. >> the family of mary perez says she is recovering after being assaulted friday night at san francisco general hospital. >> doing well. getting better. you know, she is having trouble swallow because -- swallowing because of injuries. >> reporter: orin zebest was being transferred to a psychiatric unit. orin zebest ran away after restraints were removed and attacked mary perez in a room. >> closed the curtains. and he starting doing what he did. >> reporter: the hospital appalls id and said -- apologized and said he was quickly restrained by deputies. >> we are devastated about what happened. i never heard of this happening before. >> reporter: emergency room rn had his nose broken by a patient last year. >> this is zone one. like the most critical patients. we are supposed to have 8 nurses, we usually have 5. >> reporter: there were 34 injuries to staff reported to osha in 2012. the union just begun negotiations with the city and says attacks are predictable and preventible with the right amount of staff. >> there have been multiple assaults. a lot has to do with units closing and com

in a statement the hospital said san francisco general hospital is sorry that mary perez was injured while in our care. we take patient safetily seriously and reviewing our procedures. san francisco general hospital made changes after the body of lynne spalding was found in a stair well last october. 17 days after she disappeared. her grandson hopes to fire the lynne spalding's family attorney to force more changes at the hospital. >> keep this guy locked, you know, chained to some -- to the bed. >> reporter: orin zebest is held in a jail ward on $225,000 bail. at 6:00 p.m. the action emergency room nurses took in response to the attack. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor jerry brown issues a call to action to help california get through drought crisis. ktvu's julie haener is in the news room with more. >> reporter: governor jerry brown and democrats offered a plan that will not raise taxes or fees but will often immediate relief. >> providing money for drinking water, for housing, for food and water conserving technologies. >> reporte

. >> reporter: diana is talking about her grandmother, mary perez. these pictures of the 93-year-old, covered with cuts and bruises, were taken friday. her family brought her here for breathing problems. while there, another patient attacked her. >> grabbed the iv pole and swung the pole to her head twice. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says a 29-year-old was on a psychiatric hold that was being taken to the psyche unit friday night where he rap into perez's home. the 93-year-old suffered multiple wounds. the hospital says -- >> reporter: general also says its doctors see nearly 4,000 patients a year on psychiatric holds, and they're all evaluated in the e.r. before transfer. they say this is the first time a patient has been attacked. perez's family says security changes must be made to make sure it's the last. >> we know something has to be done. because there's no way you take someone to the emergency room, especially a 93-year-old woman, and they attack her? >> reporter: the san francisco sheriff's department says the man is still being he

mary perez was admitted for breathing problems. the 93-year-old suffered cuts ask bruises when the 29-year-old reportedly hit her with an i v pole. perez told her daughter he went berserk. doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. >> my mom says the man opened the curtain and used the base of the pole to hit her in the head she put up her arms. but he kept hitting her. >> the hospital says sheriff deputies stationed in the emergency room were able to subdue him. her daughter says damage was already done. >> they found her bloody, she was bleeding from her head her body, bruceed and arms bleeding. >> in the fall a 57-year-old lynn smalleding was found dead in a stairwell, 17 days after being reported missing from her room. investigators later found both the hospital and sheriff department at fault. the attorney for the spaulding family says assurances aren't working. >> there is no security or safety at san francisco general hospital. >> the hop says perez is in good condition but will stay over another night for obs

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the family of mary perez says she suffered cuts and bruises in friday's attack in the emergency room. you can see these injuries. univision spoke with her daughter and by the time police intervened it was too late. >> they found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body was bruised. her arms were bleeding. >> the suspect is accused of attacking perez when doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. he had an initial court appearance today and perez is in good condition, but is spending tonight in the hospital under observation. >>> governor brown is proposing a relief effort to deal with the drought. brown and other democrats want to spend $687 million for emergency water supplies and water conserving technology. it includes funds for housing and food for workers directly affected by the worst drought in state history. >> it is time we learn how to deal with it. we mobilize our money and our people and our ideas and our technologies and most of all our capacity to cooperate. that's what it is about. >> the bill will be expedited. the governor wants the money a

