ktvu's noelle walker is live where the government shut down is keeping some tourists away. >> reporterthis sign went up an hour ago. it is meant to give tourists a heads up but local businesses say the signs are too general and they are worried they will scare tourists away. >> reporter: a welcome sign it is not. a lonely road with national parks service detours along the way. >> people were very understanding. >> reporter: they came from new york but the space they wanted to see is closed off. >> we can't get the ocean views. >> reporter: polices that are still open are feeling the government shut down pinch. >> we are california's largest oyster farm. >> reporter: the beach access is closed. but the farm is still open. business has been down since the government shut down. >> at this point it was just here we go again. here is one more thing. >> reporter: she says the government shut down is driving tourists to other more welcoming destination. >> not much of an attraction now to come out here on the weekend and spend time. >> reporter: he says guests are canceling reservations becau

card precipins ktvu's noelle walker is live with more on the cause of today's massive glitch. >> reporter: from viewers who couldn't get their weekend grocery shopping down with their government- issued ebt cards. grocers and customers i talked to say the outage lasted all day. today empty carts that went into grocery outlet in the berkeley came out of the store empty too. >> i tried my ebt card and it didn't work. it said the system was down. ebt or electronic benefit transfer is the federal government's debit-card style food stamp system. today this grocery outlet put out signs to drive customers away after the ebt system went down in 17 states including california. >> it's kind of sad. it messed up our sales a little bit. >> reporter: the assistant manager says most of his customers are on federal food stamp assistance and spend an average of $80 to $100 a cart. crystal rogers left with an everyoney cooler that felt more like a trick than a treat this time of year. >> what about the people with kids? they don't care? it's saturday. >> reporter: xerox, the vendor that runs the electroni

noell walker has the story. >> reporter: across the street over there is a glowing memorial. reminder of the consequences. there are no words for the loss of someone so young who died so suddenly. but friends and family are trying to find them here at the corner memorial near the intersection where kevin sam died. kevin's father chokes back tears talk about the horrific crash that killed his son, injured his daughter and has his wife clinging to life. she was driving her silver mercedes suv at 80 miles per hour. a spokesperson told ktvu sue has a clean driving record. tonight she's out on bail. no one answered her home at her sunset district home. her curtains were shut tight. a neighbor said she never saw sue speeding. at abraham lincoln high school, fellow students held a memorial. the loom here hangs as thick as the fog. >> you can tell everybody is missing him. >> he feels so angry about her killing him. >> reporter: his father says this could have been anyone's son. kevin sun's family is still making funeral arrangements. noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> new developments to

reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> a three alarm fire in san francisco's mission district damaged several buildings today. started at about 12:30 this afternoon in a residential area. gusty winds blew the fire into adjacent buildings and filled the neighborhood with large amounts of smoke. fire crews helped people escape from the building and evacuated several other buildings including a pilates studio. it took firefighters 90 minutes to put out the fire. >>> it will cost $400,000 to fix maverick restaurant and repair water damage to the apartments above it on 17th near mission. investigators say the fire was accidental. the owner told us he thinks a pot of oil left on the stove was to blame. >>> we have new information tonight on a deadly shooting in oakland that claimed the life of a care giver. police today identified the victim as 43-year-old damond jones of oakland. jones was shot and killed about 13:15 yesterday afternoon. police say he was walking near his home on 22nd and holly when he was confronted by a stranger. >>> we are learning more information about a woman

noelle walker has the story. >> reporter: we're told they moved on to s.f. general where family members have gathered to get information about the victims in this triple shooting. at about 7:30 tonight the crime scene tape went up on rose alley. >> the witnesses we talked to head the shooting and saw the victims down. >> reporter: police say it was either a drive by or walk up shooting that left three people shot. two of the victims in their early 20s the third in his early teens. a witness took this video shortly after she arrived. she is too scared to show her face. >> the boy is very young. and i guess really scared of the shooters. >> at this time, with the change in the area over the past few years it's a surprise. >> reporter: man who has lived here most his life tells us it wasn't always like this. >> we didn't resort to shooting. we fought it out. now the kids are chasing blood like it's money. >> reporter: police still want to talk to witnesses. they're looking for any surveillance video to give them any indication on what led up to this triple shoo

reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> a three alarm fire in san francisco's mission district damaged several buildings today. started at about 12:30 this afternoon in a residential area. gusty winds blew the fire into adjacent buildings and filled the neighborhood with large amounts of smoke. fire crews helped people escape from the building and evacuated several other buildings including a pilates studio. it took firefighters 90 minutes to put out the fire. >>> it will cost $400,000 to fix maverick restaurant and repair water damage to the apartments above it on 17th near mission. investigators say the fire was accidental. the owner told us he thinks a pot of oil left on the stove was to blame. >>> we have new information tonight on a deadly shooting in oakland that claimed the life of a care giver. police today identified the victim as 43-year-old damond jones of oakland. jones was shot and killed about 13:15 yesterday afternoon. police say he was walking near his home on 22nd and holly when he was confronted by a stranger. >>> we are learning more information about a woman

noelle walker has the story. >> reporter: we're told they moved on to s.f. general where family members have gathered to get information about the victims in this triple shooting. at about 7:30 tonight the crime scene tape went up on rose alley. >> the witnesses we talked to head the shooting and saw the victims down. >> reporter: police say it was either a drive by or walk up shooting that left three people shot. two of the victims in their early 20s the third in his early teens. a witness took this video shortly after she arrived. she is too scared to show her face. >> the boy is very young. and i guess really scared of the shooters. >> at this time, with the change in the area over the past few years it's a surprise. >> reporter: man who has lived here most his life tells us it wasn't always like this. >> we didn't resort to shooting. we fought it out. now the kids are chasing blood like it's money. >> reporter: police still want to talk to witnesses. they're looking for any surveillance video to give them any indication on what led up to this triple shoo

noell walker has the story. >> reporter: across the street over there is a owing memorial. a stark reminder of the consequences. there are no words for the loss of someone so young who died so suddenly. but friends and family are trying to find them here at the corner memorial near the intersection where kevin sam died. kevin's father chokes back tears talk about the horrific crash that killed his son, injured his daughter and has his wife clinging to life. she was driving her silver mercedes suv 80 miles per hour. a spokesperson told ktvu sue has a clean driving record. tonight she's out on bail. no one answered her home at her sunset district home. her curtains were shut tight. a neighbor said she never saw sue speeding. at abraham lincoln high school, fellow students held a memorial. the loom here hangs as thick as the fog. >> you can tell everybody is missing him. >> he feels so angry about her killing him. >> reporter: his father says this could have been anyone's son. kevin sun's family is still making funeral arrangements. noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> new developmen

noelle walker is live to tell us how the little boy is doing tonight. noelle. >> reporter: julie the hospital toll us the child is still listed in critical condition. this is not where a 2-year-old boy should be spending the night. children's hospital in oakland is becoming a much too frequent stop for a child. >> they don't know the aftermath of what they have done to somebody's child. >> reporter: it happened this afternoon, broad daylight. the trail of a running gunfire that spanned the 94th and 95th hundred side of sunny side. two blocks away a child was playing on the sidewalk. a stray bullet hit him . when a shooting like this happens, police talk and police are all ears. >> you can't keep quiet. you need to come forth. this need to stop. there's too many kids dying on the street. >> reporter: since 2011, five children under eight years old have been shot and killed. among them 8-year-old adrian martinez shot by his father's taco truck. 23-year-old hyrum lawrence that died at the hospital where the late latest victim is recovering from surgery. it

