-- found in a stair well was lynne spaulding. ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: today we received new information from the hospital's chief operating officer about the search for lynne spaulding and surveillance cameras. san francisco general hospital said nothing like this happened in its history. >> our staff is devastated. >> the hospital today confirmed the body of lynne spaulding was found yesterday in a stair well. the hospital and the sheriff's department says it was searched but lynne spaulding's family is angry it took 17 days before her body was found by engineers doing an inspection. >> we want to know what the protocols are, were they followed. when was the first search. how extensive it was. >> we have an established protocol when it comes to patients who become missing and that protocol was followed. >> we asked san francisco general hospital whether surveillance cameras should have spotted her leaving her room or inside the stair well. >> i can say there are cameras throughout the campus. i don't have k

she joins us live from san francisco where lynne spaulding had deep roots. >> lynne spaulding was a regular customer here in san francisco. this is where she met one of her friends 20 years ago. the woman who helped organize the search to find her. [ inaudible ] >> feisty. >> how she describes her long time friend, lynne spaulding. she created the find lynne spaulding facebook page after she was reported missing from san francisco general hospital september 21. the only explanation she could think of is that she was tired of being in a hospital bed and tried to escape. on tuesday authorities found lynne spaulding's bondy in a unused staircase two weeks after she disappeared. >> absolutely unbelievable this happened. of course they need to do a thorough search if someone goes missing. the policies have to be changed. >> they met here 20 years ago after they immigrated to the u.s. >> this is her seat, right there. >> reporter: she was a regular. he would see her 3 or 4 time as week, meeting up with her friends. >> they became friendly like in cheers. they would meet here and, you know, go out

a woman's body was found, it's lynn spaulding. we need answers now. >> among answers omitted whether there are working video cameras, how much searches, how could it search and miss the stairwell? when asked what lynn spaulding was wearing when found, the hospital spokeswoman insisted she does not know and then, departed quickly. >> we're not going to take questions today. thank you all for coming. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> from now on, the hospital says it will release all information via a telephone hot line. hot lines after all do not take questions. at san francisco general hospital, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >>> a memorial service honoring a usf graduate just wrapped up. army lieutenant was killed in a suicide bombing attack along with three other members on sunday. dozens gathered to remember her. she graduate frtd university's school of nursing before enlisting in the army. >> i'm sure she smiled every time she put on her gear and walked into the desert heat. she was happy to be serving her country. >> flags

mayor ed lee called lynne spaulding's family to apologize for her death. live in san francisco, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a man is in custody after a 12 hour stand off with police. it started at home about 11:20 p.m. last night. police say officers were called to the home after a woman reported her husband shot at her and a locksmith after he locked her out. we talked with neighbors who know him and they said they are surprised by the stand off. >> he moved in a year ago. i played golf with him. everything seems normal. >> 10:15 a.m. this morning s.w.a.t. moved in and found him a few houses away in a backyard. she now in custody. no word on what charges he will face -- charges he will face. >>> a gunman on the san jose state university campus had student and faculty on lock down. ktvu's ann rubin live from the school now with terrifying accounts from students who were barricaded inside classrooms. >> the lock down was confined to sweeney hall. they used tables to barricade the doors inside. >> reporter: throughout the ordeal he was in contact w

the family of 57-year-old lynn spaulding.th sides expected to get back on the bargaining table. >> berkeley's janet yellen will be nominated as the next head of the federal reserve. scott mcgrew making history. >> it will happen at noon today. she will be the first woman nominated if the senate approves of it. she will be the first woman to head the fed. yellen, incredibly well qualified. she is currently vice chair of the fed, second in command to ben bernanke. coincidentally, we will get the latest minutes from the most recent fed meeting today. we will be looking closely for any comments made by yellen. she is expected to continue the fed's easy money policies. as the head of the fed, she is so powerful or will be so powerful, you could honestly say she will be the most powerful woman in the world or possibly the second most powerful. angela merkel is the chancellor of germany, the biggest economy in europe. she runs that. she technically has an army and yellen doesn't. she got her ph.d. in economics she was chair woman of

. >> lynne spaulding died alone in a stair well in one of the finest medical institutions in the countychannel 2 news is asking san francisco general hospital how that could have happened. >> aldon smith facing felony charges, the accusations he is facing from a violent party. >> and developing news where a armed robber results in a zoo being put on lock down. >> ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good evening. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> we begin with breaking news in san francisco, police are at the scene of a shooting. it just happened within the hour. we have live pictures from news chopper 2. crime tape is up. mission street is blocked to traffic. minutes ago san francisco police said one man was found with gun shot wounds and pronounced dead. at this point police are looking for the shooter. muni service has been effected on mission and the 14l bus is being used for local service. we will bring you more it tails on the -- details on the shooting as we learn them. >>> to developing news where the oakland zoo was locked

