mike mibach on the campaign trail this morning and talks about why the final push is so important. >>eporter: hi above san francisco, there is a sense of calm, but if you go in a little deeper and listen closely. >> david chiu, running for mayor. >> reporter: the mayoral explain season is in full swing. 15 candidates vying for one spot and what are voters looking for? >> you have to be proactive. >>i think it's integrity. >> reporter: the race for city hall is underway and as one political silence professor at usf said this stage is crucial. campaigns invited us to walk with them, and they rallied and knocked on doors and shook hands and they are looking for votes. november 8th marks the first seriously contested mayoral election in san francisco history to use this voting. university of plug science professor cook says based on eye insurgent sponsored poll maybe a third of the electorate is still in place on the first choice and more than half are deciding on second and third. so this last push is critical. >> i think it's absolutely critical. ten days is yet another opportunity to r

reporting live, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> s.w.a.t. teamric going door to door looking for the suspect. police officers are watching intersections and schools were put on lock down. ktvu's robert handa is live with late information on what is happing right now. robert? >> reporter: that is thusesment. -- the assessment. there is progress but at this point no suspect. s.w.a.t. teams and search dogs have been going house by house in the area north of homestead road where the suspect was last scene. residents are behind locked doors or left the area. the suspected attacked a woman who he tried to take the car. a witness tells us what he saw. >> i saw two shots fired. she must have been shot on her side. >> reporter: did she say what he said to her? >> she was in shock. in groggy state. >> reporter: you heard earlier that woman is being treated at the hospital and in fair condition. a command post has been set up and despite the weather you can probably hear helicopters have been sweeping over the area looking into back yards and heavily b

ktvu's mike mibach has more on the grieving families. >> you can go to our website ktvu.com for moreinformation click on the quarry shooting tab when you get to our home page. >>> it is a major shift in policy. federal prosecutors are now warning dispensaries to shut down within 45 days or face prosecution. the four attorneys from california have sent letters to 16 marijuana clubs telling them they are in violation of federal drug laws even though medical marijuana is legal in california. they have planned a meeting tomorrow. >>> the protest on wall street in new york city was peaceful today after almost two dozen arrests last nigh. >> the occupy wall street demonstration entered its 20th day today and it appears to be gaining momentum. the protesters are demanding an end to democratic inequity of the state. the president acknowledged the group and their concerns. >> people are frustrated and the protesters are giving voice to a broad based frustration about how our financial system works. >> i misspoke a couple of moments ago the protesters are calling for a dramatic economic change

mike mibach, ktvu news. >> for more information on the shooting rampage including unedited video go toktvu.com. >>> tomorrow mark marks a milestone on the war in afghanistan. >>> it's going to warm up tomorrow, i'll show you the range of temperatures you can expect from inland to coast tomorrow and we'll look at the bay area weekend. >>> plus tense moments in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. what the coroner's investigator admitted today on the stand. [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcp cash? no exclusions! with jcp cash, get 10, 15 or 20 dollars off on the spot storewide! unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get up to $20 off with no exclusions! we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. it feels like a short cut, even through customs. that's what it feels like to be a member. why not talk to one of the six million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america. it's not a sealy, a simmons or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic, do you know there's a tempur-pedic for everybody? tempur-pedic beds now come in soft

a lot of cloud cover as i've been telling mike mibach all week long. the moisture source goes all the way to the hawaiian islands. just saying. right now it looks like everything is heading to the oregon border and away from us. patches of fog. emphasis on patches. it will not be as muggy or humid today. 70s by the coast. upper 70s, low 80s by the bay. few 80s inland. temperatures will warm up here pretty fast. 83 san jose, 82 in sunnyvale and 82 in redwood city. sunshine sunny side up warmer. we will take it into friday. i think it will be rather nice for the weekend but a little cooler. >>> controversial move by the city council in topeka, kansas. why the council voted to repeal the city's law against domestic violence. >>> plus, we have a new look at the source of a massive oil spill. the charges the ship's captain will have to face in court today. ♪ [ male announcer ] what is the future of fuel? the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel source on the planet. even those we don't use yet. because when you pu

i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm in kor claudine wong. let's go to rosemary for the forecast. >> how about nice and dry? hopefully you will approve of that this morning, off to a chilly start, not as cold as yesterday but you will need that jacket getting out early this morning in many cases. afternoon highs ranging from 60s along the coast to near 80 degrees inland. we will pinpoint your neighborhood coming up. >> about 30 pro terses are camped outside san jose city hall despite the threat of being arrested. allie rasmus is live with more on what those protesters plan to do. allie? >> they call themselves occupy san jose and this is their setup out here. last night, they had about 30 people out here as you mentioned. they are taking part in one dozens of protest across the country, condition demg what they say is greed and corporate corruption on wall street. they are get that go message across with some of their signs. there are five tents out here. these protesters camped overnight despite warnings from city officials and police that i

