nine years later the justice department again investigated napa state hospital for violations of patient's rights. again in 2006 the state agreed to a concept decree putting napa state under federal supervision. that decree remains in effect until today. in a special report earlier this year, ktvu's jim vargas spoke to napa state hospitals employees about the dangers they feel every day. >> reporter: employees at napa state hospital say they have the most dangerous job in california. >> this hospital at this moment is out of control. >> reporter: more than 90% of the nearly 1,200 people here are under criminal forensic treatment which means they can't stand trial. and the lack of police inside the fends were both violent and nonviolent patients are housed. >> he came across the table with both fists flying. >> reporter: dr. richard frisni received injuries after a patient attacked him. >> what would have stopped him from attacking me? more police presence. >> reporter: this is the sally port to the dorms for the more than 1,000 criminally committed where violent patients sleep alongside th

when i talked to the officers i put in a request with them to speak with napa state hospital police chieftle bit more about the investigation into this latest attack yesterday. reporting live at napa allie rasmus. >>> coming up close to 7:00. 6:50 let's check back in with sal. what are you keeping an eye on? >> we are looking at the east bay. let's take a look at 880 north and southbound. it's okay here. when you get to the toll plaza it's really slow at the toll plaza. also this morning we are looking at the commute if you are heading to 680 that is improved here. highway 4 is going to be sloe on the way out -- will be slow on the way out to concord. >>> mostly sunny out there. some clouds but they will clear out. so mostly sunny. but breezy day. everything is coming down out of the north. there is the low system. it looks like it will wash itself out as it heads into central sierra but not before it has produced light show. upper 20s in the mountains. that is cold. see the development right there on the clouds. right off of cape mendocino. 39 santa rosa. 40s low for san rafael and napa.

in the past year, napa state hospital has been at the center of several serious issues including a murder and most recently several assaults. state officials open the door to the camera allowing us to go on a tour. as to reach sestos your reports, this is the first time the cameras have been allowed inside for more than 10 years. >> here at the napa state hospital, we got a rare look inside. the officials gave us the tour to show new safety measures in place in response to several cases of this assault as well as a murder of dr. groves, a new worker at the hospital. see the area right here this is where gross was murdered. there used to be a cinderblock rock--wall here. she was attacked and murdered. each wing it used to have the wall, but they now have been torn down to provide security a better view of all entrances, coming up on kron4 news at 5, who will show you more of the unique view inside the napa state hospital, to recess mustachio kron4 news. sizzler's fall-off-the-bone ribs are slow-cooked with cattlemen's barbecue sauce. get a half-rack with sweet potato fries and corn bread.

from napa hospital, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> see more of those rare images from inside napa state hospital on ktvu.com, click on the napa hospital tab on the front page to see a slide show of photos. >>> the chp is looking at this hour for a gunman who opened fire last night on a freeway in vallejo, wounding two men. it happened on interstate 780 near groan cove road. claudine wong has the dramatic video that shows the two injured men entering a mcdonalds restaurant looking for help. >> reporter: cameras outside and inside this mcdonalds caught the shooting victims as they arrived looking for help. you can see the white car pull into the parking lot. the passenger, daniel rodriguez had to help the driver get out of the car. he had been shot. it all happened last night in vallejo, a truck pulled beside them and a man inside started shooting. the two while hurt kept going, driving 4 more miles before stopping at this mcdonalds. >> right now it is unknown as to why they came to this location. the driver was starting to lose consciousness and at some point the passenger had to guide t

. >>> a worker at napa state hospital was attacked by a patient.ast year a nurse was killed there. as john sasaki reports, the attack is causing fear in the employees. >> it is stressful out there. >> reporter: from the outside it looks peaceful and pretty. but inside, napa state hospital is anything but. >> there is no document that says you will be punched in the face, kicked, spit on, murdered, raped. you have no idea. you have no idea when you sign up for this. >> reporter: a psychiatric technician was attacked and beaten yesterday afternoon. >> he was hit repeatedly in the head. >> reporter: i obtained an official e-mail sent to staff that said no optimizations were reported and no staff had bonn -- to be taken to hospital by ambulance. >> they soften it down quite a bit so the point where it sounds like it wasn't much of anything at all. >> reporter: the patient who assaulted the staffer was not arrested. staffers believe the administration is not protecting them. i obtained these photos from staff members who say they were assaulted by patie

