ktvu's mike mibach talked to judith naso after today's hearing. what she said when he asked if she thinks joseph naso is a killer, coming up at 5:30. >>> an occupy protest happening right now. ktvu's rob roth vive in berkeley to explain what is happening at the library is a small example of a bigger issue. >> reporter: we are at the library where a protest is underway. the library closed at 5:00 so no one is supposed to be in here but dozens are still inside refusing to leave. >> reporter: the library was open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., now it is only open till noon. >> i am working on a thesis right now and i am using a book that i can only use ins the library. >> we are here to reclaim our space. we are here to study too. >> reporter: this afternoon students began inside the library. many professors came to support. >> once they cut back the libraries, they are undercutting our students to become educated. >> reporter: they haven't been able to replace the full time librarian. >> the budget situation sets everything up. gives you fewer resourc

i am mike mibach. i am claudine wong. >> this is mostly grass.e in nevado with the investigation underway. allie? >> reporter: they believe they have a fire bug on their hands. more than a dozen fires set overnight. five different locations all within a six hour period. from nine last night until three in the morning. most of them happened in this neighbor. this is sea crest drive. you can see the remnants of one of the small foyers. see the burn mark on the wall that separates the street from a nearby residential neighbor. it is right underneath the pgand e power pole. this fire was brought under control quickly. no homes were damaged. most of the fires set overnight were small grass fires. the largest was on the 20 by 40-foot patch on columbine court. that is also in the residential area. they believe the fires were all deliberately set by someone on foot. and they were within walking distance. it was lucky there was no win and the fires did not spread to nearby homes. it is a dry winter. overlooking in the hills and dry vegetation and little b

. >>> good morning, and welcome to mornings on 2 on this january 1st, 2012 i'm mike mibach happy new year to every one of you out there. happy new year to you claudine. >> happy new year to you too. i'm claudine wong. let's check in with rosemary for a check of your 2012 forecast. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. we have a spare the air day. dry weather in store. mostly sunny skies. temperatures anywhere from 5-8 degrees warmer in some cases than what we saw yesterday. this morning combination of weather going on. either you are a little breezy or temperatures up from yesterday or calm and dealing with patchy fog. we'll take a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up. >>> bay area residence turned out in full force to ring in 2012. [ cheering and applause ] a spectacular array of fire works went off at the stroke of midnight on san francisco's water front. some rebillers squirted champagne in the air. some estimated 200,000 people showed up for that celebration. most were bundled up in jackets but some came in top hats and tuxedos. >> basically this is

mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> state lawmakers today introduce add bipartisan measure to keep community redevelopment agencies from closure. the measure would extend the closure date to april 15th. the agency gets a chance to figure ou -- out how to work with the state. they used their funds for local services. redevelopment agencies supporters say that will cut off money that's vital for affordable housing and local construction. >>> target is accepting applications and hiring people ahead of the planned opening of a new store in the east bay. >> we are taking 15 members from the current new park mall over to the fremont location. we are looking for 300 additional team members to bring on board. >>> this was day two of a day job fair. almost 600 people turned up yesterday. and organizers expect more today. the fair wraps up tomorrow in newark. the new store is expected to open at the pacific center. >>> the dow broke its three day increase ratings. stocks closed lower after standard and poors announced their -- >>> eight days before the south carolina primary. republican fron

it's sunday, january 29th i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. let's check in with rr and your sunday forecast. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning, to you. a little patchy fog over the north bay. the winds are light by tonight and into the morning. we have subtle changes that may turn into a damp start for your monday morning drive. we'll take a look at those models coming up. >>> three police officers are injured and at least 400 protestors are facing charges. police officers in riot gear fired off tear gas and bean bags last night after they faced off with protestors. they responded in force after protestors threw bleach bombs and other products at them. they stood guard at city hall. >> they turned over the historic model of city hall and the ground floor and destroyed the children's art exit on recycled art. >> no one broke in. the doors were unlocked. people started tipping over stuff and that's when i left. i didn't think that was right. >> mayor jean quan is calling on the violence to end. saying bay area occupy protest fors need to q

reporting live, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city of oakland will issue hundreds of pink slips next week. the city manager announced budget cuts. one department expected to be the hardest hardest hit is the redevelopment agency. >>> coming up in 10 minutes, facebook could play a role in the budget plan this year. how they could save california from more cuts. the public utilities commission said today violations by pg&e led to the san bruno pipeline disaster. they released that report this afternoon. it is estimated the fine by the public utilities commission could cost pg&e hundreds of millions of dollars. >> they had the opportunity to tell pg&e that they have to take half a billion dollars off the top. >> the public utilities commission report pg&e's alleged failures. >>> in response pg&e released a statement saying, we are taking their findings seriously. it is clear that pg&e's past gas operations practices were not what they should have been. we are committed to raising the level of pipeline safety to new higher standards. www.ktvu.com has complete coverage of the s

