linda yee with how a car in the area may be connected to the case, though. linda. >>> reporter: allen, it is a car without a state license plate and that trail of blood that you spoke of ended right at the top of the bank there. the body was found in the waters early this morning and when police were out here last night tracking that blood, they saw nothing in the water >>> reporter: it started with a suspicious pool of blood and a call to police. at 10:30 last night, officers followed a long trail of blood. from outside the post office, across beech street, to the harbor outside fort mason. but they found nothing else. >> a blood trail, they went to the end of the trail. they looked in the back of vehicles, they looked at vehicles around, they looked for people, they found no victim. >> reporter: samantha's mother couldn't believe what she saw during an early-morning walk. >> she said whoa, i just walked right through a puddle of

linda yee is in san francisco to show us what police found in those murals. linda. >> reporter: well, elizabeth, the mural you see behind me is one of the murals that police say had sexually explicit tiles embedded. those tiles have since been removed. and cbs 5 did interview this suspect artist just before his arrest. >> what i love about these murals is that you have all these kind of buried jewels. >> reporter: san francisco police say what they found buried in some of these murals was not for family viewing. >> i think as an adult would you look at these tiles and see possibly some sort of sexual connotation to them. >> reporter: mural artist an honey norris was arrested by the fbi earlier this month accused of possessing child pornography. as the founder and director of kids serve, anthony works with schoolchildren to create outdoor murals. recently cbs 5 profiled him in a story about his community service. but after his arrest, a school

linda yee on how it all went down. >> reporter: the family's car is riddled with bullets. wounded the couple tried to drive to a hospital when police found them on university avenue. they had just left a baby shower in an east palo alto neighborhood just before 1 a.m. when two suspects walked up and started shooting. a 3-month-old baby boy was shot in the head and killed. his 3-year-old brother escaped unharmed. their parents are hospitalized with serious injuries. >> the mother received a wound on her back side and we believe at this point she suffered that wound while using her body to shield her children from the gunfire. it is a very sad event. and it is an event that hit my detectives very hard. >> reporter: some 40 officers are on the case including the county gang task force. investigators say the shooting was not random. >> this was not an accidental shooting. this was absolutely a target. >> reporter: extra officers are patrolling the neighborhoods. there is concern there could be more violence. >> even though we are not in a position to say it is gang related we

linda yee reports family members who lived in the home say they know what happened. linda. >> reporter: they do have their suspicions. but first, i want you to take a look at that bus behind me. just a few minutes ago, a busload of firefighters from around the country just arrived to pay their respects to the firefighters of station 26. all day, we have seen grateful public coming here with flowers and cards for the grieving firefighters. and meantime, that investigation does continue in that devastating house fire. >>> reporter: fire investigators continue poring over every detail. the fire chief was also back on the scene trying to understand how her firefighters got trapped in the inferno. >> we do still have our team taking a look, putting all the pieces together in terms of not only cause and origin but what we think might have happened, where the members were, where tony and vince were when they went down. >> reporter: the family who lived in the house were also back thanking the firefighters and mourning for them, too. >> everybody is fine. just sad for the fir

linda yee on how it went down. >> reporter: the car is riddled with bullets. the couple tried to drive to the hospital when police found them on university avenue. they had just left a baby shower in an east palo alto neighborhood just before 1 a.m. when two suspects walked up and started shooting. a 3-month-old baby boy was shot in the head and killed. his 3-year-old brother escaped unharmed. their parents are hospitalized with serious injuries. >> the mother received a wound on her back side and we believe at this point she suffered that wound while using her body to shield her children from the gunfire. it is a very sad event and it hit my detectives very hard. >> reporter: some 40 officers are on the case including the county gang task force. investigators say the shooting was not random. >> this was not accidental, this was a target. >> reporter: extra officers are patrolling the neighborhood concerned there could be more violence. >> even though we are not in a position to say it is gang- related we cannot rule it out. and if it is gang related or if it

linda yee now at the hospital to give us more perspective on today's victim. linda. >>> reporter: a final salute, an honorary procession for lieutenant vincent perez, a 21- year veteran of the san francisco fire department. he died in the line of duty in a profession he knew was dangerous but devoted his life to anyway. >> vince was a great guy. he served valiently in the san francisco fire department for 21 years. he is a classmate of mine. we started out together on april 2, 1990. born and raised in san francisco, a very proud san franciscan. served his country in the marines and prior to getting into the san francisco fire department, he worked for the alameda county sheriff's department. so his whole life, his whole adult life was in serving the community and it's affecting the community. >> reporter: the sadness of his loss has hit fellow firefighters and police officers hard. a second firefighter who is also a paramedic is identified as anthony valerio. he is fighting for his life and in critical condition. a third firefighter was treated for smoke inhala

