jana katsuyama has learned more about the human loss. >> i just got an upset from the fire chief about 15 minutes ago. he's telling me that they're 95% finished with their search, but there are still three houses they have not searched yet. one is on clairemont and they're planning to be out here until dark and make sure they search every inch of ground. >>> two dozen crews pick through the burnt rubble today using search dogs as they moved through, home by home, looking for anymore victims of the blast that killed at least four people. the recovery efforts slowed because many homes were too hot or damaged for crews to get in. >> i've requested two additional urban search and rescue teams to assist us as there's quite a bit of rubble and did he ebris that has to be cleared. >> pairs and love went out today for the family of an 8th grade student and her mother who lived in the blast area. close friends and relatives say the mother and daughter are among the dead. the priest says janessa was elected student body president, and her mother worked as employee of the california public utilit

jana katsuyama is along one street with a bit of a facelift, jana. >> that's right. you might call this extreme make over for city streets. over there we have modern art, they have some newly planted trees and landscaping and right here there's an mosaic with tiles hand-laid by residents all part of a new street improvement project city-wide. >> 3, 2, 1! [ applause ] >> it was a green ribbon for a new green leeland street. >> this is the best thing that's happen to leeland in a long time. >> they met in visitation valley to celebrate the eco- friendly street. there's permeable pavment and curbs that channel run off water into a landscape drainage basin instead of storm drains. >> it really reduces the need for for the big infrastructure and sewer treatment systems can be smaller. >> today san francisco's mayor announced $68.5 million will go to similar street projects city wide this year. 19th avenue south of golden gate park is slated to get a facelift. between highway 1012 in gararo is on the list for improvements and mission and 24th street park plaza and 470 stre

at the church of the highlands could report in light, jana katsuyama. >> there are no words from three still missing people. it don't make you can get an idea of the sheer terror -- and you can get an idea of the sheer terror from the cpu and video when the explosion went off last thursday preview can see here people running store employees and customers take off and other people type behind the counter. some tried to get out the front door and said they thought all of the shaking was from a plane crash or earthquake. >> the cause of the blast is still are from being determined and pg&e is going through with plans to rebuild the devastated neighborhood. >> reporter: pg&e announced they created a $100 million fund to restore the counter. it's starting friday it will give residents an individual check up to $50,000 per household with no strings attached. >> we will not be asking them and will not ask them to sign any release dates when they accept that. it does not prohibit them from filing any other claims. >> reporter: money that could help this resident whose home has smoke and water

jana katsuyama investigated the delay. she asked the president some tough questions. she is live in san bruno now with more. >> reporter: gasia, two of day i asked pg&e's president on whether or not any gas lines have automatic shutoff valves but obviously they found this one did not create a family continued to clean up after last thursday's blast and many are asking why it took so long to shut off the natural gas flow that fueled the flames. >> it seems to me that should have been done automatically especially with something that can turn out to be the serious. >> reporter: concern comes after the revelation yesterday that while the fire reached pg&e crews took two hours to shut off shutoff valves that were a mile and a mile and a half away and they are a manual with know automatic remote control shutoffs. >> they're insecure locations so they are protected behind defenses and you have to get in and have picky and get into the protected area and attached the valve handle. >> reporter: we asked them why the gas was not shut up soon or. >> we have to look at what thin

reporting live in petaluma, jana katsuyama, k. to. >> a man scaled a 60 story building late this afternoon and police arrested him just after he finished his klein. he is a daredevil who calls himself "skyscaperman" print he is known for stunts and have scaled the tallest building in the us that used to be called the sears tower in chicago. officers were waiting for him at the top of the williams tower today. they probably took him into custody but not before he unfurled an american flag preaching made the climb using ropes and suction cups. >>> police are investigating the body of a man that was found. there was a large pool party at the hotel and some 400 people were at that party. police say they heard shots but did not see exactly what happened. the body of the 26 old man was found in some bushes behind the hotel on gateway boulevard. police say he was from the antioch brentwood area. investigators are back at it two days sifting through mounds of trash searching for any signs of frederick seles. >>> the 35-year-old man is a m

jana katsuyama is there now. you are saying more and more people are going down there. >> reporter: it went from 20 to 25, now it's about 100 people here. it's hard to tell because there's people at the evacuation center, there's a red cross that have been helping people out. and there's people coming in who are just trying to pass out blankets. we saw a woman passing out blankets and coats to people who has been here just waiting. we want to let you know, just about five minutes ago, they made an announcement from the evacuation center. i want you to look here, there's a transsam bus. they asked that everybody who lives on clairmont to come up to this bus, we understand that inside the mayor and the vice mayor are there, they are being briefed by some of the police officers and other staff then they are going to be talking with some of the citizens. now i asked them why clairmont, and the police officer there told me that clairmont and fairmont are two of the areas that are hardest hit. so the mayor and vice may

