for now reporting live lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is now 5:02, richmond police are investigating the shooting death of a student as the man and his sister were heading to class. christian captain will tell us more about what happened. >> reporter: we are standing by here at the richmond police station and at last checked, the victim's families had net been notified so they did not release his name. it was a 22-year-old contra costa student who appeared to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. the shooting happened at 7:00 and the police tell us it was a running gun battle between the gunman and a passing car. witnesses say the gunman turned to the man and his sister getting ready to go to class and the gunman opened fire on them. the 22-year-old was hit and the sister sped around the corner but it was too late, the young man died at the scene. we stopped by the scene and found a candle burning in memory of the victim and loss of shattered car glass. detectives have wrapped up the evidence at the scene and it does appear police were able to recover ballistic evide

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> sheriff ross mirkarimi has a new lawyer as he gets ready for his next court appearance. tara moriarty joins us from san francisco with the new developments in this domestic violence case. tara? >> reporter: nobody knows why the sheriff and his attorney parted ways and of course there is a lot of speculation and some wonder if that will impact the hearing. mirkarimi is supposed to ask the judge to lift or modify an order which prevents him from seeing his son and wife. robert wagner is now off the case and his new attorney is lydia. she wrote a letter saying she would not try this case in the media but in the court. she writes, once the case is separated from rumor and regrettably attention seekers we will solve this case. now yesterday, prosecutors released their witness list for the february 24th trial and topping that list is lopez and ex-girlfriend, christine lopez who claims the sheriff abused her. next on the list ivory madison who claims they had an incident with lopez. now his wife will be here to support him on the steps of justice, ktv

ktvu lorraine blanco is live at frank ogawa plaza this morning with a look at the mess there. lorraine. >> reporter: we have been talking with oakland residence all this morning and many are very mad about the mess. you can see graffiti everywhere you look. we can't show you a lot of what needs to be cleaned up here because of all the profanity. a good portion of the vandalism is directed toward oakland police. if you take a good look around the plaza you can see paint splattered on the frank ogawa plaza and garbage left behind. this will be a major cleanup. >> instead of dealing with some of the other issues we have in the city calls for service where people need police officers to respond we've had to deal with this. which is very upsetting. not only to everyone up here but i'm sure the community at large. it just has to stop. it's beyond silly. >> reporter: hundreds of arrests last night. this morning a handful with minor charges like failure to dispurse are being released. we'll have reaction from protestors this morning in the next half hour. reporting live in oakland lor

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:02. crews are still on the scene of an early-morning house fire in oakland. it started shortly after 5:00 a.m. to a home on 90th avenue. fire dealt tells ktvu no one was living at the home and no one was hurt. it's still not clear how the fire started. >>> 7:02. this morning, we are expected to get more details about a fatal shooting of a college student in richmond. it happened last night. christien kafton is at the police station now. what do you know now? >> reporter: well, we've been trying to contact police waiting for the latest update. so far we know the victim's name was not released because the family has not been notified. presumably, that's happened by now. we have learned that the victim was a 22-year-old contra costa student who appears to have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time. we stoped by the scene and found a candle in memory of the victim and shattered auto glass. we did see where they collected evidence that shooting happened around 7:00 last night. richm

reporting live in san jose lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> our time is 6:21. complaints about a lot of loud noise near sfo. why some people in brisbane says planes should not be flying over them. >>> the operation to get two suvs out of a frozen lake. how they ended up there in the first place. >>> good morning. right now traffic is going to be slow at the bay bridge. there is a little bit of a back up in the fog. you will see fog on the bridge as well. >>> crews are trying to fish out two suvs from a minnesota lake. ice fishers often drive over the frozen lake but in this case the ice gave way. both drivers managed to climb out. one of the submerged suvs belong to a local mayor that finished his ice fishing tripe. >>> a muni track improvement begins in san francisco that will create detours over the weekend. they will be replacing tracks at market and church streets. drivers and bicyclists won't be able to get through that area expect eastbound on market. for muni riders service on j lines will be limited. work is expected to be completed by 5:00 p.m. on mond

