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rita was ms.a ainsworth and she was the madam and she started off in one of the brothels in towns and ended up marrying the son of the owner. his name was matt ainsworth and they together operated another hotel until he died and then she took the money that was left in the estate and brought to dixie. it was hers for years until it closed down. if you're a patron of the dixie, which was a bordello, you would have come in through this door and then you would have gone up the stairs. and when you got to the top of the stairs, there would have been a counter there and you would have checked in at that point. we're now in the interior of what would have been the dixie hotel, the operations floor. at one time this was just a series of hotel rooms with a long hall and there were also living quarters for rita ainsworth, the proprietor of the dixie. she sent her daughter off to the exclusive catholic school and she didn't want her to know what she did for a living. she didn't know until she was in high sc

rita moreno. [cheering] >> merry christmas, everyone. ok.he ageless words written by dickens 152 years ago addressed the radical, social, and political upheaval that was the french revolution. "a tale of two cities"expose the inequity of government. is a narrative that speaks to us today. it was the best of time, the worst of times. it was the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness. it was the epoch of belief. it was the epic of in credulity. it was the season of light. the season of darkness. it was the spring of hope. it was the winter of despair. we get everything before us. we had nothing before us. we were all going direct to heaven. we were all going direct the other way. does that sound like the current political discourse? [laughter] does that resonate with your feelings? does that describe your consensus of someone you know? how does one navigate the uncertain valley that lays between the best of times, and the worst of times? is it possible for this season of lights to shine into this season of darkness? there's a compass which can

and there's more with rita dove. that's all at billmoyers.com. see you there.that's all at billmoyers.com. see you there. and see you here, next time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com  narrator: it's the early days of world war ii. hitler's armies storm through europe, crushing everything in their path. western europe is on the brink of defeat. the allies turn to the iconic spitfire to help change the course of the war.

. >> and rita dove, and the poems that tell the story of america. >> suddenly there were these voices that came out. ordinary, town folk voices. and what he says in this poem is that, where are these voices. do they disappear? do they disappear when we shut the book? >> welcome. if you like to watch tv but live in a state that has endured one of this year's primaries or caucuses, you have our sincere condolences. how you are coping with those endless hours of attack ads is beyond us. nasty accusations, distortions, outright lies. those ads will turn anyone's words against them -- even honest abe -- >>> has president lincoln, given up? at a speech in pennsylvania, he even refused to dedicate a battlefield, still fresh with the blood of tens of thousands of union soldiers. >> we cannot dedicate. we cannot consecrate. we cannot hallow this ground. >>> lincoln believes that america will perish from the earth. >> perish from the earth. >>> and that our soldiers have died in vain. >> died in vain. >>> honestly abe, died in vain? >> in vain, in vain, in vain, in vain. >>> abraham lincoln, wr

now they have the three left lanes closed on eastbound 580 near santa rita. westbound 580 getting much slower approach the crash. if you want to get on to eastbound 580, you might if you know pleasanton roads, just take side roads and get on after santa rita road. 580 west 1 there's not a really good alternate unless you really tricky with the side roads. but even then people know those. so 580 coming in from livermore will be jammed. stay with ktvu, we have another traffic update in just minutes. let's go back to the desk. >>> in overnight news, clean-up efforts are now underway on the alameda shoreline after a high speedboat chase. it happened just before 2:00 this morning at bolinea isle marina. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. the boat is here and there's a boon to make sure the leaking fuel didn't get into the water. look at the coast guard boat now coming across here. coast guard tells us even though alameda fire toll us hours ago they're conveyed in one is in the water, they're continuing to patrol the waters and keep an eye out

rita moreno. thank you for being with us.nd now some music. >> thank you. >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so

. >> the most popular ad was the great dane who apparently buried the family cat and used the ritas to keep the family silence. the man spent $20 to make it and won a $20 million -- $1 million prize. >> it is halftime, america. >> the chrysler commercial with clint eastwood also stood out. >> i really enjoyed it.

