when jana vanbury passed away she didn't leave much behind. >> this is pretty much jana's life. an old book of her medical history, doctors, hospitals, labs, prescriptions. >> reporter: this is jana's older sister vicky. she and her husband tom live in the same phoenix neighborhood as jana did. they saw her suffer. while jana had trouble most of her life, it had become progressively worse. >> she just -- it was just very tough for her daily. she took lots of different medicines to make her feel better. >> did she ever complain of physical pain? >> all the time. she thought she was seriously ill. >> and then vicky got a troubling call one day. a woman who said she was a friend of jana's from church. >> and she said to me you know how jana is always sick? we're very worried about her because we can't get ahold of her. so i called her and didn't get an answer. and then i waited until the next day and called and didn't get an answer. and then we decided, well maybe we should go check and see what's happening. >> it was here at jana's house that tom and vicky discovered the worst. th

. >> is the jana's older sister, vicki and she and her husband, tom, lived in the same town as jana did and saw her suffer. while she had trouble most of her life, it had become progressively worse. >> it was very tough for her daily. she took lots of different medicines to make her feel better. >> did she ever complain of physical pain? >> all the time. she thought she was seriously ill. >> and then vicki got a troubling call one day. a woman who said she was a friend of jana's from church. >> she said to me, you know how jana is always sick and we're very worried about her because we can't get ahold of her. so i called her and didn't get an answer and waited until the next day and called and didn't get an answer. then i decided, maybe we should go check and see what's happenin happening. >> it was here at jana's house that tom and viki discovered the worst. they got a spare key and entered the home and found jana lying in her bed. it was shortly there after they suspected foul play. >> i think when we were going through her belongings, there were a couple things we found, one was a br

a woman who said she was a friend of jana's from church. >> she said to me, you know how jana's alwaysd about her, because we can't get a hold of her. and so i called her and didn't get an answer. and then i waited till the next day. and called and didn't get an answer. and then we decided, well, maybe we should go check. and see what's happening. >> reporter: it was here at jana's house that tom and vicky discovered the worst. they got a spare key, enters the home, and found jana lying in her bed. it was shortly thereafter they suspected foul play. >> i think when we're going through her belongings, there were a couple things we found. one was a brochure of the final exit network. >> reporter: and in jana's checkbook, another important clue. on february 13th, 2007, final exit network membership fees. $50. but what was final exit? online, they found this website. it says, the final exit network serves members in all 50 states who are suffering from intolerable medical circumstances, are mentally competent, want to end their lives, and meet our official written criteria. and suddenly it

jana's life. >> reporter: this is jana's older sister, vicky. >> she took lots of different medicinesin of physical pain? >> all the time. she thought she was seriously ill. >> reporter: it was bad enough that when a friend of jana's from church didn't see her for a few days, she called vicky. >> i called her and didn't get an chance and then i waited until the next day and called and didn't get an answer. and then we decided, well, maybe we should go check. and see what's happening. >> it was here at jana's house that tom and vicky discovered the worst. they got a spare key, entered the home, and then found jana lying in her bed. it was shortly thereafter that they suspected foul play. >> when we were going through her belongings, there were a couple of things that we found. one was a brochure of the final exit network. >> reporter: but what was final exit? online, they found this website. it says the final exit network serves members in all 50 states who are suffering from intolerable medical circumstances, are mentally competent, want to end their lives, and meet our official writt

first, more from jana kramer. alisyn says she's adorable. >> adorable! >> back to jana kramer!ion. because offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >> steve: more on our lead story. moments ago, the national unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. and employers only added 69,000 jobs last month. not the 155,000 they were hoping for. so not good news for the white house nor a lot of people across this country. joining us now for reaction, we've got the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, mayor anthony fox. good morning to you. >> hi, steve. >> steve: well, we got a little bad news this morning. that number not going the right direction. >> well, you know, look, we are still trying to recover as a country from a tremendous hurricane, from a economic standpoint. but what i want to say about that is that the moving average is actually in the right direction and in charlotte in particular, which have parti