>>pam: the latest in a series of attacks in napa state hospital.used of breaking the law. some apartments could be pretty in a culture of corruption. some- departments. >>pam: identification of the victim on the triple homicide. a parking garage on the fifth floor was the scene. when a domestic violence seen haag >>pam that a bloody rampage. >>reporter: 2 of them were graduating seniors accounting majors at the business school identified as 25 year-old mark corey, of san jose and 26 year-old thomas kyle williams of san jose third on the gurney is 54 year-old napoleon who was - napoli koran and the spouse of napil. and confirmed that it was a murder-suicide. >> it confirms that everything we have on the scene right now was the shooter was the husband who shot the victims. and then, he shot himself. >>reporter: motive of that happened on the fifth floor of the parking garage remains a mystery the motive. the university could not confirm if this was a romantic involvement. >> we do not know and we may never know the series of events would have been on

that is the latest from napa state hospital. >>pam: other attacks at the napa hospital. earlier, a staff member punched a technician in the face. earlier, an inmate died and in march and assault on a staff member. in december, 4 different skill fractures of of a therapist your being beaten by a patient. in october, a after being beaten by a patient. therapist was killed when strangled by patient. fighters 64 over one year. . fighters 64-- >>pam: allegations of police misconduct in san francisco and copper costa county are raising new questions about the possible culture of corruption in contra costa county. in san francisco, 14 officers have been accused of misconduct with this surveillance video released from the public defender is saying that these officers..>>pam: officers and under cover need more support grant lotus has the story. >> tony is the police chief from 1992-1996 he works of the university of san francisco but remembers the psychological strain of narcotics officers. >> it is a dirty underworld and it is very straining officers. it makes and promotes signi

coworkers say after a string of incidents like this it's time for napa state hospital to beef up security. >> there needs to be something done with the security. something needs to be done. >> when you go to work how do you feel about your own safety? >> we are constantly watching over our shoulders now. every day. >> reporter: now pack in october another patient at this hospital was accused of strangling and killing staff member donna growth. that happened here at the hospital seven months ago. the napa county district attorneys office said it would not pursue the death penalty in that attacker next. >>> the former marin county pizza parlor employees that vandalized a rival restaurant will be sentenced today. 33-year-old tim thinker and sean lye more are expected to -- they spray painted graffiti on pizza orgasmica in san rafael. >>> time now 5:36. president obama says last week's koa man doe raid that killed osama bin laden was the longest 40 minutes of his life. in a broadcast interview no one knew for sure bin laden was in the compound of pakistan but he didn't lose any sleep over the

. >>> napa state hospital, the latest of a series of attacks. kron 4's dan kerman has the latest. >> reporter: an attack at napa state hospital. this time patient on patient violence. >> when i first saw him my stomach literally fell. when i first saw him i thought he was dead but then i saw he was breathing and we provided treatment. >> reporter: officials say the victim was hospitalized with major injuries. this patient victor mandujano was arrested and charged. >> it is very unsafe here. >> employees say something has to change. >> i think the lack of staffing, the lack of police support on the unit. there is more now because of increased incidents but there need to be -- needs to be mer. again, we need to go back to the idea we are dealing with criminal population. >> employees believe the patients need to be better separated by their degree of aggressiveness. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> tomorrow will be a day varto today but big changes for the weekend. tomorrow, clear and cool conditions. the winds cleared out the fog. we will be clear th

. >>> we have often seen the outside of napa state hospital. however in 30 minutes our ktvu camera will get a rare look inside the troubled acy. news cameras have not been allowed inside in more than two decades. critics both inside and outside said the facility is not place. we will have a live report during our 8:00 hour. >>> the search resumes for the missing plane of a napa wine owner. the search for his home built plane is now centered in eastern amador county. it is still not clear what happened but authorities said the recent snowstorm may have played a role. he is the owner of cleavage creek winery that helps raise money for breast cancer. family said he has flown this brought hundreds of times. >>> the head of japan's largest utility said he is resigning in disgrace because of the earthquake and tsunami last months the president of tokyo electric power said he must step down after the facility reported massive losses at the fukushima power plant. they are expected to take responsibility for and resign after scandals. now the operator a

of several bills now under consideration in the aftermath of the death of nurse donna gross at napa statehospital. >>> there is word tonight that former napa state hospital patient jess massey will face charges in gross' death. >>> we'll show you how the killing of osama bin laden is already being commemorated in pop culture. >>> also ahead, we take a closer look at the black hawk helicopters used in the raid on osama bin laden's compound. the one thing helicopters have that may have kept those navy seals alive. >>> and it was warmer today. the wednesday are switching around. it is going to be warmer tomorrow, perhaps even hot in your neighborhood. i will show you which areas will be the hottest. free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> in august intelligence agents tracked him to the abbottabad complex. >>> senator feinstein told reporters her intelligence committee was first briefed on it in september. she said pineta gave her a heads up during a cry

