ktvu's patty lee is live in san francisco with the action one victim is taking a try to stop the trend. patty? >> reporter: an ipad was stolen yesterday. as they sped away they hit a news van and crashed. that incident is bringing attention to the problem that if you are walking around carrying a cell phone or a tablet, you could become a target. >> reporter: as more users targeted -- users are tarted, new -- targeted new ways to compat the crim-- combat the criminals are in the works. >> reporter: she was beaten up last month in a bar for her iphone and now she and her company are fighting back. >> we started looking into it, this is reaching a lot of people. >> people are getting attacked and somebody is going to get killed. >> reporter: they are paying to produce public service announcement, warning people to be aware. the police department is also taking action. >> a new app to track the phones. >> reporter: he says the department is partnering with a apple to launch reverse stings to catch criminalsinals and the people who keep them in business. according to san francisco police b

patti lee has the story. >> reporter: i was on the phone with the coast guard of san francisco and they have confirmed that sailboat was spotted late this afternoon. but right now they can't confirm whether or not that stolen boat is headed to the harbor in monday -- monterey or the one here in santa cruz. christopher maffei abducted his o -- abducted his children. >> i am hoping by the grace of god that he is not going to harm them in any way. >> reporter: mother, jennifer hippen says the children were taken as she was trying to get a restraining order. >> i had my mother watch them. he was very upset with me because i told him i didn't want him to be around the kids while he was not employed. >> reporter: the sailing school where maffei was certified in navigation say maffei reserved a boat but never showed up. the owner of a sailing school confirms maffei was a student there and has been chartering boats since 2006. >> technically i would say yes, he would have at least the minimum certifications required. >> reporter: the concern that maffei had little or no expertize in open ocean

patti lee attended a vigil man the man who police now say had a pellet gun. >> reporter: the vallejo residents are inflamed by the police action that september -- sent a man to the hospital and another to the morgue. >> they shot him. they did not just shoot him once they execution style shot him. >> reporter: today the mother of the man riled at the officers who shot her son more than 30 times. ramirez mother described his son as blameless but vallejo police have a different version of events. police say they were patrolling the neighborhood, they said romero appeared to reach for a handgun. >> if someone is reaching for what appears to be a handgun, the proper response is to respond to that lethally. >> reporter: the handgun turned out to be a pellet gun. ramiro's sister a witness to the incident questioned the officers judgment. >> they reloaded in front of me and stood on top of the roof of the car and shot him. and shot and shot. they shot at least six to eight times. >> reporter: a reverend visiting the bay area from fresno encouraged the crowd to stand up for their community.

patti lee, ktvu news. >>> more details now on the suspect in the sierra lamar case and to torrez. he will appear in court next week to continue his plea hearing. he faces murder charges with a special circumstance of kidnapping and is eligible for the death penalty if convicted. >>> s.w.a.t. teams from newark and union city helped the chp with an arrest this morning. police say they were called to the motel six on mawry avenue. that's where police were serving a warrant for a man. when the man refused to surrender the s.w.a.t. team was called in. he was wanted for a violent crime. >>> police in hayward are hoping the public can help identify a man who was killed early this morning. officers were called to whipman street at sicamore street. that's where they found the victim with a head injury. it appears the man was looking for some place to live. >> we have some idea that he may have been trying to accomplish residency in the area. we know that he used to live in the area prior to this incident and was currently trying to accomplish residency in the area once again -- establish r

ktvu's patty lee is in one san francisco neighborhood that has been hit especially hard. patty? >> folks in this neighborhood can't stop talking about an incident that involves the theft of an ipad yesterday. the suspects in that case have been arrested but we found out this may not be their first time. >> reporter: this warns students about a cell phone robbery yesterday afternoon. the description of the suspects similar to the men arrested yesterday for stealing an ipad. the description of the vehicles in both incidents are similar. a silver muraidies benz-- mercedes-benz. police would not discuss the specifics but according to the san francisco police department, there have been 200- 0374 robberies -- 2,374 robberies. 1,199 have involved cell phones. >> we realized this is reaching epidemic proportions. >> reporter: she was beaten up last month. her cell phone stolen. she was also targeted. incidents that took seconds but will stay with them forever. >> people are walking around, being targets. you wouldn't walk around with $500 cash in your hands but we do that with our phon

patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> bart says passengers can expect delays this weekend.ys they will be running trains on manual mode, which could cause delays of 5-10 minutes. they are testing a new train control system starting friday night. the testing should be wrapped up by sunday night. >>> it may be doo late for -- too late for one lottery winner. someone bought a winning ticket on fox market six months ago today. that ticket had 5-6 numbers but time ran out a half hour ago for the holder to claim the prize. as far as we know that did not happen. >>> president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney held campaign appearances today in ohio. >> the president spoke to cheering students at bowling green university. president obama said mitt romney and republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan are big believers in top down economics. >> they think that if we spend another $5 trillion on tax cuts that favor the wealthiest that -- don't boo. vote. vote. >> today staffers confirmed reports that starting sunday the president will spend three days in n

reporting live in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they are back. the reno air races resume. we will have a look at what changed to protect participates and spectators. >> there is the fog. look how shallow the marine layer is. it will warm up. i will have the details on the warm up back here in just a few minutes. >>> caught on camera. a wild scene as branch robbery suspects lapd on a chase in which the suspects started throwing cash out the streets. it lasted an hour and drew to a close as it wound through neighborhoods. you can see the suspects throwing bills out the window and that caused people to run into the streets after the cash. eventually the driver got stuck behind traffic and police moved in. >> this is not a good idea. these are citizens getting involved. guns are drawn. >> two men were arrested. a mop of people went on the scene and dozens of police officers were on hand to break up the crowd. >>> firefighters rescued a man in a wheelchair from his burning apartment. it broke out about 1:00 a.m. firefighters arrived to find huge flame

patty lee. >> oakland firefighters made quick work of a fire ate motel. it start add round nine this morning on the 4800 block of mcarthur. investigators say a mattress caught fire possibly caused by cigarettes. nobody was hurt. >>> creators of the fire storm memorial say vandals attacked. someone cut off metal bars. the officials say it's the third time vandals have hit it which honors the 25 who died in the east bay hills fire storm. the memorial is located at hillard and tunnel. investigators hope video will help them catch the vandals. >> right now the fog has returned but away from the coast boy things warmed up. let's check in with mark with a look at the temperatures. yeah. >> just a few niles inland lots of sun and temperatures soaring. here is the camera showing you this. you can see the evidence, clear sykes for most of the area. you can see closer to -- golden gate park. basically half of the park was sunny, other half covered overcast and that is the case right now. as far as the warm temperatures you can see right new in the lower 09's toward

patty lee explains air on polk street is going dark. >> film lover snaps photos of the air. >> i hateo see it go. >> built in 1967 the polk street institution will close after final showing tonight. >> we've seen so many great small films here. one of my all time favorite my own private idaho, we saw here. >> there was no notification of the closing on theoors or the web site. so bush thought he had plenty of time to see keep the lights on. >> i read all those years and i'm interested in seeing it. >> did you know today is your last day to see it here? >> no, i did not know that. i'm sad by that. i can't believe it. >> he wasn't the only one caught off guard. >> the five employees here learned just last week that the theater was closing. no one is losing a job but some say they are losing a home away from home. >> employees will work at other theaters owned by landmark. operating since 1991. it recently lost and could not come to terms with the landlord. >> kind of a fading institution. just another example of things that valued that are disappearing. i want to remember them. >> fans

new at 10:00, patti lee is in richmond and found that there's strong opinions on both sides of that issue. >> reporter: even though obesity is a major public policy problem, many people believe that weight is a private matter. and when the long arm of government starts reaching into the beverage aisle, some say it's going too far. after a decade of obesity, carol says she finally has a handle on her weight. >> i have struggled with weight off my life and i lost a few pounds a couple of years ago. >> the soda tax is critical. >> reporter: obesity is the reason government is getting involved. the city of new york recently banned selling supersized sodas. >> i don't like it. i don't agree with it. i don't think it's something that will work. >> we don't need government to raise our children, we raise our own. >> reporter: this government official says that government doesn't have any business in people's decisions. but some say some taxes work, just look at cigarettes. others including this group of women who are trying to stave off health problems by exercising say fighting fat can be a lif

patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the father accused of kidnapping his two kids spoke out in court this afternoon. christopher maffei told the judge he was protecting his kids from abuse. authorities say he took his son and daughter from their home in san francisco while the mother was getting a restraining order against him and the grandmother was baby sitting. he is charged with kidnapping, child endangerment and burglary. >> coming up, the amazing rescue caught on tape and the device that may have saved lives. >>> to developing news in the east bay. firefighters are at the scene of a brush fire. cal fire is assisting firefighters with air support. the fire that you see here burning is one acre in size and moving slowly. it is burning near power lines and a substation. there is no word on what started the fire. crews are on the scene. as soon as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> firefighters joined in the fight against a wildfire threatening homes near clear lake. the 4600-acre fire broke out last friday and right now is only 15% contained. 300 homes are threat

