ktvu's job s is live indiction john sasaki is live in -- john sasaki is live in oakland with more. >> the first debate is just a half hour away and one topic should be on the minds of money is the turn over at city hall. >> reporter: city hall is a buzz with new on the departure of the city administrator. >> he was given an offer that was too good to refuse. >> reporter: he is running to -- leaving to run the san francisco foundation. a change for oakland that comes after a number of high profile changes. >> i don't have a prese chief. >> reporter: he leaves the tree following theprieveiate administrator. the -- the previous administrator. and other heads are working on a interim basis. the police department also has retention troubles with four chiefs in four years. >> oakland is such an incredible city. it has so much potential. till we could stabilize the leadership in city hall it won't get there. >> reporter: some leaders blame the mayor. >> it is a poor sign. you can't keep your managers and the managers you have do not speak highly of her leadership. >> the city administrator i

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a foster city company hit it big with the best selling new drugf all time. a break through drug that treats people suffering from hepatitis c. they spent $11 billion developing the drug. >>> temperatures up a free degrees over what we saw yesterday. it was sunny. nice out there but still windy. we got winds out at the airport. 70 degrees today in santa rosa. 70 fairfield. 70 concord. 70 livermore. nice day. tomorrow like this. little warmer. clouds from the north. weather system drops in. friday. brings rain to the bay area. not a ton of rape but it is -- rain but it is wet and snowing in the mountains. winds right now, blowing hard. gusts to -- near 30 miles per hour in napa. san francisco airport winds are always windy, 36. and san jose you are at 14. tree pall flying around out -- pollen flying around out there and the winds don't help. 48 tomorrow morning. 45 napa. over night lows tonight chilly. cold this morning. won't be as cold tomorrow morning. san jose 65 right now. tomorrow clouds move in. rains tomorrow night. clouds increase all day.

ktvu's john sasaki reports, one city has been cracking down. >> reporter: who doesn't remember scooby snacks? this so-called popery would upset the creators. >> it has similar effects to pcp. >> new line of bath salts. today we went long with police as he checked out businesses that previously sold the bath alts openly. they are banned by the federal government and now manufacturers are using loopholes in the mall. >> they change one molecule and that changes the compound. they stay one step ahead. >> it is sold as innocents. -- inscents. police say those are the chemtuals that are outlaw -- chemicals that are outlawed and we weather to smoke stops where bath salts are -- we went to smoke shops where bath salts are sold. nowhere did we find bath salts but he is certain some stores have them hidden away. >> a little more cognizant of the fact we are looking for this stuff. >> reporter: parents need to be on the look out for these colorful items because it is teens that will buy them. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> captain bush on railroad tracks -- cats on railroad tracks, cats

the damage occurred -- ktvu's john sasaki spoke to neighbors and police about the unusually large path of broken glass. john? >> reporter: the most common item used was a river rock like this one but in one case the vandals threw this statue through the window of a car. >> reporter: this played out over antioch this morning. people cleaning up the mess caused by vandals. >> i don't understand why anyone could do this. it is stupid. ruthless. evil. >> reporter: 1:30 a.m. this morning someone was smashing wondose on cars -- windows on cars and trucks and homes. >> it was random. this is the first incident like this we had this year. in the last couple years. >> reporter: he had two weeks damaged. this truck has three windows broken and a handa that has this statue thrown through the window. >> threw a statue through it honda. that is so odd. maybe a rock, but a statue? through a car? >> reporter: his car has two broken window. this window was smashed two months ago. >> just -- never heard of nothing like this before. >> reporter: police had reports from 25 residence. >> the motive could

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> authorities say they have dismantled parts of a drug ring. they arrested 18 people and seized meth, cocaine, heroin, weapons and cash. and some of the suspects appeared in court today. one of the men arrested is curio. she a high ranking -- he is a high ranking cartel member. >> one degree removed from traffickers. so the investigation was coined peration five degrees >> some of the suspects involved face more than 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> police have issued an alert for a missing 10-year-old boy. investigators say he was last seen on santa clara avenue after 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. he is 4'10", 90 pounds. he was last seen wearing a red flood shirt. investigators describe the case as a run away and he could be on his way to oakland. anyone with information about his where about is urged to call police. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. the contra costa county health department is warning about an increase in whooping cough. today his parents reached out to us. >> ktvu's noelle walker spoke to the mother who said vaccinations didn't work. >>

now ktvu's john sasaki has learned help is on the way to ensure student safety. >> reporter: as schoollet out, you can sense the joy among the kids free for the day. but with student safety here remaining paramount the district told me today major changes have been underway for months. >> we've had our behavior health unit here working with staff and kind of leading then anti bullying and intervention effort. >> reporter: in february, 2 investigates uncovered serious deficiency during school hours which enabled kids to do as they pleased in some areas of campus. >> everybody wants their kids to be in a safe place where they can access their education. >> reporter: this was just one of numerous fights that's happened on campus. >> the way that the district you know right now is so strapped for resources we're mismanaging resources it's not happening. >> reporter: the district says it hired two substitute teachers and two assistants to help supervise. a retired administrator starts tomorrow serving in an assistant principal role. >> it's about the staffing level, or policies being enforc

