ken wayne is at opd on the reform and why some say it makes oakland a bit of a -- >> reporter: detroit, with the police department embroiled in controversy. >> the cops from around here, they don't come when you call. >> reporter: yet oakland turned to detroit for guidance. >> i went to detroit twice. >> reporter: detroit was also under a federal mandate to reform its department. slowly but surely the police department turned things around. >> the detroit police department we believe and we engage in constitutional policing. >> when i went to detroit and met the chief there the first thing he said to me is constitutional policing is good policing so here we have a city that you know, has more problems than oakland. and has a very tough crime problem and yet the chief was saying that in detroit. >> reporter: shannon was one of the attorneys that filed the civil action. constitutional policing is simply this. >> we the police are not above the law. if we're going to enforce the law, then we have to respect it. right. so we expect our officers to treat people appropriately. >> reporter: n

ken wayne, live on treasure island tonight. ken, thank you. >>> checking in on the weather right now. we've got a little fog in the forecast tonight, we had a little bit this morning. there might be a little bit tomorrow morning. the fog, the dew points are there, but the fog's had a tough time forming. just look for patchy fog in the spots that you typically see it. but patchy is the key. it's not so patchy south of stockton, or stockton area. we've got a dense fog advisory, that is in effect for that area for the morning hours. i suspect we'll see fog up in davis and towards the sacramento area. and in the east bay, and north bay as well. current temperatures are in the upper 40s, low 50s. dew points are in the upper 40s tonight, and mid-40s. these are easily going to be reached. fog should form in some locations. warmer thursday than it was today. today we saw numbers had the low 70s, tomorrow, maybe mid- 70s. the dry pattern continues. oakland, tomorrow, 73 degrees. so lunchtime at oakland, 69 degrees. it's february. 73 at 3

but it is not kinder towards crime. >> reporter: ken wayne, ktvu fox 2 news. >> they are in compliance8- 50 mandates. he hopes to be in compliance by the remaining three in april. >>> today warriors star steph curry met privately with president obama and also attended an event at the white house to lead it fight against malaria. he has been a supporter of the u.n.'s nothing but nets campaign and he spoke tonight. right now he leads the nba in three point scoring and donates three bed nets to the campaign every time he scores a three point. after the event he -- pointer. after the event he got to meet privately with president obama. . >> steph curry just left the white house. meeting with president obama. the reason i was in that meeting talking about the new malaria initiative. all the work and donations and awareness you helped raise so thank you very much. >> the warriors played the wizards last night and today the team got to visit arlington national cemetery. presenting a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on behalf of the golden state warriors. >> he said thanks for the sho

ktvu's ken wayne got access inside this training center that gives firefighters real world experiencethey know how to respond to these situations. >> reporter: all about getting hands on experience. the fire department build something unique here in the bay area. not a classroom, it is a mock city. a place few people outside the fire department have ever seen. on a small corner you will find store fronts, houses with gates and all the typical infrastructure you will find in a city neighborhood in san francisco. it is as real life as possible, meant to give firefighters a chance to put their skills to the test. >> that is where you pick up good stuff. >> reporter: as you can see firefighters put me in their burn building to show what it is like to be trapped in a house fire. if you find yourself in a burning building you will be how surprised you could be disoriented. the power could be knocked out, room filled with smoke, making it impossible to see anything. school children are told to stop, drop and roll, but after that? at 10:00 p.m. we will have tips from firefighters that could h

we know the hose goes to safety. >> that was ktvu's ken wayne reporting.cility is getting a lot of attention from other departments. they may start sending their crews to get more training. >>> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> air force one touches down at sfo. president obama returned to the bay area with a schedule that takes him from san francisco to silicon valley. good evening. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the president is back in the bay area. arrived 30 minutes ago. a three day visit that includes a fund raiser and a summit at stanford. ktvu's david stevenson is live now at sfo. david, who arrived with the president on air force one? >> reporter: he arrived with a number of special guests. got in 5:15 p.m. startling the people here when they saw air force one pulling in. he brought with him a number of gusts. local congress people. returning to their districts. taking a ride with the president. the president was greeted on the tarmac by san francisco mayor ed lee and a crowd of three dozen people. som

