you are looking through the windshield of a car driven by john sasaki. the app is running. nd i don't hear the sound. john just made it through a green light. he showed us what the sound effect is. the audio cue. it is another green light. wouldn't you know it. the one time you drive through -- >> and you hit all the lights. >> some drivers like it, others say i am fine tapping my horn if the guy in front of me isn't going. if you want to continue on this journey with john sasaki -- >> another green light. [ talking at the same time ] >> we are streaming it on www.ktvu.com. head over there and click and drive with him live. >>> in missouri the parents of michael brown filed a lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri. the family made the announcement this morning. the 18-year-old was shot last august by a former police officer darren wilson. authorities ruled the shooting was justified. >>> a woman is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot by sheriff's deputies. investigators say the 46-year- old led them on a high-speed chase and rammed three offi

when that residents noticed flooding in the median she went to ktvu's john sasaki. >> reporter: it looked like it was in the middle of a rain storm thursday night. but it was no natural event. i shot this video. >> i could only see that all of this water was being wasted. i could just imagine how many gallons was going down the drain. >> we are hand watering so we are not contributing to any waste of water. >> reporter: after realizing it had been going for 5 hours, not 5 minutes she informs she and then calls police. >> they see water, absolutely we need to be called about it. >> reporter: while i was there public works arrived and turned off the water. >> just flooded. >> reporter: i showed my video to the mayor. >> it was a mechanical failure on a valve that failed and accidentally turned on. >> reporter: there are now regulations regarding watering and for medians in particular. no water with run off, no watering during the day. >> we have -- you can only water two times per week. that is plenty. >> reporter: as the drought grown worse they received a number of calls about water waste

. >>> now to ktvu's john sasaki who is outside at&t park and you have been talking to fans. you talked to one man who said the game has deeper meaning for him. >> reporter: it feels like candlestick park out here. very, very windy. opening day is a huge event in san francisco and today was bigger with the world series championship. >> the sounds of opening day filled the air outside at&t park. spring here and so is baseball. >> spring time. and baseball. hot dogs. the american flag. u.s.a. life begins on opening day. >> reporter: we met a man for whom this day has a deeper meaning. he has colon cancer that spread to his liver. >> just being here is making me feel better already. if they win, they win. if they lose, they lose. it will be a tough year. i have a feeling. being here opening day, making it for another one is fantastic. >> reporter: inside the dugout store we met people who could relate to his struggle. his faced terminal cancer. >> favor day of the year. opening day. >> such a wonderful person. he had his celebration of life here. >> he died monday a week before

more now from ktvu's john sasaki. the victim and her boyfriend are still sticking to their story? >> reporter: as far as we know. we are outside police headquarters. we are hoping investigators would shed light on this case but that hasn't happened. this home where the kidnapping happened was quiet today. a series of e-mails sent to the chronicle from someone claiming to be denise huskins' kidnappers. they say they want to clear denise huskins' name. they include a threat against police demanding they apologize to denise huskins and her boyfriend for saying it was a hoax. the deadline was noon today and nothing happened since. this started on march 23 when denise huskins' boyfriend called police to say she was kidnapped. two days later she turned up unharmed at her father's house. >> everything is complicated. i mean, people -- they were wondering. is this really -- [ indiscernible ] >> are they really victim or are they -- they knew these people? >> i would like to find out. why would they want to, like, do something like that, like, kidnapping is not a joke. so if they are playi

john sasaki found out what people think so what did you find?reporter: this is a huge day in the eyes of giants fans, one that was long over due. the use of performance enhancing drugs was a issue for years throughout the league with barry bonds and alex rodriguez and roger roger clemens taking the brunt of the blames. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: everyone including one dodgers fan is pleased with the decision and they said it is about time barry bonds makes it into the hall of fame. >> it is great because he -- a lot of people forget he is one of the best players that played the game. doesn't matter if he took performance enhancing drugs, what matters is what he brought to the game and the city of san francisco. >> what was accomplished? he -- i don't know if they will have -- if he gates the hall, for what -- gets to the haul, for what? >> i think he deserves it. >> no reason why he shouldn't be in the hall of fame. no reason. he was never convicted. first of all of using performance enhancing drugs and second of all, what they got him for i