. >> the body of lynne spaulding was cremated today, two weeks after she was found dead. she was missing 17 days. ktvu channel 2 news confirmed there was a report of a person in the stair well in the days before the body was recovered. it is unclear whether sheriff's deputies checked the stair well during searches for the woman. >> i heard that some hospital staff had observed a body on the balcony prior to its being acknowledge as discovered. >> source received an e-mail tuesday indicating a hospital worker reported seeing a homeless person sleeping in the stair well where lynne spaulding was found. >> you don't go to a hospital and die of tragic circumstances all alone on a balcony. >> the hospital ceo said we feel terrible for lynne spaulding's family and friends as this part of the story must be painful. our hospital staff is committed to finding out what happened so that it will never happen again. san francisco general hospital declined to speak today about the investigations over the allegations. sheriff's department must wait before speaking out on the case. in sa

family and friends of this woman, lynn spaulding, are concerned it could be her. spaulding was being treated for an infection at sf general when she disappeared some two weeks ago. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live. a lot of questions remain unanswered tonight. >> reporter: what we know right now is a body was taken away from this hospital about an hour ago. sources are telling us exactly where that body was found. we are told that it was found in the exterior stairwell on the fourth floor of sf general. does that mean it was outside the building? hospital officials won't confirm that. we do know that family and friends believe the body may be that of lynn spaulding, a mother of two from great britain. >> san francisco general has a stellar reputation. however, if someone's body was found in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital, whether it's lynn spaulding or not, that's a very, very concerning development. >> reporter: david perry is a spokesperson and friend of lynn spaulding. he says she was checked into this hospital on september 19th to be treated

he made this report four days before lynn spaulding was actually found there. he disappeared before he could be questioned. now, investigators want to find him and talk with him. the body of 57-year-old lynn spaulding was discovered in a locked stairwell here on october 8th, three weeks after she disappeared from her room where she was being treated for a bladder infection. the supervisor looked into that stairwell but didn't see anyone there. police say the info on this guy is somewhat confusing. they know that. so no sketch yet. they think he may have been wearing a ucsf naming ta. possibly, a hospital resident. he is described as an asian man in his 30th. about 5'8" tall wearing a blue dress shirt and possibly a tie and had hospital i.d. on. if you have any information on this man, you are asked to call san francisco police. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> 6:03. bring on the lawsuit. that's what one south bay city says it is willing to risk as it fights to enact tougher gun safety standards. this is santa clara county court comes unde

is it lynn spaulding? no one says. the hospital called the family this morning to say that a body had been found but it couldn't say that it was in fact her. >> it's strange and frustrating and sad. we have yet to hear official confirmation from sf general that the body found this morning is lynn spaulding. if it is indeed our friend, colleague, lynn spaulding, and the fact that she went missing on saturday, september 21, at 10:15 a.m. from san francisco general and now here on october 8 her body was found in the same hospital in a stairwell, i just don't have words for how many questions that raises. >> reporter: lynn spaulding had just finished working for san francisco travel which is the old convention and visitors bureau. how this person died is not clear. she may have fallen. we don't know that. there is some suggestion on her facebook page that other people at the hospital always worried about these heavy doors that close and locked and she was on the fourth floor, we saw as the crime scene indicated. so unbelie

lynn spaulding was last seen on september 21st.eveloping story we are following involving the possible bart strike. we are now down to less than 48 hours before the cooling off period expires and there's still no deal between bart and its workers now there's an added twist. as many bart workers seem to be unhappy with their union leaders. kron four's will tran is live at the west oakland bart station with more, will? and stay connected with kron-4 on the bart negotiations. you can get the latest on our web site -- kron-4 dot com. as well as by checking our facebook and twitter pages. you can also download our mobile app. on the website and the mobile app, we have a section dedicated to bart and even get push alerts to get the latest information. new this morning. asiana airlines and its pilots have come out publicly -- blaming the plane's auto- throttle. for the july crash of flight 214. a crash that killed three people and injured some 2-hundred others. the auto- throttle is used to maintain the speed of the plane. with flight 214

. >>> investigators are looking into the key witness into the death of lynne spaulding. he may have seen her in the exterrior stairwell. a man with hospital id reported it and disappeared. >> reporter: they are working with the sfpd into an investigation that has had few answers. kron4 wants to speak to the man who was admitted to the 5th floor at san francisco general. he saw someone lying on the stairwell and reported it. this happening back on october 4th before 7:30 in the morning. 4 days before lynne spaulding was found dead. we reached out to a spokesperson and she and her staff are helping in any way possible. the description of the man is asian and wearing a blue shirt and a possible tie. reporting in san francisco, scott rates. >>> this was a fire in redwood city 2 weeks ago. people were screaming and running through hallways. in july another 6 alarm fire happened. this displaced a hundred people and killed one person. people are getting help and have survived both fires. >> reporter: it is a story of determination and survival. she was able to save one small bo