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news >>> ahead, what investigators are saying about a fire that damaged two bay area restaurants and the impact on residents who live nearby. >>> heavy fog and spring-like temperatures. tamayo will have more. >> to declare this. original joe day in san francisco. >> you will see more of today's event celebrating the return of a original. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >>> tour bus caught fire this morning in san francisco as people were returning from a casino trip. the driver said there were about ten people on board when he noticed smoke in his mirror as he drove near oak and polk street on the edge of pan handle in hyatt ashbury district. no one was hurt. the fire department put out the flames. >>> police in san francisco are investigating a collision between a taxicab and a muni bus. it happened about 10:00 this morning, right in front of the hall of justice on bryant street. the cash caused the cab to hit a f

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:31.n francisco sheriff ross mirror mirkarimi is due back in court. a judge is expected to set his trial date. mirkarimi has pled not guilty to charges he abused his wife on new year's eve. he will be in court on thursday to address a restraining order from his wife and son. >>> sanuz-nikaein was arrested for misdemeanor battery. the spokesperson for the district toiferp's office says the -- district attorney's office says the attorney general will handle the investigation to aid -- to avoid any kind of interest. >>> opening arguments pea twin in the trial -- begin in the trial of the man charged with the fatal shooting of the faufer and his two -- of the father and his two sons. edwin ramos is accused of a 2008 drive-by shooting that killed tony bolonga and his two sons. ramos has admitted to driving the car but he says he was not the gunman. ramos was an undocumented immy frant with an arrest -- immigrant with an arrest record but was never reported because of san francisco's sanctuary c

ktvu lorraine blanco is out there now with more. the details and how two people ended up in the hospital. lorraine. >> reporter: yeah all the problems did happen on locust street from a bloody fight up here in this parking garage to a big brawl over at cinco de mayo restaurant. a few weeks ago someone recorded this cell phone video of a fight add shiro. that is a sushi restaurant. fights sent two men to the hospital. nine people got locked up and three officers suffered minor injuries. just last week the city council here started talking about serious plans to crack down on the drunken fighting. >> that has lot a lot of elements -- that has a lot of elements in it for me. not just safety but cleanliness. i want to make sure we are investing in our downtown. >> reporter: proposed ordnance would give the city more power to penalize problem establishments. reporting live in downtown walnut creek lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in election news this morning mitt romney and newt gingrich continue to attack each other in their la

oakland, lorrain blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a shooting in the mission district happened at 16th andvan valencia street. police say they did recover six bullet casings in the area. one witness reported seeing a gray toyota corolla leaving the scene. >> police say two recent sexual assaults may have been committed possible will you by a teenager. the first attack was six days earlier around 10:00 p.m. on the 1200 block of market street. both cases 28-year-old women walking alone were approached by a teenager who acted like he had a gun, took their wallet or purse and then sexually assaulted them. we found one woman who says she makes a point of walking with her dog. >> it really helps. he is like my bodyguard pretty much. other than that, i don't go outside after dark, no. the suspect is describeds an african-american teenager. he is between 5'4" and 5'6", weighing about 145 pounds. >>> turning to eelection 2012 and an influential group of evangelicals gave an endorsement. the group of pastors and conservative leaders endorse rick santorum and the former pennsylvania senator got a

in san francisco, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a deadly light-rail accident leaves at leasthree dead and others hurt. hear what happened moment before the crash. >>> also a message of peace and the items attached to these balloons and what they have to do with the relationship between south and north korea. >>> and in weather we have clear skies and pretty cold numbers across the bay area for tonight. coming up in neighborhoods it will be the upper 20s first thing tomorrow morning and when sprinkles could be showing up on the long-range weather. give your loved ones what they really want! this valentine's day, the new color of love is... white! exclusively at verizon, get the white droid razr by motorola! thin. fast. smart. strong. more color. same droid razr. on america's fastest, most reliable 4g network. now that's value anyone can appreciate! get the droid razr by motorola in three new colors for $199.99. only at verizon. white is the color of amor! oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys ne

