ken pritchett live in san francisco. ken, thank you. >>> a judge in san francisco today tossed out a drunk driving case against a former fire fighter that left a motorcycle rider injured. two years ago michael quinn, watch this, was riding a fire truck when he hit fraizer. he was seriously injured. blood alcohol tests on quinn weren't done until six hours later and it shows that he was above the legal limit. but the delay in testing was too long and there was really no way for sure if quinn drank after the crash. >>> the city of san francisco is going after building owners who have repeat safety violations such as missing fire extinguishers, locked exits and blocked fire escapes. as ktvu's david stevenson reports the new focus comes in the wake of devastating fires in the city's mission district. >> reporter: fresh flowers are posted to the liquor store. as neighbors grief the life lost here. >> we used to come to the store all the time. just like going to your friend's house. >> reporter: the fire broke out march 11. 38-

the chp says they are checking on that. >> ken pritchett in hayward tonight. ken, thank you. >>> now to san francisco, where a 5-year-old girl is hospitalized after a very similar accident at the stonestown shopping center. the little girl was with her mother around noon time, when they were struck by a car at city sports pub. the mother suffered a broken arm, the girl has a head injury. police say the driver of the vehicle was an 86-year-old woman. police familiar with the area say it can be dangerous for pedestrians. >> it's really dangerous. a lot of skateboarders come flying down, they don't stop, or bicyclists, or people, they're not looking. >> the driver wasn't hurt. she was released from the hospital. there is no word yet if she will face charges in connection with the incident. >>> we now know the name of a woman shot and killed by plainclothes police officers. a small memorial is in place where 24-year-old alice brown died. investigator say they spotted her behind the wheel of a possible stolen car. when they approached, she drove the wrong way on a o

new at 10:00, ken pritchett live in alameda with a move to change the law. >> reporter: st.rge's spirits here in alameda produces a product they have tastings for tourists but distilleries cannot sell visitors a single bottle because of a law that dates back to the days of prohibition. it's fun to play with. >> reporter: in every respect it has the look and atmosphere of a wine tasting but not the same taste. these are fine whiskies, vodka, gin and more. >> seriously one of the best gins i've tasted in recent memory. >> reporter: a spirit tasting and after all this the tasters cannot buy a full bottle. >> at wine tastings you can buy the bottle right there. and why you can't do that here is beyond me. >> reporter: now they're trying to bring legislation that will allow tasters to buy bottles. >> we've been around more than 30 years. but it will certainly help our bottom line. >> reporter: operation manager lucy barbra says that think of a liquor store that sells off their shelves. >> we cannot sell to people who come here to taste. we have to sell it to a distributor. >> rep

we get this developing news now from ken pritchett, she's in hayward with the description of the vehicle police are now looking for, ken. >> reporter: hiward >> reporter: hi -- hayward police say it was a newer brand honda civic with paper plates and it was parked here on whitman street. a man in his 20s police say was standing at the back of that car when a 15-year-old high school sophomore was walking by. police say the man didn't say a word. that he just reached out, grabbed her and tried to drag her away. it was just after 4:00 p.m. on a neighborhood street. patricia richardson was getting ready for a nap when she heard the screams. >> i heard screaming, then she just said no then she screamed on top of her lungs, then i heard -- >> reporter: this is loud. >> this is very loud. >> reporter: patricia heard the screams of a teen trying to escape what would be a kidnapper. patricia called 911 and police arrive. >> she was able to fight him off. and quickly was able to separate herself from him and ran. >> reporter: the teenager was walking home from tennison high school about two miles

. >> ken pritchett has more on the violence in ferguson. >> it's been 24 hours of turmoil in ferguson with two officers shot and an intense man hunt. these events have nationwide implication, and that was evident tonight among youth in the east bay. >> reporter: a house in the focus in the search for who shot two police officers. a woman and two men were led away in hand cuffs. as tensions rhodes among protest -- rose among protesters last night, shots were fired. two officers in tactical gear hit, their wounds not life- threatening. the attorney general called the attacks an ambush. >> this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. it was a punk trying to cause discourse. >> reporter: the shootings followed the resignation of the police chief after a scathing review of the police department on race relations. one person linked the shooting and resignation. the tensions in ferguson continue to spark national debate, and constructive dialogue here at home. >> mike brown, eric garner, it can be someone here. >> reporter: the social justice academy brought together community l

