frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener.s outside jail where chris culliver walked out a short time ago. >> reporter: that's right. chris culliver walked out here just a short time ago. a quarter after 5. he was met by a woman who was upset with the media attention and then he was picked up by a man. police spokesperson confirmed chris culliver was arrested this morning in san jose. investigators say he was driving a white mustang when he hit a bicycle and say tried to drive off. a witness followed him. he hit the witness' car and a few moments later the witness blocked his car. police showed up and arrested chris culliver. a cornerback for the san francisco 49ers. investigators searched the car and found brass knuckles and then they arrested chris culliver. we are told the bicyclist was treated at the scene and released. chris culliver released 45 minutes ago. we tried to ask him what

i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> he was he would speak to us. ktvu's cristina rendon is live where our camera recorded the interview at the jail. >> reporter: this man is homeless and he has been in jail less than 24 hours but he is already saying he did what he had to protect himself from that teen and his friends. >> i am sorry about

i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> he was he would speak to us. ktvu's cristina rendon is live where our camera recorded the interview at the jail. >> reporter: this man is homeless and he has been in jail less than 24 hours but he is already saying he did what he had to protect himself from that teen and his friends. >> i am sorry about all this. >> reporter: he is apologizing from jail to the family of ivan diaz. he is taking responsibility for stabbing the 16-year-old last night. the question is, was it murder or self-defense. >> self-defense. i carry that knife as a tool. absolute last resort. never had to use it to protect my life before like that. >> he says he was jumped by idaho kids and his friends. -- by ivan diaz and his friends. >> kicked in the head 60 times. >> reporter: he pulled out his knife waving it around without realizing he was stabbing anyone. friends and family are devastated. >> i would like to know how everything started. why -- what reasons did he have to stab my brother. >> reporter: his sister is clinging to the last m

i'm julie haener. russia's invasion of ukraine has brought tensions and rekindled fears about russia own intentions to its neighbors. the u.s. mistrust of russia has a historic history that reaches back to the creation of the soviet union. but it became more apparent after world war ii. people can remember doing drop drills where they took cover under their school desks in case of a soviet nuclear attack. as bob mackenzie showed us in this report in 2001 some people went a step further and built a shipper -- a shelter to defend them from the brother and sister. >> reporter: americans would have six or seven hours note to evacuate their city s if the soviets sent nuclear bombers. the plan was for at least 1 million bay area citizens to head north toward marin, napa and sonoma county. you can still see a concrete build constructed in the 50s with a basement containing what's left of a california state command and control center. communications gear of all kind, maps of all the california counties. lists

how much water we could be losing to leaks. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> planned grocery stores in danger of going unfinished. this was supposed to be a safeway store, we asked if the buyer will continue to build. >> reading, writing and sexting in middle school. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. >>> if u.s. and russia failed to reach -- the u.s. and russia failed to reach talks today. secretary of state john kerry met with russia to discuss the crisis in ukraine. it centered on the talks in crimea where they will decide if they want to join russia. after the meeting john kerry said if russia ratified the action it will be like a annexation of crimea. >> we believe it is contrary to thecantitution of ukraine, to international law, and we believe it is illegitimate. >> moscow would respect the results but john kerry said the u.s. and the international community would not recognize such a vote. >>> on wall street investors braced for the vote in crimea with stocks closing lower today. the dow is down 46 to 16,065. the nas

. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> solving rape cases, the help and why it is not just about catching the bad guys and hired to teach children while under investigation for sexual abuse, the background check he passed and the field trip he had planned with students. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. ñsxóxgñ >>> it is a first of its kind initiative to improve pedestrian safety. a safety campaign that targets the city's most dangerous streets for pedestrians. >> we had more people killed on the streets in san francisco than we have by homicide. it is a problem. >> so far this year five pedestrians have been killed in san francisco. the new program is named walk first. it is data driven and will use statistics statistics and maps to target the areas that had the highest number of collisions. the plan also encourages drivers to slow down and pay more attention to their surroundings. >> rather than have years where all of us in office are saying we are sorry for something to happen, we would rather be saying thank you for yielding,

. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> improving school safety in the bay area. the information that should have first responders get to children faster in an emergency. >> the drought may be claiming more victims, their water supply may be cut off. what steps they are taking a save their crops. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. >>> the discovery of a shattered window in san francisco today prumped emergency officials to shut down a street -- prompted emergency officials to shut down a street. firefighters received a call about a window broken from a building. concerns the glass could fall below prompted officials to shut down the street from sacramento to california streets. >> our units were met by members of the building staff. taken to the building. shown class panels that shattered. >> the situation caused a scene below where many workers came out of their offices, curious about what was happening. one person never seen anything like it. >> i just moved here in october. i dealt with falling ice but not glass. as far as s