mary perez was being treated for breathing problems when a psychiatric patient tried to choke her and hit her with a pole. she has bruises on her arms from trying to protect herself. the man was arrested. >>> dozens of l.a. county jail inmates suffered minor injuries when the bus they were in got into a fender bender. they were headed back downtown after making their court appearance. >>> new shoe bomb warning has the airlines on high alert. u.s. intelligence officials say terror groups have been chatting lately about possible new designs, they are warning the airlines with international flights to the u.s. to be vigilant but the department of homeland security says at this point there has been no specific threat. >>> joe vazquez just released video of a bombing, the u.s. military never expected us to see. take a look. >> reporter: september 2012 in eastern afghanistan. >> there it is. >> yep. >> reporter: american aircraft were supposed to bomb the taliban. >> oh, bleep. gee what the bleep. >> reporter: instead the camera attached to a soldiers helmet captures the explosion at ground

mary perez was being treated for breathing problems. a psychiatric patient hit perez with a pole from a fluid machine. she has bruises on her arms from when she tried to protect her head. the man who attacked her was arrested. the hospital said a psych patient has never attacked another patient. >>> also tonight, contra costa county firefighters are putting everyone on notice after this home went up in flames last month. it's one of many grow houses posing a huge danger, they say. andrea is in pittsburgh with what firefighters aren't going to do anymore, andrea. >> reporter: it's the case of not making sure the neighborhood burns down. so, you know, if the grow house catches fire, their concern isn't that house, it's the ones directly next door. up in smoke. that's what contra costa firefighters say will happen when an illegal pot grow catches fire from now on. >> it's not where somebody is using it for their own purposes, but these are rather large, if you will, commercial farming operations. >> this home in pittsburgh was broken up, b

attempted murder charge accused of attacking a 93-year-old woman in a hospital bed. 93-year-old mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems, resting in her room as staff members were wheelg the man to the psych ward. he jumped off his gurney, ran into her room and beat her. >> grabbed the i.v. pole, and swung the pole to her head twice, she covered her head with her arms. >> perez is in intensive care. the hospital released a statement apologizing for the incident and prom itising an investigation. doctors see 4,000 patients on psych holds every year and all evaluated in the e.r. >>> san jose firefighter fating charges of selling meth amphetamine but not sex abuse. he came to investigators' attention after accusations he traded drugs for sex and allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy. investigators say they're looking into that accusation but yesterday he was arraigned on three drug-related charges. investigators say the firefighter sold meth to an undercover officer. he's due back in court next week. >>> police in hillsborough hope surveillance cam

the family of mary perez says she suffered cuts and bruises in friday's attack in the emergency room. you can see these injuries. univision spoke with her daughter and by the time police intervened it was too late. >> they found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body was bruised. her arms were bleeding. >> the suspect is accused of attacking perez when doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. he had an initial court appearance today and perez is in good condition, but is spending tonight in the hospital under observation. >>> governor brown is proposing a relief effort to deal with the drought. brown and other democrats want to spend $687 million for emergency water supplies and water conserving technology. it includes funds for housing and food for workers directly affected by the worst drought in state history. >> it is time we learn how to deal with it. we mobilize our money and our people and our ideas and our technologies and most of all our capacity to cooperate. that's what it is about. >> the bill will be expedited. the governor wants the money a

the family of mary perez says she suffered cuts and bruises in friday's attack in the emergency room. you can see these injuries. univision spoke with her daughter and by the time police intervened it was too late. >> they found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body was bruised. her arms were bleeding. >> the suspect is accused of attacking perez when doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. court an i appearance today and perez is in good condition, but is spending tonight in the hospital under observation. >>> governor brown is proposing a relief effort to deal with the drought. brown and other democrats want to spend $687 million for emergency water supplies and water conserving technology. it includes funds for housing and food for workers directly affected by the worst drought in state history. >> it is time we learn how to deal with it. we mobilize our money and our people and our ideas and our technologies and most of all our capacity to cooperate. that's what it is about. >> the bill will be expedited. the governor wants the money available with

