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jim vargas reports, the growing violence at that facility has workers fearing if for their lives. >> the los angeles times as documented the 400% increase on attacks on staff since early 2009. an ena second fold increase on attacks on each other. >> this hospital at this moment is out of control. >> iusidi says that the attack this week comes a week after boche was involved in another incident. significant numbers of inmates are brought here. >> if any of these patients aren't willing to get treatment. medications, therapy, rehab and all of that we should send them back to jail. >> reporter: the state department of mental health did increase security after donna holts was killed in september. in a statement released, the department says if after saturday's attack, hospital officials immediately added additional measures for escorting inmates. at last word, george anderson this weekend's victim was in the hospital in serious condition suffering from four skull fractures. in napa, jim vargas. >>> police in lafayette and other east bay cities are investigating a series of robberies that

jim vargas reports, the growing violence at that facility has workers fearing if for their lives. >> the los angeles times as documented the 400% increase on attacks on staff since early 2009. an ena second fold increase on attacks on each other. >> this hospital at this moment is out of control. >> iusidi says that the attack this week comes a week after boche was involved in another incident. significant numbers of inmates are brought here. >> if any of these patients aren't willing to get treatment. medications, therapy, rehab and all of that we should send them back to jail. >> reporter: the state department of mental health did increase security after donna holts was killed in september. in a statement released, the department says if after saturday's attack, hospital officials immediately added additional measures for escorting inmates. at last word, george anderson this weekend's victim was in the hospital in serious condition suffering from four skull fractures. in napa, jim vargas. >>> police in lafayette and other east bay cities are investigating a series of robberies that

the governor is proposing another round of budget cuts as jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the governor is proposing another $3 billion in cuts. on the chopping block is food stamps, child care, and welfare programs. and eliminating the majority of money for county mental health services. >> the longer we wait, the harder it will get. >> reporter: on this first day of the new legislature there were pledges to work together. >> the time has picked us members to help, california by one of the most daunting chapters in its history. >> you cannot sustain the type of benefits and programs and help that we would like to get all californians if we cannot get the private sector back into good shape. >> reporter: behind the scenes, the feeling among democrats is to wait for jerry brown to take office next month. >> i voted against the initial budget because of those cuts to children and education and poor people. it's just more of the same. >> reporter: every day lawmakers says it puts the state deeper into whole. >> it is important to start right now. >> reporter: the governor cannot call the l

jim vargas has the report. >> reporter: many fishermen survive the system and the news could portend much better days for california. >> we are not over the hump yet, we don't think. but we are to the lowest point we have seen on salmon. >> reporter: they have tried fishing for other species and its captain says he has fished for other species as the number of salmon fell. >> people came out in a fair amount. the novices are waiting for the fish to bite. >> reporter: a government study found 30 reasons for the lack of salmon: load up with supply and man-made problems among the top of the list. while man may not be able to affect ocean conditions, in stream habitat restoration may bring back the endangered salmon which have not been legally catchable here for 15 years. >> what we want to provide for them as habitats to find shelter and cover. >> reporter: the final count will not be known until february and then the government will decide by march the extent of the salmon season. >>> three dozen at the university of california's highest-paid executives are threatening to sue unless th

today he hosted a town hall forum and as jim vargas reports, he wants lawmakers to agree on the facts. >> reporter: governor elect jerry brown says the state is projected to have a $28 billion budget deficit over the next 1.5 years. officials showed up to hear him try to bring some basic understanding about the state's financial mix. >> it is hard to come to any agreement if there's no consensus about what the underlying facts are. >> reporter: the state has borrowed, and tax revenues have grown and budget shortfalls are expected every year for the next five years. state services cannot take more cuts. >> we have to have a discussion about revenue to help us define what california's going to be about. >> reporter: there was one elected official present today. >> if we keep effective dialogue, they may be a glimmer of hope. >> reporter: californians do not want to pay more taxes but do not want services cut either. jerry brown has promised no tax increases without public approval. >> we cannot keep going on the way we have paid it is getting worse. therefore people will have to overcom