linda yee is at st. mary's cathedral where a vigil is being held tonight. linda. >>> reporter: grace, the public will get their chance to say their last good-byes to the two san francisco fallen firefighters. take a look behind me. you see that fire truck with the two raised ladders. it is a traditional salute and tribute to the fallen firefighters. just a few minutes ago, the casket of at least one of those firefighters was brought into the cathedral. they are being escorted with an honor guard. that vigil will start at 7:00. for funeral services tomorrow, upwards of 6,000 firefighters and police are expected to attend. >> we're hearing lots and lots of people. there's just an overwhelming outpouring of support for tony and vince. and i want tonight and tomorrow especially to be a fitting tribute to them. they gave their lives in the line of duty and trying to protect others. >>> reporter: lieutenant vince perez and firefighter paramedic tony valerio were killed last week while battling a house fire in diamond heights. fellow firefighters at their station r

linda yee on how it all went down. >>> reporter: the family's car is riddled with bullets, wounded the couple tried to drive to a hospital when police found them on university avenue. they had just left a baby shower in an east palo alto neighborhood just before 1 a.m. when two suspects walked up and started shooting. a baby boy was killed, his 3- year-old brother escaped unharmed. their parents are hospitalized with serious injuries. >> the mother received a wound on her back side and we believe at this point that she suffered that wound while using her body to shield her children from the gunfire. [ pause ] >> it's a very sad event. and it's a death that hit my detectives very hard. >> reporter: some 40 officers are on the case including the county gang task force. investigators say this shooting was not random. >> this was not an accidental shooting. this was a target. >> reporter: extra officers are patrolling the neighborhoods. there is concern there could be more violence. >> even though we're not in a position to say that it's gang- related we cannot rule it out and if it is gan

linda yee is there. what's the latest information on this victim? >> reporter: the body was found in the water you see behind me. it is the harbor outside fort mason. it turned out that trace of blood stops at the top of the bank there. but officers who came out here last night tracking the blood didn't see anything in the water. >>> reporter: it started with a suspicious pool of blood and a call to police. at 10:30 last night, officers followed a long trail of blood. from outside the post office, across beech street, to the harbor outside fort mason. but they found nothing else. >> a blood trail, they went to the end of the trail. they looked in the back of vehicles, they looked at vehicles around, they looked for people, they found no victim. >> reporter: but by morning, it was a jogger who spotted a body of a young man floating in the harbor. two people living on board their boats were surprised. they heard nothing last night. >> we were just signature on the boat watching a movie -- sitting on the boat watching a movie and went to bed around 10

i'm linda yee. the details coming up. >>> and muni drivers say no to work rule changes and cost- cutting measures. why that decision could cost them even bigger concessions. >>> it's been long, long detour for residents and tourists using highway 1. now finally the mess is almost cleared. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, it appears a car that ended up in the oakland estuary this morning was stolen. dive crews pulled a gray honda sedan out of the water around 8 a.m. they didn't find anyone inside the car. oakland's police say that the owner reported it stolen hours earlier. a driver saw the car sinking around 2:30 a.m. and reported it. >> as they were traveling across the bridge, over by first ave., they saw what they believed to be the back end of a silver honda is what they described to us, sinking into the water. they thought the dome light was on. when they came back they no longer saw the car. >> police tell us the area is a popular place for car thieves to dump stolen vehicles. >>> a tremendous outp

. >>> i'm linda yee in san francisco. the mayor presented his new budget. how it happened is unusual. stay tuned for the surprising story. >>> saltwater and fresh water for decades the two have been kept apart by that levee. but just ahead, what is now changing to bring them together and how that will benefit bay area wildlife. >>> after i was able to take that first breath then i was like okay the worst thing i thought could happen has happened. >> and it's still happening 30 years after the onset of aids. where the virus is still spreading. the message one generation is trying pass down to another. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a bit of an anomaly here in the bay area. no drastic cutbacks for the city of san francisco. but a new budget plan does require a little bet tightening to balance the books. linda yee tells us about the unexpected revenue that will save crucial city services. linda. >> reporter: ken, the budget is in on time and balanced, all done with cooperation. and now that is something that hasn't happened here at city hall in a long time. >> to start

as linda yee reports from oakland, there are some new legal hurdles ahead. linda? >> that's right, ken. right here i am at the fruitvale bart station where it all started two and a half years ago. as you say mehserle may be a free man tonight, but what happened here will follow him for many more months to come. he was released at 12:01 this morning. mehserle served exactly 365 days in jail, half of a two- year sentence for involuntary manslaughter as required by law. he was convicted of shooting and killing bart passenger oscar grant on new year's 2009. grant's uncle was waiting outside the la county jail. >> i want to be present so that he can see me and that he knows that his life is not just going to be just back to normal business as if nothing happened. >> but mehserle exited out of sight. and according to the department of corrections, back to alameda county. he is on a one-year irrevocable parole, meaning there are no conditions to his release. he does not report to a parole agent. and the department of corrections will not track him. but for mehserle, the c