mary perez was there because of breathing problems. a 29-year-old man is under arrest. the psychiatric patient allegedly tried to choke her and hit her with a pole. she has bruises on her arms from trying to protect her face. >>> happening today, san jose's newest figure skating star is doing quite well at the winter olympics in sochi, russia. >> she had a great first day. 15-year-old polina edmunds entered today's free skate in 7th place. it is the second half of the ladies figure skating competition and it's a good bet her friends will be glued to the live telecast early this morning. they gathered yesterday in san jose's evergreen valley to watch the short program. [ applause and cheers ] >> the free skate or the long program set to begin about 7:00 this morning pacific time. so go, polina. >>> a massive beef recall stemming from a sonoma county slaughterhouse is expanded nationwide and we have now learned it's having a big impact on a bay area favorite. ,,,,,, one of the best things is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important t

mary perez was beat by another patient inside of the emergency room suffering cuts and bruises from herto head you can see in these photos. >> obligation is to protect the safety of the patients that come there for care. they've failed. >> he says employees told the press that is before the tack. hospital says they acted quickly pulling the suspect off her shortly after the attack. he entered a nonguilty appearance yesterday >> nba is requiring a new security measures at all home games. what is changing for security. wayne? >> the security going to be better when they do get here. the fact is that some gigs are better than others this, gig is pretty good if you're in the k 9 unit they arrived armed with finely-tuned noses. and now a regular there has been a threat >> there is nothing here >> this seemed secretive. dog asks deputies will sniff seats, include deputy rich and his best friend on duty. >> so you get to go to every game now? >> i guess. >> that is what the boss says >> not that they'll be sitting and the idea >> this a good idea. >> this is good. i mean then, you know we're s

mary perez was beat by another patient inside of the emergency room suffering cuts and bruises from heread you can see in these photos. >> obligation is to protect the safety of the patients that come there for care. they've failed. >> he says employees told the press that is before the tack. hospital says they acted quickly pulling the suspect off her shortly after the attack. he entered a nonguilty appearance yesterday >> nba is requiring a new security measures at all home games. what is changing for security. wayne? >> the security going to be better when they do get here. the fact is that some gigs are better than others this, gig is pretty good if you're in the k 9 unit they arrived armed with finely-tunednoses. and now a regular one. not there that there has been a threat >> there is nothing here >> this seemed secretive. dog asks deputies will sniff seats, include deputy rich and his best friend on duty. >> so you get to go to every game now? >> i guess. >> that is what the boss says >> not that they'll be sitting and cheering. fans say they like the idea >> this a good idea. >>

. >> attack happened friday night when mary perez was admitted for breathing problems. these pictures courtesy of uni vision. a 29-year-old reportedly hit her within i v pole. perez told her daughter he went berserk. doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. >> my mom says the man picked up the pole and used the base to hit her this the head. she put up her arms to defend herself. he kept hitting her. >> the hospital says deputies stationed in the emergency room were able to subdue him. her daughter says the damage was already done. >> he found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body, bruised and arms, bleeding. >> outside of court the assistant d a says charges were appropriate. >> it's disturbing when you have a 93-year-old lady going to the hospital to get treatment and is assaulted during her stay at san francisco general hospital. >> the hospital says perez is in good condition but will stay over for observation. vic lee, abc7 news. >> a stormer contra costa county sheriff deputy is going to prison for involvement in the dirty d case. t

mary perez was attacked by a man who was being transported to a psychiatric unit.eat her with an i- v stand. >> in a closed area, he took the iv stand closed the curtain and started doing what he did. >> this is just the latest incident at the psychiatric unit at the hospital. they reported 34 injuries and say staff diana wasserman-rubin a factor. >> another said that was not a factor. >>> they confirmed talks are underway but says no deal has been reached as of yet. now a sale would affect thousands of employees which would affect 215 stores and some customers are worried less competition may mean higher prices. >> they are saving on food and gas and those are like every day things you use. those are the savings they add up every month. >>> they have struggleed to buy. safe way is the 5th largest employer here. >>> police are asking for the public's help for smashing car windows with a golf club. it happened on the parkway. a witness to the van rich took these photos. somebody was seen driving away in a ford suv and anybody with information is asked to call fremon