a woman's body was found, it's lynn spaulding.e need answers now. >> among answers omitted whether there are working video cameras, how much

her name is lynn spaulding. the medical examiner says it will be taking some time to identify the remains of spaulding's family, now fearing for the worst. "today in the bay's" christie smith live in san francisco where a lot of questions are still surrounding this entire case. most of them remain unanswered. >> good morning. >> reporter: we are hoping to hear from the hospital a little later this morning. there are so many questions this morning about how in the world something like this could happen. a woman's body found in a stairwell here at the hospital yesterday. more than two weeks after another woman was last seen here. there was a search by family and friends for her. the family of lynn spaulding has so many questions this morning about what's really gone on. they have been posting missing person's fliers all over the city of san francisco and trying to make sense of it. dealing with the possibility that the 57-year-old may have actually been here all along. the body was found yesterday in an exterior s

long day at san francisco general hospital for police, hospital staff and family and friends of lynn spaulding. the family is disappoint that day the coroner cannot offer close sure after a long day. the family does understand that accuracy is important in dealing with such things. >> sensitivity of the family and for others with missing family to release anything other than 100% identification. >> reporter: the body was found on the stairwell around 10:00 a.m. they say the stairwell is infrequently used. lynn's family said the ups and downs of the case have taken a toll. >> i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. it's difficult to get a phone call saying we think we found your mother's body. she's on an emotional roller coaster. >> reporter: we're expecting some sort of announcement from the coroner tomorrow. i'm jeff benefit. >>> police and the fbi are searching a home in northeast pet ta lou mafusz where two devices were found. >> reporter: an fbi evidence response team gethers remnants after debt nateing two pipe bombs. the pd and fbi agents found four devices, two being explosives. >>

this morning is lynn spaulding. if indeed it is our friending, colleague, lynn spaulding, and the fact that she went missing from her bed at san francisco general on saturday, september 21, at 10:15 a.m., and now here on october 8 her body was found in that hospital in a stairwell, i just don't have words for how many questions that raises. >> reporter: as he pointed out, we have no official confirmation that that is her. but the hospital was missing a patient and found one today. the coroner still hasn't taken the body away yet. lynn spaulding worked as the san francisco convention and visitors bureau at sf travel until recently. she was called a vivacious woman, somebody who loved life. her friends are hoping that's not her obituary. they don't want this to be her but they fear the worst. liz? >> mike, i know san francisco general is a huge place but when you have a messing patient, don't they do a top- to-bottom search of the entire facility? >> reporter: well, we don't know that. the hospital has not made much o

abc 7 news learned from a reliable source that the victim's name is lynn spaulding.he 56-year-old mother of four checked in for treatment of an inspection then disappeared from her room. she has been missing for two weeks and three days. here is a hospital spokesperson. >> it's very concerning this bod yes was found. we don't know what happened. that is our top pray ti to, find that out. >> the fem and friends of lynn spaulding called the hospital. david perry is a family friend already disappointed at how for 10 days the hospital would not release a statement about the mystery. >> we have been dismayed and frustrated not only by the lack of information but lack of a sense of urgency. >> can you tell us how long that bod body had been in the stair sfwhel. >> can i not. >> did it fall? >> i don't have anymore information about the cause of death, length of time that. is all what is being investigate bid the sheriff with asis sfrants police and med yal cal examiner will provide more information. >> that is where the case stands now. no comment about how koit lose a pat

a body nound a stairwell is that of lynn spaulding, she disappeared from her room september 21. we're live with the family reaction. wayne? >> san francisco general hospital is under a microscope tonight this, isn't just a local story but international story. hospital in an embarrassing situation. perhaps that is why the hospital fwhot entertain questions from reporters leaving members of the family and friends exas per yaited. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> lynn's friend had been hoping to get some answers when the sheriff's department and hospital confirmed the death today. >> this is shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. >> we do not know how long she had been there. >> a kindergartener could have put together that statement. >> lynn spaulding entered san francisco general hospital for treatment of an infection september 19th. two days later despite checks she disappeared, family, and friends were angry because it took 10 days for the hospital to admit they vanished. >> lynn spaulding die add flown a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in t

he was involved today calling the family of lynn spaulding and then went to the hospital meting withed. >> ad minute straightors retraced steps to the hospital and came out on a parking lot and made announcement there will be a full independent investigation to get to the bottom of what happened here. >> this should not have happened. we all agree. and we want to prevent this from ever happening again. >> when san francisco mayor ed lee spoke today, he echoed sentiments heard from administrators yesterday. what he hadn't, however, was a cloud of his office in launching an investigation in san francisco general hospital's system, staff and sheriff's office searching for lynn spaulding and missed her in that stairwell. >> if a search was done for a woman and her bod yes was found that is not an adequate search. i don't know how standards fell down but these are not the standards to which a fine institution should expect security detail to live up to. >> i do know that rand yum therk have jurisdiction on the grounds. that is as much as i can say about that. and i'm in the into pointing fi

