little careless crimes.but marcus byrdrae got involved with ceasefire, a program with the richmond police department that has turned his life around. ceasefire is a program that targets the most at risk individuals in the community to be a victim of gun violence or a perpetrator of gun violence.this weekend marcus organized this event in the neighborhood he grew up in.one of our success stories, marcus byrdrae, who was a participant in ceasefire was the spirithead driving this particular backpack giveaway. i'm really just trying to give back to the community make it a positive energy instead of the negative energy that it used to be.it is an effort to reach young minds before they fall victim to gun violence. unfortunately the environment that some of these kids are growing up in led them into a life of violence as they get older and reaching them at this point and giving them a positive message so they can be successful and move forward is part of the program.if it helps these young students start their school year it has certainly saved marcus from life on the street.ceasefire got behind him one h

little careless crimes.but marcus byrdrae got involved with ceasefire, a program with the richmond police department that has turned his life around. ceasefire is a program that targets the most at risk individuals in the community to be a victim of gun violence or a perpetrator of gun violence.this weekend marcus organized this event in the neighborhood he grew up in.one of our success stories, marcus byrdrae, who was a participant in ceasefire was the spirithead driving this particular backpack giveaway. i'm really just trying to give back to the community make it a positive energy instead of the negative energy that it used to be.it is an effort to reach young minds before they fall victim to gun violence. unfortunately the environment that some of these kids are growing up in led them into a life of violence as they get older and reaching them at this point and giving them a positive message so they can be successful and move forward is part of the program.if it helps these young students start their school year it has certainly saved marcus from life on the street.ceasefire got behind him one h

. >>> richmond faces a lawsuit, it claims several officers from the richmond police department victimizedmin abuslin in exchange for street protection when she was a sex worker. the suit claims the department turned a blind eye to the exploitation. she is seeking emotional distress damages. >> every day is a challenge. it's difficult, she got by one case and she has had to testify in criminal cases. >> four officers linked to the scandal were fired last year and last may she settled a suit with the city of oakland for $989,000. >>> tomorrow, students at san francisco state will use their cards to commute to and from school. in a partnership between the school and bart id cards will include a fully functional bart pass. the project is paid for by a student surcharge on student fees.>> it's a pilot program that start saturday and it will allow san francisco state university students to get a 25% discount on all of their trips to and from daly city station. if people want to see if there school would do this, they should contact their school and ask about it.>> the hope is that other schools

richmond last night. >> they say he's 45-year-old jeffrey barboa of ben esha. cell phone video shows him advancing toward officers as he held a machete. >> melanie woodrow is live at the ridgewood police department with the story tonight. >> reporter: dan and kristen, since this chase ended in the city of richmond, the richmond police department is now investigating this fatal officer involved shooting. the suspect at the center of this had been wanted in connection with a robbery a couple of weeks ago in el ser ito. the victim in that robbery tells me the suspect had threatened him as well. cameron sims said in all the years his family owned all-star doughnuts here, they have never seen anything like this. >> i realize he's got the cash register and i just yell at him, like, hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: two saturdays ago while he was in the back room with his dad, he said the man now identified as 45-year-old jeffrey barboa ran out with the cash register, then threatened him. >> he said, do you want to die? i got a knife and i got a gun. >> reporter: sam turned over surveillance video to the police. >> he looked desperate. >> reporter: his dad took down barboa's license plate. this is

police say vallejo officers followed the suspect, who exited interstate 80 at richmond parkway....the shooting occurred the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.his identity has not been released.the richmond police department and the contra costa district attorney's office are investigating. (pam) new tonight - a bart rider has taken matters into his own hands.. to make sure the word gets out about crime on bart. he launched a website after the latest wave of robberies. kron4's hermela aregawi talked to the man... she is live at the embarcadero station. hermela - what motivated the man to start the website? bart has said that it decides which crimes it reports to the public on a case by case basis. something that the new chief has been critized for.the software enginerr i talked to says.. he rides the bart.. and he doesn't think it's a good to shelter people from the ifnromation. nearly every reported crime on bart is now logged on a new website created by ben friedland.he says he sees mostly thefts - cell phones, autos and bikes. ben friedland/creator of bartcrimes.comcertain station are hot spots for certain types of crimes. i've seen some stations that bike theft is rampant at and other stations where i