ktvu's john sasaki -- sheriff's department. john sasaki is live to explain why the city wants to go it alone. >> reporter: as the copy of the resolution indicates it is about saving the city money. lots of money. >> reporter: oakley is a city of 40,000 people. >> a wonderful city. >> reporter: part of the safety escuages the police department. -- equation is the police department. >> there has been a couple occasions that i had to call and they are right here. so i think they do a very good job. >> the department is comprised of contra costa county sheriff's deputies who are contracted. and the mayor says it has gotten more expensive. >> we are happy but the prices continue to go up. and when they go up we are not able to add more police. >> reporter: city staff studied the idea of ending the contract and starting its own police force that would do most work except for dispatch and s.w.a.t. now they are recommending the city counsel vote to do at it. >> we will start -- to do that. >> we will start off fresh and design our own

we met a san francisco woman who doesn't have fast track and as ktvu's john sasaki tells us, a clerical error led to thousands of fines and an impounded car. >> this is a trip to dmv that benton never imagined she would take. >> i had to transfer my car title to my friend's name because fast track and the d many, v has me in such a crazy bind. >> it started last year when the san francisco resident got a job as a stylist in marin. without fast track, she was crossing the golden gate bridge which has automated toll taking. you can pay the toll online or an invoice is sent to your address. that's where the breakdown happened. she moved two years earlier. >> i changed my address with the dmv and fast track numerous times and they kept sending my invoices to the wrong address. >> we have a couple issues. one is is the fact that computers are stupid things. >> benton never received the invoices. she tried to pay, but they compounded with fines. >> it appears for whatever reason, that through her work with the dmv, that that registration data base had not been updated with her new address. >>

as ktvu's john sasaki tells us, today's bust comes just three months after authorities found another illegal growing operation in that same area. >> reporter: a nondescript building on stone road in benicia housed what was called green view home solution. >> it's an interesting name. clearly not a legitimate business. >> reporter: the solano county sheriff's office and the fbi moved in on thursday morning. >> i said wow, it is something really going on. sheriff pulled up with a trailer and i said, wow, looks like a drug bust going on. >> reporter: troy moore was correct. deputies and agents found a huge marijuana growing operation with millions of dollars worth of product. >> there was over 4800 plants. there were several pounds of processed marijuana confiscated or seized during that search warrant. the street value of the marijuana was over $14.5 million. >> reporter: now in the window is a document from a law office in oakland that orders the tenants out because of the cultivation of marijuana. >> thinking this is the second one in six months. i think something needs to get steppe

she contacted ktvu's john sasaki and john went to the mayor to find out what happened. >> reporter: morelo avenue looked like it was in the middle of a rainstorm. >> i was very frustrated. >> reporter: but it was no natural event. i shot this video of the median. >> all i could see is all this water being wasted. i could imagine how many gallons were going down the drain. >> reporter: rubio lives in the neighborhood. >> we're hand watering with the off nozzle so we're not wasting any water. >> reporter: but after realizing this water had been going for five hours not five minutes, they reported the violation to us. >> we need to be called about it because we can't be everywhere all the time. >> reporter: while i was there, public works arrived and quickly turned off the water. >> it's just flooded. >> reporter: i showed my video to martinez mayor schroeder who explained to me what happened. >> reporter: it's a mechanical failure on a valve that failed and it accidentally turned on. >> reporter: there's now strict violations for watering on medians and watering all together. >> we do have a

ktvu fox 2 news john sasaki is live at the trail. neighbors say police aren't telling them much? >> reporter: yeah. neighbors haven't heard much but police released new information saying this victim was sexually assaulted. it happened here on the trail, adjacent to l street. >> reporter: exercise, walk the dogs or get away. >> usually peaceful and calm. relaxing. >> reporter: on tuesday, 6:00 p.m., police say a 29-year-old woman was attacked here on the trail. . >> the police woman came last night a the door. we didn't know what happened. >> reporter: what did she say? >> she said had i seen anything. you know? you know? >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> no. >> reporter: police are saying little about the attack but the victim was treated for injuries she suffered. >> scares me. i live really close to this bridge, like, down the street and, like, my mom said, like, there is a lot of cops. i am like oh, my gosh. >> reporter: investigators won't say what the woman was doing, whether she was walking, running or where it happened but they warn people to be aware of their surrou