a body nound a stairwell is that of lynn spaulding, she disappeared from her room september 21. we're live with the family reaction. wayne? >> san francisco general hospital is under a microscope tonight this, isn't just a local story but international story. hospital in an embarrassing situation. perhaps that is why the hospital fwhot entertain questions from reporters leaving members of the family and friends exas per yaited. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> lynn's friend had been hoping to get some answers when the sheriff's department and hospital confirmed the death today. >> this is shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. >> we do not know how long she had been there. >> a kindergartener could have put together that statement. >> lynn spaulding entered san francisco general hospital for treatment of an infection september 19th. two days later despite checks she disappeared, family, and friends were angry because it took 10 days for the hospital to admit they vanished. >> lynn spaulding die add flown a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in t

the mayor is demanding an investigation after the body of lynn spaulding was found in an outside stairwell three weeks after she disappeared. she was being treated for an infection when she walked away from her hospital bed. starting with an independent review of security procedures. >> the city is responsible for what happened here. >> it will cover security system controls for the building and the surrounding areas of the hospital campus. all of the reviews of the staff. >> the family is encouraged by the review but looking for answers from the sheriff's department which is the agency in charge of looking for lynn spaulding. >>> friends and family of a missing toddler gathered to remember her second birthday. they remembered daphne webb with balloons and pictures. three months ago her father said he came out of a corner liquor store to find daphne gone from the car. he left her with his mother who suffers from dementia. police and the fbi have not found any sign of her. >> we want her home. we want to know what happened to her and where she is at. if anyone has seen anything or heard any

. >> reporter: lynn spaulding was last seen in her room in september at san francisco general. her family has been posting fliers across san francisco hoping to find her. but tonight they are facing the possibility that she has been here the entire time. >> it is frustrating to be 19 days into this. >> reporter: outside san francisco general hospital where his friend lynn spaulding was last seen three weeks ago, david perry wants answers for a family desperate for word. >> lynn's daughter is obviously traumatized. >> reporter: hospital staff admitted the 57-year-old with an infection september 19th. a nurse saw spaulding in her hospital bed and 15 minutes later the patient's cell phone was in her room and the patient was not in her bed and spaulding has not been seen or heard from since. her family launched a search and this morning, san francisco general hospital found a woman's body in a fourth floor exterior stairwell. a devastating discovery for spaulding's daughter. >> it's difficult getting a call from someone saying we think we found your mother's body and spending the d

lynn spoulding -- spaulding missing two and a half weeks.ital where she was being treated. wayne? >> that is it in a nut shell. we're trying to figure out details. lynn spaulding had been missing from her room 17 days the subject of a search by friends and family. today she turns up in a stairwell. the hospital has been sparse with details here is spokesperson rachel capen. >> what would you tlik know? >> there are plenty of questions. just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the case san francisco general swril to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies

lynn spoulding -- spaulding missing two and a half weeks. she was found in the hospital where she was being treated. wayne? >> that is it in a nut shell. we're trying to figure out details. lynn spaulding had been missing from her room 17 days the subject of a search by friends and family. today she turns up in a stairwell. the hospital has been sparse with details here is spokesperson rachel capen. >> what would you tlik know? >> there are plenty of questions. just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the case san francisco general swril to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies cordoned off the stairwells as a crime scene. the hospital produced no explanation today and apparently miss

lynne spaulding. it's not clear how she got there or what caused her death. her family calls it a nightmare. >> lynne spaulding died alone in a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in this country. i hear that the san francisco sheriff's department initiated a search. well, evidently it wasn't a very good one. >> friends say when she disappeared, the 57-year-old was on medication that could have made her confused. >>> this summer police in new york made a push to close a cold case more than two decades-old. that effort led to a tip and a dramatic break, and now as jeff glor reports, they're on the verge of solving the case. >> this area wasn't, you know, built up as it is now. >> reporter: for more than 20 years jerry georgio worked the most personal case of his five-decade-long career. it could finally be closing. >> i was elated to say the least. >> reporter: in july of 1991, a cooler was found just off new york city's west side highway. inside, the body of a 4 1/2-year-old girl. she was bound, malnourished, and sexually abused. >> there's ju

lynn spaulding went to san francisco general hospital for treatment but died in that stairway near her room. wayne freedman is live with the new details tonight. >> well, the mayor's revelation ask admission was remarkable. let's go right to it. >> city is responsible for what happened here. >> with those eight words, san francisco mayor placed full clout, and power of the office into finding out what led to disappearance, and death of san francisco general hospital patient lynn spaulding. >> this should not have happened. we all agree we want to prevent this from happening again. >> in two and a half weeks the 57-year-old went from being a patient under treatment to a missing person when she disappeared from her room to a mystery after the hospital staff found her body in an outside stairwell 17 days later. today, the mayor announced an investigation to find out what happened. >> i told the family i wish to have answers just as they do. >> one department supposedly deputy searched for the missing woman but missed her. >> if a search is done for a woman and 17 days later her body was f

