come on, janine. let's go. >> oh, no, no, no. i need to stay and watch this. >> no, baby. you have a job. you have two jobs right back in my room. come on. come, come, come, come. >> yeah. >> hayden and jayden. >> hayden and jayden, hayden and jayden. >> cj has a job, baby. tell him about your job, cj. >> yeah, tell me about the job, cj. you got a job? you didn't tell me about it? >> right. let's just say, hypothetically, if reverend jordan could actually help people to get jobs, would you want him to find somebody to replace you that you knew really, really well -- i mean, knew well enough to sit at your kitchen table -- or would you rather it be somebody that you didn't know? >> you been holding out on me like that? you been holding out on me, cj? somebody i know has replaced me at my job? it's bart. it's bart. i knew it. i knew it. i felt it in here. i felt it. i thought it was gas, but it was bart. ha ha! i'm going down to that city hall, cj. >> no. but wait. don't. >> i'm going to firm my affirmative action. >> but wait a minute. [ horns honking, bell dings ] [ whistl

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janine. >> reporter: claudine. you can see what is left of the accident behind me. see there broken branches and leaning trunks of trees. now the car wasn't even in this lane. it began over here in the eastbound lanes. the couple was walking right there when the car struck them. they were in the bike lanes. now police are investigating this accident that happened just before 7:00 last night. officers say the couple was in their 50s and out walking their dog on chilco street near constitution avenue when a car hit them from behind. officers arrived and found the couple dead and their dog injured. they determined after the car hit the man and woman it crossed over the center divide, clipped a car with four people inside, and then crashed into a tree. the people in the other car were unharmed. >> when officers arrived, they found that vehicle crashed into the tree with a single female in the drivers seat. she was complaining of pain. the officers were able to detect the objective symptoms of alcohol intoxication. >> reporter: police identified the driver of 54-year-old

janine de la vega is there this morning to tell us how to protect yourself. janine? >> reporter: pam, we're here on sand hill road at oak creek apartments and thieves broke into 16 cars here, not just here but all over the city. here's a map showing where the 61 auto burglaries happened in the city in the month of september. that's the highest total for a single month since 2008. police say there doesn't seem to be identifiable pattern to the burglaries. they happen during the day, evening, and overnight and various locations throughout the city. one of the spots hit nine times in the cities parking garage on bryant street. common items are laptops, electronic devices and backpacks and luggage. in some cases, the thief uses the trunk relief stored in the trunk. increased patrols and enforce the cases. they want the public to take valuables with them and not leave anything in plain sight that's of value. do not forget to lock doors and report anybody who's acting suspicious around cars trying door handles, that kind of thing. janine de la vega, ktvu, channel 2 news. >

janine de la vega will have a live report in a few moments.ee just fire crews on the -- literally on the roof there trying to battle this fire this morning. we'll tell you all the information that we know coming up here on mornings on 2. >>> city college of san francisco says students who owe the school will not be allowed to enroll in classes until all of their debts are paid. the policy will be in force starting november 12. students are already supposed to pay their fees when they register, but the board says the policy has not been enforced. the school says about 9,000 current students owe the school about $5 million. students say the policy will be another blow to the school's enrollment, which dropped after the school lost accreditation. >>> people in north oakland are frustrated after learning that plans for extra police protection have fallen apart. armed robberies are up 34% from a year ago. police were planning to assign a crime reduction team to north oakland to help lower crime in the area. but now police say the north oakland team

and janine, are you already seeing them fill up? >> reporter: yes. there has been a steady stream of commuters. this is actually the third charter bus that has come along to help people get into the city. people seem to have gotten the message to get here early if you want to get a eat. now the first people started arriving here outside the fremont bart station at 4:10 this morning. the first bus filled up here quickly. bart will have between 5-15 buses. service begins from 5:00 a.m. and will run through # a.m.. but they may stop early if the buses become full. many say they have tried the charter bus service and it seemed to go smoothly. >> driving out there can be i'm pretty sure it will be way more time and ferry is just a pain. so we decided to take the bus. >> did you do it on friday? >> no, i took the day off on friday. >> in the morning the buses will travel directly to san francisco but on the trip home some may transfer through west oakland. when you board the bus you may be given a round trip ticket to get back to east bay. charter bus serv

janine. >> reporter: yeah. i also want to mention too that construction workers just started arriving here at levi stadium in the last half hour. many of them hadn't heard the state was reopening sort of this investigation to exam what happened to -- to examine what happened to one of their coworkers. questions have been raised and workers still have questions too. cal osha says 63-year-old elevator mechanic donald white was standing on the elevator when the counterweight came down and hit him on the head. white was in communication with the person operating the elevator and aware the elevator was running but its unclear why he didn't move. cal osha has rescinded its decision that white's employer didn't commit any violations that may have contributed to his death. this morning some of the construction workers said they felt it was a good thing the incident is being probed more. they say it could help them in the future. >> we are making improvements and double checking everything. definitely applying more. >>