new at 10:00, jana katsuyama is live in san francisco with a look at what caused the drop and what it means for investors and consumers, jana. >> reporter: well julie we're in the heart of the financial district. if you take a look behind me on that ticker board you see why so many people are disappointed. a lot of red arrows pointing down. the cheering sound of the opening bell today quickly turned to doom and gloom. stock prices took a plunge. only 12 of the s & p500 companies saw gains and the dow dropped 250 points. >> i'm thinking about my 401k. the i'm thinking what is christmas going to look like. >> reporter: the cause, investors reacting or overreacting to a series of economic reports. >> manufacturing, we did have a big drop in one of the regional manufacturing services. >> reporter: other factors include lower than expected housing sales down 1.5% and a higher than expected number of jobless claims. >> i know a lot of people even with degrees they can't get jobs right now and that's really hard to see. >> we just keep cutting the government, laying off teachers, firefighter

new at 10:00, jana katsuyama is live in san francisco with a look at what caused the drop and what it means for investors and consumers, jana. >> reporter: well julie we're in the heart of the financial district. if you take a look behind me on that ticker board you see why so many people are disappointed. a lot of red arrows pointing down. the cheering sound of the opening bell today quickly turned to doom and gloom. stock prices took a plunge. only 12 of the s & p500 companies saw gains and the dow dropped 250 points. >> i'm thinking about my 401k. the i'm thinking what is christmas going to look like. >> reporter: the cause, investors reacting or overreacting to a series of economic reports. >> manufacturing, we did have a big drop in one of the regional manufacturing services. >> reporter: other factors include lower than expected housing sales down 1.5% and a higher than expected number of jobless claims. >> i know a lot of people even with degrees they can't get jobs right now and that's really hard to see. >> we just keep cutting the government, laying off teachers, firefighter

our jana katsuyama is live in oakland to explain why doctors and families say that could be a disaster. >> reporter: critics say that this will just shift the cost from the state onto providers such as children's hospital. they say that this has been a safety net for families who don't have enough money to pay for health insurance themselves. when it comes to children, parents say visits to the doctor, even for minor illnesses, can be a regular occurrence. >> ear infections, sore throat, colds. >> reporter: they voted to dissolve the healthy families program, which provides health care to 900,000 children to low income families and will stream line the system and help the budget crisis by saving about $145 million over the next three years. some people say it's unfortunate but necessary. >> if they have to shift it the other way, you have to do what you have to do, so that's what i think is my opinion on that. >> reporter: some say lawmakers should find other places to cut. cheryl carter says the healthy families program helped her family. >> human life to me is much more important tha

jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco with what may have contributed to prop 29s defeat, jana. >> reporter: the proposition would have increased the tax on cigarette packs. for weeks the fate of the tobacco tax was up in the air. but today it was clear the tax had lost at the ballot box. today this store's owner, says it would have hurt his business. the issue had smokers and nonsmokers alike fired up. some nonsmokers voted against the tobacco tax. >> i think it's not good that they have added so much taxes on it. they need a break. >> it's just too much. with tax as high as it is. >> reporter: john waka is one of the few that interestingly smoke and voted for the tax. >> big tobacco spent over $50 million telling lies that the money was going to stay out of state. the money was going to stay here in california. >> reporter: a field poll just weeks before the election showed prop eight winning but the polls lead analyst says lackluster voter turn out may have contributed to prop 8's defeat. >> this was a really low turn out election. most of the voters were over the age of 50 a

jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco with what may have contributed to prop 29s defeat, jana.ter: the proposition would have increased the tax on cigarette packs. for weeks the fate of the tobacco tax was up in the air. but today it was clear the tax had lost at the ballot box. today this store's owner, says it would have hurt his business. the issue had smokers and nonsmokers alike fired up. some nonsmokers voted against the tobacco tax. >> i think it's not good that they have added so much taxes on it. they need a break. >> it's just too much. with tax as high as it is. >> reporter: john waka is one of the few that interestingly smoke and voted for the tax. >> big tobacco spent over $50 million telling lies that the money was going to stay out of state. the money was going to stay here in california. >> reporter: a field poll just weeks before the election showed prop eight winning but the polls lead analyst says lackluster voter turn out may have contributed to prop 8's defeat. >> this was a really low turn out election. most of the voters were over the age of 50 and that w

