ktvu's mike mibach joins us live from the scene in oakland. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. the house behind me is the center of the investigation. detectives focused on the bedroom. you can see the window shattered. the hunt is on for the person or person whose shot and killed the father and son. >> the time 2:46 a.m. shots fired. 400 block in east oakland. >> the shooting took place at the rear of the residents. the suspect entered the yard and shot through the rear of the residents. >>> father and his one-year-old son who were sleeping inside the room. the father died at the scene. >> he was a good guy. 20 years old. >> reporter: his son drew jackson died at the hospital. >> crazy. shouldn't no baby deserve to died. shouldn't no mother burry their child. the violence needs to stop. >> reporter: her nephew was a smiling active baby. >> liked to play outside. liked animals and all the other stuff. loved to play. and now we have to go home and my sister has to explain to her daughter. >> reporter: the shooting is a reminder severa

mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can share your thoughts about today's 50th anniversary, join the conversation on our facebook page and leave your comments. >>> new at 6:00 p.m. prosecutors trying to link convicted serial killer joseph naso to another murder. last week a jury convicted joseph naso of murdering four women. the case is now in the penalty phase. in court today prosecutors asked the judge if they could introduce evidence that he also killed another woman in 1981. the body was found on the shore. >>> police are celebrating a marriage victory in the war on crime as 19 gang members have been taken off the streets. it is thanks to operation exbdous in which they joined forces to take down members of the street gang deep sea. this effort would not have been possible without a wire tap that allowed investigators to hear murders being planned. >> the cost of gun violence to our society, state is staggering and this is a significant step in reducing that amount of cost to our society. >> 12 people are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and police recovered 17 guns,

mike mibach is in oakland with the woman who was at the home where the two were killed this morning. but first, how police are responding to these troubling unsolved crimes. >> the police chief just said he's dedicating every resource available to catch the people responsible, but he hasn't said exactly how many detectives are working these cases. lately, the department's record of solving the big cases have not been good. a father and son shot and killed in their sleep in oakland. >> it is horrific. and it needs to stop. >> reporter: oakland police have been saying that a lot. little daphne webb has been missing for over a month. oakland police have yet to make an arrest. >> can you say how many detectives you've assigned to these cases? do you have any leads? >> well, we do have leads in some of those case. some of them promising, some more than others. >> reporter: the police chief says he's reducing internal affairs staffing and is putting more officers on the street are. while the department could not tell us how many of this year's 61 homicides it has solved so far, oakland pol

first, we go to ktvus mike mibach in vacaville where the area has been taped off to investigators. mike. >> reporter: i'm standing in the middle of cherry glen road and it's blocked off the last four hours. highway patrol is keeping us back a good 150 yards or so and it's down this road, right through the trees where the body of a woman was discovered this afternoon. from news chopper 2, a crime scene down below. tonight, cherry glen road in unincorporated vacaville packed with multiple law enforcement agencies, including oakland police. >> and we can't confirm a body has been located. the body is female. >> reporter: a new search for 50-year-old sandra coke of oakland was up and running this morning at the lake in vallejo. at noon's move east on 80 to vacaville's lagoon valley park, a new command center and a new search, but one that didn't last long. >> contra costa county sheriff's office search-and- rescue team was deployed while still at the vallejo location. there were two or three teams that responded to this area and began a search. shortly after, they began their search, th

mike mibach just got an update and is live at the toll plaza. mike, what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, no glitches and on schedule, frank. that is the headline tonight, coming from caltrans. right now, behind me, the trucks are lined up. the grinders are over there, grinding up the roadway. the majority of the roadway here on the eastern side of the toll plaza is gone. then they're gonna start repaving it over the next 12, 24 hours. it is quite an impressive sight, all leading up to what caltrans says will be an impressive opening to the new eastern span. small trucks. big trucks. all types of trucks. converging this afternoon. they were on schedule to complete this massive project. first we take you to the approach to the toll plaza. >> the demolition, grinding and paving, that's what we're gonna be seeing for the next 24 hours. >> reporter: crews grinding away, two the six inches of old roadway, and pouring in thousands of pounds of new asphalt. they're also pounding away at the deck of the old span, all while smoothing out the new span on its connection to yerba b

