so, thank you. ~ goals >> thank you, commissioner liu. you will be sorely missed. your preparedness for every meeting, your insightful comments, your fair mindedness. i know i certainly appreciate it a great deal. i'm sure the public and all of us did. and we very much thank you for your service, wish you the best with your new challenge and joy. and we will miss you very much. >> thank you, chair hur. thank you. >> i just want to add i think you picked on exactly the right characteristics. commissioner liu's fair mindedness and expertise at the same time have been tremendously valuable. and i, too, have appreciated working with you. your particular skills this year as a litigator and somebody experienced in handling the kind of complex materials that we had and your insight into how to maneuver that situation in a highly professional way was really a pleasure working with you. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner studley. thank you. >> you will be sorely missed. it has been a pleasure knowing you. i echo all the other sentiments. on a personal needth it's been a

cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the white house said it put 480 employees on notice about potentialughs. workers may have to take unpaid days off. he said pay cuts are also a possibility for other employees if a deal isn't reached. >>> new york city began shifting through debris from the world trade center today trying to identify more people killed. 1600 of 2800 people killed have been identified. this new work is taking place on staten island and will continue for the next 10 weeks. they will shift through 60 truck loads of construction debris from the twin towers and will work to identify remains with dna testing. >>> dog steps into had role as david as he takes on a pitbull the size of goliath to save a 8- year-old girl. the dog jumped into action when the pitbull broke into his yard and attacked a girl. the dog took the girl down by the knees. that is when the dog got between the girl and the pitbull. the owner said this little dog saved her life. >> they say she has a few hundred stitches up here. the eye was split open. [ talking at the same time ] >> and then another one her

. >> commissioner liu or renne? >> i would join in commissioner's studley conclusion that i don't find a willful violation. i am troubled by the fact that the city attorney had issued its guidance saying that it was sufficient to attach them as an addendum. but, i think that clearly, if they were then an addendum and as a testimony was, that a member of the public pulling up the minutes would also pull up the addendum, the whole purpose of sunshine ordinance and the brown act, is to make government activity as transparent as possible. now, i agree with mr. hartz that the difficulty with having just a 1 or 2 line summary in the minutes, which may be an inaccurate summary and the public may never go to that addendum and never really get the thrust of it, so it strikes me that what the library is now proposing to do is what i would recommend that every public body ought to do is put in verbatim, the written brief summary and interestingly enough when you look at the statute, the statute says, that minutes shall include

the department says the amount of liu's donation is still being worked out. you may remember yesterday, we reported that president obama and defense secretary chuck hagel said they too would give back about 5% of their paychecks. >>> it was a day in court for a man accused of running his car into a wal-mart. >> we could probably fly without a plane to new orleans right now. >>> cal basketball team getting ready for the ncaa showdown. the buzz on the berkeley campus. >>> this is the man accused of deliberately smashing his car into a wal-mart store last sunday. and it turns out that may not be the first time he's done something like that. today, haamid zaid made his first appearance in court. and john is here now with what happened. >> reporter: frank, he made an appearance here in court this afternoon, but he's still behind bars tonight in the county jail, because he was denied bail. >> wednesday april 10, at 1:30. >> reporter: 33-year-old haamid zaid appeared in superior court in san jose this afternoon for his arraignment on 12 counts, including two charges

ktvu's kara liu was the only reporter to talk with the teen and his team. boy's father actually has some sympathy for the father. kara? [ inaudible ]

in san francisco, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>>. -- the curtains close at an iconic movie theater in the east bay. the effort under way to stop the demolition that could be just weeks away. >> police haul away a massive joint from a marijuana event. we'll tell you how much this huge thing weighed. >> plus earning the trust of bang members. in tonight's special report. we look at the new efforts to help them move beyond a life of crime. we are all reflections of the people who came before us. at new york life, everything we do is to help you keep good going. >>> an iconic landmark in contra costa county is one step closer to becoming history. tonight the last movies were shown at the dome theater in pleasanthill. ktvu's jade hernandez is live now at the theater where supporters tell her, they are not givingup on saving it just yet. >> reporter: no they are not. this movie let out about 20 minutes ago and as you can see supporters are not going any where. moviegoers came to see 2001 space odyssey, partly to relive the past and part of that to see the future. today was the last day t

