john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m.p containers full of fresh food are rotting. >> this is getting worse and worse. >> the challenges to keeping all that food from going to waste. >> police release pictures of a man they want to talk to about a dismembered body. >> hotel rooms are booking up for next year's super bowl. we look at what it takes to host the big game's big crowd. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a line of big rigs, shipping containers full destined for stores. and fresh food going bad because of a labor dispute that didn't start here. good evening. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> the problem stems from a labor stand off between shipping companies and dock workers in long beach and los angeles but it is strigging down to other ports, namely the port of oakland. ktvu's tom vacar is live now. >> reporter: it is a national problem that we are looking at because the long, slow, agonizing damage that has been going on for a f

ktvu's john sasaki traveled to hayward where jack del rio grew up and started his football career. john? >> reporter: frank. jack del rio had many meals here and for many years they had pictures on the wall of the kid who made it to the big time. >> he grew up in hayward. went to high school. played sports here. >> graduated in 1981 after being a star in football, baseball and basketball. >> graduated in 1981. >> he helped them win 7cif championships -- seven cif championships. they always loved the silver and black. >> at the time the raiders were winning super bowls. that was who we were and into this day, jack will say, he is a raider. >> reporter: another place where jack del rio spent time because the owner is his great uncle. >> got all kinds of trophies. he was a natural in baseball, basketball and football. even as a little kid. >> reporter: his pictures adorn the walls. >> 10 years ago, jack, you ought to come to the raiders. >> now that he is indeed a raider the family is over joyed. >> for his grandparents they would be really proud. the whole family is proud of him. not

. >> now to ktvu's john sasaki in walnut creek where they saw the coldest conditions this morning. how does it feel right now? >> reporter: i tell you, on the ice it is chilly but it doesn't feel much different than it does off the ice. >> reporter: most kids are bundled up looking ready for the snow. a far cry from where they were two days ago. >> very different. cancun is sunny. >> reporter: here we have been in the cold snap since last year. three days ago. temperatures aren't bad compared to other parts of the world. >> i have no problems with this. >> reporter: you are from germany? >> exactly. we have minus 5 degrees right now. and so this weather we like it. >> still had cold weather has people flocking to their hardware stores. >> because it has been so cold, like bone chilling. >> he was there to buy a space heater. despite the spare the air day that continue through tomorrow wood and logs are also hot sellers. >> doesn't matter. our wood is in the garage. we will replace our stock. cvs stopped selling it. >> reporter: here is another popular product. the owner sold 414 bo

ktvu's john sasaki tells us how gunfire spread across the neighborhood. >> reporter: page and laguna in san francisco is a busy intersection where historic victorian homes line the street. >> to get a car or éber. >> reporter: not a place that one would expect to see bullet holes marking a storefront. >> doesn't feel as safe as it once was. you don't expect to have a drive-by shooting and four people dead. >> reporter: at about 10:00 friday night someone drove up next to this double. >> parked black honda and started hearing. >> you could not not hear it. it sounded like grenades. >> reporter: the president of the zen center across the street was at home nearby when the shooting happened. >> this may be a particular situation between people, where there was some insult or injury or you know greed or whatever that caused this particular thing to happen. >> reporter: a day after the incident, police say they don't know what the motive was. while the is crime scene was active lt. chaplin said there were more than ten shots fired. >> right now we're trying to find out and check on the re

ktvu's john sasaki tells us the legal action stems from an ois. >> reporter: it's a familiar refrain,f 24-year-old richard perez when was killed here four months ago. >> he loved god and that gives me peace because i know he is in heaven, but i also know there is a fight to be fought to make things change. >> reporter: after midnight september 14th, perez was shot and killed by richmond police officer wallace jensen. >> i have nightmares at night and my wife wakes up crying at night and wakes up in the morning crying. yeah, he stole our whole life from us. >> reporter: surveillance video shows perez inside in the store and then can you see the confrontation with the officer outside, although not exactly what preceded the shooting. >> so the officer used tactics in attacking him and stopping him in the first place and used poor judgment in terms of evening to use a firearm in a circumstance it was not justified. it was a use of excessive force. >> that is with what is in dispute, what prompted officer jensen to open fire? police declined to say anything about the incident. >> we really