new at 10:00, patti lee is in richmond and found that there's strong opinions on both sides of that issue. >> reporter: even though obesity is a major public policy problem, many people believe that weight is a private matter. and when the long arm of government starts reaching into the beverage aisle, some say it's going too far. after a decade of obesity, carol says she finally has a handle on her weight. >> i have struggled with weight off my life and i lost a few pounds a couple of years ago. >> the soda tax is critical. >> reporter: obesity is the reason government is getting involved. the city of new york recently banned selling supersized sodas. >> i don't like it. i don't agree with it. i don't think it's something that will work. >> we don't need government to raise our children, we raise our own. >> reporter: this government official says that government doesn't have any business in people's decisions. but some say some taxes work, just look at cigarettes. others including this group of women who are trying to stave off health problems by exercising say fighting fat can be a lif

am we are lee spoke to two witnesses and has their accounts of the shooting but we begin with patti lee at the hospital where family members and officers are keeping watch tonight. >> reporter: members of the officers, including the immediate family arrived. we're told the officer has five siblings scattered across the country now trying to get to the icu to be by his side. >> we're an extended family so we feel that deeply and our thoughts and our prayers are with the officer. and with his family. >> reporter: the officer was shot this morning by the driver of this jeep wrangler. as he pulled over on interstate 680 in alamo. a second chp officer returned fire killing the suspect. >> it's a time that we reflect. the time that we remember when we get up and brush our teeth that the job that we have we might not be coming home. >> reporter: friends and family describe him as a dedicated family man, a dedicated friend. >> we actually had that conversation about two weeks ago and i think that's what's heart in this situation. how do we properly take care of our family to make sure they're t

patty lee is live. >> reporter: right now we are at the lafayette flag brigade on an overpass overlooking highway 24, you can hear the cars showing their appreciation. here in the bridge you can see boy scouts, and people waving from this bridge. it may not be a huge crowd but could be one of the largest events in the area. never forget is the theme of this display. designed to ensure kids know the significance of today's date. >> we are seeing very few communities that are having any events at all. >> reporter: the organizer is worried interest in remembering the day is diminishing with time. in san francisco today there was scant evidence of the day's significant which many didn't see as negative. >> i like that it's becoming less about pomp many and circumstance and more about significance of the day to each of us as individuals. >> i don't know how much of this is san francisco bay area thing and how much is just that we are 11 years after and people are just not interested. it doesn't seem as relevant. >> reporter: usf associate professor is a scholar of the after effects of 9/11 who

patti lee, ktvu news. >>> on the steps of los angeles city hall today leaders of the christian community gathered to deny the film against muslims. the southern california man behind the trailer identified himself as a coptic christian. he covered his face as he left his home this weekend to meet with probation officers. they are trying to determine whether he violated his terms of suspension. he is prohibited from using the internet without permission from his probation officer. >>> in san diego some 4,000 sailors and marines set sail today on the u.s.s. pelalu for the arabian see and western pacific. the deployments were scheduled before the recent rallies. but families say the violence has heightened their concerns of the deployment. >>> romney is in auto correct mode. >> i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question. >> reporter: the audio recording was made public by mother jones magazine. it says it was recorded in boca raton florida. romney is in california tonight, a report on his visit there coming up at 10:30. >>> we have new information tonight about a young couple found

in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco's landmark comedy club the purple onion is closing its doors for good tomorrow night after a comedy marathon. the owners say they have lost their lease and that everything in the club will be auctioned off tuesday morning. since it opened back in 1952 the purple onion has provided' stage to the early careers of some of the biggest names in comedy, including phyllis diller, woody allen and the smother broker brothers. >>> giants clinched the national league west title with a victory over the san diego padres and the celebration followed. the two teams played again today with the regular players taking most of the game off. the giants lost to the padres, 6-4. how the giants do in last few days of the regular season will help determine which team they face-first in the playoffs. >> meanwhile the a's began the day 2395 games infront of the angels for the second wild-card slot in the american league. after losing to the yankees 10- 9 in 14 innings yes the a's beat the yankees today, 5-4. the angels beat the white sox to st