. >>> our jana katsuyama live outside hilton's double tree hoe tell -- hotel near the picket line. >> reporter: the union leaders say this is, it's been decades really since their last strike back in 1976. the strike took the managemented without surprise. it came without warning. >> reporter: about 250 cooks, servers, bartenders, clerks and other workers walked off their job at the double tree by hilton hotel. the union's contract expired. the union wants to have workers pay $250 a month for health care benefits which are currently provided without cost for employees. >> they freezed for four years so we're not going to have nothing. >> reporter: yolanda gammot says she only makes about $25,000 a year as a housekeeper. >> for me to live here in san jose it's very expensive. and then to have to pay insurance and pay doctor bills and pay medication and all that, there's no way, i won't be able to make it. >> reporter: elizabeth mellow says she's barely scraping by working as a bartender. >> i have customers that spend $250 a night. and our prices at the bar are like $9 to $12 a drink w

new at 7:00, jana katsuyama live in oakland and she tells us the nurses contract expired last summer and this nurses strike is going to last five days. >> reporter: summitville in oakland is one of the sites in about 24 hours you're going to see a picket line forming right around here at 7:00 in the morning. this is the fourth strike these nurses have held. it's a sticky situation, as members of the california nurses association today prepared signs for the picket line. >> there's been some cuts to the community that sutter has done and we're out tomorrow protesting those cuts. >> reporter: 4,400 nurses with sutter health are expected to strike tomorrow. they held similar walk outs in december. they are upset because the company wants to take away large portions of their long- standing contracts. >> we would be virtually cutting every provision of that contract. >> the union is asking for new costly benefits like double digit wage increases and free health care for life that would increase the cost of health care for patients by millions of the dollars. >> their numbers are wrong. i'

he's the father of seven kids, here with his wife, jana. >> the angel of death had me in his arms, and jesus said, "no, i'm not done with you." so they fought over me, and my jaw came off. >> he was very close to death, in the fact that i mean with every surgery, they didn't know if he would ever wake up or ever become independent. and so, that's when i just had to say, "okay, god, i am not in control. the doctors are not in control. but you are in control, and you are going to have to fix this, if this is what you want." >> and when he finally did wake up, for two months, he didn't know his wife. he didn't even know who he was. >> but when our kids walked in the door, he gave them a hug, and he called them all by their pet names, and so the kids began to cry, not because of what they saw, but because it's dad, he does know me, when the doctors were saying we don't think he'll know you. >> i didn't know what i looked like. it couldn't have been good, and they don't see that. they don't care if i have teeth or not or my jaw is out of shape now or anything else. what they cared about is

jana katsuyama is live in pleasanton where they're celebrating 100 years of summer fun. >> reporter: back in 1912, it cost $.10 to get in. now it's $10. all these people got in for a buck and are listening to a great concert by power of power to kick off this opening celebration. >> welcome to the fair grounds. >> reporter: entering the fair grounds is like stepping into a time machine. on this first day of summer, crowds came out to the opening of the county fair. in sweltering heat, people lined up to take a splash in the carnival rides. new attractions such as pony rides, and exhibits where children can learn about farming life, animals, and live stock. >> now kids who weren't part of that generation to see the farming, they're able to come out and see, you know, what used to be. >> and they're off. >> reporter: and then there's the race track. not just horses now but all alaskan racing pigs. >> what do you think about the pigs? >> strawberry is my favorite. >> reporter: today's 90 degree heat had people looking for icy treats to go with the monster corn dogs and barbecue hot off

happening now, jana katsuyama is live in belvedere to explain tonight's controversial vote. >> reporter: gasia, the fate of this house hangs with the belvedere planning commission. looking at the one story house at 12 crest drive, its beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. it was built in 1951 by prominent bay area architect clairence mayhu, and sold for $50 million last year. the new owners want to tear it down and rebuild on the property with its spectacular sweeping views of the golden gate bridge and richardson bay. >> this is the last mayhu house we know of in belvedere. >> reporter: he says demolition would be a disaster. he says mayhu's house and others nearby are being torn down one by one, being replaced by modernized structures, a loss of a unique bay area tradition. >> it's our home-grown style of architecture that developed in the '50s, and they need to be saved or we'll lose them for our generation and all future generations. >> reporter: he also says the city's one page report saying the house lacks historic value is inadequate, according to a report done at uc b