janine. >> reporter: several people have already started showing up. we have seen two buses come by. some of the commuters are a little confused they are first time riders and are not sure when the buses would start coming. they say they normally wouldn't be here this early but they wanted to make sure they would get on a bus when they starletted arriving -- started arriving. commuters aren't happy about having to wake up early but don't want to risk being late for work. >> i got here thinking i might be able to get on the bus and wouldn't have to spend an hour and a half on the bay bridge. >> once the commute picks up there will be staff at the terminal and the bus stations to help commuters. ac transit is encouraging everyone to pay with clipper cards or bring cash but you need to bring the exact cash. out here live its sell very light. be preparing for. reporting live from oakland janine de la vega. >> thank you. >>> coming up preparing for an earthquake how seismic safety is playing a role. >>> i understand their plight but its just you know be fai

janine de la vega is there this morning where police have released video of the suspects. janine. >> reporter: pam, cameras here at the spot nightclub captured video of all four suspects entering, before this shooting took place, one of them opened fire here before all of them sped off in cars. now, here is the video, right after the man in the cowboy hat enters you see a man with dark hair and a goatee enterand look around the club, he is in the center of the screen, then the second suspect walks in and looks down at his wallet then starts talking to the first suspect. the third suspect is a man who walks in wearing camouflage pants and tatoos covering his arms and the back of his right hand, the 4th suspect is the asian female next to him. police say on saturday morning just before 2:00 a male bouncer was shot by one of the suspects when the security guard asked the group to turn down loud music coming from their car in the parking lot. a security guard not related to this club gave us his reaction this morning. >> i am not shocked you know it is a part of the job just t

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. we'll check back with you for an update. >>> commuters have other options other than just lining up for the b.a.r.t. charter buses. the san francisco bay ferry is offering additional services during the strike. would-be b.a.r.t. riders have the options of a.c. transit, samtrans and caltrains. for those looking to drive, there's always casual carpooling. >>> the b.a.r.t. strike, it goes on this morning. the commute is heavy and a mess around the bay area. commuters are searching for alex savidge is live with more. >> reporter: burt's board of director -- burt's board of direct ears has scheduled a meeting this -- directors has scheduled a meeting this afternoon. it's closed to the public. you can see picket lines remain up near at the lake merritt b.a.r.t. station in oakland and across the system as we head into day four with the b.a.r.t. strikes with no new talks scheduled. late last night, the unions made a counteroffer. seiu and atu said this would relate to change of work rules rel

janine de la vega is talking to commuters at the fremont b.a.r.t. station this morning. i can imagine a lot of frustrated commuters this morning janine. >> reporter: yes, the word i keep hearing is stress. this whole situation is stressing riders out. they want an agreement, and they want this to end. a lot of riders say it's hard to figure out when to go to sleep because they're staying up and watching the news to see if there will be a strike, and then they're setting their alarms early to see if trains will be running. b.a.r.t. workers some thanking them they haven't striked yet. others are upset and criticizing them. some commuters have told us it feels as if they're being held hostage by b.a.r.t. and the union. others say they're hopeful because the two sides are still talking. >> in a sense it is a good thing. maybe they'll get it resolved soon enough, you know. hopefully they'll get it done because this is too much. this is crazy. >> too much suspense? >> yes. >> the whole thing is so upsetting. my opinion they should fire every single one of them and hire people

janine, what have you learned?> reporter: well, some scene technicians arrived at the first scene. this is the second crime scene. when they get to this one, they will be processing this scene and concentrating on that mercedes that you see there. there are several bullet holes there on the passenger side. police tell us that they believe three to six shots were fired here towards this mercedes. the man who was inside the car is now at the hospital. he's being evaluated but we've learned that he will survive. police tell us that this started as a road rage incident on the 680 in the southbound lanes at about 5:25 this morning. a driver of the mercedes and another car exited the freeway at mission boulevard and then pulled off on a side street brown. there was some sort of confrontation between the two men. the man in the suspect vehicle, we're told, fired several shots at the man in the mare say december -- mercedes, hitting hill. police say he was hit at least three times. one of those shots was in the upper torso