. >>> mike mibach reports on the hail mary effort to try to stop stadium construction. >> reporter: you could say it's 4 and 10. late in the game and down. and this team is looking for a come basketball. >> $850 million in loans. we're a small city of 114,000 people. that's too much debt. >> reporter: members of santa clara tried to gather more than 4500-plus signatures. it's all part of a referendum drive to stop this from being built and today, some residents were signing on. >> all of our funds we're bringing in are gonna go to the stadiums, instead of schools and education where it should be going. >> reporter: back in june of 2010, voters here in santa clara approved measure j, basically giving the green light for the building of the stadium. well, the reason this group is out here today is because they feel the voters were not well informed about how much that stadium would cost, close to $1 billion. >> because this is so different, we're hearing from people who are saying this is not what i voted for. >> reporter: this resident sports it. >> it sports -- supports it. >> it just t

. >> i am mike mibach. >> i am sure niners fans are waking unhappy. we will kick off the show with rose mary orozco. >> a poncho to the game is a good idea. pulling into the north bay, we watched sprinkles falling over and now pushing off to the east, it looks like north of calistoga there, look to the east. it is just to the left of saint helena. >> they will continue and become more widespread. at some point we will have a good downpour and we will have a wind advisory to tell you about. we will show you the numbers for the afternoon. and we have the 49ers forecast coming up. >>> well, a sweet 16 party turned violent in antioch, the youngest victim is only 13 years old. >> we go live now with what led up to the violence? >> lorraine? >> it is in the garage over will. and happens around 10:30 last night and this morning, you can see bandages on the ground where people were treated. the six gunshot victims range in age. you can see the one female, the 21-year-old being treated here. >> 80 people were here at the time of the shooting. many called 9-1-1

ktvu's mike mibach shows us the excitement it's generating. >> reporter: san francisco's mission district those who crave visual art. >> any kind of art is kind of fun. >> reporter: it's one spot in the city. >> special qualities, let's do it. >> reporter: where colorful stories are told through murals. >> well, it's something different. it's pretty good. >> reporter: billy morgan is looking up at this. a new mural at 23rd and mission to honor the city's 49ers and their push to the playoffs. >> we need something to lift up this city now, you know? times are hard and people need something to just celebrate super bowl, 49ers! >> who has got it better than us? that is question being posed in the mural. as for the man behind the brush, the inspiration is this. >> everybody in the city loves the 49ers no matter what, they win or love. >> reporter: tim hon started with frank gore, but it grew, along with the question, whose got it better than us? >> whose got it better than us? >> nobody! >> reporter: a reference to jim harbaugh's speech. inspiring this new music video by bailey. for the first

good evening everyone i'm mike mibach in for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a life and death situation developed after a boat capsized. citizens got involved and along with paramedics made the difference, debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: people on the beach jumpeded in to help the three boaters and the fog which you can see is so thick now, wasn't much better than and made the rescue even more difficult. >> i reached down and i picked him up and i got him into shore. >> reporter: this good samaritan was on his nightly job on ocean beach when he pulled a seemlessly lifelessman autoof the surf. that - - l ifelessman out of the surf. the ocean beach accident happened about 5:30. >> i think the action of civilians helped tremendously. >> reporter: near darkness and fog so thick no one could see very much as they scrambled to save the three. a life preserver was recovered along with an ice chest were recovered. one victim told paramedics they had been in the frigid waters for four hours. >> whether or not they had been in the waters for four hours is jus

mike mibach. ktvt. >>> a judge sentence add serial child mo lester to almost 30 years in prison. george gaston says 50-year-old julius lewis was sentenced to 29 years in prison for his conviction on five counts of lewd acts with a child. lewis is suspected in several our sexual abuse cases and one of the victims was at the press conference today and spoke about how she felt seeing lewis being sentenced. >>> to see justice being done even though it has taken this long to speak to somebody and get something done, justice has been finally served. >>> gaston says some of the sexual abuse by lewis dates back to 1989. >> an emotional funeral service was held for five-year-old gabriel lewis, jr., shot and killed at his family's taco truck. there was a huge turnout at saint elizabeth church in oakland. some people wore shirts with gabriel's shirt os them, one offender was his preschool teacher. >> he loved everyone. he would tell you hey, i'm grab yell, come play with me. he made you know him and made you want to be friends with him. >> grab yell is the 3rd child to be killed in oakland