lynne spaulding was reported missing by her nurse back on september 21st. friends and family have been franticly searching for the 57- year old mother. now it appears she did not get very far. kron 4's maureen kelly >> pam: attended a news conference today. where those in charge of patient security , appeared to be as baffled as everyone else. we do not know how she came to be in the stairwell yesterday , how long she had been there or what caused her death >> reporter:the body turned up on a fourth floor exterior stairwell.located behind the doorway you see in this video.17 days after lynne spaulding went missing from her hospital room.hospital officials say they did institute a search of the campus.after her nurse found her room empty.but didn't find her. >> reporter:officials took no questions at the news conference and did not say if anyone looking for the patient had checked the area wereally turned up. one floor below from where spaulding disappeared >> reporter:the stairwell is a fire exit that is not routinuely used by staff patients or the public.i

. >> more disturbing details after lynn spauldings body was found. >> reporter: her body has been released to her family. unfortunfortunately she was left at sf general. >> reporter: they are committed more than ever to make sure her death leads to come good. while her son was in the hospital she needed to do something. i went up and down the stairs knocking on doors. i looked out and nurses and visitors were walking around. i was fearful to go through another stair wel. eventually a nurse spotted her and opened the door. that ordeal took 15 minutes. she wants to see changes in the hospital security. >> reporter: this story isn't just about lynn. it is about the people in san francisco who demand excellent medical care but excellent security and infrastructure. that woman and lynn's story will be added to a report. >>> apple's new ipad faster than ever. >>> we are learning about the teacher in the shooting yesterday and why she was a hero. >>> a crazy jets fan and more. >>> i will show you which neighborhood will be impacted tomorrow. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv

. >>> the family of lynn spaulding is clarifying what happened. the person who found the boy has not been identified. they hope they come forward. >> reporter: speaking on behalf of lynn's family, david perry says san francisco general hospital was notified by a man with a badge that he came across the body. >> that person was so frantic they ran down the hall and disappeared. i am sure the organization charged with security at san francisco general they want to know who that person is and what they saw and when did they see it. >> reporter: the hospital didn't return kron4's calls. the hospital official said it is unclear who the man is who came across her body or if he works at the hospital and why it took 4 days for her to turn up is amystery. it did conduct a search for her. >> they looked for a long time. what this information does, which is disturbing, is that someone saw a body and left it there, and no one took action. >> reporter: kron4news. >> the families of the victims in the limo fire have filed a wrongful death suit. 5 women were kill

lynn spaulding went to san francisco general hospital for treatment but died in that stairway near her room. wayne freedman is live with the new details tonight. >> well, the mayor's revelation ask admission was remarkable. let's go right to it. >> city is responsible for what happened here. >> with those eight words, san francisco mayor placed full clout, and power of the office into finding out what led to disappearance, and death of san francisco general hospital patient lynn spaulding. >> this should not have happened. we all agree we want to prevent this from happening again. >> in two and a half weeks the 57-year-old went from being a patient under treatment to a missing person when she disappeared from her room to a mystery after the hospital staff found her body in an outside stairwell 17 days later. today, the mayor announced an investigation to find out what happened. >> i told the family i wish to have answers just as they do. >> one department supposedly deputy searched for the missing woman but missed her. >> if a search is done for a woman and 17 days later her body was f

there's new questions about the dise appearance of lynn spaulding. she was a patient at the hospital when she finished five weeks ago today. her pd wasn't found for 17 days. the hospital asked the sheriff's office for times to search for the missing woman. her body was found in a stairwell at the hospital. it's uncommon to request multiple searches and the woman's family plblames the sheriff. >> imagine the family is shocked to find out that the major can't say that people in his charge did a search. at this point the family and friends are demanding that the leadership is to step in fropts of a microphone to answer some big question announcements. >>> people cleaned out their neighbor for dore dozens and do. their goal is threefold. to cut back on prip drug abuse. correct the environment. >> if you don't want the varmt in the viert. when you do all that it goes ever where. official cays so shorthand that. >> federal officials say in april they collected 18 tons of drugs. >>> light rail storage is back up. they say a damaged overhead power line was t

