ktvu's mike mibach is here now with the massive reorganization plan of a force that lost 160 officers in the past two years. >> reporter: because of that the chief said the structure has to change and it will starting saturday. police officers will have more roles and responsibilities. >>> few people chimed in on the state of the city. >> like a depression. >> i guess they are going in the right direction. the police chief says it is time his department starts to head in the right direction. >> we are collapsing everything and trying to give the patrol officers more expansion. >> reporter: the chief announced a department wide reorganization plan, the city will be split in two operation areas, commanded by deputy chiefs. >> i want them to be scene too, get involved. >> reporter: -- seen too, get involved. >> reporter: they will all be consolidated. >> instead of having eight investigators to deal with homicide, and that's what we have today, we will have close to 22 people with the capacity to deal can w hop sides, robberies and assaults. we are building capacity. >> i would love to s

mike mibach live in the neighborhood where police are invest good investigating how a woman's burning body showed up there. >> reporter: the body was found at an exit off of highway. >> 5:00 in the morning the police knocked on my door. >> reporter: and they began asking questions because the homicide investigation was under way. >> it's a tragic incident right here. it's an unusual crime. >> reporter: police lieutenant says a resident called police to report a burning body in the middle of the street. police say the body identified as a woman appears to have been dumped in the rock ridge neighborhood, burned but not before suffering some type of trauma. >> right now i just cannot get into -- i don't want to talk about those details. i only want a few people intimately involved about some of those details. >> it's weird, kind of freaky because we don't really hear about it. >> reporter: curious neighbors drove through the crime scene throughout the day. some say she heard and saw nothing unusual early this morning. >> very sad, very scary that people would do such an awful thing. yeah

mike mibach is live at the calfire's sonoma county air attack field. with why the dc10 will no longer be taking flight. >> reporter: we're talking about the balance between cost and effectiveness. five years that is how long the dc10 has been flying for calfire. but not this season, as a lot of eyes start to focus in on the department's smaller fleet. the dc10 10 tanker, the big boy in the sky called to fight california fires. >> we use them in more strategic situations. >> reporter: it drops thousandsover fire retardant in five seconds. the new budget forced the state agency to cut back so it has decided to ax its three year $21 million dc10 contract. >> this was a reduction and a cut that nobody wanted to make. >> reporter: well we always say it could be the worse fire season ever right. >> reporter: chief scott upton flies in calfire's initial attack. the s2t holds up to 1,200- gallons. while the dc10 holds 10,000- gallons of retardant. >> any time you lose any capability you're going to lose a certain amount of effectiveness. >> reporter: but upton

in fremont, mike mibach. ktvu. >>> maria shriver makes it official. what she did today inside a los angeles courtroom. >> i'm bare feet so that's kind of scary. >> reporter: colonies of bacteria, before you hit the beach find out the dangers that may be lurking just underneath the surface of the sand. >>> and we've got a big weekend coming up. you know that it's getting a lot warmer out there. a bit of a sea breeze but no fog. i'll tell you how hot it'll be tomorrow. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> in los angeles today, maria shriver filed for divorce from her husband of 28 years arnold schwarzenegger. they've been separated since november. that's when arnold schwarzenegger admitted fathering a son with their housekeeper. they have two daughters aged 19 and 21. >>> trouble over seas tonight, a flatila was stopped in greece just hours after it took off. bay ar

mike mibach reports. >> reporter: it is an american tradition. celebrating america's independence. >> doing our parade. >> reporter: and in east palo alto, not only was there a parade today. , there was a party a festival from barbecue to bounce houses, face-painting to relaxing family time. >> in order to stay together, we have have events like this to bring us all together as one. >> reporter: at a time when a number of cities in the bay area have said no way to fireworks or other celebrations this 4th of july, this city, the city of east palo alto said it's family before finances. >> even if we're short on money, that's no reason for not getting people together. >> reporter: the councilman said the city spent $7,500 on the parade and festival but the cost of tonight's fireworks show $18,000 paid for not by the city but community sponsors. and in a 2.5-square-mile community often known more for crime, city leaders say the lesson is pride and patriotism. >> we as a city struggle to become a city. we're a fairly young city and we know what it's l