. >> and i'm ken wayne. a four-alarm fire in san francisco today. the flames spread through several apartment buildings. tonight, month are than two dozen people are out of their homes in the alamo square neighborhood, mcallister near scott. cara lui joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: well, ken, right now there is a restoration crew working here at the scene. also, firefighters have been escorting some of the residents back into the burned apartment unit so they can retrieve some of their things. firefighters say when they got here just before 1:30 this afternoon, three apartment buildings were on fire. investigators say they believe the fire started in the corner building here at mcallister and scott, then spread quickly to two other buildings on either side. we spoke with one of the residents home with their grandson at the time. she said firefighters rang her door to let her know she needed to evacuate. >> i saw flames coming up everywhere up there. they came and knocked my windows out. we were running downstairs. we saw the fire in the d

. >> and i'm ken wayne. a strike is on at oil refineries the first in 39 years and it's affecting a major facility here in the bay area. debora villalon is live outside the tesoro plant where tonight some workers are being sent home. >> reporter: some workers but not all. because shutting down this refinery is not a turnkey process. it takes days. right now this is the only bay area refinery with a work stoppage but that could easily spread. >> there's rumors that we were going on a strike. >> reporter: the rumors came true as night shift workers were showing up for their night shift and turned around. >> i just got to the gate and they said go home. >> reporter: wishing he knew before he drove to work. now that tesoro is one of nine sites on strike after talks with steel workers and the oil companies broke down. >> the union was willing to continue walking until after midnight. >> reporter: picket lines were already up in houston and milwaukee. workers say it's about more than money. working conditions, und

. >> and i'm ken wayne. the shooting happened last night around 4:30 in east san jose. debora villalon is there tonight. people have been gathering there all evening, debora. >> reporter: ken, a steady stream of people leaving candles and leaving flowers and just standing silently to mourn a man who they say should have never died over stolen cigarettes. >> he's the supervisor, he's the leader. >> reporter: manny zuniga helped train a half dozen security guards at the bvos nightclub. now they're brokenhearted gathered where he was last night. >> i was the one next to him. i was doing cpr. >> reporter: people poured from the club hearing several shots. >> i saw her eyes open, looking at me. i thought he was going to be fine. >> reporter: then the paramedics arrived. >> everybody was happy, they were like yeah, he's going to make it. he's going to make it. >> reporter: manny was at work when he heard a commotion next door at the convenience store. it was all on surveillance video. everybody in his store knows, merchandise is not worth a life. the robber had already had wha

. >> i'm ken wayne and we have live coverage. ktvu's debora villalon is live where pg&e crews are working to gets the power on. >> we want to start with our meteorologist mark tamayo. >> you know it's an active week when we start to number the storms. storm 2 rapidly approaching the bay area shoreline. as far as rainfall totals really adding up. the santa cruz mountains nearly 3.5" rainfall. santa rosa 2.6and livermore, nearly 1.5". san francisco nearly .75 inch, but everybody picking up more rain in the sunday forecast. on live stormtracker right now, heier few lingering rain and snow showers territories the east, towards the sawyer and towards cape mendocino. there is the circulation on the lift portion of your screen and that is our next storm. storm no. 2 for sunday will bring the chance of scattered thunderstorms and heavy rainfall with rainfall expectations 2-8.5" and another wind producer, winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. our forecast model at 6:00 heier.m., the rainband offshore, approaching our shoreline and look at w