patty lee. improving weather conditions are helping in a fire in lake county. a red flag warning for the area crass lifted after winds gusted up to 40 miles an hour. cal fire also lifted an evacuation warning for parts of scott's valley road. officials say its burned more than 4600 acres since it started last friday. right now the fire is only about 15% contained. >>> back in the bay area it took about two and a half hours today to contain a brush fire. that fire started about 3:30 this afternoon near valley view drive. it burned about two acres and was contained by six. cal fire assisted local forts with air and ground support. >> your temperatures warmed significantly. got up to 90 fairfield. it was a warm day, especially inland. coast side the sun came out. the fog cleared it's real dense at the coast. it'll come back in tonight but hug the coast pretty typing. that means low visibility along the coast. computer model for tomorrow morning by 7:00 a.m., 8 you have the fog right here. it's a little more shooting across to san bruno. i don't know if that will h

patty lee. >> a famous probike raiser is making more allegations, drug allegations against lance armstrongaid he was given an illegal blood booster by armstrong before the 1999 tour de france and he said they took blood transfusions together during the race the next year. they both road together from 1998 to 2001. armstrong has always denied that he ever cheated, however last week he did cheese not to continue fighting drug charges by the united states anti doping agency. >>> california is planning to crack down on online retailer who don't collect state sales tax. they said it plans to spend ten million dollars over the next three years hiring auditors and others to enforce 9 collection. more than 200 retailers have been warned the effort is expected to bring in more than $300 million a year in revenue. >> those two wayward dolphins we told you about yesterday swimming the south san francisco industrial canal have appeared to have moved back to the bay. a spokesman said rescuers searched the creek today but didn't see them. the two dolphins attracted quite a crowd yesterday and there were

patty lee. improving weather conditions are helping in a fire in lake county. a red flag warning for the area crass lifted after winds gusted up to 40 miles an hour. cal fire also lifted an evacuation warning for parts of scott's valley road. officials say its burned more than 4600 acres since it started last friday. right now the fire is only about 15% contained. >>> back in the bay area it took about two and a half hours today to contain a brush fire. that fire started about 3:30 this afternoon near valley view drive. it burned about two acres and was contained by six. cal fire assisted local forts with air and ground support. >> your temperatures warmed significantly. got up to 90 fairfield. it was a warm day, especially inland. coast side the sun came out. the fog cleared it's real dense at the coast. it'll come back in tonight but hug the coast pretty typing. that means low visibility along the coast. computer model for tomorrow morning by 7:00 a.m., 8 you have the fog right here. it's a little more shooting across to san bruno. i don't know if that will h

patti lee, ktvu news. >>> on the steps of los angeles city hall today leaders of the christian community gathered to deny the film against muslims. the southern california man behind the trailer identified himself as a coptic christian. he covered his face as he left his home this weekend to meet with probation officers. they are trying to determine whether he violated his terms of suspension. he is prohibited from using the internet without permission from his probation officer. >>> in san diego some 4,000 sailors and marines set sail today on the u.s.s. pelalu for the arabian see and western pacific. the deployments were scheduled before the recent rallies. but families say the violence has heightened their concerns of the deployment. >>> romney is in auto correct mode. >> i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question. >> reporter: the audio recording was made public by mother jones magazine. it says it was recorded in boca raton florida. romney is in california tonight, a report on his visit there coming up at 10:30. >>> we have new information tonight about a young couple found

am we are lee spoke to two witnesses and has their accounts of the shooting but we begin with patti lee at the hospital where family members and officers are keeping watch tonight. >> reporter: members of the officers, including the immediate family arrived. we're told the officer has five siblings scattered across the country now trying to get to the icu to be by his side. >> we're an extended family so we feel that deeply and our thoughts and our prayers are with the officer. and with his family. >> reporter: the officer was shot this morning by the driver of this jeep wrangler. as he pulled over on interstate 680 in alamo. a second chp officer returned fire killing the suspect. >> it's a time that we reflect. the time that we remember when we get up and brush our teeth that the job that we have we might not be coming home. >> reporter: friends and family describe him as a dedicated family man, a dedicated friend. >> we actually had that conversation about two weeks ago and i think that's what's heart in this situation. how do we properly take care of our family to make sure they're t