good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. i just got the numbers a few hours ago and gang related violent crime is down by 15%. now the department started a violence reduction plan over the summer because the city experienced a spike in crime and officers say their efforts are paying off. now, police say gang-related homicides went down by 43% from 2012 to 2013 during january through september. gang-related aggravated assaults decreased by 10% in the same same period. robberies connected with gangs dropped by 34% and simple gang- related assaults went down to 7%. police are attributing success to the plan which involves an increased police presence in the community. officers were re's signed to units. they worked with the task forbes and partnered -- task force and parer inned with the community -- partnered with the community. there was a lot of overtime involved. we asked the police spokeswoman how long the efforts can keep going. >> only time will tell. but for now it seems to be working. we'll have to see how long we can

good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. well, originally it was reported that there were signs of forced entry here at river glen school. but a school resource officer told me that the damage done to the computer lab door was already there. so it wasn't forced entry. so now they are looking at whether or not the person responsible for this theft is someone connected to the school or a former student. the principal of the k through 8 school says on monday morning a teacher discovered that 62 laptops and ipads were stolen from the computer lab over the weekend. the technology had just been purchased last year and was primarily used for the third through fifth graders. parents had spent the past two and a half years fund-raising to buy the ipads and laptops for the two-way spanish/english school. parents were told they were worth about $70,000 and because it fell below the deductible, the district could not replace everything. >> for somebody to not have a cons shins and go and take -- conscience and go and take from the kids,

. >> good afternoon, i am tori campbell, an aide arrested for inappropriately touching a student, janine de la vega talked to police about a second school he previously worked at and she joins us now live. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, well detectives were here at bar russford elementary school in san mateo earlier talking to the staff and parents here. they know the suspect worked here for about a year and now they want to know if he inappropriately touched any of the students here. last friday san mateo police arrested 20-year-old eric michael rinse at his home for allegedly kissing an inproperty operation touching a girl that attends the after school program at carol elementary school, the school district says an employee witnessed him alone with the girl and that is against the policy and when the incident was investigated further police found probable cause for an arrest, parents have been informed about that inspect. >> i am really worried and really i am scared you know to send my kids to school because i am feeling it is the second house for my kids. >> rin

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and if a strike does happen, b.a.r.t. still plans to charter about 200 buses from nine east bay locations. you can see them here. the buss would drop them off -- the buses would drop them off at 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and then leave between 3:00 and 7:00. other agencies have planned to help. there will be extra ferry service from san francisco to vallejo, oakland, alameda main street and alameda harbor bay. a.c. transit is adding buses for its service but those workers have issued a strike notice and could walk off the job on thursday. we'll have more on that story coming up later. commuters are urged to casual carpool. commuters can line up at the usual spots or b.a.r.t. says they can do casual carpool as well. stay with us. on our website, you will find information on transit locations and up-to-the-minute developments. >>> new at noon, a major drug bust in contra costa county this morning involving the fbi and the dea. alex savidge is live in the newsroom with the connection to mexican drug cartels. good afternoon, ale

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>> more details. the threat of another b.a.r.t. strike is prompting action at the state capitol. one republican lawmaker wants governor brown to call a special he session of the ledge lay -- special session of the legislature to call for a law against strikes. the governor says he does not plan to intervene this time around. forecontinueing coverage, go to ktvu.com and look under the hot topics section. >>> investigators in the east bay are looking into a fatal train action. it happened before 10:45 this morning on the tracks near gilman street in berkeley. someone was hit pie an amtrak train -- by an amtrak train traveling toward oakland. so far police have not released details about the victim. >>> emergency crews are still at the scene of an overturned liquid propane tanker in the east bay. it overturned around 3:00 a.m. as the driver turned on the carlson boulevard onramp of highway 80 in richmond. the taker had just -- tanker had just been filled. the fire department says there was a small leak s

janine de la vega joins us from san jose to explain.ood afternoon, janine. >> reporter: at city hall, leaders are feeling confident that a federal judge will throw out and deny major league baseball requests to throw out the city's lawsuit. san jose filed an anti-trust lawsuit. currently an mlb team cannot move to another city or state unless the league approves it. the san francisco giants have ter toerlly -- territorial rights. san jose has already put in time planning the proposed stadium and has secured land for it. but cannot go forward until the mlb or the courts respond. >> every sports team manages to get along without a special requirement from the anti-trust laws except for mlb. the time is ripe for courts to take a hard look at this and try to understand why is it that these billionaires think they are different from the rest of us. >> reporter: lew wolff has supported the team's move to san jose. because he's part of the team, he's been sued by the city as well. san jose leaders say they would not be surprised if the federal