for the first time in years we get to go inside napa state hospital. that's in our next half hour. >>> an auction is currently underway to sell items once been on owned by the unabomber, but as ktvu's rita williams reports, the former fbi agent who helped arrest the hun bomber says what's happening -- the unabomber says what's happening is disgrace. >> reporter: yes. ted cha -- disgraceful. >> reporter: yes. ted kaczynski pleaded guilty. he was indeed the notorious unabomber. >> look at these clothe falling off him. >> reporter: that's max knowles with kaczynski after he and two other officers lured him out of his cabin with two other officers, flashed his badge and gun. >>> knowles now retired says kaczynski after eluding capture for 20 years thought he'd have time to blow up his cabin and everything in it. he didn't. >> we surprised him when we were able to take him out. we come up with a treasure trove of information in that cabin. >> reporter: and it's that treasure trove minus the bombs and bomb making material that's now for sale here in this onl

for the first time in years we get to go inside napa state hospital. that's in our next half hour. >>> an auction is currently underway to sell items once been on owned by the unabomber, but as ktvu's rita williams reports, the former fbi agent who helped arrest the hun bomber says what's happening -- the unabomber says what's happening is disgrace. >> reporter: yes. ted cha -- disgraceful. >> reporter: yes. ted kaczynski pleaded guilty. he was indeed the notorious unabomber. >> look at these clothe falling off him. >> reporter: that's max knowles with kaczynski after he and two other officers lured him out of his cabin with two other officers, flashed his badge and gun. >>> knowles now retired says kaczynski after eluding capture for 20 years thought he'd have time to blow up his cabin and everything in it. he didn't. >> we surprised him when we were able to take him out. we come up with a treasure trove of information in that cabin. >> reporter: and it's that treasure trove minus the bombs and bomb making material that's now for sale here in this onl

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that is the latest from napa state hospital. >>pam: other attacks at the napa hospital. earlier, a staff member punched a technician in the face. earlier, an inmate died and in march and assault on a staff member. in december, 4 different skill fractures of your being beaten by a patient. in october, a therapist was killed when strangled by patient. allegations of police misconduct in san francisco and copper costa county are raising new questions about the possible culture of corruption in contra costa county. >>pam: officers and under cover aneed more support >> they put them into high stress jobs for their lives are at stake. not exactly high pain but good paying. they get around the criminals and they get tempted at times. it is not exactly high-pain. they cannot attend to their psychological well-being. they cannot afford them the ability to go to psychologists, psychiatrists to see how they are doing. especially in narcotics that is what they should be looking at. >> there are a lot of police officers that certainly signs of assignments in the police department-rea

napa state hospital is supposed to add another unit. the department's spokesperson's says she doesn't know exactly when that new area will be up and running. in the meantime, she says the hospital is taking steps to improve security. >> we've increased the hospital police presence, we've hired workers who are safety and security focused. >> reporter: back in october, an employee was killed on the job here. a patient was later charged with the killing of psychiatric nurse, donna gross. now, the guards out here tell me that someone brought and laid out the flowers just yesterday evening in honor of the guard that was killed. >>> in oakley, police are looking into a suspicious fire. it happened at a home on bayview drive around 11:0 last night. jade hernandez joins us live to explain the big question police are focusing on. >> reporter: that's right. what caused this fire that destroyed this home is going to determine how oakley police proceed. about ten minutes ago, arson investigators arrived. for now, neighbors will continue to wonder w

. >>> the napa state hospital opened its doors to the media today.ral violent attacks within the last year. last year two therapists were attacked by patients. one of them died. last month a patient died after being subdued by hospital staff and just last week another therapist was injured. looking at what measures are being taken now to keep the same problems from striking again. >> reporter: here at the napa state hospital we got a rare look inside. take a look as our camera captured this video. officials gave us this tour to show new safety measures in place. assault and a murder of donna gross, a worker at the hospital. see this area right now. this is where she was murdered. there used to be a large wall right here. she was attacked, robbed and stabbed inside the wallet. each of the treatment wings used to have these walls but they now have to be torn down to provide a better view of all entrances. although their mission is to treat people and not house them with in a prison. cops are a steady presence like this one you see here. and locked door

hospital. >>> a look inside napa state hospital.he controversial controversial institution for the first time in 25 years. >> and fighting back. why a woman breaks back into her home and refuses to leave. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with developing news from oakland. a sudden recall of new guns just issued to city officers. ktvu's rob roth live in oakland police department headquarters with what's going on here. >> reporter: this is where the gun exchange is taking place here at police headquarters. hundreds of officers were issued new 40 caliber glocks early this week, but some of

kron 4 to reset take this on a rare tour through napa state hospital.tured this video inside the hospital home to more than 960 patients including murderers, rapists and serious offenders to. officials said the offered the view to show new safeguards. for example, the courtyard of this is where staff member donna was fatally strangled. there used to be a large cinderblock wall here. it has a new security measure all the walls were torn down to provide better visual access for police. trees were trend, more areas market out of bounds. also, officials say they plan to increase the assessment of patience to remove a least 100 patients here at now but that are considered too violent to be here. on the tour officials wanted to show us a typical room. this is a call would win or 80 people live. this is where two female patient call home. a music area and the tv room were nearby. officials say their mission is to treat people and not house them, all the windows have bars and this wire you see here is a round in the entire 1.6 mi. that's around the perimeter. l