ktvu's john sasaki is in oakland where police are putting out a good description of the attacker. john? >> reporter: this is a shocking crime that has police trying to find the man before he strikes again. he didn't just attack the boy, he lured him into a trap. the boy was walking home from school 3:00 p.m. on tuesday afternoon. police wouldn't say what the man did but he lured the boy to an area where he sexually assaulted him. it is a mixed use area. police have warned schools in the area to be on the look out. >> sexual predator. this is someone who assaulted one of our children in our community. it is a high priority. the victim describes the suspect as a male hispanic. 40-50 years old. 5'7", slender build. short hair, salt and pepper and a bushy beard. wearing a brown leather jacket and black pants. >> reporter: police say this is a reminder parents need to talk to their kids about stranger danger. never talk to any strangers or go anywhere with them. back to you. >> great advice. john sasaki. once again, here is a description. hispanic man, 4-50 years old. 5'7" and salt and

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m.nt of her own children. now police are hoping someone will come forward with information to help lead it the killer. >> officials say there is no doubt now that ecigarettes pose a health threat. the steps they want to take to regulate them like regular cigarettes. >> loving this weather. >> we should be concerned. >> it may be beautiful but no rain this january, especially bad news for the water supply during the drought. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> there is new information tonight about one of the victims of a deadly shooting in san francisco's bay view neighborhood. we know a mother was caught in the cross fire and killed as her children watched. good evening. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> it is believed the mother pushed one of her kids out of the way before she was shot and killed. ktvu's allie rasmus spoke to the mother's family, now trying to come to grips with the devastating loss. >>

john sasaki tells us even though the car sped away, police have an idea what they're looking for. >> reporter: oakland police were on scene at 18th avenue and east 15th street for hours after the fatal hit-and-run collision the collecting evidence. one of the last items they picked up was the woman's cane. >> it's not easy to be around here by yourself because anything can happen. >> reporter: a near by security camera was rolling around 8:00 a.m. when it happened. at the top of the screen, you can see the woman walking from left to right across the street reaching about half way. that's when the car comes southeast on 15th without slowing down and hits her. she flew several yards before crumbling on the roadway. you can see the car stop but the driver never comes out and just takes off. >> a hit-and-run. >> yeah, a hit-and-run. what do you think about it? >> i don't like it, i don't like it. >> they don't even have to be driving crazy, it's just like, people just don't care. they don't look out for the pedestrians around them. >> reporter: another near by resident says there aren't

it's pretty special. >> in yosemite, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new details tonight aboutcrash at the macy's store at the new park mall in newark. a car smashed right through the doors and went 50 feet in to the store. that crash left several people injured including one person who is still in the hospital tonight. ktvu's jen jen ruben live. >> they talkedtuse about the driver's failing health and about how she's distraught today. >> reporter: the doors are boarded up but macy's wasted no time getting back to business. >> i thought it was all going to be closed off. >> reporter: it was just yesterday evening that a 67-year-old woman drove through the doors here, hitting several shoppers before coming to a stop 50 feet in to the men's section. though they declined to go on camera we spoke to that woman's family at length about what happened. they say the driver is battling ovarian cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. they believe as she waited for her grandson to get out of the store, she began to feel unwell became distracted and possibly pressed the gas instead of the brea

ktvu's john sasaki is live in san francisco. john, all day here leaders have been paying tribute it barbara boxer. >> reporter: barbara boxer wants to come back to california and spend more time with her family. >> reporter: barbara boxer posted the video in which she said the media has been dogging her for months over whether she will seek election. >> have you made a decision? >> reporter: she gave her grandson the honor of asking the questions. >> i am never going to retire. the work is too important but i will not be running for the senate in 2016. i will continue working on the issues i love. i will have more time to help people. i have to make sure the senate seat stays progressive. >> as soon as word of her decision came out tributes started to pour in. governor jerry brown said barbara boxer has been a forceful advocate for the people of california. the lieutenant governor said she has given voice to the voiceless, spoken truth to power, shined a bright light on injustice and california attorney general kamala harris said