mike mibach was there as a large crowd came together to commemorate a park which transformed the community. >> reporter: saturday morning richmond's iron triangle. >> i don't have to worry about drive by. >> i like to stop the violence. >> reporter: a picnic, a party, filled with music, basketball and richmond residents. this is in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the bay area. >> we came together to improve it to make it a better place. >> reporter: so what is the point of this party other than having a good time? it's to drive home a lesson to politicians that redevelopment money really does work. >> loitering is basically like skid row. >> reporter: captain mark gagan is talking about nevin park e says the park and community center was transformed into a gem due about $5 million in redevelopment money. the idea was to combat violent crime, which he says has happened in this spot over the last three years. and two, to keep rebuilding outward. with the governor deciding to eliminate redevelopment funds in the state -- >> for the all the projects and plans in other parts of the city to

mike mibach is here to explain the changes residents will be seeing. >> the chief has been frustrated, lost 160 officers in less than two years, today he put it all out there. a new plan to atact crime and it involves getting more bang for his buck. the police department is reorganizing. >> we don't have capacity to deal with the command. >> reporter: to get more officers doing more on the streets a new plan will be running on saturday. the chief highlighted portions of the plan, starting with the elimination of the motor unit and reassigning them to regular patrol. >> we have less officers and we don't have the ability to man that. >> reporter: the chief will split the city into two field operation officers instead of three. the two areas will be manded by deputy chiefs. >> i want them connecting with the community. i want them to be seen. touch bases. i want them to get involved. >> homicide, robbery and assault will be consolidated. >> instead of having 8 investigators to deal with homicide, we will have close to 22 people. >>> the chief said three investigate 16,000 property crime

ktvu's mike mibach tells us why this is not the work of someone just off the street. these people know what they're doing. >> reporter: that's because we're talking about power, electricity and locating hidden lines of cooper wire. now the school district says once that part is taken care of it's quite easy. all they have to do is pop the pipe, slice the wire, rip it and steal it. boxes of books and supplies inside the move inside hogan middle school. >> cleaning classrooms, we're preparing the office. this is a new site for us. >> reporter: already a new problem. half the building has no power now and probably won't have it next week. >> reporter: his name is mel jordan he's the assistant superintendent and he's talking about last night's cooper theft. >> they're stripping the wire too. not only are they cutting it they're taking the plastic off, throwing it away and keeping the copper. >> reporter: this thief comes in, strips the cable, takes the cooper. this crime is not the first time it's happened. six schools have been hit this summer. >> what that's telling me

. >>> as mike mibach reports, bands of criminals are targeting homes and police are taking action. >> reporter: the city of linda is on alert. for some of those, those stories are filtering and. >> the piano was laying on the kitchen for. >> reporter: they heard burglars storm into the house and the next thing they knew they were trying to kick down his bedroom door. the burglars are getting more aggressive and hitting more often, double compared to last year. >> when someone comes into your home things can change rapidly. >> reporter: officers have arrested 20 people linked to a number of burglaries gets the crimes continue to occur in the middle of the day all over the city. >> if you are going into someone's home, you are willing to do anything. >> i have never heard of this many before. >> i am glad that my room door is pretty strong. >> reporter: police are on the lookout and asking residents to do the same. >>> housing advocates in san francisco's tenderloin released a report saying that the district is riddled with a crime. they studied police crime statistics and found not on

reporting live here in oakland, mike mibach. >>> b.a.r.t.'s board of director expressed frustration today with the pace of investigation in the fatal shooting of one of its officers. they say they still don't know basic pieces of evidence. including what security cameras caught before the shooting. how an officer suffered cuts in his hand and what race the officer is. >> it makes it frustrating to say we can't say. because it's very reminiscent of what happened with us in the oscar grant case, no one would say anything. >>> ktvu news is learning more information about hill's previous encounters with police. on the ktvu news at 6:00, our david stevenson joins us with what the police chief did not know until we brought it to his attention. >>> police are investigating whether a driver of a uc bus was -- the accident happened just a few blocks from where highway 101 becomes octavia. >> it's a fast moving freeway going through a residential street. it's usual little pretty scary. >> reporter: ucsf says 15 people were on board the shuttle at the t