noelle walker is live to tell us how the little boy is doing tonight. noelle. >> reporter: julie the hospital toll us the child is still listed in critical condition. this is not where a 2-year-old boy should be spending the night. children's hospital in oakland is becoming a much too frequent stop for a child. >> they don't know the aftermath of what they have done to somebody's child. >> reporter: it happened this afternoon, broad daylight. the trail of a running gunfire that spanned the 94th and 95th hundred side of sunny side. two blocks away a child was playing on the sidewalk. a stray bullet hit him . when a shooting like this happens, police talk and police are all ears. >> you can't keep quiet. you need to come forth. this need to stop. there's too many kids dying on the street. >> reporter: since 2011, five children under eight years old have been shot and killed. among them 8-year-old adrian martinez shot by his father's taco truck. 23-year-old hyrum lawrence that died at the hospital where the late latest victim is recovering from surgery. it

. >> rhondella: noelle talk to me but obamacare will hurt small business businesses and their employees. >> it's disastrous for small businesses. >> reporter: i can't keep this up it's stupid. >> it's not stupid to her. you have to realize even in her world this makes senses. >> reporter: please continue with your thoughts. he taught me that keeping the hostage taker talking is crucial no matter what is coming out of their mouth. >> obamacare is one of worst things. one of the worst things in american history. >> reporter: one of the worst things in american history, huh? do you remember (bleep) slavery? >> no, no, don't attack. >> reporter: sorry, sorry. i can't call her on slavery or anything like that. >> i realize what she just said is utterly ridiculous and it ignores the entire history of the united states but it's her perspective. >> reporter: i began to realize there was one major problem with this hostage negotiation. >> we don't need government in our health care. we don't need government in our lives. we need a smaller government. >> reporter: and that problem is that not mat

something i find frustrating in noelle's comments, booichb very tough on the administration for how thise's a world here where republicans had not spent years putting it before the supreme court so states wouldn't implement it. the republican governors hadn't left 34 or 36 exchanges over to the federal government. the thing is working a lot better. one thing that could have happened here, another world we could have gone, even if there had been bipartisan support for the law, once it passed, republicans didn't have to try to sabotage it at every step of the way. and there is kind of a crocodile tears nature to the complaints. republicans are furious, they're very angry that this law they have been expressly trying to make fail is not having the rollout as the obama administration promised. i take the republican argument that there should be a better law that should have passed. that's a viable argument. there is a culpability being ignored. they keep saying kathleen sebelius should be fired. they should be pinning a medal on her. this has been her whole approach. >> absolutely. jackie, i

noelle, the "times" points out many americans didn't see this shutdown coming but apparently the seedshe koch brothers have spent more than $5 million on anti-obama care ads. the tea party patriots put out a defunding tool kit complete with talking points and sample letters to the editor. is this how democracy should work? >> well, yes, chris, in a way it is. i'll tell you why. number one, i'm a big fan of what the koch brothers are doing. i think that they inform people. they expose people for wrongdoing. and i like the fact that they are exposing what they think is right through these ads and what they're doing to gather money from different donors to fund it. i think that we have a right to have things exposed. i think that americans don't always know what's going on behind the scenes and what the ramifications are. >> but, jason, is this the way to run a democracy? >> god, no. i don't think you can find a majority of americans to agree with that right now. and i think what we're seeing is what's going on behind the scenes is a few billionaires are trying to pull the strings of our

noelle, do these potential candidates scare republicans?o republicans least want to run against? >> they do not want to run against hillary clinton, and the reason why, there are two reasons. a, you've got the woman factor, the female factor, and, b, she is going to dry up so much money. in this past election with obama and romney, it was a billion dollar race. if you don't think with hillary clinton getting into this race it's going to be a $2 billion race you're crazy. >> $2 billion, you really think that? >> yeah, i do. an that's not just saying into the campaign, but the dnc, rnc and several super pacs, this is going to be hell on wheels. i think hillary clinton poses the biggest threat against us, the gop, and whoever we're going to put up. elizabeth warren is seen and viewed as so radical left i think that she will be a lot easier for someone in the gop to beat. howard dean, i mean, you know, all they have to do is keep replaying that yeehaw tape over and over and over again. i think he's lost a lot of credibility with some other thin