. >>> tonight rita williams introduces us to a woman who was out of work for two years and rita tellsus how she was able finally able to get hired. >> reporter: sally magnus is thrilled to be a statistic. the mother of two is newly hired at mink chiropractic. filling one of those 230,000 jobs last month. she's seen a steady increase in business last year enough to hire magnus a cal graduate to manage the office and eventually do bookkeeping. >> i've been growing so much that i can't answer the phones to answer questions, so i needed that help in the office. >> reporter: magnus says she and her husband a teacher struggled after she lost her job after 20 years in print advertising. so she enrolled at menlo park job training to learn a new trade, medical asis at a -- assistant. >> i was looking to find something that was growing. the medical trade is. >> reporter: twice the past two years the stock market sagged after surging, but this time economists say the economic rally just might continue. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite the recovery, many people are still struggling

. >>> tonight rita williams introduces us to a woman who was out of work for two years and rita tellsus how she was able finally able to get hired. >> reporter: sally magnus is thrilled to be a statistic. the mother of two is newly hired at mink chiropractic. filling one of those 230,000 jobs last month. she's seen a steady increase in business last year enough to hire magnus a cal graduate to manage the office and eventually do bookkeeping. >> i've been growing so much that i can't answer the phones to answer questions, so i needed that help in the office. >> reporter: magnus says she and her husband a teacher struggled after she lost her job after 20 years in print advertising. so she enrolled at menlo park job training to learn a new trade, medical asis at a -- assistant. >> i was looking to find something that was growing. the medical trade is. >> reporter: twice the past two years the stock market sagged after surging, but this time economists say the economic rally just might continue. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite the recovery, many people are still struggling

[applause] rita dove.national medal of arts to rita dove for her contributions to american letters and her service as poet laureate of the united states from 1993 to 1995. through works that blend beauty, lyricism, critique and politics, ms. dove has illuminated american poetry and literature, and cultivated popular interest in the arts. [applause] al pacino. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to al pacino for his iconic contributions to american film and theater as actor and director. recognized around the world for his signature intensity of the silver screen, mr. pacino stands among america's most accomplished artists. [applause] emily rauh pulitzer. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to emily rauh pulitzer for her contributions as a curator, art collector, and philanthropist. the founder of the pulitzer prize for the arts mrs. pulitzer has broadened the impact of the arts in our national life by bringing great works into the public sphere. [applause] martin puryear. [applause] the 2011

in between, i met privately with rita.hearing from three weeks ago was with the concerned neighbors and attendance for that meeting, trying toç come o a resolution. yesterday, i met again with rita to propose another possible resolution. she could not in the support of the other neighbors who were concerned and decided not to come today as a general showç f neighborly support, i guess. i realize in the initial attempt of community outreach, i underestimated the concerns that would be turning the store into a new establishment that would employ more people and bring more business to the street. i should have, independent ofç anything, make sure i was available to my neighbor is. thank you for your consideration. president miguel: çthank you. i have some speaker cards. joel, one with no name, and vlad a. there will be two minutes of commons because this is the third time it is before us. >> honorable members of the commission, my name is joel and i live at 2352 23rd street. i have lived there since 1983. i have seen this

reporting live in hayward, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> officials have put eight employees of a redwood city school on administrative leave following the arrest of a teacher accused of abusing two students. last week a special education preschool teacher at redwood city elementary school was charged with hitting two 5-year- old students. parents at the school today said they were surprised and angry. >> when you have a kid at school you trust the teachers and if someone wants to become a teacher they also have to think about the consequences and what they're getting into. especially with special needs kids. >> reporter: an investigation will determine whether those school employees reported the abuse as required. >>>-- police released the first of its kind video helping gay, lesbian and transgender youth. >> reporter: the san francisco police department has released an eight minute video for the it gets better project. in the video, members of the department talk about being a part of the lgbt community. the video is the first of its kind produced by a law enforcement agenc