ktvu's john sasaki spoke to his family. >> this is a big day. >> reporter: they both teach pe in high of the kids too actually like the idea. think it is cool. >> reporter: they wore shirts with special meaning. >> a reminder for us to show this is not something that we want people to forget about. >> reporter: on april 15, 2015 she was running the boston marathon as her husband and children waited. that is when the explosions happened. >> once the bomb went off he was in a cloud of smoke. anybody that was there was just -- was -- just like they disappeared. >> reporter: he was seriously injured. he since recovered but -- >> he feels like he is -- we -- we wondered did that effect his development -- [ talking at the same time ] >> behind because he was recovering physically for so long. there wasn't time grow. healing. >> reporter: he testified in the case against dzhokhar tsarnaev in which the bomber was convicted on 30 counts. >> it gets magnified. now you are feeling everybody else's pain and you feel it because you went through it yourself and you know how bad it is. >> reporter:

ktvu's john sasaki is following the story is here with more on what happened. >> reporter: it was a happy ending but not before horror for the family. their car was stolen from their house with an 8-year-old boy inside. >> reporter: the family whisked him inside. you could hear the relief in his mother's voice. >> i am thankful for friends and family who jumped on facebook and social media and all the phone calls. >> reporter: she sounded nothing like she did when she called 911 this morning. [ indiscernible ] >> somebody took your car and your son was inside? >> yes. >> how old is your son? >> 8. >> the family put him in the car while it warmed up. they were inside for 30 seconds when they came out the car and brock guzman was gone. >> this is something a lot of people do. i won't do it ever again. >> reporter: it was a crime of opportunity with somebody targeting the car, not the boy but for three hours there was no sign of him. >> the longer it goes the more anybody would worry about the child but we are hopeful. >> a resident two miles from the home noticed the car outside their home

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ktvu's john sasaki brings us that twist. >> reporter: the home on the 500 block of kirkland on meyernd where the kidnapping happened has something in common with the vallejo police headquarters. no one is talking at either place. >> it's really unbelievable. >> reporter: ron molano said mysterious e-mails recently sent to the san francisco chronicle have him concerned. >> we are worried because maybe we have criminals around here that rented. >> reporter: what is coming in is e-mails that take responsibility for the kidnapping. >> it's like a bad thing. why would they want to do something like that. kidnapping is not a joke, it's a serious matter. if they're playing that it's a kidnap, they are playing with a serious matter. >> we wanted to know who are these people. just like you. i mean, we don't know. >> reporter: this all started on march 23rd when huskins girlfriend called police to say she was kidnapped for ransom. two days later, she turned up unharmed at her father's house in huntington beach. >> why would the kidnappers just put them out of their house. >> reporter: resident

john sasaki talked with community leaders in oakland and john joins us live. >> reporter: what we found is the reasons are widespread. >> reporter: baltimore has been tearing itself apart. >> we live in america or is this a foreign country. >> reporter: some dismissed them as thugs or animals but leaders say that doesn't come close to explaining the riots. >> baltimore is an example of the black community just being fed up with being at the bottom of the total pole. >> reporter: he shared a bleak perspective on the behavior and the people. >> only thing this country understands is violence. i am sorry to say it but it is true. >> we are in trouble so the riots are a sign of the trouble. >> reporter: she says the anger that is motivating the rioters come from a place that many americans don't understand. she says they don't get the hunger that others feel. >> there is no prospect of food. no food at my house. i don't have any money to buy any and you are eating. i am going to want what is on your plate. that is human nature. >> how long can you expect a victim to accept being a victim un

. >> john sasaki live tonight, thank you. >>> career criminal randy alana testified today in the death of federal public defender investigator sandra coke. randy alana is accusing his girlfriend in 2013. today he denied he was the killer saying they had a difficult relationship. he had no motive to kill her he said because he loved her. prosecutors say he was angry because coke reported a patrol violation that put him back in prison. coke's body was found in vacaville. >>> a man made his first court appearance today since his arrest sunday for the deadly stabbing of a 9-year-old, jordan almgren. william schultz is charged with murder. he did not enter a plea. he told a reporter that he stabbed the boy to see what it was like to kill someone. he says his family sent him to a hospital saturday because of mental health concerns. he was released and spent the night at his friend's house where jordan almgren was killed. that case is shining a spotlight on how mental illness is treated. law enforcement has to make the first assessment to get a person help. this week officers from law enforce