. >> reporter: julie until today, napa state hospital was off limits to our cameras. but after repeated requests from ktvu we finally got behind the curtain. someone was clearly having a bad day as we entered their living space at napa state hospital. but this tour comes because patients and staff feel they are constantly having bad days because they are in so much danger. >> every couple of weeks we get another report of a patient or staff member who have severely been injured. and that tells you, it's still not safe and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: we stopped near the spot where if he technician donna gross was killed. >> we have an alarm system inside the buildings right now, but we've requested for a wireless system on the 138 acres of this campus. >> these incidents just keep happening and there doesn't seem to be an end to them. >> reporter: parent john web says that his son was assaulted for the third time in napa just this morning. >> you will see that this is now going into a third decade of the same problems, repetitively. the institution either needs t

. >>> another attack at napa state hospital. what they are telling us about their job. it's all ahead. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us on this monday may 9th i'm pam cook. let's check in with steve paulson for the monday morning forecast. i know i'm ready for less wind. >> you and other people. a cool and windy weekend. temperatures a little cool this morning pap lot of 40s. we will end up with 50s and low 70s. now here is sal. >> steve 101 san francisco northbound looks good approaching the 80 split with no major issues. however on the lower deck of the bay bridge there is road work that is closed most of the lanes up until treasure island. westbound 92 as you head to the high-rise that traffic moves well. let's go back to the desk. >>> topping our news this morning a frightening incident of a flight that landed in sfo. an unruly passenger got out of his seat and rushed toward the cockpit. ktvu kraig debro is at sfo this morning with new information. >> reporter: few of the passengers here this morning at sfo heard about what happened last night. it happened

>>> workers say a patient at napa state hospital attacked a fellow employee today. this follows a series of violent attacks including one in which a psychiatric technician was killed. lilian kim joins us from the newsroom with more on that. >>> this latest incident involved two employees, but only one seriously injured. he was attacked when he came to the aide of a co-worker. employees at napa state hospital learned about a fellow worker who was beaten by a patient. >> we are con constantly looking over our shoulders. >> hospital officials refused to guff details and they say it started when a male patient was acting up. >> was upset about something. from my understanding it went and confronted one of the staff. >> the situation es ask you light -- escalated who was a female technician. the patient then assaulted him. he was treated on site and then later by his own healthcare provider. >> at this . he is okay. depending on how serious the attack was, you don't know how you will be feeling the next day. >> they hope it will lead to better security measures. they hav

. >>> back here at home, residents and employees who work -- who work at the napa state hospital arerriving at work thinking of security after a patient attacked two workers over the weekend. allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: that's ka right, dave. that's why a lot of people are saying the people who work here need to do a better job. we've had a chance to talk to several staff members and employees as they drive in to start their shift. these renewed calls for increased security call for another attack at a napa state hospital that happened yesterday at 2:30 in the afternoon. they say a staff member was injured after he stepped in to help. he was treated and not hospitalized. his union representative say he's doing okay. but coworkers say after a struck of incidents like these in the past couple of hours, it's time for the hospital to beef up security. a report found last month 80% of the patients here have a criminal history. that's up from 20% of the patients 20 years ago. hospital staff workers say it's created unsafe conditions. do you feel safe here? >> me, because i'm a male

the napa state hospital isn't releasing many details, but officials there are confirming there was an assault, and that it's under investigation. in the past year, there have been three separate attacks on c staff by patients at that hospital, and in one case, the staff member was killed. it happened last october when psychiatric technician donna gross was strangled by a patient. and then just last month, california regulators fined the hospital more than $100,000 because of safety failures uncovered after that incident. employees at napa state hospital have complained they have some of the most dangerous jobs in the state with more than 90% of the patients mentally ill and admitted for criminal acts. >>> trying to keep aging gas lines safe. coming up next at 11:00, pg&e begins testing bay area pipelines tomorrow, and we'll show you which cities are first on the list. >>> plus, they spent nearly half a lifetime apart. the chance encounter on a beach thousands of miles away from home that a pair of brothers are calling a miracle. >>> and a the winds are finally calm do you think around

an attack at napa state hospital, what the hospital did to help workers product themselves. >>> california's high-speed rail project, what it means for construction jobs in our state. >>> which airport should you fly out of to get the best deal? we will show you the differences in prices next. >>> when it comes to high-speed rail, florida's loss is california's gain. the project received a big wind fall. >> if see settle our children will fight paralyzing congestion and suffer from an economy stuck in neutral. >> the obama administration today moved closer to its goal. florida said no thanks to $2 billion in funds. the transportation department is dividing that money among 15 states. california's share, $300 million. >> for this pot, it was competitive, lot of projects. >> the california high-speed rail authority plans to use the funds fooextend the central valley segment. diane feinstein said, no other state is as ready and able to lead the way in demonstrating high-speed rail. these funds will support thousands of new manufacturing, construction and technology jobs in california. californi