i am mike mibach.e is off. >> and i am julie haener. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi hoped the hearing would reunite his family. ktvu's rob roth is live where the sheriff and his wife both left disappointed. >> reporter: the prosecutor revealed new allegations regarding ross mirkarimi and his two-year-old boy. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi came to court hoping the judge would lift a stay-away order he issued two weeks ago. after a hearing the judge denied the request. >> this has been enormously crushing, the fact that i haven't been able to see my family, be with my wife or be with my son. >>> the prosecutor sited an e- mail she said ellana lopez wrote to a neighbor in october. in it the e-mail says ross mirkarimi watched their son for two hours and he was wet, hungry and vomiting and left in a car. she argued the child is devastated from being aw

. >> reporter: reporting in san rafael, mike mibach. >>> prosecutors in contra costa county say theyhave identified three more victims of a school custodians. he worked as a custodians at several schools. authorities arrested him at his home. he pled guilty to several cases today he is being held on no bail. >>> nato officials say the chopper went down in the southern province of helman. american marines have a large presence there. this is the deadliest crash since 30 soldiers died last august. >>> the u.s. soldiers say the number of suicides among soldiers are dropping. last year there were 278 suicide. that works out to five suicide every week. even though that number is down 9% compared to 2010. the army also reported that violent sex crimes and domestic violence have increased about 30% since 2006. and child abuse is up 43%. >>> in sacramento california republicans failed today in a rare attempt to override a governor's veto. governor brown vetoed the bill saying agreements had already been reached to keep nine parks open. the over ride vote failed along party lines. >>> will ra

only on two, ktvu's mike mibach is live with what homeowners are doing protect themselves. >> reporter: deputies are on the look out, residents are on -- residents are on the look out where more and more neighborhood watch posters are starting to pop up. >> quiet neighborhood -- >> now this rash of burglaries. >> reporter: is now on aheart. >> unnerving. >> reporter: three vans, two different security companies all at work. the homeowners are installing alarms. >> we decided to beef up our security system and make it more full force because of what ha

. >> reporter: reporting in san rafael, mike mibach. >>> prosecutors in contra costa county say theyhave identified three more victims of a school custodians. he worked as a custodians at several schools. authorities arrested him at his home. he pled guilty to several cases today he is being held on no bail. >>> nato officials say the chopper went down in the southern province of helman. american marines have a large presence there. this is the deadliest crash since 30 soldiers died last august. >>> the u.s. soldiers say the number of suicides among soldiers are dropping. last year there were 278 suicide. that works out to five suicide every week. even though that number is down 9% compared to 2010. the army also reported that violent sex crimes and domestic violence have increased about 30% since 2006. and child abuse is up 43%. >>> in sacramento california republicans failed today in a rare attempt to override a governor's veto. governor brown vetoed the bill saying agreements had already been reached to keep nine parks open. the over ride vote failed along party lines. >>> will ra

good evening everyone i'm mike mibach in for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a life and death situation developed after a boat capsized. citizens got involved and along with paramedics made the difference, debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: people on the beach jumpeded in to help the three boaters and the fog which you can see is so thick now, wasn't much better than and made the rescue even more difficult. >> i reached down and i picked him up and i got him into shore. >> reporter: this good samaritan was on his nightly job on ocean beach when he pulled a seemlessly lifelessman autoof the surf. that - - l ifelessman out of the surf. the ocean beach accident happened about 5:30. >> i think the action of civilians helped tremendously. >> reporter: near darkness and fog so thick no one could see very much as they scrambled to save the three. a life preserver was recovered along with an ice chest were recovered. one victim told paramedics they had been in the frigid waters for four hours. >> whether or not they had been in the waters for four hours is jus

here you can see the device being demonstrated on mike mibach. that wrap is marketed by a company from martinez. >>> tonight we spoke to the san jose police chief about the chase. he says he's grateful no civilians were hurt. >> some real heroism from the part of my officers. where they saw the suspect taking off into the crosswalk, an officer was able to absorb the blow so a family would not get hit. >> that officer is in the hospital being treated for his injuries. >>> a tractor trailer overturned is shortly after 2:00 this afternoon. up to 30-gallons of fuel leaked on to the highway. and boxes full of romaine lettuce fell out. >>> a trip to the mall didn't end so well for one driver in concord. a viewer sent us this picture of a crash that happened outside the sun valley shopping center around 3:00 this afternoon. the witness tells ktvu the car was hit by another vehicle as it was entering the parking lot from the willow pass road. the witness says he helped get the driver out safely. >>> the dow gained nearly 180 point, the nasdaq rose almost

