ken pritchett is live. he sat down with the district attorney who just made public key evidence in the case. >> reporter: a sat down with the da. asked him why he released the documents, he says he wants to highlights the mistakes made in this case. mistakes that could have prevented the kidnapping in if first place. >> reporter: look at this video of phillip garrido with nancy garrido taping. this one of them stocking children. >> do you think anybody can see me? >> no. >> i see them. >> reporter: this is part of the evidence released by the da who says it shows the role of both. >> it's very clear that nancy was a willing and active participate in some of the things that he was doing. >> reporter: he released the evidence to highlight mistakes. one video shows phillip garrido taking a patrol agent on a tour of his home a tour that omitted the backyard where jaycee dugard was. he says a rape victim was ignored when she reported seeing phillip garrido. >> when katy telephoned patrol agents and said he had c

. >>> and the whale may have treated its own health concerns, ken pritchett. >> reporter: after a monthwhy doesn't she as her calf did last saturday swim back to the ocean just a few miles away. >> how is she going to get out? >> and how long can she survive. >> these are those questions that we have no idea. we haven't had many whales up rivers so we don't know what to expect. >> reporter: the whale was showing signs of growth on her skin, a concern when whales are in fresh water for too long. >> in the last couple of days, it sort of disappeared so maybe some of that rolling you might have seen from the bridge might have been able to get that off. >> one of the remarkable things outside of there being a whale swimming in the clamate river is the lack of activity. there's no boats, no scientists, no attempts to make noise to push her out. since she appears healthy they will let her be for now. they are concerned about a lack of food or lack of water. >> the best scenario, she will turn around and decide it's time to leave. >> reporter: until then, she will be a sight to see. ken pritch

in richmond, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> developing news in union city right now. where just 30 minutes ago police arrested a burglary suspect after a tense day long man hunt. it's a story we brought you live at 5:00. we just got this new video into the ktvu newsroom of officers taking the man into custody on gene drive near roseway. this all started at about 10:15 this morning when a homeowner reported a man breaking into a house. officers rushed to the scene. >> we're immediately fired upon by an unknown suspect, the officers returned fire. >> s.w.a.t. officers then set up a several block perimeter to try to contain the suspect. we'll have more on bay area news 37 at 6:00. >>> within the last 20 minute, ktvu has learned that 80 people were arrested outside the hyatt hotel. the protest began before 5:00 this evening and we brought it to you live. the workers are calling for an end of what they call work force abuse. >>> in fairfield a man is in custody tonight after police say he nearly chokedded his 75- year-old mother to death and also threatened her with a gun

new at 6:00, ktvu's ken pritchett is in sonoma county where he talked about the dangers you can't see, ken -- >> reporter: take a look at the russian river behind me, look past the boat ramp, across the river toward the bank on the other side. see the water there looks fairly calm, it looks inviting. doesn't look like it's rushing at all. but that is where a 30-year-old santa rosa man was taken under by a strong current. an example of why the sheriff's department is urging caution despite the appearance of the water. looking at the russian river today and it looks lazy, calm. garrett simpson took his family on a kayak. >> it's awesome, warm, very comfortable. >> reporter: there's quite a difference and say the american river royaling with white water. the sergeant ed haener says looks can be deceiving. >> you look across the surface of the water all you see is a nice calm tranquil top. doesn't look to be moving very rapidly, but it's a the different story down under. >> reporter: the first drowning of the year on the russian river happened in an area of swift current where many people

south lake tahoe, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california drivers can once again opt for a license plate to support the environment. the dmv says it will start issuing a new plate at the top of your screen. the state cancelled the plate a few years ago because of a dispute with the artist. >>> a freeway just hours from shutting down and the warnings actually stretch all the way up here to the bay area. starting at midnight a 10-mile stretch of the 405 freeway will shutdown between the san fernando valley. you can see traffic moving along pretty well. there you see all of the construction crews that will be involved in this major construction project on the 405. we should tell you here about half a million cars use that freeway on a typical weekend. they will be doing repairs all weekend and will face fines if they are not finish on time. there will be signs advising people about the closure of 405 this weekend. >>> a spokesman says -- earlier this week the controller reported a $351 million gap. >> we believe going forward we're in a position where we're going to see strong