rita williams is here now with the new information.> reporter: frank a lot of new developments in this case in just the last half hour. berkeley police finally released this statement saying they want to correct what they call a lot of inaccurate information about this case. >> he was a wonderful husband and wonderful father and it's a tragic loss. >> reporter: susan wingraph is talking about a man she's known for decades. peter sucore killed saturday night at his home here in the berkeley hills. police say a trespasser 23-year- old dewitt hit him with a flower pot. dewitt's parents say he's a schizophrenic. >> we are trying to avoid it from happening again. >> reporter: that was the response from berkeley's mayor when i asked him if police did whatever they could to prevent the killer. just minutes ago police released the statement saying suco called the nonenergy number and very calmly said there was quote, an unknown person hanging around his property. police did not respond saying they were on a higher priority call. monitoringg an

carnival says it has armed guards on board to keep everyone safe rita -- safe. rita nissan, wjz eyewitness news. >> back in 2009, a ship fended off an attack in the same area where the ship is stranded. >>> disturbing new information tonight on what happened to some remains of 9/11 victims who could not be identified. the pentagon says those unidentified remains were sent to a landfill. the number of victims involved is clear. but it involved some victims of the attack on the pentagon. and also the plane that the terrorists hijacked and crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. the revelation comes as they handle the mishandling at the dover air force base. >>> dozens of delegates at stake as michigan and arizona hold their primaries today. polls show a very tight race. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from michigan with more. >> reporter: mitt romney posed for pictures at his michigan campaign headquarters and kept up his attack on rick santorum. he says his chief rival does not have the skills to be president. >> i think he's an economic lightweight. i don't th

it was a long hall, and there were also living quarters for rita ainsworth, proprietor of the dixie, and her family. her daughter, she sent her daughter off to an exclusive catholic school because she didn't want her to know what she did for a living. the daughter didn't know until she was in high school that her mother ran a bore dell oh. she had an unusual but efficient system set up to preserve her patrons' privacy in that there was a system of locks and bells. when a patron came in to go to one of the rooms with the girl, the rest of the room doors were locked until he was safely inside the room with the girl, and this was in order that no other people might come out of the hotel room when he was going in, so that these people did not see each other, and didn't have to acknowledge each other's presence in the hotel. don james was a state representative. he was young and ambitious and idealistic, and there was a fear at that time that national organized crime was going to come in and take over parts of texas, and he and other members of the commission, it became named after him be

rita williams talked with one mother who hopes to find answer in that massive grave site near lindon.> reporter: this mother did something today she hopes will lead to her daughter's remains. asking investigators to look into whether the speed freaks also killed her daughter lisa. lisa norell was last seen leaving a rehearsal here in antioch the night of november 6, 1998. eight days later police found her body about a mile and a half away. >> death certificate says affixuation. >> reporter: but police do not know who killed lisa norel. so when police found personal items of victims she hoped items missing from her daughter's body may be found too. >> i said oh my gosh, that's where my daughter's stuff is. >> reporter: while she waits mani considers herself lucky. she says her heart hurts for those parents who's loved ones still remain missing. it's the emotion pain that hurts the most. >> i would love in my lifetime to find out who. >> reporter: yet she says she knows finding the killer won't bring back her only child. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it was quite a welcome hom

at santa rita, a fatal pedestrian accident. for a while, all of the eastbound lanes have been shut down peace. the three right lanes are open. look what this has sent to the east out ride headed at of castro valley. if you head out towards l.a. and interstate 5, cannot take 580 to get there. head south it uses 152. as we track speeds you will see that there are some single digit numbers popping up. the drive times sadly continue to grow in this new direction. now at 44 minutes. the backup reaches into the ultimate task. >>erica: over all we are seeing closing conditions. a lot of sunshine in blue skies. mostly clear conditions. temperatures will be a little bit cooler compared to what we have been used to for the past couple of days. still pretty nice the some spots getting into the low 70's. overnight, temperatures into the 40's. speaking of the 40's we have them in oakland nev., santa rosa and downtown san francisco. as we take these numbers into the afternoon not only will we see sunshine, but plenty of upper 60s. looking ah

johnson is currently being held at santa rita jail. >>> it is one of the deadliest military training accidents in years. the circumstances surrounding the collision of two ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no right way or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules and they need a diaper that lets them do it. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs and bottom ♪ with up to 12 hours of protection, for all the freedom to play their way. ♪ pampers. it's time to play. >>> more now on that fire that's still burning at this hour in rugged terrain in napa county above the silverado country club. firefighters remain on the scene keeping an eye on hot spots. firefighters are providing structure protection. so far the flames have burned 40 acres. the fire started at a vineyard where someone was burning debris. the wind kicks up and then kicked up the flames. the good news is those winds are expected to die down overnight. the fire is 50% contained. firefighters hope to have it fully contained by tomorrow. you can check with ktvu.com for the updates on the fire. >>> administrators