live in san francisco, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the national transportation safety board says layers of failure are what led to a 2008 helicopter crash in northern california that killed nine people and injured seven others. the helicopters was overloaded when it crashed in trinity county. the ntsb said carson helicopters, the company that leased it to the u.s. forest service lied about it's lifting ability. investigators also blamed the faa and forest service for overlooking safety issues. >>> an oakland man is now in critical but stable condition after an explosion brought his homecoming crashing around him. a surveillance video caught the explosion. firefighters believe it was caused by natural gas. but pg & e says it was not caused by equipment failure. the man is being held at the burn center in san francisco with burns in 80% of his body. >>> assemblyman jerry hill has introduced a bill with several tough new restrictions in the wake of the san bruno explosion and fire. the proposal includes sharing information, prioritizing certain repairs. >>> a san francisco man

two months a worker at napa state hospital has been attacked by a patient they are not paid as jim vargas reports there is evidence that these are not isolated incidents. >> reporter: the los angeles times has documented the 400% increase on attacks since two dozen nine and this man says he has worked here for 31 years. >> this hospital at this moment is out of control. >> reporter: the suspect in this weekend will beating comes just weeks after the suspect was involved in another violent incident. a significant number of patients year are sent to prison and refused treatment and medication. >> if any of these patients are not willing to do treatment, get treatment, or follow our treatment protocol with medication, therapy, and we cap we should send them back to jail -- and rehab, we should send them back to jail. >> reporter: in a statement released to the news media, the department says that sunday's attack cost the hospital to add additional measures on the ground. >> i am scared for my job. i will keep donna gross memory alive by talking about it. >> reporter: the victim was in seriou

jim vargas live now in sacramento with more. jim. >> reporter: the short answer is probably not. even as goff goff was inside -- governor schwarzenegger was inside the state capitol here telling reporters he had called the special session of the new legislature, the assembly adjourned until january. the governor is proposing $6 billion in cuts, now another 3 billion for the next fiscal year, on the chopping block on food stamp, child care and welfare programs. the total elimination of cal works by next summer and eliminating the majority of money for county health mental services. >> we know there are no low hanging fruit. >> reporter: on this first day of the new legislature there were pledges to work together. >> the time has picked us, members, to help california through one of the most daunting chapters in its history. >> you cannot sustain the type of benefits and programs and the help that we would like to give to all california if we cannot get the private sector back into good shape. >> reporter: but behind the scenes, the feeling especially among democrats is to wait for

jim vargas has been following the story all day.ell us about what's happening right now. >> reporter: well, it's a dodge mini van that they are looking for. her name is phyllis bin. about two minutes ago, the truck was able to pull the vehicle at least partway out of the water. we don't know how long it's is going to take to get it out of the water and up the hill. this has been a two-day long search for ms. bin and her vehicle. saturday nilght, she was with friends and following friends in jenner down to highway 116 about two miles away, and her friends got to the intersection, they noticed she was not there behind them, so they doubled back. she was not found that night. the sheriffs department launched a search in the area yesterday. the water was very, very murky, and the current is very strong. in fact, visibility down there is about 15, 20 feet of water, possibly more was like 0 i was told. so today, they brought in search teams, divers, as well as a special camera from napa county, marin county, plus state investigators, sear

live in marin county, jim vargas. >>> part of the almond and quick silver park in san jose is closed tonight and will remain so through the holiday weekend because of the concerns of methane gas. the north part of the park and it's trails are shut down. the parks department says the problem started at the guadalupe. >> it's overwhelming, there's no reason to dump waste in the park. i would definitely check it out before i came. >>> park officials say they won't reopen the park until test results come back from that creek water. >>> at 5:00, we told you about a fexex truck hi jacked, it has since been recovered. the driver told channel 2 he had gotten out of the truck to make a delivery, when the man pushed him and took off with the truck. the truck was found just in the past half hour or so in east oakland. unfortunately all of the packages are still missing. >>> we have new information tonight involving that mass shooting in south san francisco. ktvu has confirmed a third victim has died in the hospital. and now police are saying last night's drive by shooting may be gang related. p

