lloyd lacuesta is live now where he talked to new members of faith observing their first ramidan. >> reporter: i'm at the muslim community association mosque in santa clara where observances for the month of ramidan have just ended. this is a time when muslims draw closer to others who share their faith and we found one special group tonight. >> reporter: there was food, and there was prayer. it is called el alfiter. the feast of fast breaking. at this restaurant the meal was for newly converted muslims. >> i get weird looks sometime, but i think it's because i'm an angelo american wearing a -- >> reporter: this man converted four years after 9/11. >> the islam phobia has gotten worse. you would think it was at a peak and slowly the community would try to correct that. but for various reasons unknown it's gone the opposite i think. >> reporter: a just released few survey indicates one in five muslim americans say they get singled out at airports. one man tonight says it's all made its community stronger. >> we've had to learn and our fellow americans had to learn, we've had to come c

lloyd lacuesta was there and tells us why it turned so ugly. >> reporter: ed lee's appearance here was his first as an official candidate for san francisco mayor. the candidacy of the mayor who changed his mind will bring fire and fury. >> liar, liar, pants on fire: you can't trust ed lee. breaking promises. >> reporter: heated emotions expressed outside and inside the theater for the introductions. >> ladies and gentlemen, edwin lee. >> [boos] >> reporter: even when lee tried to speak -- >> [boos ] >> thank you for the opportunity for being here tonight. >> reporter: some candidates attacked mayor lee for running for mayor. >> the ethics commission is looking into the run ed run. now that the promise has been broken. i want to ask the mayor as to whether or not he would resign from this particular post and then run. >> i welcome you to this race. because i'm going to match my 30 years of administrative experience against your 18. >> through it all ed lee did not engage and did not bring up why he changed his mind. after the debate he told me he was expecting boos and will have to lear

lloyd lacuesta is live now where he talked to new members of faith observing their first ramidan. >>orter: i'm at the muslim community association mosque in santa clara where observances for the month of ramidan have just ended. this is a time when muslims draw closer to others who share their faith and we found one special group tonight. >> reporter: there was food, and there was prayer. it is called el alfiter. the feast of fast breaking. at this restaurant the meal was for newly converted muslims. >> i get weird looks sometime, but i think it's because i'm an angelo american wearing a -- >> reporter: this man converted four years after 9/11. >> the islam phobia has gotten worse. you would think it was at a peak and slowly the community would try to correct that. but for various reasons unknown it's gone the opposite i think. >> reporter: a just released few survey indicates one in five muslim americans say they get singled out at airports. one man tonight says it's all made its community stronger. >> we've had to learn and our fellow americans had to learn, we've had to come close

lloyd lacuesta was there and tells us why it turned so ugly. >> reporter: ed lee's appearance here was his first as an official candidate for san francisco mayor. the candidacy of the mayor who changed his mind will bring fire and fury. >> liar, liar, pants on fire: you can't trust ed lee. breaking promises. >> reporter: heated emotions expressed outside and inside the theater for the introductions. >> ladies and gentlemen, edwin lee. >> [boos] >> reporter: even when lee tried to speak -- >> [boos ] >> thank you for the opportunity for being here tonight. >> reporter: some candidates attacked mayor lee for running for mayor. >> the ethics commission is looking into the run ed run. now that the promise has been broken. i want to ask the mayor as to whether or not he would resign from this particular post and then run. >> i welcome you to this race. because i'm going to match my 30 years of administrative experience against your 18. >> through it all ed lee did not engage and did not bring up why he changed his mind. after the debate he told me he was expecting boos and will have to lear

lloyd lacuesta talked to the victim about how he grabbed the barrel of the suspect's gun and fought back, lloyd. >> reporter: ken we just checked with santa clara police and they still have no suspects in the attempted robbery at the american legion hall in santa clara just before 11:00 last night. there's a security camera up there and it recorded the attack of a volunteer manager of a charity bingo night that had just ended. from his hospital bed tonight he told me on the tpoáepb he had -- on the phone he had just walked to his car when all of a sudden he had a gun at his back. >> i had a gun on my back, and he kept saying i'm going to shoot you. i'm going to shoot you. >> reporter: stan nicholas says the bag he was carrying had paper work, no cash. >> i looked out the big window and i seen two people with guns on their hands. and i seen, someone they were beating someone on the ground. at the time i didn't know it was stan. >> reporter: nicholas tried to run after the two men who fled in a gray car. >> i was just covered with blood. everybody thought it was a gunshot wound. >> all we