john sasaki live now with new information john about an arrest made there. >> reporter: hazmat crews were at that home second one in here on henry lane for most of the day. they've already left and police wrapped up their work moments ago. they came here investigating reports of a marijuana grow. they discovered chemical that is could have been unstable creating a dangerous situation. they found several butane tanks as well. butane can be used to make hash oil. it's similarly explosive. they say this was honey oil. >> the butane tanks are dangerous. contra costa county hazmat was notified. they respond to the scene, they work with san ramon fire and they rendered the scene safe. at that point there was a search warrant that was authored and the remainder of the residents were searched. >> reporter: police arrested oneman who was at home at the time. they identify him at 31-year- old ahmad soleman. he was on probation at the time. he is now facing numerous charges including cultivation of marijuana for sale. >>> sam licardo is getting sworn in as san jose's new mayor tonight. the cere

>> john sasaki, live in sausalito. thank you. >>> and scary moments for passengers on a united airlanes flight out of sacramento this morning after the plane hit some birds. the flight had just taken off for denver at 5:30 a.m. when it had to turn around and return for an emergency landing. the plane landed -- landed safely and passengers saw flames coming from one engine and saw smoke. >> and it was in multiple bursts. >> what was the reaction? >> i said fire out loud and everyone said fire, fire within moments. and you can see the flight attendant coming down with a fire extinguisher. >> reporter: in the end, no one was hurt. the plane was taken out of service. the engine was damaged and passengers were booked on other flights. the flight was supposed to continue on to washington, d.c. and there were a total of 135 people on board. >>> and some people flying out of oakland international airport will be able to park for free. it's only available to people flying to hawaii or europe. the offer will start january 15th a

in richmond, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more on a man shot and killed in oakland.ned 9:00 friday night on 32nd street near adeline. the victim is identified as 29- year-old stefan brooks of vaccaville, grew up in berkeley, father of four children. the mother says brooks was visiting his own father when he gunned down. no arrests have been made. >>> i've lived in this city all my life. i have been in every neighborhood in this city. i have done work in every neighborhood in this city. there is no neighborhood that i will not go to. >> mayor schaaf appeared yesterday to a -- >>> overseas in niger at least 10 people are dead in violent protests against "charlie hebdo"'s cartoons of the prophet muhammad. young muslims set fires and looted shops after authorities banned a meeting called by local islamic leaders. the victims consisted of a police officer with the rest being civilians, most of them killed in those burning churches. >>> there are new arrests in connection to the "charlie hebdo" attack two weeks ago. while security has been heightened crews europe the arab

i'm john sasaki. ken and heather are off tonight. an east bay family is starting the new year without a home after their christmas tree went up in flames. ktvu's christina rendon is live in the newsroom with more on the moment a 6-year-old boy noticed something was wrong. >> reporter: well, the mother we spoke with says two of her three children were home, when one of them, a 6-year-old, smelled smoke. he immediately found his older sister and the two ran for help. all of the things that made this antioch house are home are either salvaged in the driveway or in a pile in the front yard. the mother of three didn't think she would lose nearly everything when she left for work this morning. >> i really don't know what to say. i'm at a loss for words right now. >> reporter: her son jeremiah smelled smoke coming from the christmas tree and he and his sister ran for help. >> when me and my sister looked back at the christmas tree, in the middle it was fire. >> reporter: contra costa firefighters got a handle on the flames. they say the fir

. >> john sasaki in downtown oakland tonight, thank you. >>> in santa clara county, parents of school children received letters today about the growing outbreak of measles. the office of education wants to update parents about the situation. the letter says right now there are only two reported cases in santa clara county and they are adults. officials don't know just how widespread the measles may be and they say that the letter is simply informational. >> it's just a notice to say -- it's a service to say there's no reason to panic, here's what's occurring, here's what you should know about it, here's tips, maybe information about symptoms. >> the letter is also meant to be a reminder to parents to make sure their children's immunizations are up to date. >>> so far, measles cases have been reported in nine california counties, including alameda, san mateo, and santa clara. patients range in age from seven months to 70 years old. officials say a majority of the cases have been traced to exposure at disneyland. >>> and on ktvu.com, you'll find a link to the state's latest information