ktvu's john sasaki is in berkeley. now you're hearing she may be a victim of human sex trafficking? >> that's right, frank. it could have been your neighborhood or mine. a teenage crime victim who's also possibly the victim of human sex trafficking was dumped right here early this morning, and her desperate cries for help woke the residents. >>> ashby avenue in berk lieu is a busy thoroughfare with easy access to the freeway. just off it on piedmont avenue a quiet tree lined setting. around 5:00 this morning, the teenage victim of a horrible crime was dumped here. >> i opened the window, and i heard that she said i want water. i want water. i've been pepper sprayed. i jumped up out of bed and i said to my husband, you hear that. >> residents rushed out of their homes to help the girl. we were told one of those residents is a marine who served in afghanistan and is also a paramedic. >> so we figured okay, she's in good hands. >> the 16-year-old had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted in some other city and dumped naked and pepper sprayed in the face here. one resident brought her a

as ktvu's john sasaki reports one was an armed robbery and another an attempted robbery. >> reporter: downtown walnut creek is known for nordstrom, neiman marcus and nightlife, but last night a brazen crime may have weakened the feeling secret that many have at broadway plaza. >> there was a woman at the corner tavern who was robbed at gunpoint of her purse. >> reporter: the woman left the restaurant and walked to her directly outside when the armed man demand her purse and pulledded it from here. >> the victim saw what appeared to be a black handgun. >> reporter: the robber got in a small red getway car driven by another man and sped away. the victim was unhurt. >>> across from the movie theater in pleasant hill police say there was an tempted robbery inside the parking structure. the robbery was unsuccessful and victims have since told investigators that the robber armed with a black handgun got into a red honda accord and took off. >> we always tell people safety in numbers and don't walk your car by yourself, always be vigilant. >> police say there was a robbery outside of walnut

ktvu's john sasaki joins us with reaction, including reaction from the coach of the clippers. >> reporter: heather, the audiotape realized by tmz alleged includes l.a. clippers owner donald sterling arguing with his girlfriend and making inflammatory and racist comment. people call me and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers me. >> it brothers me if you want to broadcast you are associating with black people -- . >> you associate with black people. >> i'm not you and you are not me. >> the nba commissioner held a news conference this evening and called the recording "truly offensive and disturb." donald sterling should be afford due process just as any play or executive in this league would be. so it would be unwise of me and improper frankly to express a view as to what the ultimate outcome of any investigation would take us to. >> the clippers president released a statement saying "sterling is empathic what is reflected that recording is not consistent with or reflect his views, beliefs or feeling. it's the anti-thesis of what he is and how he believes and ho

i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police have made a connection with a story we first brought you yesterday on ktvu news. police in pleasanton say they arrested david allen venzel in connection with a robbery sunday night. he tied up a woman and her 83- year-old mother who lived there. venzel faces charges and is now being held on $8 million bail. >>> malaysia authorities reiterated they think a deliberate action is what caused flight 370 to veer off course and vanish. officials also released a transcript of the radio conversation with the airliner and it appears to be routine. in the south indian ocean, the japanese coast guard has joined the search for the jet but nothing has been found. the australian official in charge of the search now says, there's the possibility that the wreckage may never be found. >> we will have to probably in consultation with everybody who has a stake in this, review what we do next. >> reporter: however, he said right now no one is putting a time limit on the search. unless the black box flight recorders are found very soon it's likely that the b

ktvu's john sasaki is live in martinez to explain. john?porter: prosecutors here at the contra costa county district attorney office are working on this homicide case. magdalena glinkowski is in jail on murder charges for shooting terrance forks to death 10 days ago outside the apartment complex in richmond. prosecutors say magdalena glinkowski and terrance forks had a baby together. the pair were arguing about his current girlfriend that led to magdalena glinkowski becoming enraged. witnesses took down her car license plate that led to a warrant for her arrest. she turned herself into san francisco police earlier this week. live in martinez, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> contra costa county sheriff's department says deputies arrested a suspect in a homicide. he was shot and killed at a home. yesterday they took the 28-year- old into custody. he is held on suspicion of first degree murder. authorities have not said what lead to the shooting. >>> san francisco is homing to strengthsen its response to emergency by part -- strengthen i

. >> but as john sasaki reports, ron carroll has learned a difficult lesson. one he hopes can help others. >> reporter: an 18-year-old making his own lunch is no big deal. but just eight weeks ago, ryan carroll was in a coma. ryan got home last saturday after a rough month in the icu, and rehabbing from a serious head injury. >> i went to sleep on the 19th, and woke up april 10, or something like that in the hospital. >> reporter: the student was hurt on march 20, he was riding a long board when he crashed. >> i feel like i should have been wearing a helmet, and i feel like i should have been a little bit more cautious. >> reporter: after calming out of the coma, he struggled to regain his movement. but the injury has also changed his sense of taste. >> with any remote sweet taste now, just takes like oreos now. which is really annoying, because you can only have so many oreos. >> as i was wandering along santa barbara, everywhere i looked, there were kids skating around without helmets on, it was really hard for me not to stop people and give them a story. >>