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the brush fire started at 3:15 p.m.oon in a field close to power lines and firefighters are still working to knock down the flames. now to bill martin our chief meteorologist for the latest weather conditions. >> we have been watching the fire for a while. the winds are blowing west -- from the west. they are blowing the fire towards the water. blowing away from the town of pittsburg. there is your shots of the flames. dry brush. a marsh land. you see lots of green and you see lots of water in the area. it speaks to how -- there is a live picture. there is a helicopter making water drops. the fire is pretty much contained. we talked about it yesterday, warmest bay area -- california on record. third driest california on record. this is what you get. the first day of spring and you have a brush fire in a marsh land. shows you how dry conditions are. winds from the west. that means towards the east the fire is moving. towards the bay. the delta. with the winds light, temperatures in the low 70s. humidity is 30% it is not

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight. chambers is in san bruno where residents and leaders are getting the word but we begin with tom vacar and what he learned about the criminal complaint expected to be filed. >> reporter: experts said this would be coming. tonight not officially filed we are seeing the dimensions of the indictment. the indictments for the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion, the blast killed 8, injured scores more, destroyed 38 homes and damaged more. pg&e ceo issued a statement saying san bruno was a tragic accident that caused a great deal of pain for many people. we are accountable for that and make no

. >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> a grass roots appeal to serve and protect.y on 2, how police hope more home grown officers can turn the tied against crime. also the bridge is open for traffic but the state needs to sign on the dotted line. the list of thousands of finishing touches the eastern span of the bay bridge needs before that could happen. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >>> police say there has been no sign of an at risk 93-year- old man who disappeared while driving home in the rain. robert davis was last seen wednesday night after he had dinner. afterwards he never arrived at the retirement community where he lived for the past 10 years. his family fears he may have become lost wile driving in the -- while driving in the rain. >>> new legislation aimed at respecting the wishes o

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight.ing into the back ground of the developer and the challenges. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson where the remains of the building must now be torn down. david? >> reporter: let's go right now and look at how the demilation on the building picked up -- demolition on the building picked up. it is getting taken down piece by piece by that large piece of construction equipment. we are seeing it tumble bit by bit on to the street as construction crews watch. it wasn't just the fire in the area that sent smoke into the clouds and threatened the environment but also the water that was used to fight the fire that weakened the building and washed talkens down the drains. -- toxins down the trains. >> reporter: crews began tearing tain the retains this afternoon -- down the remains this afternoon. >> right now we have a perimeter set up to keep everybody out of the area. >> the building began burning at 5:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. investigators said welding work may have sparked the fire tha

. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> he snapped photos of peopleting and post them on billboards. >> we just natchally do it -- naturally do it. >> why public shaming is not his main goal and our coverage continues on california state senator leland yee. we learn about the other main players under arrest. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. subway eat fresh. . directions to the nearest subway. so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can . >>> now to our continuing coverage of the deadly mudslide in washington state. for families of loved ones presumed lost every hour that goes by brings heart break. more remains were found today. officials plan to release more details on that in another hour or so. the slow pace of the search is anguishing for survivors. >> it is horrible because i know she is down there under the mud in the dark. my family has been digging for her. >> h

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. new at 6:00, jana katsuyama live in richmond where a local police and b.a.r.t. officers are joining forces. so jana who's being targeted here? >> reporter: well, they are looking at evening commuters frank, and they say that they've had 18 robberies in just the past 2-1/2 months and if you have your phone out or if you have head phones in you're more likely to be a target. this is a richmond b.a.r.t. station right here. they say that most of the people who have been targeted have been evening commuters coming out of b.a.r.t. police say that most of the robberies are happening in the late afternoon and evening hours. the robberies have happened within a few blocks of this b.a.r.t. station as people are walking home. some of the robbers have displayed guns and taken cash, credit cards, jewelry or mobile devices. >> the people are usually distracted by tablet or iphone. some sort of device or they're wearing ear buds so they can't hear. they're being followed a block or two then robbed a

good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.ridge punch list and we told you about it last night. tonight the toll bridge program oversight committee was briefed on that long list and ktvu's tom baker was the only reporter to talk with bridge officials as they left that meeting and he joins us live. tom. >> the committee is comprised of the head of caltrans, the head of the california transportation commission and steve who is the head of the mtc and chairman. now what they wanted to do was not just talk about those items and many other items that will be fixed, they wanted to know about other long-term kind of things and they wanted to hear direct from caltrans other than the way they normally hear about it, which is usually in the news. based on these punch lists that we showed you yesterday, the questions the oversight committee is most interested