as cara liu reports two bay area representatives vowed to step up their efforts. >> i think wednesdayshington, d.c. essentially was a betrayal of the american people with what went down in the senate. [ applause ] >> congresswoman eshoo and congressman thompson say despite theset bac in the senate they are continuing to push. >> it's the first line of defense. >> reporter: thompson discussed a new bill requiring more extensive background checks. >>> did it mean more criminals witness ever get a gun? no. does it mean that the mentally ill will never get guns snow no, but it it works. >> reporter: those in attendance supported gun control. >> newtown lit a fire under americans. i don't think anyone is going to give up. >> reporter: this man argued tougher gun control would not have prevent the shooting in newtown, connecticut. >> here in california if i want to protect myself ray firearm, there are so many things in the way for me to be able to protect myself. that is so unconstitutional. >> reporter: and many booed after he suggested arming teachers to protect schools thompson says it'

. >> cara liu tells thus story is about a topic many people would rather avoid. >> reporter: as soon as we walked on to campus we noticed students talking about this story and the subject behind it. the students tell me that is exactly what they wanted. >> reporter: the quote rape culture in the community. >> i know people think it wouldn't happen. >> reporter: she wrote the main article. >> i had people come up to me and say i have a story for you. i got almost 10 interviews with survivors. >> the piece that took three months of research delves into social pressures and the spotty support teen victims receive. >> it is a cycle where people -- more common place, so people accept it more. >> we wanted to make sure to capture how serious the issue was and fablings on rape -- focus on rape culture in our society. >> reporter: they say it fueled conversation across campus. >> saying so and so the rape victim, et cetera. we have been getting some of that. but mainly it is people talking about the issue as a whole. which is what we want. >> reporter: the students worked with an adult advis

cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the white house said it put 480 employees on notice about potentialurloughs. workers may have to take unpaid days off. he said pay cuts are also a possibility for other employees if a deal isn't reached. >>> new york city began shifting through debris from the world trade center today trying to identify more people killed. 1600 of 2800 people killed have been identified. this new work is taking place on staten island and will continue for the next 10 weeks. they will shift through 60 truck loads of construction debris from the twin towers and will work to identify remains with dna testing. >>> dog steps into had role as david as he takes on a pitbull the size of goliath to save a 8- year-old girl. the dog jumped into action when the pitbull broke into his yard and attacked a girl. the dog took the girl down by the knees. that is when the dog got between the girl and the pitbull. the owner said this little dog saved her life. >> they say she has a few hundred stitches up here. the eye was split open. [ talking at the same time ] >> and then another one

. >> cara liu tells thus story is about a topic many people would rather avoid. >> reporter: as soon as we walked on to campus we noticed students talking about this story and the subject behind it. the students tell me that is exactly what they wanted. >> reporter: the quote rape culture in the community. >> i know people think it wouldn't happen. >> reporter: she wrote the main article. >> i had people come up to me and say i have a story for you. i got almost 10 interviews with survivors. >> the piece that took three months of research delves into social pressures and the spotty support teen victims receive. >> it is a cycle where people -- more common place, so people accept it more. >> we wanted to make sure to capture how serious the issue was and fablings on rape -- focus on rape culture in our society. >> reporter: they say it fueled conversation across campus. >> saying so and so the rape victim, et cetera. we have been getting some of that. but mainly it is people talking about the issue as a whole. which is what we want. >> reporter: the students worked with an adult advis

cara liu. >>> b.a.r.t. police have released the sketch of a man they say is behind a fatal shooting at the richmond b.a.r.t. station. they're asking for the public's help to identify this man. he's described as a black male in his early to mid-20s with a slender build. police say on march 14, a man fitting this description shot harold of san pablo. police are also looking for a woman who showed up with the man at the b.a.r.t. station and ran off with him after the shooting. she is also described as 5'tall with a slender build and hair to her shoulders. >>> police need help finding a bank robber. they sent us this picture. he was wearing a black baseball cap with a nit cap over it. police say he was armed with a handgun when he robbed a bank branch at a safeway store around 2:00 this afternoon. >>> we have more information on the molestation of a 10-year- old girl we first told you about last week. ktvu has learned police have made an arrest and the suspect is the man seen on video. the 10-year-old girl was

