john pike was fired in july twenty twelve eight months after a task force investigation found that his actions were unwarranted but that hasn't stopped the former cop from seeking financial compensation for his quote emotional injury injuries he says he suffered psychiatric injuries after videos of him and another officer dousing demonstrators with pepper spray went viral and sparked outrage john pike has a settlement conference set for august thirteenth in sacramento. and other news the justice department announced on thursday that the defense an energy contractor hella burton has pleaded guilty to the destruction of critical evidence after the two thousand and ten oil spill in the gulf of mexico known as deepwater horizon. now the company was charged with one count of destroying evidence relating to whether or not the two thousand and ten oil well blowout could have been prevented and whether the oil companies well service print company said it would pay the maximum allowed fine of two hundred thousand dollars and would be subject to three years of provision however it made a volunta

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john pike was dism. he has a hearing scheduled nexth , members of the occupied movements say they are angry and promise to attend the hearing. >>> now to the south bay police are searching into a man breaking into a woman's home and sexually assaulted her. >> hello, police department, is anybody home? >> reporter: and team of officers searched by near by creek looking for a man who may have sexually assaulted a woman in the complex of the neighborhood. a woman claims a man broke in the bathroom window just before 4 a.m. and sexually assaulted her, detectives were still trying to determine if weapons were used. neighbors are still shaken. >> it is still scary. >> police described the attacker of a male adult with some possible facial hair and speaking broken english with some type of accent and wearing all dark clothing and tank top and basketball style shoes. one neighbor is asked to not show her face says that she can be an easy target. >> it does not make us feel comfortable being in our home >> they p

john pike says he suffered a psychiatric injury in the aftermath of the incident and he has filed forworkman's compensation. members of the occupy movement say they are angry. >> the fact he's claiming benefits for the mental trauma he received for the violent act he committed. i mean, that's a perversion of justice. the community is justifiably outraged. >> workers compensation attorney said if pike is awarded a 50% disability claim he could get a little more than $150 a week. >>> activists will soon be asking for your signature on a petition to let voters decide the fate of an obscure state law. since 1975 it has set fixed cap on certain medical malpractice awards. john fowler is investigating if that law needs to be changed. >> reporter: doctors and clinics say keeping that malpractice cap reduces their costs, allows them to treat more patients better. some activists and families say it's unfair. >> i can't believe she's not here. >> reporter: jessica can of san francisco teared up over photos of her mom. >> it makes me want to fight harder. >> reporter: 59-year-old michelle wu die

john pike suffered describing injury caused by the occupy uc davis incident. he was fired from the department in july of last year after task force determined his actions were unwarranted. state records show he has august 13 hearing regarding the matter. >> new at 11. car blasted right through the front window of a novato pizzeria half hour before 60 people including kids were sitting down to a party. this happened at begin deli pits ri a 4 this afternoon. all 3 people in the car were able to get out safely. 67-year-old female driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. police are investigating the exact cause of the crash. party moved to another location. >> next on 7 news at 11:00. only minority juror from the zimmerman case talks about the verdict. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. >> why didn't she vote to convict? why now standing by the verdict? more from the news exclusive interview next. >> also video horrific train crash in spain. what we learn about the man who was at the controls. >> and spectacular view above the waves. how the photographe

john pike was fired eight months after an investigation found that his action there was unwarranted. >>> a company in california has found quite an interesting way, shall we say, for pet owners to show their love for their favorite celebrities. >> marilyn, right? >> yeah. if you're a pet, do you want this? >> lady gaga. katy perry. >> they created pet wigs. you're getting ahead of my story. they have created the celebrity dos. these looks cost around $30. the website -- keep them going there. >> i have no idea who that is. >> they also sell pet cot tostu and accessories. >> who's that? >> pink. >> that's a tough one. >> i'm not good at that. >> i could do this all day. keep going. >> you were stealing my thunder. >> you were reading the story? sorry. i was looking at pictures of animals with wigs on. >> i'm going to lose my job. >>> chicago holds a stop the violence summit today. lawmakers and experts will talk about ways to halt the outbreak of shootings that have killed almost 200 people this year including more than 70 shootings over the fourth of july weekend. >>> president obama