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.nut creek even use an oak tree in its logo, but hundreds of trees may be coming down around town because of pg&e's plans to protect its pipelines. the utility has 67 vegetation projects going on right now. 43 trees would be pruned and 381 areas of brush would be removed . leaders at city hall are taking action. >> reporter: we're oarlocks street in downtown walnut -- on locust street in downtown walnut street. these trees are hundreds of years old. pg and a wants to cut them -- pg&e wants to cut them down. the mayor says not without a fight. pg&e says the trees are in the way of their underground gas pipes and notified officials they plan to

. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the impact the latest series of storms had on the water reserve and cameras splattered with pink paint, the worries and fears behind this act of vandalism. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. beijing. >>> up to date on breaking news, the malaysia airlines from kuala lumpur to beijing. 239 people are above the boeing. they lost contact with the plane two hours after it took off from kuala lumpur. malaysia airlines is one of the largest air carriers in asia, however it does not fly in to san francisco airport or any other airports in the bay area. again, authorities are still trying to make contact with the plane. we understand malaysia airlines will be holding a news conference later tonight, possibly tomorrow. >>> to pictures that show the guts inside the bay bridge. inside the most important cables and connectors. ktvu channel 2 news took a tour of the leaks yesterday, engineers showed us a critical piece that keeps the bridge strong. ktvu's tom vacar shows us it is designed to break. >> deep

. >> and i am julie haener. >> parents want to know why he was hired in january when he was already under investigation for sexual abuse. >> 2 investigates tonight the new details. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he has been looking into gaps in the process. >> reporter: i just checked with police again. they confirm prosecutors plan to bring felony charges against him involving sexual abuse. she now on leave from -- he is now on leave from teaching. he was preparing to take his class on an over night field trip. >> reporter: parents are still trying to understand how a teacher could be hired while under investigation for sexually abusing kids. >> somebody dropped the ball. i mean, somebody needs to lose their job. period. >> police say he was still at the charter school when shoo he sexually abused several students. officers arrested him at his new job teaching 7th graders yesterday. >> something that wasn't disclosed in 2 weeks he was going to take kids on a field trip over night. >> reporter: 2 investigates compiled his teaching time line. hired as a substitute teacher in 2008, he

kids playing baseball right now julie haener, saturday they will be canceling games. >> luckily our gamesre on sunday. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. >>> the giants and a's are breaking camp in arizona and heading back to the bay area. >> mark will tell us how the a's did in the desert. sports is coming up. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee backed legislation to give disabled firefighters the benefit of the doubt when they say their work caused illnesses like cancer. the mayor made the announcement today to remember firefighter who died of cancer. 200 empty pairs of boots represented the firefighter whose died. now they are often denied benefits because they carry the burden to prove their job caused the cancer. they plan to introduce the change in the law. >>> mark is here now with sports and warriors players reacting to a coach being demoted. >> five full days to get 5 days off and during that time a lot of talking and that all centers around coach mark jackson and his decision oo deo. -- to demote a coach when they should be celebrating another great playoff run. instead at pr

. >> and i am julie haener. >> police are interviewing a dozen middle school students about sixing and allegations the images -- sexting and allegations the images were forced a girl to perform sex acts. police were -- sex acts. police were notified monday. ktvu's john fowler spoke with police and administrators today about coping with the phenomenon of growing up too fast with social media. >> reporter: this is what can happen when you mix technology with immature brains. >> reporter: police tell me the sex act occurred on campus. but the case involves a dozen or more students at four middle schools. >> the one image was specifically used as fear and intimidation for the victim to engage in a sexual act. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> somebody naked or something. >> reporter: they had a couple of minor incidents, nothing criminal but tackles this head on. with group discussions and counseling. >> i tell them you learn from your mistake. don't do it again. >> later on you will regret it. >> like going to go out there, instagram, facebook, twitter. >> reporter: she cautions some

. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight. ktvu's paul chambers is in san bruno where residents and leaders are getting the word but we begin with tom vacar and what he learned about the criminal complaint expected to be filed. >> reporter: experts said this would be coming. tonight not officially filed we are seeing the dimensions of the indictment. the indictments for the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion, the blast killed 8, injured scores more, destroyed 38 homes and damaged more. pg&e ceo issued a statement saying san bruno was a tragic accident that caused a great deal of pain for many people. we are accountable for that and make no excuses and we are deeply sorry. ktvu channel 2 news learned the indictment centers on violations of the federal pipeline safety acts. it alleges record keeping violations, to know the kind and condition of its pipes, it did not manage the integrity of the pipelines and it failed to identify safety threats it should have known existed. in a statement pg&e apologized again. >> regardless of wh