her lawsuit against the richmond police department seeks unspecified damage. >>> this afternoon traffic has cleared up after a truck fire caused major backups overnight. the chp had to shut down southbound lanes of 680. it was after a big rig caught fire just before to the clock last night. that buyer also sparked a small grass fire nearby, no word on injuries. >>> hundreds gather this morning to remember one of two virginia state troopers who died in a helicopter crash. it happened while troopers were monitoring the white nationalist rally last weekend in charlottesville, virginia. a funeral for one of the troopers with help this morning. a funeral for the helicopter pilot is set for tomorrow. at this point it is not clear what caused the helicopter to crash. >>> three charities canceling fundraisers at mara lago mansion were. it is all part of backlash from the president's comments that were made, saying that both sides were to blame in charlottesville. the american cancer society cited a commitment to diversity. the other two groups to pull out are the cleveland clinic and a charity

the lawsuit against the richmond police department seeks unspecified damages. >>> new safety measures at sfo. in minutes we will tell you what is happening on the ground. it is designed to prevent another close call. this is one we saw weeks ago. >> and the raiders say so long to napa.  they are getting ready for their next pre-season game. we will hear what marshawn litch finally had to say to the media, coming up. >>> and we will tell you what the drive looks like in the east bay and also trying to get into san francisco coming up. >> not much change today. fog is making its usual push. yesterday inland temps bumped up a little bit. not too far above average. mostly near. we will show you the friday temps, coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ . >>> the sfo airport is making changes to a landing protocol after a pilot on a plane lined up on a taxiway where several plains were waiting to take off. the pilot aboarded the landing last minute, coming within feet of the planes. pilots will not be allowed to make visual approaches but use the plane's satellite navigation system. >>> happening today city lea

richmond last night. >> they say he's 45-year-old jeffrey barboa of ben esha. cell phone video shows him advancing toward officers as he held a machete. >> melanie woodrow is live at the ridgewood police department with the story tonight. >> reporter: dan and kristen, since this chase ended in the city of richmond, the richmond police department is now investigating this fatal officer involved shooting. the suspect at the center of this had been wanted in connection with a robbery a couple of weeks ago in el ser ito. the victim in that robbery tells me the suspect had threatened him as well. cameron sims said in all the years his family owned all-star doughnuts here, they have never seen anything like this. >> i realize he's got the cash register and i just yell at him, like, hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: two saturdays ago while he was in the back room with his dad, he said the man now identified as 45-year-old jeffrey barboa ran out with the cash register, then threatened him. >> he said, do you want to die? i got a knife and i got a gun. >> reporter: sam turned over surveillance video to the police. >> he looked desperate. >> reporter: his dad took down barboa's license plate. this is

the lawsuit against the richmond police department seeks unspecified damages. >>> more monday you'lloved on the east coast. we will have the latest on efforts across the country to tear down statues of confederate leaders. >>> bringing affordable internet to the south bay. how low income residents are about to get access to high speed internet and computers. coming up. >>> the friday morning commute is looking good for most folks around the bay area. there are a few slow spots and a couple of closures you will want to know about coming up. >>> and the fog out there. no big difference compared to yesterday except it will continue to repeat what we saw on the coast, which is more sunshine. how about that. we will have your friday forecast. >> the time is 7:43. comcast is expanding its program of high speed service to low income residents in santa clara county. they will receive high speed internet for $9.95 and have the option for buying a computer for less than $150. it is part of the company's effort to close the digital divide for low income residents. >>> you have another chance to