linda yee is at st. mary's cathedral where an overflow crowd came to pay their final respects. linda. >> reporter: it was a moving tribute for two men who made the ultimate sacrifice. thousands of people were here for the sad farewell for two heroes. they stood at attention as the casket moved off the fire trucks. lieutenant vince perez and firefighter-paramedic anthony valerio fought their last fire together. and now in death, they are side by side moving slowly through the plaza into st. mary's cathedral. their grieving families following close behind. governor jerry brown, congresswoman nancy pelosi and jackie speier, and thousands of others celebrated the lives of two heroes who will be missed. ♪ [ music ] >> the trumpet shall sound ♪ ♪ amazing grace >> we do this together, honoring and remembering them because they taught us not just how to die but how to live. ♪ ave maria >> we were reflecting at the firehouse about the support we have received when one member mentioned how much vinnie and tony would have enjoyed this support. vinnie for all the food for he loved to eat, a

but linda yee reports, family members who lived in the home think they know what happened. linda. >> reporter: allen, we are getting a clearer indication on what may have happened. meantime, a very grateful public continues to come here to station 26 all day long. they have been bringing flowers and cards and firefighters from all over the bay area also bringing food and cooking for the firefighters. meantime, this investigation continues. fire investigators continue poring over every detail. the fire chief was also back on the scene, trying to understand how her firefighters got trapped in the inferno. >> we do still have our team taking a look, putting all the pieces together in terms of not only cause and origin but what we think might have happened, where the members were, where tony and vince were, when they went down. >> reporter: the family who lived in the house were also back thanking the firefighters and mourning for them too. >> everybody's fine. just sad for the firemen, families have to lose a fireman, just supposed to be a small electrical fire. and it just go

linda yee is in san francisco to tell us what list found hidden in those murals. linda. >> reporter: dana, the mural that you see behind me is one of many that they said had sexually explicit tiles embedded. that little hole is where one of those tiles they say has since been removed. cbs 5 recently profiled the accused artist anthony norris. >> what i love about these murals is that you have all these kind of buried jewels. >> reporter: san francisco police say what they found buried in some of these murals was not for family viewing. >> i think as an adult you would look at these tiles and see possibly some sort of sexual connotation to them. >> reporter: the mural artist was arrested by the fbi earlier this month accused of possessing child pornography. as the founder and director of kids serve he worked with schoolchildren to create outdoor murals. recently cbs 5 profiled him in a story about his community service but after his arrest a school district teen took a closer look at murals norris created at 20 san francisco schools. they found what they called offe

linda yee has the audiotapes so you can hear it for yourself. >> reporter: dana, at 6 a.m. sunday morning, the city of oakland officially switches to the new improved multi-million dollar system for fire and police. and yes, some of those old problems are still coming up. it wasn't until this high speed car chase that the hold in oakland's emergency radio -- holes in oakland's emergency radio system became ovens. officers in a deadly standoff lost contact with dispatch and each other when their radios failed. on monday, city officials showed off the new $7 million state-of-the-art radio system. two days into the switch -- >> i had to physically look at made radio to see the problem and it had switched. obviously the concern is if you're in the middle of something, you can't prevent your radio from switching. >> reporter: radio transmissions he said were cutting out. information technology director says glitches are expected. >> our expectations were that we were going to have some issues in terms of the officers in the field becoming familiar with the new system. and that's

flags are at half-staff all over the bay area to honor lieutenant vince perez and linda yee is in san francisco general tonight with the latest on the second critically injured firefighter. linda? >> reporter: allen, doctors are doing everything they can at this hour to safety life of firefighter anthony valerio. in the meantime, investigators are continuing to look at how a routine house fire turned into disaster. >>> reporter: now it's all about finding answers. what happened in this routine house fire that went so terribly wrong? >> they documented, diagrammed every hose lead, every firefighter that was there yesterday was interviewed. we diagrammed the whole thing. we took a video of it. and we're trying to find out exactly what happened, what was the course of events that caused that single event to happen that caused these injuries and this unfortunate line of duty death. >> reporter: it started out being a textbook fire then -- >> the last transition i heard was that there was zero visibility and they were trying to find the fire. >> we found the fire second level. moving in wi

linda yee reports, police think some of the offensive images that got anymore trouble may have helped them inspire some of his work. >> what i love about these murals is you have these buried jewels. >> san francisco police say what they found buried in some of these murals was not for family viewing. >> i think as an adult, you look at these and see possibly some sort of sexual connotation to them. >> mural artist was arrested by the fbi earlier this month accused of possessing child pornography. as the founder and director of kid serve, he worked with school children to create outdoor murals. recently cbs 5 profiled him in a story about his community service. but after his arrest, a school district team took a closer look at murals norris created at 20 san francisco schools. they found what they called offensive at four schools. >> negative of a photograph that is inlaid behind the clear tile itself, they are -- many different things. some of the tiles are actually drawings. >> some of the tiles have been taken down. how many children were exposed before their discovery is not known