cara liu. >>> b.a.r.t.ing at the richmond b.a.r.t. station. they're asking for the public's help to identify this man. he's described as a black male in his early to mid-20s with a slender build. police say on march 14, a man fitting this description shot harold of san pablo. police are also looking for a woman who showed up with the man at the b.a.r.t. station and ran off with him after the shooting. she is also described as 5'tall with a slender build and hair to her shoulders. >>> police need help finding a bank robber. they sent us this picture. he was wearing a black baseball cap with a nit cap over it. police say he was armed with a handgun when he robbed a bank branch at a safeway store around 2:00 this afternoon. >>> we have more informatn on the molestation of a 10-year- old girl we first told you about last week. ktvu has learned police have made an arrest and the suspect is the man seen on video. the 10-year-old girl was molested when she went to a restroom at an office center. police are still n

cara liu is live near the high school where the fatality took place apparently during a game of chicken. >> reporter: we are here at lewellin boulevard. if you look to my right it's how close it is to san lorenzo high school. the accident happened near the bridge over there. three teenagers were walking south on the tracks playing chicken with the amtrak train. a teenage boy was struck and killed. his two friends, a 15-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl were shaken but not hurt. >> the people walking this neighborhood on a daily basis coming to and from practices and other community events, are so important that teenagers understand how dangerous the track is. parents need too reiterate to their children. especially not to play games or walk home. >> reporter: authorities tell us they are still working on notifying the victim's family about what happened and will not release any other details like the victim's name or age until they can do that. the welling boulevard between via granada and ashland was shut down for several hours while emergency crews and investigators worked but they ha

ktvu's cara liu was there. so what happened? entering a plea on charges of sex abuse but what did happen this afternoon in this court house is the judge dropped their bail and lot of folks watching were furious. >> lida sharaf and nazila sharaf. >> reporter: in court this afternoon, lida sharaf and nazila sharaf tried to hide their faces from the camera. >> they are embarrassed. mortified. >> judge granted the request to reduce bail from 700,000 to 340,000 for each sister and setting new court date for monday morning. >> it is not abuse. >> reporter: the sisters who ran the preschool were arrested yesterday. police say they put 7 children at risk. binding babies to their beds, restricting movement and putting blankets over their heads. >> they were tying these kids. >> dozen concerned citizens and parents showed up for the hearing. many were upset and angry. >> ridiculous that -- they are very good liers liers and con artists. >> it is children. you can't do anything to a child. >> reporter: the preschool has been shut down for

in san francisco, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>>. -- the curtains close at an iconic movie theatern the east bay. the effort under way to stop the demolition that could be just weeks away. >> police haul away a massive joint from a marijuana event. we'll tell you how much this huge thing weighed. >> plus earning you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >>> an iconic landmark in contra costa county is one step closer to becoming history. tonight the last movies were shown at the dome theater in pleasanthill. ktvu's jade hernandez is live now at the theater where supporters tell her, they are not giving up on saving it just yet. >> reporter: no they are not. this movie let out about 20 minutes ago and as you can

. >>> starting today, the sales tax went up in several bay area cities and counties and ktvu's cara liu tells us which bay area city has one of the highest bay area rates in all of the county. >> reporter: sales tax went up to 9.5% one of the highest rates across california. >> i'm not real happy about it. yeah. i mean you know nobody wants to pay extra taxes. >> reporter: contractor david cloonin says it will make a big depth in h his body line including after big costs like this one. >> reporter: that 1% transfer spwaos an increase of well over $1,000. others don't mind paying a little extra since the money will help improve roads. >> i'm in favor of it. we need to help ourselves. >> reporter: three bay area counties are now seeing higher rates including santa clara now at 8.75. marin now at 8.5 and san mateo county where the rate is 9%. several cities started paying higher taxes including san mateo and half-moon bay. >> i'm appalled because it shouldn't be going up anymore. >> as long as they're spending the money on these civic improvements i really don't have a problem with it. >>