ktvu's ken pritchett is there along the cla math river, with the tech tools they're trying to use to get the whale back to sea. ken? >> reporter: well, behind me that is highway 101. and the bridge right there crosses the river, and believe it or not the people out there are whale watching right now. it is a great place to whale watch because of the strand ed whale that you talked about. what they're looking at, is the whale swimming circles, we'll show you what they see right now. before the clark family from tennessee -- this is something they certainly did not expect to see. >> he was like swimming around, playing on the belly -- >> reporter: from one side of the bridge to the other, she swims back and forth, and the curious people high above watch with delight. >> it is a little bigger than i thought. but i didn't actually think i would see one in the lake. >> reporter: the 45-foot gray whale entered the river with her calf. the two swam together when the calf headed down river, a few miles back to sea. >> she will have feed and salt water again for her skin. they expect she will

in richmond, ken pritchett, ktvu challenge two news. >>> police tonight have identified all three people killed yesterday. 36-year-old michael anderson of richmond, dante deloney of oakland. >>> a fairfield woman is accused of walking into the lobby of a hotel neighborhood and armed with a handgun. patricia riey was arrested. rie entered the lobby. police surrounded the building. she admitted taking both marijuana and extasy. >>> a man found shot in the head has died. pittsburgh police fond marcus jackson wednesday night after a report of gunshots. the following day ktvu news reporter jackson was on the -- police have not made any arrests. police in antioch have started a summer long crack down on kids breaking curfew. ktvu christien kafton has more on how police are reacting. >> reporter: after dark when the park closes it can be a draw for teenagers out breaking the 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew. >> we've had problems in some of the our parks and the open spaces and as well as just businesses. of juveniles becoming the victims of crime late at night. >> reporter: friday night's curfew

ktvu's ken pritchett is on the scene to show us why they are concerned. >> reporter: underneath this sidewalk are two pg&e gas pipelines. behind that fence that is where the neighborhood is located. the neighbors say it should meet the strictest standards. pg&e say they do, the neighbors want proof. >> reporter: it's what they can't see that concerns them. two gas pipelines. >> i am a resident here. >> reporter: he got a federal grant to research the pipeline, marked with signs. one of the pipelines is similar to the one that exploded in san bruno. >> we haven't got a safety study on the pipelines. >> pg&e says it inspected one of the two pipelines and the second will be inspected next year. >> it occurred in april of 2011, it is being assessed and the results take several months. the neighbors want that data but have been met with denial monopolies pg&e says some data is not public information. >> this information is information that we safe with first responders. >> reporter: without data his group can't be sure the lines or the neighborhood is safe. >> hopefully we can say there i

in berkeley, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> papayas are being pulled from shelves all across country due to a salmonella outbreak. health officials say the cases have been reported in 23 different states including california. the papayas are sold under th go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> developing news at this hour from east oakland. we're bringing you a live picture. the officers brought two armoured vehicles with them. we asked oakland police what's going on. they tell us they are assisting fremont authorities and serving a search warrant in a home in this neighborhood. it is unclear who or what they are looking for. but they do have a lot of fire power with them. >>> the fate of a santa clara police officer charged with conspiracy is in the hands of a jury tonight. deliberations began in san jose today in the trial of clay ro rojas. he's accused of providing information to the hel

in berkeley, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> papayas are being pulled from shelves all acrossntry due to a salmonella outbreak. health officials say the cases have been reported in 23 different states including california. the papayas are sold under the yaya, blondie manaita labels. >>> ktvu news crew is on the scene of some police activity in the east bay. what we learned just after the break. >>> and that fog is really pushing into the coast right now. i'll show you where it'll be tomorrow morning. >>> and hundreds remember the life of singer amy winehouse. the song played at her private funeral that was one of her favorites. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> developing news at this hour from east oakland. we're bringing you a live picture. the officers brought two armoured vehicles with them. we asked oakland police what's going on. they tell us they are assisting fremont authorities

ktvu's ken pritchett tells us why the prosecution is calling a decision unconscionable. >> reporter: in the last hour i concluesed a interview with the district attorney who says he is talking about new information with the hopes of highlighting the massive problems that lead to the kidnap and captivity and in the hopes of changing the system. he released several documents and videos of the garridos. restoring acid burned videotapes. nancy garrido pretending to videotape phillip garrido. another video show as patrol agent inspecting the home. documents that were released show as patrol officer decided in 1988 that it was too much of a hassle to monitor phillip garrido. a year later everything phillip garrido said one doctor said seemed to be an act. but he says the biggest problem was phillip garrido release in the first place after four separate rapes attributed to phillip garrido. he was sentenced to 50 years for one of the attacks. >> for someone like that to be released is unconscionable. the biggest short coming was his release in 1988. >> reporter: at 6:00 you will hear the wor