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and stay with ktv ktvu for continuing coverage.day's ruling is appealed we will bring you the latest developments on air and online. >>> today we're getting a clearer picture of how san francisco prosecutors are shaping their case against sheriff mirkarimi. an ex-girlfriend of mirkarimi, cristina florez says she dated mirkarimi back in 2008. she describes mirkarimi of extreatmently volatile. mirkarimi's attorney called florez claims false. >>> also in san francisco, a juror in a triple murder case is off the case tonight. the judge excused the juror after she fell asleep during testimony yesterday. she's been replaced by an alternate. ramos is accused of killing anthony bolonia. prosecutors describe him as an enforcer for the ms13 gang and that the shooting was a case of mistaken idea. the trial is expected to last for several months. >>> an executive with the susan g. komen breast cancer chairman resigned today amidst a funding controversy. this morning, karen handel announced her resignation. she said she supported komen's decisi

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and stay with ktv ktvu for continuing coverage.s ruling is appealed we will bring you the latest developments on air and online. >>> today we're getting a clearer picture of how san francisco prosecutors are shaping their case against sheriff mirkarimi. an ex-girlfriend of mirkarimi, cristina florez says she dated mirkarimi back in 2008. she describes mirkarimi of extreatmently volatile. mirkarimi's attorney called florez claims false. >>> also in san francisco, a juror in a triple murder case is off the case tonight. the judge excused the juror after she fell asleep during testimony yesterday. she's been replaced by an alternate. ramos is accused of killing anthony bolonia. prosecutors describe him as an enforcer for the ms13 gang and that the shooting was a case of mistaken idea. the trial is expected to last for several months. >>> an executive with the susan g. komen breast cancer chairman resigned today amidst a funding controversy. this morning, karen handel announced her resignation. she said she supported komen's decision t

rita williams talked with one mother who hopes to find answer in that massive grave site near lindon.> reporter: this mother did something today she hopes will lead to her daughter's remains. asking investigators to look into whether the speed freaks also killed her daughter lisa. lisa norell was last seen leaving a rehearsal here in antioch the night of november 6, 1998. eight days later police found her body about a mile and a half away. >> death certificate says affixuation. >> reporter: but police do not know who killed lisa norel. so when police found personal items of victims she hoped items missing from her daughter's body may be found too. >> i said oh my gosh, that's where my daughter's stuff is. >> reporter: while she waits mani considers herself lucky. she says her heart hurts for those parents who's loved ones still remain missing. it's the emotion pain that hurts the most. >> i would love in my lifetime to find out who. >> reporter: yet she says she knows finding the killer won't bring back her only child. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it was quite a welcome hom

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> police still haven't made an arrest at another shooting at a taco truck. december 30, he was shot and killed. >>> police s.w.a.t. team is surrounding a house and the search for several people involved in a crime in fremont. authorities won't say what the crime was or if arrests have been made. police first closed off the street and surrounded the house after 11:30 a.m. this morning. authorities say two people have come out of the house and have been detained. >> reporter: a man claiming to be a former gang associated testified today in a murder trial. he is charged with shooting and killing a father and two sons. coming up, 9 news reporter rob roth will tell us what the witness said today about the defendant and the three letter word his attorney used to describe the witness outside the courtroom. the nfl kicked in $200 million loan for the 49ers stadium. 9 news reporter robert handa is live with more. >> reporter: we are that stadium site. as we showed, ground breaking has already taken place and today's action by the nfl have pe