ktvu's lorraine blanco was outside the jail as protesters were being released. >> reporter: loud cheers for dozens of occupy protesters released from oakland's detention facility saturday. oakland police arrested hundreds the night before when protests became chaotic and at times violent towards officers. charges ranged from failure to disperse to assault. >> i don't necessarily condone criminal behavior, but i understand the reasoning behind it. >> reporter: many of those arrested, like deanna johnson say the protesters were exercising their right to free speech and trying to take ohio over a vacant convention center. the 19-year-old tells us spending all night in jail only reignited her frustration with theoretical. >> they woke us up every few hours and harassed us. >> reporter: outside the jail an organizer tried to keep an account of those coming out, providing medical supplies, cell phones and food. >> oh, my god, i didn't eat for 15 hours. >> reporter: some walking by the facility today showed their disapproval. >> what they are doing doesn't make sense. go home. >> but martin mc

lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ross mirkarimi has a new lawyer as he gets ready for his nextppearance. we have new developments in this new domestic violence case. >> reporter: this is a story that keeps changing by the day. two weeks ago we learned there was another woman coming forward with allegations of physical abuse and another girlfriend filed a report. mirkarimi has always been a vocal advocate on gun control and if convicted, he would not be able to carry a gun as sheriff. and his new lawyer is lydia from berkeley and she will be here for today's hearing where ross mirkarimi is supposed to ask the judge to lift the stay away order which currently bans him from meeting with his wife and son. mirkarimi faces charges stemming from an alleged dispute with his wife. yesterday prosecutors released their witness list and also his ex-girlfriend claims he abused her several years ago. a neighbor called police to report the alleged incident with lopez. now an hour and a half before ther whatting a bump much of supporters are supposed to be there to support mirkarimi including

reporting live in oakland, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city of oakland is hoping to avoid violent clashes that they had over the weekend. some oakland streets looked like a war zone after protesters tried to break into the old keizer center. in all they tried to arrest 400 people. now they are trying to get stay away orders for those who have been arrested several times. it did leave widespread damage including broken windows and broken exhibits. now they are questioning whether anarchists have hijacked the movement and shift said she participated when they first started in october. >> i don't know why we would go after public assets. this is stuff taxpayers own, why would we attack that. i don't think this is getting us anywhere if we are going in this direction, we are alienating a mass of people. >> brooks camped out at the old encampment frank ogawa plaza, and she now says the movement is not standing by its principals. >>> we want to take you to occupied d.c., you can see protesters are not taking down their tents. we are looking live at the camp at mcpherson sq

for now, live in oakland, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> these are live pictures and work heere are getting ready to strike and you can see all the signs and everything laying there, things are quiet at the moment and that's expected to change in a little less than an hour. in all the strike will affect 2 is keizer hospitals all over the state. >>> an overnight police chase ended with a crash, a gas leak and evacuations at a condominium complex. it happened at the condominiums and allie rasmus is there at the crash scene with new information. allie? >> reporter: well the car involved in this pursuit was traveling down the drive here in san pablo and she was going fast because she was trying to get away from police and the car she was in came up as stolen. it ended up crashing right into the side of this condo building. >> next thing i knew, i saw a car sticking out of that wall over there and it was just like oh, my g-d, what has just happened. >> and this is what the scene looked like after the crash with the car practically suspended in the air jetting out of the garage. th

reporting live in oakland, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they have released a sketch of a woman wanted for a reason string of robberies. she is suspected of 8 hold ups since christmas. in each case a woman with short hair stopped with victims by asking them a question. she tells them she has a gun in her purse and demands money. there is the suspect's sketch and so far nobody has been hurt. >>> time now 6:46 palo alto city council will appeal the wireless plan and they want to install a network of antennas to boost cell phone coverage in the area. the plan has already been approved by the environment director, however city council will hear appeals from negative health impact as well as noise aspects. >>> the battle continues over the sonic center in sin fran. they -- san francisco. they took them to court over plans to include more concerts and despite that opposition, they approved an operating agreement that some say could allow more events. they planned to appeal the planning commissions decision. >>> one day after announcing her resignation from congress congresswoman