. >> and i'm julie haener. investigate the bridge punch list and we told you about it last night. tonight the toll bridge program oversight committee was briefed on that long list and ktvu's tom baker was the only reporter to talk with bridge officials as they left that meeting and he joins us live. tom. >> the committee is comprised of the head of caltrans, the head of the california transportation commission and steve who is the head of the mtc and chairman. now what they wanted to do was not just talk about those items and many other items that will be fixed, they wanted to know about other long-term kind of things and they wanted to hear direct from caltrans other than the way they normally hear about it, which is usually in the news. based on these punch lists that we showed you yesterday, the questions the oversight committee is most interested in boils down to three main questions. what major items are still unresolved? what items will require more than the planned amount of maintenance? and what potentially embarrassing issues still remain that lawmakers in the media will

>> i'm julie haener. the city of walnut creek even use an oak tree in its logo, but hundreds of trees may be coming down around town because of pg&e's plans to protect its pipelines. the utility has 67 vegetation projects going on right now. 43 trees would be pruned and 381 areas of brush would be removed . leaders at city hall are taking action. >> reporter: we're oarlocks street in downtown walnut -- on locust street in downtown walnut street. these trees are hundreds of years old. pg and a wants to cut them -- pg&e wants to cut them down. the mayor says not without a fight. pg&e says the trees are in the way of their underground gas pipes and notified officials they plan to take a chainsaw to 735 trees all over town including in people's yards. >> they've taken the position they can cut down these trees without seeking the city's permission or a permit as we would normally require. >> reporter: the mayor lawson fired off a letter. she wants top officials with the utility to meet not only with her but a

. >> and i'm julie haener. we begin with that 10-year-old who never made it home from school this afternoon. sherry is a fourth grader on east 14th street. he is described as 5'3" inches tall. he speaks mostly french he is haitian. >>> the malatian jetliner took off and was headed to china. signals have been detected near a southwest coastal province. families of passengers were told to go to a near by hotel to wait for word. that's when the plane was already four hours late. the boeing 777 was carrying 237 passengers including two infants and 12 crew members. >> we're working to locate the airplane. >>> there are passengers from 14 different countries on board most of them are from china. our web team is following this developing story and we'll have the very latest details at ktvu.com. >>> now information about an alleged sexual assault on an elementary school campus. we're now learning a 7-year-old girl was taken to the hospital to be checked. ktvu first brought you this story as breaking news at 5:00. the i

. >> i am gasia mikaelian, frank somerville and julie haener have the night off.rged with abusing six boys. tonight we are hearing from mother who said he tried to recruit her son to a youth camp started by the teacher. tonight 2 investigates the ties to several bay area schools. ktvu's eric rasmussen is here with what you found. >> reporter: officials say he was going to take another group of boys to yosemite next month before he was arrested last week. now one mother says he made the same kind of offer to take her son a few years ago. >> reporter: she went threw range of emotions when she learned the charges of sex abuse against ron guinto. >> grief. i feel so bad for him, why, why. and then i am like no, how could you. how could you. >> last week when she heard ron guin

good evening everyone i'm frank >> and i'm julie haener. we're on storm track. for the bay area it was a one- two punch delivering rain and even flooding. gusty winds brought down trees such as this large fir in marin county. a neighbor said he heard a big boom and felt the ground crash under his feet. in fact, some ski resorts will see more than a foot of snow today alone. we have team coverage tonight. >>> with ktvu reporters covering today's much needed rain. first to bill martin with how much rain the bay area got today. >> reporter: the morning commute was a mess as you know. we saw one to two inches of rain that continues to impact not just the bay area. over toward, working your way toward fremont. these showers moderate to heavy at times. up here toward vallejo, more scattered showers. driving was messy tonight. visibilities get reduced. these scatters showers like we're seeing over here down near fremont are going to continue throughout the evening hours. fremont getting pretty good rain right now. you can hear it coming down if you're out near the frem

. >> and i'm julie haener. andrew silva was on his way home on his motorcycle when he was killed by a drunk driver. >> reporter: it doesn't seem fair and it doesn't seem right. that's what friends and family are telling me about lance corporate andrew silva. if you look behind me, a large crowd is gathered. all of them trying to make sense of what truly is a senseless death. a man works to repair a crosswalk sign on busy dakota road as a family works to repair its broken heart. >> big impact. >> reporter: tony tesano talks me through the events that left silva dead. tosano says it started here. a man called to report a man in a mini cooper who was distraught and tried to pay with a medical card. then police say the driver ran a red light and slammed into a motorcycle. killing lance corporate lance silva. here he is seen here in afghanistan. his friends rushed to the scene. >> they brought a flag to cover him. >> this guy had been stopped on a normal day it would have been a misdemeanor dui. but because he is dr