thank you, janine. >>> even though the b.a.r.t. strike ended last night, san francisco bay ferry continues to provide its b.a.r.t. strike service schedule today. it's running 12 boats between oakland, alameda, san francisco, south san francisco. on a normal day, they would run eight boats. >> she thought the public probably didn't know b.a.r.t. was back on. my understanding is that b.a.r.t. is not at full strength. it will take until this afternoon. we thought it was best to provide the service we could to the public. so they know we're there and they know to get back to their cars runway or another. >> ferry ridership was down noticeably compared to the four days of the b.a.r.t. strike. on friday, more than 7,000 people rode the ferry boats. sunday, the load was 1900, twice the normal sunday ridership and yesterday, it climbed to more than 15,000. even though the b.a.r.t. strike is over, the extended carpool hours are still in effect for the h.o.v. lanes. in the east bay on interstates 80, 880 and 680, diamond lanes are extended a

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> time is 4:45. the california public utilities commission will hold a hearing about a controversial natural gas pipeline that runs underneath san carlos. a judge ordered pg&e to reduce pressure in line number 147 after an e-mail raised questions about a quote san bruno like situation. they petitioned to have the line put back into full service. >>> there is a renewed international effort to end the civil war in syria. plans are in the works. opposition forces say will only agree to negotiate if president assad will step down. >> the conference cannot take place without the presence of the opposition which represents the majority of the syrian people who oppose the regime. >> the renewed call top stop the violence in syria began after the deal reached for syria to get rid of its chemical weapons. >>> carnival crews lines investigating the death of a worker. the crew member was working yesterday on the carnival conquest. he was on a man lift which raises workers on the outside of the ship when he got

reporting live from menlo park, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>> morepark police had just been awarded a $52,000 frant to help reduce the -- grant to help reep dues the number of dui crashes. the money will be used for dui training, checkpoints and for serving warrants on repeat dui offenders. there's also money for cracking down on distracted driving and seat belt violations as well as speeding. >>> new this morning, the san francisco giants reportedly are being investigated for not properly paying some of their workers. an organization called fair warning says the labor department is reviewing both the giants and the miami marlins for possible violations of federal wage laws. reportedly, there was improper use of unpaid interns. back in august, the giants settled another wage dispute. they agreed to pay more than $500,000 to 74 lower level employees. so far, there's been no comment on this from the giants. >>> happening later today, oakland hotels are packed with law enforcement officers from all over the country. they are in town for what's called ur

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:05. a hotel in richmond has been evacuated because a gas tanker truck rolled over on its side and there is a small leak, the crews are testing the like here to see how safe it is and what they have to do to get that tanker back on its wheels, both of the ramps on interstate 80 have been closed but the freeway is still open. >>> alex savidge is there, he will have a live report on all of this in 30 minutes. >>> fire crews are still on yerba buena island after two small fires last night caused a traffic back up on the bay bridge. they were first reported at 8:00 last night. those flames burned 4 acres of the westside of the island in steep brush. the fires didn't cause injures or major damage but you can see it sent those plumes of smoke and flames which affected the drivers and caused a huge traffic jam on the bridge. fire crews are still out there watching for flare-ups and as sal has been telling you an off- ramp is closed this morning. >>> meantime the vegetation fire in larkspur burned

reporting live from pleasant hill, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>>ing, an elderly woman in the east bay who was reported missing has been found. 77-year-old herrera was last seen monday leaving her home in san leandro. we just got off the phone with the alameda county sheriff's office. a spokesman told us without going into specifics that she was found safe last night. there were concerns about her health. she suffers from early stages of dementia. >>> a unique program in alameda county is helping people with disabilities get a job. pam cook joins us now to talk about the program that's changing lives. this is such a great story, pam. >> oh, thank you. yeah. awareness, action and inclusion. that is the theme for this year's employment conference in alameda county. it is celebrating and raising awareness of the need to integrate people with disabilities into the work force. now, one of their success stories is joel sidney. he's 31 years old, graduated from uc berkeley. so you might think it would be easy for him to get a job. however, joel is autistic

janine?> reporter: the laptops and purses are being frequently stolen. 16 cars broken into in a month's time on sand hill road. this is one of many spots being hit in the city. this map shows how spread out the auto burglaries are happening. it shows the 61 incidents that occurred in september. that's the highest total for a single month since 2008. police can't seem to identify a pattern to the theft. they're happening during the day, evening, and overnight in various locations throughout the city. one of the spots hit nine times is the city parking garage on bryant street. occurring in commercial areas and quiet neighborhoods. typically, the thief smashes a window and uses a punch tool but in some cases after the smash, use the trunk release to grab valuables stored in the trunk. they track the criminals and take a proactive approach! the patrol officers are increasing patrols in areas where the auto burglaries have occurred in september. our detectives are also out in unmarked cars in clot