reporting live in martinez, jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> in the south bay, the majority of voters decided to vote by mail. 72% of eligible voters asked for mail-in ballots for today's election. that's one of the highest percentages in the state. some south bay voters we talked with received their ballots by mail and visited a polling place today to drop it off. >> i can take my time, i don't feel pressured, and if i make a mistake, i have a chance to fix it. >> they expect voter turnout to be about 40%. >>> one of the most talked about measures on the state wide ballot is prop 29. it would increase the tax on cigarette bias $1 per pack. if 29 passes, it would be the first cigarette tax imposed in california in more than a decade. the tobacco industry spent more than $50 million fighting the measure, upspending the yes on 29 campaign by 4-1. voters are deciding whether to change term limits for state lawmakers. right now a lawmaker can serve up to six years in the state assembly and eight years in the senate for a combined total of 14 years. proposition 28 would reduce the t

live in oakland, jana katsuyama. >>> more details now on the critical repair job b.a.r.t. engineered pulled off today. we took this video of the track running through west okay land, a 400 feet section was damaged. b.a.r.t. trains ride on two green rails the third in red is what powers the train. the fire damaged the insulator cap, it serves as protection for the 1,000-volts of electricity that propels the train. b.a.r.t. engineers needed to repair those insulators before the b.a.r.t. trains could resume running. >>> b.a.r.t. trains are running at this hour, but it's been a long and frustrating day for tens of thousands of commuters. eric rasmussen was stuck in the middle of evening commute in san francisco and he's live there now, eric. >> reporter: ken, a lot of those b.a.r.t. riders ended up here on the roads today and we saw the impact of that as it was still a slow approach here to the bay bridge on first street as recently as 90 minutes ago. if b.a.r.t. service had not been restored when it was this afternoon i can tell you getting out of the city could have been eve

live in oakland, jana katsuyama. >>> more details now on the critical repair job b.a.r.t. engineered pulled off today. we took this video of the track running through west okay land, a 400 feet section was damaged. b.a.r.t. trains ride on two green rails the third in red is what powers the train. the fire damaged the insulator cap, it serves as protection for the 1,000-volts of electricity that propels the train. b.a.r.t. engineers needed to repair those insulators before the b.a.r.t. trains could resume running. >>> b.a.r.t. trains are running at this hour, but it's been a long and frustrating day for tens of thousands of commuters. eric rasmussen was stuck in the middle of evening commute in san francisco and he's live there now, eric. >> reporter: ken, a lot of those b.a.r.t. riders ended up here on the roads today and we saw the impact of that as it was still a slow approach here to the bay bridge on first street as recently as 90 minutes ago. if b.a.r.t. service had not been restored when it was this afternoon i can tell you getting out of the city could have been eve

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look at jana. she looks great. >> that's interest. just mentioned the acquittal.deny aiding in the death. >> it is fascinating. we investigated this quite a bit. it is a gray area of the law. i mean, the idea that they say look, we didn't buy any of the equipment that someone used to kill themselves. we didn't actually -- you know, use the equipment for them. we basically just provided some instruction. we weren't cheerleaders. it is very gray. and as -- way you are looking at it, lot of people look, it is tough. that's way why people are evenly split on this. we were acquitted because we didn't actually assist a suicide. >> it is inning. i was telling you i interviewed him. it was more an year ago. and i remember talking to people -- seeing the comments that -- on his website and literature that -- you know, a lot of people want this. when they are in a bad situation and they are dieing from cancer and -- that -- that was sort of how he responded to me, too, is that you don't understand how many people out there want this option. which subpoena interesting. it ha

jana katsuyama tells us a man living with the woman is now behind bars. >> reporter: it was 12:18 this afternoon when orinda police got the call. police say the suspect left his house on moraga way and went to an elderly neighbor's home. they found a 52-year-old woman dead on the kitchen floor. police say the suspect a 62- year-old man was there and turned himself in. >> we're pretty confident it's a murder. we're also confident we have the suspect. >> reporter: crime tape and homicide investigators are an unusual sight in this city which hasn't had a homicide since 2002. it appears this was a domestic dispute. the victim and suspect had been living together for 10 years. >> we recovered the weapon near the neighbor's home a couple of doors down. >> reporter: people in the area were surprised to hear about the man's arrest. >> i know him because i talk to him walking by here almost every day. i take my walk. >> reporter: this is definitely a case of they knew each other. they've been together for a period of time and this tragedy, they had a fight and it ended like this. >> reporter: t