john pike suffered describing injury caused by the occupy uc davis incident. he was fired from the department in july of last year after task force determined his actions were unwarranted. state records show he has august 13 hearing regarding the matter. >> new at 11. car blasted right through the front window of a novato pizzeria half hour before 60 people including kids were sitting down to a party. this happened at begin deli pits ri a 4 this afternoon. all 3 people in the car were able to get out safely. 67-year-old female driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. police are investigating the exact cause of the crash. party moved to another location. >> next on 7 news at 11:00. only minority juror from the zimmerman case talks about the verdict. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. >> why didn't she vote to convict? why now standing by the verdict? more from the news exclusive interview next. >> also video horrific train crash in spain. what we learn about the man who was at the controls. >> and spectacular view above the waves. how the photographe

john pike suffered describing injury caused by the occupy uc davis incident. he was fired from the department in july of last year after task force determined his actions were unwarranted. state records show he has august 13 hearing regarding the matter. >> new at 11. car blasted right through the front window of a novato pizzeria half hour before 60 people including kids were sitting down to a party. this happened at begin deli pits ri a 4 this afternoon. all 3 people in the car were able to get out safely. 67-year-old female driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. police are investigating the exact cause of the crash. party moved to another location. >> next on 7 news at 11:00. only minority juror from the zimmerman case talks about the verdict. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. ?> why didn't she vote to why now standing by the verdict? more from the news exclusive interview next. >> also video horrific train crash in spain. what we learn about the man who was at the controls. >> and spectacular view above the waves. how the photographer managed

john pike claims he suffered psychiatric injuries stemming from the incident in november of 2011. the video of pike dousing protesters with pepper spray went viral. pike says he received several threats as a result. he was fired in july of last year after an investigation found that his actions were unwarranted. a settlement conference is scheduled for next month in sacramento. >>> ahead of another round of anti-police protests expected in oakland, city leaders are renewing a push for increased stuart. they held a conference at the site where a 66-year-old woman was gunned down this week. judy solomon died while driving her car blocks from her east oakland home wednesday afternoon. while neighbors and police investigate whether she was caught in the middle of a gun battle or died in a robbery that turned diddly, oed -- turned de neighbors say they want better public safety and answers. >> we're tired of being tired. it's time for us to take our streets back. neighbors, i petition you, let's not live in fear. if you know anything about any of these murders, call. call opd. call you

that is john pike hitting students right in the eyes two years ago.claims he suffered psychiatric injury after the occupy showdown there will be a meeting next month. >> a woman shot while driving down an oakland street yesterday was killed by the same type of crime she was trying to stop. and tonight, her neighbors talked to julia goodrich. >> reporter: judy's familiarlyand neighbors stood in front of her oakland home, many with her pets that they had watched. they expressed wind words about a woman known as the pet nanny. >> totally random. stupid, wasteful. i can't even understand the motivation. >> reporter: police say the shooter fired directly into solomon's car on fern avenue a few blocks from her home. at the time she was pet sitting lucy. lucy was in the back seat when solomon was killed. >> we found out what happened. it was horrible. >> reporter: neighbors heard three gunshots. but until police track down any surveillance video, there are no witnesses. recently solomon and a few other neighbors were trying to hire private security guards to

john pike claims he suffered "psychiatric injury" stemming from the confrontation back in november 2011this video of pike dousing protesters with pepper spray went viral and he says he received several threats as a result. he was fired in july of last year after an investigation found that his actions were unwarrant a settlement conference is scheduled for next month in sacramento. >>> financial troubles appear to be getting worse this morning for santa clara county's private ambulance company. county officials concerned about whether rural metro group will be able to continue its life-saving services. they met with the company's ceo yesterday. the bay area news group reports officials telling the company they will be seeking alternatives if the ambulance provider cannot meet its contract. the ceo says the ambulance provider will catch up on its late payments within ten days to avoid breaching $375 million contract. >>> an elderly person in northern california's glenn county is recovering from west nile virus. the woman lived just north of sacramento and is the first confirmed human cas

that's former officer john pike hitting students in the eyes two years ago. he says he suffered psychiatric injury after that "occupy" protest. there will be a settlement meeting next monday. >>> time now on your friday morning is 18 minutes before the hour of 5:00. if you thought the government spying on your email was bad, wait until you hear the secret way the feds are trying to snoop on you now. >> how drinking bottled water could give you wrinkles. >>> did you know that much of the financial district is built on the skeletons of old tall ships? yup. remnants of the gold rush, an archeologist digging in a san francisco construction site struck a piece of that gold rush history. a 23-foot boat that might have been used to ferry cargo from ship to shore in the mid 1800s. isn't that something? it now sits more than two blocks inland. it wasn't inland back then. at folsom and main. there are abandoned boats buried all over the financial district. most became part of the landfill used to expand the city into the bay back in the day. >>> hey, drive south on 101