jana katsuyama is there now. you are saying more and more people are going down there. >> reporter: it went from 20 to 25, now it's about 100 people here. it's hard to tell because there's people at the evacuation center, there's a red cross that have been helping people out. and there's people coming in who are just trying to pass out blankets. we saw a woman passing out blankets and coats to people who has been here just waiting. we want to let you know, just about five minutes ago, they made an announcement from the evacuation center. i want you to look here, there's a transsam bus. they asked that everybody who lives on clairmont to come up to this bus, we understand that inside the mayor and the vice mayor are there, they are being briefed by some of the police officers and other staff then they are going to be talking with some of the citizens. now i asked them why clairmont, and the police officer there told me that clairmont and fairmont are two of the areas that are hardest hit. so the mayor and vice may

jana katsuyama. >>> walgreens sored 11%. the nasdaq was up nine.dow was up 46. >>> it was the loan hold out. the mayor airline making an about face today and adding a new fee. >>> and tracking fog right now just off point rays, that will begin the cooling. >>> and tough new rules for smockers in one bay area county. the new restrictions and who they're going to affect. >>> more mosquitoes and a bird have tested positive for west nile virus. the experts said they are conducting more inspections and applying insecticides in the area. they've sprayed for mosquitoes several times this year already. >>> a federal appeals court in washington, d.c. ruled today that government funding for embryonic stem cell issue can good forward for now. that judge ruled the research guidelines likely violate federal law. the three judge panel now reviewing the case said it would move quickly to make a final decision. >>> news of the world tonight in mexico. landslides kept rescue teams from reaching the small community for hours. once they did arrive they learned 11 peo

jana katsuyama. >>> walgreens sored 11%. the nasdaq was up nine.ow was up 46. >>> it was the loan hold out. the mayor airline making an about face today and adding a new fee. >>> and tracking fog right now just off point rays, that our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. woman: so here are the keys. congratulations! it's officially yours. i'm sure you'll have many happy years here. except for you. because you'll be gone three years from now. struck down by the same disease that got your father. so you won't be around for them. and sadly, it could have been detected early with a simple test. but you didn'

as ktvu's jana katsuyama report, we found no evidence that the company applied to have docked the oileporter: booms picked up oil, those were put in place yesterday to stop the spilled oil from reaching san pablo bay. at noon today the department of fish and game closed part of the petaluma river to fishing. >> there's no fishing from the shore or from a boat in the area designated from pay run street bridge to the highway 101 over crossing. >> reporter: yesterday's 2.5- mile oil sheen has cleared up. but what isn't clear is how this happened in the first place. today we investigated the alameda salvage company. we talked with petaluma fire chief who says atop's owner mr. kim sue said he brought the boat here thursday to salvage for scrap metal. >> it would have been required on approval to have a permit and would have been required to have a city business license. >> reporter: the fire chief tells us there's no record of atop applying for a permit or license and no way fire officials would have issued a permit for this operation. >> we would have paper work on file with an approval a

as ktvu's jana katsuyama report, we found no evidence that the company applied to have docked the oil >> reporter: booms picked up oil, those were put in place yesterday to stop the spilled oil from reaching san pablo bay. at noon today the department of fish and game closed part of the petaluma river to fishing. >> there's no fishing from the shore or from a boat in the area designated from pay run street bridge to the highway 101 over crossing. >> reporter: yesterday's 2.5- mile oil sheen has cleared up. but what isn't clear is how this happened in the first place. today we investigated the alameda salvage company. we talked with petaluma fire chief who says atop's owner mr. kim sue said he brought the boat here thursday to salvage for scrap metal. >> it would have been required on approval to have a permit and would have been required to have a city business license. >> reporter: the fire chief tells us there's no record of atop applying for a permit or license and no way fire officials would have issued a permit for this operation. >> we would have paper work on file with an appro

. >>> he says that gang leaders called the shots from behind prison lots and jana katsuyama joins us today with a live report. >> attorney general gary brown s this was a massive investigation found that prison gang leaders were using cell phones to give orders to street gangs. >>> the attorney general stood next to a board today with mug shot of 15 men that brown says are the leaders of a powerful gang. brown said that 13 of the 15 king men are in custody. >> there's a variety of charges. dope, killing, weapons, stealing. >> he says the year-long investn included rape state-wide on april 22nd. 250 federal and state agents helped in the crack down. they con if i execrated illegal firearms and drugs. investigators say that among those arrested are among that had san josa, and phillips sparks was the gang head and the investigation discovered that the gang separations from street deals to murders were directed by three king men inside the prison. >> many are orchestrated by incd inmates supposed to be serving their time. >> many gang orders were transpd transported from prison and he s