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> it is cooled off rapidly tonight.we have a good strong on shore flow right now. temperatures today that were in the 90s are going to be cooler tomorrow. we already talked about that. over night lows tonight are going to be on the mild side. 59degrees in fairfield. coming up on 60 degrees in the inland valleyings. the isotherm map is going to show you 90s further east. kind of around fairfield, vacaville, the oranges represent 80s. temperatures tomorrow are going to be 5 degrees cooler. and a lot of cooling right along the coast. right now i do have fog right off the coast and i do see patchy fog along the coast. more fog pulling in tomorrow night. when i come back it's at 10:48 we're going to right to your forecast and we'll tell you what you can expect. >>> a $30,000 picasso lithograph that went missing in a mansion has turned up after a flurry of media reports. the art work reappeared yesterday. the picasso was left propped against a fence. it went missing after a group of 190 teenagers held a party at a mansion. he

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> it is cooled off rapidly tonight.we have a good strong on shore flow right now. temperatures today that were in the 90s are going to be cooler tomorrow. we already talked about that. over night lows tonight are going to be on the mild side. 59degrees in fairfield. coming up on 60 degrees in the inland valleyings. the isotherm map is going to show you 90s further east. kind of around fairfield, vacaville, the oranges represent 80s. temperatures tomorrow are going to be 5 degrees cooler. and a lot of cooling right along the coast. right now i do have fog right off the coast and i do see patchy fog along the coast. more fog pulling in tomorrow night. when i come back it's at 10:48 we're going to right to your forecast and we'll tell you what you can expect. >>> a $30,000 picasso lithograph that went missing in a mansion has turned up after a flurry of media reports. the art work reappeared yesterday. the picasso was left propped against a fence. it went missing after a group of 190 teenagers held a party at a mansion. he

a fundraiser this evening pulled some real star power, jana. >> reporter: that's right, senior johnsonbrown showed up at this house tonight for candidate norman salmon, this is a district that often lacks drama but this election year could be very different. singer jackson brown crooned his tunes before doeses of people in mill valley tonight. >> reporter: author norman sol monois a progressive democrat in the hot race for congressional two seat. which now stretches from marin county north to the oregon border. >> at the end of the day, a democrat is going to be elected to this open seat in congress. the question is what kind of democrat. >> reporter: jared huffman leading the pack which includes two republicans but nothing is certain for the first time voters will face a new open primary system. which allows a run off between the top two vote getters. that could mean two democrats facing off in november. >> hello this is susan adams calling and i'm running for congress. >> reporter: in san rafael, susan adams, single mom and nurse is another progressive. >> i think it's probably going

a fundraiser this evening pulled some real star power, jana. >> reporter: that's right, senior johnsonbrown showed up at this house tonight for candidate norman salmon, this is a district that often lacks drama but this election year could be very different. singer jackson brown crooned his tunes before doeses of people in mill valley tonight. >> reporter: author norman sol monois a progressive democrat in the hot race for congressional two seat. which now stretches from marin county north to the oregon border. >> at the end of the day, a democrat is going to be elected to this open seat in congress. the question is what kind of democrat. >> reporter: jared huffman leading the pack which includes two republicans but nothing is certain for the first time voters will face a new open primary system. which allows a run off between the top two vote getters. that could mean two democrats facing off in november. >> hello this is susan adams calling and i'm running for congress. >> reporter: in san rafael, susan adams, single mom and nurse is another progressive. >> i think it's probably going

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jana katsuyama is live where it's very busy after a slow day at the polls. >> reporter: we just hit a little bit of a low here. they did say that it looks like voter turn out is low. but the bulk of ballots is supposed to be coming in. we're in the warehouse where all those ballots are going to be coming in. you have a visitor area where you can view the proceedings. right now they're just waiting for the next truckload to come in. this is where all those paper ballots and computer cards with the paper ballots are counted. they're estimating that the turn out here was about 40% of the voters who cast a ballot today. polling places were quiet today. the voter turn out was down. >> it's been kind oversteady but slow. we've had people drop in one or two at times over the last hour. >> reporter: registrar steve weir called the turn out anemic. >> this is the lowest we've had for a presidential election in the last 30 years. >> reporter: he says most of the votes today likely will come from mail in ballots. about 50% of contra costa residents signed up to vote by mail. those who did go to