cara liu is live near the high school where the fatality took place apparently during a game of chicken. >> reporter: we are here at lewellin boulevard. if you look to my right it's how close it is to san lorenzo high school. the accident happened near the bridge over there. three teenagers were walking south on the tracks playing chicken with the amtrak train. a teenage boy was struck and killed. his two friends, a 15-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl were shaken but not hurt. >> the people walking this neighborhood on a daily basis coming to and from practices and other community events, are so important that teenagers understand how dangerous the track is. parents need too reiterate to their children. especially not to play games or walk home. >> reporter: authorities tell us they are still working on notifying the victim's family about what happened and will not release any other details like the victim's name or age until they can do that. the welling boulevard between via granada and ashland was shut down for several hours while emergency crews and investigators worked but they ha

. >>> starting today, the sales tax went up in several bay area cities and counties and ktvu's cara liuls us which bay area city has one of the highest bay area rates in all of the county. >> reporter: sales tax went up to 9.5% one of the highest rates across california. >> i'm not real happy about it. yeah. i mean you know nobody wants to pay extra taxes. >> reporter: contractor david cloonin says it will make a big depth in h his body line including after big costs like this one. >> reporter: that 1% transfer spwaos an increase of well over $1,000. others don't mind paying a little extra since the money will help improve roads. >> i'm in favor of it. we need to help ourselves. >> reporter: three bay area counties are now seeing higher rates including santa clara now at 8.75. marin now at 8.5 and san mateo county where the rate is 9%. several cities started paying higher taxes including san mateo and half-moon bay. >> i'm appalled because it shouldn't be going up anymore. >> as long as they're spending the money on these civic improvements i really don't have a problem with it. >> repo

. >>> new details about a person killed in the marathon bombing, liu ling xi, her father confirming her death this morning. two other victims have been identified as 8-year-old martin richard of boston and 29-year-old krystal campbell of medford, massachusetts. >>> a young blast victim from the bay area today is undergoing surgery. 11-year-old aaron hern from martinez is still in intensive care in a boston hospital. he was just six feet away from the blast, waiting for his mother to cross the finish line when the explosions went off. take a live look at martinez junior high. that's where his classmates have actually started a collection to help the family pay for medical expenses. about an hour ago, aaron hern's father spoke to nbc news about his son's ordeal. christie smith will bring you that story in about ten minutes. >> a follow-up on a story we have been covering since yesterday morning. at&t now says all cell phone service and internet service has been row stored in the morgan hill and gilroy areas. crews have been working throughout the night to try to repair a fiber optic cable

. >>> the oit of the third person killed in the attacks. 23-year-old lindsey liu of china. she was at the finish line to watch the end of the race. >>> and a 6th grader remains in intensive care. businesses all over martinez are holding fund raisers to help with his care. he is -- his family is optimistic about his recovery. >> when they moved anymore his bed today, he did wake up for a few minutes. he opened his eyes, raised his arm. high knows we're there, but right now, we don't really know what he saw, what he remembers. or what kind of help he's going to need later. >> aaron could wake up as soon as tomorrow, but it's unclear whether he'll be home in time to celebrate his 12th birthday next week. and president obama will be in boston tomorrow to attend the interfaith memorial service for the victims. we'll have continuing coverage of the bombings on kpix 5 and kpix.com. >>> one final push to mass gun legislation. dozens of women took their kids to capital hill. they wanted to give lawmakers a visual at what they felt was at stake. but the stroller lobby didn't work. th