ktvu's john sasaki is in walnut creek with how folks are fairing out thand what is flying off the shelves right now. john? >> reporter: you don't have to be on the ice it feel the chill today. here it never got above the mid- 50s which had people bundled up all day long. >> kids are playing in the park looking more dressed for the snow. >> a lot of jackets. >> layers. >> layers. >> shoes, gym, sweater, warm jacket and a hat. >> this man walking with his family bought a philadelphia phillies hat even though it is not his team. >> random hat in the store. the cold weather has people spocking to the -- flocking to the hardware stores. >> because it has been so cold. bone chilling. >> he was there to buy a space heater. despite the spare the air days, wood and logs are also hot sellers. >> our wood is in the garage. we will replace our stock. cvs stopped selling it. >> here is another popular product. the store owner sold 414 boxes of this bait last month. >> aunts like to come in when it is cold. traditional december, january, we sell a lot of ant bait. >> reporter: there will be one more da

ktvu's john sasaki is in the city where the editor in chief says they have a lot of reasons to celebratencisco was incorporated in 1950. 15 years later the chronicle came to be. >> reporter: the staff at the san francisco chronicle was putting together the weekend edition. >> it is a public trust. >> reporter: they work for a paper that has been part of the fabric for 150 years. 96-year-old science editor started working here in 1940. >> the news room didn't have any computers. that is for sure. >> that was 75 years in the paper's history. >> over the years it helped project the atmosphere and the realities, good and bad, of san francisco and the bay area. >> reporter: here are old front pages. day one on january 16, 1865 it consisted mostly of adds. later history was covered. the 1906 earthquake, the end of world war ii and an issue highlighting the new headquarters. and here is what production looked like in the 1920s. for the past three years she has been a reporter here. >> in boston it was one of the most sought after internships. everyone wanted to come to san francisco. the most c

john sasaki, ktvu. >>> temperatures today mostly in the mid-60s. it was a warm one out there. a little cooler in some places than yesterday. but just about the same in many areas. 64 vallejo, 65 napa. highs tomorrow will look a lot like these. they're going the wrong way. i mean if these things were tracking toward us we get some rain, significant rain. those are good looks systems and everything is going up and back down through the central part of the country. these systems are going to miss us as did the last couple of systems. so we remain dry. and the central valley right now we have a dense fog advisory they issued it last night from about modesto south. and we had there's a big car wreck down there we talked about in the other newscast. south between fresno and modesto. now extends north toward sacramento and marysville. if you're traveling down 95 be prepared for fog. look for fog up in the napa area and santa rosa as well. it'll be around in the morning hours we had a lot of it this morning. right on the bay bridge. kind of coming in at the san mateo bridge. look for

. >> john sasaki, in san francisco. thank you. >> part of a land mark class in which women won four seats. barbara boxer and her colleagues demanded hearings to be held on the allegations of sexual harassment against a supreme court justice before holding his confirmation vote. barbara boxer also known for her environmental work. she the chair of the environment and public works committee and won awards for her efforts. barbara boxer is known as a tenacious liberal with a way of rivalling conservatives. >>> it is 2:00 a.m. in france and the man hunt is still underway for the two gunman that killed 12 people. 10 of those people worked for a satirical newspaper in france. ktvu's christien kafton has more. >> reporter: police swarmed a wooded area looking for the brothers, saying they are prime suspects in the killings of 12 people at the satirical newspaper. an area of bigger than the city of paris. dozens of police officers are conducting a search of the area. >> searching for said kouachi and cherif kouachit. they robbe

. >> reporter: in sausalito, i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tomorrow is going to be another spare the air day here in the bay area. the ninth in a row. at sunset as you look from emeryville left toward san francisco you can see the haze there in the background. the lack of wind created the unhealthy air conditions. so once again air quality officials say this means no wood burning unless it's your only source of heat. >> and actually the wind, the lack of wind does help that. but the air sinking traps that air. the sinking air traps that air. here's saturday afternoon, new york tops out at 20 degrees. everywhere else, look at where we are, we're in the upper 60s. there's a little something here, a little something here and a little something there but they're not coming together. we're not expecting anything more than per happen what is we're seeing here which is a little -- see that, that could be a few drops out in portola valley down toward alvizo, south toward the new ballpark down there. but that's the way it's going to go. saturday morning the best chance for something

