reporting live in oakland, noelle walker ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oakland police are searching for a gunman in a shooting last night that injured at least one person. officers say shots were fired just before:00 at 68th and laird. police have not knot released information by the victim's condition. >> it's important to feel that community sense like we're together. >> taking action of coming up in eight minutes what dozens of people did to promote peace mid surging violence in oakland. >>> san francisco police are investigating a shooting in the filmore district that sent a teenager to the hospital. police say the shooting happened near filmore. officers say the victim was shot in the upper body. a preliminary investigation suggests that the victim was being chased down the street by another teenager when he was shot. witnesses say a friend of the victim pulled out a gun and started to chase the suspect, who fled on foot. no word tonight on the victim's condition and police have not released any suspect information. >>> a 6m envelope filled with some sort of white powder showed up at

noelle walker is live in gilroy. ew places in the bay area that fire works are still legal. noelle. >> reporter: yeah you are looking for a stand like this one that we are at to know the fire works you are buying are legal. they look like this. they have the seal of approval here from the state fire marshal. that is what you need to look for. a lot of people are not satisfied with these that pretty much stick to the ground. you will see this across the bay area where people set off illegal fire works that the big difference is anything that shoots up into the air or explodes may look pretty and you know leave you go ooa and awe but it could blow somebody's finger off. we are joined now by jim crawford from cal fire thank you so much for getting up early with us. >> good morning. >> reporter: you will explain the difference between safe and sane. we have a table of confiscated fire works and some like this are legal but they look very similar to me. >> sure shapes and sizes have part of it to do with it. if you look at

noelle walker is live with the flavors this year. >> reporter: i give you one hint, this is the flavor. garlic at the garlic festival. my photographer and i tasted our way through the festival. the prize for my favorite, we didn't leave much to share. >> reporter: all eyes on the torch today, not the one in london, the one in gilroy. >> reporter: enough garlic? >> never enough garlic at the garlic festival. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the gilroy garlic festival fired up opening day. >> reporter: you have hair on your arms and i am not sure how. >> it is only day one. i have two more days. bear with me, please. >> i wish they let me do that. i could do it. >> reporter: there is something about fire and garlic that brings people together. with 100,000 people expected to get their garlic fix this weekend the festival doubles the population. and helps raise money for local charities. >> the fund goes to the teachers and helps us fund the classrooms. >> reporter: the school will sell more than 3,000 airs of corn. two tons of garlic. >> or keep the vampires away. >> reporter: there is a recipe

ktvu's noelle walker is there. this swing is getting a lot of folks there excited. >> reporter: yeah. it is. very different scene from there. the president arrived at 5:11 p.m. tonight. the fundraiser is beyond that armed officer and around two corners. everything leading leading to the home is blocked off to traffic. we know that steve westly is here according to an e-mail from the obama camp. he was entertaining a group of kids. this $38,000.500 a person ticket kept the fundraiser to an elite group but some were lucky enough to get close enough for a photo or two and even get a handshake. >> got to shake the president's hand. >> reporter: you be quite the show and tell for class. >> yes, we do. >> it was really, really neat. >> reporter: now california play as major role in fundraising. mitt romney has more donations from california than from any other state. new york is his next closest state and president obama's california take tops $33 million. that is $6 million than illinois. the president said fundraising

ktvu's noelle walker has more. >> reporter: we are outside the theater where the shooting happened. it was all over the news this morning but when we asked the mayor and former mayor about the shooting, they both had different things to say. >> reporter: this afternoon investigators returned to the scene of the shooting in jack london square. 5 people shot at the same crime scene is pretty unusual. >> anytime we have multiple victims who have been shot we have increased patrols. >> reporter: anytime there are multiple victims outside of a busy movie theater, there are multiple questions about safety for community leaders. >> i was disappointed to hear about more crime. >> reporter: couple questions about the shooting. >> i haven't been briefed. >> reporter: i am sure you know 5 people were shot. >> i haven't been briefed. >> reporter: jean quan walked away from us after a media conference blocks away from the shooting when we tried to ask her questions residents have been asking us. governor jerry brown was at the same conference, he didn't appear to need a briefing. >> reporter: wh

