john sasaki is live from oakland where the shooting actually happened, john. >> reporter: frank we met friends of the the suspect late this afternoon and they are devastated. here you can see where the suspect's vehicle crashed into this car and over on the ground there you can see shards of glass from the windows shut out by police. the suspects were in this jaguar which police say had been stolen. officers chased it until it crashed. one officer was concerned for his partner's safety because he was behind the suspect's car. >> the driver of the suspect vehicle began to rev the engine, the tires were smoking. >> reporter: it appears the tire's spun so fast it dug into the pavement. >> our officers gave numerous commands for the driver to stop, those requests were denied. our officer then discharged his weapon striking the suspect. >> reporter: but a witness said the shooting was unjustified. >> her back end hit my car. >> then there's -- >> in front of her. >> right in front of her. she can't go any where even if she tried. you can't go any where if you try. then you have officers off

ktvu's john sasaki spoke to the victim's family and police today. john is live in richmond tonight on more of what they're saying. >> reporter: frank, this is frank's market now a neighborhood eyesore. five years ago that back area was a place where a 16-year-old was killed in a crime that remains unsolved. >> they took a way a away a person. but it's not going to stop anything to keep me from looking for who did this, i'm never going to stop. >> reporter: officers say they still have no suspects or motive in the case. >> he was located back here, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. >>> police talked with several witnesses. >> they described a black male about 5'10" that just popped out of nowhere and shot him. >> reporter: investigators say they don't know why moore was targeted. no previous gang or criminal activity, no known dispute with anyone. >> before the homicide occurred, the people that were on the street said they seen him laughing, giggling, walking. >> jerrelle was a very special person to me because he was my cook, he was my friend,

. >>> 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 anything. i pulled out my pockets. he hit me in the face and i tried to push him off, that's when he stabbed me twice. >> reporter: he showed us his wounds. >> i am just glad my brother ran inside, because the babies were inside. >> i know when the gun went off, they ran. >> reporter: you think any of them was hit? >> we don't know that. which is why we put requests out to hospitals to let us know if anyone comes in with injuries. >> reporter: but the attack was only part of the story. >> i felt we were being treated as criminals, or suspects rather than victims. >> reporter: police secured a wa

ktvus a john sasaki is live in oakland, with the story of those sharing the holiday spirit. john. >> reporter: heather, it is christmas and that means in true bay area fashion people have come together to help each other out. this was the third time around for 13-year-old mikey carraway's life. >> since he is not there, i decided to give back to the community. >> reporter: and this event, which happens on thanksgiving and other holidays as well, clearly had a positive impact on the west oakland community. >> it really makes your christmas brighter, because i don't have any income at this point. so i'm very thankful for the ones who put this on. >> reporter: across the bay, this is the biggest christmas feed in the area. >> it means a lot of people are down and out. >> reporter: glide memorial church and its annual event bring out hundreds of volunteers. >> everyday there are people desperately in need of food and shelter and assistance and we're so fortunate not at this point to have to worry about that. >> reporter: these diners are among 5,000 people getting a warm meal tod

john sasaki live in oakland with that story. >> reporter: mike at opd headquarters officered explains to residents and the media today their standards for use of force, including deadly force. >> don't move! >> reporter: officer chris saunders demonstrated the oakland police department shoot or don't shoot simulator. he killed two suspects on video who had shot at him. simulator is used to train officers and just as importantly making life or death decisions. >> more training you get, the better off, the quicker you can make that decision. >> reporter: how quickly do you have to make that decision? >> split second, maybe a tenth of a second. >> reporter: as part of the event hosted by the department, they put members of media through the simulator as well. >> drop the knife, sir! >> i had to kill the suspect who came at me with the knife and debriefed with instructors. police told me i made the right decision. the seminar included instruction on case law and department policies on when to use force and what kinds allowable in specific situations. >> use of force is a necessary thing i

ktvu's john sasaki joins us live from napa with this story. >> reporter: this is the shell gas station at lincoln and silverado trail. you can see a fence and on the other side of that fence, a wall where the top of an expletive that we can't show you is painted. that message from gas station neighbor dave bryant has shocked some residents of this quiet city. the expression went up facing the gas station last month after a dispute over noisy leaf blower between an employee and the neighbor. >> when dave started reallycussing at bob because -- really cussing at bob, bob smiled at him, turned the blower up and finished his job. by the time he was done with his job, the words were on the garage. >> reporter: the neighbor, dave bryant, did not want to be interviewed but he told me this is about more than just a leaf blower. he says the gas station compressor makes noise all night, gas trucks come in late and there's loitering and trash on the property. the manager says the station is quiet by about 10:00 p.m. and most noise happens during the day. what do do you make of this? >> he's a chi

ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> reporter: a handful of people braved the rain outside the 9th circuit court of appeals to call for justice. they support same-sex marriage and came in support. >> really glad to be out here and i'm glad that even with the rain, that some people showed up to show how important it is thatpeople of faith stand for marriage of equality. >> reporter: inside the home of stewart gaffney and john lewis, a legal marriage which they had in the short window before prop 8 passed. >> we know what it's like to be deprived of the freedom to be married and we know what it's like to have the joy to be able to marry and i can tell you it's a world of difference. >> reporter: the pair is hopeful that tomorrow's hearing will settle the dispute over same-sex marriage. >> that is what this case is about, to take discrimination out of our constitution, take proposition 8 off the books and restore full equality to the state of california. >> reporter: but proposition 8 supporters who oppose gay marginal plan to mount a spirited battle. >> the essential public purpose of marria

in richmond, i'm john sasaki, channel 2 news. >>> thousands meals were put together by 300 employees from applied materials spent the day boxing up meals for low-income families. this year the technology company collected more than 235,000 pounds of food, including turkeys and that is enough to make 254,000 meals. organizers hope that the food drive encourages others to give. >> as folks enjoy the abundance of what they have been given, think about those less fortunate and give whatever you can in whatever way you can. the need is great. >> is the 15th year applied materials has organized a food drive. meals will be happened out to families by the second harvest foodbank >>> people lined the streets of downtown oakland to enjoy the annual children's christmas parade. the marching band from the oakland military institute pound out an infectious rhythm marching on broadway. it's the eleventh year for the event, but it's the big guy in the red suit that draws the crowds. >> i look forward to seeing the bands. >> organizers say this year's parade was the largest ever. if you missed, it y

ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> this was the third time around for 13-year-old mike and his christmas effort to feed the hungry. it all start's because mike's life was saved by a man who donated his liver in mike's time of need. >> my donor's name is johnny. what he gave to me i can't give back to him. and since he is not here, i decided to feed the less fortunate to give back to the community. >> reporter: this event which happens on thanksgiving and other holidays as well clearly had a positive impact on the west oakland community. >> well, it makes your christmas brighter because i don't have any income at this point. so it's -- i'm very thankful for the ones who put this on. [ music ] >> merry christmas. >> reporter: across the bay, this is the biggest christmas feed in the area. >> there are a lot of people down and out. >> reporter: glide memorial church and its annual event bring out hundreds of volunteers. >> every day there are people desperate going in need of shelter and food and assistance. we are so fortunate knotty point to have to worry about that. >> reporter: these di

john sasaki live with more. >> reporter: gasia, this is the fruitvale bart station where there could be a major protest if oscar grant's killer is released on bail. but i talked to several law enforcement officers who says the extremely unlikely that mehserle will be released on bail. >> what happened was pretty clear, what happened was a relatively minor incident that occurred on the train that was winding down was turned into an unnecessary tragedy by the bart police. >> reporter: supporters of 22- year-old oscar grant held a news conference today outside the train station. they argued that the officer who killed grant, mehserle should not be released at tomorrow's bail hearing. >> this is the spot where oscar grant died, where mehserle realized what he had done. until this day there's still an indentation left in the pavement left from the bullet. >> we were told there would be a public apology which we have not heard yet. >> what i'm saying now, a call for action. i'm not calling for people to break things. i'm calling for people to go business as usual. >> we do not anticipate a

ktvu's john sasaki was there. >> reporter: one after another the kids jumped on plastic sleds and hit a mound of snow in san francisco's civic center plaza. some of them had never seen snow, much less ridden a sled. >> i was playing on the little hill and it is very slippery and very wet. and it's really fun, even though it is a little hard. >> the sledding and the snowy play area were set up outside city hall hosted by gavin newsom. >> a little nos allege yeah. my first day in office we opened up city hall. the last few days in office i will open it up again and this time celebrate with families. >> newsom gave towers of city hall telling people what being mayor has been the last seven years. visitors told me they were impressed. >> well, i think he is reaching out to all sorts of people today. the think i am struck by is how sincere and real he is. his responses aren't just ham. [ music ] >> reporter: inside the city hall hundreds of people enjoyed classical music, the impressive architecture and visits with santa. >> it's just a really novel opportunity to be able to come in and co