. >> james: more violence at the napa state hospital, the latest in a series of attacks against patients and employees appeared than carmen has more. >> reporter: morethe second time in a week patient on patient violence scared one patient attack his roommate. >> when i saw him my stomach felt. when i first glance at him i thought he was dead and then i saw he was breathing. it was sick. >> reporter: the victim was a hospitalized with major injuries. this patient has been arrested and charged with assault as well as better rain causing serious bodily injury. hospital employees say something has to change. >> the lack of staffing, lack of police support, there is more now but they're sold his to be more staffing, we need to go back to the idea we are dealing with a criminal population so they need to be dealt with accordingly. >> reporter: the patient's need to be better separated not simply by behavior but by the degree of aggressiveness. at napa state hospital damp kron 4 news. >> james: for quick break, a live look showing you this guideline of the city. >> louisa: welcome back to kron

. >>> a plea bargain will send a former bay area high school student to a napa state hospital indefinitelydge ordered 19-year-old alexander youshock to a state hospital yesterday for his 2009 attack at hillsdale high school in san mateo. a jury convicted him of attempted murder in march, along with four weapons and explosives. if doctors decide he is sane, he will have to serve a 25-year prison sentence for attempted murder. >>> his sentence to the napa state hospital comes after a series of attacks involving patients. on wednesday night a 31-year- old patient attacked his elderly roommate. and last weekend, another patient attacked and beat up a psychiatric technician. hospital employees tell ktvu changes have been made in security, but they admit more needs to be done. >>> san francisco's child protective services office says it is now investigating the bay area mom who admitted on national tv to injecting her 8- year-old daughter with botox. she made the botox admission to abc news on thursday and the chronicle is reporting that callers flooded the city's child abuse hotline following h

patients from inside napa state hospital called our station soon after the bloody fight. this comes just days after a staff member was attacked by a patient. >>> ktvu's janine de la vega is live in napa now with more on what happened, janine. >> reporter: frank a hospital spokesperson is not releasing much information but she did confirm that one patient allegedly assaulted another patient. we're told by staff that the victim is in a coma an on a ventilator and the attacker is behind bars. 31-year-old victor mandujano was booked in for battery. patients inside the state hospital say last night he attacked one of his roommates described as a frail man in his 60s who was a new patient. >> he just started pounding on him, pounding him to a bloody pulp. to where he they didn't even know who the person was when they walked in and found him. >> reporter: sources inside the hospital say the attack happened in the unit that holds the most acute mental patients who are considered highly dangerous. patients told them that mandujano had told them for a while that he's tormented by vo

. >> napa state hospital is investigating another attack on one of its employee by a patient. they say a technician was injured yesterday when he and others were trying to control a patient who become agitated. they have demanded improvements of security after a person was strangled there in october. that death was followed by another attack that left an employee with a skull fracture. they want police officers to be permanently stationed inside. they want a campus wide alarm system. >> pg&e is testing the natural gas pipelines in mountain view. the company will fill sections of pipe with water and then increase pressure along the line at levels higher than normally opened. any section of pipe that fails to meet acceptable standards will be replaced. the yult is bleeding some -- utility is bleeding some lines to test other lines. they want make sure the system is safe after the explosion in san bruno that killed on 8 people and destroyed dozen of home. >> thousands of teachers started a week long series of protests over steep budget cuts to education. amy hollyfield caught up

. >> reporter: the napa state hospital is dealing with another assault. you see these flowers, they are honoring the victims in that assault. the hospital saying on sunday one of its patient attacked a few workers and they sustained minor injuries. the hospital had no comment on the growing trend of violence here. the workers said they are fed up with the trend and it's a strange working climate. kron 4 news. >> reporter: police are investigating a weekend burglary that happened here at costco. two men crashed a truck into a gate of the store around 3:00 sunday morning. they used the truck to pull the atm machine. the truck was stolen last week. police are hoping that somebody saw something. jeff bush, kron 4 news. >> reporter: over the bay bridge, at night you are likely to see delays because of the construction. they are doing a detour. you can see the new route here. it is a simple detour. night time hours, memorial day, be wear, you could be sitting on the bridge for some time. jr stone, kron 4 news. >>> we know the release date of jaycee dugard's boo