live in san rafael, jim vargas, ktvu news. >>> a health advisory has now been lifted near the tesoro refinery. tesoro says an electrical switching station caught fire near martinez and concord. the refinery had to shut down processing units and burn the excess fuel through it's flairs. one employee suffered a minor burn putting out the fire, contra costa county warned people with respiratory problems to take precaution. >> we saw the air district and got air samples, we could see no negative air impact. >> tesoro blamed a preous outage on pg & e. the cause of today's outage is not yet known. >>> ktvu's john sasaki in union city with more on what was a very close call. >> reporter: late last night, two friends were working on this car when out of nowhere three masked men walked up and demanded their money. >> they started punching my friend. and then my friend ran inside and they cornered me over here. and they started beating me up. >> reporter: fearing for their safety, the friends who call themselves brother didn't want their faces or names on tv. >> i showed them i didn't have any

live in oakland, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the highway patrol now says the man fatally injured on highway 101 was the victim of a hit-and-run. sonoma county coroner officials identified him as 21-year-old enrique ramirez of windsor. a passerby spotted him lying in the northbound lane shortly before 2:00 this morning. an investigator suggested that some of suggested that he -- a investigator said that some of his injuries sucked that he had been shot but -- suggested that he had been shot. if you have information, contact authorities. >>> oakland firefighters had to lift a low co motive to free a -- low co motive to free a man trapped. firefighters say they don't know how the man who was in a wheel chair ended up underneath the train. rescuers used air bags and the jaws of life to free the victim. they say he was conscious and talking during the rescue and is expected to survive. there is still no word on his identity. >>> community leaders want security cameras installed in oakland's chinatown to help fight against street crime. folks say they have experienced purse snatchings

live in napa, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a san leandro man in custody tonight on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year- old girl who was shopping with her family. police say the girl wandered away from her parents inside a wal-mart store on davis street friday night. when she returned, she told them a man had touched her inappropriately. her parents yelled for help and a bystander tackled the 29-year- old who is now facing sexual assault charges. the incident comes a little more than a week after a 2-year- old girl was sexually assaulted at a dollar tree store in union city. >>> a toddler who wandered away from his mother and fell into a fountain at a san francisco hotel has died in the hospital. the 18-month-old boy was with his mother, nanny and twin sister last wednesday when they stopped at the hyatt regency along the embarcadero to get out of the rain and take some holiday photos. the boy wandered away and was found several minutes later submerged in the water of the lobby fountain. police say the toddler's death was aan accident -- was an accident. the hotel has

jim vargas live now in oakland with more, jim. >> reporter: gasia, this story came to a sad end about mid- morning. it was about 9:45 this morning when the body of 90-year-old dr. robert lichenstein . >> he takes walks three, four times a day. walks sometimes four miles even more. >> reporter: markings on the muddy trail behind the shopping center look like he may have fallen from the trail. they often saw him getting some exercise by the aid of his walker. the shopping center manager told us he saw dr. lichenstein walking by the shopper center with his walker. a short time ago, the family told us that they advised the coroner that they will not need an autopsy. the dr. apparently died of a heart attack. >>> a nine-year-old girl told police she and her little brother were followed by two men in a grey van while walking home from school. once the children were inside their house, one of the men rang their doorbell. the girl did not open the door and the men left. but the school is sending out alerts to parents. >> i feel very uneasy, i want my kids to be safe. so we would like to know

jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the contractor released a statement saying today, quote the cause is contributing into this unfortunate situation are being examined. though we are aware that on both occasions the overflow accidents occurred during heavy periods of rain and when the kentfield pipe station were the shut down. >>> a part of the almond and quick silver park in san jose will remain closed because of concerns of methane gas. the north sections of the park have been shut down. the parks department says the problem began at the guadalupe landfill. they say a storage tank that holds methane over flowed and spill into the creek. >>> san jose police are still looking tonight for a pit bull that attacked a woman. authorities say two dogs attacked susan tao on monday night. one of the dogs was found the next night and is being held by animal services. the remainder dog is said to have a mixture of white, black and brown hair and may have some injury on top of his left eye. >>> a nice dry day out today. we have more action in the south side, we'll let you know >>> a judge has t

jim vargas is live in the city tonight with details on what it's like to move that many people, many needed help to make the trip. jim-- >> reporter: frank, take a look. it's big, it's roomy. this is called a pavilion. it's one of three buildings here on the campus

jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the contractor released a statement saying today, quote the cause is contributing into this unfortunate situation are being examined. though we are aware that on both occasions the overflow accidents occurred during heavy periods of rain and when the kentfield pipe station were the shut down. >>> a part of the almond and quick silver park in san jose will remain closed because of concerns of methane gas. the north sections of the park have been shut down. the parks department says the problem began at the guadalupe landfill. they say a storage tank that holds methane over flowed and spill into the creek. >>> san jose police are still looking tonight for a pit bull that attacked a woman. authorities say two dogs attacked susan tao on monday night. one of the dogs was found the next night and is being held by animal services. the remainder dog is said to have a mixture of white, black and brown hair and may have some injury on top of his left eye. >>> a nice dry day out today. we have more action in the south side, we'll let you know when it's going t