. >> disturbing new details on what may have happened to lynn spaulding. a nurse saw an unconscious woman in a locked stair well a week before her body was spotted. >> it takes more than that to show concern to a 19-year-old boy and 23-year-old woman. she was abandoned for two weeks. >> they were supposedly checking on her. the case is under investigation by police and the hospital. >>> the impact the strike has had on businesses. >>> the latest on the shooting that left a teacher dead and a community in shock. >>> the sharks and the nhl hottest team. the first day in london. we have a lot of chat and highlights. 49ers in london later in the broadcast. >> reporter: reduced visibility. see what you are dealing with visibility. see what you are dealing with for t[ male announcer ] it is more than just a new car... more than a new interior lighting system. ♪ it is more than a hot stone massage. and more than your favorite scent infused into the cabin. it is a completely new era of innovation. and the highest expression of mercedes-benz. introducing the 2014 s

. >>> in another attempt at closure, the family of lynn spaulding held a memorial service. the hospital had to ask the sheriff's department several times to conduct a search. they're now questioning whether that's the case. >> lynn shawled ding's family is demanding answers as to whether a search was done when she went missing five weeks ago. 4 diff requests were given to carry out oo search. >> the family is angry, frustrated and demanding answers from the top of the leadership structure. was a search done? when and where and what was the results? >> reporter: at this point the only people with the answers are at the sheriff's department. the daughter was told the hospital was searched but why was there 4 different requests? >> if they say the searches were not done, out of respect, he needs to step up himself personally and tell us why it wasn't done and fix the problem. this is an appalling accumulation of facts that points to one thing, something is wrong with the security at san francisco general. >> reporter: they will address individual questions once the investigatio

lynne spaulding was found dead this week more than two weeks after she was admitted to the hospital androom. mayor ed lee and the director of the department of health will hold a press conference. ktvu has a reporter there and we will have the latest at 5:00 p.m. >>> making san francisco streets safer for some may have made them more dangerous for others. ktvu channel 2 news learned making streets more pedestrian and bicycle friendly could be slowing down for identifications and police officers -- firefighters and police officers responding to emergency. we road along with teams in the city. >> making bike lanes and putting palm trees in the middle. taking out a lane of traffic. >> we don't want to pile on challenges. >> those leading the fight for pedestrians and bicyclists insist it is possible to keep streets safe and have room for first responders. >>> new information on a police stand off in santa rosa. a man believed to have barricaded himself inside his home was found hiding in a neighbor's backyard. he was arrested following a tense stand off that began last night. we got video

the body of lynne spaulding was found tuesday in a rarely used outdoor stair well. she was reported missing two weeks ago. police are segging her -- investigating her death. >>> a san francisco police officer is under arrest on suspicion of dui. police also say he left the scene of a crash. ktvu's amber lee is live in san francisco with the trail he left behind that helped fellow officers track him down. amber? >> reporter: we are near 12 avenue. san francisco police sergeant is accused of hitting this blue car caution rear and friend end damaging. it happened at 8:35 p.m. tuesday night. a witness saw his friend's car was damaged. another neighbor saw a car speed away. the witness says another driver followed the car to where it stopped at his home. the driver who followed the car traced the skid marks back to the scene and told the owner where the hit-and-run driver was. the police was called. the victim didn't know the driver was an off duty police officer till the next day. police say he was off duty. this is video of him when he -- when we interviewed him in 200

according to a report in the san francisco examiner, five months before the body of lynn spaulding was recovered, another woman got stuck in the stairwell. the woman says the door locked behind it -- behind her and shut. when she finally opened a door leading out of the hospital, an alarm sounded. but no security personnel ever came to find her. since the discovery of spaulding's body, the hospital has made it its policy to search stairwells daily. >>> an investigation is under way after a deadly officer-involved shooting in san bruno. police say they noticed the officer behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle. they drove that vehicle to a dead-end vehicle. that's when the driver made a u-turn and drove towards the officer. there was a passenger in the car who was arrested. >>> we're waiting to learn the name of a wanted parolee shot and kille by an officer last night. they found the suspect armed with a pipe. he threatened them with that pipe. and that's why they opened fire. the suspect died at the hospital. the officer is on administrative leave. >>> cyber attacks hitting home in the b

they don't know a whole lot else about him. 57-year-old lynn spaulding was found in a locked stairwell at s.f. general hospital here in san francisco on october 8th, three weeks after she banished from her room. she was here being treated for a bladder infection at the time. now, four days before she was discovered, a man told a hospital supervisor that he saw a woman in a stairwell. apparently, that supervisor looked but did not see anything. the hospital has told the family they asked deputies to look for her at least four times. details around this are somewhat sketchy. police think he could have worked for the hospital, maybe as a resident. right now, they don't have a sketch yet. there is a description of this man. he is described as an asian man in his 30s. 5'8". he was wearing a blue dress shirt and possibly had a tie on. any information about this man would be appreciated. if you know anything about him, you are asked to call san francisco police. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> rescue teams will resume their search for a san jose man last seen outside s