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> boy it sure looks beautiful up there doesn't it. over now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. you said it was going to warm up this weekend but not quite that much. >> not as much as anticipated on wednesday and thursday. looks like temperatures are going to warm slightly today as we go into the weekend. but not as warm certainly as last week or last weekend. you see what the fog has done and how it is lingered. that's right now. that push of fog and here's an interesting, we always talk about the san bruno. look what the fog did, it just pushing right through and gets into the east bay and hayward. it's been lingering in moraga. another natural sea level gap is right there at the bridge. but the san bruno gap, that's why it gets windy at the airport too. it funnels the fog into the east bay and that's where we are right now. and that's where we'll be tomorrow. we'll see more fog tomorrow obviously. here's the deal. as we go into your bay area weekend, a little less fog and a little warmer. i got some calls yesterday to the weat

ken pritchett live in sacramento with what's happening today. >> reporter: that shop across the street with the surfboard up front is a brick and mortar shop. often pitted into battle with websites like amazon. today lawmakers said their bill that would tax business like amazon and amazon's fight against it, well they say that's unconstitutional. tiki mugs, tiki salt shakers and shirts, the store is called swanburgs on jay. a store that of course collects tax states. >> it was 7.5. it's a big hunk of money. >> reporter: owner longston says it's unfair he collects taxes and others do not. but he's not why his laid back store was chosen for a press conference. >> i'm here today because california will not be bullied by amazon. >> reporter: assemblywoman lindsay skinner brought up the bill. >> we're looking at 500 million to a billion a year once all internet retailers are really collecting the sales tax on california purchases. >> reporter: but amazon is backing a new referendum to let voters not lawmakers decide on internet taxes. saying in a statement californians deserve a voice. in t

ken pritchett takes a closer look. >> it is warm and very comfortable. >> reporter: there is quite a difference between this river and the american river but sergeant ed haner says looks can be deceiving. >> all you see is a nice, calm tranquil tide. it is a different story underneath the surface. >> reporter: the current varies. the first johnny happened in a swift current -- drowning happenings in a swift currents but there have been several rescues on the russian river. the best advice and we started off in today, is the use of life jacket. >> that is good to see to make sure that they are sending safely. >> reporter: under their backs to consider is the murkiness of the water. it took the dive team six hours to find the drowning victim. >>> now to san francisco where police are searching for a man who stole a picasso on a gallery wall in broad daylight. it happens on tv near union square. the man took the sketch and put it under his arm and walked out to a waiting cab. witnesses took note of the cap number and called police. >> he looked like a tourist from europe. >> the cab dri

ken pritchett has more on the whale. >> reporter: take a look behind me here across the bridge. it crosses the cla math river, close to here you can see the people looking out there close to the ocean, whale watching in the river below. here is what they're seeing. most of the time she circles from one side of the bridge to the other, over and over and the people follow, including pam bryant, from nevada city. >> normally they're in a whaling boat, so you may get close but kind of are at the same level looking down. oh my god. >> reporter: the 45-foot gray whale has been here in the river about a month, much of the time spent in this very spot along highway 101. scientists have tried to scare her away with boats and loud noises . >> they tried to make killer whale sounds there to scare her, get the incentive to head out. that didn't affect her. >> reporter: one of the program managers with the tribe here discusses the river. the mother whale was with her calf until saturday when the calf was spotted swimming back to sea. >> they think that now she is back in the ocean she will h

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the fog is back, just like the last three or four nights, fog when you wake up. tomorrow morning temperatures, warmer than today. these are the highs from today, not what you'd expect this time of year at all especially out toward antioch and fairfield. temperatures tomorrow will come up 3, 4 degrees. i think we'll see some 80s in the far reaching inland bay valleys. the fog will be there late tonight, early tomorrow morning. the weekend will be slightly warmer. there will be some low 80s tomorrow inland and some low and maybe even mid-80s out towards fairfield and vacaville sunday and warmer next week, but these temperatures still well below the average. when i come back here at 10:45, we'll go through your bay area weekend and look at your neighborhood, give you forecast highs and the warm-up. >>> homeowners associations celebrate a victory against conservationists tonight over the bill governor brown struck down today that would have required hoas within the state to let people replace their lawns with artificial turf. the bill was supported