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now is 4:42. a strong smell near the san jose airport, coming up at 5:00, the reason some people are concerned about their health and how the airport is responding. >> and thousands of ucsf patient's information at risk. the penalty the hospital could face in connection with the latest security breach. >> good morning. right now traffic is getting a little bit more crowded, but not really busy. it's still early enough for you to get a pretty good drive anywhere you're driving. we'll tell you more coming up. >> a little brisk out there for some. not for all. it's a colder morning, it will be sunny today but not as warm. some pretty good changes for tomorrow. >>> welcome back, time now is 4:45, and there's a party today at coat tower to mark the 80th 80th anniversary of the san fransisco landmark. it was built after lily hitchcock coit left a third of her estate to the city and said it should be used to make san fransisco more beautiful. they will gather on telegraph hill at 10 for a celebration inc

reporting live from los gatos, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> love the look. i have heard that is cool. if you are looking for that go to our website, click there and you will find a halloween guide. >> 5:39, following developing news now, a big earthquake just hit taiwan, they said it was magnitude 6.6, now information is still coming in but we have nod had reports of damage or injuries but a big earthquake there, we will bring you details when we get it. >> they have scheduled a conference to give the report but changing the rules on passenger use of electronic devices in flight. a special panel has been discussing allowing them to use cell phones, tablets and other electronic devices even while planes are taxiing, taking off or landing. the group includes the tsa, airlines, amazon executives and more, they studied whether they interfere with navigational systems. >> 5:40, california education officials say they are surprised but a letter from the federal government that threatens to with hold more than 3.5 billion dollars, california is changing the type of

now back to justice with judge janine. to justice with judge janine. this a fox news alert.k city police made an arrest in the 22-year-old cold case killing in the child nicknamed baby hope. in july of 1991, the child was discovered dead inside a picnic cooler in manhattan. police say the girl's 52-year-old cousin has admitted to the crime. the murdered girl is finally identified as angelica casteel. for more than two decades, investigators never stopped serving to bring her killer to justice. is he being arraigned in manhattan criminal court this evening. now back to the mess in washington. she has avoided appearing before congress for five months. this week lawmakers finally got a chance to question one of the top bosses at the irs, sarah hall ingraham. the one who headed up the office directly involved in the targeting of conservative groups. and get this. shoe she is rewarded with a promotion of the new obama care of the irs. as usual, another member of this administration has memory issues. with me chief council for the american center for law and justice jay sekulow. g

janine. >> reporter: yes. i want to point out where this couple was walking here along chilco street. they were actually here across the street in the eastbound lanes. they were walking in the bike lane. you can see there is no sidewalk there. police say that is when the car hit them, then the car crossed over here on the center divide and then took out the tree that you see over there. now this is video of the aftermath that ktvu took last night. police say just before 7:00 a man and woman in their 50s were out walking their dog when the car plowed into all of them. it swerved into on coming traffic. clipped another car with four people inside and hit the tree. and when emergency crews arrived the couple was pronounced dead. their dog was injured. the four people in the other car were not harmed. 54-year-old marjorie reitzell of redwood city was behind the wheel of the car that did all the damage. >> she has now been arrested for two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. as soon as she is is cle

janine de la vega joining us live from santa clara university with more details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave, well this is a touchy subject, depending on who you ask, we just ran into a male faculty member who says he is not sure what stance he is taking yet on whether or not the university should cover early abortions on its health plan. now according to the mercury news the president of santa clara university, who is also a jesuit priest sent out a letter to employees saying the university studied how the school should structure medical insurance for 2014 when it comes to state law and values, the paper says the president decided to drop health insurance of elective abortions because it is in compatible with that. the letter triggered frustration and anger among some who feel it is a woman's issue but the decision is made by men, earlier this week those people, which is also jesuit, determined they would not do it either. under state law employers are required to cover reproductive health services and abortions where the mother's life is at ris

janine de la vega is on the campus now. you have the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here in front of stanford professor's michael leavitt's apartment and he got a phone call this morning and when he first got it he thought it was the wrong person but when he called back he learned that and was overcome to learn he won the prize. he has been fielding interviews from them since. he is a physicist but is honored in the field of chemistry. they awarded him and those two the nobel prize in chemistry for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand and predict chemical processes. it stems back to research they did in the 70s there called groundbreaking. only so much could be calculated with classic fittics so chemists needs to use quantum fixes so make calculations and that is where computer programs helped them understand this. he played a part in this work. >> it is not like i now know this is going to solve all the world's problems, you never think that. it is more like each step leads to the next step and