. >> and i'm julie haener. tonight we have exclusive surveillance video of the crime in progress. heather holmes has new information. she is live with the new images of the man authorities are still trying to find. healther. >> reporter: i have been working to find out more information about this two vehicle crash. today authorities share with me some new significant evidence in the case. and it shows that driver stealing the car just minutes before the crash. a red honda, its driver nowhere to be found. investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van take off behind the jeep and the honda. a few moments later, the driver

. >> and i'm julie haener. safeway is set to change hands in an acquisition by albertson's owner. we learned your neighborhood safeway store won't close any time soon. albertson says it plans no immediate store closures. the safeway name won't be going away either. and we have jana katsuyama with how the sale will affect shoppers and grocers. >> reporter: i reached a safeway spokeswoman, she said at this point there's no decision on what to do with the pleasanton offices. that's the corporate offices. that's where most likely there could be lay offs to eliminate duplication. here at the stores i've been hearing a lot of complaints from both customers and workers. johnson likes convenience and low costs. >> i like the deals that i get from safeway. you know you come and you know if you're a club member you get the coupon deals and you know you get a better bank for your buck. >> reporter: safeway operates 1,345 stores in 20 states. that would greatly add to albertson's 1,074 stores in 21 states. the merger would result in a wider range of items, lower prices, wider range products.

. >> i'm julie haener. new information about the deadly shooting of a veteran's sheriff's deputy in mendocino county. the deputy had bay area roots. was a graduate of napa high, and spent the last 26 years in law enforcement. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with ken pritchett in the shawl town of cleone, just north of fort bragg. that's where the shooting took place. ken, you have learned the suspect did not commit suicide, but was shot by a fort bragg police officer. >> reporter: around 5:00, at a 5:00 press conference the sheriff said he believed that the suspect had taken his own life. but at 8:00, the sheriff updated this story and said they now believe the suspect was shot and killed by a fort bragg police lieutenant that came in a hail of gunfire between that police officer and that suspect. that exchange of gunfire came minutes after the deputy lost his life. deputy ricky dell fiorentino. >> i said ricky, i think i need to find a way to clone 30 more of you. he said no, boss, the world is not

. >> and i'm julie haener. safeway is set to change hands in an acquisition by albertson's owner. we learned your neighborhood safeway store won't close any time soon. albertson says it plans no immediate store closures. the safeway name won't be going away either. and we have jana katsuyama with how the sale will affect shoppers and grocers. >> reporter: i reached a safeway spokeswoman, she said at this point there's no decision on what to do with the pleasanton offices. that's the corporate offices. that's where most likely there could be lay offs to eliminate duplication. here at the stores i've been hearing a lot of complaints from both customers and workers. johnson likes convenience and low costs. >> i like the deals that i get from safeway. you know you come and you know if you're a club member you get the coupon deals and you know you get a better bank for your buck. >> reporter: safeway operates 1,345 stores in 20 states. that would greatly add to albertson's 1,074 stores in 21 states. the merger would result in a wider range of items, lower prices, wider range products.

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. fire season is off to an early start here in the bay area. this three alarm fire burned near the pittsburg fire generating plant in contra costa county. with california in a drought energy it may be a sign of things to come. amber lee live in pittsburg where i10 turns into willow pass road. she's been on the scene ever since we told you about this fire on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> reporter: frank, firefighters remained here on the scene. behind me you can see their vehicles. we're told some will remain overnight to keep an eye on hot spots. a large column of billowing black smoke is an ominous sight. it could be seens for miles. >> it was a lot of smoke. when we came, when we drive down the street here there was fire there. a lot of fire. >> reporter: the first call came in at 3:15. flames burned near pg & e lines in the field surrounding pittsburg power plant. >> i'm scared, i'm scared because it was continuing right there and now it seems to be spreading. >> reporter: workers

good evening i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. a student is facing charges in a sexting scandal that led from one school to another. and the sexting led to one girl being blackmailed. credible >> reporter: the school resource officer launched an investigation found that more than a dozen boys were using their phones and other mobile media devices to distribute inappropriate photos. that officers investigation found that one boy a student at adam's middle was using photos of a female classmate to blackmail her right here on campus. >> we have been able to establish that there were acts, unlawful acts of unsexual conduct that took place during that threat that was made. >> reporter: investigators say inappropriate images were sent and received by students at adams, bristoll and exelsiur middle school. investigators say everyone involved including the alleged victim are between the ages of 12 and 14. despite their age the boys face very serious consequences. >> as of this evening there are still detectives out interviewing students.