i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police have made a connection with a story we first brought you yesterday on ktvu news. police in pleasanton say they arrested david allen venzel in connection with a robbery sunday night. he tied up a woman and her 83- year-old mother who lived there. venzel faces charges and is now being held on $8 million bail. >>> malaysia authorities reiterated they think a deliberate action is what caused flight 370 to veer off course and vanish. officials also released a transcript of the radio conversation with the airliner and it appears to be routine. in the south indian ocean, the japanese coast guard has joined the search for the jet but nothing has been found. the australian official in charge of the search now says, there's the possibility that the wreckage may never be found. >> we will have to probably in consultation with everybody who has a stake in this, review what we do next. >> reporter: however, he said right now no one is putting a time limit on the search. unless the black box flight recorders are found very soon it's likely that the b

. >> but as john sasaki reports, ron carroll has learned a difficult lesson. he hopes can help others. >> reporter: an 18-year-old making his own lunch is no big deal. but just eight weeks ago, ryan carroll was in a coma. ryan got home last saturday after a rough month in the icu, and rehabbing from a serious head injury. >> i went to sleep on the 19th, and woke up april 10, or something like that in the hospital. >> reporter: the student was hurt on march 20, he was riding a long board when he crashed. >> i feel like i should have been wearing a helmet, and i feel like i should have been a little bit more cautious. >> reporter: after calming out of the coma, he struggled to regain his movement. but the injury has also changed his sense of taste. >> with any remote sweet taste now, just takes like oreos now. which is really annoying, because you can only have so many oreos. >> as i was wandering along santa barbara, everywhere i looked, there were kids skating around without helmets on, it was really hard for me not to stop people and give them a story. >> rep

you're grateful that's all that it was. >> john sasaki reporting there. descriptions were slightly different in the two incidents. one was a white male. the other was described as hispanic. police want to hear from anyone with information about the incident or the attackers. >>> a plan to create a registry of private surveillance cameras is moving forward. council member sam lacardo proposeed the idea after home surveillance videos helped lead to the arrest of a suspected serial arsonist. the data base would be voluntary and backers say it will save police valuable time because they will already know who has a surveillance camera and in the event of a crime they won't have to go door to door asking people. the city council's rules committee will take up the idea tomorrow afternoon. >> we've been showing you rain, hail and right now our meteorologist rosemary orozco is tracking lightning strikes happening over the area. >> that will be the case as we move through the evening hours slowly tapering off. by tomorrow the system will finally by out of way. you

john sasaki is at the scene and talked to some of the people who helped that girl early this morning snort. >> reporter: this victim make the victim of human sex trafficking. she was found on the sidewalk but only after neighbors awoke to her cries for help. >> piedmont avenue and ashby avenue in berkeley is a quiet tree lined street. early morning the peace was fractured by the teenage victim of a horrible crime. >> i heard someone shouting, and a female voice and they're shouting somebody help me somewhere residents rushed out of their homes to help the girl. >> she just said somebody raped me. somebody raped me. that's all she kept on saying. somebody raped me. >> police say the 16-year-old had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted somewhere in oakland. then dumped naked and pepper sprayed in the face here. >> i borough out a bottle of water and gave it to her and it was 5 in the morning and cold, and without even thinking she poured the whole thing all over herself because she was hurting so bad. >> oakland police took over the case because it began in that city. that was after b

. >>> good morning i'm john sasaki in for tori campbell. a plumber in richmond got into a deadly confrontation with an alleged burglar when the man tried to break into his home and business. tara moriarty tells us how the resident protected himself but almost lost his own life in the process. >> the 68-year-old homeowner was alert after being shot in the leg several times but seriously hurt and had to be airlifted to the hospital. >> sometimes the describe subsides for a while but it's not surprising. >> it all began at 1:15 this morning. the burglar tried to break into the home on 13th street. the homeowner opened the door and shot the burglar in the chest. the burglar jumped awall wall leaving a trail of blood and other evidence including a wristwatch before collapsing on the sidewalk. it wasn't over for the homeowner. the burglar's three friends appeared. >> a shootout occurred in this yard where a suspect or suspects fired at the homeowner who was standing over near that doorway where you can see the bullet holes. we counted ten shell c

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 5:00 p.m. 18 people under arrest and meth, cocaine, heroin and weapons and cash seized. all of it in a major operation. authorities say the operation dismantled a drug trafficking ring and some of the suspects appeared in court. one is efren -- curio. some of the suspects involved face 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> breaking news out of southern california where a school bus crashed. these are live pictures. the fire department says 9 people had walking injuries. but four others suffered critical trauma injuries and were taken to the hospital. the crash happened 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. at this point we don't know what caused the bus to slam into the trees. there are no reports of deaths but the driver was trapped inside for a time before crews were able to rescue him. >>> an 84-year-old man is behind bars after a shooting at a medical center. ktvu broke the news. tonight we learned police found a weapon inside his home. ktvu's paul chambers is live with more. >> he was taken into custody and police recovered a firearm and bullets. peo