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong.ay, a red flag warning, thunderstorms coming. rosemary orozco is very busy. >> yes. today it is going to be warmer. that will be the headline. it's also a spare the air day. afternoon sunshine, a little muggy. the same pattern bringing us that muggier weather will bring thunderstorm chances monday through wednesday and a red flag warning with heightened fire danger in the forecast for parts of the bay area. . >>> a petaluma woman forced out of her home after a pickup truck plows into her home. we're live outside the home where there is a gaping hole. >> reporter: first i want to set the scene. imagine how fast this truck had to have been traveling. a neighbor says it went around the corner here on cleveland lane, clipped that driveway, and the rock retaining wall, it came across the road, through the ditch where i'm standing and then crossed through this landscape material into the tree, then into the front door of this home, through a porch even. more people are learning of the crash.

that is where ktvu's mike mibach is now and tells us there were very tense moments and lot of yelling. >> reporter: that's right. they were in and out, just given a couple moments to grab their things. squatters have been on ktvu's radar for a few years and today they were told to get out and get out fast. >> rowdy morning near highland hospital. on one side -- >> if you return you will be arrested. >> s.w.a.t. team. on the other -- >> we are trying to live our lives. >> dozen unidentified people who said they were unlawfully yanked out. >> as fast as police came in, told me to drop everything i have. everything i own and leave my home. >> reporter: he says one woman was arrested for spitting on a deputy's face. >> we sent in a good crew. they put up fencing and chained doors shut. it is a pig pen. they have spray painted everywhere. they ruined a lot of things. >> reporter: once inside one of the units, units, the bath room mud and dirt, mornographic images -- pornographic images, spray paint, the floors ripped up. no power. no water. >> last summer ktvu reported about swatters livin

tonight, ktvu's mike mibach reports on a claim of racial bias, when it comes to the numbers of young people being arrested in oakland. >> reporter: in west oakland, there's the sound of students. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: and the sound of king. >> little back boys, and little black girls will be available to join hands with little white boys, and little white girls. >> reporter: two oakland third graders with one principal on the importance of teaching dr. king. >> the legacy of social justice. the legacy is treating people fairly. >> reporter: at the small city park. likely to be discriminated against, and profiled by police. javontae and others talked about not being trialed fairly. about racial profiling. >> there's certainly some targeting that occurs among black youth. >> reporter: this joint report, claiming black youth made up 73% of arrests in oakland, nearly 80% of those arrested, according to the report were never prosecuted. school district spokesman, troy flint. >> it has to do with things like poverty. historical distrust of police. it has to do with broken familie

tonight, ktvu's mike mibach reports on a claim of racial bias, when it comes to the numbers of young people being arrested in oakland. >> reporter: in west oakland, there's the sound of students. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: and the sound of king. >> little back boys, and little black girls will be available to join hands with little white boys, and little white girls. >> reporter: two oakland third graders with one principal on the importance of teaching dr. king. >> the legacy of social justice. the legacy is treating people fairly. >> reporter: at the small city park. likely to be discriminated against, and profiled by police. javontae and others talked about not being trialed fairly. about racial profiling. >> there's certainly some targeting that occurs among black youth. >> reporter: this joint report, claiming black youth made up 73% of arrests in oakland, nearly 80% of those arrested, according to the report were never prosecuted. school district spokesman, troy flint. >> it has to do with things like poverty. historical distrust of police. it has to do with broken familie

mike mibach talked with that shark victim, who recounted his ordeal there at stinson. mike? ice cold water. warm, soft sand. all surrounded by laughter. you see, marin county's stinson beach is home to many stories. but there's one -- >> i thought it was going to pull my leg off. >> reporter: -- that's as chilling as the waters breaking onto shore. jonathan was 16 on that summer day. >> and my right hand hit something. >> reporter: on a boogie board, 50 yards from shore. >> i turned to my right to see what it was. and there was nothing there. there was no ripping, no fin. >> reporter: spooked, he began to paddle in. fast but not quite fast enough. >> it didn't just bite and hold on. it threw me. it threw me through the air and brought me underwater. >> reporter: a 12-foot great white had him in his mouth. his leg muscles, ripped away from his knee. >> i felt the teeth go through my skin, through the muscle, and all the way down to my bone. it was too big to fight. so punching it or hitting it didn't seem reasonable. >> reporter: so he said he grabbed his gills and off the sh