good evening, i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. a middle school teacher facing 14 charges, including 11 for lewd acts with a child. tonight, we have new details, noel walker, live from richmond. >> reporter: that teacher was arrested here at mira vista. the school board told me, they did their due diligence before hiring this teacher, but there is a question about whether they contacted his previous employer. now the board president says they might need to do more in the future to keep kids safe. as students arrived for the start of school, richmond police headed upstairs. straight to classroom 25, and 7th grade teacher, ronald david guinto. >> handcuffed him in his classroom, or at least in front of his classroom. >> reporter: he faces more than a dozen charges of sexual abuse on a child. the west contra costa unified school district hired him in january. the district says he passed a background check in december. the same time he was being investigated police, and his previous employer, making waves charter school, for the allege

. >> and i'm julie haener. andrew silva was on his way home on his motorcycle when he was killed by a drunk driver. >> reporter: it doesn't seem fair and it doesn't seem right. that's what friends and family are telling me about lance corporate andrew silva. if you look behind me, a large crowd is gathered. all of them trying to make sense of what truly is a senseless death. a man works to repair a crosswalk sign on busy dakota road as a family works to repair its broken heart. >> big impact. >> reporter: tony tesano talks me through the events that left silva dead. tosano says it started here. a man called to report a man in a mini cooper who was distraught and tried to pay with a medical card. then police say the driver ran a red light and slammed into a motorcycle. killing lance corporate lance silva. here he is seen here in afghanistan. his friends rushed to the scene. >> they brought a flag to cover him. >> this guy had been stopped on a normal day it would have been a misdemeanor dui. but because he is dr

. >> and i'm julie haener. tonight we have exclusive surveillance video of the crime in progress. heather holmes has new information. she is live with the new images of the man authorities are still trying to find. healther. >> reporter: i have been working to find out more information about this two vehicle crash. today authorities share with me some new significant evidence in the case. and it shows that driver stealing the car just minutes before the crash. a red honda, its driver nowhere to be found. investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van take off behind the jeep and the honda. a few moments later, the driver

. >> i'm julie haener. it was nearly 30 hours ago, that a massive fire tore through a six story apartment building under correction in san francisco's mission bay. now heavy equipment is pulling down the weak and twisted remains. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live, and tells us, firefighters are still finding hot spots tonight. >> reporter: you can see the bright lights brought out by firefighters as they continue their work here tonight. just 10 minuteses ago, firefighters were spraying water on that ladder truck. today was a day of demolition, as crews worked to make this site safer, and also give firefighters access to what hot spots remain. a tiny flame, through a somehow unbroken fourth floor windo was the only fire visible for much of the day. a caterpillar pushed and pulled down the upper floors of the gutted building. all at the direction of san francisco fire. >> the demolition has done a great job of helping us, this afternoon and evening. >> reporter: the demolition crews also moved the pile of d

. >> and i'm julie haener. we begin with that 10-year-old who never made it home from school this afternoon. sherry is a fourth grader on east 14th street. he is described as 5'3" inches tall. he speaks mostly french he is haitian. >>> the malatian jetliner took off and was headed to china. signals have been detected near a southwest coastal province. families of passengers were told to go to a near by hotel to wait for word. that's when the plane was already four hours late. the boeing 777 was carrying 237 passengers including two infants and 12 crew members. >> we're working to locate the airplane. >>> there are passengers from 14 different countries on board most of them are from china. our web team is following this developing story and we'll have the very latest details at ktvu.com. >>> now information about an alleged sexual assault on an elementary school campus. we're now learning a 7-year-old girl was taken to the hospital to be checked. ktvu first brought you this story as breaking news at 5:00. the i

. >> i'm julie haener. new information about the deadly shooting of a veteran's sheriff's deputy in mendocino county. the deputy had bay area roots. was a graduate of napa high, and spent the last 26 years in law enforcement. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with ken pritchett in the shawl town of cleone, just north of fort bragg. that's where the shooting took place. ken, you have learned the suspect did not commit suicide, but was shot by a fort bragg police officer. >> reporter: around 5:00, at a 5:00 press conference the sheriff said he believed that the suspect had taken his own life. but at 8:00, the sheriff updated this story and said they now believe the suspect was shot and killed by a fort bragg police lieutenant that came in a hail of gunfire between that police officer and that suspect. that exchange of gunfire came minutes after the deputy lost his life. deputy ricky dell fiorentino. >> i said ricky, i think i need to find a way to clone 30 more of you. he said no, boss, the world is not