. >> and i'm ken wayne. a wet and windy day has turned into a blustery night across the bay area. there were scattered power outages throughout the bay area with the east bay topping the list of the bay area's most affected. one outage shut down a grocery store. >> i was bagging and the power just went out. it turned back on and went out after that. there were a couple of people and we pretty much closed after that. we would let them out but not in. >> the utility reported more than 6,600 customers were affected by the outages. most of those in the east bay. though the heavy stuff moved out earlier today there is still rainfalling in parts of the area -- rain -- rain falling throughout parts of the bay area. >> from oakland to concord, we'll come in closer here out toward walnut creek, concord and martinez. we have heavier rainfall rates in this area out toward pacheco boulevard with more intense rainfall. these will be a different story in just a few minutes. pushing the map to the south closer to walnut creek, alamo. and this cell closing in on san ramon will continue to move th

. >> and i'm ken wayne. people who live by fair oaks park in sunny vale are telling us tonight about a dangerous intersection there. the driver's car eventually came to a stop in the grass of the park. the park sits on north wolf road and north fair oaks avenue. katie utehs is there tonight and brings us the latest. >> reporter: you can see the grass is torn where the car stopped. with oil also on the curb. it's likely the collision happened far into the intersection kind of where that island is that you can see the cones are covering two pole that is were pent after the car plowed through. it's also an area marked with candles and roses. stoplights emerge lane, crosswalk cars and pedestrians converge at a multi lane intersection in sunny vale. north fair oaks and north wolf road. >> where it comes together that's where you have the conflict with pe de pedestrians. >> it's hard to think about how to be with life. instead of taking yourself for granted. >> reporter: around 2:00 in the afternoon the driver of

. >> i'm ken wayne. the fire sent flumes of smoke at the corner of 1th and church streets and damaged several flats, forcing residents to flee. debora villalon is live at the scene, where investigators say they still don't know how the fire starts. >> reporter: ken, it is still under investigation. if you take a look upon the upper floors we have been watching as flashlights are moving around up there. as restoration crews shoring things up. it was almost 8:00 tonight before streets re-opened and people could stroll through the area, four hours after flames tore through the buildings. >> firefighter were throwing things out of window. >> reporter: flames were out by the time adrianne knowle rushed through, getting texts from her roommate, their building was burning and full of smoke. >> four people live in her flat, three in the one above. >> we have been told we'll able to salvage thing, passports, computers, all of that. >> instantaneously, the roof looked like it exploded with fire. >> reporter: as pa

. >> good evening i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes and more than two dozen people are witness homes that fire quickly grew to four-alarms with crews racing to the building near alamo square this afternoon. the flames then spread to two more buildings. ktvu's cara liu has been at the scene where firefighters spect much of the night. >> reporter: they were standing by until just about an hour ago, making sure there were no flare-ups out here and helping to escort residents back to their apartments to retrieve essential belongings. >> i saw flames coming up everywhere there. >> reporter: thick smoke billowing from the four-alarm apartment fire could be seen from miles away, but 71- year-old thelma green didn't even know her building was burning until after a firefighter rang they are doorbell, alerting her to get out. >> because when we were running downstairs we had seen the fire -- you know in the den. >> reporter: she grabbed her great-grandson and ran outside. >> i was scared and he was crying and i was crying. it was terrible. >> thelma's grandson carl, rushed home as soon as we h

good evening, i'm heather holme nyse i'm ken wayne and we're getting word that people police shot and killed a man near a trainstration in copenhagen and trying to determine if that person was limped to the early shootings. the second shooting happened near a synagogue hours after someone opened fire at an where a cartoonist who caricatured the prophet muhammad. police say at this point it's not none if the two shoots are connected:the shooting at the free speech event was captured by the bbc and we want to warn you this audio may be disturbing. >> (gunshots). >> from iraq tonight a call for help from sunni leaders. and we have been told that they are looking into what is going on there? the call from sunni leaders in the anbar province. we'll get to that part. sunni leaders in the anbar province. >>> danish police say gunmen sprayed cafe with 30 bullets before driving away in a dark volkswagen, police have found the car, but not the gunmen. >> it was just informed they were coming to a, park where they think they might be in there and obviously looking all over the parts of copenhage