. >> reporter: mary perez was admitted for breathing problems.ictures, courtesy of univision. the 93-year-old suffered cuts and bruises. when 29-year-old zeebest reportedly hit her with an iv pole. at the time, zeebest was being taken to the er for medical evaluation. perez told her daughter he went berserk when doctors told him he had to be placed in psychiatric care. >> translator: my mom says the man opened the curtain, closed it, picked up the iv pole, and used the base of the pole to hit her in the head. she put up her arms to defend herself. but he kept hitting her. >> the hospital says sheriff deputies stationed in the emergency room were able to subdue zeebest. her daughter says the damage was already done. >> translator: they found her bloody. she was bleeding from her head. her body was bruised and her arms were bleeding. >> outside of court today assistant d.a. alex bastion said the charges were aappropriate. >> it is very disturbing. any time have you a 93-year-old lady who goes to the hospital to get medical treatment and she is assa

mary perez was admitted to san francisco general hospital friday because of breathing problems and attacked with an iv stand by orin zebest. today the attorney appeared to be floored the suspect was released from shackles saying the hospital failed to protect other patients. >> it defies comprehension. it is common sense. you don't have to be a cop or a doctor or a administrator to know you don't let somebody like this up free among people that can't defend themselves. >> you may remember hearing about the face of lynne spalding, she was a patient at san francisco general hospital, she was found dead 17 days later. >>> controversy about a bay area city that is letting farmers use treated sewage water for crops. ktvu's john fowler tells us it could cause environmental damage for short term drought relief. >> reporter: facing the worse drought in history, some vineyards may get a wind fall. >> we think it is a opportunity. >> the mayor says although they are under mandatory conservation they want to give away a million gallons away of treated sewage from this plant. >> we have invested a huge

. >> reporter: the family of 93- year-old mary perez, says she is recovering well after being assaulted. >> she is doing well, she's getting better. she's having trouble swallowing because of throat injuries. >> reporter: investigators say a 29-year-old is being transferred to psychiatric unit. he ran away and attacked perez in a room. >> he closed the curtain behind him in a closed area the two of them. he started doing what he did. >> reporter: in a statement, the hospital apologized for the injuries to ms. perez, and says the assailant was quickly subdued. >> we're devastated about what happened here. i've never heard of this type of think happening before. >> reporter: still, the emergency room rn says he had his nose broken by a patient last year. nurses say there were 34 injuries to staff reported to osha in 2012. they have just begun negotiations with the city. and says abe tacks are -- attacks are predictable, and preventible with the right staff. >> a lot of it has to do with units closing and combining and staff ratios. >> reporter: he pleaded not guilty today to felony charge

seen here in pictures posted publicly on his facebook page is accused of attacking 93-year-old mary perez while in the emergency room at sf general. in the way he grabbed her, he took her by the neck. he tried to choke her, that's murder. i feel very bad. these are pictures of perez covered in cuts and bruises after the attack last friday. the incident started after her family brought the 92-year-old grandmother to the emergency room at sf general for broeathig problems. while she was there he's accused of attacking her. san francisco sheriff's department said he was on a psychiatric hold. the hospital spokesperson calls the attack a freak accident and was dealt with immediately. the hospital also says they had no indication that zabest also there for treatment could become violent. san francisco district attorney george gasgone. >> we have a 93-year-old woman that went to the hospital to seek assistance. she's injured and that's concerning to us and we'll continue the investigation, no question this is very disturbing all the way around. >> reporter: zabest is in custody being held on $2

