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

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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

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

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 is there in menlo park right now with the latest developments.od morning, janine. >> reporter: i want to mention that the victims in this accident they are relatives they just walked off a short time ago. we are about to talk to them. but i do want to show you some of the aftermath. this damage here of the trees that were mowed down by the car. the car wasn't even in this lane. but the couple was struck across the street. lets go to some video police are investigating this accident that happened last night at around 7:00. officers say the couple was in their 50s. they were 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. now they determined that after the car hit the man and the woman it crossed over the center divide. clipped a car with four people inside and crashed into a tree. the people in the car car was -- the people in the other car was unharmed. we are learning more about the couple that was deceased. here are their family me

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

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. >

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

ktvu's janine de la vega is live on the scene where officers have cordoned off the area. we can see the yellow tape behind you, janine. >> reporter: yeah, police are have had to hope off this strip mall parking lot located on mission boulevard here because they need to process this scene for evidence, especially that mercedes that you are looking at. now, this is not where the shooting occurred. but it's where the victim drove to after he was shot. police tell us this started as a road rage incident in the lanes of the southbound -- the southbound lanes of 680 at 5:25 this morning. a driver of a mercedes and another car exited the freeway at mission boulevard and then pulled off on brown street. then there was some sort of confrontation between the two. the other person in the car fired several shots at the man in the mercedes hitting him. the suspect fled the scene. we don't have a description at this point of the suspect or the car or how many people were actually in the suspect's car. we do know that the victim drove a couple of blocks down mission boulevard into the st

ktvu janine de la vega is joining us live from fremont this morning to take us through what commuters there and around the bay area need to know. 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

janine de la vega is joining us live from santa clara now with these new developments. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. well two deaths of workers have happened here at levy stadium which is -- at levi stadium which is slated to open in 2014. cal osha has decided to look over evidence again because more questions are being raised. cal osha says 63-year-old elevator mechanic donald white was standing on the ladder when the counter weight came down and hit him on the head. the agency revealed that white was in communication with the person operating the elevator and was aware the elevator was running but unclear why he didn't move if he knew the elevator was coming toward him. cal osha is also investigating another work related death that happened at the stadium last week. 61-year-old truck driver edward lake was killed when a bundle of rebar fell on top of him. investigators are still trying to determine whether or not to issue citations. cal osha can fine a company anywhere from $5,000 to $70,000. just depending on if they determine that violation w

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

janine de la vega is monitoring the situation with ac transit and joins us live from oakland. 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 playi

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

janine de la vega joins us from san jose to explain. od 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

janine de la vega joins us live from river glen school in san jose with the new information. 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 an

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 w

janine de la vega just talked to a member of the police department and joins us live with the newly released statistics. 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.

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 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

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. >> rines was book

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

reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 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 interstat

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 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.

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

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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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, it starte

ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega is live with what family members of the victims are saying about this crash. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes. such a tragedy and the family of the victims just came out here in the last half-hour. they wanted to see how this accident happened here and look at the broken branches. you see one of the family members there here. she wanted to take a look here at the scene. the couple lives in menlo park. we're told that they have three children under the age of 18 who are grieving the loss of their parents. now, here's some video of the aftermath that ktvu took last night. police say just before 7:00, a man and a woman in their 50s were out walking their dog when a darr crashed into all -- car crashed into all of them. it swerved into oncoming traffic, clipping a car with four people inside and hitting a tree. when emergency crews arrived, the couple was pronounced dead and their dog was injured. the four people in the other car were not harmed. police say 54-year-old marjorie reitzel of red road city was behind the -- r

janine de la vega is live in pleasant hill to describe what happened and how the ferry is doing this morning. janine? >> reporter: brian, the family is safe. they were able to escape but here you could see a lot of the damage that was left behind. starting with two cars parked out front. this mercedes and land rover. they went up in flames. and then if you take a look, they were parked there right in front of the house here. the garage also went up in flames. those were the explosions heard shortly after 1:30 on dove court in pleasant hill when the house caught fire. flames were shooting in the air. a father, mother and their young daughter were sleeping inside. they smelled smoke. the husband went to investigate and found the fire from the garage -- in the garage. the family ran outside and were unharmed. firefighters arrived and knocked down the flames in a half an hour. during the flames, explosions went off. >> the explosions were caused by the exposures of the vehicles driveways. the tires made it sound like explosions to nearby bystanders. >> reporter: firefighters say the fire

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

ktvu janine de la vega is out there now. she will have more information about what we are finding out this morning about that driver. stay tuned. >>> good morning. welcome to ktvu channel 2 morning news. its friday, october 25th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong. pam cook has the day off today. let's check your weather and traffic. steve, best part of this cold weather is snuggling to bed at night. worst part, getting up. >> yes. i will agree with everything you said there. >> you always do. >> i do. yesterday we had a lot of comments oh my gosh its freezing. it took a long time for some. and for some it was a gray day. almost all day long. a little bit of a good news pattern this low that is approaching is disrupting this pattern. so we will see it burn off sooner today but we will have a mix bag of sun and clouds. there are 30s and 40s for some. san francisco yesterday was cold. 57 degrees. today we'll get a little bit more sun. we will go 61. not that much warmer. at least it will be a little better than yesterday.