i'm mike mibach. >> good morning. i'm claudine wong. it's wednesday, october 12th. tori and dave have the day off. >>> happening right now, a march is just getting underway in the city's financial district. kraig debro is live with more. >> reporter: i just talked with one of the organizers of the march which is supposed to start at 7:00. you see the protesters there occupy san francisco but they now believe it will start around 7:15. it was our goal to work our way around the street, have a portable transmitter here. we have video. but this is being organized by a coalition of groups. they deal with people who have lost their homes and are marching up to wells fargo headquarters. the rhone for that, wells fargo is the -- the reason for that, they were one of the banks that took t.a.r.p. money. i talked to one guy. he said he works for google. he works for google and actually, google let him go on a sabbatical so he could be out here. we actually just ran awas the -- across the street. you can see all of the signs out here. a lot of people feel as if the benefits th

ktvu's mike mibach takes us step by step through what's happened. >> reporter: the mayor of oakland genen. >> go home, go home. >> reporter: forced back inside city hall by voicing of discontent. back peddling from cameras and questions. oh how the last few days have changed the thoughts of her leadership. police chief anthony batts tell ktvu there's no rush to remove the protester. two days later, more tents, more protesters but no word from mayor quan. friday october 14th, occupy oakland takes to the streets, police in riot gear direct traffic, no problems are reported. tuesday, the occupy camp now blankets frank ogawa plaza. then wednesday october 19th. >> we're here to try to get rid of this rat problem. >> reporter: the media gets a taste of resistance. >> i think there'll be a problem right now. >> reporter: about this time, mayor quan goes on camera, seemingly in support of the encampment's goal saying quote democracy is messy. >> we're trying to make sure people have their free speech rights. it's obviously a balance. >> reporter: two days later. >> our goal is to encourage demon

in sacramento, mike mibach. >>> a group of gay and lesbian service members is suing the federal government. they sued the government with a goal of getting full military benefits for their spouses. they're seeking health care, housing and family support that straight military spouses already receive. >> you say to somebody, i go to afghanistan and if i don't come back my spouse will not again benefits they understand. we want to make sure our spouses are taken care of, it's not special treatment. >> take a deep breath, blow steadily into the machine. >>> how effective are field sobriety tests we put them [ female announcer ] what makes jcpfastcash so exciting? it's like extra cash you earn in an instant. earn 10, 20, or $30 jcpfastcash right at the register. then use it right now on anything you want, see, or love. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job

mike mibach, ktvu. >>> vector control hit the streets to control mosquitoes carrying west nile virus. the area targeted is bordered on the north by willow park road and in the south by clayton road. they had complaints about large numbers of mosquitoes and west nile virus has been detected in that area. tonight's fogging was expected to end at 10:00. >>> a battle was brewing tonight between the city of martinez and an artist celebrating a mural of that city's history. he was asked to paint over an important part of his painting. a beaver. the city says it doesn't belong alongside martinez greats like john muer and john demagio. >>> the winds are up as we head toward the bay area weekend. you're going to notice temperatures a little cooler than they have been. we have some wind at the golden gate bridge right now. the winds are gusting to 15. this is this direction. there is fog offshore and low clouds headed inland. that will be alameda tomorrow when you wake up. they'll be clearing tomorrow afternoon. a little bit of drizzle in the morning early hours. shouldn't be enough to shut you

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. >>> it's thursday, october 13th. tori and dave have today off. let's go straight to sal for breaking news on that fire that just broke out about 15 minutes ago. >> reporter: this is a fire near the 580/24 interchange. you can see from our camera that we have here on the emeryville area that we're pushing in to see this fire. you can see the smoke rising all over oakland here. it's a building on the 3700 block of west street. it does look like some sort of commercial building or it could be a mixed use space. firefighters arrived about a half-hour ago. first firefighters on the scene noticed heavy black smoke and flames and we saw that, too. now there is reportedly a rescue going on of someone inside. our crew is just arriving on the scene. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up in minutes. it's 7:00, let's go back to the desk. >>> more than a dozen people were hurt after a crash between two amtrak trains at 10:00 last night. ktvu's paul chambers has more on how this ahappenned. >> reporter: good morning, c