jana katsuyama is live where it's very busy after a slow day at the polls. >> reporter: we just hit a little bit of a low here. they did say that it looks like voter turn out is low. but the bulk of ballots is supposed to be coming in. we're in the warehouse where all those ballots are going to be coming in. you have a visitor area where you can view the proceedings. right now they're just waiting for the next truckload to come in. this is where all those paper ballots and computer cards with the paper ballots are counted. they're estimating that the turn out here was about 40% of the voters who cast a ballot today. polling places were quiet today. the voter turn out was down. >> it's been kind oversteady but slow. we've had people drop in one or two at times over the last hour. >> reporter: registrar steve weir called the turn out anemic. >> this is the lowest we've had for a presidential election in the last 30 years. >> reporter: he says most of the votes today likely will come from mail in ballots. about 50% of contra costa residents signed up to vote by mail. those who did go to

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> more details now this map shows the sutter hospitals where nurses are walking out. there are three alta bate locations. also eden medical center in castro valley, san leandro, sutter delta, sutter solano in vallejo and nevado community hospital. nurses are also striking at petaluma hospital which is not owned by sutter. >>> there is word tonight, blood supplies in the bay area have dropped to critically low levels. blood banks are in need of o+, o negative, b negative and a negative blood types. donations are known to drop during summer months but this year officials say the supply is critically low. >>> the red cross was called to help this evening after a hayward home caught fire forcing five people to flee. the fire on balmburg avenue at balmburg court was first reported at 4:20 this afternoon. all the people in the home were able to get out safely. a toy poodle died of smoke inhalation. an overloaded electrical power strip may have started that fire. >>> it was also 420 420 this afternoon when a shed burned to the ground. firefighters kept the fire

ktvu's jana katsuyama with our report. >> reporter: looking at the one story house at 12 crest driveits beauty is definitely in the eye of beholding. the house was built in 1951 by prominent bay area architect clarence bahew. the new owners want to tear it down and apply for a demolition permit to rebuild on its property with its spectacular views of the golden gate bridge. >> this is the last bahew house that we know about in belvedere. they say mahew's house are being torn down one by one replaced by modernized structures. >> they need to be saved or we'll lose them for our generation and our future generations. >> reporter: anser says the city's one page report that it fails to have historic importance is inaccurate. we tracked down mcallister. >>mahew was a very good architect but it is not one of his best works. is this a piece of architecture that should be saved for future architects to study, no i don't think it is. >> reporter: reports in belverede, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new developements tonight about a buehrleing game nursing home at risk of shutting dow

ktvu's jana katsuyama with our report. >> reporter: looking at the one story house at 12 crest drives beauty is definitely in the eye of beholding. the house was built in 1951 by prominent bay area architect clarence bahew. the new owners want to tear it down and apply for a demolition permit to rebuild on its property with its spectacular views of the golden gate bridge. >> this is the last bahew house that we know about in belvedere. they say mahew's house are being torn down one by one replaced by modernized structures. >> they need to be saved or we'll lose them for our generation and our future generations. >> reporter: anser says the city's one page report that it fails to have historic importance is inaccurate. we tracked down mcallister. >>mahew was a very good architect but it is not one of his best works. is this a piece of architecture that should be saved for future architects to study, no i don't think it is. >> reporter: reports in belverede, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new developements tonight about a buehrleing game nursing home at risk of shutting down.

jana katsuyama tells us a man living with the woman is now behind bars. >> reporter: it was 12:18 this afternoon when orinda police got the call. police say the suspect left his house on moraga way and went to an elderly neighbor's home. they found a 52-year-old woman dead on the kitchen floor. police say the suspect a 62- year-old man was there and turned himself in. >> we're pretty confident it's a murder. we're also confident we have the suspect. >> reporter: crime tape and homicide investigators are an unusual sight in this city which hasn't had a homicide since 2002. it appears this was a domestic dispute. the victim and suspect had been living together for 10 years. >> we recovered the weapon near the neighbor's home a couple of doors down. >> reporter: people in the area were surprised to hear about the man's arrest. >> i know him because i talk to him walking by here almost every day. i take my walk. >> reporter: this is definitely a case of they knew each other. they've been together for a period of time and this tragedy, they had a fight and it ended like this. >> reporter: t