noelle rockets plans to spend a few thousand dollars on a halloween bash for her family and friends, and she isn't alone. dr. paul duryea is using the popularity of the holiday to raise money for a good cause. he too will spend thousands on things like fog machines and creepy clowns to raise money for his local hospice center. he says his fundraiser has gotten bigger and bigger every year because of the growing popularity of halloween, as everyone loves a big scare. for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. when it comes to gobbling up treats this halloween-- americans will do 72% of their spending on chocolate. the so-called halloween indicator defies history this year. with the market reaching all- time highs in september this year, it means the adage "sell in may and walk away" doesn't hold true. researchers aren't certain why the sell-offs are more accute over the summer months but one theory is the summer vacations of traders and investors. this year halloween comes with market near record highs still to come.... great expectations. why november could be a blockbuster month fo

joining us is the cook family. 7-year-old autumn and 9-year-old noelle.for coming on this morning. back to the night in question, what happened with your jeep and how did it get left out there? >> i wasn't there, but it was left -- my dad was outside, and when i came home from school there was a police officer, so i said hi, and walked inside, then he was talking to my mom about being on the other television. martha: like a typical big sister. noelle says i didn't have anything in to about it. did you leave the jeep out there? >> no. >> you didn't leave it out there either? >> no. martha: autumn, how about you? now we are get together heart of the matter. what happened, honey? >> well, the last time i played with it my cousins were out there, and so my mom first we left it out that time. then after that we left it out another time. martha: so, dad, what happened here. when you came out. you went to leave for work in the morning and you saw it out there with the big circumstance on it? >> the night before i noticed it on the sidewalk off the curb so i thou

noelle walker ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coming up in ten minutes we'll have more coverage of that triple shooting last night in oakland, including what witnesses told us happened right before the gunfire. >>> a man is under arrest in a bay area hospital accused of cause a deadly wrong-way crash while driving drunk. police say 24-year-old zachary katz drove an infinity nourish in the southbound lanes before 4:00 this morning near syria point in brisbane. tonight a viewer sent us the pictures of the damage. the highway patrol says the infiniti hit a tami cab headoon. one of the passengers was ejected and died at the scene. the other passenger and taxi driver suffered major injuries as did the suspected drunk driver. >>> new developments as pge respondses to new safety kers over a natural gas pipeline. pge says it will shut down a transmission plain san carlos under a court order. line 147 runs under brittan avenue, late yesterday the city got an order to shut down the pipeline. the city says it otained e- mails from a pge engineer expressing concerns over the pipeline awn one says, "are we

noelle walker, with the story of the basketball player who was born with all of the tools except forreporter: kevin lowe told me it's still surreal to him to see his name up there in lights. when i asked him how he pronounces his name he says it's lowe like wow. like in his story. >> reporter: the path kevin lowe he took to get here -- >> if you gave me a left hand, i wouldn't take it. >> reporter: what lowe was missing he made up for in height. at 13 he was already 6'10". >> within a year he had a hook shot. within a year and half of that he could shoot free throws and i said we have ourselves a winner. >> reporter: now they have themselves a big screen star too. lowe got the attention of a documentary film producer, long shot the kevin lowe story follows him from high school varsity to division one basketball. from teenager to young man. >> it wasn't an easy thing to do with a disability but i made it work with the help of certain coaches and role models who really helped me in different ways to get me where i needed to be to be successful. >> reporter: success is measured in many