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: laguna honda hospital patients were lining up today for the move to new facilities. long were will be gone the 30 beds that were built 35 years ago. there will now be no more than three people to a room in state of the art facilities, built to care for mental and physical disabilities. more a decade ago, the federal government declared the hospital good but the building structually unsafe. >> reporter: there are both patients that are sad. >> i actually like the ward set up. you know i like these ladies back here. and the ladies i meet on the way out. >> reporter: poya has been a nurse here since 1977 says she will miss the old place. >> i learned everything about laguna handa in its old buildings. that will also be in my heart. >> reporter: the new hospital cost nearly $600 million, nearly half paid for by san franciscans. the rest of it paid for by a settlement with the tobacco companies. >> we're the safety net. the service of last resort for many people. >> reporter: many more people will have to be served as san franciscans grow older. but money

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: laguna honda hospital patients were lining up today for the move to new facilities. long were will be gone the 30 beds that were built 35 years ago. there will now be no more than three people to a room in state of the art facilities, built to care for mental and physical disabilities. more a decade ago, the federal government declared the hospital good but the building structually unsafe. >> reporter: there are both patients that are sad. >> i actually like the ward set up. you know i like these ladies back here. and the ladies i meet on the way out. >> reporter: poya has been a nurse here since 1977 says she will miss the old place. >> i learned everything about laguna handa in its old buildings. that will also be in my heart. >> reporter: the new hospital cost nearly $600 million, nearly half paid for by san franciscans. the rest of it paid for by a settlement with the tobacco companies. >> we're the safety net. the service of last resort for many people. >> reporter: many more people will have to be served as san franciscans grow older. but money

jim vargas reports. >> governor-elect jerry browns says the state is projected to have a $28 billion deficit for the next year and a half. over 6 government officials from the political right and left showed up to hear brown bring basic understanding about the state's financial mess. >> it's hard to come to any agreement if there's no consensus on what the underlying facts are. >> reporter: some facts, the state has borrowed out, tax revenues have fallen 25% in the last three years, and budget short falls are expected every year for the next five years. but swanson says state services can't take more cuts. >> we have to have a discussion about the question of revenue to help us define what california is going to be about as a state. >> reporter: there was only one republican today and she wasn't sure much was accomplished. >> if we keep it on the table and keep productive dialogue, there maybe a glimmer of hope. >> reporter: what these people are dealing with is the reality california doesn't want to pay more taxes or have services cut. jerry brown promised no tax increases without g

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the governor is reporting cuts now and the next fiscal year.opt chopping blocks are food stamps, child care and welfare programs. the welfare to work program and eliminating the majority of money for county mental health service. >> no more low-hanging fruits, the longer we wait, the harder it will get. >> reporter: there were pledges to work together. >> the time has picked us, members, to help california through one of the most daunting chapters in its history. >> you cannot sustain the type of benefits and programs and the help we would like to give to all california if we cannot get the private sector back into shape. >> reporter: waiting for jerry brown to take office next month. >> i voted against the budget because of children and the education and poor people. more of the same, then i'm not interested. >> reporter: everyday lawmakers putting the state deeper in the hole and future cuts harsher. >> it's extremely important, it's the responsible thing to do. >> reporter: with governor- elect jerry brown spending a lot more time in sacrame

jim vargas reports. >> governor-elect jerry browns says the state is projected to have a $28 billion deficit for the next year and a half. over 6 government officials from the political right and left showed up to hear brown bring basic understanding about the state's financial mess. >> it's hard to come to any agreement if there's no consensus on what the underlying facts are. >> reporter: some facts, the state has borrowed out, tax revenues have fallen 25% in the last three years, and budget short falls are expected every year for the next five years. but swanson says state services can't take more cuts. >> we have to have a discussion about the question of revenue to help us define what california is going to be about as a state. >> reporter: there was only one republican today and she wasn't sure much was accomplished. >> if we keep it on the table and keep productive dialogue, there maybe a glimmer of hope. >> reporter: what these people are dealing with is the reality california doesn't want to pay more taxes or have services cut. jerry brown promised no tax increases without g