ktvu as noelle walker is in oakland and talked to the young victim's parents. >> ken, that little girl was exercising one of the childhood rites of summer, going out for ice cream on a holt summer day. she was standing here and became the victim a drive-by shooting. the car continued firing as it drove off that way. the yellow crime scene tape, the yellow evidence markers, the sound ever gunshots. it's all too familiar in the east oakland neighborhood at 50th and bancroft. >> this would be the so-called safe part, but i guess it's kind of creeping over. >> reporter: at about quarter to 3:00 this afternoon a 5-year-old girl was walking with her parents became the latest shooting victim. police say the intended target was walking just ahead of the girl and her family. she was shot in the neck, right in front of fire station 18. >> heard multiple gunshots out of the front door and went to see what we could see and if we could help and find a 5-year- old little girl who was shot innocently, innocent bystander. >> reporter: firefighters brought her in the firehouse and started to treat her

noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more than 100 volunteers turned out today in the search for a missing pacifica woman. 76-year-old marina janssen is known as marla. her husband reported her missing after last seeing her in the back yard of their home. she's sea known an -- she's known as an avid hiker. it's not clear where she went. >> we're keeping our fingers crossed. as time goes on, it's that much more critical. >> search and rescue teams as far north as napa and as far south as -- as far down south are searching for this woman. >>> the search continues for sierra lamar. this morning volunteers held a fund-raising car wash outside the volunteer center. 21-year-old antolin garcia- torres has been charged with his kidnapping and murder and is scheduled to enter a plea on tuesday. >>> this coward could have done with in -- this with this much hate, well, imagine what we can do with a lot of love. >> the powerful lesson one family member learned from the shooting in aurora, colorado. >>> and parts of the bay area warmed up nicely this weekend. a lot of events taking place for t

noelle walker is live in front of the police department where officers and citizens are trying to fix the problem. >> reporter: gasia, the police say the chief met with his command staff in a strategy meeting to try to figure out how to stop the violence. >> reporter: one a day. that is the rate people are being kill inside oakland this past week. it started july 6. seven-days and seven homicides later some oakland resident his enough. perry williams is organizing a 24 our cease-fire next month. >> you don't want your legacy to be you pulled a trigger and took away a life and desecrated and devastated a family. you want it to be that you made a difference in the world. >> reporter: no place is immune. even the relatively safe areas like jack london square seem less safe after five people were shot in front of a busy movie theater on sunday night. people we talked to say the level of violence in oakland is too much. >> we need jobs. we need money invested in our schools. we need money invested in our infrastructure. that is the most effective way to help solve this crisis of violence i

noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the forth of july is a couple days away. according to a survey it may not do that much to help the economy. visa survived a thousand people and found 21% don't even plan to celebrate forth of july. those who are plan to spend $190 on everything from travel to food to fireworks and that is down $200 from the year before. >>> for a list of forth of july event in the bay area, go to www.ktvu.com and look for the link under hot topics. >>> at a time when communities are closing fire houses, vallejo reopened one that had been shut down for two years. >> i am glad you are back. i brought you cookies. >> that is station 25. they celebrated their return with a open house today. they closed in 2010. how the city regained its financial strength and they received a grant allowing them to buy new trucks and hire 9 new firefighters. >> we really missed them here. they provide a lot of services and they are great. >> i lived in the neighborhood, been here 20 years and happy they are opening back up. >> the chief says with station 25 back

ktvu's noelle walker is in piedmont and tells us even though it borders oakland there are huge differences. >> reporter: look, we got barricades here, media and public kept at bay and heavily armed police officers. the fundraising house is around the bend. all the roads leading up to it is closed. fundraising is very important for the president who expects to be the first sitting president to be outspent. >>> the excitement was building all day. they took their regular neighborhood walk with a purpose. >> to check out obama's lunch and be a participate. [ talking at the same time ] >> not with them at $35,800. >> reporter: the neighbors are hosting president obama at their home for the president's fundraising swing. why piedmont? the difference in means. oakland next door has a average income of $77,000 a year with 13% living below povertity. in piedmont, more than $382,000. >> if piedmont is a cash register for him, that is what he has to do. >> we are the atm machine. >> reporter: he says what california lacks in campaign incentive because it is a blue state it makes up for in cash incen