ktvu's kara liu was the only reporter to talk with the teen and his team.ther actually has some sympathy for the father. kara? [ inaudible ] >> it hit me right here. >> reporter: francois says he and two friends had been hanging out in old town oakland when all of a sudden police swarmed and yelled for them to put their hands up. >> he just stopped his car, told me to get on the ground or something like that. before i could even move to the ground or pull my hands back up, he just shot. he shot me in my face. >> reporter: the 16-year-old says he fell to the ground bleeding. >> the pain, you don't wanna ever feel that pain. >> reporter: officers were actively investigating an armed robbery of a restaurant worker nearby. chief howard jordan says a witness mistook the three teens for the suspects and confirmed the three teens were not involved in the crime. jordan says the officer fired because he perceived a threat but would not elaborate on what that threat was. no weapons were found on the teen. >> the outcome is unfortunate for all involved and will receiv

commissioner liu? >> here. >> commissioner renne? >> here. >> commissioner hayon? >> here. >> the first item on the agenda is public comment. appearing or not appearing on the agenda which is within the jurisdiction of the san francisco ethics commission. >>> hi, my name is charles grishom. my concerns are

commissioner liu? >> here. >> commissioner renne? >> here. >> commissioner hayon? >> here. >> the first item on the agenda is public comment. appearing or not appearing on the agenda which is within the jurisdiction of the san francisco ethics commission. >>> hi, my name is charles grishom. my concerns are regarding dennis j. herrera and the records i have requested from his office or so my communications that i had made to this commission and the response i received saying the commission would take no further action on it. and i was not fully heard and i was wondering if i could address that with the commission. so, my concern -- my request of dennis herrera's office was for for several things, but -- in fact, i can put it up here if you want or i can try to keep this really brief. the bottom line of my concern is that his statement of economic interests for many years are not legible and that when i made my request, and this is subsequent to the time that i received e-mails from ms. argumeda saying the commission would take no further action, subsequent to my hav

of boston tries to move on, holding a memorial for the third victim, boston university grad student liu ling zu. moments of silence were held around the country monday in boston. people gathered around the finish line to mark the time when the first bomb exploded. president obama also noted the time at the white house as did traders on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the very latest. >> at 2:38 last monday afternoon, 11 minutes before the first bomb goes off the fbi says, a surveillance camera catches dzhokhar tsarnaev and tamerlan tsarnaev walking towards the finish line with backpacks, a second and crucial piece of video, the fbi says, comes from a surveillance camera mounted on this restaurant. at 2:42, court documents say the still unreleased video shows dzhokhar tsarnaev with a backpack walked towards the scene of a second bombing. at 2:45, he slips his backpack off. still photos show the backpack on the ground at his feet. when the first bomb goes off, the fbi says, the video shows the crowd looking towards the finish line

. >> khi, liu. >> here. >> commissioner hayon is sick and not able to attend. >> as a result, we are going to defer item number five, we think that it is better to have the full commission here for the election of the chair and vice chair. the first item on the agenda is public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda that are in the jurisdiction of the ethics commission. >> the next item on the agenda is discuss... i am sorry. >> good afternoon, i'm peter war field director executive director of la bore users and if you could identify the agenda with respect to the public comment. you have under item three and four, a number of items subitems, so i wanted to ask what your ground rules would be for public comment. is there three minutes for each item, for example, 3, a, 3 b, or is it some other rule that you should in mind? >> and we will open that up for views from my fellow commissioners. my thought was that we would take public comment after each subitem. >> that is my understanding. >> that makes sense. >> okay. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> th

. >> reporter: in sausalito, cara liu, channel 2 news. >>> san jose san francisco officials are alerting students that an armed robbery occurred on campus. they are described as a white male wearing a hoodie and an african american man wearing a dark gray windbreaker and blue jeans. >>> these pictures were taken yesterday, they show a woman who asked to take a test drive and left a driver's license. a license the owner of the store believes is fake. the woman road off on a bike and never came back. >>-- his younger brother kerry is on death row. during kerry's trial his fathers testified they felt they neglected them as they worried about their kidnapped son. the older steinard died last month at the age of 79. >>> the words of a notorious killer has investigators looking for six victims years later. they're asking for the public's help now. it's a story you will only see on 2. >> i'm not accountable of anyone else by me. >> reporter: curtis d. anderson was already notorious for the death of lazario when the fbi came to talk to him about the disappearance of schwartz, he would admit to k