police tell janine de la vega a driver fell asleep at the wheel, hit several cars and crashed near an apartment. janine joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: yes, i'm here on camden avenue near donna lane, and you can see there's a lot of shattered glass and debris behind me. this is what was left of an accident that happened that caused a lot of damage here. a pickup truck that you see over there has gone right and hit this building right over here. i can't tell if there's actually a hole there, but we're told by police that it didn't actually enter the building, but it did shake up the people who were sleeping inside. we were told by police officers that the driver of that car apparently admitted to falling asleep at the wheel. he was coming down camden here in the northbound lanes, and he hit three parked cars that were -- two were on camden, another one was on donna lane. so right now those owners of those cars, you know, again they had a rude awakening and woke up to finding all sorts of damage on their car. the driver we're told is not being arrested. we're not sure what's

ktvu's janine de la vega has been on this story since 5 this morning.e back now, so what's the latest out there. >>> well, there is a tow truck out here right now. it's about to haul away the suv that you see behind maine now -- behind me. we did see a case of beer. there are also beer cans in the cup holders of the front seat of that car. also, you could see that the garage is dented in that driveway, and that's where the victim was hit. let's go to some video that we have earlier. police were called to the town home near lee and hamilton in west san jose after a neighborhood woman crying outside on weeble way they found the woman crying in the driveway. officers determined that the suv appears to have backed into her and the garage. police say it appears that the 26-year-old victim had been a passenger in the car and it's unknown why she got out of the car. but police arrested the 27-year- old driver at the scene. i do want to talk to a resident who lives nearby who actually heard the crash. his name is james mcgraw and you actually heard this acciden

janine de la vega joins us now from there with the details. >> reporter: pam, the attacked happened in front of this store on osgood road at 9:30 at night. the manager told us this morning they were concerned about what happened. they handed over video to police which shows the two suspects and the get away car. now, this photo was grabbed from the security video which shows the male and female suspects. police say they were after a gold chain that a 70-year-old woman was wearing and video shows the suspects following her and her family as they shopped inside the wal-mart. when she excited the store officers say one of the suspects grabbed her from behind trying to rip the necklace off and during that struggle he slammed the victim to the ground and dragged her until the chain came off. the female suspect waited in this get away car, which police say appears to be a silver or gray 4 door hyundai with rear tinted windows. after the attack they sped off. when officers arrived they found the woman in a lot off pain. she required hospitalization and surgery. the suspects are described as b

janine de la vega is there, so what is the new information you pulled together? >> i spoke to a chief who told me he thinks that this fire is suspicious, now the reason why is this is abandoned house, you can see there is fencing down that they had to tear that down so firefighters could start hosing it down and extinguishing the fire, they had to fight it from the outside because it was just too unsafe to enter, now firefighters came after 4:00 a.m. after somebody driving by spotted smoke in the area then they found this home here fully engulfed in flames, firefighters went into a defensive mode because it was unsafe to fight from the inside they were able to knock down the flames in 20 minutes. now the inspector informed them the house had been abandoned for a year and scheduled for a remodel. while firefighters say it is too early to determine a cause they have questions. >> -- suspicious? >> i would say yes at this point. >> because. >> because we don't have electrical power to it, there is no one around at this time and it just -- appears to have spontaneous

reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> bart's board of directors ischeduled to hold a vote today on whether or not to keep allowing bikes on trains, they tested a program that allows them to bring it on the trains since july but it will end december 1st unless they vote to make it permanent. bikes are not allowed on the first three cars during peak commute hours. >>> bart says clean up has begun at stations hit by vandals during the strike, want to show you inside the glen park station, we went there last night. police say it is one of 9 locations vandalized from the concord maintenance yard to the storage area and they say it could cost thousands of dollars to clean it all up. two suspects have been arrested and police are reviewing video looking for more suspects. >> your time 6:48. let's check in with tori campbell to see what is coming up. good morning. >> good morning. coming up in minutes the tricky scam that we are hearing about in napa county, it involves paying money to avoid getting in trouble over jury duty and california is facing scrutiny