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is in east palo alto where angry outrage almost derailed a meeting. >> reporter the police chief described these two suspects as being sought as engaging in a spree of violence. however, some at this meeting tonight accused the city of misspending or -- not earmarking those funds for crime. >> what has been presented up there is making the news media and everybody else think that east palo alto is addressing these issues and they're not. >> you cannot allow these police officers coming from different jurisdictions coming into palo alto from other places to make stops just because of the fight on crime. >> reporter: the chief says while there have been six homicides already, compared to four for all of last year, shootings are down 46%. >> we had a spike of violence, you responded, we responded. we have a lot more things to do, our goal must be not to have another murder in east palo alto the rest of the year. >> east palo alto. it's our community. we're looking out for each other. >> we don't want violence and we don't need fear. >> reporter: tonight the city rel

lloyd lacuesta talked to the victim about how he grabbed the barrel of the suspect's gun and fought back, lloyd. >> reporter: ken we just checked with santa clara police and they still have no suspects in the attempted robbery at the american legion hall in santa clara just before 11:00 last night. there's a security camera up there and it recorded the attack of a volunteer manager of a charity bingo night that had just ended. from his hospital bed tonight he told me on the tpoáepb he had -- on the phone he had just walked to his car when all of a sudden he had a gun at his back. >> i had a gun on my back, and he kept saying i'm going to shoot you. i'm going to shoot you. >> reporter: stan nicholas says the bag he was carrying had paper work, no cash. >> i looked out the big window and i seen two people with guns on their hands. and i seen, someone they were beating someone on the ground. at the time i didn't know it was stan. >> reporter: nicholas tried to run after the two men who fled in a gray car. >> i was just covered with blood. everybody thought it was a gunshot wound. >> all we

lloyd lacuesta attained some of the video and tells us why police believe there could be other victims at other malls. >> reporter: the finish line clothing store at the mall in milpitas has been hit with a lawsuit for invasion of privacy. the manager is accused of installing a tiny camera like this one in the employees bathroom and customer dressing room. he's seen here adjusting one of the hidden cameras. tonight we talked by phone to his ex-girlfriend who says she discovered videos downloaded on their computer. >> he's able to video tape the female employees employees going to the bathroom. >> reporter: the girlfriend doesn't want to be identified. >> he said he had some issues and is trying to work them out. >> it does involve young women changing in the customer change room and using the restroom. >> reporter: joshua esren represents five former or current finish line employees who say they are suffering from emotional disstress for unknowingly being video taped by the hidden cameras. they were all 16 to 19 years years old when this happened a year ago. finish line released a stat

lloyd lacuesta attained some of the video and tells us why police believe there could be other victims at other malls. >> reporter: the finish line clothing store at the mall in milpitas has been hit with a lawsuit for invasion of privacy. the manager is accused of installing a tiny camera like this one in the employees bathroom and customer dressing room. he's seen here adjusting one of the hidden cameras. tonight we talked by phone to his ex-girlfriend who says she discovered videos downloaded on their computer. >> he's able to video tape the female employees employees going to the bathroom. >> reporter: the girlfriend doesn't want to be identified. >> he said he had some issues and is trying to work them out. >> it does involve young women changing in the customer change room and using the restroom. >> reporter: joshua esren represents five former or current finish line employees who say they are suffering from emotional disstress for unknowingly being video taped by the hidden cameras. they were all 16 to 19 years years old when this happened a year ago. finish line released a stat