this is john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> what's next for the u.s. military and the impact of the controversial law? that story is coming up at 10:30. >>> well, the day that brought joy to gay rights advocates brought disappointment to support hes supporters of illegal immigrants. the dream act would have provided children of illegal immigrants who go to college and join the military the right to become citizens. in a 5-41 vote the vote failed to get the votes it needed. bay area supporters of the dream act accuse those who rejected the bill of playing politics. >> i think the vote sends a message that the politicians of both parties are completely out of touch with where this nation is and where it's going and headed. >> supporters called today's vote a setback but say they will continue to push for this. and a california law allowing illegal immigrants to attend public university. >> straight ahead a rough ride for holiday travelers out there. how the journey went for those in search of sierra's snow. >> and trees kicked up their arms in spite of c

ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> reporter: sunday morning out union city's holy family catholic ethnic mission. it is quiet with no sounds of mass coming from inside. that's because this celebration is for the hearing impaired. >> it is very important for me. i have to go here. to listen. it makes me happy. it makes me understand. >> reporter: but today was her last day worshiping here. holy family is closing down this week because it is in need of a major overhaul which is too costly for the diocese to pursue. less than our is devastated. >> i have been looking around and it's hard. i have spent a lot of time looking for a church. and this is the only church that helps us deaf people. >> reporter: but the building and its parish hall need a great deal of work including repairing stained glass windows and adding a new roof. the buildings also need to be brought up to current standards for earthquakes, fire and disabled people. parishioners say one of the biggest problems this church is facing is something you cannot see with the naked eye. termite damage inside the walls. >> i understa

john sasaki is live with a delay that travelers are experiencing tonight. john? >> reporter: take a look outside sfo, this is what's left behind by today's wet and windy weather. that rain and wind has been causing problems here for days. if you take a look inside, you can see the last few stragglers who have been slowed by this mess. in sfo's american airline terminal, several long-awaited reunions were brewing. in one, a young wife waited for her young soldier to return from basic training. in the other, brothers, sisters, and parents waiting for a young man to return from a three-month leadership journey. the returning travelers had something in common, the rough weather here delayed their home comings by precious hours. >> we were suppose to take the bus and five flights, all of those were perfectly fine. the bus and the four flights, it's only the last flight from l.a. to san francisco that is the problem. >> how big of a problem? >> almost three hours. >> reporter: but the reunions finally happened for the leadership student and hours late for the new soldi

but as ktvu's john sasaki reports, some victims are already seeing the impact of the breach. >> reporter: people go to wall greens for all kind of necessities, food, drinks, medicine, even christmas decorations. but now regular customers are learning that someone has stolen their e-mail. >> i know how some hackers use the strategies to get our e- mail addresses. it is disappointing. >> reporter: they hacked into an unauthorized list of e-mail addresses. the company says that only e- mail addresses were stolen. >> no customer passwords, account information, prescription information, any other personally identifiable information was not at risk. >> reporter: but a company spokesman told me by phone today that the breach has led to some customers receiving spam e-mails. e-mails which walgreens said should be ignored. >> wall greens will never ask for any personally identifiable or sensitive information in an e-mail. >> reporter: but the danger of the cyber world has some customers at the store on vanness keeping a tight lid on all of their personal information, including e-mail addresses. >

john sasaki reports. >> reporter: this is the music studio, a safe haven in the middle of a city that has been a tough place to grow up. >> music has been used as a form of therapy. >> reporter: the coordinator says he has recently noticed a difference in the city. >> richmond is doing better. >> reporter: with just 11 days left this year, there have been 21 homicides, that compares to 47 last year. >> we show if you commit a crime in richmond, no matter what level or type of crime, you will be prosecuted. >> reporter: this officer took us for a ride where much of the violence occurs. >> a lot of the main players are locked up or dead. >> reporter: both he and the police chief say that community stepping forward to help solve crimes has been invaluable as well. the city is celebrating a $370,000 state grant by offering alternatives to gain leaders. >> we will be a part of some pretty intensive law enforcement crackdowns. >> reporter: organizers are welcoming the new grant and its mission. >> it could be a step in the right direction. >> the new program gives gain leaders options and i

