have lost funding due to the state's budget crisis. >> their budgets are cut they have to reduce their contributions to cal train that is what is happening. >> reporter: some riders say they understand the reason. >> it sounds like they are in debt and they need the moneyy and revenue that is fine. >> it is still a great deal $4.25 each way it is cheaper than drivin

but now changes have been made and ktvu's jana katsuyama learns the much awaited reopening will come tomorrow. >> reporter: the weather brought droves of people to stinson beach. tenths were also setting up for sunday's nike women's marathon. and construction crews are racing to finish emergency repairs. the great highways have been closed since last december. that's when unusually large storm surges ate away the bluff, creeping inland as much as 70 feet in some places. crews have hauled in large rocks to reenforce a 90-foot stretch of road. today crews put the final paint stripes on the pavement, but the emergency repair process involves a major change. reducing the southbound side to a single lane. >> we work with our traffic engineers to make a traffic flew. >> it's a pain to go around, it's always nice to drive this direction, so yeah, i think it's a good thing. >> reporter: city officials say the parking lots will reopen at the same time providing better access for beach lovers. >> as long as they provide a people for people to park, i think they'll be all right. >> they should

but now changes have been made and ktvu's jana katsuyama learns the much awaited reopening will come tomorrow. >> reporter: the weather brought droves of people to stinson beach. tenths were also setting up for sunday's nike women's marathon. and construction crews are racing to finish emergency repairs. the great highways have been closed since last december. that's when unusually large storm surges ate away the bluff, creeping inland as much as 70 feet in some places. crews have hauled in large rocks to reenforce a 90-foot stretch of road. today crews put the final paint stripes on the pavement, but the emergency repair process involves a major change. reducing the southbound side to a single lane. >> we work with our traffic engineers to make a traffic flew. >> it's a pain to go around, it's always nice to drive this direction, so yeah, i think it's a good thing. >> reporter: city officials say the parking lots will reopen at the same time providing better access for beach lovers. >> as long as they provide a people for people to park, i think they'll be all right. >> they should

jana katsuyama. >>> we have new details and what could be a major development the case of an apparent suicide pact by twin brothers. sheriff's brothers have recovered a note that sheds light in what happened. a sheriff's briefing just wrapped up, debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: the 15-year-old was affixuated with a rope. and that the surviving brother who tried to get police to kill him had signed a note apologizing to their family of what they were about to do. >> it just says that they were unhappy, and when they seem they are happy it's a facade. probably the most telling thing about the note is, it says don't bother to look for us because you're not going to find us. >> reporter: this tragedy ended tuesday night when the surviving teen burst into a home near the ravine. turned the gas stove on and lit a fire. then tried to stab himself with fives from the kitchen -- fives from the kitchen. he managed to puncture a knife. when police got there, he told police shoot me, kill me. they tased him and took him to the hospital. >> he used a rope, a long rope. if you had a suic

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megyn: her suicide note told of daily harassment where she said kids called her sluty jana.e kids who tormented while she was alive showed up at her funeral and laughed at her in her casket. where is the humanity. these are not the only children to commit suicide at this school. in fact over a two-year period four students took their own lives. the parents of both children are suing the school district claiming the administrators did little to nothing to stop the torment of their children. yesterday i spoke with both families about why they feel this school is responsible. joining me now are her sister, ander rick's mother and the lawyer representing both families in this case, ken myers. i want to start with you, jan. as a mother i can't imagine what you went through with the death of your son. i know that you, unlike suzanna's family you say you had little void that he was going through these bullying problems at the school, is that the case? >> that is the case. we had very little notice. he came home a week before he died on a friday and said that he was being bullied, t