sober way, jana. >> reporter: that's right they are sending their kids to las vegas or at least theti purpose building at their school that has been transformed with bright lights. the mirage complete with the smoke as well as music, dj and casino tables for them to enjoy a little bit of gambling i guess for raffle prizes. it's all a night of fun to help keep the students safe and off the streets. >> reporter: in the setting sun the graduates took their final steps tonight on the ohambra high school football field. marching toward their futures as family and friends watched and cheered and held back a few tears. >> we're so proud but hard to let go on graduation night. there's so much for the graduates and we wish them all the best, they've had the world in front of them. >> a lot of these kids it's the last time they see each over. because the kids go to college, get married do different things they all split up. >> reporter: city leaders, police and community members are sponsoring a party to celebrate and to make sure these graduates are safe. grads can dance, eat, play video gam

sober way, jana. >> reporter: that's right they are sending their kids to las vegas or at least theuilding at their school that has been transformed with bright lights. the mirage complete with the smoke as well as music, dj and casino tables for them to enjoy a little bit of gambling i guess for raffle prizes. it's all a night of fun to help keep the students safe and off the streets. >> reporter: in the setting sun the graduates took their final steps tonight on the ohambra high school football field. marching toward their futures as family and friends watched and cheered and held back a few tears. >> we're so proud but hard to let go on graduation night. there's so much for the graduates and we wish them all the best, they've had the world in front of them. >> a lot of these kids it's the last time they see each over. because the kids go to college, get married do different things they all split up. >> reporter: city leaders, police and community members are sponsoring a party to celebrate and to make sure these graduates are safe. grads can dance, eat, play video games, gamble,

jana katsuyama, ktvu news. >>> more details now this map shows the sutter hospitals where nurses are walking out. there are three alta bate locations. also eden medical center in castro valley, san leandro, sutter delta, sutter solano in vallejo and nevado community hospital. nurses are also striking at petaluma hospital which is not owned by sutter. >>> there is word tonight, blood supplies in the bay area have dropped to critically low levels. blood banks are in need of o+, o negative, b negative and a negative blood types. donations are known to drop during summer months but this year officials say the supply is critically low. >>> the red cross was called to help this evening after a hayward home caught fire forcing five people to flee. the fire on balmburg avenue at balmburg court was first reported at 4:20 this afternoon. all the people in the home were able to get out safely. a toy poodle died of smoke inhalation. an overloaded electrical power strip may have started that fire. >>> it was also 420 420 this afternoon when a shed burned to the ground. firefighters kept the fire

aerika gonzalez has more for us >> reporter: they found 7-year-old janae woodard dead and at least three others injured. you mentioned it yesterday. it was in the afternoon on route 2010 near lewis plachls someone has come to place flowers and a toy bay. she died when 73-year-old jackson tutt who was headed south on lewis in a green chevy tahoe went through the median, rammed into the side of one car carried two people and then sideswiped the 2003 nissan ultima janae was traveling in. 36-year-old marquita rochelle mcgee was behind the wheel of that car and had be interest be transported by chopper in critical condition as was tutt. but his injuries were nonlife-threatening. of the other two individuals involved in the crash, only one was taken to ft. washington hospital. detectives are continuing their investigation today but they do confirm that alcohol did play a factor in this accident. in bruins road, maryland, erika gonzalez, "news 4." >> thank you, erika. we're going to take a look at our midday traffic now. we have danella sealock standing by. good morning. >> good morning, barbar

live in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on this year's big sf pride event. friday, starting at delorres park. it's the largest transgender pride event in the world, organizers say. the pink ceremony happens, to remind people of the obstacles they have had to over come. the dyke march starts saturday evening also at delorres park. to find updates, go to our website. later this week, we'll be posting more updates on the weekend section at the top of our home page. >>> a tragic accident this afternoon left a woman with serious injuries. it happened about 3:00 this afternoon with the the alameda county land fill. officials tell us the woman was working at the dump and traffic control when she was run over by a large bull dozer, causing severe injuries to her legs. cal-osha is on the scene. waste management says she is in stable condition. >>> police say it was a stolen iphone that led them to know oakland home where they found stolen electronics, drugs, a high-powered weapon. among the items, two hand guns with illegal high capacity magazines, a knock-off