. >> janine de la vega reports, the two were friends. >> they picked up evidence to determine what happened on we will way at 2:30 a.m. two women were in the suv and at 1.1 not out and run down by the vehicle. >> i heard what sounded like a door slam. it got my attention. it was loud enough. >> then i heard a lady's voice and the voice was saying, help me. >> stay with me. stay with me. >> she died shortly after from her injuries. they determined the 27-year-old driver backed into her friend. officers said they realized quickly, the driver had been drinking. >> beer cans were found inside. beer cans were also at the scene. >> they were arrested for drunk driving. as he will well as vee hicking already manslaughter. >> but people, two, 28 drink. and they hang out until 2:30 in the morning. >> police haven't released if they live in the neighborhood. or why the vehicle was there in the first place. >> they ran the license plate of the suv. and said it felt like an earthquake. >> she doesn't know the victim or the driver. neither do the nearby neighbors. >> this is the pedestrian accident that

good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, maureen.seven buses have left in the past hour and a half here from the fremont bart station. we will get on board to this bus to see it is how many seats are left here. it is filling up pretty quickly here. this bus actually just came back from doing a round trip to san francisco. the driver tells me it took about an hour and ten minutes. let's take a look at what it looked like earlier this morning. the first people started arriving here outside around 4:10 this morning. bart is providing free rides on charter buses to san francisco in the morning from fremont as well as el cerrito, west oakland, concord, lafayette, san leandro, and hayward. bart will have between 5-15 buses at each of the locations. service began at 5:00 a.m. and runs through 8:00 a.m.. but they may stop early if the buses become full. many say to insure they got a seat some got up to an hour to an hour and a half early. >> get up early and make sure i get on the bus so i don't have to drive in and find parking. >> reporter

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us what an under cover operation revealed. >> reporter: people describe uninvited and dark. people say men were seeing going in and out. >> officers went undercover into the establishment and paid for a massage and there was an offer of sex acts for money. >> reporter: ton police received complaints, including one customer who admitted going there for sex. police made the investigation a priority because it is next to places where children frequent. >> we take the complaints seriously. parents were complaining. >> reporter: last week we told you how this salon shut down after police busted it for prostitution. the owner said she didn't know illegal activity was going on. a woman who appeared to work there but never entered and showed off. the doors are still locked here and it is unknown if it will open for business today but they are working to try revoke its permit to operate. >> you don't want that in any part where you live. >> reporter: police sited them for locking the door during business hours. they will keep an eye on it and other pause in the ar

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>> 7:07. happening right now, the house of representatives just came into session a few minutes ago and so far, this morning, it looks like the rhetoric between the two parties is showing no signs of letting up. now, just this morning, the white house announced that president obama is canceling two stops on his upcoming trip to asia because of the government shutdown. the president is scheduled to leave saturday night. he will still travel to indonesia and bernai but is canceling visits to malaysia and the philippines. secretary of state john kerry will go in his place. >>> the budget battle continues in washington, d.c. with no end in sight. republicans are trying to restore funding to specific parts of the government including national mules, parks, and veterans benefits. but democrats block those efforts. >> veterans today, parks tomorrow, maybe security agencies tomorrow and the next day. this will go on for weeks. >> the two houses disagree that we should sit down and discuss those matter

worming, janine. >> reporter: -- good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning.ichael levitt has been up since 2:00 a.m. that's when he received a phone call from sweden. the person on the other line informed him that he had just won the nobel prize for chemistry. >> i think i -- it was like a real adrenaline. my pulse shot up. it's still up. >> reporter: levitt fielded phone calls all morning long from the media regarding his work in chemistry and how it led scientists to use computers to unveil the chemical molecules. levitt was awarded and two others the nobel prize for the work. they did that work in the 1970s which it calls groundbreaking. it's helped scientists research drugs and how they react. after levitt found out he won, he hugged his wife, he's been married to for the past 45 years. >> i'm feeling -- i think michael deserve it. really, he's such a modest person. he's an amazing scientist. he's really passionate about science. >> reporter: while, levgit is being honor -- levitt is being honored, he's a physicalcy tift. he's been -- physicist. we asked

janine? >> reporter: this is a big event here with a lot of excitement. a lot of locals have come out. we're here behind the scenes at the pumpkin we jo. they have forklifts coming in and bringing in a lot of these pumpkins to be weighed. some are in the competition for most beautiful pumpkin. of the course, the big prize goes to who has the heaviest pumpkin. but i also want to show you a gentlemen here, farmer john, who we talk to every year. you have -- you have some pretty unique pumpkins. this is a competition between you and your wife. you said -- show me what you got here. >> yeah. this farmer john, she has this one year, the spirit of clementine. she thinks she's gonna beat me but all the experts are coming by that my grandpa here will give them a good one. >> reporter: walk down here. show everybody what you got here. >> we have seven come 11 here. we have a set of dice for the casinos when they are ready to kol them -- roll them. our grandchildren have fairy dust, just for fun. this is a great week in half moon bay. great competition. these guys