. >> i'm mike mibach. all of you niner fans waking up with smiles on your faces. you may want to snow it's a bit chilly outside. let's get rosemary. >> reporter: it's going to be cool anburies city for your afternoon. through the delta the -- areas around the bay area a few degrees warmer. patchy dense fog around santa rosa. it will take a little while for it to burn off. in through the afternoon 50s at best. it's definitely going to be a different day than what we saw on sat. and then into the extended forecast looks like rain still on tap for midweek wednesday. we have a few storms that are lined up and ready to bring us rain. we'll show you those models coming up in a little bit. back to you. >>> in the last two hours we have learned that two firefighters have been injured and seven people displaced after an overnight fire. it started at 2:30 this morning in the city's richmond district. it took two hours to contain. allie rasmus is live there with some of the challenges that firefighters face this morning. allie. >> reporter: right now fire investigators are g

. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee told mike mibach that he will announce a replacement for merkerini ony. lee said he had several people in mind but would not say who. the board of supervisors is set to hold the first meeting of the year on tuesday. >>> the dangerous new threat tarting your account and what the virus does so you won't even notice. >>> and chief meteorologist bill martin is updating his five day forecast. the weekend outlook and more coming up in six minutes. >>> if you're one of the 63 million americans who banks online, you might want to pay attention to this next story. ktvu's allie rassmuss tells us about a new virus named trojan horse that's targeting bank accounts. >> reporter: it has a clever defense mechanism, it can change the numbers on your account balance to make it look like your money is still there. >> a trojan becomes part of your web browser. so everything used under your bank it's able to modify and everything that comes back from your bank is able to modify before you see it. so they're making your computer lie to you. >> it's very scary, i think about

mike mibach ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> on our facebook wall tonight, we asked why you think the uniteds yet to elect a woman as president. shama writes, the right female candidate will present herself eventually. as a woman, i want her to be the most intelligent candidate in the pool. alex wright says the right woman hasn't run yet. we shouldn't elect a president because they're a woman, or black, gay, white, male, et cetera. we should elect them because they would make the best president. >>> why this annual pilgrimage in japan has extra significance this time around. >>> we'll take a look at tomorr >>> it was a wild ride early this morning for a man in fresno. his car flew onto the top of an apartment building. investigators say they think the driver missed a sharp turn, then hit a curve. the car landed on top of the building. the driver is suspected of stealing that car, he broke his leg. the family living in the building was not hurt. >>> officials with the reno air race say it will be back this year. the head of the event says a panel of experts will meet to ensure the safety of t

mike mibach ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> on our facebook wall tonight, we asked why you think the unitedtes has yet to elect a woman as president. shama writes, the right female candidate will present herself eventually. as a woman, i want her to be the most intelligent candidate in the pool. alex wright says the right woman hasn't run yet. we shouldn't elect a president because they're a woman, or black, gay, white, male, et cetera. we should elect them because they would make the best president. >>> why this annual pilgrimage in japan has extra significance this time around. >>> we'll take a look at tomorrow's forecast for thursday. see you back here. >>> first, an incredible picture, the accident that landed a car on top of this home. >>> it was a wild ride early this morning for a man in fresno. his car flew onto the top of an apartment building. investigators say they think the driver missed a sharp turn, then hit a curve. the car landed on top of the building. the driver is suspected of stealing that car, he broke his leg. the family living in the building was not hurt. >>> officia

here you can see the device being demonstrated on mike mibach. that wrap is marketed by a company from martinez. >>> tonight we spoke to the san jose police chief about the chase. he says he's grateful no civilians were hurt. >> some real heroism from the part of my officers. where they saw the suspect taking off into the crosswalk, an officer was able to absorb the blow so a family would not get hit. >> that officer is in the hospital being treated for his injuries. >>> a tractor trailer overturned is shortly after 2:00 this afternoon. up to 30-gallons of fuel leaked on to the highway. and boxes full of romaine lettuce fell out. >>> a trip to the mall didn't end so well for one driver in concord. a viewer sent us this picture of a crash that happened outside the sun valley shopping center around 3:00 this afternoon. the witness tells ktvu the car was hit by another vehicle as it was entering the parking lot from the willow pass road. the witness says he helped get the driver out safely. >>> the dow gained nearly 180 point, the nasdaq rose almost

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