. >> i'm julie haener. it was nearly 30 hours ago, that a massive fire tore through a six story apartment building under correction in san francisco's mission bay. now heavy equipment is pulling down the weak and twisted remains. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live, and tells us, firefighters are still finding hot spots tonight. >> reporter: you can see the bright lights brought out by firefighters as they continue their work here tonight. just 10 minuteses ago, firefighters were spraying water on that ladder truck. today was a day of demolition, as crews worked to make this site safer, and also give firefighters access to what hot spots remain. a tiny flame, through a somehow unbroken fourth floor windo was the only fire visible for much of the day. a caterpillar pushed and pulled down the upper floors of the gutted building. all at the direction of san francisco fire. >> the demolition has done a great job of helping us, this afternoon and evening. >> reporter: the demolition crews also moved the pile of d

. >> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was just walking home from school, when he was shot. fortunately, his injuries aren't serious. neighbors say gun violence in the area of antioch high school, and sycamore drive where that shooting happened is all too common. she just got a description of the gunman from police. >> frank, police are taking this very seriously because of hour reckless, how brazen this gunfire was. the teenager was not the intended target, but he easily could have been killed. >> everybody scattered when they heard the shots. >> reporter: the boy was almost home from school, taking his usual route when suddenly bullets started flying, and one hit him in the arm. in panic, the child started running for home. but some people tried to help him. >> i just went in the house and got a towel and wrapped him up. his mother was really messed up, so i tried to comfort her. >> reporter: she says she sees the teenager every day, walking alone, ear buds in, minding his own business. >> coming only from school, by

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. fire season is off to an early start here in the bay area. this three alarm fire burned near the pittsburg fire generating plant in contra costa county. with california in a drought energy it may be a sign of things to come. amber lee live in pittsburg where i10 turns into willow pass road. she's been on the scene ever since we told you about this fire on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> reporter: frank, firefighters remained here on the scene. behind me you can see their vehicles. we're told some will remain overnight to keep an eye on hot spots. a large column of billowing black smoke is an ominous sight. it could be seens for miles. >> it was a lot of smoke. when we came, when we drive down the street here there was fire there. a lot of fire. >> reporter: the first call came in at 3:15. flames burned near pg & e lines in the field surrounding pittsburg power plant. >> i'm scared, i'm scared because it was continuing right there and now it seems to be spreading. >> reporter: workers

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. that shooting began when a deputy spotted a stolen vehicle. we have more information from amber lee where that shooting happened. amber-- >> reporter: frank as you can see behind me busy aspiarian has reopened to public. but roads had been closed for up to two hours after the shooting. a neighbor told me she heard sirens as she was preparing dinner. >> two shootings. two bullets. i heard two shootings. then after that it just went chaos. >> reporter: the two shots the neighbor heard was from a deputy opening fire on a driver who had stopped on espirian on grant after leading deputies on a chase a few miles away. >> it appear it is deputies used force safety and shot at the suspect. the suspect moved his vehicle in the direction of the deputies. >> reporter: a short while before the shooting the driver had led other sheriff deputies on a chase on sherry lane. deputies had tried to pull the driver over but the driver had taken off and the deputies lost sight of him until the deputy invo

. >> and i'm julie haener. >> as many as 1,000 people gathered tonight to remember an 8-year-old girl at a candlelight vigil. the community is morning the loss of 14-year-old jenna betty. she was hit by a train as she tried to retrieve her cell phone from the tracks. the crowd heard from her friends and family. >> reporter: it was quite a crowd tonight. you can see the pink ribbons are tide, not just students, but teachers, and family from the community, all stunned by the loss of this girl who meant so much to so many. grief is not a lesson many students have to face at school, but tonight, martinez junior high school pulled together, and shed tears for their classmate. 14-year-old, jenna betty. >> everyone loved jenna. >> reporter: a pastor asked everyone to send their strength and prayers to her parents and two sisters. he said each light represented the memories the 8th grader left behind. >> this is a time to remember her life, and who she was to each of you. >> reporter: jenna and her boyfriend were sitting on train tracks sunday. they heard a train and turned away, but jenna tu

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. that shooting began when a deputy spotted a stolen vehicle. we have more information from amber lee where that shooting happened. amber-- >> reporter: frank as you can see behind me busy aspiarian has reopened to public. but roads had been closed for up to two hours after the shooting. a neighbor told me she heard sirens as she was preparing dinner. >> two shootings. two bullets. i heard two shootings. then after that it just went chaos. >> reporter: the two shots the neighbor heard was from a deputy opening fire on a driver who had stopped on espirian on grant after leading deputies on a chase a few miles away. >> it appear it is deputies used force safety and shot at the suspect. the suspect moved his vehicle in the direction of the deputies. >> reporter: a short while before the shooting the driver had led other sheriff deputies on a chase on sherry lane. deputies had tried to pull the driver over but the driver had taken off and the deputies lost sight of him until the deputy invo