johnson is currently being held at santa rita jail. >>> it is one of the deadliest military trainingents in years. the circumstances surrounding the collision of two helicopters and why marines risk their lives. >>> we're monitoring that fire still burning in napa county tonight. we'll have an update for you after the break. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of them had ruptured. [ female announcer ] fortunately, she was treated at sutter health's california pacific medical center. [ joycelin ] the nurses and doctors were amazing, and they were like a second family to me. and now i'm back to doing what i love. [ female announcer ] california pacific medical center and sutter health. our story is you. >>> more now on that fire that's still burning at this hour in rugged terrain in napa county

our rita williams live with some of the details. >> reporter: gasia, hayward police here and an anxious mother now are paying close attention to the searches in calav era s and san joaquin county. search dogs led investigators to a partial dog and other human remains. yesterday they found another skull, the areas next to property where wesley shermentine once lived. >> there's a lot more down there. he was well known around town and he used to go around bragging that he used to kill people and he used to bury people here or there. >> reporter: there's also a search in san joaquin county digging up an old well where shermantine allegedly said more than a dozen bodies were buried. through a cell, shermantine drew maps where he said he and his partner buried bodies. sherzog who hung himself last month kidnapped 9-year-old macaila harris. >> i don't think shermanine has claimed to have any direct knowledge about makalia just said that the suspect looks like our composite which it does. >> i am still believing that michaela is alive some where out there. >> reporter: now it'll take dna analy

in san francisco, rita williams, k tvu. >> and we post all of our special reports to the website. just look for the tab on the front page. >> relief may be on the way for residents in east san jose complaining for years about a house piling up with trash. it's on south clairmont and everything from furniture to parts to animal cages are cluttering the front yard tomorrow the board of supervisors is expect to do claire can a nuisance. the owner disappears for long periods of times. animals living among the debris. >> kept having kittening, so i trapped like 23 cats, seven kittens, two possums and a raccoon. >> the city can go in and remove the junk. i a public hearing set for march 12th. >> new details about a triple shooting at a san jose restaurant over the weekend that claimed a man's life. police identified him as 33- year-old anthony salazar of san jose. two others were also shot in the parking lot of the catina and were treated release. they happened about 1:00 p.m. yesterday morning during a large birthday celebration, no arrests have been made so far. this was san jose's 5t

rita nissan reports for wjz. >>> paramedics wheeled away an injured man, as police tried to maintain.looks like a subway attack. but it's an emergency response test as the city prepares for summer olympics. officials say they're taking every precaution possible. the drill will last for three days. >>> the challenge here is for the duration. goes over a long period of time and of course to scale. >> another challenge is communication. emergency workers had trouble talking to each other. officials want to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> one of the key things that we're testing today is how those communications hold up when there's obviously a lot of increased traffic on the system. >> reporter: officials say the training is not in response to a specific threat. and part of the goal is to make people feel safe about coming here for the game. >>> 2500 people took part in the drill, including 100 volunteers who were made up to look like victims. emergency workers didn't know what this drill would involve. the element of surprise was used to keep everyone on their toes. crews say th

rita nissan reports for wjz.y officials are preparing for the worst by staging a mock terror attack. >> reporter: paramedics wield a -- wheeled away an injured man, as police try to maintain order. this looks like a terrorist attack on london's subway system. but it's an emergency response test, as the the city prepares if are the summer olympics. the games are a potential target for terrorists. and officials say they're taking every precaution possible. the drill will last for two days. >> the challenge for us here is the duration. goes over a long period of time. >> reporter: another challenge for emergency response crews is communication. when suicide bombers hit london subway and bus system in 2005, emergency workers had trouble talking to each other. officials wanted to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> one of the key things that we're testing today is how those communications hold up when there's obviously a lot of increased traffic on the system. >> officials say the train being is not in response to

