ktvu's ken pritchard is live at the bay view opera house now live. >> reporter: i was just inside the bay view opera house were more than a hundred people were gathered to hear. the march last night ended with vandalism and arrests which some say is hurting their cause against police in this case. police say it was members of black block or black anarchists that marched down the street last night. businesses were forced to lock their doors to protect employees and customers. fernando kosta was working in this cell phone store. >> we saw a large group walking down, they all had bandannas and ski masks. when i started seeing the ski masks, we were definitely worried. >> reporter: they were protesting the police shooting of ken eths harding -- kenneth harding. community leaders angry with police say they don't agree with the anarchist vandalism. >> they ridicule us in the corporate media and also in the mind of people who are trying so hard to save lives. >> reporter: misha razzi says she sympathizes and is in contact with groups such as black block but says measures such as smashing win

ktvu's ken pritchard is live with the man's ordeal. ken? >> reporter: i talked to the coast guard here in alameda. they say the search continued off the mexican coast. still no sign of the seven people month remain missing. as you said, we did hear from another survivor who is now back home who has a different take on how the crew acted as the boat sank. when the 115 foot fishing charter boat eric sank one week ago in the sea of cortez, survivor charles gordon says he felt strangely abandoned. >> it was surrealistic. i mean i'm here and as i saw the ship pointed this direction, it is like the titanic. it went slowly. i could read the name eric. as it went down in the water. >> reporter: gordon is chief of police for the contra costa community college district. he says his life preserver did just that. a gift he received only after a wave knocked him off the boat. >> a good friend, glen wong, who had a vest and a flotation device, took his vest off and handed it to me. gave a big smile and said charles don't, say i never gave you anything. >

in alameda ken pritchard, ktvu channel "2 news." >>> 9 republican candidates have been chosen from the straw poll in the all important state of iowa. two potential candidates have been excluded. >> >> texas governor rick perry supporters -- expected -- sara palin was excluded. she's not expected to make a decision before late august. >> >> mitt romny and john huntsman will be in the straw poll, although neither of them have a significant campaign in iowa. >> >> democrats apparently have another sex scandal on their hands. an 18-year-old daughter of david woo has accused the congressman of an unwanted sexual encounter last november. woo admitted the incident but sold senior aides it was consensual. he was reportedly planning to meet with congressional leaders in washington to discuss the matter. house leader nancy pelosi refused to comment. woo is in the middle of a divorce and previously apologized for strange behavior, including sending the staff a picture of himself dressed in a tiger suit. >> >> bay area nurses gathered to fight for more pediatric care. keiser permanente is looking

in san francisco, ken pritchard, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> just about an hour ago san francisco police gave us these new numbers, police arrested 43 people or failure to obey an order of a officer and pedestrians walking in a roadway. 17 were from san francisco but 26 came from cities throughout california, one was actually from out of state. a police spokesperson told us they are still investigating the property damage and the vandalism that took place at the bank of america and at a muni station and said there may be more arrests and charges. >>> a new report finds there's been a big spike in the number of police officers killed in the line of duty and that california is the fourth deadliest state for such deaths. the national law enforcement officers fund said 98 officers have died from january 1st, that's a 14% jump. in california, five officers have died this year. the police say the recession forced them to cut budgets. >> we're putting officers at greater risks because we're not giving them the resources they need to do their jobs effectively and safely. >> one of the five calif