janine de la vega is in san jose to show us the damage.talk about what happened. >> reporter: the truck was just towed away. it was resting along side this apartment building. what you see is this big dent on the corner of the building here at camden avenue and donna in the came brie yan area of san jose . this happened near gas meters. emergency crews initially thought there was a rupture. police tell us about 3:40 this morning the driver of a pickup truck was traveling northbound when he crashed into three parked cars and hit the side of the apartment complex. nobody was injured inside the apartment but the owners of the parked cars weren't happy to find the damage. the driver of the truck who caused the damage told them that he fell asleep at the wheel. he was not arrested. people who live in the complex describe all the commotion after they heard the crash. >> the corner of the bathroom damaged, yeah, and fire department they do inspection they smell gas leak and they say, okay, just pull my kid out. >> reporter: pg&e crews came out to

janine? >> reporter: dave, we're here at the woodland garden apartments. there's 37 units here and families live in some of them. but federal officials say that owners and staff here are not allowing children to play in a certain area and they're saying that's discrimination. now the u.s. department of justice has filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the woodland garden apartments alleging they discriminates against families with children. the suit says they prohibited kids from playing in the common grassy areas of the complex and that is in violation of the fair housing act. the lawsuit arose because five families with children filed complaints with the department of housing and urban development. the staff at the complex was reportedly concerned about landscape being ruined. the suit seeks a court order barring future discrimination by woodland garden apartments. a civil penalty as well as monetary damages for the families. now as the morning goes on, we plan on reaching out to the managers of the complex to see if they are still enforcin

reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> members of b.a.r.t.'s board of directors held their first meeting since the deaths of two workers last weekend. ktvu's brian flores was at the meeting and joins us live to explain what was said and why one group is asking for b.a.r.t. board members to face criminal charges. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. there's been a lot of the news involving b.a.r.t. a little bit of breaking news. in the last few minutes, b.a.r.t. board members approved that bicycles can be allowed on b.a.r.t. trains. there was a rush hour ban but the board approved it. whatever the topic, it involves safety especially in the wake of the two workers being killed last saturday and the president called a special meeting. >> i would like all of us to observe a moment of silence for our deceased coworkers. >> reporter: now, before today's normal board meeting, the board held a brief moment of silence for lawrence daniels and christopher. again, the board president called for a special meeting. that w

ktvu's ktvu janine d de la vega spoke about the tragic loss. >> reporter: this portrait was taken several years ago. the children are teens and will never be able to take a picture with their parents again. both died last night after hit by an alleged drunk driver. >> she was the one that should have been dead. not these beautiful people leaving their children. you know? she should have died. but she killed a beautiful couple and left three children? who is going to pay for them? >> reporter: relatives came to the crash site where they say 50 -- the 51-year-old man and his wife were walking the dog at 7:00 last night. all that was left were mangled trees mowed down by the car. there are no sidewalks on the street, that is why they were in the bike lanes when a car struck and killed them from behind. the grandmother an three children were at home and found out at midnight when they got a knock on the door. >> the police officer told them your mom and dad are gone. >> i told them your mother and father is not here but i'm here for you guys. i will be your father. >> reporter: the couple is

reporting from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the recent government shutdown has forced the postponement of the hearing into the deadly asiana crash in san francisco. the ntsb hearing was scheduled for next month. it's been rescheduled for december. two passengers died in the july crash, a third was killed after she was run over by a fire truck. yesterday, the last crash patient at san francisco general hospital was released in good condition and transferred to a rehab facility. >>> after flip-flopping several times, facebook has decided to pull a gruesome video of a beheading. this follows worldwide outrage over the earlier decision to lift the ban on gory images and footages. the social networking site it did not reverse or change policies as a result of the controversy but it says this particular video floor fid violence. the -- glorified violence. took says "if it's being shared for sadistic pleasure or to celebrate violence, facebook removes it." >>> the fda is issuing a consumer alert to pet owners as it investigates potentially dangerous pet jerky treat