i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. i want to check in with rosemary for a quick look at your forecast. >> the drizzle, the fogs, low clouds back with us again this morning. for the afternoon temperatures will be up just a bit. take a look. this is an example of what i expect we'll see, just one, two, maybe 3 degrees of warming overeyed over yesterday's high. >>> happening today, state officials will ask a judge for an injunction that would bar any b.a.r.t. strike or lackout for the next 60 days. this morning's hearing comes after union negotiators and b.a.r.t. management failed to reach a deal last night. this rare hearing is set to get underway in just about two hours. alex savage live where the proceeding will be held. >> reporter: this unusual court hearing gets underway two hours from now here at the civic center courthouse in san fransisco. a superior court judge will be ruling on this petition that was filed last week by governor brown asking for an injunction to essentially block any strike or lockout for the ne

and we have live team coverage. >> ktvu's mike mibach was just updated on the work progress. sal castaneda is in our traffic center, monitoring the road conditions. but we begin with jane hernandez at the golden gate bridge. she spoke with commuters today who are dealing without the bay bridge. >> reporter: traffic is slow but it's not a parking lot. a few hours ago, we tracked a few commuters as they took public transportation. edwin showed us his two tickets he bought. >> this is for tomorrow. i'm doing this ahead of time to avoid the rush. >> reporter: golden gate ferry does expect more riders tonight, so it added a late- night trip and added trips to its weekend and holiday schedule. >> i was on bart earlier and it wasn't busy at all. >> reporter: but susan langford told us she made sure to avoid areas where there might be problems in i was in san francisco tonight, and i had to travel out over the golden gate bridge instead of the bay bridge. >> reporter: she also avoided this commute on the first morning. bart reports that ridership soared this morning. >>> to keep

. >> i am eric rasmussen in for mike mibach. we will go to rosemary and see what we can expect for the work week. >> the fog. and patchy drizzle out there. sound familiar? it should. it is partly cloudy skies and there is a trend that we will continue as we get into the business week. i will have the extended forecast and the numbers for today coming up. >>> time is running out. this is a possible bart strike and it is a little under 17 hours. bart and its unions have the rest of today to negotiate a deal and try to avoid a strike on monday morning. we have live coverage for you. we have more on the options in case there is a strike. we go to alex savidge who is in oakland monitoring the negotiations. it stretched late into the night. alex? >> reporter: no one wants to characterize how close the sides are. but there are encouraging signs. union representatives and bart representatives met for more than 13 hours here at the cal trans building. they left the building at 11:30 last night. the president of the amalgamated transit un

mike mibach has more on what the union say the district is doing wrong. >> reporter: heather, unions claim the transit district is getting in the way of progress. so now, they are asking the attorney general to step in and go to court forcing bart back to the table. the 50-day cooling off period? >> negotiations are worth it. >> reporter: ice cold. >> the workers seem very unhappy. i think they should be negotiating. >> reporter: trains are running. negotiations are not. >> we just want to get it done. we care about the patrons and the public. >> reporter: so much so, he says the unions, through their attorneys, dated august 21st sent to the attorney general-- >> we're not standing in the way of meeting. we're able to meet at whatever time the mediator wants us to be there. >> reporter: the bart spokeswoman had no specific reaction to the letter, but emphasizes it's up to state and federal mediators when to meet next. >> they are the only ones to set the calendar. the moment they say we're ready to get everyone back to the table, we'll be there. >> reporter: the letter asks the attor