police in richmond said their officers were not involved but because the shooting happened in richmond they will be involved. >> we have invoked the protocol for officer involved fatality incidents. so the richmond police department is conducting an investigation and parallel with that the contra costa county district attorney is investigating picks book the eyewitness who took the cell phone video agreed to do an interview with me and in it he described the other things he saw and heard not on camera. >> the knife was pretty big and they were giving him a lot of warning to get on the ground and before the video he hit another car and almost hit another car with a small child in it. >> the eyewitness heard the suspect saying killed me to the officers before he was shot. we have not gotten confirmation about that but investigators are looking into the identity of the suspect. in the meantime the eyewitness says his heart goes out to the police officers and to the family of the suspect. ktvu fox 2 news denville police and san ramon fire are conducting their annual active shooter emergency training exercise. it is taking place at the rock church. people who live nearby might hear explosions from the exercise but the

. >> reporter: richmond police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. live at the richmond police departmenthenry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> so hen rirks this isn't the -- henry, this isn't the first time he was shot, do you know anything about that, what happened? >> reporter: he didn't say much, he was shot then back an stage the next day. whether or not the same people or parties are responsible for the earlier shooting are after him it's unclear. richmond police say he was targeted but the motive still not clear. >> all right. henry lee, thank you. >>> defense attorneys for the man accused of killing 32 -year-old kate steinle asked the court to keep certain records sealed. they're concerned that juan garcia zarote won't be able to get a free trial. publicity could affect his client's right to an impartial jury. this morning the judge ruled the documents would remain public. garcia is on trial for allegedly shooting and killing kate steinle as she was walking with her father on pier 14. today's decision marks a win for the prosecution. >> there's been a tremendous publicity surrounding this

that means the richmond police department is conducting an investigation and the contra costa investigating unit is also investigating this incident. >> reporter: in the past few minutes we have seen more detectives arrive here on the scene. we do understand from vallejo police that they are expecting to release press statements sometime this evening. some of the questions we have asked is whether any of the officers had body cameras or cameras on their vehicles. we also are not sure the identity of the suspect who was killed here and if this is the them -- if this is the same person who was wanted in that robbery. >> do we know how many shots were fired and how many officers fired their weapons? >> reporter: at this point, i asked that and we don't know how many officers fired. talking to some of the witnesses who were out here on the scene, it sounds like it was dozens but it is really hard to tell. really, we are waiting for some concrete facts from officials who are here investigating. it could take them a while to get this richmond parkway cleared of both the crime scene and also we ar

felix tan, richmond police department// "for somebody to have been shot multiple times its, yeah, he's definitely a survivor. and a fighter." police believe this was a targeted attack but haven't found a motive as keak hasn't been unable to talk yet after his surgery.the shooting happened a few hours after the rapper performed this set at the complex in oakland that ended before midnight.sot: lt. felix tan, richmond police department// "the show ended and something transpired between then and this morning .and we're just trying to find out what happened. and hopefully he's able to recover soon enough and talk to our detectives and find a motive and who did this."venue employees say the show ran smoothly.that keak da sneak was there with family and happily took photos with fans. tzlr show host nump who toured with keak for years shares what the musician means to fans in the bay and abroad. sot: nump, tzlr news host// "i just came back from the phillipines and they were slapping keak out there so he's not just a bay area legend he's a worldwide legend everybody is tapped in with." "he is

members of the richmond police department are planning to stop by all 22 parties to have a chance to connect and build relationships. >> it's a time when we can actually speak to everybody without any agenda whatsoever, and really build that relationship, and they really see us as people, which we are, and they feed us. there's parties. there's all kinds of good stuff. >> reporter: allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> her life and her spirit is what made me smile. >> a 14-year-old girl remembered after she was killed in a crash that her older sister streamed live on line. >>> plus, police now releasing this surveillance video of a brazen smash-and-grab robbery at a bay area costco, all in hopes that you perhaps will recognize these three thieves. with advil, you'll ask what twisted ankle? what muscle strain? advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain? advil. itthe power of nexium 24hr protection from frequent heartburn. all day, and all night. now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. new clearminis from nexium 24hr. see heartburn differ