it's wednesday, july 20th i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong.e and pam both have the morning off. >>> san francisco police made dozens of arrests during the latest demonstration tied to a fatal police shooting. kraig debro is live in san francisco where he tells us how the city's police chief hopes to cool down the growing tensions. greg. >> reporter: they will be holding a town hall meeting. it will be a chance to communicate with the public. yesterday we had a protest march and rally through a few neighborhoods. police made about three dozen arrests. most of the people brought here to the hall of justice. we spoke to one of the women that stayed here. she took part because she doesn't believe justify chasing and shooting a fare jumper. properties tours confronted police several times during the march. once in front of the mission street police station. some of the crowds broke one window. the march was held to protest the shooting death of is a seattle man. the protests started at the dolores park. once they got to downtown, some protestors bl

mike mibach will have much more details on the ktvu channel news at 5:00. back to you. >> thank you. >>> east palo alto police are hosting a conference today to crack down on gang violence. they are focusing on this issue after the fatal gang shooting of a 3-month-old baby. police recently conducted door- to-door sweeps. today, they will share what they know about gang activity and in particular, the nortanoi and soranio gang. and the police are providing updates to the media. >>> the clock is clicking for the search for seven fishing men saying the likely -- are being told from politicals -- the search for seven fishermen, their families are being told the liklihood for survival in the water is 96 hours. leslie yee is the only confirmed death. this morning his daughter said this was a dream fishing trip. her had put it off for years. >> i really encourage this opportunity for him to go to mexico and participate in fishing because that's ultimately his passion. >> he had just restirred from a -- retired from a 37-year career at the "chronicle." many passeng

ktvu's mike mibach attended today's service at the national cemetery in san bruno and tells us a surprise guest showed up. >> reporter: a procession for a young private draped by flags and salutes from fellow soldiers. a young san franciscan is finally back home and dozens of strangers young and old were waiting with open arms. >> he did serve his country gallantly and honorably. >> to the honor and memory of this man here is -- there's no words for it. >> reporter: edward o tool was a soldier with the army's 84th division killed in a world war ii battle in a small german town in 1944. peter davidson said he was there. >> our battle was a doozy. it was two hours long. >> reporter: oh toole was presumed dead and -- o toole was presumed dead and two years ago dog tags and dental records were found and identified as o' toole's and on this day the remains were laid to rest at the golden gate national cemetery. >> this is so close to being history in my backyard i could not avoid being here today. >> reporter: the u.s. military says his family has passed away. in fact, had he no known living r

. >>> mike mibach tax a witness who is they -- talks to a witness who was there. >> he started shooting been awarded said, no nothing implementing only identify him by his first name. he said that the familiar family of four spotted him in for the team and a man and offered him some fish and chips. just as they been for some enormous of the bashers. >> be residing within great and then when the shots were fired, i looked up. >> the husband was shot and critically wounded. >> they were trying to do a good deed. >> reporter: three and 7-year- old daughters were also in the man. >> is a good guy. he's a church guy. >> reporter: he says he did not see the gunmen and weapons were unloaded and suspects, heels investigators catch the gunman soon. >> i do not know why you do something like that he did not know the people. >> reporter: police that decided not to release the names of the victims. the man is in critical condition. >>> marine biologist at trying to figure out how to coax a whale out of the river and into ocean. the calf swam out to sea but the mother is still swimming in circles fo