at that time, ken pritchett explained how some say the ruling could lay the ground work for the end of the death penalty in california. >> reporter: for the condemned at san quentin this ruling could mean an end to their stay on death row. an idea that outrages some. >> that infuriates me. >> reporter: mark class has waited more than 40 years for the execution of the man who murdered his daughter poly. a ruling that means more of a delay. >> it's another slap to the face to the voters of california. >> this is a system that's completely broken. on a lot of levels. >> reporter: bob dunlap calls the judge's decision courageous. >> for many reasons the death penalty is wrong. and judge carney had summed that up by saying the decision is wrong. >> reporter: they found the process dysfunctional. >> the dysfunction is for this judge was the delay. the amount of time it took from the time somebody would be sentenced to death until they would actually realistically face execution. >> reporter: u.s.s. school of law professor says the ruling is a finding that california's death penalty is arbitr

ken pritchett with a look back at one of the most terrifying times ever in the city. >> well, for months many people in san francisco stayed in doors after dark afraid to be a victim of seemingly random racially motivated shootings. it ended live, left victims disabled for life, and steered art into a life of public service. >> right about here at this tree. >> reporter: long before he was a well known name in public service. before his four years as san francisco mayor, the then 35- year-old social worker had just left a community meeting to build a health clinic when he was shot twice in the chest while talking to two women at the corner of 23rd and wisconsin in december 1973. >> they ran off, and iran after them to -- i ran after them to calm them down because i didn't realize i was the victim, and they said it's you, you've been shot. >> reporter: he was victim number six, the first to survive a racially motivated killing spree that took 14 lives, and wounded 7 others. >> it went on for almost seven months. the city was gripped in terror. >> reporter: he said it was one of the most t

ktvu's ken pritchett is here and tells us there may be an upset in the making, ken. >> reporter: recent polling suggests a familiar face. prime minister netanyahu ramped up his appearances as the vote drew near. netanyahu said there will be no palestinian state if he's reelected. >> an international initiative was presented to us to return to the 1967 borders to divide jerusalem. those things are real, it is going to happen. >> reporter: coinciding with what many saw as a campaign stop before the u.s. congress on march 3rd. a visit countered by white house protocall. this as foreign dollars -- this as he said foreign dollars are stacked against him.netanyahu's main rival is seen by some as one that could improve strained u.s. and israeli relations. >> the public is genuinely frustrated. the public wants a change. the public asked for a change and the public aspired for hope. >> reporter: the palestinian question the iraq nuclear deal and spread of isis. significant issues to be sure. but for israeli voters there's more. >> like here economy is a big thing. jobs, housing prices very rela

. >> ken pritchett in our newsroom tonight. >>> a head-on crash killed two people today in a rural sonomaof santa rosa. authorities say a lexus sedan crossed into oncoming traffic to pass slower traffic, and collided with a ford pickup truck. a dog inside the pickup was also killed. the names of the victims have not been released. authorities say the driver of the pickup was a 58-year-old man who lived in windsor. >>> a marin county man suspected of killing 84-year- old olga dinelli of penngrove pleaded not guilty. hill was his alleged accomplice. authorities believe silva, and hill ransacked the home on february 26, and left her bound to a chair and shot her to death. it is unclear if silva will be transported back to sonoma county to face charges. >>> a san francisco police officer charged with raping a woman could be facing even nor charges. the preliminary hearing store officer geoffrey graves got underway today. he is charged with one count of raping a girl he met on a police car, and two charges of roughing up his girlfriend. legal experts say it may include a gun enhancement, becau

ktvu's ken pritchett tells us, the tug of war over email could be a salvo ahead of next year's presidential campaign. >> there was no indication that this was a violation of law, but former secretary of state clinton's decision to use a personal email is seen as unusual and unwise. >> reporter: the presumptive democratic front runner rallied a crowd last night. >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> reporter: clinton made no mention of what republicans are labeling a scandal. reports that she not only used a personal email, but also a private server at her family home in new york. >> the idea that a cabinet member would use her own server is pretty dangerous. >> reporter: clinton's staff handed over 55,000 pages of emails two months ago, from her time as secretary of state, including private emails. >> they've turned them over to the state department so that the state department could properly preserve and maintain them, and use them to respond. >> reporter: clinton's emails are the subject of inquiry by the republican led investigation into