john sasaki joins us now, he's in oakland with the details and reaction. >> reporter: this is the fruitvale bart station where oscar grant was killed not quite two years ago. it's also where one of the primary officers involved in that incident may once again walk the beat after getting her job back. officer deminici was not accused it have abusing anyone. but she was fired for lying about the circumstances that led to the circumstances that led to oscar grant's killing. >> we presented a vigorous caseful we thought we took the right action. but we must live with the decision that the arbitrator has made. >> reporter: we caught up with bart officials in san francisco this morning. >> that's the court of law. much like you know the verdict on mr. mehserle. we didn't have a say in that. that was the judicial system at work. >> deminici reported to a call of a fight. >> some people could have hard feelings. >> certainly the family are disappointed in one sense because in many ways in their view is just another slap in the face. >>> i talked with deminici's attorney and she -- deminici graduate

but as ktvu's john sasaki reports, some victims are already seeing the impact of the breach. >> reporter: people go to wall greens for all kind of necessities, food, drinks, medicine, even christmas decorations. but now regular customers are learning that someone has stolen their e-mail. >> i know how some hackers use the strategies to get our e- mail addresses. it is disappointing. >> reporter: they hacked into an unauthorized list of e-mail addresses. the company says that only e- mail addresses were stolen. >> no customer passwords, account information, prescription information, any other personally identifiable information was not at risk. >> reporter: but a company spokesman told me by phone today that the breach has led to some customers receiving spam e-mails. e-mails which walgreens said should be ignored. >> wall greens will never ask for any personally identifiable or sensitive information in an e-mail. >> reporter: but the danger of the cyber world has some customers at the store on vanness keeping a tight lid on all of their personal information, including e-mail addresses. >

i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a u.s. airways flight from newark, new jersey to phoenix arizona was diverted to pittsburgh, pennsylvania this morning after a small dog got loose on board and bit two people. an airline spokesman says despite being told not to, the dog's owner let it out of a carrier that fit underneath a seat. the dog described as a 12-pound manchester terrier bit a passenger and a flight attendant before it was eventually corralled. the pilot decided to divert the flight as a precaution. the dog and its owner were removed, the bite victims were treated and the flight continued onto phoenix. the dog and its owner were eventually allowed to take a later flight. >>> california's attorney general jerry brown today announced a deal settling a dispute between environmentalists and wind -- turbine owner. they will replace 2400 turbines with newer units that kill fewer birds, shut off all existing turbines by 2013 and pay 2 1/2 million dollars to be split between the state and east park regional district. >>> wea

john sasaki has the story, you spoke with him, what did he say? >> he was guarded but he still faced the camera while discussing his personal legal troubles. long time oakland city councilman ignacio de la fuente was arrested tonight. de la fuente did acknowledge the need for a drink driving crack down. >> people get hurt, pretty much for no reason. that's why it's really frustrating to go to a scene and see all the damage to property and people. >> reporter: they sit on this bench here. >> reporter: as chp headquarters, officers walk us through all the trouble drunk drivers will go through. he showed us how they will blow through a breathalyzer. >> this room feels fun. >> it should feel funny. because no rational person should want to sit in this room taking a breathalyzer test because they have been arrested. >> reporter: de la fuente was pulled over for speeding, officers say he was doing 80 in a 50-mile an hour zone. >>> and a body washed ashore in richmond. the body was found behind the tide line this morning at the point isabel shoreline. ri

ktvu's john sasaki reports. >>> berkeley is known as a liberal pasting. >> we don't have any retail boxtores, as a consequence we have a more stable income. even though it's off, and it's off everywhere, in all departments it's not as dramatic as other places. >> reporter: another factor is higher taxes faced by homeowners which people don't seem to mind. >> when i pay my taxes i get the itemized list of everything taxes are going to. it spells out all the services we get here. this is the north berkeley senior center which makes a huge difference in the lives of millions of the people. >> i would be more isolated. maybe depressed. >> reporter: berkeley has three senior centers. three of them, including this one will be closed new years eve. one will be closed the entire week after christmas all because of budgetary cuts. like other city offices it shuts down fridays leading to frustration. >> this is difficult to do your job. >> nobody is doing your job when you need to be elsewhere. it makes it hard. >> city officials probably tout berkeley's success. >> it's really an amazing story w

i'm john sasaki. >>> a discovery at a bay area school that has one neighborhood on alert. >>> i'm tracking fog that's showing up in some of the inland bay valleys, i'll tell you which areas will be the foggiest. >>> tonight find out why his friends are angry and worried about the tenant set to move in. you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care about my fiber? not really. i care about your fiber too. i have for a while. ok, carl. why don't you care about her fiber? hey carl. [ male announcer fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> one person is dead, another suffered major injuries tonight in a two car collision on northbound interstate 880 in oakland. the crash happened about 4:00 this afternoon just past the oak street exit. the highway patrol says the three left lanes were closed for several hours tieing up commute traffic. the lanes reopened shortly before 7:00 tonight.