. >>> and good morning, everyone it's wednesday, july 20th i'm mike mibach in for dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong, pam cook also has the day off. let's get a look at your weather and traffic. good morning, steve. >> good morning, claudine and mike. we have clear

i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. dave and pam are off today. want to start you off with a quick look at your weather and traffic. steve paulson here with that. hi, steve. >>> hello, claudine, mike. good morning. we have a little change today. what change would that be? more in the way of low fog and clouds. for others still warm to hot. yesterday morganhill, livermore, concord, 95. still low 90s but about two to four degrees cooler for some and bigger drop coast and bay with 60s and 70s. now update on traffic with sal. >>> right now northbound 280 traffic looks good up to 880. no major problems there. also the morning commute is looking good if you're on 680 south heading down to the pleasanton area and into fremont. 6:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> well, the space shuttle atlantis is back on earth after a predawn landing in florida this morning. >> landing gear down and locked . main gear touched down. >> looked picture perfect. that four member crew and the second youngest shuttle returned from space just before 3:00 our time. less than a m

mike mibach tells us thieves were after one item in particular and a gun was fired when customers triedo stop them. >>> reporter: it's been an oakland staple for 35 years. day by day, one by one, the customers swing in to a little place called gaylord's cafe. >> hard work, good employees, good drink makers. >> reporter: gaylord's actually didn't start as a coffee shop. it began as an ice cream shop and employees say last night a couple of guys ordered ice cream a ate it outside and went back in looking for laptops. >> someone tried to rob people in gaylord's coffee shop. >> i went to go into our back room to do something, and heard a scuffle, heard something like a chair or table fall over. >> reporter: she came back around to see the suspects ripping away customer laptops and as the thieves tried to get away. >> i think there was only one shot. >> reporter: there was gunfire just outside the front door. >> i don't know how many of our customers tried to stop them. when they did one of them fired and hit a woman in the leg. >> reporter: she was transported to the hospital in stable cond

i'm mike mibach. >>> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, july 20th. >>> our top story, a fatal accident on 101 san jose airport. let's go right to sal. >> all right. i want to go right to newschopper2, showing us the slow traffic here on 101 because of a fatal motorcycle crash blocking three lanes of southbound 101 as you approach the san jose international airport between san thomas and trimbell. they are still doing an investigation. the traffic here for most people is very, very slow. it's backed up all the way to the 280 interchange and beyond that even because people are slowing down. even though, again, all of the northbound lanes are open. this if a huge problem -- this is a huge problem. let's go right to jade hernandez. she's on the ground. >> reporter: you can see behind me traffic is slow. just past this accident three lanes are closed. in fact, the chp is keeping us behind this squad car this morning. they are not allowing us to go past the car because the accident investigation is still going on. this accident h

i'm tori damage bell. >> i'm mike mibach.ave clark has the day off. >>> minutes ago, the norwegian government has reported one person has died in the blast. several others are injured, critically. >> the explosion was right near the prime minister's office but the prime minister was not hurt. it's still not clear what exactly caused the blast. >>> los angeles police have arrested two new suspects for the brutal beating of bryan stow. police have concluded that guy yovanny ramirez, paul, was not -- geovany ramirez, paul, was not involved in the beating. >> reporter: very true. as you say, ramirez has not been charged anymore. he's been exonerated, actually, in fact. the two men were arrested on wednesday in connection with the bryan stow case. as of right now, the police are not releasing their names or any other details about their arrest. however, the "l.a. times" say they have physical evidence and circumstancal evidence. the paramedics and emts who work with stow say there's not a day that goes by that they don't think abo

i'm tori cam fell. >> i'm mike mibach.ark has the day off. >>> it was final touchdown of a mission. earlier, "atlantis" made what looked like a ghostly landing in the predawn light at the kennedy space center. >> down and locked. main gear touchdown. >> the four-member crew and the second youngest shuttle returned from space in triumph. "atlantis" will now be converted into a display piece and transported to an unnamed museum. coming up at 8:37, we will go live to kennedy space center for what -- about what this means for the future for the space program. >>> a man accused of kidnapping his mother in oregon has now turned to the bay area. jade hernandez is live in daly city where she just heard from a neighbor of the man who is on the run. >> reporter: that's trite, tori. we are touching basis with all aspects of this case. the fbi is accusing right now a california man of abducting his mother from oregon and traveling with mer. in fact, we spoke to a neighbor who grew up with this man years and years ago and she was very