. >> reporter: john pike the former u.c. police lieutenant who got worldwide criticism for dousing demonstrators with pepper spray wants workers' compensation for psychiatric injuries. he received death threats after the video went viral. he was fired a year ago after an investigation found his action was unwarranted. >> i think it is wrong. >> and protestors were pepper-sprayed. he and 20 others shared in a million dollar settlement from the university last year. college junior that his claim is denied. >> when you reward people like pike with benefits you tell people it's okay to hurt them. that is message we absolutely cannot send. >> pike's attorneys would not return comment but a specialist is workers' compensation cases, she says pike and his lawyer must have thought through this case very carefully. >> filing a claim is not easy. injured worker gives up the right to privacy. >> they will look at the claim on august 13th. >> if no settlement is reached it would go forward or move on for a further hearing. demonstrators

john pike was fired after an investigation found that he acted on warranted. >> memberships are on sale bike sharing program that will start next month. the program will be in five bay area cities. this includes palo alto, mountain view, redwood city, san francisco, and san jose. the $7 million pilot program is organized by the bay area air quality management district. it will start with 700 bikes and the test cities. >> we will be right back. [ male announcer ] how do you do a summer clearance the dodge way? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. line welcome back. the opening bell on wall street. the dow jones industrial is up 80 points ahead of the opening bell. >> we also have early trouble in the commute. george will give us an update. >> there are three lines that are blocked. to all the lanes have been taken away. we have been tracking this accident that has backed up the traffic towards the macarthur mayes. 880

. >> nearly two years after this exclusive cbs video showing lieutenant john pike pepper spraying protesters, a former cop is now looking for cash. >> is just an automatic thing that a worker will get any compensation at all. >> attorney melissa brown's as cases involving psychiatric injuries are rare because they are hard to prove without much if any physical evidence. >> an injured worker has to establish end of the workers burden to show the actual event of the employment were 50% of the cause of the injury. >> he's claiming he is psychiatric injuries from the backlash he endured. after the video went viral, hackers posted information online and he was even threatened with his life. >> i think he's trying to find an easy way out. >> i don't think he did anything to deserve that. >> we are not looking at a lot here. he doesn't get vocational rehabilitation. he will get medical treatment and that's about it. >>> this case brought on big reaction from all around the world. >> bike was fired in july of 2012 after investigators found his action unwarranted. in 2009 in afghanistan earned him a

john pike says he received several threats after being identified as the officer who pepper sprayed protestorsthe grounds there in tonal. pike was fired last year after an investigation. now his case is scheduled to be heard in sacramento next month. >>> a 13-year-old hayward girl is being credited with helping police arrest a suspected burglar who broke into her house. the girl was babysitting her younger brother when she heard a strange noise. police say she realized someone was rummaging through her garage. her mom who didn't want to be on camera shares what happened next. >> she called me. she said mommy there is two guys in the backyard that are trying to get in the house. i told her call 911 and then i hung up and called 911 and headed over here. >> police say they got to the house in time to see two men leaving the backyard. they chased and arrested 22- year-old quentin. they have strong leads on the second man. >>> the same law firm that took pg&e to court in the san bruno pipeline explosion will handle the chevron richmond refinery fire. that fire sent a plume of toxic spoke into the

. >> john pike the former uc davis police lieutenant who drew worldwide criticism in 2011 for dousingeacefully sitting student demonstrator with pepper entry want worker compensation for psychiatric injury. former marine sergeant received death threats after video went viral. pike fired year ago after an version found his action was unwarranted. >> it's wrong what he was trying to do. lee was one of the protestors ep pepper sprayed. he and 20 others shared in a settlement from the university last year. the college junior hopes the claim is denied. >> when you reward people lake pike by giving them benefits you tell people that it's okay to hurt students. that's a message we can not sichbilityd the calls were not returned this is not connected with the pick case. she says bake an his lawyer must have thought the indication through very carefully because more public scrutiny lies ahead. >> filing a psychiatric claim is not easy. injured worker basically gichs their right to privacy. whole life is an open book. >>reporter: department of industrial relations will look at the claim august