reporting live in san jose lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have important news for bay area travelers heading to the northwest this morning. alaska airlines has already canceled dozens of its early morning flights in and out of the seattle and portland airports. that is due to the regions worst snowstorm in 25 years. we just checked with bay area airports. the huge storm is not causing any delays here yet. that could change. if you take alaska airlines you know many flights from the bay area do travel through the seattle area for other destinations. >>> our time 5:03. the online encyclopedia wikipedia has shut down their website for the day. other big websites are taking part as well. coming up at 5:13 we'll take you live to our washington, d.c. bureau to tell you why some say it's a battle between silicon valley and hollywood. >>> ktvu news have obtained court documents that shed new light on the domestic abuse allegations of the new sheriff. it details ross mirkarimi's wife taken by a neighbor. she is crying and pointing to a bruise an her arm where her husband grab her th

in san francisco, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a deadly light-rail accident leaves at leasthree dead and others hurt. hear what happened moment before the crash. >>> also a message of peace and the items attached to these balloons and what they have to do with the relationship between south and north korea. >>> and in weather we have clear skies . >>> in west palm beach, florida, herman cain essence dorsed fellow georgian newt gingrich for the republican race for president. former pizza executive and tea party favorite dropped out of the race in september before voting began. cain's campaign was danieled by allegations of the sexual harassment and an affair. >>> beginningrix picked up that endorsement on this the last day of early voting before tuesday's pivotal reporting from florida. doug mckelway with more from the sunshine state. >> reporter: it's a battle for 50 dells as the days tick down for republican presidential hopefuls looking for a win in the sunshine state. john mccain alongside mariner urging florida voters to mobilize. >> don't let me hear on wednesday mornin

ktvu's lorraine blanco joins us live from oakland with a look at what's going on there. good morning, lorraine. >> reporter: good morning. the strike just started. you can see them right over here in front of the hospital right now on howe street in oakland. the national union of healthcare workers which has 4400 workers, mostly mental health and eye care professionals. they say the walkout is about wages and benefits as well as better staffing and care for benefits. >> this is an organization that earned $5.6 billion since 2009. corporate executives earning up to eight pensions. really, completely inexcusable when it comes to their mission to deliver care to the -- to the working public. >> we've been meeting for a year with nuhw. our last proposal was made by us, which was the first proposal six months ago. we've been waiting for six months to get a response to our first proposal from nuhw. >> reporter: and you are looking at walnut creek. there is a lot of extra security out at all hospitals. the hospitals will spend close to $14 million on replacement workers and sec

reporting live in downtown walnut creek, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> critics of oakland mayor jean quan are talking about how she hand. ed this weekend's -- handled this weekend -- this weekend's occupy clash. they say she should have done something before. >> too little too late. city hall was a mess. why wasn't it shut down about two months ago? why were people allowed to be roaming around city hall? >> there are two certified recall drives against mayor quan. each needs to gather 0,000 signatures by may. but supporters say the mayor is gaining more support. >>> 7:37. an investigation continues in sacramento. that's where a driver who crashed into a train ignored warning signals. three people in an suv, including a small child were killed saturday. a fourth person was seriously hurt. investigators say warning lights were flashing, the crossing -- the crossing arms were down. but that driver went around them. >> they would do it all of the time. they do it all of the time. i don't know why 12k3w4r50 passengers were on the train at the time of the crash. six passengers w