. >> i'm mike mibach. let's get over to rosemary. >> another nice day in store, once we get past the clouds, even patchy drizzle reported in some areas, and i think the bigger story at this hour is how much warmer we are, anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees warmer than where we started yesterday morning. ville those numbers coming for you. mostly sunny, slightly cooler conditions expected for the afternoon. as we get past today into the week we have a gradual warmup in store. i will line up these numbers coming up. >>> developing news in union city, two people were killed in a shooting. alex savidge live this morning in union city to tell us what is happening right now. >> reporter: good morning. crime scene tape is still blocking off the number of streets here in this union city neighborhood. you can see crime scene technicians continuing to process this scene and gather evidence. the body of one young man was removed a short timing a. according to police very few leads as they try and track down the person resp

. >>> good afternoon, i am mike mibach in for tori campbell, we have updated numbers just into our news room. the fire has grown to three times the size of the city of san francisco and is now at more than 105,000 acres two homes destroyed along with 7 buildings, 4500 homes threatened and and the forest service puts the cost of fighting it at 5.4 million dollars and climbing. >> are you driving? >> i don't care. >> san francisco fire department strike team headed out to the front lines this morning, 22 firefighters and five engines will join more than 2000 other firefighters working in steep terrain. fire officials say they are concerned about the safety of the crews because the fire direction has been so unpredictable. ktvu's claudine wong tells us about the new evacuations ordered in the face of the growing fire. >> let's give you a look at the fire area, to the west pine lake and there they are trying to save structures and homes. here is highway 120 it makes its way through the fire zone, it is still shut down near groveland. on the east side yosemite national park, the fire has mad

live in east oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now.

. >> i am mike mibach.rank somerville is off tonight. >> this was inside a bart train stuck in the transbay tube. ktvu's john sasaki is live with the story of what it was like from a woman who spent part of the day under the bay. >> reporter: commuters are filtering back now from san francisco. a few have quite the story after this morning's ride to the city. >> reporter: you couldn't tell bart had any problem this afternoon. this morning minutes after leaving west oakland something went wrong. >> the lights went out and then very slowly we stopped. we were under the bay in the tube. >> reporter: she was in the lead car that lost power, stranding hundreds of passengers. >> i was glad that no one else -- everyone else was calm because it would have taken just one person for it to have a domino effect on everybody else. >> reporter: the trains other cars still had power. >> the operator used that car as the operator car and move it to west oakland station where the passengers were able to get off the train, s

that's my kol colleague, mike mibach. he will have more on this at 5:00 and 6:00. we'll bring you all of the updates as the bridge is developing as the developments occur. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> now we want to give you a look at some of the bay area bridges that are carrying the load during this five-day bay bridge closure. on the left side of your screen, there's a look at the san mateo bridge and on the right side of your screen, there's the beautiful golden gate bridge as cars move out of san francisco into the north bay. traffic may be lighter with some people taking today off to make it an extra long holiday weekend. b.a.r.t. trains are crowded. the second day of the bridge closure. b.a.r.t. says it was the third busiest day ever behind both of giants' world series victory parades. trains are running 24 hours a day through monday night. now, to find the latest bay bridge information including travel alternatives during the closure, just go to our website, it's ktvu.com and we do have a special bay bridge closure section which

. >> we begin with ktvu's mike mibach, live at the toll plaza where bridge officials just updated us on all of their work. >> reporter: that's right, frank. just got the fresh update from caltrans, wrapping up a press conference 15 minutes ago. 21 hours in and they say there have been no glitches. the project of transitioning to the new eastern span is on schedule and looking good. take a look at this construction site. we just moved our truck here to the toll plaza, got the green light from caltrans to do that. you can see, up close, the construction going on. a ton of trucks here. inside those trucks are fresh asphalt. they have been laying down the asphalt. on the ground next to it, you can see some of what has been grinded up. the goal for crews out here this afternoon and tonight, grinding away two to six inches of roadway, install new drainage here and then top it off with thousands of pounds of fresh asphalt. signs are going up. striping underway. it is almost completed. the biggest piece of construction that caltrans said needed to get down out here was work on smoothing out