ktvu's john sasaki reports. >>> berkeley is known as a liberal pasting. >> we don't have any retail boxtores, as a consequence we have a more stable income. even though it's off, and it's off everywhere, in all departments it's not as dramatic as other places. >> reporter: another factor is higher taxes faced by homeowners which people don't seem to mind. >> when i pay my taxes i get the itemized list of everything taxes are going to. it spells out all the services we get here. this is the north berkeley senior center which makes a huge difference in the lives of millions of the people. >> i would be more isolated. maybe depressed. >> reporter: berkeley has three senior centers. three of them, including this one will be closed new years eve. one will be closed the entire week after christmas all because of budgetary cuts. like other city offices it shuts down fridays leading to frustration. >> this is difficult to do your job. >> nobody is doing your job when you need to be elsewhere. it makes it hard. >> city officials probably tout berkeley's success. >> it's really an amazing story w

i'm john sasaki. >>> a discovery at a bay area school that has one neighborhood on alert. >>> i'm trackinghat's showing up in some of the inland bay valleys, i'll >>> one person is dead, another suffered major injuries tonight in a two car collision on northbound interstate 880 in oakland. the crash happened about 4:00 this afternoon just past the oak street exit. the highway patrol says the three left lanes were closed for several hours tieing up commute traffic. the lanes reopened shortly before 7:00 tonight. >>> the discovery of animal remains today at a school in the peninsula has residents on the look out for mountain lions. it appeared to be killed overnight by a mountain lion and her cub. the caucus has since been removed. this school's principal says she's concerned now that the animals might return and the safety of her students. >>> there were three mountain lion sightings in san mateo county last month alone. this year there's been 35 mountain lion sightings. >> the number of sightings that have been reported, i can't say all those sightings are accurate. just by going by the sh

john sasaki is live in san lorenzo with more on this. john? >> reporter: if you take a look around out here, you can see this dumped refrigerator, that wall of graffiti and all of that and more is leaving this place from a field of dreams. >> the ashland little league is celebrates -- celebrating it's 50th year of operation behind the middle school in san l orenzo. >> we find condoms, used c ondoms. we find hypodermic needles. we find garbage, we find alcohol bottles. >> reporter: just a week and a half ago someone set fire to one of the dugouts. >> there's still some people that want to come out and ruin it for the good people that are in the community. it's a real shame, you have young kids that want to play baseball and have a nice facility. some people won't let that happen. >> reporter: graffiti pops up here constantly. >> say, you um come here saturday and you -- say you come here saturday and you come here and repaint and by sunday morning. it's all graffiti again. >> reporter: for people like this 12-year-old, this kind of damage just

at sfo, john sasaki,ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> straight ahead, the town hall meeting in san bruno brings out pg&e and federal investigators and what the utility says was unacceptable on its part. >>> heated competition to secure the america's cup and which city is looking to give san francisco some competition. >>> if you haven't sent out those christmas cards or, packages, time is running out. how many pieces of mail are expected to be sent tomorrow? the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. . >>> pge today set a record keeping error on the pipeline that schroeded in san bruno is unacceptable. that message came during a town hall meeting between the utility and ntsb and homeowners from the blast zone. ktvu's paul chambers reports. >> reporter: it was a packed house at the senior secretary in san bruno, where residents came out to hear and discuss the most recent information about the pipeline explosion. >> it will take a long time. we're all here for the long haul and i want you all to know that as well as you know your own names. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier was joined by rep

. >>> john sasaki takes us back to the night in 1985. >> reporter: sun valley mall was packed with shoppersomes down the home stretch. many are too young to remember what happened here, but some remember all too well. >> when i got to my car i heard the big explosion, there was stuff everywhere. >> we could see, you know, the stuff coming down and what not and it was scary. >> reporter: on that night, james graham was trying to land his beach craft plane at buchanan airfield across the mall. but conditions were poor. >> you couldn't see, i mean commented on contra costa boulevard you couldn't see five feet ahead of you because the fog was so thick that night. >> reporter: the plane carrying graham and two passengers crashed into the mall at macy east. >> people were crazy, running through the mall. >> reporter: because it was december 23rd, santa claus was here posing for pictures with kids. the people standing in line were among the 77 people injured that day. dozens of people suffered severe burns. those who were there that night will never forget it. >> every holiday that comes by, i com