i'm jana katsuyama. >>> investigators are search a pittsburg landfill as they search for a missing man in connection with a string of mysterious deaths in the east bay. four victims and a suspect are dead and investigators are trying locate the son of the suspect. tara has more on the search? >> reporter: officials here at the color canyon landfill say that if there is a body here, they will find it. crews are combing through the garbage right now. let's take a look at some pictures from chopper 2 which is above the pittsburg dump. search volunteers arrived about an hour ago. they will sift through the site searching for what could be the sixth dead person to turn up related to this crime spree over the span of just a week. >> they are focusing on about an acre of land that is designated for the trash that kyle from that area. >> the site is just not conducive for the well-being the animals >> 35-year-old frederick sales, a nursing aid at doctor's med sul center in san francisco has been missing since sunday. this is after his father was bludgeoned to death. chp officers say that viald

jana katsuyama spoke with drivers and project officials today and his life in fremont with our report. >> reporter: gasia, this is week two of these new express lanes and it's an idea that they are thinking of expanding to other bay area highways. some drivers say there is plenty of problems that need to be worked out first up in some drivers have found the new signs are driving them crazy. if. >> it's like being in los angeles all of a sudden you are in a lane and cannot. >> reporter: the high adequate doughnut occupancy toll lanes or hot lane allows people to pay a total and there has been about 1500 told pairs per day along the 14-mile stretch of interstate 680 down to 237. the complaints have come in about traffic jams and can be shared. >> there were backups. people were surprised and curious about the new science, striping, praising. >> also the hot lane only has three extra points and some drivers say they do not correspond to where they need to go. >> i think our money could be spent a lot better. >> officials say they are reviewing the routes that changes may be difficult in

we will see that happen spree at reporting live in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they heard arguments today for furloughs for state workers. >> the governor has admitted he lacks the authority to. >> how has he admitted that? >> the seven justices are old questions at the attorneys and the governor's legal team as they argued the pros and cons the union says that the state constitution does not provide the governor with the authority to order workers to take unpaid days off and attorneys say it does during a fiscal emergency. the decision is expected in 90 days. >>> if the court sides with the unions, they will have to pay for four days going back to february last year and it saved california about $137 million a month and announced with 15% pay cut. >> you cannot travel could we cannot go places on the weekends. we have to budget. it's really impacting us. we are having trouble figuring out if we can stay in the house's. >> the furloughs affected approximately 150,000 workers and are expected for the next three fridays in september printed you'll find more coverage in

jana katsuyama is at the hospital with his story. >> reporter: martinez is still in intensive care at the hospital. what is so amazing is that he is still alive. even after this fall that easily could have killed him. michael martinez was riding number seven. martinez 24 only started racing four years ago but has already won 162 races, a rising star on the fast track to becoming one of the nation's top jockeys. >> there's a problem going into the turn. >> reporter: but sunday as he was rounding a turn at some 35- miles-an-hour, his horse clipped the heels of another horse. martinez was thrown to the ground. and his philly rolled over him. the track physician got to him first. >> he was unconscious, he was barely breathing, he has a mouth full of dirt. he broke all the ribs alongside that area. had bleeding into his lungs as well as a mayor head injury. >> reporter: friends and family gather today, martinez was a well liked jock keu who just minutes before the accident had ridden in race 14 and won. >> horses just responded. he got the most out of horses during the race. he was just a

in san bruno, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >> families effected by the pipeline explosion and fire tell many different stories about the ordeal. we spoke to one san bruno resident today who barely escaped the flames. gail mazunu and her family are still somewhat dusted. she dragged her mother out of the house next to the inferno but said her mother couldn't go any farther. >> i said don't let go of me. i know you're getting burned because i can feel it too. >> that's when a former berkeley firefighter drove up in his pickup truck and took muzuno's mother to a hospital. mazunu and her mother both suffered burns but are grateful to be alive. pg&e sent crs out today to start an inspection of all of its major gas lines. the california public securities commission ordered the inspection. it stretches some 1,000 miles around california and almost all of it is buried. inspectors will dig up some of the pipes and put robotic equipment inside others or use remote sensors to test is for leaks. >> these are not methods that have any less capability. these are proben methods that on a nat

in san bruno, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >> families effected by the pipeline explosion andire tell many different stories about the ordeal. we spoke to one san bruno resident today who barely escaped the flames. gail mazunu and her family are still somewhat dusted. she dragged her mother out of the house next to the inferno but said her mother couldn't go any farther. >> i said don't let go of me. i know you're getting burned because i can feel it too. >> that's when a former berkeley firefighter drove up in his pickup truck and took muzuno's mother to a hospital. mazunu and her mother both suffered burns but are grateful to be alive. pg&e sent crews out today to start an inspection of all of its major gas lines. the california public securities commission ordered the inspection. it stretches some 1,000 miles around california and almost all of it is buried. inspectors will dig up some of the pipes and put robotic equipment inside others or use remote sensors to test is for leaks. >> these are not methods that have any less capability. these are proben methods that on a nat