rita, i feel like i want to name tom comic role, and everyone, mark. anyway, my sister, my friend joyce from way back. mr. shaw, randy. i will go ahead and start. you know, it was just yesterday that i was standing under the rotunda listening to mayor lee's inaugural speech, and i think this is an incredible time for our city. a time where the city is coming together and moving past the old political pigeonhole. i want to say first and up front that we are the city where everyone is included. we are the city for everyone. our priorities are clear. we need to focus on jobs and smart economic development for all of our neighborhoods and rolled up our sleeves, get to work, and get things done. to the people of district 5, mayor lee and i share the same standard, that every decision i make will be what i believe are in the best interests of my constituents and the people of san francisco. i think you all know that i am is following in the footsteps of great supervisors who have represented district 5, starting with harvey milk, harry brit, matt gonzales, a

rita williams. >> a shuttle bus driver in a crash that killed a doctor in san francisco last year is scheduled to be arraigned in court tomorrow. he was driving a uc san francisco shuttle bus that clouded with a big rig. police say he ran a red light at intersection of oak street. the 52-year-old doctor and passenger in the van was killed. the shuttle driver is charged with manslaughter. >> apple hits a new milestone. what happened today that never happened before. plus a strange attack near a south bay car wash. how a dog paid the price. >> and pricey flights and 70- dollar cab rides, the cost for oversight of the oakland police department. we add up the millions spent so far. . >>> keeping the oakland police department under the watch of a monitor is costing taxpayers millions of dollars more than they thought. using the public records act we went through nine years of records to find how that money is really being spent. in tonight's special report we tell you whether we are getting the reforms that opd promised. >> reporter: the stakes have never been higher for oakland police to

manifestantes dijeron que arrestos no fueron justificados, y denunciaron maltratos en la cÁrcel de santa ritas detenidos el fin de de semana. >>> ilustran parte del sÁbado pasado, con la jornada de protestas de indignados en oakland, cientos intentaron ocupar un edificio vacÍo, la policÍa intervino, tiraban piedras y botellas. decenas entraron a la municipalidad, donde se registÓo vandalismo, cientos de arrestos en un dÍa que habia empezado con una marcha pacifica, hoy criticaron el accionar de policÍas. >>> surgiÓ esto, para darnos el testimonio de los que experimentaron violencia. arrestaban a gente sin base. >>> el trato recibido, no fue adecuado. >>> lo trataron muy mal ahÍ. >>> habÍan detenino a la mayoria por faltas menores. >>> estaba en la cÁrcel como 50 horas, 72 horas, la mayorÍa del tiempo no andaba el sistema, no podÍan poner para sacarlos. >>> algunos en la cÁrcel, no se le dio medicinas que requerÍan por vih y Úlceras, estÁn considerando presentar una demanda por abusos, informaron. el concejal ignacio de la fuente defendiÓ a autoridad. >>> la mayorÍa de la gente provocÓ a la po

our rita williams continues to cover this case, live now in oakland with the two words the man said in> reporter: gasia mikaelian, the parents of the young man arraigned here for murder just a few hours ago says the last time they were in court they tried to convince a judge to keep their son for longer than a three-day psychiatric hold. >> if he had been in custody, still -- >> if, if, if he would have been in custody we wouldn't be here today talking. >> reporter: cameras were not allowed in court as 23-year-old daniel dewitt was formally charged with murder. he was diagnosed with illness when he was 18. he killed the person in the parking lot with a flower pot, saying he was looking for a girlfriend. >> he has made up this girlfriend in his mind. >> reporter: this is what police say happened. at 8:45, peter sukor called police for help, reporting a trespasser, police didn't come, instead responding to high priority calls because of a peaceful occupy march. at 9:00, an officer asked to respond. dispatch said no. two minutes later, cukor's wife called 911, saying the trespasser was be

rita nissan, wjz eyewitness news. >> nato troops plan to leave afghanistan in 2014. >>> the sex scandal involving a los angeles elementary schoolteacher reaches the courtroom. today, mark berndt entered a not guilty plea to allegations that he took lewd pictures of his young students. police say they have seized more than 600 images taken by the 61-year-old. berndt's attorneys claim he is targeted in prison. he's being held on $23 million bail. a second teacher from that school is arrested on child molestation charges days after bernts's arrest. >>> french police are questioning dominique strauss- kahn about a prostitution ring. police say prostitutes told them they had sex with the head. imf over the past two years. strauss-kahn resigned his position after being accused of assaulting a hotel maid in noancht he was later -- in new york. he was later cleared of any charms. >>> romney's ads are being paid for by a super pack. super packs are quickly turning into one of the most powerful forces in the 2012 campaign. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to win over voters at a town hall meeting a

