the oakland police department's accident investigation team if. and in the meantime we should let everybody know who may find themselves driving through this area telegraph is shut down because of this investigation between 36th street and 40th street. >> all right alex savidge in oakland. thank you. >>> also new this morning firefighters respond to a fire that burned two duplexes in vallejo late last night. the fire department says it received several calls around 11:45 p.m.. now when firefighters arrived, they say one of the duplexes was on fire. the fire was also spreading to a second. they were able to get the fire under control though in just about 20 minutes. ten people were living in those two due flexes. they all got out of there. >>> police say a woman called 911 and told them her roommate had threatened her and chased her and another woman with a knife. when officers arrived police say the man was still holding the knife in the front yard and he refused orders to drop the knife and that is when for opened fear be. >>> the parents of skat

there is now a $10,000 crimestoppers reward being offered for any information that can help oakland police track those people down. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the alameda county coroner is investigating the death of a man in oakland who got stuck in a very tight space between two buildings. police say officers stopped man in miss car at 65th avenue on sunday. police say he was -- his car at 65th avenue on sunday. police say he was wanted on a warrant. he ran off and wound up wedged into a tight space. officers is holding the ruler, only one foot between the walls of the buildings. officers found him 30 minutes into the search. they performed cpr but he died at hospital. >>> the investigation is underway. it started early in morning in montclair. firefighters say six people were inside the home at the time. everybody made it out to safety. one rltd said she and -- resident said she and her boyfriend woke up to a scary sight. >> he got up, openled the door and there was -- observed the door -- opened the door. >> and there were -- and there was flames everywhere. >> the red cross

police department says it will soon release dash cam video from the initial traffic stop. the trooper who stopped miss bland is is now on administrative leave. >>> back here at home a man in oakland died after he got stuck in a very small space between two buildings while trying to escape from the police. police say officers stopped the man on sunday. he was wanted on a $10,000 warrant and he had a pound of marijuana in his car. police say the man ran away. he ended up wedged in a very small space. look at this. they found him 30 minutes into the search and say the man was unresponsive. they performed cpr but police say the man died at the hospital. the county coroner is now investigating. >>> investigators in tracy are trying to figure out what caused an armored truck to explode in a parking lot of a busy shopping mall. that happened within feet of a home depot store by yesterday afternoon. by the time firefighters arrived the truck was completely engulfed in flames. the home depot was evacuated after the explosion. the truck was completely destroyed. some money that was inside also burned. and the two operators that operated the truck were out before it exploded. >>> firefighte

>>> as you heard him say, there are two active police scenes right now there's one in hayward and one in oakland after a traffic stop erupted in gunfire and at haywood police officer was rushed to the hospital. >> we've been following this story since 4:00 a.m. we want to go right out to ktvu alex savidge. you are there were this started. >> yes, good morning to you. ride down there and just around the corner online street is where the traffic stop took place this morning. a traffic stop that unfortunately ended with gunfire and the hayward police officer was somehow injured during the shooting and taken to the hospital. i want you to listen to the radio calls made by the injured officers partner. you could hear the partner issuing a description over the radio for a white chevy truck that was seen speeding away from the scene. that is the truck this said or we are led to believe belongs to the shooter in this case. you can see the injured officer is being loaded into the anderson and being rushed off to the medical center. we do not have any information on the condition currently from that offic

. >>> an unusual death for a man who tried to evade oakland police. large man got wedged in a small space between two buildings and we are talking a very small space. more on the story from our news room, ken. >> reporter: oakland police are still trying to figure out how this guy got in there, we'll see why. take a look, a ruler shows the space where the man is wedged, it's just one foot wide, the man was 6 feet tall, he weighed 190 pounds, now these next pictures give you more perspective how small the space was, investigators can't find out how the man got himself stuck. this happened on 64th avenue near international boulevard. police were doing a traffic enforcement stop after about a minute the man took off on foot. officers set up a perimeter in the area and did a search for 30 minutes, they found the man. unresponsive, wedged between those buildings. >> so i don't know if he felt the roof is angles, i don't know if he was trying to go down like this really -- you know, slow and then just kind of fell back there, i don't really know. >> very ti

. >> sergeant holly joshi is part of the oakland police department's human trafficking task force. >>he fact that we've been identified by the fbi as a hub is very disturbing to all of us in this city. and even though we do have budget challenges, we have made it a priority to, you know, get out there and run these operations on a weekly basis. >> we just kind of combine resources to get by. >> sergeant jim saleda is a veteran cop with some 20 years working the streets of oakland. >> every major city has a place where the girls can be found. >> in oakland many of the girls can be found here, on a desperate two-mile stretch of international boulevard known simply as the track. >> she's getting in. mark, he's going to go eastbound. >> the track's an area known for prostitutes to ply their trade. customers know to go there to get certain types of girls. >> female, black, long braids. >> i've seen them as young as 12 years old. >> all right. let's get it going, sammy. >> sergeant roland holmgren commands a tactical unit recently charged with cleaning up the track. >> imagine if it was som