hospital after an elderly woman was assaulted in the emergency room, family members say 93- year-old mary perezttacked by a man tan to the psychiatric unit and did that. >> he closed the curtain behind him in a closed area, the two of them and he started doing what he did. >> this is just the latest incident involving the psychiatric unit at the hospital, nurses say staff members have reported 34 injuries in 2012 and say staffing levels are to blame. the hospital says staffing was not a factor in friday's attack. >> time now 6:55, people living in a palo alto senior home are suing the owners, the upscale home is near stanford university, the lawsuit claims the home is financially in the red and charges it with breach of contract and financial abuse of elders. the residents say they paid an entry fee of 1 million dollars with the promise they would get 90% refunded, but now say say they sent 100 million dollars to the parent company with no promise the money would get returned. >> what happens if times get tough, they simply say sorry residents, we don't have the money to pay your estate. >> the

. >> reporter: the family of 93- year-old mary perez, says she is recovering well after being assaulted. >> she is doing well, she's getting better. she's having trouble swallowing because of throat injuries. >> reporter: investigators say a 29-year-old is being transferred to psychiatric unit. he ran away and attacked perez in a room. >> he closed the curtain behind him in a closed area the two of them. he started doing what he did. >> reporter: in a statement, the hospital apologized for the injuries to ms. perez, and says the assailant was quickly subdued. >> we're devastated about what happened here. i've never heard of this type of think happening before. >> reporter: still, the emergency room rn says he had his nose broken by a patient last year. nurses say there were 34 injuries to staff reported to osha in 2012. they have just begun negotiations with the city. and says abe tacks are -- attacks are predictable, and preventible with the right staff. >> a lot of it has to do with units closing and combining and staff ratios. >> reporter: he pleaded not guilty today to felony charge

murder charge, accused of attacking a 93-year-old woman while she lay in a hospital bed. 93-year-old mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems last friday. she was resting in a room, staff members were wheeling the man to the psych ward. he jumped off his gurney, ran into a room and beat her. >> grabbed the i.v. pole and swung the pole to her head twice, she covered her head with her arm. >> perez is in intensive care. hospital released a statement apologizing for the incident and promising an investigation. hospital officials say doctors see 4,000 patients on psych holds every year and evaluated in the e.r. >>> another california slaughterhouse shut down, due to unsanitary conditions, and this one may have supplied meat to your children's school lunch. federal inspectors have order the central valley meat company to close as a precaution in ha inford. the slaughterhouse has a history of problems. in september, the company recalled 5800 pounds of beef after the usda said they might contain small pieces of plastic. this was not the first time. the same facility was also cl

mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems last friday.he was resting in her room, staff members were wheeling orin zebest to the psych ward but they say they jumped off his gurney, ran into her room, and beat her. >> grabbed the i.v. pole and swung the pole to her head twice, she covered her head with her arm. >> perez is in intensive care. the hospital released a statement apologizing for the incident and promising an investigation. hospital officials say doctors see 4,000 patients on psych holds every year and they're all evaluated in the e.r. >>> 6:40. coming up, two minutes of turbulence on a flight from san francisco. a jarring ride, sent nine people to the hospital. >> deadly clashes and out of control unrest in the ukraine. new details as protesters push back against police. >>> fires, thousands of people in the streets of kiev after deadly clash pushed protesters against police overnight in the ukraine. this morning, we're seeing smoke in the streets as protesters stand in defiance of the strong police presence. protesters angry t

pleads not guilty to attacking an elderly woman at san francisco general hospital. 93-year-old mary perezergency room with a breathing problem friday night. that's when a man tried to choke her and hit her with a pole. she has bruises on her arms from trying to protect her face. a psychiatric patient was arrested for the attack. >> new this morning, the opposition to stop those fancy tech commuter shuttles from using san francisco bus stops, well, it's still growing. a coalition of housing, labor, lgbt advocates filed an environmental appeal yesterday. they hope to stop san francisco's 18-month pilot program that would allow shuttles to use certain muni stops for a buck. the group argues the buses will displace residents and will impact air quality. the bus program is set to start july 1 but this appeal could delay that. >>> tesla's production line is going to get busier this year. the electric car company out of palo alto is turning out 600 new cars each week. this year it plans to increase that to 1,000 cars. tesla will start selling its model s in china next month. it's also planning s