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you.be sure to stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for new developments surrounding bart. we are following the latest information about the strike along with busy morning commute. you can also get updates on facebook although there have been reports of issues with facebook. we are trying to post on facebook along with on twitter. >>> the federal investigation goes on into the tragic deaths of two bart workers on saturday. ktvu tara moriarty is joining us live now with some of the questions about what happened out there and why a union worker was on the job during the strike. good morning, tara. >> reporter: a lot of people have been asking that question. the answer is he belonged to a smaller union and decided whether he wanted to cross the picket line and he chose to work saturday. he and another worker that are nonunion were killed on the track on saturday. for the past four hours, the crews cleaned up the scene of the accident which stretches over a third of a mile. dozens gathered nearby for a

janine de la vega they are watching the riders taking ac transit. we begin with tara moriarty who is covering the strike and the failed contract talks. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. union leader held a press conference about an hour ago. he talked about how he was plus straited with bart's general manager grace crunican. he question the her ability to do her job. this has been a very frustratings end to six -- frustrating end to six months of labor talks. the federal mediator emerged with no contract. the unions say they agreed with bart on pay, health, benefits. the union said workers rights would be stripped. and called bart's move a switch. >> they came up with a poison pill to say yes, we have reached in concept agreement on economics which was the main issues earlier that bart was focusing on. and we were focusing on. now we have to change your contract. we have to change work rules. and we need changes that effect the daily work of the workers. before we can get an agreement with you. at that point the bargaining broke down. >

ktvu's janine de la vega is live in oakland and how is it looking out there?well, traffic has really lightened up here at this ac transit bus stop, which is usually very busy. it was about an hour ago, but i want to show you here's a bus arriving right now. they have been arriving about every 10 minutes or so. there was about 30 people or so waiting in line. so not bad. that's what they have been trying to do, get the buses here quickly. here's some footage that we did take earlier this morning of some of the early risers that were boarding the ac transit buses. the transit agency is using as many extra buses as it can, two extra buses are dedicated to the 20th street stop in oakland to transport people to san francisco. they have been detouring rapid buses that normally travel the freeway that aren't full to come get people at this 20th street at broadway to shuttle people to the city. buses have been filling up quickly but so far, the wait time hasn't been more than about 15 to 30 minutes. now, again, back out here live, you can see this bus is about to leav

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

reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:06. jury deliberations start today in the marin county courtroom in the trial of 18-year-old max wade. accused of stealing the luxury car of a celebrity chef and also he's accused of attempted murder. but yesterday celebrity chef guy fieri testified he never gave wade permission to drive his car. he is accused of stealing die's lamborghini from a san francisco dealership back in 2011. several people saw the car after it was stole. >> people would call and we'd get reports. well to come find out you know that he was driving it. brave kid. >> prosecutors say wade stole the car trying to impress a girl and when she rejected him, he fired shots at her and her boyfriend in mill valley. fieri decided to get rid of that car. now if you want to find out why, go to ktvu.com and you can see guy fieri's full interview. the unedited video under the top story tab. >>> well, ten people are looking for a place to stay after an out of control car crashed right into a heyward apartment building. it happen

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

ktvu's janine de la vega shows us the massive pumpkins now, including it record breaking winner. [ singing>> reporter: main street was a sea of orange. there were pumpkins, massive pumpkins. >> every year they are getting bigger and bigger. we want to try it one year. >> reporter: growers showing off what they have been working on. atlantic giants competing for heaviest pumpkin. >> seed location, skill, weather and luck. >> reporter: he broke the world record for the heaviest pumpkin, 2,032 pounds. he couldn't enter the same pumpkin but brought another giant. >> you never know. lot of things could go wrong. a soft spot. >> reporter: headquarter lift said hauled in the -- fork hitted hauled in the -- fork lifts hauled in the pumpkins. >> 1,195 pounds. gary miller. gary miller is the champion of the half moon bay pumpkin weigh- off monday. >> the top four heaviest pumpkins this weekend at the art and pumpkin festival. >> reporter: janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you know you are in the bay area when you are in short sleeves and shorts. >>> this is our october weather. outstanding

reporting live, janine de la vega, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> all right, janine.ime now is 8:44. >>> why it took firefighters so long to put out a deadly fire in san francisco. firefighters were forced to use a power saw, break down the security gate at the home in the sunset district. this is after being given the wrong address as well. firefighters say both problems delayed their response at least 11 minutes. >> actually took crews, the responding crews about 6 blocks away. >> 33-year-old raymond cee died in the fire along with daughter and grandfather. the firefighters advise to leave key with a neighbor or have a lock box. >>> new revelations from the national security agency raise concerns about privacy. tried to track cell phones in the u.s. including location data. nsa chief alexander said the agency ran tests in 2010 and 2011 to see if it was technically possible to gather smartphone data and said the information was never used. >>> national rifle association plans to sue california as signing the bill with semiautomatic rifles with detachable ammunition m

reporting live from campbell, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:39.epartment of public health investigating the death of a woman whose bodzdy was found in -- body was found in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. the commission is investigating. san francisco general confirmed yesterday lynn spauld's body was found in a seldom-used stairwell 17 days after disappearing from her hospital room. san francisco jen. says nothing like -- general. they say nothing like this has ever happened before. they are still investigating how and when she died. >>> zlar university will no -- santa clara university will no longer provide health energy for elective abortions. the school's president says the decision aligns with the kith lynn university's core values -- catholic university's core values. but some feel blindsided by this. the university's president does plan to discuss the issue in a series of forums in the coming weeks. >>> meanwhile, governor jerry brown has signed a bill allowing midwives, nurse prak tickners and -- practitioners and physical s