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. it's friday, october 14th. tori and dave are off today. >>> two women are safe after being rescued overnight by firefighters. tara moriarty joins us live from concord with exclusive video. tara? >> reporter: well, firefighters at station 6 can feel pretty good about themselves this morning because they pulled two women from a burning house and one of the firefighters who carried the woman out was wearing this helmet. on it, you can see a camera that's attached to it. we have some video to show you that gives you a real sense of what it was like inside the house. it's very dark. it's very smoky but it really shows you how dangerous a firefighter's job can be. >> where you at, ma'am? where are you? >> where is she? >> she's in that bedroom there. >> i got her right here. come with me, ma'am. let's go! >> reporter: the two firefighters were able to pull the two women out. one walked one of the women out. the other firefighter carried the other woman out. >> we could hear the people in th

in sacramento, mike mibach. >>> a group of gay and lesbian service members is suing the federal government. they sued the government with a goal of getting full military benefits for their spouses. they're seeking health care, housing and family support that straight military spouses already receive. >> you say to somebody, i go to afghanistan and if i don't come back my spouse will not again benefits they understand. we want to make sure our spouses are taken care of, it's not special treatment. >> take a deep breath, blow steadily into the machine. >>> how effective are field sobriety tests we put them to the test in a ktvu special report. >>> for the first time we hear from a truck driver rescued from his burning truck. the words he had for the woman who saved his life. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. s

. >>> mike mibach now with tonight's special report. >> they have to leave, they have to leave theirars here. you have to leave your car, walk. >> reporter: it was the worse urban wildfire in american history. that haunts wendy weeks. 25 people lost their lives and more than 3,000 homes turn to cinders despite well over 3,000 firefighters from all over california trying to stop the incineration for almost a week. night and day. >> my god i've never seen nothing like this. >> reporter: and if not for a helpful change in the weather it could have been much much worse. >> the east bay hills fire was a watershed for the state. >> reporter: this hollywood set like emergency dispatch headquarters was built after the fire storm. >> when that fire erupted they were already behind the ball. they were already trying to battle with high winds and a fire that was spreading very quickly. add to that fire companies from around the region that were showing up that weren't able to get water. there wasn't an adequate system of operation for them to talk to each other. >> reporter: today there are ded

ktvu's mike mibach takes us step by step through what's happened. >> reporter: the mayor of oakland genen. >> go home, go home. >> reporter: forced back inside city hall by voicing of discontent. back peddling from cameras and questions. oh how the last few days have changed the thoughts of her leadership. police chief anthony batts tell ktvu there's no rush to remove the protester. two days later, more tents, more protesters but no word from mayor quan. friday october 14th, occupy oakland takes to the streets, police in riot gear direct traffic, no problems are reported. tuesday, the occupy camp now blankets frank ogawa plaza. then wednesday october 19th. >> we're here to try to get rid of this rat problem. >> reporter: the media gets a taste of resistance. >> i think there'll be a problem right now. >> reporter: about this time, mayor quan goes on camera, seemingly in support of the encampment's goal saying quote democracy is messy. >> we're trying to make sure people have their free speech rights. it's obviously a balance. >> reporter: two days later. >> our goal is to encourage demon

mike mibach, ktvu. >>> vector control hit the streets to control mosquitoes carrying west nile virus.ed is bordered on the north by willow park road and in the south by clayton road. they had complaints about large numbers of mosquitoes and west nile virus has been detected in that area. tonight's fogging was expected to end at 10:00. >>> a battle was brewing tonight between the city of martinez and an artist celebrating a mural of that city's history. he was asked to paint over an important part of his painting. a beaver. the city says it doesn't belong alongside martinez greats like john muer and john demagio. >>> the winds are up as we head toward the bay area weekend. you're going to notice temperatures a little cooler than they have been. we have some wind at the golden gate bridge right now. the winds are gusting to 15. this is this direction. there is fog offshore and low clouds headed inland. that will be alameda tomorrow when you wake up. they'll be clearing tomorrow afternoon. a little bit of drizzle in the morning early hours. shouldn't be enough to shut you down. the weeke