rita nissan reports for wjz. the ship's owner also operated the one that capsized off the coast of italy last month. >> reporter: rescue crews are towing a crippled cruise liner in the indian ocean. hundreds of passengers are crowding the deck of the costa alegra because there's no power. a fire in the generator room on monday left the ship why with -- ship with no air conditioning or food. >> we have reports of no one being sick or hurt. as far as we're concerned, the situation is very calm, that the captain is in control of the boat. >> reporter: emergency generators are only powering the ship's control room, and its communication equipment. helicopters are dropping food, satellite phones and radios. it's taking longer- than-- longer than expected to to the ship off the coast of tanzania, because the ship is so heavy. but most of the 1,000 on board, including eight americans, should be back on land in the next 24 hours. families of those on the ship are worried. >> i haven't heard from her yet. >> reporter: thi

in san francisco, rita williams, k tvu. >> and we post all of our special reports to the website.n the front page. >> relief may be on the way for residents in east san jose complaining for years about a house piling up with trash. it's on south clairmont and everything from furniture to parts to animal cages are cluttering the front yard tomorrow the board of supervisors is expect to do claire can a nuisance. the owner disappears for long periods of times. animals living among the debris. >> kept having kittening, so i trapped like 23 cats, seven kittens, two possums and a raccoon. >> the city can go in and remove the junk. i a public hearing set for march 12th. >> new details about a triple shooting at a san jose restaurant over the weekend that claimed a man's life. police identified him as 33- year-old anthony salazar of san jose. two others were also shot in the parking lot of the catina and were treated release. they happened about 1:00 p.m. yesterday morning during a large birthday celebration, no arrests have been made so far. this was san jose's 5th homicide of the year.

rita williams. >> a shuttle bus driver in a crash that killed a doctor in san francisco last year iseduled to be arraigned in court tomorrow. he was driving a uc san francisco shuttle bus that clouded with a big rig. police say he ran a red light at intersection of oak street. the 52-year-old doctor and passenger in the van was killed. the shuttle driver is charged with manslaughter. >> apple hits a new milestone. what happened today that never happened before. plus a strange attack near a south bay car wash. how a dog paid the price. >> and pricey flights and 70- dollar cab rides, the cost for oversight of the oakland police department. we add up the millions spent so far. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! oh

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police released new details about an officer involved shooting last night. plice say anaudia police say an officer responded -- police say an officer reported to a robbery. his injuries are thought to be not life threatening. the second suspect is still at large. >>> the search for human remains has stopped and that is leaving families in lib bow. crews un-- limbo. crews unearthed a thousand bones by the killers wesley shermantine and loren herzog. she says the wait for answers is grueling. >> it is like a roller coaster ride. when i found out they are going to start digging i got my hopes up. >> authorities say there may be more remains in another well. but it is unclear when or if they will be searched. >>> third marine is set to face trial for the hazing of a fellow marine. he killed himself while serving in afghanistan. ktvu's robert handa spoke to the family about what they call a disappointing search for justice. >> reporter: here at the memorial, he is honored but now his name is connected to a case where many say justice

rita nissan, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, carnival is also flying in engineers and technicians to try to repair the generators. >>> if federal regulators get their way, pilots will have to be a lot more experienced before flying commercial airlines. new regulations proposed by the federal aviation administration. >> the faa wants to raise the minimum experience level for the first time in 40 years. the proposed legislation would increase the minimum time required for copilots to 1500 hours. this is just the latest in a string of faa changes. supporters say the moves are long overdue. >> these are absolute rock bottom minimums. what we really need in the long term is to have a healthy enough airline industry that we have people who have more experience in that, than to take these entry level jobs. >> there are two exceptions to this change. former military pilots will need only 750 hours to fly for an airline. and graduates of university flight schools only need 1,000 hours. denise? >> thank you, kai. airline officials say the rule change could force them to raise wages to attract more