my name is jana klein. only a not a soccer coach but i'm a parent and we're trying hard to raise our kids in the city and we've seen many, many of our friends leave in the 20 years that we have lived here after they have children of school age, and we're stake -- sticking with it and these are two of mine and other children who go to their school. we care about the environment. we walk to school and take muni to school. i drive a prius. so it's not that we don't care about the environment. we do. but it's really hard to be a parent in the city and we're trying really hard. i think it was fumped children left the school district last year. a large, large number of the we have the lowest child to adult ratio of any major city in the country, so i would really implore the supervisors and anybody who has any kind of say to try to make a difference and try to make it a little easier on owe -- us parents trying to raise kids in the city. >> hi. hi name is collette. i'm on a team and our team name is called the --

reporting live tonight, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in a los angeles courtroom today, a witness to the brutal attack of giant fan brian stow testified that stow expressed disgust with taunting dodgers fans as he and his friends left the stadium. cory marc. mr. question #4: el said that stow, who worked as a paramedic, said of those fans, quote, i hope they code, which is an expression for a heart attack. moments later in the parking lot of dodgers stadium, two men jumped stow, punching him and kicking him repeatedly, and he suffered a brain injury. today, jurors heard the 9-1-1 call made, who was also a paramedic. >> i'm an off duty paramedic. my partner who is also a paramedic was punched from the side. he's got bleeding out of his left ear, no response to stable stimuli. we need an ambulance right now. >> so far, none of the witnesses have testified have identified the defendants as luis sanchez and marvin norwood as the attackers. today, a licensed mental health professional has done a crisis intervention outreach person and the person would act as a liaison between b

my name is jana klein. only a not a soccer coach but i'm a parent and we're trying hard to raise our kids in the city and we've seen many, many of our friends leave in the 20 years that we have lived here after they have children of school age, and we're stake -- sticking with it and these are two of mine and other children who go to their school. we care about the environment. we walk to school and take muni to school. i drive a prius. so it's not that we don't care about the environment. we do. but it's really hard to be a parent in the city and we're trying really hard. i think it was fumped children left the school district last year. a large, large number of the we have the lowest child to adult ratio of any major

jana katsuyama live in oakland tonight and tells us the fraud was widespread. >> reporter: that's right, the u.s. attorney has actually filed the charges here at the federal building in oakland and it turns out this goes far beyond those two men. there are among two dozen people the investigation found cheating, homeowners and lenders right here in the bay area. felony charges filed in oakland named two investors, keith slipper and douglas ditmer. since the housing crash, auctions like this one have been held throughout the country. the men created fraud between june 2007 and january 2011. the conspirators agreed to pay off and cheated homeowners out of fair market prices. the two men are among people who have agreed to testify. >> there are people who are taking advantage of homeowners and now lenders. >> reporter: oakland real estate attorney says one problem with the foreclosure boom is that the auctions are not well regulated. >> where's the oversite? to determine who these bidders are and what their relationship is. i wouldn't be surprised if it's not happening far more often. it's

as ktvu's jana katiama tells us. >> reporter: members much occupy cal erected tents near sprowl hall.s police tried to remove the tents that night. in the video, you see some officers pushing their batons into the crowd. >> i was struck here in my ribs. i had bruising and pain for a couple of weeks after that. >> reporter: students say they feel the university violated their right to free speech on the very campus where freedom of speech was born. some police actions that night did not comply with campus norms. that campus leadership failed to have a response plan, and adequately communicate with protesters. the board underscored the need to have an administrator present. >> no use is to take place under these principles without authorization by a designated member of the protest response team. >> reporter: the police review board recommendations are not legally binding. >> we're not pleased with what happened in november. we're fully committed to avoiding a repeat. >> reporter: uc berkely spokesman saying the university is already implementing most of the recommendations regarding th

as ktvu's jana katiama tells us. >> reporter: members much occupy cal erected tents near sprowl hall.lice tried to remove the tents that night. in the video, you see some officers pushing their batons into the crowd. >> i was struck here in my ribs. i had bruising and pain for a couple of weeks after that. >> reporter: students say they feel the university violated their right to free speech on the very campus where freedom of speech was born. some police actions that night did not comply with campus norms. that campus leadership failed to have a response plan, and adequately communicate with protesters. the board underscored the need to have an administrator present. >> no use is to take place under these principles without authorization by a designated member of the protest response team. >> reporter: the police review board recommendations are not legally binding. >> we're not pleased with what happened in november. we're fully committed to avoiding a repeat. >> reporter: uc berkely spokesman saying the university is already implementing most of the recommendations regarding the us