good evening, i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. a middle school teacher facing 14 charges, including 11 for lewd acts with a child. tonight, we have new details, noel walker, live from richmond. >> reporter: that teacher was arrested here at mira vista. the school board told me, they did their due diligence before hiring this teacher, but there is a question about whether they contacted his previous employer. now the board president says they might need to do more in the future to keep kids safe. as students arrived for the start of school, richmond police headed upstairs. straight to classroom 25, and 7th grade teacher, ronald david guinto. >> handcuffed him in his classroom, or at least in front of his classroom. >> reporter: he faces more than a dozen charges of sexual abuse on a child. the west contra costa unified school district hired him in january. the district says he passed a background check in december. the same time he was being investigated police, and his previous employer, making waves charter school, for the allege

. >> and i'm julie haener. >> as many as 1,000 people gathered tonight to remember an 8-year-old girl at a candlelight vigil. the community is morning the loss of 14-year-old jenna betty. she was hit by a train as she tried to retrieve her cell phone from the tracks. the crowd heard from her friends and family. >> reporter: it was quite a crowd tonight. you can see the pink ribbons are tide, not just students, but teachers, and family from the community, all stunned by the loss of this girl who meant so much to so many. grief is not a lesson many students have to face at school, but tonight, martinez junior high school pulled together, and shed tears for their classmate. 14-year-old, jenna betty. >> everyone loved jenna. >> reporter: a pastor asked everyone to send their strength and prayers to her parents and two sisters. he said each light represented the memories the 8th grader left behind. >> this is a time to remember her life, and who she was to each of you. >> reporter: jenna and her boyfriend were sitting on train tracks sunday. they heard a train and turned away, but jenna tu

. >> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. he was just walking home from school, when he was shot. fortunately, his injuries aren't serious. neighbors say gun violence in the area of antioch high school, and sycamore drive where that shooting happened is all too common. she just got a description of the gunman from police. >> frank, police are taking this very seriously because of hour reckless, how brazen this gunfire was. the teenager was not the intended target, but he easily could have been killed. >> everybody scattered when they heard the shots. >> reporter: the boy was almost home from school, taking his usual route when suddenly bullets started flying, and one hit him in the arm. in panic, the child started running for home. but some people tried to help him. >> i just went in the house and got a towel and wrapped him up. his mother was really messed up, so i tried to comfort her. >> reporter: she says she sees the teenager every day, walking alone, ear buds in, minding his own business. >> coming only from school, by

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a student is facing charges in a sexting scandal that led from one school to another. and the sexting led to one girl being blackmailed. credible >> reporter: the school resource officer launched an investigation found that more than a dozen boys were using their phones and other mobile media devices to distribute inappropriate photos. that officers investigation found that one boy a student at adam's middle was using photos of a female classmate to blackmail her right here on campus. >> we have been able to establish that there were acts, unlawful acts of unsexual conduct that took place during that threat that was made. >> reporter: investigators say inappropriate images were sent and received by students at adams, bristoll and exelsiur middle school. investigators say everyone involved including the alleged victim are between the ages of 12 and 14. despite their age the boys face very serious consequences. >> as of this evening there are still detectives out interviewing students.

. >> and i'm julie haener. we're on storm track. for the bay area it was a one- two punch delivering rain and even flooding. gusty winds brought down trees such as this large fir in marin county. a neighbor said he heard a big boom and felt the ground crash under his feet. in fact, some ski resorts will see more than a foot of snow today alone. we have team coverage tonight. >>> with ktvu reporters covering today's much needed rain. first to bill martin with how much rain the bay area got today. >> reporter: the morning commute was a mess as you know. we saw one to two inches of rain that continues to impact not just the bay area. over toward, working your way toward fremont. these showers moderate to heavy at times. up here toward vallejo, more scattered showers. driving was messy tonight. visibilities get reduced. these scatters showers like we're seeing over here down near fremont are going to continue throughout the evening hours. fremont getting pretty good rain right now. you can hear it coming down if you're out near the frem

. >> and i'm julie haener. now we're hearing about the quick action of three high school seniors.roth is live now in san ramon with why they ran into the house and why they're now in trouble at school, rob. >> reporter: the latest word is the 94-year-old woman who lived in this fire ravaged home is in critical condition. but she is still alive thanks to three brave high school students and a neighbor. three seniors at california high school in san ramon forever linked by an act of heroism. >> we saw somebody that needed help so we helped them. >> reporter: three students peter cavariotes, peter and garren said they were in a car near by and went to the house. >> it was smoking, i never saw anything like that. >> reporter: they went to the backyard and saw a 71-year-old woman and they walk her to the front. but her mother was inside the burning home. they saw a neighbor who busted open the front door. >> they came up