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the search for the 62 year old began yesterday after friends reported her missing. they feared she drove into the river the night before. deputies found tire tracks about 30 feet above the river and concentrated their efforts here. the strong doesn'ts defeated -- currents defeated the first day's efforts. >> it's difficult to see, the visibility is zero. >> sheriffs along with the fire department and cal fire and state parks personnel joined the search. they dropped a camera in the water and patrolled for almost four hours. when they didn't work, they used a rod with a strong magnet. just before dusk, the mini van found, her body inside. >> when you're dialing with moving water that's hard and you can't see. you never want to hurt anybody in that process. we took our time. >> reporter: friends told investigators they had dinner and left together with her driving behind them. within a few minutes they realized she wasn't following. they retraced their routes but couldn't find her. ben had planned to leave today to visit relatives in oregon for the holida

. -- jim vargas. >> reporter: police who live and work say prostitutes are able to do their trade because of motel operators. the city attorney is filing civil lawsuits against the hotels. >> these three motels function more or less openly as hubs of prostitution. this is happening right in the middle of resident issue neighborhoods. >> reporter: he is suing the national lodge and economy and the sage motel in east oakland. he says for years the operators have done little to help prostitution from flourishing. he says he's trying to stop prostitution in his hotel. >> absolutely no prostitution. we've been wanting help from the city or police. i guess they've been trying to shut it down for years. they don't want to see the business running. >> reporter: the district attorney says many of the prostitutes are underaged girls. >> human pacificking is the modern form of savory. >> reporter: they complain of noise and drugs, but most won't talk on camera. >> 14 or 16 years i've said wow, lot of problems here in the street. a lot of problems. >> reporter: officials say the time for negotiation

jim vargas is live from the tunnel tonight on why it's needed. >> reporter: i'm at the northern end,s is san rafael. but right behind me, go 200 feet, a three minute bike ri

. -- jim vargas. >> reporter: police who live and work say prostitutes are able to do their trade because of motel operators. the city attorney is filing civil lawsuits against the hotels. >> these three motels function more or less openly as hubs of prostitution. this is happening right in the middle of resident issue neighborhoods. >> reporter: he is suing the national lodge and economy and the sage motel in east oakland. he says for years the operators have done little to help prostitution from flourishing. he says he's trying to stop prostitution in his hotel. >> absolutely no prostitution. we've been wanting help from the city or police. i guess they've been trying to shut it down for years. they don't want to see the business running. >> reporter: the district attorney says many of the prostitutes are underaged girls. >> human pacificking is the modern form of savory. >> reporter: they complain of noise and drugs, but most won't talk on camera. >> 14 or 16 years i've said wow, lot of problems here in the street. a lot of problems. >> reporter: officials say the time for negotiation

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the search for the 62 year old began yesterday after friends reported her missing. they feared she drove into the river the night before. deputies found tire tracks about 30 feet above the river and concentrated their efforts here. the strong doesn'ts defeated -- currents defeated the first day's efforts. >> it's difficult to see, the visibility is zero. >> sheriffs along with the fire department and cal fire and state parks personnel joined the search. they dropped a camera in the water and patrolled for almost four hours. when they didn't work, they used a rod with a strong magnet. just before dusk, the mini van found, her body inside. >> when you're dialing with moving water that's hard and you can't see. you never want to hurt anybody in that process. we took our time. >> reporter: friends told investigators they had dinner and left together with her driving behind them. within a few minutes they realized she wasn't following. they retraced their routes but couldn't find her. ben had planned to leave today to visit relatives in oregon for the holida

jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the governor is reporting cuts now and the next fiscal year. chopping blocks are food stamps, child care and welfare programs. the welfare to work program and eliminating the majority of money for county mental health service. >> no more low-hanging fruits, the longer we wait, the harder it will get. >> reporter: there were pledges to work together. >> the time has picked us, members, to help california through one of the most daunting chapters in its history. >> you cannot sustain the type of benefits and programs and the help we would like to give to all california if we cannot get the private sector back into shape. >> reporter: waiting for jerry brown to take office next month. >> i voted against the budget because of children and the education and poor people. more of the same, then i'm not interested. >> reporter: everyday lawmakers putting the state deeper in the hole and future cuts harsher. >> it's extremely important, it's the responsible thing to do. >> reporter: with governor- elect jerry brown spending a lot more time in sacramento

jim varga is live tonight with the story. >> reporter: mike, there was outreach, and there were charts and more bad news as you say as governor elect jerry brown tried to break down what he calls idealogical barriers up here so everybody can great on what the budgetroblems are. jerry brown says the state is now projected to have a $28 billion budget deficit over the next year and a half. about 600 government officials from the political right and left showed up to hear governor elect brown try to bring some basic understanding about the state's financial mess. >> it's very hard to come to any agreement if there is no consensus on what the underlying facts are. >> reporter: some facts, the state is borrowed out. tax revenues have fallen more than 25% in the last three years. and budget shortfalls in the $20 billion range are expected every year for the next five years. although possibly solutions weren't supposed to be brought up with support for schools alone falling by $10 billion in just the last few years, and more cuts likely soon, assemblymen said enough. >> we have to have a disc

jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fremont woman is caught in a federal insider trading crackdown. what information she's accused of giving out. and what the city of san francisco is offering to pay out because of a cable car accident. and it's a lot of money. >> they're not even old enough to qualify for medicare but already they say they don't trust it will be there for them. how many baby boomers are blast what is supposed to be their safety net. >>> the city of san francisco reportedly plans to offer millions of dollars to the victims of a 2008 cable car accident to settle several lawsuits. the san francisco examiner reports the city will offer $2 million to a woman who suffered a broken leg and 50,000 each to two other injured passengers. on july 13th of 2008 they were aboard a cable car which became stuck on mason and washington streets. the operators got off to free the car, which then rolled off its tracks and crashed into a curb. the settlement would have to be approved by the city's transportation agency. >>> fremont woman is the latest suspect arrested by federal author

ktvu's jim vargas reports. >> reporter: there is a bit of consternation in larks spur because the above ground bypass lines are blocking streets and driveways and just not easy to get around. 2-3 entrances to the hardware store are blocked. >> this is a little tricky. >> reporter: and some businesses are suffering. >> i just hope, just hope that this isn't up here for very long. >> reporter: down magnolia avenue a smaller line runs down the middle of the street. >> okay. we got water over here. >> reporter: they are trying to keep the traffic moving and safe. this is the result of several of 3-breaks in the raw sewage system. the pipes are old and the system has a multimillion dollars pipe replacement program going on. this is in addition to the pipe over the weekend which officials say was the work of vandals. but after 3 million-gallons of waste water was let go in the creek in multiple incidents, locals are a bit more than tired of the situation. >> i am, you know, devastated by the current state of affairs. and i have had people concerned about their drinking water for their childre

ktvu's jim vargas reports. >> reporter: there is a bit of consternation in larks spur because the above ground bypass lines are blocking streets and driveways and just not easy to get around. 2-3 entrances to the hardware store are blocked. >> this is a little tricky. >> reporter: and some businesses are suffering. >> i just hope, just hope that this isn't up here for very long. >> reporter: down magnolia avenue a smaller line runs down the middle of the street. >> okay. we got water over here. >> reporter: they are trying to keep the traffic moving and safe. this is the result of several of 3-breaks in the raw sewage system. the pipes are old and the system has a multimillion dollars pipe replacement program going on. this is in addition to the pipe over the weekend which officials say was the work of vandals. but after 3 million-gallons of waste water was let go in the creek in multiple incidents, locals are a bit more than tired of the situation. >> i am, you know, devastated by the current state of affairs. and i have had people concerned about their drinking water for their childre

ktvu's jim vargas spoke with a nurse who has been working at that hospital for years and who says violencere is out of control. jim. >> reporter: frank, this apparently is -- the latest in a long line of violent attacks here at the hospital and i'm not just referring to the donna gross killing

ktvu ajim vargas is live in oakland tonight with more on this. jim?, three lawsuits, three motels, i ncluding this one, the national lodge on international b oulevard. people who live and work near these oakland