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the fog is back, just like the last three or four nights, fog when you wake up. tomorrow morning temperatures, warmer than today. these are the highs from today, not what you'd expect this time of year at all especially out toward antioch and fairfield. temperatures tomorrow will come up 3, 4 degrees. i think we'll see some 80s in the far reaching inland bay valleys. the fog will be there late tonight, early tomorrow morning. the weekend will be slightly warmer. there will be some low 80s tomorrow inland and some low and maybe even mid-80s out towards fairfield and vacaville sunday and warmer next week, but these temperatures still well below the average. when i come back here at 10:45, we'll go through your bay area weekend and look at your neighborhood, give you forecast highs and the warm-up. >>> homeowners associations celebrate a victory against conservationists tonight over the bill governor brown struck down today that would have required hoas within the state to let people replace their lawns with artificial turf. the bill was supported

new at 6:00, ktvu's ken pritchett is live at at at&t where people are questioning the traditional where players throw foul balls into the stands. >> reporter: it has happened a many parks. a fan falls from the stand resulting in injury or death. but what happened in texas is different. it started with an act of kindness by a player and ended by tragic results for a father as witnessed by his son. we will not show a video only this still frame of shannon stone falling 20 feet behind an outfield wall to the concrete below. he died at the hospital. his son was with him when he fell. >> it is one of the saddest things i've seen at a baseball park. >> reporter: he was reached over to catch a foul ball. stone reached too far to get it. >> when that happened, it was disbelief. because obviously i know what's behind there. people don't realize what is behind there and so they might not thought it was a big deal. but i understood that this person could be hurt really bad. so i was in shock. i just kept looking behind me, you know hoping somebody was back there helping him. >> it's really sad bec

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> property values grew by $2 billion in the past fiscal year to $163 billion that's an increase of nearly 1.5% during a tile when many areas saw declines. demand for commercial property exceeds the supply. >>> california's unemployment rate rose slightly last month even though the state added thousands of jobs. the state added 28,000 jobs last month. even so the unemployment rose to 8%. only nevada is worse. the country's unemployment rate climbed to 9.2% in june. >>> u.s. stocks ended today's session on a good note. good news from computer chip makers propelled the nasdaq. while news from caterpillar dragged down the dow. the dow was down 43 points. >>> right now i'm tracking fog into your bay area weekend forecast. it does mean a little bit cooler daytime highs for your saturday. maybe a little warmer on sunday. let's go take a look at all of that. you can see right here around santa cruz, it's starting to clear on the best side of the town up on the boardwalk. it's been a foggy day in santa cruz and capitola. more fog is well, very little clearing if any ou

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ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a judge says lawsuits accusing google of illegally collecting data from wireless networks can go forward. the mountain view based internet giant is apologizing for gathering the data during street view mapping sessions. google says it didn't mean to break the law. a u.s. district court judge says privacy protections still apply. >>> a woman from fremont is accused of stealing more than $800 million from citigroup investors. 43-year-old lance moon was arrested yesterday. a grand jury indicted her earlier this month on six counts of mail fraud. moon diverted funds from clients and used the money for personal expenses. she worked for citigroup until 2008. >>> a catholic bishop who's diocese has been hit by lawsuits has resigned. the bishop apologized and was not charged. a diocese spokesperson says walsh is tired and has been wanting to step down for the past two years. the diocese spent $5 million to settle lawsuits over the alleged abuse. >>> 31 rabbits are up for adoption after being rescued from inhumane conditions in the east bay. the rabbits

ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> state and local governments across the nation are raising fees to offsetost tax revenues in california vehicle registration fees have increased. rhode island doubled fees at beaches. wyoming is now charging higher fees for trucks exceeding weight limits and in oregon fees are going up for medical marijuana. >>> another dispute between republicans and democrats on capitol hill resulted in the temporary layoffs of about 4,000 federal aviation administration employees. the faa says the furloughs won't affect air traffic controllers or cause flight cancellations. congress failed to authorize funding for the agency. one issue to be language overturning a national mediation board ruling that airline and railroad employees can form a union by same majority of those voting. republicans want that ruling overturned. >>> now to the race for the white house. a california nn poll has mitt romney romney with 16% support for president by rick perry with 14% and former new york mayor rudy giuliani with 13% of support. sarah palin also came in with 13%. michele bachmann ea