the packs, including their 7-year-old daughter noelle -- born three years after the accident. releasing butterflies and balloons into the sky in honor of troy and alana. >> ironically she shares the same life force. >> reporter: since the crash, bob and carmen pack say they've been busy lobbying against drunk driving through the troy and alana foundation. bob has also worked with state senator mark desaulnier to pass a bill imposing tougher regulations to fight prescription drug abuse. to end the memorial. the packs signed a petition and asked others to do the same. hoping to coolect enough signatures to put a measure on the november 2014 ballot. which aims to put an end to doctor shopping for prescription drugs. in danville, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> a shooting last night in vallejo left five injured and one dead. police say four car loads of people came to a party in vallejo. one of the cars got a flat tire after hitting a curb. and all the cars pulled over to help. that's when police say a suv with tinted windows approached the group and opened fire. the search is

noelle walker, with the story of the basketball player who was born with all of the tools except forone. >> reporter: kevin lowe told me it's still surreal to him to see his name up there in lights. when i asked him how he pronounces his name he says it's lowe like wow. like in his story. >> reporter: the path kevin lowe he took to get here -- >> if you gave me a left hand, i wouldn't take it. >> reporter: what lowe was missing he made up for in height. at 13 he was already 6'10". >> within a year he had a hook shot. within a year and half of that he could shoot free throws and i said we have ourselves a winner. >> reporter: now they have themselves a big screen star too. lowe got the attention of a documentary film producer, long shot the kevin lowe story follows him from high school varsity to division one basketball. from teenager to young man. >> it wasn't an easy thing to do with a disability but i made it work with the help of certain coaches and role models who really helped me in different ways to get me where i needed to be to be successful. >> reporter: success is measured

. >> reporter: at the time, we tracked noelle to this home in the bronx. >> i'm jeff rossen with nbcr: she denied doing it. >> did you send this message over facebook? >> no. >> then why is your account number, your e-mail, your bank routing number and paypal information. >> because i sell things online. >> but why were you posing to be a member of their family. they say they never met you before. >> reporter: but just a week after our story aired the fbi arrested her. she has pled guilty to wire fraud and making false statements to the government. late tuesday the judge sentenced her to 8 months in prison. >> it sickens me. >> reporter: connecticut's attorney general warns while her scam is shutdown, other scammers are still out there. >> there are a lot of people watching right now that want to donate to these femaleamilies. >> avoid telephone solicitations or e-mail solicitations because you can't trace where it comes from. check out the charity. >> these criminals always come to the surface after big tragedies. we try to exploit the grief. it's so bad the federal government even

is the fight worth it for noelle? donald from festus, missouri, south of st. louis, he told me his health care premium is per from $480 to $740 month. donald went on to say that because of his increased insurance costs, he'll be contributing $3,000 less a year to our nation's economy. madam speaker, do you think fighting obamacare is worth it? these are my constituents. these are just a few examples of my constituents. these are real people, president obama. these are people that are affected and required to be in this program which you are not required to be part of. which the vice president of the united states is in the in the -- is not required to be part of. which nancy pelosi and harry reid are not required to be part of. this is wrong, folks. this is completely wrong. in the last week, this body has voted to defund and to delay obamacare because it is worth the fight. democrats in the united states senate must now justify to the american people why the individual mandate is too harmful for businesses and unions but should still be forced on families and

. >> reporter: at the time, we tracked noelle to this home in the bronx. >> i'm jeff rossen with nbcter: she denied doing it. >> did you send this message over facebook? >> no. >> then why is your account number, your e-mail, your bank routing number and paypal information. >> because i sell things online. >> but why were you posing to be a member of their family. they say they never met you before. >> reporter: but just a week after our story aired the fbi arrested her. she has pled guilty to wire fraud and making false statements to the government. late tuesday the judge sentenced her to 8 months in prison. >> it sickens me. >> reporter: connecticut's attorney general warns while her scam is shutdown, other scammers are still out there. >> there are a lot of people watching right now that want to donate to these femaleamilies. >> avoid telephone solicitations or e-mail solicitations because you can't trace where it comes from. check out the charity. >> these criminals always come to the surface after big tragedies. we try to exploit the grief. it's so bad the federal government eve