that update. >>> california lawmakers are looking at how to provide more protection for workers at napa state hospital. several new bills are being considered to make the hospital as well as other state mental hospitals safer. now one would give administrators more detailed records about a person's potential for violence. another would require better emergency alarms and surveillance systems. it's been an alarming rise involved recently including two just last month. well on a lighter note, san jose sharks, they're going to try to bounce back on wednesday. they lost the first game of western conference finals. sharks got on the board first, though. the vancouver rallied with a pair of third period goals for 3-2 victory over sharks. and that disappointed shark fans who made the trip up to vancouver to see the sharks. game 2 set for wednesday in vancouver. then series moves back. make sure you watch for his report right here on ktvu channel 2. >> i love his reports because he's very excited. >> he's very good. >>> 6:49 is the time. back over to take a look at traffic. >> we have traffic that's

. >>> the attack at napa state hospital. today we obtained an e-mail sent to the staff that reads no major injuries reported, no hospitalizations reported and no staff had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. >> i believe he was hit in the head to the point of vomiting. >> ktvu's john sasaki spoke with hospital officials, they told him the patient was not arrested. this is the latest of violent incident in the hospital. >>> arson investigators are looking into a fire. the fire started around 11:30 last night. no one was at the home at the time. neighbors say the homeowners have been having domestic problems. someone removed kitchen appliances from the home on saturday. >>> a rattlesnake warning going attitude after several dogs were bitten. ktvu's patty l is live with the action that public health and fire officials are preparing to take tonight. >> reporter: wee at a pet clinic where a dog that was bitten will be held in this room for observation. because of a wave of incidents this clinic ran out of the venom serum. >

the death penalty against a mental patient accused of murdering a psychiatric technician at the napa state hospital. jeff massey is accused of strongling the technician. he the prosecutor said they decided nod to pursue a death sentence after talking with the victim's family. matthew was found not guilty by reason of insanity for burglary. >>> the drug enforcement agency says those unused prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet can be just as dangerous as illegal drugs. that's why it's undergoing a major effort to take prescription drugs off the street today. lisa amin gulezian reports from a drug takeback program. >> drop them in the bin. >> thank you. >> lisa: it's a first for many. >> dry stuff in there. and liquids, ointments, sprays in the far box. >> lisa: people all over the bay area are trashing their stash of drugs, prescription drugged that are unused or expired. >> i have held them at home in a plastic bag for a long time, hoping to find a place. >> lisa: for one day only the drug enforcement administration is putting up special containers in cities all over the bay area for

. >> napa state hospital is investigating another attack on one of its employee by a patient. they say a technician was injured yesterday when he and others were trying to control a patient who become agitated. they have demanded improvements of security after a person was strangled there in october. that death was followed by another attack that left an employee with a skull fracture. they want police officers to be permanently stationed inside. they want a campus wide alarm system. >> pg&e is testing the natural gas pipelines in mountain view. the company will fill sections of pipe with water and then increase pressure along the line at levels higher than normally opened. any section of pipe that fails to meet acceptable standards will be replaced. the yult is bleeding some -- utility is bleeding some lines to test other lines. they want make sure the system is safe after the explosion in san bruno that killed on 8 people and destroyed dozen of home. >> thousands of teachers started a week long series of protests over steep budget cuts to education. amy hollyfield caught up

. >> a napa state hospital patient is in custody accused of attacking a fellow patient. this is the second assault in the last few days. the patient attacked another patient inside of the bedroom. staff members found the victim lying on the blood, his face covered with blood. it is a latest in the series of a violent incident including a killing of a nurse. >> i know the state are in financial crisis, but people's lives are at stake. individuals who reside here, their lives are at stake and also the staff. >> police arrested two other forensics patients for attacking the staff. one happened on sunday want the housing unit houses criminally ipsane and violent patients. >> the plan to balance the 15 billion budget deficit. they want deeper cut in social services than governor brown proposed it would not cut any more funding from edcage. - education. >> it is call would a path way of compromise. >> it is not exclusive. there are certain things on it and new things that could come on it again. so that path way is wide open it is a point for negotiation. >> the governor is sc

>>pam: in another attack at napa state hospital a site yet another one. psychiatric patient this was just seven months ago when a nurse was murdered. employees say that they do not feel sick and the go to work. grant lotus has been looking into the details the not-feel safe--and this is a troubling trend? >>reporter: really, with one your recently. yesterday it did not result in major injuries. the individual is recovering. certainly as you mentioned, a troubling trend. a union representative said that this person was try to protect the the local worker. this is the latest in a series of events that the past year when a patient has attacked in member of the staff. at napa general. they are releasing the statement " a forensic statement insulted a staff member resulting in minor injuries. the police responded and no further information is a.... a level at this time. " >>reporter: was at the hospital and they say they are fed up with the repeated attacks on staff. and it is quite a strange working in parliament. the staff to certainly hope the changes are c