i'm patti ann browne in for jenna lee. early voting is underway in battleground states including michigan and new hampshire. governor romney sets his sights on two swing states. right now the republican presidentialnal nominee gearing up for a campaign event in pueblo, colorado, before he joins husband running mate in ohio. colorado has nine electoral votes up for grabs. the state has voted for the winner in the last seven out of eight presidential elections. ohio has even more at stake. double the number about electoral votes, 18 and a better track record picking the winner, getting it right in the last 12 presidential elections. john roberts is live in pueblo, colorado. john, hi, the presidential debate more than a week away but we know what is on mitt romney's mind. >> reporter: absolutely. what is on mitt romney's mind and all this week women be the economy and jobs, jobs, jobs. here in pueblo, colorado, the unemployment rate stands for 11%. watch for governor romney today and rest of the week to drill down further on

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patty: so, how did you get so darn smart anyway? cathy: online! ♪ when cousins are two of a kind! ♪ >> we all sound very excited because we have some special guests. we have nearly -- mayor leeuse] and we also have our very own superintendent coranza. i am sure you want to hear a few words from the superintendent, correct? from mayor lee? the spring them a warm harvey milk will come. -- let us give them a warm harvey milk will come. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to harvey milk academy. it is my pleasure to join all of you, the students, parents, faculty, and school administration, to kick off a wonderful year. how many students want to be mayor of san francisco? how about a mayor from the civil rights academy of harvey milk? we would be proud of that. i want to welcome everybody back. i know you had a great summer. i want you to approach this school like a sponge, soak up everything that you can learn. it is great to have knowledge about everything going on in the world, what is going on in the city. by the way, i will be supporting your parents and teachers and faculty to make this the best school in san francisco. how about that? [applause] and you are starting

patty opening up about raising the pop superstar. apparently she knew he was destined to tinge from the very beginning. we'll have kathie lee'sxclusive interview with her coming up in our next half hour. >>> meanwhile, inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. look who else is here, our good friend ryan seacrest in our green room. >> surprised he's not tweeting. tweeting a lot lately. that's how he revealed the new judges on "american idol," so we'll have him how nicki minaj and keith urban are getting along with mariah carey and randy jackson. is everyone gelling? >> apparently there's some tension. apparently it got so bad that ryan had to pull a gun and fire a warning shot. is that correct? >> not revealing anything. >> either that or he's in a soundproof booth. >>> big changes coming to twit their will affect the 140 million active users. we'll reveal that here live. >> that's on our twitter pages. maybe we'll get new followers. some of the top offenders when it comes to calories in the favorite restaurant meal, including one, that's the equivalent of eating 15 ho ho cakes. cake. re too young to know a h

patty opening up about raising the pop superstar. apparently she knew he was destined to tinge from the very beginning. we'll have kathie lee'sxclusive interview with her coming up in our next half hour. >>> meanwhile, inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. look who else is here, our good friend ryan seacrest in our green room. >> surprised he's not tweeting. tweeting a lot lately. that's how he revealed the new judges on "american idol," so we'll have him how nicki minaj and keith urban are getting along with mariah carey and randy jackson. is everyone gelling? >> apparently there's some tension. apparently it got so bad that ryan had to pull a gun and fire a warning shot. is that correct? >> not revealing anything. >> either that or he's in a soundproof booth. >>> big changes coming to twit their will affect the 140 million active users. we'll reveal that here live. >> that's on our twitter pages. maybe we'll get new followers. some of the top offenders when it comes to calories in the favorite restaurant meal, including one, that's the equivalent of eating 15 ho ho cakes. >> you're too young to know a

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pattie mallet. by the time she gave birth to justin at 18 years old she already survived many challenges, and now she's sharing her story in a new book and sat down with kathie leethat justin bieber took to get to where he is today, it's very important to look at the journey his mother pattie has been on. i recently spent time with them in los angeles to talk about pattie's new book "nowhere but up, the story of justin bieber's mom." ♪ want to show you all the -- >> pattie mallet is watching her son at work. most babies, fly a little bit go to college, fly a little bit, get a job. yours is one of the biggest pop stars ever. 48 million million facebook fans, a new world tour and he's only 18. >> when you think about the fact that just season now the exact same age that you were when you had him, does that blow your mind? >> it does. i mean, i can't picture him raising a child right now. >> please, god. >> he is a child. >> but you were, too. >> i didn't feel like i was, but seeing him i -- i clearly was, but, yeah, i -- had to grow up pretty fast. >> by the time pattie mallette gave birth to justin, she had lived a very difficult life. pattie says her troubles da