i am ken wayne. >> i am heather holmes. >> a wind and small craft cruise for the san francisco bay -- craft advisory for the san francisco bay. ktvu's minimum wage mark tamayo and ktvu's noelle walker where an outing in a canoe ended unexpectedly for six people today. >> reporter: those six people are okay today. they were lucky a boat happened to see them and called the coast guard for help. they train for cap sizing but in this wind they couldn't get back on course. >> reporter: the san francisco bay is gone for being windy. so challenging today there was a small craft advisory. >> i think we missed that. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the water that beckons the crew of the canoe ended up swapping their canoe and that ended their day on the bay. with a coast guard rescue. >> they didn't have a means to communicate, they did an excellent job of staying together. >> without warning they went from seeing white caps to cap sizing. >> windy out there. here it goes. >> yeah. >> this happened so fast. >> we couldn't bail faster than the water was coming in. >> the last thing to make it in, thei

>>> good evening, i'm ken wayne >> and i'm heather holmes. a crash on highway 101 in san jose has chp investigators asking for the public's help. three people were killed in the fiery crash. it happened in the middle of the night, now, highway patrol is hoping to talk with anyone who saw the car before the deadly crash. no well walker is near 101 in san jose. >> reporter: the car is a reddin finty sedan. the driver driving south. he veered off the roadway and crashed. now, highway patrol is hoping somebody out there saw the crash or the moments before. highway 101 in san jose is one of the busiest freeways in the state. even on a weekend, with traffic moving at freeway speeds and it wasn't quiet along this stretch at 2:00 this morning. >> at 2:00 in the morning, there is always a good chance alcohol can be involved. speed could be a factor. falling asleep could be something to consider as well. >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure out what happened. when the driver of a reddin finty sedan registered out of san jose crashed on 101 s

. >> i am ken wayne. >> i am heather holmes. developing news in san francisco. just this afternoon the suspect arrested in connection with the dismembered body found in a suit case has died. ktvu's christien kafton is live with details. >> law enforcement source confirmed for ktvu that he checked himself into a http://yesterday and died -- into a hospital and died last night. he was arrested after police release photo in connection with a body found in a suit case found in san francisco. at this point there is no word on why he checked himself into a hospital or why he died. we managed to catch up with a friend of his who defended him after his arrest. he met up with him on friday and had no idea the next day his friend would be dead. >> he came over and -- he asked -- he told me he was on the street. i went back up home and gave him a sleeping bag and water and a sandwich. >> reporter: a public defender heard media accounts that he died and said he was a good person, i am sorry to learn of his passing. he picked him up from jail when the district attorney decli

. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne >> i'm heather holmes. time is running out for the open el roanment period for health insurance. no well walker is live in oakland where people are lined up to you get coverage before the deadline. >> reporter: carrot/stick action. the carrot is that people who haven't had access to health care. the stick is that if you don't sign up by the midnight deadline, there is a fine. the line went out the door to get a foot in the door to get health care insurance. >> are you you going to be for private health care insurance? >> today is the last day of open enrollment for coverage california. >> filling out the form is really valuable. >> reporter: a janitor, jesus mendoza is signing up for health insurance for the first time if his adult life. >> i'm kind of nervous. >> your first time? >> yes. >> it is difficult. they made it really simple, you're nighted health care workers sponsored this event, helping couples like carlos and whitney navigate the system and get the health care coverage their employers don't of

new at 10:00, ktvu's ken wayne, live where the tesoro refinery is shut down. >> reporter: they process 850,000 barrels a day. there's a lot less gas headed to your local pump, and that could drive prices up even higher. the tesoro plant, and the exxon refinery in torrance account for 16% of california's gasoline production. gas in san francisco now averages $2.87 a gallon. up 2 cents from yesterday, 10 cents from last week, and almost 20 cents from last month, and they seem to be rising faster in california than the rest of the country. some at this station say wild price swings just don't make sense. >> it's ridiculous, we live here with all the refineries. with why are our gas prices so high? the transportation cost, it doesn't make sense for me. >> it takes forever for it to go down. when it finally goes down, you know it's going to go back up again. >> reporter: striking workers say they sympathize with consumers, but they're more concerned about worker safety. >> you could give me $100 here for every person here, that's not going to make it safer. these things need to happen. >> r