linda yee shows us today the governor came to the bay area and republicans headed to brown's empty office. >>> reporter: he is determined to get a budget. and governor jerry brown made it clear at this builders convention in san francisco the problems are caused by the ongoing bickering between the two parties which hasn't gotten any better since the first time he was governor 28 years ago. >> the deadlock between the two parties, worse. fiscal issues just get bigger. >> reporter: the governor's proposal includes plans for voters to approve an extension on sales, income and vehicle taxes to help balance the books. but he needs three-fourths of the assembly to agree. that means at least four republicans have to vote with the governor. >> just this morning, the senate republicans just had a big press conference out in front of my office saying no. no, they don't want to agree to any tax extensions. just generally a rejectionist posture. but hey, that's part of the process. part of the game. >> reporter: republicans say california must tighten the belt. >> this time i think it's the democrat

linda yee, cbs 5. >>> an east bay woman is under arrest. police arrested lisa marie cast nell la yesterday and they found fake park passes and other evidence in her pleasant hills home. victims said that they bought the tickets from her on craigslist and they didn't realize they were fake until they got to disneyland. >>> in antioch, yet another suspicious fire. this started in a park between yorkshire and palomar drives yesterday. a witness reported three kids running away from the fire right after it started. this is the third fire in the same area since friday. daytimely close to homes and police -- dangerously close to homes. >>> to call attention to a memorial day drowning? they hope to prove that a 53- year-old suicidal man the did not have to die at crown beach in alameda. don knapp tells us they want to change what could happen in the future. >> reporter: people gathered at alameda's crown breach for a water -- beach for a water demonstration to show the practicality of rescuing a suicidal man. >> we're going to walk out. susan is o

i'm linda yee, the story straight ahead. >> it was a brief appearance but one that spoke volumes.eve jobs announced to apple afficianados. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. >>> she used her body as a human shield to protect her children. but her baby boy did not survive the

linda yee shows us who is demanding answers from the department tonight. linda. >> reporter: now the families of the men are asking, what is it that police are hiding? oakland police say they were acting on a tip a violent crime was about to happen. officers confronted, shot and killed two possible suspects. one was 23-year-old parolee john sloan. a third man was arrested. >> john was hit right here. he was hit right here. he dropped. you can see where the bullet hole is right here. one went through his head and lodged in the house right here. >> reporter: friends and family of the dead men say this fruitvale neighborhood is pocked full of bullet shots. they still don't know why. >> why was he killed by the cops? why doesn't his family have any questions answered? there is some unusual stuff going on. they think that people will sweep it under the rug because they are pretty much nobodies out here. >> reporter: today the oakland police chief anthony batt says he can't talk about it. >> we had clues and tips and leads that led us to engage these suspects who

linda yee joins us now to tell us about the new contract for muni's bus drivers. >> reporter: ken, it's not that they mind a three-year wage freeze that's going to be imposed. what really bothers them is the new rules involving the disciplinary process. that's what's really got them rattled. they are frustrated and disappointed. some muni operators are downright angry. >> i don't want to talk. no comment. >> reporter: work rule changes in a new contract they rejected are now being imposed by a federal mediator. >> one major accident, they can terminate you, that's one thing. >> reporter: instead of giving you a hearing? >> yes. there's going to be a hearing but... they are the judge and the jury. >> reporter: in the new contract an accident review board no longer exists. a limit is placed on muni management when disciplining an operator has been eliminated. drivers believe they can lose their jobs if they are involved in an accident even if it's not their fault. >> guilty until proven innocent. >> reporter: not exactly. drivers get a hearing and review but the mta admits the number of h

let's check with linda yee at san francisco general hospital with the latest. >> reporter: it is a saturday for the san francisco fire department tonight. as we heard, one firefighter was killed, a second one remains here in the intensive care unit fighting for his life. and even in their dark hour, many of these emotional firefighters and colleagues were out here this afternoon. they mustered up the courage to pay farewell in a very emotional tribute. >>> reporter: a final salute, an honorary procession for lieutenant vincent perez, a 21- year veteran of the san francisco fire department. he died in the line of duty in a profession he knew was dangerous but devoted his life to anyway. >> vince was a great guy. he served valiently in the san francisco fire department for 21 years. he is a classmate of mine. we started out together on april 2, 1990. born and raised in san francisco, a very proud san franciscan. served his country in the marines and prior to getting into the san francisco fire department, he worked for the alameda county sheriff's department. so his whole life, his whole adul