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us the homeowner may think he know what caused the blaze the woman stared as what's left of her land rover. the home, in ruins after a fire this morning at 1:30. it woke up the neighborhood. >> it sounded like gunshots and i heard my other neighbors like yelling. >> reporter: as flames shot from the roof of the home, neighbors heard several explosions that came from the two cars parked in the driveway. firefighters say the tires exploded from the heat. >> the garage, everything was just orange. that's all you could see. it was quite scary. >> reporter: the wife heard noises coming from the garage and told her her husband to investigate. >> he said he opened the door and a big -- he started to get engulfed in like black smoke. so he yelled to the mother and the daughter get out. >> reporter: the flames caused power lines to come down but firefighters worked around it. they were able to knock down the fire in 30 minutes but the damage had been done. the garage and attic were gutted and even though the house was still standing, the destruction was devastating.

janine de la vega is live from there to tell us what happened in the air. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, the plane is owned by aerodynamic aviation, the owner of that flight school spoke to both the student pilot and instructor about what happened, he is thankful they are okay and said they did were they were trained to do. it was an odd sight to see during the commute hour, this small plane was sitting in the southbound lanes of capitol expressway. the emergency landing happened at around 8:00 this morning about two minutes after take off. >> shortly after take off the engine lost power. it was just running at idle, not much more than that so they nursed it along and because of the traffic lights it had a big empty space. >> the owner said it was a student pilot that was behind the controls but when the engine puttered the instructor took over and was able to avoid colliding with anything. this is a picture of them after that. >> they were happy for avoid that and it actually turned out very good for anybody involved. >> with no injures to at

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janine is there. you've been out there since early this morning. what's happening out there right now? >> reporter: the gates are open as you can see. and we just heard the train come in. it's right above us. we know that it's here. we're not sure if they've actually started boarding yet. but let's show you what it looks like. people are still coming here. nobody's been able to talk to us cause they want to make sure they catch the train. let's take a look at what it looked like earlier. bart riders started arriving at 4 a.m. they heard bart service would resume at that time. the trains were still in they'd have to wait. lots of commuters left then but shortly after 5:00, the gates opened waiting for the first train to come here on the dublin bart station for about an hour. now, again, bart has butt out a notice that they will be running limited services, that trains are running. they are saying to expect delays between 30 to 45 minutes. so even though the first train is here, again, we're not sure when the next one is going to arrive. they are ask

ktvu's paul chambers talked to people who took extreme measures to escape the fire but we begin with janine de la vega who joins us live from the scene, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, they have been in and out, doing overhaul in the past few hours making sure hot spots are out. you can see this 4th floor is completely burned and gutted inside, earlier today there were incredible flames. >>> from chopper two it looked like an inferno as flames shot up in the air from the apartments. >> something like out of a movie, smoke coming down, coming so fast and so thick. it was just like something out of a movie. >> as the flamed raged people inside tried to get out and at the same time firefighters were rushing in trying to extinguish it and make sure every 1 was safe. >> when they first arrived they encountered significant fire on that floor not to mention the people leaving. >> smoke was heavy, the heat extreme and visibility poor a- daunting task for crews, more than 100 from redwood city fire as well as numbering peninsula cities joined forces to battle it which grew to six alarms

janine de la vega is heading to the fire scene.>> we have new information about the asiana crash at sfo last summer. three people were killed in the crash. dozens more were hurt. ktvu's pam cook is in the newsroom to tell us what the pilots are saying now about that crash at sfo last summer. >> the investigation continues into exactly what went wrong. but the pilots have a different account than the ntsb. we're getting word that asiana airlines representatives are planning to visit the ntsb later this year. now, the agency is in charge of the investigation and is planning a public hearing in the next few months. this morning "the wall street journal" reports that the pilots have told federal investigators have a problem with the speed control system was a major factory in the deadly accident. the pilots have repeatedly said that they remember engaging the auto throttle to maintain a safe speed but that it disconnected without warning before slowing down and hitting the sea wall. now, the ntsb's investigation has not uncovered any p

janine de la vega is live in coyote. >> reporter: firefighters are still on the scene.hey are in the overhaul process. they are watching this property because with all of the good nearby, there's still a lot of fuel here. from chopper 2, you can see the flames eating away at the padula lumberyard and the property next door. >> it was blazing. it was raging. big raging fire and the embers and stuff floated over to the barn and a couple of races with the rvs. >> reporter: the fire started at 7:45. the owner of the lumberyard was sitting in his office when he heard a loud noise. >> i heard a small boom, large boom. by the time i came out, the back building was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: 50 firefighters fought to knock down the flames. there was plenty of fuel. it was somewhat of a challenge for firefighters. >> old furniture. just antiques. i have no idea what condition that's in at this time. i do know it's been flooded down to try to save it. that. >> reporter: neighbors are claiming people are there at night. the owner says he closes at 4:00 p.m. and no one is ar