i'm mike mibach. >> good morning, i'm maureen naylor. >> good morning, it's sort of a ground hogs day, when it comes to weather. assuming you have seen the movie. more of the same, slightly cooler in some areas. for the afternoon, the clouds back with us this morning. a little patchy drizzle, a longer coastline around the clouds have reached inland. upper 50s along the coastline, widespread 80s for inland areas. and the bay area right in between. we'll take a look at what you can expect outside your door for the afternoon, and talk about where we go from here, in just a little bit. >>> new this morning, hundreds of gay couples are saying i do this weekend in new york. >> i now pronounce you legally married. >> the first same-sex marriage was performed just past the stroke of midnight at niagra falls. new york, became the sixth, and largest state to allow same-sex marriages last month. in preparation, new york city set up a lottery for same sex weddings today. more than 700 ceremonies are expected to take place. one couple who won the lottery says everyone fought hard for the right to

in east palo alto, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> demonstrations in support of california prisoners who are on an 8-day-old hunger strike. [drumming] >> activists are calling on corrections officials to negotiate with the prisoners. they're demanding better conditions and rehabilitation programs. the hunger strike began at pelican bay and has spread to several other prisons in the state. >>> a powerful taxpayer's group is challenging the $150 a year they must pay to cover the cost of wild fire fighting. the fee is expected to generate about $250 million a year. the tax association calls that fee an illegal tax increase and is considering a lawsuit. >>> friends and family of an iraq war veteran are mourning tonight after a bizarre roller coaster accident. army sergeant james hackmer was killed yesterday in upstate new york. officials say the 29-year-old was ejected from a roller coaster during a family outing. he lost his legs in iraq back in 2008. his family says they find comfort in knowing he died doing something that made him happy. >> however long he was on that ride, the minute

ktvu's mike mibach reports. >> reporter: saturday morning, richmond's iron triangle. >> it's going to be a change. it's going to be a change in richmond. >> reporter: on this day at this park. >> we're trying to stop the violence and i with like to be part of that. >> reporter: a picnic, a party, all filled with music, basketball and richmond residents. this is the iron triangle picnic in the heart of one of the roughest neighbors in the bay area. >> we came together and decided to change the dynamics of this park to improve the conditions at that park to make a better place. >> so what is the point of this party other than turning up the music and have a good time? to drive loam a lesson to politicians that redevelopment money really works. >> this is basically like skid row. >> reporter: gaggan says the park and community center was transformed into a gym all due to about $5 million many redevelopment money. the idea was to combat violent crime, when he says has happened in this spot over last three years and two, to keep rebuilding outward. with the governor deciding to eliminate r

mike mibach, ktvu. >> by cutting adult day health care the state expects to save $169 million. 11 of californians 300 facilities have already shut their doors. many more are expected to close by september 1st. the new budget does allocate $85 million to help some seniors transition to a new program that is yet to be developed. >>> the u.s. justice department is planning to get tough on the áf marijuana and states that allow it. justice fishes say that dispensaries and license growers could face federal prosecution for violating drug and money laundering laws. federal officials have backed off on prosecutions in the last years. >>> a ktvu special report on medical marijuana that comes in a spray form to treat chronic pain. the timetable for clinical trials before it can become a mainstream treatment. >>> happening now the city of oakland has approved a new budget. the city council met tonight and after tense negotiations the vote was 4-4. and mayor quan broke the tie. members warned the spending plan will likely have to be modified in the future. it is dependent on concessions. >>> ha