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is in east palo alto where angry outrage almost derailed a meeting. >> reporter the police chief described these two suspects as being sought as engaging in a spree of violence. however, some at this meeting tonight accused the city of misspending or -- not earmarking those funds for crime. >> what has been presented up there is making the news media and everybody else think that east palo alto is addressing these issues and they're not. >> you cannot allow these police officers coming from different jurisdictions coming into palo alto from other places to make stops just because of the fight on crime. >> reporter: the chief says while there have been six homicides already, compared to four for all of last year, shootings are down 46%. >> we had a spike of violence, you responded, we responded. we have a lot more things to do, our goal must be not to have another murder in east palo alto the rest of the year. >> east palo alto. it's our community. we're looking out for each other. >> we don't want violence and we don't need fear. >> reporter: tonight the city rel

lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tim cook's first move today as apple's new ceo was to send anmail to his employees. the e-mail praises steve jobs and continues to reensure employees about the company's future. it reads in part -- "steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other. >>> in if wake of job's resignation, many were waiting to see the fall out. >> it took four ceos for the company to regain a strong identity and to recover the track record that it had when walt disney was in place. >>> apple stocks ended up losing less than 1% today. >>> blackberry is launching a new music sharing service. blackberry developer research in motion made the announcement today. bb and music will allow users to create play list music. the service links to the amazon mp3 store. >>> new at 10:00, ktvu's patti lee is live in napa and shows us how the downtown waterfront is now becoming a destination on to itself, patti. >> reporter: i'm standing along the promenade, this unused field was transformed into something new. a foodies paradise. >> wait, wait, what? i have three of a kind

live in east palo alto, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a member of the san francisco giantsody ross is lending his name to a charity. ross unveiled a wine with his name. the proceeds will go to fallen firefighters perez and vallerio. ross said they were true heros. >>> according to the business times, hotel business is up 97% from last year. the rest of california is also doing well with a 78% occupancy rate. >>> a sacramento man said a copy of the paper appeared outside his hotel room and he assumed it was free. but harmon says he was charged. and harmon says he suspects the hotel is making a lot from the unwanted papers. >>> owner linda becker told ktvu today -- shop owner linda becker told ktvu she is fed up with shoplifters. last year she lost $10,000 in lost merchandise. >> this one we just found the other day. these were people, little people. someone took them all out. it's $50. >> reporter: customers will have to provide name, phone number and e-mail address plus their i.d.s will be run through a scanner. becker says she will have something to give police when toys a

lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tim cook's first move today as apple's new ceo was to send an his employees. the e-mail praises steve jobs and continues to reensure employees about the company's future. it reads in part -- "steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other. >>> in if wake of job's resignation, many were waiting to see the fall out. >> it took four ceos for the company to regain a strong identity and to recover the track record that it had when walt disney was in place. >>> apple stocks ended up losing less than 1% today. >>> blackberry is launching a new music sharing service. blackberry developer research in motion made the announcement today. bb and music will allow users to create play list music. the service links to the amazon mp3 store. >>> new at 10:00, ktvu's patti lee is live in napa and shows us how the downtown waterfront is now becoming a destination on to itself, patti. >> reporter: i'm standing along the promenade, this unused field was transformed into something new. a foodies paradise. >> wait, wait, what? i have three of a kind right

with a town hall meeting to talk about a summer violent reduction plan live in east palo alto, lloyd lacuesta channel 2 news. >>> a member of the san francisco giants cody ross is lending his name to a charity. ross unveiled a wine with his name. the proceeds will go to fallen firefighters perez and vallerio. ross said they were true heros. >>> according to the business times, hotel business is up 97% from last year. the rest of california is also doing well with a 78% occupancy rate. >>> a sacramento man said a copy of the paper appeared outside his hotel room and he assumed it was free. but harmon says he was charged. and harmon says he suspects the hotel is making a lot from the unwanted papers. >>> owner linda becker told ktvu today -- shop owner linda becker told ktvu she is fed up with shoplifters. last year she lost $10,000 in lost merchandise. >> this one we just found the other day. these were people, little people. someone took them all out. it's $50. >> reporter: customers will have to provide name, phone number and e-mail address plus their i.d.s will be run through a scanner. bec