lorraine blanco, ktvu news. >>> a section of roadway why the oakland hills collapsed. >> it is the intersection of wild occur rant road. and no evacuations were ordered but residents were without water last night. east bay workers say they may have caused a water main to break and they worked through the night to repair the roadway. >> fortunately no one was hurt and the dam is minimum. >> right now, its not clear when the repairs will finish. >>> the game is hours away. the giants play the 49ers. we have more with what is happening. we have more, allie, but they get started early. >> reporter: it is like the calm before the storm. kickoff doesn't kickoff until 1:30. the doors don't open until 11:30. three hours to go before the official partying gets started. there are a lot of people who parked outside and spent the night in the trucks and decked out with the niners gear and spent the night in the rvs and we see the lights turn on as the fans wake up. they want to make sure they are first in line when the tailgating lot first opened. >> people who work and live nearby start the morning early

ktvu's lorraine blanco is live tonight. . >> reporter: in san jose and road 54-miles to this station in san francisco. at fourth and townson. that is when they took off in a walk in this direction, and martin luther king, jr. would have liked what he saw. [ singing ]. >> thousand people from the north bay to the south, from the city to the suburbs -- [no audio] [ singing ] >> reporter: mope than a thousand people from the north bay to the south, from the city to the suburbs walked through the streets of san francisco today to honor the man who wanted us to walk together, martin luther king, jr. >> one of the most significant movements of the twentieth century i would say. he made american what it is today. >> reporter: many made the march a family event. like angela. >> i think it is important rather than sitting at home and not doing anything to reflect on martin luther king, jr. >> i stand. >> reporter: they stopped near at&t park, peace and equality. >> people still appreciate that. although it was a very long time ago. the dream is still going on and we respect that. >> he change

ktvu lorraine blanco is on her way to san jose state to get more information. >>> three people in the hospital this morning after a dramatic rescue at san francisco's ocean beach. a small boat capsized last night shortly after sunset. several people on the beach rushed over to help the boaters who were out there fighting for their lives in rough seas and chilly waters. and the dense fog made it even more difficult. one good samaritan was on his nightly jog when he saw what was happening and ran over to pull one man out of the surf. >> took his clothes off. took my clothes off and wrapped him up in my clothes and kind of held him and started rubbing his body trying to get the circulation going. >>> the three boaters thought to be in their 30s or 40s. all three at uc medical center this morning. one of the boaters is in critical condition. >>> berkeley police are investigating city's first homicide of the year. a man was found with several gunshot wounds on shat tick avenue just before 7:00 last night. he was taken to high land hospital where he was pronounced dead. berkeley police say

ktvu channel 2 reporter lorraine blanco joins us now. more on the violence that landed nine people in handcuffs. >> reporter: the violence started early sunday morning in this parking garage on locust street. two people were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. and just a short time later they were called to this restaurant where as many as 15 people duped it out in that fight. this kind of drunken melee is becoming all too common in the walnut creek area. someone recorded this cell phone video of a fight. this past weekends fight sent two to the hospital. nine people to jail and injured three police officers. coincidentally it comes on -- crack down on bad behavior. the city is actually proposing an ordnance. that proposed ordnance would give the city more power. the city manager says public hearings will happen in the very near future. they are also thinking about beefing up the police presence in the late hours. reporting live in downtown walnut creek lorraine blanco. >>> our time now 5:33. the city of oakland still adding up al

ktvu's lorraine blanco was there when the boater was taken on to the ambulance.od morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can hear me right now but you can see a few fellow hundreders just got back from retrieving his boat. they went out an hour ago and have it there tugged behind their boat. the hunter is checked for hypothermia this morning, but the afghanistan war vet is expected to be okay. now the 30-year-old hunter hadn't been heard from since yesterday when he left home to go duck hunting. hey helicopter pilot located him about three miles northwest of the marina but very cold. after searching all night long, rescue crews tell us they're relieved. >> absolutely, absolutely this. is -- it's like finding a needle in a haystack sock finding him was pretty amazing. >> rescuers faced quite a few challenges this morning. besides the cold work to different hop degrees broke down last night, a sheriff's helicopter and a coast guard one. a cal star chopper located the hunter 30 minutes after going up. he is okay, and as you can see, behind mow right there the fello