ktvu's john sasaki is live now with details about what else the governor included in his executive order. >> reporter: governor jerry brown put it we are in a new era and the idea of your grass getting water every day, that is a thing of the past. >> reporter: the governor's announcement of a 25% reduction in water usage may not have been a surprise. >> i have been seeing the pictures. which is pretty pathetic. >> reporter: it means people across california will beal effected. >> -- be effected. >> the governor went up to see the snow survey today. very dire results. and we are having the same situation above our reservoir. we have no more snow left. >> reporter: officials say it will take everyone working together get through the crisis. >> reservoirs are half full. at the rate customers are using the water they will be a third full by theond of the summer -- the end of the summer. >> reporter: replacing 50 million square feet of lawns. creating a rebate program to replace old appliances. requiring schools and big grassy facilities to make cuts to water usage. prohibits new homes and de

john sasaki has more on the explosion of the sport right here in the bay area and stanford's attempt at a national title. >> reporter: it was big game day at uc berkeley. no not that big game, this was cal versus stanford in women's lacrosse. it's a sport with a long history in the east coast. >> people get lacrosse sticks when they're born. it's like a given. >> reporter: while california is a goods west coast team stanford is now the 15th ranked team in the nation. >> we've been tested against penn state, notre dame, ohio state but they're just a really great group of girls that have come together and the cohesion throughout the season has been awesome. >> reporter: to play at this level, an athlete needs a solid foundation. that's what the girls around the area are building. >> you can tell the girls, they love the competition. they certainly love to win and leave it all on the field. >> reporter: girls lining up, this is the wolf pack takes on the stingers. >> at least in the east bay i know people talk about baseball season, soccer season and lacrosse season. i think it's a majo

ktvu's john sasaki is live on treasure island at the training facility.as just doing something he had done many times before. >> reporter: he is a veteran firefighter with many years under his belt. he was doing something all firefighter dos, multiple time -- firefighters do multiple times a year. >> reporter: the facility that helps san francisco firefighters say ready for all the situations they face. >> we have the capability to control the fire. >> reporter: but before 11:00 a.m. at the treasure island training facility one firefighter doing something he had gone through many times before suffered a medical emergency. >> they are doing a drill in the burn room and one of the firefighters collapsed. and he was transported to the hospital. >> reporter: the burn room looks like this. firefighters in gear in a room with controlled flames. it is stressful. >> you say that with all the gear you are protected. >> right. but it is also very hot in the gear. so, you know, we haven't had an issue like this before. >> reporter: never? >> no. >> cal-osha will loo

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> the warriors now lead their series with the new orleans pelicans 2-0 after last night's 97-87 victory. game three is thursday. this is just the first round of the play offs. there are five in all and all are a best of seven series. >>> warriors head coach steve kerr came in second in the voting for nba coach of the year. atlanta hawks head coach mike butenhoser was the winner. he received 67 first place votes from the panel of sports writers, kerr received 56. >>> a grandmother desperate to have her granddaughter back home. at 10:30 the search for a missing teenager who has the mental capacity of a younger child. >>> slight chance of drizzle in the forecast for your tomorrow morning's commute. i'll let you know how long the drizzle sticks around >>> a rough start tonight for the new owners of a tour bus. the bus caught fire about 30 minutes after they bought it. they were driving on interstate 880 in downtown oakland when the trouble started. a passer by took the video. the new owner and his business partner say they heard rattling from the back. then saw ot

ktvu's gone s is live ud-- john sasaki is live outside the ballpark. started out with a lot of promise. >> announcer: did. it was special for everyone with another world series championship but for some this was life affirming. >> the sounds of opening day filled the air outside at&t park. spring here and so is baseball. >> this is what it means to me. just to see the energy level and excitement. it will be a memory we will never forget. >> that fan was attending his first opening day game. this man has a different perspective. >> this is my 35th 35th year of opening day in a row. got to do what you got to do. go giants. >> reporter: we met a man for whom this man has a deeper meaning. >> stage 4 cancer. last year, i come back again this year. >> reporter: his cancer spread to his liver and despite undergoing chemotherapy he said he wouldn't miss this game. >> making me feel better already. if they win, they win. if they lose, they lose. it will be a tough year, i have a feeling. good being here, being opening day. making it again to another one is fan