john pike says he received several threat after being identified as that officer who pepper sprayed protestersnd in 2011. pike was fired last year after an investigation. his case is scheduled to be heard in sacramento next month. >>> construction crews may be moving forward with a so called quick fix for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. ktvu news has learned that special materials designed to make sure it can withstand an earthquake will be tested next month. this material will be used after the failure of a few dozen metal rods caused major safety concerns. however, there will be a number of safety reviews in the weeks ahead. >>> this idea of using the shem's to open the bridge sooner is being vetted. no decisions have been made as to whether or not they can be used that way and no decisions have been made on a new opening date. >> it's still possible they could open during labor day weekend as planned. >>> happening today, gilroy preparing to start a garlic party. the gilroy garlic festival starts in less than 90 minutes from now. ktvu's katie utehs is live among the bulbs and the cl

his name is john pike. he was fired after this incident.iming he has a psychiatric injury following this confrontation. a hearing on his claim is set for august 13. >>> would tropical storms to watch over, dorian in the atlantic and flossy in the pacific. andrew peterson is tracking both storms. good morning. >> good news with dorian. we have a lot of weakening going on. lot of dry air ahead of the system. tearing the structure of the sky apart and there's still more dry air ahead of and it that's the good news. could it continue to weaken. bad news is the latest track has moved farther down to the south. if it holds together once it pushes past that dry air, we are going to be talking about potential potential. we will be right back. >>> let's head back to the cleveland courtroom. we are awaiting the appearance of the judge and also the defendant, ariel castro. the man accused of kidnapping and raping those lee women from cleveland over the period -- over a period of ten years almost. we expect him to plead guilty today. we expect that the

. >> john pike drew worldwide criticism in 2011 for dousing peacefully-sitting demonstrators with pepper stray and now wants worker compensation for psychiatric injury. the former marine sergeant received death threats aft video went viral. pike was fired a year ago after an investigation found his action was unwarranted. >> i think it's wrong what he's trying to do. >> he and lee were one of the protesters pepper sprayed. he and others shared in a million dollars settlement from the university last year. he hopes his claim is denied. >> when you reward him with benefits, you tell people it's okay to hurt students and that's a message we absolutely cannot send. >> calls to peek's attorney were not returned. but melissa brown specializes in workers's comp cases and is not connected with this case. she said they must have thought the case through very carefully because more public scrutiny lies ahead. >> filing a psychiatric claim not easy. they give up their rights to privacy, your whole life is an open book. >> the department of industrial relations will look at the claim august 13th. if

that is former officer john pike hitting students right in the eyes two years ago. he claims he suffered psychiatric injury after the "occupy" showdown. there will be a settlement meeting next month. >>> the city of richmond is moving ahead with plans to sue chevron over last summer's refinery fire. the city council voted unanimously this week to hire a law firm to handle the case. one councilmember says the decision came after they tried three times to negotiate with chevron. richmond claims a big drop in property values since the fire. >>> santa clara county is getting ready for possible problems with its ambulance company. they are calling it -- they are telling rural metro it has 10 days to pay $10 million. rural metro says it will make the payment. but county officials are getting other ambulance companies in line to take over if necessary. >>> august 4 is the new deadline for a new contract for bart workers. it was extended until then ending a four-day strike that began july 1. bart says contract talks are planned every day starting july 30 and the first talks

john pike claims he suffered, quote, psychiatric injury stemming from the confrontation back in november of 2011. this video of pike dousing protesters with pepper spray went viral. pike says he received several threats as a result. he was fired in july of last year after an investigation found his investigations were unwarranted. a settlement conference is scheduled for next month in sacramento. >>> the nevada state psychiatric hospital accused of busing mentally ill patients all across the country has lost its accreditation. the independent agency that accredits hospitals nationwide issuing a preliminary denial of accreditation for rawson-neal hospital last week. it's citing violations in quality and care of patients and their safety. "the sacramento bee" reporting late last night, the hospital decided not to appeal, immediately losing its accreditation. the hospital will remain open, but it will lose much of its funding because of this change. >>> 5:21. a costly mistake for one 49er, how he lost millions next. [ male announcer ] how do you do a summer clearance the dodge way? first wa