. >> lynn spaulding's body found october 8th in a stairwell. at the time spaulding being treated for an infection, now, a source tells us that one week before spaulding's body was discovered a hospital worker saw a woman appeared to be unconscious, lying at the same stairwell. that he stepped over her twice. spaulding's family is outraged about the revelation. >> i think tells us what didn't happen what. should have happened is care for someone laying on a stairwell. >> according to the source the employee told a nurse what he'd seen and that the nurse then contacted the sheriff's department, which provides security at the hospital. it's unclear whether a deputy responded to that call and checked the stairwell. it's unknown whether spaulding was still alive when the orderly found her a family spokesman responded this way inexcuseable. >> the sure's office says the investigation is still ongoing. >> a new figures out show price of auto insurance is going up but there is a nice twist for california driver autos yes. >> michael finney is here to t

lynn spaulding went missing more than two weeks ago while treated for an infection at that hospital.n francisco sheriff's department conducted a search for her but her loved ones are asking why didn't they find her days earlier. >>> school officials in malibu relocating students after reporting the high school is making sick and some have come down with cancer and some have had migraines and rashes and breathing problems. they say the classes will be moved to other parts of the high school campus or a nearby elementary school until environmental testing can be completed. >> reporter: the future may be much warmer than previously thought. new research from the university of hawaii predicts within 30 years the u.s. will see extreme heat waves and the coldest temperature higher than the temperatures we see now but a greenhouse gas emissions they say are stabilized and temperature changes could be held off another 20 years. >> not forever. but 20 years. >> doesn't sound good for me. >> dire warnings there so take heed. >>> that is the long term but what about today? here is an early look

lynn spaulding died alone in a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in this country. >as shaken us to our core, our staff is devastated. >> now the sheriff's department still investigating when and how she died. >>> it is also a sad day in oakland for the family of daphne webb. today marks three months since she disappeared. this is also daphne's second birthday. her great-aunt is telling ktvu that her disappearance has had a real toll on the family as you can imagine. a candlelight prayer vigil is set for 4:00 this afternoon at 79th and international boulevard, that is where daphne's father says she disappeared from his car when he went into a store. >> san francisco police say sharp-eyed criminals are exploiting a flaw in the atm system and getting their hands on thousands of dollars in cash. this is a story you will only see on 2, investigators say they discovered the money making scheme at a bank of america near union square, police showed us a picture of the cash they recovered from one of the so-called shoulder surfers, an officer says they closely watch customers

francisco police are looking for a witness in the baffling death of lynn smalling -- lynn smalling -- lynn spaulding. >> we hope that finding that witness will result in morances to this tragedy -- more answers to this tragedy. >> the witness is described asian, 30 to 40 and wearing a blue dress shirt and hospital identification. he may have had on a tie. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> employees at a union city bakery warehouse had to scramble to get away from a fire. the fire started around 5:15 inside the sterling food plant on western avenue. there were about 25 employees inside the building at the time. they were able to get out safely and a sprinkler system went off which helped contain the fire. crews had the fire out in about 40 minutes. no word yet on a cause. a sister plant in southern california will be able to help get orders delivered. >>> a new mystery surrounding a floating structure connected with google possibly, where a second barge has been spotted. >>> and a chilly start to the day. will it last for the rest of the week? steve paulson will be he

. >>> investigators say no foul play is suspected in the death of lynn spaulding whose body was found in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. she was admitted to the hospital with an infection on september 19th. she apparently left her room two days later and went through an emergency exit to a rarely- used exterior stairwell. her body was found more than two weeks later. san francisco mayor ed lee says he's launching an independent review of the city-run hospital. >>> police in fremont have released new video they say shows a young man and woman targeting and attacking a 70- year-old woman for her gold chain necklace. this is surveillance video from the walmart last friday. the male suspect is seen targeting his victim as if he were holding a rifle. later the victim leaves. the suspects follow behind out in the parking lot, the young man grabs the victim's necklace and the victim falls to the ground, breaking her hip. >> for him to do this to somebody, that's weak and frail and to break her -- you know, fracture her hip, something that she will be permanently hurt for for t

when the nurse checked back at 10:30, spaulding was gone. lynn reported feeling disoriented from her medications. hospital officials say they searched the medical center here. friends and neighbors posted flowers throughout the city, set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry says lynn's daughter got a call telling her the body was found but the coroner told her, his office still hasn't been able to determine the identity of the body. >> the message was we can't give you certainty right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, and i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the hospital says it's reviewing its policies for how they search for missing patients. >>> furloughed federal food safety scientists are called back to work in light of the salmonella outbreak linked to chicken from california. the outbreak involves several strains of salmonella that are resistant to antibiotics. that's why the cdc says so many people have needed to be hospitalized. almost 300 people got sick after eating foster farms ch