welcome back to mornings on 2. >> good morning, everyone, i'm mike mibach.emary orozco will have your full forecast coming up. first, a united airlines flight was diverted to chicago this morning after a threat was found inside a bathroom. a crew member found a sticker with a threatening message in the bathroom. he says the plane was diverted to chicago as a precaution. the plane was searched, and cleared to fly onto germany. no word what that threatening message said. >>> a san francisco worker is seriously hurt after cutting a live wire. live with more on the accident that has halted construction on part of the terminal. >> reporter: we can show you exactly where this accident happened. on the corner, across from us, where you see that caution tape, that's where a construction worker was electrocuted yesterday. in an update we got just 30 minutes ago, from a project spokesperson, we're told the worker is doing okay this morning, and is supposed to make a full recovery. this accident happened around 12:30 yesterday afternoon. the spokesperson for the joint

reporting live here in oakland, mike mibach. >>> the man accused of stealing a picasso drawing faces three felony counts tonight. mark lugo was charged with grand theft, being in position of stolen property and second degree burglary. he was caught on this surveillance tape shortly after the theft. he's accused of taking the picasso drawing off the wall of a gallery on union square then taking off in a cab. >>> martinez police held a blood drive to honor a fellow officer that died of hopkins lymphoma. he had received numerous drug and platelets transfusions. his wife was at the drive today in honor of her husband. >> this is a way to pay it forward. we're very thankful for everybody that donated blood for my husband so he could live long enough to see his children again. >> the martinez police department held a drive for sergeant carter a year ago and plans to continue the tradition with annual blood drives. >>> we're learning more about the fan that died last night after falling at the rangers game. shannon stone was initially conscious. according to stone's wife, he and his son wer

mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the parks commission in oakland is in the middle of a fight on where to build a new dog park. one group wants it at the horse stables and another group wants it along mcarthur boulevard. however, neighbors argue it should remain as open space. they say kids play nearby. >>> officials suspect a virus is to blame for an outbreak that sickened guests. illnesses have been attributed to the same virus. staffers say they are taking precautions by scrupping food areas and bath room monopolies they made 75 people sick. it was closed on s.a.t. because of the virus. it reopened yesterday. >>> an usual sight for the bay area, umbrellas. people in san francisco had to dig them out because of the unusual weather pattern. it was enough to make the streets wet and it would ruin a car wash. >> caught my daughter by surprise, she slipped down the steps. >>> where is summer? >> exactly. as we mentioned last night, it's -- it's not nowhere to be found but it's not anytime in the future. more fog, more drizzle in the forecast. look that cloud cover. temperatures tod

mike mibach is live and tells us why summer can't get started fast enough for some folks. >> reporter: for those who haven't made it out of town, the holiday weekend under way for a lot of people so far. you know what given our unusual weather of late, some business they told me they're banking on a holiday heat wave to turn around one of the worse starts to the summer season in decades. looking at these pictures of an already jam packed south lake tahoe. >> it's going to be crazy because there's a lot of cars coming up. >> reporter: it's proving hard to believe that a few days ago our weather was this. >> yesterday was winter but looks like it's going to be full on summer. >> reporter: the late start of summer had some business like anderson's bike rental struggling big time. >> we had the worse start in 33 years. it snowed until the first week in june, memorial day was a flop. all through april and may. really cold, wet stuff. >> reporter: now with big crowds already escaping a big turn around in temperatures in the valley, lake tahoe businesses are banking on just a big a turn arou

mike mibach, ktvu. >> by cutting adult day health care the state expects to save $169 million. 11 of californians 300 facilities have already shut their doors. many more are expected to close by september 1st. the new budget does allocate $85 million to help some seniors transition to a new program that is yet to be developed. >>> the u.s. justice department is planning to get tough on the áf marijuana and states that allow it. justice fishes say that dispensaries and license growers could face federal prosecution for violating drug and money laundering laws. federal officials have backed off on prosecutions in the last years. >>> a ktvu special report on medical marijuana that comes in a spray form to treat chronic pain. the timetable for clinical trials before it can become a mainstream treatment. >>> happening now the city of oakland has approved a new budget. the city council met tonight and after tense negotiations the vote was 4-4. and mayor quan broke the tie. members warned the spending plan will likely have to be modified in the future. it is dependent on concessions. >>> ha