it shows officer john pike spraying students with a can of pepper spray as they sat on ground peacefullyas suspended, ultimately left the force last summer after an investigation found his actions unwarranted. well, the university later agreed to pay a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by 21 students, but pike now claims he suffered unspecified psychiatric and nervous system damage. pike's claim will be reviewed next month. basically, he's saying he was traumatized by the incident in the aftermath. >>> time now for the "news nation" gut check. we talked earlier about the remarks pope francis made today in regards to gay priests. he said he would not marginalize people for this. it was the first time a pope had spoken so openly on the subject. vatican analysts say it may be the opening for a more con sill tear attitude. the pope also said he wants an expanded role for women in the church. what does your gut tell you? will pope francis be able to change the direction of the catholic church? go to facebook.com/newsnation to cast that big vote. we'll check it out tomorrow. that does i

john pike claims he suffered, quote, psychiatric injuries stemming from the confrontation back in november11. you remember the peaceful protest. this is video of pike dousing the protesters with pepper spray. it went viral big time. pike says he even received several threats as a result. he was then fired in july of last year after an investigation found his actions were unwarranted. a settlement conference scheduled for august in sacramento. >>> 6:35. the nevada state psychiatric hospital accused of busing hundreds of mentally ill patients all over the hospital, including a number to the bay area, has lost its accreditation. the independent agency that accredits hospitals nationwide issued a preliminary denial of accreditation for rawson-neal psychiatric hospital citing violations in quality of care and patient safety. "the sacramento bee" reported last night the hospital decided not to appeal, immediately losing its accreditation. the hospital will remain open, but lit lose much of its funding because of the loss of accreditation. >>> 6:35. i think it's safe to say our show officially ha

that's former officer john pike hitting students right in the eyes two years ago. he claims he suffered psychiatric injury after that "occupy" protest. there will be a settlement meeting next month. >>> a 19-year-old from san francisco is in jail for a series of burglaries from stores across the east bay. the person is accused of leading the group of as many as 10 people who carried empty bags into stores, stole items and ran out. he was arrested on unrelated charges in los angeles county and returned to the bay area yesterday >>> august 4 is the deadline for bart worker contracts. the contract was extended ending the four-day strike that began july 1. bart says contract talks are planned every day starting july 30th and the first talks in several days are planned for this morning. but the transit agency and its two largest unions are still very far apart on contract issues. they include pay an benefits, pension contributions, and safety concerns. >>> there is no way i'm dying this way. this is how i got to go? i'm like no way. >> a fisherman stranded for 12 hours

john pike claims that he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident.-line. this shows officer pike pepper's barring protesters. he was fired after an investigation found that his actions were unwarranted. >> richmond city leaders have hired a law firm because they plan to sue chevron for the massive fire at the refinery last august. this is video of the refinery fire which sent thousands of people to the hospital. that same from handled a suit against pg&e by the victims of the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. the farmers receive up to 13.5% of any money that is awarded by chevron. >> you can now sign up for a new bike sharing program. this includes palo alto, mountain view, redwood city, san francisco, and san jose. the $7 million pilot program is organized by the bay area air quality management district. it will star with 700 bikes in the cities. >> bay area baseball. the oakland a's cannot be to the multi talented loss angeles angels. dan straily has been pitching well for the a's but did not give his eighth game last night. bottom of the for the

students during an occupied protest at uc-davis is appealing for worker's compensation for it to john pikee suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident. this is the deal that went fire on library officials officer pike pepper spray protesters. pike was fired after an investigation found that his action was unwarranted. >>darya: tonight, officials at santa clara county will begin a ground fogging and the brass and neighborhood-- berryessa neighborhood that's where for the first time and skills in east san jose test positive for the west nile virus 3 is. previous praise for the mosquitoes found to carry west nile have been in south san jose, saratoga and cupertino. officials say, the fog like spring is not toxic to humans or animals. there have been no reported infections in humans in santa clara county this year. Ñáçwlook at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we want

pike. that's the thing that's really defining us right now. >> well, i think both sides are, in effect, doing this. >> thank you, john. thank you. thank you. >> i think you have ted cruz on one side, the president on the other side, and they're both sort of playing this game of chicken with each other, and definitely digging in. whether or not ted cruz is able to force a government shutdown or whether, say, the house republicans are willing to go down that road, i think really remains to be seen. i don't think that there's much chance that the senate is going to pass a budget or a cr that doesn't have spending for obama care in it. so it's unclear if they're actually ever going to get to that point, but certainly they're both, you know, staring each other down right now. >> it is worth noting there is only one party that actually wants to shut down the government and has threatened to do so before this administration. >> thank you, crystal. >> but looking beyond those battles, towards 2014, it strikes me that some of this, especially the white house and the administration's positioning, is looking forward to 2014. sort of assumi