. >> the man that led oakland police on a two hour two state chase last night has been released from the hospital and is now in police custody. we now know that robert ritter's alleged crime before all of this began last night. police say he stole $10.50 worth of underwear from a shop-rite. "action news" reporter john rawlins, is here, sometimes the fact is a bit stranger than fiction. >> reporter: well, the retail theft issue is the latest in a long line of issues with mr. ritter, in a statement from police he faced several no bail warrants connected to domestic abuse issues here in new jersey that may explain why he was reluctant to stop. >> they said a dangerous man ritter was behind the wheel of this car and it started in oakland, and moved to philadelphia and moved through populated areas in and around old city, two police cars were struck before the van fled back to new jersey but not for long after a brief pause at the depford mall it went back to berlin, they worked to slow and force the van off the exit only to see the driver break away finally on a lightly traveled stretch n

oakland police have are busy investigating a deadly crash.ed outside of a funeral home last night. it thanked at 37th and tell le graph. alex savidge at the scene. you've been out there since 4:00 this morning. tell us what we know about the comrash and also -- crash and also tragically the teen killed. >> good morning. oakland police they are wrapping up their investigation here as we speak and you can tell pause they are getting set to tow away the car, the single car involved in this deadly crash last night. this is the sedan, blue sedan that was speeding south along telegraph according to police when the driver for some reason lost control and then hit a tree and then slammed into the front of the funeral home at telegraph and 37th street. the driver in this case, a teenaged boy died here at the scene. a relative has identified that young man as 17-year-old deshaun raban. this all happened before 10:00 last night. this is right next door to the chp's oakland office and chp officers were among the first to arrive last night. witnesses say

what oakland police really want to see is surveillance video of the accident happening. they are very serious about holding someone accountable for this crash. a 17-year-old oakland boy died in the back seat of this crushed car last night. the driver and two other passengers ran away. leaving him here alone. oakland police say they would like to talk to those who were in 9 car our we ask them to do the right thing to turn themselves in, come forward we want to talk to you and listen to what you have to say. alsos we have a family who just lost their senator. we would like to bring closure to the family. >> man who heard the crash described it as very loud and shocking. >> i thought it was another car from how it sounded like it was two cars but...this was no other car. >> there was only this car that police estimate was going at least double the speed limit, maybe even faster. it appears the driver lost control on telegraph while changing lanes. the car took out a palm tree and parking meters and hit a wall at a funeral home. witnesses are asked to come forward to find th

oakland police are investigating a deadly crash outside of a funeral home. it happened just before 10:00 last night on 37th and telegraph. family members tell us the victim was a 17-year-old. and fremont police say two officers shot and injured a man with a knife. it happened just before 7:00 last night on baffin avenue. the man was taken to the hospital but we do not his sap this morning. >>> engineers say a bridge that was washed out could be back within limited requests it is a main road between the two states and traffic is being detoured. sudden flooding eroded the ground under the bridge causing it to collapse. two people inside a truck were trapped. the passenger did manage to get out but the driver had to be rescued. >>> cleanup under way in southern california. forecasters say the storms brought more rain than the entire month of january. on saturday the rain broke records in at least 11 locations. power outages, flash floods were all reported across much of southern california. >> i heard water gushing. i came out and looked and that went over it j

. >>> former oakland police chief anthony batts is out as police commissioner baltimore. the city fired him late this afternoon citing a spike in violent crime. the death of freddie gray, who had fatal injuries in police custody, sent baltimore spiraling into violent riots in late april. the mayor says since then, the city's murder rate is up, arrests are down, and it's time for change. >> recent events have placed an intense focus on our police leadership distracting many from what needs to be our main focus. the fight against crime. so we need a change. this was not an easy decision but it is one that is in the best interests of the people of baltimore. >> batt is faced heavy criticism for a slow response to the riots. not the first time n2010 as oakland's police chief, he defended his department's restrained response to the riots that followed the verdict and sentencing in the oscar grant case. he resigned citing excessive bureaucracy and lack of resources. >>> a woman was acquitted in felony charges against the hit- and-run death of her niece. a fatal accident happene

we saw first oakland police come out here. they secured the scene at 8:00 this morning. they were keeping an eye on the place securing it for the hayward police department as part of this wide ranging investigation into this early- morning officer-involved shooting. now, one of the people who lives at this home is the registered owner of that white chevy pickup that was the getaway truck used in this morning's shooting. that truck found abandoned a couple miles away from where we are. the suspected shooter who was not peaking identified thus far by authorities, he has been secured by hayward police, not arrested but he's secured and they know where he is. now, one neighbor who lives here in oakland told us she was stunned to see police at this home this morning. >> i couldn't believe they were in the neighborhood. this actually came back to oakland and back to beverly avenue. i was really concerned. >> all i know is i've seen a white truck at that house driving up and down the street. i'm got sure if that's the person who was involved in the situation but i believe i have

potentially lethal combination until oakland police moved in. neighbors in east oakland say the timoff to police may have been fired into the air. >> but i think they got caught only because they were firing them off a lot. >> they were shooting them off here? >> i believe so. that's what got them in trouble today. >> reporter: when police arrived this morning, the sheer volume was surprising. >> i've never seen these many fireworks confiscated at one time. pretty big. >> reporter: oakland police found the basement of this east oakland house in the 1100 block of 82nd avenue so packed full of illegal fireworks that officers called in alameda county sheriffs bomb squad to remove it all. deputies carried out case after case. many of the fireworks from china that advertise, shoots flaming and crackling ball in the air. >> basically in the house had caught on fire not only would their house be destroyed but the neighborhood and other kids could die, too. it's a good thing they got these fireworks off the street. >> reporter: police arrested two men wh

oakland's police chief but he resigned after a critical report.the mayor was worried after a bill was introduced that would expunge the names. by the way, ft. brag military base is also named after the same con fed rat general. >>> 30 years to life that is the sentence for a drunk driver. marjorie was sentenced today. she struck and killed jamal in 2013 as they were out walking their dog. after hitting the couple, she kept going ultimately slamming into another car and then a tree. she already had a prior d.u.i. conviction. >>> a san francisco woman charged in the death of her young niece will not spend any time in jail. police say gage left the center median while she walks back to the sidewalk to get her nephew. the toddler was hit by a car. she would have faced ten years in prison if convicted. >> e. >> too many cool chemicals, that's what made some kids sick last month. health officials are now investigating whether it was a system malfunction or human error that caused that oversaturation. >> the magnum p.i. star accused of stealing water. he

human trafficking grant the oakland pd along with the fbi regularly conducts sting operations. >> oakland police. >> using code words like roses or diamonds, photos show men just what they're buying for their time. >> with help from a federal human trafficking grant the oakland pd along with the fbi regularly conducts sting operations. >> oakland police. open the door so we don't have to use the key. >> on this night after officers spotted a pimp with two suspected minors, they entered his hotel room and find a pregnant teen selling herself. during questioning, the pregnant teen admits to posting craigslist ads for her pimp while the other minors walk for cash. >> were they supposed to work tonight? >> though she's been beaten and hospitalized multiple times, the girl who has been sold online since she was 15 says it's tough to escape. farley says the internet makes exploiting teens easy money. buyers can find exactly what they're looking for without ever leaving the comfort of home. for seasoned consumers of girls there is my redbook.com. on its website, men can rate women in pains taking detai

reporting in oakland. >> reporter: happening now.san francisco police are investigating a shooting in mission district it happened around 7 tonight near cesar chavez and harrison streets. the victim was hospitalized with what are described as life threatening injuries. we'll keep you updated with details as we get them. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff ross mikarimi says changing the city's policy regarding contact with federal immigration officials - would raise legal conflicts. in a response to a letter from mayor ed lee - requesting that the department make changes. the sheriff said in part. finger pointing around this tragedy serves no purpose other than election year politics. it would serve the public interest to have an immediate open discussion.so that a resolution of the conflicts can be achieved. the debate follows the shooting death of kate stienle by an illegal immigrant on pier 14 last month. the sheriff says he wants to talk to the mayor as soon as possible - to get legal clarity. rapportstill ahead. investigators close in on the cause of those fires on the bay bridge.

lieutenant john stanford says that oakland police led the chase with state police and philadelphia police assisting. at one time the chase reached high speeds on the highway. commissioner ramsey changed the way that police respond to chases, opting on the side of caution. philadelphia police largely monitored last night's chase with its chopper and pennsylvania state police finally made the call to conduct a pit maneuver to flip the vehicle. >> based on the information we have knowing that this man was wanted for a robbery. we know who the male is and know his residence and his vehicle, we would probably terminate this pursuit. >> and ritter faces reckless endangerment and assault charges. fortunately nobody was injured. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> chad thank you. >>> also at noon now police say they captured the men behind several restaurant burglaries in philadelphia tony kim long, and joakim broke into south street on july 6th he is also accused of breaking into 11 other businesses including some on passyunk avenue. they are charging with burglary and related offenses. >>

the oakland police department runs sting operations to bust johns by sending female officers undercoversquad cars and 12 officers watch and wait for suspect eed johns. the decoys have barely hit the corner, and already, johns are taking the bait. >> yellow mustang. >> starting up and heading northbound. >> one after another, the men pull up, trying to attract the girls' attention. this john gets tired of waiting in his car and decides to approach the decoy on foot. >> listen up. we have a walkup. the john leaves, thinking he's about to meet the girl around the corner. instead, uniformed officers. >> it's viewed as a minor crime, but if it wasn't for guys like this coming and victimizing these little girls and making money for the pimps, these girls wouldn't be getting victimized. >> as the operation draws into nightfall, johns and pimps looking to recruit the decoys circle in greater numbers, and it gets more difficult for officers to follow the action. then they notice something that doesn't seem right. the van has nevada plates, and he immediately suspects it's a pimp from out of town

anthony bats was oakland's police chief but left to take the job in baltimore. back in may, six officers were arrested in the death of freddie gray following several days of rioting. there's been a major spike in homicides with 31 people killed in the past month. 42 killed in may. >> as we have seen in recent weeks, too many continue to die on our streets, including three just last night, and one lost earlier today. >> bats had been under fire by baltimore faith leaders and the police union, the riots were preventable. >>> the confederate flag in south carolina could be take down this weekend. the vote came last night after 13 hours of debate. the bill heads to the desk of the governor who said she will sign it. the flag can come down 24 hours after her action. >>> in california a bill will ban using the name of continue federal -- continue fed rat leaders. -- travelers are deciding to go somewhere else. >> people are afraid of the cancellations in the booking and stuff, greece is a safe place to have your vacation and will be a safe place. >> on sunday all 28 l

. >>> an oakland man died today while trying to hide from police. this all started when he ran away during a traffic stop on 65th avenue. christin ayers slows us where he -- shows us where he understanded up. >> reporter: a -- he ended up. >> reporter: a neighbor shot this video from where police pulled a man's body from between two buildings in this east oakland backyard. oakland police tried to pull the 23-year-old man over yesterday but say he ran, escaped into a backyard, jumped fences and finally wedged himself into this crevice barely a foot wide. >> what was he thinking? >> reporter: nicole who lives in the home just a few feet from the two buildings was watching when police found him. >> when they pulled him out, he wasn't breathing. so they did cpr. >> reporter: family members say doctors told them when richard was pulled from this small space, he was already unresponsive and choked on his own vomit. >> but if that's true, why was he vomiting? >> reporter: richard's girl friend doesn't believe what police are saying. >> i don't know. i just

. >>> oakland police are investigating a deadly crash outside a funeral home, it was on 37th and telegraph. a speeding home crashed into the funeral home, a family member has identified the victim as desan rabon. >> i was shocked. i couldn't do anything but walk towards it and see if anyone needed help. i realized that person was probably dead. >> the family member said she would have been a senior in the fall. >>> two officers shot and injured a man with a knife on baffin avenue. her room mate threatened her and chased her and another woman with a knife. when officers arrived the man was holding the knife in the front yard and refused to drop the knife. the man was take to the hospital we don't know his condition. >>> the parents have kate steinle the woman shot and killed on the pier in san francisco will testimony on immigration. the shooter was undocumented immigrant and had been deported five times. >> i don't think there should be sanctuary cities. i don't think states should choose if they apply this federal law. >> some say in the past when local police picked up undocumented immig

. >>> with a day to go before the 4th, oakland police uncover a massive cache of illegal fireworks. kpix 5's da lin says it was such a large bust, they had to call in a second truck to haul that stuff away. >> reporter: it looks like moving day at the east oakland home. police and the bomb squad teamed up to take out the fireworks one box at a time. there were so many boxes they wouldn't all fit in this one truck. two men inside were arrested. where did you get those fireworks? [ censored ] >> this is the largest confiscation that we have seen doing this. >> reporter: investigators say all of these are illegal fireworks and an officer said the fireworks in this box are called hydrogen bombs. >> if there's a heat source that ignited this, we are looking at, um, single family residence. we're look at small children. >> reporter: at the suspect's home, we counted four young children inside, more kids next door. >> definitely bad for kids because the kids in the house would be killed and surrounding houses would have been affected. >> boom, gone, you know? no more house, no more me. i'd

one after another, oakland police officers carried out boxes of illegal and highly explosive fireworksm an east oakland home. >> i've never seen these many fireworks confiscated at one time. >> reporter: the police raided the 82nd avenue home. children were in the home and in harm's way as the fireworks sat stacked neatly in the basement. >> we're dealing with fireworks that potentially could harm or kill someone that's always a concern for us. >> reporter: in oakland the term illegal fireworks is actually redundant because all fireworks including the so called sane and safe variety are illegal here. and the even though the safe and sane fireworks are legal, these are the professional kind. just about every night this time of year people set off fireworks with no regard for personal safety or fire danger. >> we have to remember that we are in a drought situation right now. and the majority of these fireworks are those that are aerial. they shoot up into the air. just imagine the magnitude of fireworks that we received here today going up into the air and landing in the hills area some

police presence today at the state house. members debated the measure that state senator as proved yesterday. >> oakland's former police chiefnnounced she fired anthony bats. bats served as oakland's police chief before resigning. >> turning to money matters microsoft announced it will eliminate 7800 positions. this is part of a major overhaul of the struggling smart phone business. apple is preparing a number of next generation iphones, asking suppliers for as many as 90 million units combined the devices are expected to be out this year. >> albert son's expects to raise $100 million. >> technology is booming in the bay area. when does that become a bubble? here is jonathan bloom. >> lots to talk about being above what is going on. >> we saw companies going public with very little revenue. business models were in flux. and they went to 0. >> some remember web bam two years after going public it was gone. >> when you look at the first bubble you had 85% of the companies going public showing no profit. >> tony perkins says silicon valley learned how to make money. >> we're not in a tech bubble >> there is no arguing there is

. >>> you are not going to see these fireworks because oakland police seized at least $50,000 worth of rockets and explosives from a house on 82nd avenue. police and firefighters say this is the largest cache of fireworks seen in oakland. they arrested two men facing multiple charges. this morning's raid ends a long investigation. >>> heading into the fourth of july holiday weekend authorities are taking terrorist threats seriously. >> the navy yard was put on lockdown in washington, d.c. after a 911 call about a shooter but turned out to be a false alarm. karen traverse joins us in washington. thissy reminder for everyone to stay alert. >> the police chief said they had no reason to believe that the 911 call that came in about a potential shooter at the navy yard was a malicious hoax. that quick and immediate and very massive police presence at the navy yard shows how seriously the threats are being taken heading into the holiday weekend. >> reporter: officials are on high alert. in new jersey today an evacuation at a mosque after a threat was called in to police. officials responded

police presence today at the state house. members debated the measure that state senator as proved yesterday. >> oakland's former police chief is out. the mayor announced she fired anthony bats. bats served as oakland's police chief before resigning. >> turning to money matters microsoft announced it will eliminate 7800 positions. this is part of a major overhaul of the struggling smart phone business. apple is preparing a number of next generation iphones, asking suppliers for as many as 90 million units combined the devices are expected to be out this year. >> albert son's expects to raise $100 million. >> technology is booming in the bay area. when does that become a bubble? here is jonathan bloom. >> lots to talk about being above what is going on. >> we saw companies going public with very little revenue. business models were in flux. and they went to 0. >> some remember web bam two years after going public it was gone. >> when you look at the first bubble you had 85% of the companies going public showing no profit. >> tony perkins says silicon valley learned how to make money. >> we're not in a tech bubble >> there is

police are saying about the haul they made today. the seize your at n a neighborhood just filled with wood framed homes. we are live in oakland where officers found. chuck? >> jessica, the street value alone, $50,000 worth of illegal fireworks is so much higher than what police usually find. they think that more people may be involved than just the two who were arrested this morning. oakland police on the basement of this east oakland house so packed full of illegal fire works that officers called a bomb squad to remove it all. deputies carried out case after case many of the fire woshs from china that advertise shoots flaming and crackling balls in the air. >> basically if the house had caught on fire not only would their house be destroyed but the neighborhood and other kids could die, too. good thing they got them off of the street. >> police arrested two men who officers say lived in the house, one in his 20s, the other in his 50s. >> where did you get those fire works? what do you think about the kids inside. >> this particular recovery this morning in this neighborhood is significant because of the volume and because of

. >> and coming up in crime files we will talk to the oakland police as they introduce a new tool to solve cold cases. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. >>> in tonight's crime files, keba arnold talks to the police department about its new tools to solve cold cases. >> reporter: in this week's crime files we're joined with lieutenant holmgren. thanks for being here with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we know you recently launched a new website. it's your cold file cases, tell me about it. how is it going so far? >> it is going great. we at the police department we're finding those responsible for crimes. with the new implementation we're hoping to reopen these cases to the community who we know can help us. >> we're talking about members and community members, people see thing, people know things, people talk. how important is it to have this website where someone can go in in their

today oakland police conducted what may be the biggest fireworks raid with a street value of $50,000 mere the coliseum. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us from the fire station with the details. >> reporter: just wanted to mention this is one of six fire stations here in oakland where you can drop off your fireworks no questions asked. according to the fire department today's raid was especially significant given our drought situation. >> this is the largest confiscation we have seen. >> reporter: oakland firefighters and police were so amazed by the amount of fireworks found in this basement they tweeted a picture of what they confiscated. >> we are looking approximately at about $50,000 worth of street value. >> reporter: this morning oakland pd's special investigative unit raided this house on 82nd avenue. there were so many containers that the bomb squad had to use more than one pickup truck to haul them out. police were surprised to find out there were three children living in the house. >> highly explosive. if there is a heat source that ignited this we are looking at

oakland police raided a home on the 1100 block of 82nd street. two men were arrested and face felony charge for each firework collected. it was one of the biggest she's seen. >> i've never seen these many fireworks confiscated at one time. these could potentially harm or kill someone. >> where did you get the fireworks. >> san francisco police gave ktvu exclusive look at the fireworks in chinatown. >>> opponents of the school vaccination law will be holding protests across the state. they want to repeal the law requiring all students to get immunize. previously parents could opt out. there's a noontime rally at the golden gate bridge. the california public utilities commission will vote to restructure rates. low usage customers have been paying less than what it costs. now they are trying to bring rates for all customers in line. the proposal gives big power users a break and negatively affect lower income households. >>> charging too much for food, coming up, how whole food is responding to allegations of over charging. >>> it's a busy week end

oakland police raided a home on the 1100 block.nd now face a felony charge for each fire work collected. one officer says yesterday's fire works bust was one of the biggest she has ever seen. >> i have never seen anything this big. i have never seen these many fire works confiscated at one time. >> we are dealing with fire works that could harm or kill someone. that is always a concern for us. >> san francisco police gave ktvu exclusive access to a major fire works bust in china town on wednesday. >>> a truck packed with fire works caught on fire and started explode. the truck burned to the ground along interstate 15 clogging the main highway between l.a. and las vegas for hours. >>> san francisco police arrested a man in connection with a shooting. investigators say the gunman is 1-year-old joshua spencer of -- is 17-year-old joshua spencer of san francisco. it happened after several men got into an argument at u.n. plaza. a cell phone video was shared on instagram. it captured the moments leading up to gunfire a 64-year-old vendo

. >>> former oakland police chief anthony batts is out as police commissioner in baltimore.sterday citing a spike in violent crimes. the death of freddie gray, who was injured while in police custody, sparked riots in baltimore in april. the mayor says since then, the city's murder rate is up and arrests are down. back in 2010 when batts was oakland's police chief, he defended his department's restrained response to riots. that violence followed the verdict and sentencing of a bart police officer in the death of oscar grant. batts abruptly resigned in 2011 two years into his three-year contract. he cited excessive bureaucracy and lack of resources. >>> a plan to increase california's minimum wage has cleared another hurdle. yesterday, the assembly committee on labor and employment voted to advance a proposal. they will have to get through the appropriations committee before it can be considered by the full assembly. the bill would raise the state's minimum wage to $11 an hour next year and to $13 an hour in 2017 with future increases tied to inflation. >>> the greek governme

we saw officers from oakland police department the c.h.p. bart police alameda county sheriff, and of course hayward police. they all say they wanted to show support for the officer's family and his police department. they wanted to make sure his body received an escort to the coroner's office. it wasn't just law enforcement who came out this morning people would live near the hospital stood along the street to show police they support them and to thank them. >> it makes me sad. it make me mad. i need to come out and show my support. whether it is...there is no one out here...but every little bit accounts. >> i cannot imagine a cop stopping a guy at a traffic light could have this could be anything but routine and i am guessing he didn't deserve it. i felt bad that anyone who is to lose their life offer it. people who came out say it was very emotional to see the officer escorting the coroner's van. this is a moment you drop everything and you go. investigators stopped what they are doing, put on their uniforms and get to the hospital to show

we don't know if what was found inside because again everyone out here is talking there's oakland policemeda county sheriff, chp they are all standing around the vehicle. i was told by one officer they are waiting for hayward police to come to the scene so that is very telling that it's looking like this is connected. of course they will have to fingerprint the vehicle and look inside for evidence to see if there is any blood or any sort of weapon. we are waiting to get word, some sort of confirmation that there is a connection. and one of the questions i also asked is, should the public be concerned. again they would not say anything. but we did see one of the officers, the sheriffs deputy out with his rifle. >> janine, can you tell us in the area because you are asking i'm glad you asked of people should be concerned. are there any homes nearby? this could certainly be a very intense search area. >> yes there are apartment complexes. there is a neighborhood around here. you know there are cell phone store here, it looks like you know there's a lot of little small businesses. but there

. >>> former oakland police chief anthony batts is out as police commissioner in baltimore. baltimore's mayor fired him yesterday citing a spike in violent crime. the death of freddie gray who was injured while in police custody sparked riots in baltimore in april. the mayor says since then the murder rate is up and arrests are down. >> recent events have placed an intense focus on our police leadership distracting many from what needs to be our main focus, the fight against crime. so we need a change. this was not an easy decision. but it is one that is in the best interests of the people of baltimore. >> batts faced heavy criticism for what some called a slow response to the baltimore riots. in 2010 when he was police chief in oakland he defended his department's restrained response in riots. he resigned in 2011 two years into his three-year contract. he cited excessive bureaucracy and lack of resources. >>> a plan to increase california's minimum wage has cleared another hurdle. yesterday, the assembly committee on labor and employment voted to advance the proposal. it wi

oakland police found today when they raided a house. the basement was so stuffed with fire works, officers had to call in the bomb squad. officers found three young children inside the house. one is in his 20s and the other in his 50s. >> next at 11:00, a south bay woman's 15-year search for her son is now over. how a simple facebook post helped reunite this family. >> and then your eye color and alcoholism. we'll explain the potential new link. >> shark warnings tonight at some of the most popular local beaches. but will they stop people from enjoying this holiday weekend? now to continuing coverage of the deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. today, a judge denied the builder's request to allow its own experts to inspect the evidence. =topvo= pleasanton-based "segue construction", which buth >> today, judge denied its own experts to inspect the evidence. they want to have their own inspector present. it's not in a company's place to be present in a possible criminal investigation. inspectors believe dry rot was the reason the balcony c

. >>> oakland police are on the lookout for two people who ran away after a deadly crash. the driver was speeding before losing control and crashing into a funeral home. 17-year-old deshaun rabon died in the back seat. a woman walking by was injured. crimestoppers is offering a reward to help find the two people who ran. >>> a wild garage truck injured two people. the truck began to roll down a hill while parking. the garbage truck then hit a honda pilot. both injuries are said to be minor. >>> san francisco police are looking for a carjacker who stole a porsche from a valet this week. police say he told the man not to lean against the porsche but he pulled a handgun on him. he got into the porsche and drove away. >>> police are also looking for these two men accused of posing as utility workers and burglarizing one home. they said the water supply to his home had possibly been contaminated because of construction. the man let them in and then discovered after they left some things were missing. ask for credentials before allowing anyone into your home. >>> there's a flaw

the little boy died last october and belong dz to his girlfriend. >> oakland police trying to figure out how a large man got stuck in a small space while alluding officers. 6-foot-tall 190-pound man got wedged in a space between two buildings that was less than 1 foot wide. he died. he had been wanted on a 10 $10,000 warrant. >>> two brush fires erupted within a mile of each other near 680 between pleasanton. the flames spread quickly in dry grass moving towards dozens of homes. firefighters contained the flames to about 35 acres. no structures were seriously damaged. >>> well, you have seeven dogs train for search and rescue and others for sniffing at narcotics. >> well, now, some bay area dogs are learning to dig up what chefs call the black diamond. kpix 5's sharon chen shows us how. >> ready? it's a truffle. >> robert's dogs are learning to hunt for buried culinary treasure. >> yes. good job, phoenix. >> it has that aroma and fraifr that is absolutely magical, particularly with a nice aged pinot noir. >> the first of several napa valley wine makers to start a truffle orchard. he

this is the oakland police department. >> he calls her family. >> there's a young lady here. an officer take you to your mom's house. okay? what we did set out to do was entice some -- a pimp to bring the girl here. what eventually happened is it appears the pimp was already here with the girls. so it worked out all the better. >>> this massive gun man is on the loose for more than a month targeting 15 fast food and convenience stores. >> a young couple comes to jail after a crime spree but their stories don't add up. >> i would never throw her under the bus for any reason. >> when i walked out the courtroom, he was there in front of my face and i

the oakland police department getting the word out about a new online tool to help solve cold cases.a link on the opd website. it details unsolved homicides and then it lets people provide tips. the oakland police department says the cold case site has helped generate leads in the shooting death of 18-year-old awana dominguez over a year ago. detectives say within 24 hours of putting information on the case -- on the website, they received evidence that they hope will lead to her killer. >> constantly having information out there, we owe it to the victims, we owe it to the families and the communities. >> oakland police are also putting up billboards at bus stops, raising awareness to get new tips. the fbi is helping to pay for this campaign. >>> 8:37. apartment owners will soon start to receive notices about the city's new ordinance to inspect exterior balconies. more than 5,000 multiunits would be effected -- multiunits would be affected. inspectors may have their hands full. a bay area news group said there are just three inspectors in the housing safety program. >>> later the sta

san francisco and oakland police are also just a few of the departments seth up drunk driving checkpoints tonight. >>> it has been a deadly week on san jose streets. this morning a man was stabbed to death. the plan was found on north king road at 5:00 this morning. he was stabbed at least once and later died at the hospital. officers haven't identified the victim and are looking for a suspect. this is the city's third homicide in just over a week. >>> we know what caused a staircase to collapse. dry rot is likely to blame. there was an incident involving another stairwell collapse. crews have been repairing and replacing the stairs in the building. the victim was crushed under the weight of the stairs. >>> happening right now, greeks are heading to the polls to vote on that country's financial vote. it is a tough choice. people have to decide which whether to pay back the country's debt to the european union. that would require cuts to government spending or they can refuse those demands, depart from the union all together. but then they face political and financial separation. >>> let's

. >>> oakland police discovered a large stash of illegal fireworks this morning in an east oakland home. officers raided the home on 82nd avenue around 9:45 this morning. that's when they arrested two men after finding several cases of fireworks. the bomb squad was also called to the scene. investigators say the estimated value of the illegal fireworks is $50,000. we have a crew on the scene and will have more tonight at 5:00. >>> and ktvu was the only news crew on the scene of a major undercover bust in san francisco. officers caught three young men who just purchased illegal fireworks. they told police they bought them at a variety store on grant avenue. police confiscated 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. last night's bust was the second in three days. three men were arrested on monday at another store for illegal fireworks in chinatown. >>> illegal fireworks is anything that explodes, shoots in the air or moves on the ground uncontrollably. 14 bay area cities allow the sale of fireworks that carry the safe and sane label but even those pose a risk to starting fires. >>> the company

oakland police have said they are putting more patrols in areas popular for these types of sideshows. >>> an oakland a's fan is doing okay after a scary moment at today's ballgame. >> i'm afraid that a bat hit a fan again. >> during the 4th inning a player for the colorado rockies hit a double. his bat shattered and the barrel flew into the stand and it hit a woman in the forehead. you can see her with her head down. kpix5's roberta gonzales happened to be at the game. the woman said they didn't want to go to the hospital because of time she goes to an a's game they win. she got nine stitches from the team doctor behind the dugout and went back to her seat. >> did oakland win? >> we'll find out in sports. >> i'm hearing voices in my head that they did win. >>> it was warm today. >> oakland 70 degrees now, one of the hottest spots in the bay area. pleasanton, dublin, a few sprinkles and thunder in the east bay tonight. monsoonal moisture that caused high pressure over the desert southwest, all this wrap-around moisture is moving up into northern california. there are prospects for mayb

san francisco and oakland police also just a few of the departments setting up drunk-driving check points tonight. >>> an early morning stabbing marks the third homicide in just over a week. the man on north king road by allem rock around 5:00 this morning. he died at the hospital, they have identified the victim and still looking for a suspect. >>> and complaints about stairs in an apartment complex. and. >>> and the president saying his country is no longer safe in tunisia. >> and disney world spectacular new details now on a deadly accident at a folsom apartment building that killed a 27-year-old man. ==vo== the management company . >>> new details on a deadly accident at the folsom apartment building that killed a 27-year-old man. the management company for the complex confirms there was an incident within the last year involving another stairwell collapse. they have been repairing and replacing the stairs in the building ever since. it is tootoo late for the victim who was crushed under the weight of the stairs. the inspectors are on site to find out what went wrong at the 16-year-ol

san francisco and oakland police are also going to be doing that.ust a few of the departments setting up drunk driving check points tonight. >>> san jose's third homicide happened happened today about 5:00 this morning. he was stabbed at least once. officers have not identified the victim and are still looking for a suspect. >>> new details now on the cause of a deadly stairwell collapse accident at an apartment building. a 27-year-old man died as a result. dry rot is likely to blame for the collapse at the 16-year-old apartment complex. there was an incident within the last year involving another stairwell collapse. the victim was crushed under the weight of the stairs. >>> this followed last month's balcony collapse at an apartment complex in berkeley. investigators believe severe dry rot was the cause. >>> still to come, several shark attacks in north carolina. why that is not keeping people away from the beach. >>> plus apple music for cheap. but you have to do it for only $2 a month. >>> as the july 4th tradition, the annual coney island hot do

. >>> new at noon oakland police say they have just made a huge illegal fireworks bust at a home on 82nd avenue. there are so many illegal fireworks in the home they have asked alameda county crews for help to collect it. they are worth about $50,000. fire departments in the bay area have been cracking down on fireworks this year. some cities even passing some stiffer ordinances. >>> a crackdown is set to start in santa cruz county for the holiday weekend. sheriff's department tis will be handing out expensive fines for fireworks. open containers of alcohol drinking alcohol in public and noise violations. the stricter rules are in effect from jewel 3 to 5. the minimum fine is more than $500. >>> millions of people are planning to hit the roads for the holiday weekend. tomorrow july 3rd is the official federal holiday. that's because the 4th of july is on a saturday. mineta san jose international airport was already bustling this morning. plenty of travelers showing up to catch their flights for the weekend. >> our airlines have higher numbers. people going away for a long weekend or tyin

an east bay family is demanding answers after their son dies while fleeing police. >> catherine:an oaklandfamily is speaking out tonight after a 23-year-old man was found dead by police after he was pulled over by officers. kron 4's kate cagle talked to the young man's motherwho is demanding answers. accompli >> reporter: say they'll try to pull over young man in east oakland last night. you mentioned they say the man ran off and by the time officers found him it was too late! >> reporter: in oakland families want to know why ricky was pulled over last night when he ran away why today he is dead? > >> reporter: officers say they found a 23 year-old man after tough running sunday which between these two buildings on 64th avenue the gap is less than a foot wide please. say he was not responsive when they found him there was no use of force on their behalf. the family has been told rickey choked on his own vomit and shows a picture provided by oakland police turkey's mom. ricky"mom >> reporter: ones are skeptical the store they have not heard from police and not allowed to see the body. but s

. >>> oakland police are looking for witnesses to a double shooting. it was reported about 7:45 last night near plymouth and 89th avenue. police found two men who had been shot. one of them died at the scene. the other was taken to the hospital. police haven't released any information on who is responsible. >>> police down in san jose also investigating a shooting. this one happened at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon at avalon avenue and lube drive in the silver creek neighborhood. officers found a man with a gunshot wound. police haven't released information on how badly he was hurt. our crew at the scene saw one man being detained, but police haven't released any information on that shooting either. it's the third shooting in san jose over the past week. >>> petaluma police are looking for a dangerous man suspected of car jacking an elderly man's car. the 85-year-old victim left the engine running while he was loading groceries into his trunk. he says that's when the suspect jumped into the car. the victim got into the passenger's seat and the suspect