in vallejo, mike mibach. >>> tomorrow, pg & e plans to send a camera down a long abandoned section ofthe san bruno a pipeline that exploded last year. crews crews excavated today. >> it was part of the original line 132 project. then which was installed in 1948. then in 1956 to accommodate this development. we rerouted a section of that pipeline. >> reporter: since the pipe hasn't been used in 55 years, it is the closest look investigators can get at the pipelines original conditions. they will be looking at the welds and for any defects. a preliminary mts report says the explosion occurred around a seam weld. >>> the mothers of two uc berkeley graduates are hoping their sons will be released this week. the accused spies are due in court on sunday. their mothers say comments by teheran's top prosecutors could mean that the pair would be released. sunday is also two years to the day since they were taken captive. >>> hundreds of kids may have to go through these doors before they can go to class. the race to vaccinate some teens for a disease on the rise and the new officer making it e

mike mibach tells us what happened just moments before the ceremony got under way that caught everyone in surprise. >> reporter: a procession for a young private. draped with flags and salutes from fellow soldiers. thousands of strangers young and old were waiting with open arm. >> he did serve his country gallantly and honorably. >> to the honor and memory of this man here, there's no words for it. >> reporter: edward otulle was a soldier with the army's 84 division. a 23-year-old was killed during a world war ii battle in a small german town on november 20th 1984. peter davidson says he was there. >> that battle was a dusey. it was two hours long. >> reporter: ottule was presumed dead and two years ago, a man ran into remains with dog tags. they were later identified as ottulle. and today, he was laid to rest. david ottulle's parents and siblings has passed away. that is until today. a man showed up and said not only is he related but lives in the same house that the young soldier. >> i flipped the page and it said eddy. i said oh my god. >> reporter: larry bird said he had not heard

mike mibach was at the memorial and tells us the stories about the deputy there pretty much said it all. >> reporter: a procession, a salute, a send off for one of marin county's finest. >> if you needed anything, he was the one to do it. if you needed a fence up, he would build it. if you needed your car wash, he would wash it. >> reporter: deputies memorialized one of their own james matheson. >> we will continue to mourn him, we will grieve, we will miss him and we will never forget him. and he will always remain a part of our law enforcement family. >> reporter: born in petaluma, matheson loved the bay. a special spot where they had his arms around others and he had his arm around him. >> i once sold jim a car for two vodka cranberries. he loved the people, jim was about people. i'm going to miss him so much. >> reporter: the one reason jim was such a good friend, he did what his heart and gut told him to. >> reporter: that was to spend more time not at work but with family and on this day his family said goodbye and thank you. >> my dad was a man that held his children in the highe

. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning nows it's wednesday july 20th i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. time now is 5:28 but steve paulson is here today to talk about a little warmup. hi steve. >> hello. we have mostly clear skies. temperatures yesterday did warm up. they will continue that today even with patchy fog at west. 60s and 70s and upper 70s and low 80s. and then 80s and 90s inland. >>> traffic looks good on interstate 880 and interstate 580 if you are trying to get to the bridge. you should be in pretty good shape for the next few minutes. also this morning we are looking at interstate 880 coming in from vallejo to berkeley and down to oakland. that is getting more crowded but still at the speed limit. 5:28 let's go back to the desk. >>> san francisco police chief greg sur is going to hold a community meeting tonight. the chief will try to cool down the growing tensions tied to last saturday's fatal police shooting. kraig debro is live that resulted in dozens of arrests. >> reporter: we spoke with one of the about three dozen protestors that were taken into