. >> pam: the victim- mary perez- is in fair condition in the intensive care unit. >> pam: meantime todayuilty to three felony counts. he is being held on more than 200-thousand dollars bail. fremont police are asking >> pam: for the publics help. in identifying a man caught on camera vandalizing a car with a golf club. >> lot. of a local 24-hour fitness >> pam: according to a witness, the suspect broke both front and back driver side windows of the car, and went through some of the victims personal belongings. >> pam: the suspect is described as a 40- year old, asian, adult male, driving a ford s-u-v. >> reporter:a dangerous situation today in san jose after a gas line ruptures at an apartment complex. >> reporter:it happened near alum rock and mccreery avenues when a third party crew digging in the area hit a half-inch gas line. >> reporter:the apartment building was evacuate it. . >> reporter:you can see p-g- and e crews on the scene in this video partnership with a-b--c 7 news. >> reporter:p-g-and-e says they capped the leak around 2 this afternoon. >> reporter:hazardous materials cre

murder charge accused of attacking an elderly woman while she was in her hospital bed. 93-year-old mary perezms last friday. she was resting in her room as staff members were wheeling orin zebest to the psych ward. he jumped off the gurney, ran into her room, and beat her. perez is in intense everybody care. the hospital apologized for the incident and promising an investigation. doctors see 4,000 patients on psych holds every year and they're all evaluated in the e.r. >>> well, let's get a check of weather with christina. >> good morning. well, the bay bridge is a dividing line between where the clouds are, where you're getting a clearer sky. north of the bay bridge and golden gate, completely blue. stout of the bridge, still getting shower activity. here in the south bay, we have mostly cloudy conditions over san jose, shower activity will clear out throughout the afternoon. highs comfortable as a result. warming trend headed our way. notice that on the seven day right there at the bomb tomorrow of the screen. 50s to start. temperatures in the mid-60s to finish off the drive. here's mike. >

mary press-perez was in her hospital room when orin zebest jumped off his gurney and beat her with a r id. --pole of her iv. zebest was being transferred to the sideboard. mary suffered bruises and gashes on her arms. nurses, said fiscal police officers and a shirt that he ran to the rescue. the hospital is more about what happened because this incident a freak accident. they say he was being attended by two nurses. mary's grandson says that's not completely true. san francisco general says they see approximately 4000 patients on psychiatric hold a year and that nothing like this has never happened before the there are reviewing the procedures. >>james: a disturbing story from the cal berkeley campus 319 rose to their arrest for beating up a campus acquitted on tuesday and police are calling it a crime university police say, joseph and john r.--donner. allegedly made homophobic comments to the 90 year-old victim and demanded his cellphone. police say, when the two reached campbell hall donner ordered the victim to go into construction area. when the victim refused, he repeatedly punch

>>reporter: hospital employees told the perez family that only one of them could accompany mary into the er it was take dangerous. that was before the attack. hospital says the personnel acted quickly. pulling the man best off mrs. perez shortly after the attack. best entered not guilty plea during the court appearance yesterday. federal police put out an alert for violent fugitive spotted here last week. fbi an u.s. marshall say this man kevin briggs convicted sex offender attacked a police officer in montana then took off on the run. they say he was spotted last week in san francisco berkeley and oakland and if you see him authorities say do not try to catch him. call 911 medley and report it. >> well, speaking of catching people. police have some dramatic video of south bay business break-in but they need your help tonight. burglars wore hoodie but the faces are still visible on the video. l we see the video from santa clara. >>reporter: security camera at silicon valley micro electronic caught the 2 burg already prying open the employee entrance door casing out the building and se