richmond police say their officers were not involved but because the city happened in the city of richmond they will be involved. >> we have invoked protocol for officer involved fatality incidents. so the richmond police departmentucting an investigation and the contra costa county is also investigating. >> the eyewitness who took the video agreed to do an interview with me and he described other things he saw and heard that are not on camera. >> the knife was pretty big. they were giving him a lot of warning to get on the ground and you know, before the video he hit another car and almost hit another car was a small child in it. >> the eyewitness says he heard the suspect say kill me to the officers before he was shot. we have not been able to get confirmation about that and investigators are looking into the identity of the suspect. in the meantime the eyewitness says his heart goes out to the police and to the family of the suspect. >>> the time 8:10. a south bay business owner is arrested on charges of child pornography. >>> the president backs a new proposal in congress to change the way the nation handles legal immigrants. i'm doug luzader in washington with the details just ahead. without pg&e's assistanc

. >> the shooting occurred in the city of richmond by the vallejo police department officers. >> and hat's why you guys are investigating. >> exactly. that's why we're investigating it. it's in the city of richmond so we have to investigate that. >> reporter: and that previous crime in el cerrito that he was wanted for was for allegedly stealing a drawer from a cash register. we also found out that he worked at a drug and alcohol treatment center. when we went there they could not confirm that, but that's according to his social media. >>> the city of oakland is talking about their efforts to fight illegal dumping. there will be an update at a town hall meeting just now getting underway. oakland is also planning to outline some new funding to try to help address the problem. >>> in san jose a midafternoon power outage didn't disrupt the opening of the annual santa clara county fair. portable generators kept most of the rides and exhibits opened. attendance has steadily grown from 5,000 in two thou eight, up to 40,000 last year. officials are hopeful to reach 50,000 attendees this year

developing news out of the city of richmond where the police department and the fbi have announced the result of an 18 month investigation. >> several people are in custody right now tied to that investigation, connected to homicides, attempted murder and home invasions across the bay area. ktvu's allie rasmus live in richmond where a news conference was just held. >> reporter: police announced they have eight men in custody, looking for a ninth person, all are associated with a richmond street gang and police say this particular gang was connected to a multitude of crimes. es. the fbi shared this homemade video that members of this particular gang had posted on youtube, the men are accused of committing at least two car jackings, six armed robberies, four home burglaries, some of those crimes pretty high profile, they got a lot of attention. explain in just a second. but the investigation started with the august 2016 investigation into a home invasion robbery in fremont. the owner of that home actually had pretty good surveillance video of the crime and richmond's police chief says th

tangling with chevron as downwind neighbor since 1980s, as in baltimore, prior to 2005 the police department in richmond was unrepresentative of the committee, out of control, shooting people, killing them. costing billions in settlements, civil rights lawsuits. so reform the police department was a priority. already getting with housing affordability, trying to improve municipal labor relations raising local labor standards, making where possible chevron pay its fair share of taxes in different forms, developing and industrial safety ordinance that would limit its contracting out practices which were identified as one cause of refinery accidents and explosions, so a range of labor immigrant rights environmental, hitting, neutralizing the influence of chevron money and politics. one reform that is been achieved that i would highly recommend people explore is local public matching funds. richmond candidates and party been successful because they developed a bernie sanders style base of small donors and richmond you can get matching funds when you had that fundraising capacity that matches not as stable a

richmond. steve bonini/el cerrito police department: "we had suspect go into the store and take the cash register drawer from the counter as there were transactions taking place, as the suspect in our case got to the vehicle he threw the cash register through an open window on the passenger side of his car, then turned to the employees, challenged them to fight and told them that he had a gun and a knife">( tiffany ) investigators say jefferey barboa has a prior criminal history before the robbery at the donut shop in el cerrito. according to his linkedin page barboa has a psychology degree and was currently employed as the clinical director of an alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment center in the north bay. back to you in the studio. . (mark) a southwest airlines passenger is being credited with helping save two young children from being sexually abused. the passenger says she saw a man texting someone about molesting children on a flight he was on headed to san jose. she alerted a flight attendant who then called police. 56-year-old michael keller and 50-year-old gail burnworth were arrest