in vallejo, mike mibach. >>> tomorrow, pg & e plans to send a camera down a long abandoned section ofn bruno a pipeline that exploded last year. crews crews excavated today. >> it was part of the original line 132 project. then which was installed in 1948. then in 1956 to accommodate this development. we rerouted a section of that pipeline. >> reporter: since the pipe hasn't been used in 55 years, it is the closest look investigators can get at the pipelines original conditions. they will be looking at the welds and for any defects. a preliminary mts report says the explosion occurred around a seam weld. >>> the mothers of two uc berkeley graduates are hoping their sons will be released this week. the accused spies are due in court on sunday. their mothers say comments by teheran's top prosecutors could mean that the pair would be released. sunday is also two years to the day since they were taken captive. >>> hundreds of kids may have to go through these doors before they can go to class. the race to vaccinate some teens for a disease on the rise and the new officer making it easier

ktvu's mike mibach talked to the man behind the mission. >> it's 130 degrees over there in summertime. >> reporter: his name is aaron negherbon and he founded "troops direct." >> there is no red tape and change of command. they need it and we can get it there sometimes faster than military supplies cans. >> reporter: negherbon says he packed 50-pound boxes. >> we send over powder, chalk pouredder that our service members used to identify where roadside bombs are in place because in worst-case scenarios they are using bottom caps. >> reporter: thinks his passion continues because of stories he started to hear and in one instance his sergeant told him his men were pinned down in rugged terrain for an extended period of time. >> commanders were flying troops direct boxes out and pushing them out the side of helicopters, knowing that was in the boxes, in bulk, would keep them going and in the end, they were eating protein pouder raw that we supplied them. >> reporter: those story are his motivation and his sacrifice is nothing compared to those that he is supplying. >> when a colonel tell

ktvu's mike mibach attended today's service at the national cemetery in san bruno and tells us a surprise showed up. >> reporter: a procession for a young private draped by flags and salutes from fellow soldiers. a young san franciscan is finally back home and dozens of strangers young and old were waiting with open arms. >> he did serve his country gallantly and honorably. >> to the honor and memory of this man here is -- there's no words for it. >> reporter: edward o tool was a soldier with the army's 84th division killed in a world war ii battle in a small german town in 1944. peter davidson said he was there. >> our battle was a doozy. it was two hours long. >> reporter: oh toole was presumed dead and -- o toole was presumed dead and two years ago dog tags and dental records were found and identified as o' toole's and on this day the remains were laid to rest at the golden gate national cemetery. >> this is so close to being history in my backyard i could not avoid being here today. >> reporter: the u.s. military says his family has passed away. in fact, had he no known living relativ

i'm mike mibach. >> good morning. i'm claudine wong. dave and pam do have the morning off.now 5:29. let's check your weather and traffic. steve, you keep talking it's going to get cooler. >>> for many today it will, claudine, mike. good morning. we have some increase in the fog and low clouds. coast and bay which really enjoyed the sunday yesterday have to deal with low clouds and fog. big spread on these temps today. 60s 70s and mid to upper 80s ask still low 90s inland. i think even inland areas will come down about two to four degrees. here's sal. >>> steve, right now san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the80 split. also this morning if you're looking at the commute in the east bay highway 4 traffic off to a nice start with some slowing in antioch. it's 5:30. let's go back to claudine and mike. >>> a man hunt underway for a man suspected of kidnapping hirseled her i mother. ktvu's jade hernandez joining us live from daly city, one of the places authorities believe he actually may be hiding. jade. >> reporter: that's right. there's concern for resi

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. >> we'll get to that story in just a bit. first, friends and family members of the woman who's body was found in rockwood are raising a fundraiser this morning. her burned body was discovered on thursday. investigators are following several leads in her death, but so far, no arrests have been made, today's fundraiser begins at 11:00 a.m. at the east lake, ymca in oakland. the money raised will go forward funeral costs and a trust that has been set up for her 1-year-old son. >>> a richmond neighborhood is working to improve its image. residents in the city's iron triangle neighborhood. police say a $5 million redevelopment grant transformed a park and community center into a safe place for residents. >> we came together, and decided to change the dynamic of this park to improve the conditions of this park to make a better place. >> city leaders hope yesterday's event encouraging politicians not to cut funding to much needed redevelopment projects. >>> if you need it, baseball will come to san rafael. the city council tomorrow