. >> i am mike mibach.k somerville has the night off. >> i am julie haener. >> to the streets of san francisco where her son was shot and killed. tonight she is keeping his story alive in the hope of catching his killer. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in san francisco with the mission for justice. ken? >> reporter: nice to say when you have a mother whose child has been murder you don't know how she feels. she lives in that apartment, when she walks outside she sees this sidewalk where her son was gunned down. it is a reminder every day of what happened and she had that reminder for 7 years. >>> flier with his face has been posted on this pole almost every day since august 14, 2006. she was not here that day but her son was. >> i didn't get to say bye. i didn't get to tell him i loved him. i didn't get to say anything. he died alone. >> reporter: he just left his house when he saw

ktvu's mike mibach spoke with one of them, she was actually in the room right next door and told mike what happened right after those shots were fired. >> reporter: the call 2:46 a.m., the call, shots fired. >> that's my family. >> when i opened up the door, my sister is standing there with baby drew in her hand saying the baby was shot. >> reporter: in the other room, her nephew, and great-nephew. she identified them as drew jackson, and his father, andrew thomas. >> i went in there to check, and andrew did his last little thing and he turned over. i knew he's dead. >> reporter: the police went down a side path, into the yard, and walked right up to the window. that's when police said someone fired. >> he liked to play outside. he liked animals and all the other stuff. he loved to play with his sister, and now we have to go home and my officer has to explain had a her daughter how she will never see her brother again. >> reporter: interim police chief sean whent. >> we have children being shot while they sleep in their bed. >> reporter: thomas's family says he grew up in oakland, but

ktvu's mike mibach spoke with one of them, she was actually in the room right next door and told mike what happened right after those shots were fired. >> reporter: the call 2:46 a.m., the call, shots fired. >> that's my family. >> when i opened up the door, my sister is standing there with baby drew in her hand saying the baby was shot. >> reporter: in the other room, her nephew, and great-nephew. she identified them as drew jackson, and his father, andrew thomas. >> i went in there to check, and andrew did his last little thing and he turned over. i knew he's dead. >> reporter: the police went down a side path, into the yard, and walked right up to the window. that's when police said someone fired. >> he liked to play outside. he liked animals and all the other stuff. he loved to play with his sister, and now we have to go home and my officer has to explain had a her daughter how she will never see her brother again. >> reporter: interim police chief sean whent. >> we have children being shot while they sleep in their bed. >> reporter: thomas's family says he grew up in oakland, but

live in east oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now. today's shooting is latest of several recent attacks on children. a seven-year-old and a four- year-old were injured in a shooting earlier this year. many of our viewers are offering their condolences of the family of drew jackson. you can join them and express your feelings on our facebook page by searching for ktvu channel 2. >>> family and friends of a missing woman from oakland took action to try and bring her home. they are helping police look for 50-year-old sandra coke. coming up at 5:30, the clues turning up and how social media is playing a role in that search. >>> now to today's hearing in oakland on the ongoing bart labor dispute. bart and its unions have been testifying before a three- member state panel all day long. the hearing just ended five minutes ago. >> the board of inquiry was called by governor brown after the two sides couldn't reach an agreement ahead of the minute deadline. >> bart today said the two sides are 100 million apart when it comes to their contracts

live in solano county, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> for details on how the so much for sandra coke evolved, she was last seen -- last seen at her home at 8:30 sunday night. on monday night, her car was found two miles away and her cell phones, one in north oakland and another in richmond. they held a massive search for her behind six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo. this afternoon, a body was discovered near lagoon valley park in vacaville. we spent the day going through randy alana's past investigating his history from charges he faced, time spent in prison and why police arrested him which does not include any mention of sandra coke. ktvus paul chambers will have that part of the story coming up tonight at 6. >>> more breaking news now. this time about the ongoing b.a.r.t. negotiations. governor brown said late this afternoon that he will seek a court order for a 60-day cooling off period on sunday and that is if b.a.r.t. and the unions can't get it together and agree on a new contract deal. tom vacar is monitoring the negotiations and he's live now. tom, break it down fo