. >>> the death of lynne spaulding has led to new safety precautions at san francisco general. she was found two weeks after she disappeared in a stairwell dead. it's believed she entered the stairwell through an alarmed door that may have shut off automatically. now the chronicle reports that alarms at the hospital have been changed so they must turned off manually. >>> a family in pleasant hill is trying to salvage what they can after losing their home in a dramatic early-morning fire. ktvu's janine de la vega tells us the homeowner may think he know what caused the blaze the woman stared as what's left of her land rover. the home, in ruins after a fire this morning at 1:30. it woke up the neighborhood. >> it sounded like gunshots and i heard my other neighbors like yelling. >> reporter: as flames shot from the roof of the home, neighbors heard several explosions that came from the two cars parked in the driveway. firefighters say the tires exploded from the heat. >> the garage, everything was just orange. that's all you could see. it was quite scary. >> reporter: the wife he

. >>> the family of 57-year-old lynn spaulding is responding to reports that someone reported seeing a person passed out in the stairwell of the hospital days before she was discovered. 17 days passed between the time spaulding was reported missing and her body was found in a hospital stairwell one floor away. it's unclear if deputies who provide security checked the report but the family attorney says it is unacceptable. >> you don't go to a hospital to be treated for a medical condition and die of obviously tragic circumstances, all alone, out on a balcony. >> sf general hospital officials declined to comment today on these latest reports. >>> dog owners could lose a popular place to let their pets run free. pet owners say the national park service plan goes too far. the new proposal forces dogs onto leashes in some places and prohibits them completely in others. san francisco's supervisor, scott weiner has a proposal to form a resolution on this and other federal properties, and the resolution would be non-binding. >>> we're settling into a cool evening. once again, giving you a v

. >>> new details in the case of 57-year-old hospital patient lynn spaulding, found dead in a hospital stairwell earlier this month. we have now learned that investigators from the california department of public health will interview five san francisco sheriff's deputies about the case. spaulding was missing for more than two weeks before her body was found. >>> a vicious dog attack in antioch sent four people to the hospital, ktvu's tara moriarty was in the neighborhood where it happened and talked to neighbors who witnessed the attack. >> reporter: just before 9:00 last night on larkspur drive in antioch neighbors heard screams. >> -- there was like a bunch of cop cars out here and i was scared and then i heard gunshots and i ran inside. >> some neighbors ran outside of their homes to see what all of the commotion was about and that is when they say they saw a man who had been walking down this trail with his two dogs being attacked by two other dogs described as pit bulls or mixes. >> i was just staying up here because they kept running back here because there is blood and there is

lynn spaulding disappeared from her hospital room last month. she was found dead 17 days later. officials have not yet said how she died but they have ruled out foul play. today, her family issued this statement, saying, we look forward to the independent review by ucsf and again thank you mayor lee for calling for it. let's get to work. let's get answers. let's make sure this never happens again. >>> in our continuing coverage of the government should, it's day -- shutdown, it's day 15 and the senate is meeting with senate leaders about now in search of a quick end to the impasse. while the senate is on the verge of a bipartisan deal, house gop leaders are ruffling feathers with their own plans. it mirrors the plan for funding and the ability to borrow money through the beginning of next year. but it also, once again, includes changes to the new healthcare law. >> why are they doing this to the american people, sabotaging a good-faith effort, wasting the public's time? and in this case, time is money. >> we believe it's close enough to what's possible in the senate that senate

family wondering if a body found at a local hospital is, in fact, a missing loved one. 57-year-old lynn spaulding was last seen at san francisco general hospital on september 21st. her family has been searching all over san francisco ever since then hoping to find her. yesterday, hospital staff found a woman's body in a fourth floor exterior stairwell. the medical examiner says it will now take time to try and identify the remains shall which leaves spaulding's loved ones facing the possibility she is dead and was on the hospital campus this entire time. >> i can't imagine many things more horrible for her friends and family than her body being there abandoned for 19 days. >> in the meantime, hospital officials say they will be releasing more information as it develops and right now, they are cooperating with the investigation >>> it is 4:33. the clock is ticking. we are now less than 48 hours away from another possible b.a.r.t. strike. in just a few hours, talks between b.a.r.t. and its unions will resume this morning. the 60-day cooling off period ends at midnight on friday. if no deal is reach

lynn spaulding died alone.a stairwell, in one of the finest medical institutions in this country. >> this has shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. >> the sheriff's department, still investigating when and how misspaulding died -- miss spaulding died. >>> santa clara university says it will no longer provide health insurance coverage for elective abortions to its employees. now, according to the mercury news, the school ally president says the -- school's president says the decision aligns with the catholic university values. some feel blindsided by the decision. the university president plans to discuss the issue in a ers is of forums in the -- series of forums in the coming weeks. >>> >>> the city of san carlos wants to hire legal and technical experts to investigate whether a pg&e pipeline is safe. city leaders became concerned about the 83-year-old pipe after seeing an e-mail from a pg&e engineer. the e-mail raised questions about the possibility of a san bruno type of situation. a reference to th