. >> ktvu ktvu channel 2 news john sasaki went to talk to the community leaders. >> reporter: there havear, but more shocking is in the past five days, there have been two double homicides. >> it hurts so many different people. so many different ways. >> reporter: some of them were here shortly after the shooting happened. the victims' identities have yet to be released but one was 22 years old, the other,29. >> a mother lost a first born. a cry from the community that basically, a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. >> reporter: the two men were shot just before 5:00 tuesday afternoon as they sat on a car on tenth street. the pastor returned to offer support and pray. >> we are here representing our community saying enough is enough. silence is deafening, and the people who live in these communities have to come out and start having conversations around the people who are the shooters. >> reporter: one bit of good news is since oakland's homicide spiked in 2012 with 126, the rate dropped at 80 last year. >> we are talking about seven lives so far since the beginning of the year. tha

. >> john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> four silican giants have agreed to pay $415 million in an employee retention case. the goal was to keep workers from leaving for higher paying jobs. a federal judge rejected a settlement a few months ago saying that was inadequate. >>> san jose city leaders are vowing to go to the supreme court in their efforts to lure the a's to their city. ktvu's azenith smith is live in san jose and tell us why leaders there say they still think there's a chance. azenith. >> reporter: if san jose were to get a ballpark it would be in this industrial area near the train station. city leaders say that it would revitalize the area. >> this fight is just in the early innings. >> reporter: when the city of san somewhere -- san jose stepped up to the plate, city leaders knew it would likely strike out in the lower courts. so it was no surprise when the federal court rejected the deal thursday. >> they believed they were controlled by supreme court precedent and we believe the supreme court will take control of this matter and make a decision like any good umpire calling balls and

as ktvu's john sasaki reports the victim had recently graduated from a san jose high school. >> reporter: more than 100 people came together at piedmont hills high school in san jose in the name of alexis randall. they gathered at the place she graduated just last spring. two of randolph's close friends returned to help honor the homicide victim. >> through every darkness i went through, she was always there for me. she was my everything. through high school, through growing up. >> reporter: hours before the vigil they were creating signs and gathering balloons to help make their feelings clear. >> we definitely want to stop the violence. i feel too many people have been taken away from us due to violence. but we also wanted to bring everyone from school together just to celebrate alexis life. >> reporter: alexis and the man she was dating were shot to death just after noon last friday. alexis had moved to oakland to live with her grandfather last year and that's where she met livingston. >> she was way too young, taken too soon from us. this is not her lifestyle. this is not how she gre

ktvu john sasaki joins us now. the chief about the temporary elimination of the metro unit. >> reporter: this size is sangregory good indicater of what they need. the already shorthanded department is seeing dozens of officers leave the ranks this month alone. the san jose police chief knows his department needs help. >> there is no secret there is instability with the staffing levels. >> reporter: he is preparing for 20 officers to retire this month. they have just 965 street ready right now. this month's departures need they need to dissolve the metro unit and put them on patrol. >> that is not something we want to do. it is unfortunate. it does mean that we will have less of those officers out proactively seeking out criminal activity. >> community leaders who battle against bang violence say consistency is key. >> when there is a disruption of any form or shape, then it definitely creates opportunities. >> reporter: the cutting of the police metro unit is cause for concern because they are always working to kee

we have new details from ktvu's john sasaki, live at opd headquarters, where investigators are going because it's so graphic, we're only going to show you part of it. oakland police were on scene at 18th avenue and east 15th street for hours after the fatal hit and run collision, collecting evidence. one of the last items they picked up was the woman's cane. >>it's not easy to be around here by yourself because anything could happen. >> reporter: a nearby security camera was rolling around 8:00 a.m. when it happened. at the top of the screen, you can see the woman walking from left to right across the street, reaching about halfway. that's when the car comes southeast on 15th without slowing down and hits her. she flew several yards before crumpling on the roadway. you can see the car stop for about two seconds, but the driver never gets out and just takes off. >> hit and run. >> yeah, hit and run, exactly. >> what do you think of that? >> i don't know. i don't like it. >> reporter: police say the victim was in her eighties and lived nearby. >> they don't even have to be drunk to be d