i'm mike mibach. last day of august.to rosemary for a quick look at the saturday forecast. >> yes, our afternoon highs will be taking a fall this morning, waking up with patchy fog. we have it along the coast, just inside the bay. upper 50s, upper 60s outside our doors right now. it is a nice start in most cases. mostly sunny for the afternoon away from the coastline. not as warm. we're talking 5 to 10 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday afternoon, and in the extended forecast, cooling trend will continue, even the slight responsibility of a few light showers. i don't think it's going going to be enough to ruin outdoor plans. i'll have a look at the extended forecast, coming up. >>> the new eastern span of the bay bridge is coming up. showing you a live look at the new bridge, right next to the old one. ktvu's alex savidge is live this morning in emeryville with more on what cal trans told bus an hour ago about this race to the finish line. >> reporter: they are making pretty good progress according to the spokes

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. year. >> a warmer pattern beginning to fill into the bay area for the weekend. today temperatures will be slightly warmer than what we had yesterday under mostly sunny skies away from the coastline. this morning low clouds, patchy drizzle again over parts of the bay area. this warm-up will continue. it will be a gradual one and will take several days to get back to the seasonal average. i'll have the numbers for today coming up. >>> happening today the outside lands festival in san francisco continues with more than 65,000 people expected to pack golden gate park. it's one of several big events in the city today. alex savage is live there for us right now. >> reporter: you can expect some traffic. it should be a pretty fun day in the city from boat races to baseball to some big name bands who will be playing here at day two of the outside lands music festival. things will start when the gates here open at about 11:00 o'clock. pretty soon music lovers will be filling up golden gate par

. >> and i'm mike mibach. 30 minutes ago, live on ktvu, we watched the landmark building come crashingshot, how did it look from your spot? >> reporter: it was pretty incredible. this is my second implosion. this was definitely the more impressive of the two. i really felt the concussions from where i was, a little closer, a little more than 1400 feet away. you can see the demo, as you said, took place half hour ago. you can see obviously no warren hall. even the dust cloud is now gone. let's go ahead and show you what that looked like. it took 13 seconds. let's roll it right now. [ explosions ] >> reporter: a series of explosions and then a rumble, as warren hall, 41 years of history, came down in just 13 seconds. we talked earlier with cal state university east bay president leroy maurice. he said he has heard from the demolitions crew that everything went off exactly as planned. that's exactly the news they were looking for. there's a nearby library building. they said that as the building started to settle, they had it so it would settle away from the library. it seems to have done

. >> and i'm eric rasmussen filling in for mike mibach. let's get a check on the weather with rosemary. >> good morning. patchy fog reported in some areas, including the north bay, along the coastline. that will be out of here as well. for the afternoon, temperatures remain seasonal to near seasonal for the bay area. we are looking at an additional cooldown in the extended forecast. i'll have the numbers for today, take a look at the extended forecast, coming up. >>> we've got continuing coverage for you now on the bart negotiations and the possible strike on monday morning. check it out on your screen. there is the clock, ticking towards that sunday night deadline. one day, 14:58 hours left. workers could walk off the job again, if there is no deal before the clock runs out. ktvu's alex savidge is live for us in san francisco at one of the busiest bart stations, talking to union representatives this morning. alex? >> reporter: we spoke with the chief negotiator for the union. she is the one who is in the bargaining room right now, or will

. >> and i'm mike mibach.y the rim fire is burning slower than it did just days ago. however, it's still just 5% contained. it has burned an area of nearly 200 square smiles, four times larger than the size of the city of san francisco. five homes and 12 outbuildings have already been destroyed. 5500 other houses are still threatened. residents near the town of sonora have been told to evacuate. >> you're really scared and stressed. it's, like, you want to stay and guard your place. then on the other hand, you're, like, we need to be ready to get gone. >> the fire has damaged transmission lines that pipe power to san francisco. there's also concern about hetch hetchy reservoir, which is just a few miles from the wildfire. 85% of san francisco's water comes from hetch hetchy. an hour ago, we talked on the phone with san francisco supervisor mark ferrell, serving as acting mayor this week, as mayor lee is out of the area. ferrell told us preserving the hetch hetchy water supply is a top priority. >> right now th