. >>> mike mibach now with tonight's special report. >> they have to leave, they have to leave theirars here. you have to leave your car, walk. >> reporter: it was the worse urban wildfire in american history. that haunts wendy weeks. 25 people lost their lives and more than 3,000 homes turn to cinders despite well over 3,000 firefighters from all over california trying to stop the incineration for almost a week. night and day. >> my god i've never seen nothing like this. >> reporter: and if not for a helpful change in the weather it could have been much much worse. >> the east bay hills fire was a watershed for the state. >> reporter: this hollywood set like emergency dispatch headquarters was built after the fire storm. >> when that fire erupted they were already behind the ball. they were already trying to battle with high winds and a fire that was spreading very quickly. add to that fire companies from around the region that were showing up that weren't able to get water. there wasn't an adequate system of operation for them to talk to each other. >> reporter: today there are ded

i am mike mibach in for dave clark. let's get a look at traffic and weather. we will have steve kick it off for us. >> thank you very much, mike and pam. we have mostly clear skies. lows are much, much cooler. down in the 50s for many. good to go for sunshine today. look like 70s and then low 80s. here's sal. >> good morning. you're looking at san rafael. this is a look at 101/580. traffic looks good. also this morning we're keeping an eye on the golden gate bridge where traffic is light. 6:00. let's go back to pam and mike. >>> taking their message to the streets. in about one hour the occupy movement in san francisco will march through the city's financial district. craig debro has been talking to demonstrators and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: many of you have may have heard that the occupy wall street crowd in new york city marched on the upper east side near some people's wealthy homes. right now everybody is camped out, i guess you could say, sleeping in front of the federal reserve bank here across from the hyatt regency. but pretty soon, about

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. it is tuesday, october 11. tori and dave have the day off. we start at 7:00 a.m. with the occupied movement that spread to another bay area. occupied oakland is now in its second day and activists are not leaving until police forces them out. we are live with how they are responding. >> reporter: police and city leaders would not kick these protesters out of oakland city plaza last night and they didn't. when we got here this morning at 5:00 a.m., there were a number of people, 75 to 100 tents spread out here at frank ogawa plaza. this group calls its occupy oakland. they are here even though camping is technically a violation of the city code, camping in city hall is. the group said it was important for them to be out here to get their message across. since we have been here this morning, people in the group represent a variety of causes from teachers who say they are tired to cuts in public education to what, retirees, to people who recently lost their home to foreclosure. they say that they are upset about the economy. now, all this was fo

. >> i'm claudine wong -- >> mike mibach. tori and dave have the day off. >>> the new law that makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed gun goes into effect january 1st. this morning, law enforcement officials are cheering the governor's decision. >>> another law bans teenagers from tanning beds. tara moriarty is live from san francisco. >> reporter: well, kids in texas have to be at least 16 years old to use a tanning bed. we talked to one owner who said his business has been impacted because it's in an urban area. although all in all, he says that most teenagers he knows tend to tan the old fashioned way outside. we'll be checking in with this salon called brownie's to see if they are worried about the new california law. it bans minors from using tanning beds. 30 other states do have restrictions. but california being the first state to get such a high age limit. nearly 28 million people use tanning beds in the year. >> i grew up in washington state where we didn't see much sun. so definitely at times we would go to the

i am mike mibach. >> i am claudine wong. we will go to the forecast with rosemary orozco. >> i will tell you abundant sunshine and pouring into the windows already. we are looking at a mild day. right along the coastline. not as cold as we were jed morning. temperatures are up. >> 2-4, 6 degrees. we will look for the afternoon. and mild and warm is what we saw for saturday. we have the numbers coming up as well. back to you. >> oakland police recruiting office will have to be fixed. after it was against police brutality. some supporter behind are trying to distance themselves from the vandalism. >> mike, it all started with a rally and then a march which left from the plaza to right here behind us. it has become more populated in the last couple of days: it is 50 to 80 tenths on the green since they broke up earlier this week. >> now, last week it was a march against police brutality. and one of the protestors were injured. and scott olson, there is a memorial for him. his name was a raleighing psychiatry during last night's

i'm mike mibach. >> you'll jana katayama in for claudine wong. it is sunday, october 2nd.a look at your forecast with rosemary orozco. >> good morning to you. they're lining up. we're starting about early season storms bringing us rain for your back to work monday. clouds there this morning in some cases. we'll be slightly warmer with partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. those high clouds ahead of the system arriving by late afternoon, early evening over the north bay and then for monday, that first storm arrives. we'll talk about what you can expect for your afternoon today. we'll talk more about that rain and a second to follow coming up. >> three people are dead after an overnight shooting outside of an east bay party. ktvu's alley ras muss is live where detectives remain live on scene at this hour. >> reporter: san leandro police investigators have been here since 1:30 this morning just after the shooting happened. they'll plan to be out here for much of the morning as they continue their investigation. now, a short time ago, we watched some of the investigators. we'