noelle walker tell us what we need to know. >> reporter: in our overly connected lives getting onlinetty much like breathing. at 12:01 monday if your computer is infected with malware you won't have access to the internet. tech expert larry maget -- magid has been writing about the count down. >> there's going to be thousands of people who try to get online and will find they don't have it. >> reporter: that's because the fbi is taking down a net it put up after they found a hacking scam. >> you may have been sent to a site. >> reporter: the fbi has a website that lets you check whether or not your computer is infected and it takes just a minute to find out. >> if you are watching this show in time to fix it, take a few minutes to find out if you're infected and if so deal with it. >> reporter: it looks like you don't have any trouble. >> that's good. that's good to know. yay. >> reporter: in berkeley, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> to help you out at ktvu.com we posted a link to that fbi site. just control down and look for the web link section on the page. >>> more than 2,000 best bu

noelle walker tell us what we need to know. >> reporter: in our overly connected lives getting onlineuch like breathing. at 12:01 monday if your computer is infected with malware you won't have access to the internet. tech expert larry maget -- magid has been writing about the count down. >> there's going to be thousands of people who try to get online and will find they don't have it. >> reporter: that's because the fbi is taking down a net it put up after they found a hacking scam. >> you may have been sent to a site. >> reporter: the fbi has a website that lets you check whether or not your computer is infected and it takes just a minute to find out. >> if you are watching this show in time to fix it, take a few minutes to find out if you're infected and if so deal with it. >> reporter: it looks like you don't have any trouble. >> that's good. that's good to know. yay. >> reporter: in berkeley, noelle walker, ktvu news. >>> to help you out at ktvu.com we posted a link to that fbi site. just control down and look for the web link section on the page. >>> more than 2,000 best buy emp

reporting live in gilroy noelle walker. >> most people enjoy this holiday but it can confuse animalsdon't understand all the noise and lights. animal activists are reminding pet owners no not to take their pelts into fire works shows. you should leave the animals home and inside where they feel a little safer. turning on the tv and radio tostep drown out noise. >> expect so' more officers on the row. the fourth of o is one of the busiest. first time drunk driving convictions can result in losing your. >> if you are not going to be conscious of what you are really drinking, it's really a sign a designated driver. i know that sounds old fashion but that is the easiest and best way to avoid being stopped. >> they are also reminding people to buckle up their maximum enforcement period will run through midnight. >> they had check points out last night and tonight. >> mike and claudine staying at home at under rated. stay home, hang out v a barbecue at your place. pretty good. chp is out there lookings at the roads. look at the golden gate bridge it looks good. very, very patriotic here. s

noelle walker, channel 2 news. >>> there is new word this afternoon. that three of four missing oakland children who had all lived in the same home have been located. a patterson resident called to say she had the three youngest and the whereabouts of a 16-year-old elijah march he region son is still unknown. a fifth child is fighting for his life in children's hospital in oakland. he drowned at the oakland home. they arrested the mother and babysitter on abuse charges. >>> the main competitor and president are marking the fourth of july in different ways. >> what a perfect way to celebrate america's birthday. the world's oldest democracy with some of our newest citizens. >> to welcomed active -- president obama welcomed active duty citizens. they are members of the army, air force and marines from more than a dozen countries. >> the sacrifices that are being made by our fighting men and women around the world continue to inspire me. and give me a confidence that our future is bright. >> gop candidate mitt romney celebrated the holiday in new hampshire

. >> noelle walker is here with what we found about the ties in northern california. >> anyone we talked to who knew the boy they called jimmy is shocked and stunned to find he is the suspected shooter. >> reporter: the shooting doesn't make sense for those who knew james holmes. >> wrapping my head around it. our name, very good parents. >> reporter: today holmes stunned and stone faced father as at the airport making the longest flight of his life. >> as you can understand the family is very upset about all of this. it's a tragic event and it's taken everybody by surprise. >> reporter: holmes lived his family in this san diego county home before moving to denver to get his master's degree. he got his under great another from cal state riverside. today the chancellor tim white said they are saddened. those who watched him grow up can't believe the boy is the same man they see today. >> can't see -- that 7-year- old going to grow up to do something? there was no trauma or violence or anything going on. >> reporter: now the family released a statement saying in part our hears go out to th