ken pritchett,ktvu2 news. >> you can see the bunks in a moment below the deck where the fishermen were sleeping last sunday. there are the bunks. they were in those bungs when the boat began to sink. there is a soft piles of ice chests aboard the ship where they would keep the fish that they caught. several survivors were able to cling to the ice chests as flotation devices when the vessel went down in rough seas. for more information including raw video of the survivors being rescued in mexico, you can visit ktvu.com and click on the lost fishermen tab. >>> a 5-year-old boy and his mother are hospitalized tonight after their car was hit by a stolen hummer in vallejo. the hummer patrol said the pursuit started before 9:30 last night in fairfield. officials say the chase continued into vallejo where a 17-year-old unlicensed driver was speeding. lost control at broadway and tuolumne streets hitting three cars at a spop light. >> a cloud of smoke went up in the air. i was looking over the fence. see what's going on. by the time i got over here, there was highway patrol, vallejo pd, everyb

as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, the tragedy is shedding light on the dangers visitors often overlook >> reporter: looking at the russian river today and it looks lazy, calm. >> it's awesome. warm, slow, very comfortable. >> reporter: there is quite a difference between this river and say the american river. royaling with white water, the sergeant ed haener with the sonoma sheriff's department says looking can be deceiving. >> if you look across the surface of the water all you see is a nice calm tranquil top. doesn't seem to be moving all that rapidly, it's a different story understood beneath the surface. >> reporter: the water is shallow in spots, deep in others, the currents vary, the first drowning of the year on the russian river happened in an area of swift current where many people swim. >> drowning ask quiet. you know someone falls in and falls under water. it's a very silent killer. >> reporter: sergeant haener says there have been several drownings. on more rapid rivers like the american, it's well over 50 into the holiday. the best advise and we saw it often today, is the

as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, the tragedy is shedding light on the dangers visitors often overlook >> reporter: looking at the russian river today and it looks lazy, calm. >> it's awesome. warm, slow, very comfortable. >> reporter: there is quite a difference between this river and say the american river. royaling with white water, the sergeant ed haener with the sonoma sheriff's department says looking can be deceiving. >> if you look across the surface of the water all you see is a nice calm tranquil top. doesn't seem to be moving all that rapidly, it's a different story understood beneath the surface. >> reporter: the water is shallow in spots, deep in others, the currents vary, the first drowning of the year on the russian river happened in an area of swift current where many people swim. >> drowning ask quiet. you know someone falls in and falls under water. it's a very silent killer. >> reporter: sergeant haener says there have been several drownings. on more rapid rivers like the american, it's well over 50 into the holiday. the best advise and we saw it often today, is the

ken pritchett is live where officers have revealed a motive for the incident. >> reporter: we talked to richmond police who say the triple homicide yesterday followed an argument which in turn followed some sort of drug transaction, that's three home sides yesterday, three others on sunday. some are worried the progress of late has been lost. mixed into the scheduled sermon at independent community church were words from the pastor on the violence in his city. >> you put pain in my neighborhood and i will bring pain to your neighborhood. now the whole ty city is hurting. >> reporter: debris marked a spot wore three young men died, shot dead with a 44th being questioned. that makes six homicides in a week, this after a drop in home sides seen in richmond last year. >> the shootings and homicides has been cut in half in the last two years. so we are very pleased about that. >> reporter: in february of 2010 leaders took to the streets demanding an end to violence after the shooting at a church and some say that is one reason why the homicide rate last year dropped by more than half. >>

in berkeley, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> authorities in alaska said they have no plans to try and hunt down that bear that mauled a group of teenager over the weekend. biologists say the bear should be left alone because it was probably like this one, a mother bear trying to protect its cubs. among the group, was victor martin. >> i kicked him dead up in his face. like right in the middle. bow, kicked him. he was done after that. k. o. you don't mess with me. i was scared but still, where i'm from we don't play that. >> another one of the injured teens says he never saw a cub during the attack. >>> attorneys are turning to technology. how a state of the art system says the system is making children feel safer in the neighborhood. >>> and temperatures are on the increase. i'll tell you how warm the temperatures will be in your neighborhood tomorrow. >>> new at 6:00, you're watching video of a hate crime in progress. >> he comes in and punches and you just see my head roll back. >> only on 2, the pictures police are using to catch the suspect. >> also red light cameras caugh