. >> ktvu's ken wayne has been following the changes at opd. discovered 12 years later, some of the fiercest critics of the department are saying, you know, some things have changed. >> some dramatic changes here. oakland isn't the first to go through this radical change in policing. the opd found a stark example in another city facing the same problems. high crime, poverty, and a police department in turmoil. i went to detroit two years ago as that city was struggling to turn around its troubled police department. it is also where a prominent open civil rights attorney traveled to see what was happening in detroit and how the positive changes there could help reform the oakland police department. >> when i went to detroit and met the chief there, the first thing he said to me was constitutional policing is good policing. so here we have a city that, you know, has more problems than oakland. and has a very tough crime problem and the chief was saying that in detroit. >> i went to detroit twice, actually. and that is where oakland police chief,

ken wayne reporting live, thank you. >>> counterfeit cash causing headaches for bay area merchants, why this is becoming harder to detect. >>> a chance for scattered showers in the forecast, the computer models to pinpoint when and where. >>> and hundreds of young baseball players locked out of their baseball fields, how it has to do with a strike at a bay area refinery. bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress any size for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is on now. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>> new at 10:00 a lingering dispute having consequences for hundreds of baseball players in the bay area, the strike of field workers at the tosoro refinery is having an impact on boys and girls who just want to play a little baseball, live in concord now with how that strike is threatening their season, ken? >> reporter: 15 baseball fields used by the junior optimist lead here in concord now tesoro has donated these fields for years for youth sports but

ken? jimmy walker an even par 7. >> yes. >> wayne sitting pretty. 18 holes. he has the lead.ere's wayne. rory isn't even playing the european tour this week. >> if he was he would be doing well. >> next time get somebody in the tournament. [ laughter ] >>> i have a tournament show coming up tomorrow. i don't know if you know about this but it's the par 5 and it's going to come right after the tournament right at pebble beach. highlights and reaction live from pebble tomorrow after coverage. meanwhile, you know what tiger woods is trying to get his game -- oh. maybe not. actually he is spending his weekend in vail to watch his girlfriend lindsey vonn -- >> smart man. >> -- compete in the skiing world championships. no word on if he was able to activate his gluts. >>> the week off couldn't come soon enough according to head coach steve kerr and the warriors. >> i'm limping into the all- star break like my team. that was bad. that was really bad. >> that was really good. golden state eked out a win against the locally timberwolves last night and over the last three games the war

five minutes into the third period, wayne simmons, this is his second of the night comes during the power play. 3-1. but the blue jackets pour it on from there ken atkinson on the rebound. we're tied at 3 and going to overtime. 2 minutes into overtime, the flyers pick up a point it cover two, they lose 4-3. >>> jeremy maclin was in his native missouri his alma mater recognizing his amazing career. he is due to become a free agent in march he was asked if he would consider a reunion with andy reid in kansas. >> i've always said i want to be an eagle. they have expressed the same. so hopefully something is worked out. i understand this is a business i know anything can happen. if you ties with people you work with in the past, i know it's intriguing. but like i said my heart is in philly. >> nba all star weekend. last night was it was the rise star challenge. ncw robert covington and nerlens noel. nerlens noel finishes with four points covington 2. the sixers return from the break friday against indiana. >> number 11, mo'ne davis. >> reporter: taney dragons mo'ne davis takes part in the celebrity basketball game. kevin hart makes fun of a missed f