ktvu's noelle walker shows us the plan of attack to try to stop the oriental fruit fly. >> reporter: andy mariani is under the gun. the spray gun. he is putting insecticide on his fruit trees trying to keep the oriental fruit fly from turning his nearly ripe pluats into their homes. >> we have to treat in order to save our crop. >> reporter: andy's orchard is in morgan hill. city agricultural inspectors found four flies in traps on tuesday. today is the first of two months' of targeted treatments to keep the pests at bay. >> as long as we get an early start on it, we're verily likely to get control quickly. >> reporter: the stray is a gelatin that contains and a ferramone. a quarantine would close andy's market. agriculture is a $250 million business in santa clara county and nobody want to see those big bucks wiped out by a pest. >>> police in turlock shot and killed a man following a freeway chase and attempted carjacking. this incident began this morning. officers spotted a stolen car involved in a police chase on tuesday. police say a man approached the vehicle and saw officers a

noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight a second arrest in the murder of anthony bologna who was shot and killed in san francisco with two of his sons in a case of mistaken identity. it is developing news. ktvu channel 2 news paul chambers tells us who is in custody and how he was found. >> reporter: within the hour i wrapped up an interview with edward ramos' attorney. his attorney said the time during the trial that edward ramos says he was not the gunman in the murders but this man was. 31-year-old wilfredo reyes. he was arrested this morning in north carolina. he is a known member of the ms- 13 gang and wanted for the murders of anthony bologna and his two sons. last month edward ramos was found guilty, however edward ramos' attorney feels that the timing of the arrest is suspicious and she is frustrated especially since she told them wilfredo reyes was in north carolina. >> they put off arresting this man because they knew there was a chance the truth would come out that edward ramos did not murdther bologna family. >> reporter: -- murder the bologna family. >> reporter:

noelle walker tried to talk to major quan about the shooting and got an interesting -- mayor quan aboutooting and got interesting reremarks from the mayor. >> reporter: crime scene tape is unnerving in any neighborhood. but five people shot oud of a busy movie theater, an area of oakland that relies on tourism is not just unnerving it's bad for business. >> a lot of people have invested a lot of their money to move to this area. it's rich in diversity, so much to offer but we need to be safe. >> reporter: we try to get some assurances from mayor gene quan. >> i have a question about the shooting. >> i haven't been briefed. >> reporter: i'm sure you heard about it. >> reporter: i asked the same question of former mayor and now governor brown. >> oakland is having a great deal of crime. it's been one of the high crime cities in a long long time. i still think it's a great city. i live here, i'm here several times a week. i would just say to the police chief and others in charge you have to do better guys. >> reporter: the assistant police chief were back at the regency theaters. the opd t

noelle walker tried to talk to major quan about the shooting and got an interesting -- mayor quan about and got interesting reremarks from the mayor. >> reporter: crime scene tape is unnerving in any neighborhood. but five people shot oud of a busy movie theater, an area of oakland that relies on tourism is not just unnerving it's bad for business. >> a lot of people have invested a lot of their money to move to this area. it's rich in diversity, so much to offer but we need to be safe. >> reporter: we try to get some assurances from mayor gene quan. >> i have a question about the shooting. >> i haven't been briefed. >> reporter: i'm sure you heard about it. >> reporter: i asked the same question of former mayor and now governor brown. >> oakland is having a great deal of crime. it's been one of the high crime cities in a long long time. i still think it's a great city. i live here, i'm here several times a week. i would just say to the police chief and others in charge you have to do better guys. >> reporter: the assistant police chief were back at the regency theaters. the opd tells u

yesterday, noelle walker tried to get mayor quan -- >> i'm sure you know five people were shot. >> i't been previoused. i've been with the secretary and -- briefed. i've been with the secretary and governor. >> injuriry brown was also at -- jerry brown was also at that conference. the governor shows oakland police have to do a lot more to reduce the growing -- growing gun violence. >>> a new scam -- and this one uses president obama's name. >> i just paid my house phobe call with this. -- phone bill with this. it has to be okay. >> what to look for to avoid bing a victim. >>> and why -- becoming a victim. >>> and why stanford is mourning the loss of a former athlete. hey parents, it's a big year. i'm not just teaching music. ♪ i'm teaching performance. here's what they'll need. ♪ get your backpack, your hoodies, harajuku, ♪ ♪ turquoise kinda purple orangish sorta blue. ♪ ♪ backpacks, yeow, ♪ to put their stuff in. ♪ graphic tees and denim, denim, denim, denim. ♪ ♪ backpacks. school takes a lot, target has is all. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles