i am patty lee and i was look to introduce my comc. >> good morning. my name is maurice. one of the interesting things to note is the collaborative came apart from the meetings and get togethers. this is important for stake holders and it works. >> i have a few housekeeping measures. i want everybody to take notice to the emergency exits. we are asking that everybody please sit down if you can because you would be blocking the emergency exit. men's room is on the first floor. it's closed on this floor. we are asking that everybody including our panelist to remember turn off your black berries, pagers and phones. at this time, i am very honored and proud to introduce jeff adachi. >> thank you very much. and welcome to the 5th annual public defender's juvenile summit. i was thinking this morning. 5 years. maybe we will not need this because we will have justice for youth. until that time, we will continue to meet and talk and create action. this is the theme of today's summit. creating an action plan that will result in the changes that we're talking about today and the inn

as patty lee reports, family and friends relieve and remain hopeful he will come out of the coma. >> danny simon, a lifelong friend and roommate of brian says he's forcing himself to return to every day life, and not think about his friend's ever shifting condition. >> it's hard not to think about it. his car is in front of my house, and there and i sigh his stuff every day. >> from l.a. his sister told us today there's good news to report. surgery was postponed, at least for a while. >> each little step forward, and the doctor told us, there will be steps back. and it's just trying to accept that. >> we talked to a neuroo surgeon that doesn't treat stow about the procedure. the surgery is not uncommon, and effective and permanent way to keep the brain from swelling. >> it's hard. it's been nothing i've ever experienced or faced in my life. >> stow's girlfriend tells us she's been able to return to her old duties as a paramedic and instead working in the office. >> i'm taking the kids out to eat. >> when she's not working, she takes care of his kids, and keeping tabs on his condition

ktvu's patty lee is checking on those displaced residents but we begin with ken wayne on the firefight and the possible cause. ken? >> reporter: julie, the fire was contained at 7:30 tonight but still an awful lot of activity here. if you look on the ground floor of this commercial building the power has been restored and some of the people have been allowed to return inside. then if you look at the upper floors you can see people inside as well as arson investigators going through the building looking for the cause of this fire. there are also firefighters on stand by in case there are hot spots. >> the flames erupted in a 48 unit apartment building at 1040 folsom a block away from the hall of justice. from news chopper 2 you can see how it quickly spread to two adjacent one commercial and another six unit apartment building. >> it is a densely populated building. both rescue squads which is usually not the case. both rescue squads there are experts in search and rescue to make sure they swept the building over and over to make sure there were no other residents inside. >> for a time,

ktvu's patty lee is checking on those displaced residents but we begin with ken wayne on the firefight and the possible cause. ken? >> reporter: julie, the fire was contained at 7:30 tonight but still an awful lot of activity here. if you look on the ground floor of this commercial building the power has been restored and some of the people have been allowed to return inside. then if you look at the upper floors you can see people inside as well as arson investigators going through the building looking for the cause of this fire. there are also firefighters on stand by in case there are hot spots. >> the flames erupted in a 48 unit apartment building at 1040 folsom a block away from the hall of justice. from news chopper 2 you can see how it quickly spread to two adjacent one commercial and another six unit apartment building. >> it is a densely populated building. both rescue squads which is usually not the case. both rescue squads there are experts in search and rescue to make sure they swept the building over and over to make sure there were no other residents inside. >> for a time,

ktvu's patty lee is live. >> reporter: this is the area where michelle hoang thi le was last seen. when a person disappears you see people handing out flyers but that is not the case here is that is by design. >> reporter: michelle hoang thi le's friends sent these photos in hopes that more information will increase the odds of finding her safe. >> she is missed and loved and we are hoping for the best. >> reporter: she is a spokesperson at samuel merritt university where she is enrolled. most of her course work is in hayward. >> we are just listening to what the police department is asking us to do which is to not comment too much. we don't want to jeopardize their investigation. >> reporter: police say they are not talking today unless there is a break in the case. nursing instructors missing friday night when she failed to come back to class after a break. police say she planned to drive to reno after class but her car was found on a nearby street. rightening news to people in the neighborhood. >> some police around here, right? then you feel more safe. >> reporter: with each pa

patti lee has the story. >> reporter: the playground is not cool enough anymore. and teenagers are lying about how old they are in order to connect with their friends on facebook. kids are learning how to defend themselves. here it's easy to recognize a predator. not so easily online. natalie joined facebook after her brother joined. neither are 18. maturity could not protect 1 million kids from cyber bullying. >> they're not ready to be on facebook. >> reporter: mom of two charlotte says she is worried about content and face profiles. something her 11-year-olds says his friends never mention. >> they talk about how much fun it is. >> reporter: doug lee says as long as parents monitor their kids account, allowing them to use facebook even though they are underage doesn't seem like that big a deal. >> it seems like every kid in their grades were doing the exact same thing. if anything i was probably the last parent to sign our kids up for facebook. >> reporter: consumer report says the most troubles part of their report is that 5 million facebook users are under th

patti lee tells us how the driver stopped and tried desperately to save his life. >> reporter: the teen was doing what he loved best, riding his bike when he was hit. the driver stopped and started cpr, and didn't stop until first responders arrived. it was starting to rain, so his mother drove the street to look for mike. william burg's office is at the same intersection and says this intersection is dangerous. >> the direction and the location and the speeds are still under investigation. >> reporter: classmates were consoled by grief counselors today. >> and just talk about how you knew him and what he thought you and what this teaches you. >> reporter: at their alameda home, brandon's family is trying to understand why such a loving boy, son and brother was taken from them so soon. in alameda, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> congresswoman giffords is set to take another step in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. doctors plan to place a piece of her skull with -- replace a piece of her skull with a plastic implant. the section of skull had been removed to remove swelling and gi

patti lee tells us how the driver stopped and tried desperately to save his life. >> reporter: the teen best, riding his bike when he was hit. the driver stopped and started cpr, and didn't stop until first responders arrived. it was starting to rain, so his mother drove the street to look for mike. william burg's office is at the same intersection and says this intersection is dangerous. >> the direction and the location and the speeds are still under investigation. >> reporter: classmates were consoled by grief counselors today. >> and just talk about how you knew him and what he thought you and what this teaches you. >> reporter: at their alameda home, brandon's family is trying to understand why such a loving boy, son and brother was taken from them so soon. in alameda, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> congresswoman giffords is set to take another step in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. doctors plan to place a piece of her skull with -- replace a piece of her skull with a plastic implant. the section of skull had been removed to remove swelling and giffords has been wearing

patti lee has the story. >> reporter: the playground is not cool enough anymore. teenagers are lying about how old they are in order to connect with their friends on facebook. kids are learning how to defend themselves. here it's easy to recognize a predator. not so easily online. natalie joined facebook after her brother joined. neither are 18. maturity could not protect 1 million kids from cyber bullying. >> they're not ready to be on facebook. >> reporter: mom of two charlotte says she is worried about content and face profiles. something her 11-year-olds says his friends never mention. >> they talk about how much fun it is. >> reporter: doug lee says as long as parents monitor their kids account, allowing them to use facebook even though they are underage doesn't seem like that big a deal. >> it seems like every kid in their grades were doing the exact same thing. if anything i was probably the last parent to sign our kids up for facebook. >> reporter: consumer report says the most troubles part of their report is that 5 million facebook users are under the ag

patty lee, marsy and to my mother. for the time i was in the youth authority, djj. you know, i learned a lot because when i got into the situation, when i went throughout the situation at the age of 16. i didn't think i was going to get out of that situation. my mother was always there for me, number one. i didn't see that before i got into the situation. for the youths that don't see it yet, your parents are for the most part always there for you. sometimes you don't see it. sometimes it takes something dramatic. i stay positive instead of being negative. the number one thing that i can say over all, because i'm not going to stand up here and preach. the can say that when you do something, be dedicated and if it's not beneficial. it's detrimental. if you don't know what that means, go look it up. it took me a long time. but i'm here. i want to thank god. there's numerous names. it's man, i'm here and i want to thank everybody who supported me going through what i was going through. music is my passion. i sing. until you see the youth performing here today. express

ktvu's patty lee is live in the city this evening with how the police chief is responding. patty? >> reporter: well, i read through this 44-page report which lays out some of the complaints we heard again inside city hall tonight. and that's where the chief of police made promises some are concerned he may not be able to keep. >> reporter: in arab, middle eastern, muslim communities many say they are afraid to talk to san francisco police officers because they don't know if they are working for the fbi. >> what they need to realize is that there needs to be a level of trust with these communities in a currently doesn't exist in san francisco. >> the fbi's joint terrorism task force is under fire from human rights and civil rights groups for alleged racial and religious profiling. >> so there is no civilian oversight. you are not operating under san francisco standards and values. >> reporter: aclu says right now san francisco police officers on the task force can circumvent the local laws and follow more permissive federal laws. >> they took them out of the jurisdiction. they didn

ktvu's patty lee is live in the city this evening with how the police chief is responding. patty? >> reporter: well, i read through this 44-page report which lays out some of the complaints we heard again inside city hall tonight. and that's where the chief of police made promises some are concerned he may not be able to keep. >> reporter: in arab, middle eastern, muslim communities many say they are afraid to talk to san francisco police officers because they don't know if they are working for the fbi. >> what they need to realize is that there needs to be a level of trust with these communities in a currently doesn't exist in san francisco. >> the fbi's joint terrorism task force is under fire from human rights and civil rights groups for alleged racial and religious profiling. >> so there is no civilian oversight. you are not operating under san francisco standards and values. >> reporter: aclu says right now san francisco police officers on the task force can circumvent the local laws and follow more permissive federal laws. >> they took them out of the jurisdiction. they didn

ktvu's patti lee was there when all of the patients were transferred to the new area. >> reporter: one by one, each patient was moved to the new peninsula medical center. >> i'm telling you, it's a big deal. >> reporter: williams smith was one of the 110 patients moved every eight minutes or so. three -week-old vanessa wong another. >> it'll be interesting to tell her she was one of the first patients to be moved. >> reporter: it is in compliance with the state mandate that requires hospitals to retrofit or rebuild to meet earthquake standards by 2030. >> i would venture to says the the safest hospital in the state. we are very close to the san andreas fault. >> reporter: there were also computer stations for electronic record sharing. even the air is different. >> none of the air is recycled. so all the air that comes in the hospital is exhausted so that it isn't rebreathed by someone else. >> reporter: patient williams smith says the bells and whistles don't matter much to him. >> mainly what you look for when you're in the hospital is continued care. >> reporter: this old hospital w

in oakland, patti lee. >>> people driving across the bay bridge did not expect any delays this memorial day. the work on the detour near the bridge's toll plaza was completed just after 5:00 this morning. caltrans enclosed several lanes before midnight in preparation for the detour. the work had realigned the eastbound lanes so work could be completed in the east bay spans. >>> but b.a.r.t. riders traveling between the east bay and san francisco should expect delays tomorrow because of work on the transbay 2. the delays will most likely be 20 to 30 minutes on the lines connecting stations on the other side of the bay. the work is scheduled to begin again tonight after the last train rolls and last through 2:30. it'll all happen next weekend june 4th and june 5th. you can learn more about the construction by going to ktvu.com and scrolling down to the right now section. >>> we are learning more tonight about this weekendings killings in placer county. investigators have now classified it as homicide. a man was found dead outside the house. a third victim was found outside severely injure

ktvu's patty lee with more. >> reporter: video inside the club just before

reporting live in berkeley, patti lee. >>> it is a warning out tonight, watch out for malicious websites already trying to cap capitalize on the killing of osama bin laden. now again no such imagine has been released. that link is actually a virus or malware that could be used to damage your computer or steal personal information. >>> california lawmakers are raising new questions about how osama bin laden managed to hide out right under the nose of the pakistani government. senator dianne feinstein wants pakistani official to answer the question what did they know. >> it does cause one to question how this kind of facility that stood out, was close to a military academy could exist for the length of time that it did exist. >> reporter: senator feinstein heads the senate committee. but she says she is concerned that the pakistani government is walking both sides of the street. he said pakistan remains quote ground zero for terror and that it can spread into pakistan. >> indicating that some in pakistani's intelligence have ties with certain terrorist groups. >> spears called for an inves

patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two cardiologists from the university of california at san francisco are researching stun guns. taser is clouding research by funding the research, and the vast majority of research that has concluded stun guns are not harmful was sponsored by taser international. taser tells us all studies are stringently reviewed. nurses rally for a second day today. >>> the nurses union says the picketing will continue every day through next monday. in response, a hospital put up a banner asking the nurses to keep the noise down. the union says the contract offer requires them to pay too much for health coverage. >> trying to lower our health care, trying to decrease the amount of conversation for nurses and trying to basically degrade what we already have. >> reporter: a hospital spokeswoman says the union is out of touch. management brought in replacement nurses to attend to patients. >>> quite a sight today where what may be the biggest plane to ever touchdown landed this afternoon. take a look. it's a boeing 747 and can hold more than 450 passengers. it is 30 fe

patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two cardiologists from the university of california at san francisco are researching stun guns. taser is clouding research by funding the research, and the vast majority of research that has concluded stun guns are not harmful was sponsored by taser international. taser tells us all studies are stringently reviewed. nurses rally for a second day today. >>> the nurses union says the picketing will continue every day through next monday. in response, a hospital put up a banner asking the nurses to keep the noise down. the union says the contract offer requires them to pay too much for health coverage. >> trying to lower our health care, trying to decrease the amount of conversation for nurses and trying to basically degrade what we already have. >> reporter: a hospital spokeswoman says the union is out of touch. management brought in replacement nurses to attend to patients. >>> quite a sight today where what may be the biggest plane to ever touchdown landed this afternoon. take a look. it's a boeing 747 and can hold more than 450 passengers. it is 30 fe

patti lee joins us from santa cruz and that's where part of stow's live is. >> reporter: here in downtownsanta cruz friends of stow are taking his kids out for a snack. they are trying to keep some asemblance of normalcy, but every day has been a struggle to cope with the ups and downs of stow's recovery. simons says he is forcing himself to return to his every day life. >> yeah, this is his lunch he would take. >> reporter: and not think about his friend's shifting condition. >> i see his stuff every day. it's hard not to think about him. >> reporter: stow's sister told us there's good news to report. surgery was postponed, at least for a while. >> each little step forward that the doctor told us there will be steps back. so it's just trying to accept that. >> reporter: we talked to a neurorow surgeon who does not treat stow about the postponed procedure. he says the surgery is not uncommon and is an effective and permanent way to keep the brain from swelling. >> it's hard. it's been nothing i've ever experienced or faced in my life. >>> stow's girlfriend tells us she has not been able t

new at 10:00, ktvu's patty lee is live now in san jose where she has been asking the officials about the spike in homicides. patty? >> reporter: well, residents here are reeling from this most recent wave of violence which started after two people were gunned down at this house over the weekend. a few doors down from a double homicide. a game of pick-up eases frayed nerves. san jose is the fourth safest big city in the country. it has been for three years. but it's gaining a new reputation. >> we're experiencing a spike in homicides. >> reporter: the assistant chief says the city's homicide rate is officially at 18. 20 if you include the killings in san jose state. typically that's the tally for a full year. >> we are right around 20 in 2009, 20 or 21. so we are almost at that rate and we are not mid-year yet. >> reporter: police say just a combination of gang shootings and unusual circumstances contributed to the high body count. >> we had a triple homicide at a local bar. and we've had some domestic violence related to homicides. but the majority of them have been gang related. >> r

new at 10:00, ktvu's patty lee is live now in san jose where she has been asking the officials about the spike in homicides. patty? >> reporter: well, residents here are reeling from this most recent wave of violence which started after two people were gunned down at this house over the weekend. a few doors down from a double homicide. a game of pick-up eases frayed nerves. san jose is the fourth safest big city in the country. it has been for three years. but it's gaining a new reputation. >> we're experiencing a spike in homicides. >> reporter: the assistant chief says the city's homicide rate is officially at 18. 20 if you include the killings in san jose state. typically that's the tally for a full year. >> we are right around 20 in 2009, 20 or 21. so we are almost at that rate and we are not mid-year yet. >> reporter: police say just a combination of gang shootings and unusual circumstances contributed to the high body count. >> we had a triple homicide at a local bar. and we've had some domestic violence related to homicides. but the majority of them have been gang related. >> r