. >> new details about the latest violent attack it napa state hospital. grant lotus is here.g a disturbing trend? >>reporter: if is. absolutely nobody was seriously hurt yesterday that is the good news but there was another assault of the hospital. this time, a union member say that the technician was trying to protect a fellow employee from a violent patient. the series of incidents is for the patients are attacking staff members. staff members released this statement. " on the a to a forensic patient assault the staff of resulting in minor injuries. hospital police responded to the scene and work with the staff a-0 further information is available at this time ". i was at the hospital and i could not get in pass the security gate. a staff member i spoke with say that they are fed up with repeated attacks on staff. it is quite a strange working environment. >>pam: any changes in the hospital for preventive measures? >>reporter: as you know, other tax at state hospitals is ongoing. other-attacks the union is protesting and a fatal strangling a few months ago. about seven mont

. >> a rare glimpse inside of the hospital today the doors were open for the napa state hospital. where last october a patient strangled a therapist, in december and of the therapist was beaten unconscious, and then in april 8th inmates died while being restrained. the incidents have led to a number of worker protests. they say that the conditions inside are two dangers for the limited staff on hand. >> kron4 teresa star steel texas teresa k. stewart of the hospital.

sponsors are using increased public awareness after a worker at napa state hospital was murdered latehe bills would make it illegal for visitors to smuggle contraband into state hospitals. another would make it more difficult to transfer patients from one hospital to another after committing a violent act against other patients or staff members. >>> santa clara county is seeing an increase in bedbugs. some county officials say the worst may be yet to come because bedbugs are generally reported between july and november. now they don't normally carry diseases, but they can sure bite and leave large welts. they can also hide in small cracks making them really hard to kill without professional help. >>> santa cruz native continues to wow the judges on "american idol." journey favorite don't stop believing. during the judging jennifer lopez told him he can sing anything. the elimination is tonight. you can watch it right here on ktvu at 8:00 tonight. last night was amazing. judges were pretty hard on haley. >>> we're looking at everything around the bay area. so far the east shore freeway

a a violent attacks we're getting an inside look at the napa state hospital. last year, two people were attacked by patients. last month, a patient was pronounced dead after being subdued by hospital staff. to rese- teresa estacio >>reporter: at the napa state hospital airlock inside. take a look at this video. this was showing new safety measures. in response to assaults and as well as the murder of donna gross a worker. for example, this is work on a was murdered. there used to be a large cinderblock wall. she was attacked, strangled and robbed on the inside of this wall. each treatment wings used to have these the cinderblock walls but they have been demolished or security reasons. their mission is to treat people, not to imprison them. the windows have bars and now this wire is around the hospitals perimeter. police are a steady presence and locked doors are everywhere. teresa estacio, kron 4 news. >> the sharks did not joke. gary >> good evening everybody, the sharks have lost five of the last six playoff games. going into night, a lot of pressure on patr

the napa state hospital opened its doors to the media today after several violent attacks within thepists were attacked by inmates, one of them died last month, an inmate died after being subdued by hospital staff and just last week an inmate was severely beaten by another prisoner at a hospital. to recess-year was allowed to view the facility and see what measure was being taken to keep the tragedy from happening again. >> here at the hospital we got a rare look inside tillich as the camera captured the video, the officials gave us the video to show new safety measures in place in response to several new cases of assault and as well as the murder of donna gross a worker at the hospital. see this area, this is where she was murdered. there used to be a large wall right here. she was attacked, strangled and robbed. the building's entrance is here. each treatment wing that used to have the wall, they have not been torn down to provide security a better view of all the entrances. they say that their mission is to treat people and not house them like people in prison, but all the windows

. >>> another attack inside of napa state hospital. the patients and staff called our news room. the police arrested 31-year-old victor manduhono. it ands days after a patient attacked a staff member there. there have been a number of attacks there. hospital members says there have been changes in security but more needs to be done. >>> an inmate was released on parole after spending 24 years behind bars. he expressed his remorse for killing his 14-year-old step sister in a burglary. >> she was a beautiful girl. [crying] she did not have a chance to grow to be the person that she could have been because of me. i have to live the rest of my life in the best that i can in her name. >> reporter: morgan was 18 at the time of the killing. his family forgiven him and they were on hand to celebrate his freedom. he was a model prisoner, spending time behind bars educating himself. he hopes to work with at-risk youth. >>> a contra costa narcotic's office, charged in a drug scandal, faces allegations that he ran a bothell. butler told the court he and officer welch ran a ring of prostituti

here at napa state hospital, 86% of a thousand patients were committed by the criminal court. >>> just another in series of attacks out there. >> police are investigating a deadly car crash on sonoma county coast. chp says a car drove off of highway 1 shortly after noon. it tumbled down a seaside cliff landing on the rocks and surf. driver was killed. she had no passengers with her. investigators are trying to find out how it happened. >> a downed tree blocked a street and took out cable tv lines around 3:00 and just missed a car parked on the opposite side of the street. the wind was blowing pretty hard and the tree blocked 20th street until city crews were able to move it out of the way. there is a high wind advisory on the bay bridge, travel is not recommended for campers or trailers. >> it's bad enough to lose a child to violence but worse when the murder goes unsolved. on this mother's day a sad ritual played out where mothers demanded justice for their children. heather ishimaru was there and she joins us now from the newsroom. >>> young urban, often male murder victims can come

he was then ordered to napa state mental hospital. a jury convicted him in march on six other counts. youshock is accused of setting pipe bombs in an alleged plot to kill teachers who had given him bad grades. >>> operation spring cleaning is targeting 68 people believed to be driving a spike in violent crime. 36 of them have been arrested. chief bat says more residents are ignoring the no snitching rule which he says does not apply to those causing the violence. >> career criminals, that doesn't come to fruition. they tell on their mother, their grandfathers and grandmothers. but they go out to the community and they put out this methodology of no snitching. >>> a tentative plan was approved today to make one of san francisco's busiest avenues safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. the masonic masonic corridor has been the scene of a lot of accidents. the plan would eliminate eight blocks of street parking which has some people pretty upset. >> i am very opposed to taking out all parking. >> i am not going to be anybody to visit me th

. >>> another brutal attack inside napa state hospital. this time it was a patient beating an elderly patient. patients and staff called ktvu when they say this man, victor monohano attacked a frail man in his 60s last night. the beating comes just days after a staff member was attacked by another patient. hospital employees we spoke with say there have been changes in security, but that more needs to be done to prevent violent attacks inside that mental hospital. >>> anti spoking activists are working to raise california's state tax. they look to increase the tax by $1 a pack. and raising the tax could save the state $28 billion in health care costs over the next five years. >>> medical marijuana patients in the city of south san francisco will have to go elsewhere to get their marijuana. the city council voted last night to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in that city. the council could have enacted regulations on clubs instead. the decision keeps in place the moratorium that was established back in 2006. >>> senate democrats grilled

. >> a worker at napa state hospital is recovering from an attack by a psychiatric patient. it's the latest in a series of violent attacks at the facility. hospital officials refuse to give details but a union representative says a male patient started acting up and went after a female technician. one wound up being assaulted. employees have been complaining since october when a patient strangled a psychiatric technician donna gross. that murder was followed by another attack in december that left an employee with a skull fracture. they say it's a dangerous place to interact with patients. of. >> workers want police officers who patrol outside a barbed wire fence to be permanently stationed inside and had they want an alarm system. >> it's 4:34. >> president obama is sharing what went into his decision to raid pakistani compound in the search for osama bin laden. one thing he didn't lose sleep over was the chance to take out the al-qaeda leader. now, the investigation turns to who knew he was there. >> president obama says the 40 minutes he waited to see if navy seals had fo

. >>> well, there's a preliminary hearing this morning for the man charged with strangling a napa state hospital worker. napa county prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty against him. he's accused of killing psychiatric technician donna gross last september. the nap pa county district attorney's office will pursue life sentence without the possibility of parole. >>> the first high pressure test on pg&e pipelines in two bay area cities could get underway as early as this week. the utility will use pressurized water to check whether pipes in antioch and mountain view are structurally sound. the pipes are part of 150 miles of pipeline that are similar to the line that exploded in san bruno last year. pg&e says the tests should not disrupt service. >>> here in the bay area and around the world people gathered to mark may day or international workers day. [ indiscernible ] >> hundreds gathered in san francisco yesterday to march through the mission district to a rally at civic center plaza. they're demanding rights for america's workers and immigrants. the group was met

another case of a patient attack employees at napa state hospital. the state department of mental health says the incident happened yesterday. investigators say a few employees were hurt when they tried to control a patient who had become agitated. none of the injuries was serious. it's the latest in a string of violent incidents at that hospital including the murder of another psychiatric technician in october. >>> police are calling a fire that destroyed an oakley home suspicious. neighbors saw the flames shooting out of the house. this is about 11:00 last night when they called 911. nobody was home at the time. but firefighters did hose down nearby houses, kept the flames from spreading. neighbors think the fire could be linked to an ongoing domestic dispute between the homeowners. >> they are tweakers. >> meaning what? >> they are drug addicts most definitely. i mean, they would do peelouts on their lawn several times they would say would put new lawn in and then it would die and they would put new lawn in again and it would die and die again. so