. >> i am rita williams in oakland. they came here from around the country today to honor a gospel singing legend and oakland native. that story still ahead. >> a lot of fog out there and it will warm up. i will tell you when. see you back here. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. all right. who's next? make a deposit from anywhere, anytime-- with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >> police in the east bay are looking for a bandeau who struck at the panda express restaurant and at four other businesses nearby. they say the first report came in just before midnight and reports that kept coming in until the wee hours of the morning inve

ktvu's rita williams live in oakland tonight with more. rita? >> reporter: frank, some business owners say good, they hope police do figure out what went wrong so that their stores don't get looted again. >> they wasn't doing their job correctly. >> reporter: two and a half weeks later and most of the display cases on broadway still are empty. $50,000 worth of uninsured items gone. the only merchandise here mostly gold teeth and rings are items this individual says looters dropped. >> i was terrified. i was in a state of shock. i didn't really know what to do. just trying to protect my family. >> reporter: as this youtube video shows he says he, his partner, girlfriend and baby were locked inside the baby when looters tore off the metal gate, smashed the windows and went inside and helped themselves. he has these small jewelry hammers. >> in -- the police didn't show up for 45 minutes. they were around the block and they didn't show up. when they got here, the people were still looting and they didn't even stop them. >> reporter: police say they

rita williams has our report. >> reporter: it's a big eviction expected in oakland.but not of people, almost 50 wild animals not yet ready for release could soon be homeless. there is just one of the critters living here in oakland. it's oakland's only wildlife rehabilitation facility. with the help of 50 volunteer, it saves more than 500 hurt and abandoned animals a year. including this possum. >> 50 days after they are born they give birth to embryos. >> reporter: director lila travis and her husband began rescuing animals. but as their own family grew, so did the number of animals. about six years ago, they outgrew their home and the animals and rescuers moved here to this rental property in the oakland hills. but now the owner wants it back and in just a month and a half, the animals and the family will be evicted. >> we're open to any kind of creative solution. we're looking for possibly purchasing a piece of property that's for sale that would be ideal as a relocation site. >> but that means the nonprofit has to come up with about $250,000 and time is running o

rita williams. >>> a trial date may be set tomorrow against former slugger barry bonds. bonds faces charges that he ride lied -- that he lied to the judge. a judge won't allow evidence an appeal by prosecutors was une successful. >>> 40-year-oldtammy thomas was convicted in 2008 for one count of obstruction of justice for telling the grand jury she never knowingly took steroids. the appeal's court disas. >>> there's been a recent streupg of burglaries in palo alto -- there's >>> for the second time this week, police in the peninsula have found a child committing a burglary. police believe adults are using the child to conduct the burglaries. >> reporter: homeowners reported that the child was confronted ran to some waiting adults. police say the boy used open windows or doors to get into the homes and may not be aware that he is committing a crime. >> sound like child abuse to me. i don't know what else to say about it. clearly, it's not a good thing to do. >> as a child, of course you wouldn't think to do something like that. desperate probably too. >> if you're an adul

rita williams. >>> a trial date may be set tomorrow against former slugger barry bonds. barry bonds faces charges that he ride lied -- that he lied to the judge. a judge won't allow evidence an appeal by prosecutors was une successful. >>> 40-year-oldtammy thomas was convicted in 2008 for one count of obstruction of justice for telling the grand jury she never knowingly took steroids. the appeal's court disas. >>> there's been a recent streupg of burglaries in palo alto -- there's been a recent string of burglaries in palo alto, and wait till you hear who officers think is spending them. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. all right. who's next? make a deposit from anywhere, anytime-- with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my

. >>> ktvu has followed solar's military career for five years now, tonight rita williams has an update. >> reporter: the war in afghanistan is 7,400 miles away from safe gated rossmoore. but for pat solar, it's as close as a computer. >> i'm not going to put my face in sand, i want to know if she's in danger. >> reporter: he is her son. in the seventh month of serving. we first met pat solar and kyle a short while after kyle enlisted. inspired by his grandfather. >> it was 9/11 that was our pearl harbor. >> reporter: solar hasn't just grown up in the army, he's excelled in it. the audi murphy award, the patterson award, two purple heart, two tours in iraq, now afghanistan. where he survived a lightning strike. >> you kind of go, lightning. how many lives does this guy have. >> reporter: she hopes enough lives to survive afghanistan. >> look at that. >> reporter: that's why she watched with interest what happened with interest what happened in kabul today. >> the july 2,011th date captures both our sense of urgency and the strength of our resolve. >> reporter: and afghanistan's presiden

rita williams has our report. >> reporter: authorities now are investigating the first inmate killing here at san quentin state prison since 1997. it occurred in the prison reception yard yesterday morning. when frank anthony suoza came up to shaffer in the prison reception yard and stabbed the shaffer. >> it's identified as a broken breaking weapon. it's very sophisticated. >> reporter: souza is facing a prison of life for killing a man. authorities say they don't know why there would be bad blood between souza and they say he kill, who had only arrived here at the prison 10 days ago. edward shaffer was a nine time drunk driving offender convicted of second degree murder just starting to serve his sentence of 24 years to life. his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he plowed his motorcycle into a father and daughter. shaffer was going almost twice the posted 35-mile an hour posted speed limit. 9-year-old melody asheroff died the next day. her father aaron lost a leg and is left with a lifetime of pain physically and emotionally. >> the amount of suffering that this in

rita williams has our report. >> reporter: authorities now are investigating the first inmate killing here at san quentin state prison since 1997. it occurred in the prison reception yard yesterday morning. when frank anthony suoza came up to shaffer in the prison reception yard and stabbed the shaffer. >> it's identified as a broken breaking weapon. it's very sophisticated. >> reporter: souza is facing a prison of life for killing a man. authorities say they don't know why there would be bad blood between souza and they say he kill, who had only arrived here at the prison 10 days ago. edward shaffer was a nine time drunk driving offender convicted of second degree murder just starting to serve his sentence of 24 years to life. his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he plowed his motorcycle into a father and daughter. shaffer was going almost twice the posted 35-mile an hour posted speed limit. 9-year-old melody asheroff died the next day. her father aaron lost a leg and is left with a lifetime of pain physically and emotionally. >> the amount of suffering that this in

. >>> ktvu has followed solar's military career for five years now, tonight rita williams has an update>> reporter: the war in afghanistan is 7,400 miles away from safe gated rossmoore. but for pat solar, it's as close as a computer. >> i'm not going to put my face in sand, i want to know if she's in danger. >> reporter: he is her son. in the seventh month of serving. we first met pat solar and kyle a short while after kyle enlisted. inspired by his grandfather. >> it was 9/11 that was our pearl harbor. >> reporter: solar hasn't just grown up in the army, he's excelled in it. the audi murphy award, the patterson award, two purple heart, two tours in iraq, now afghanistan. where he survived a lightning strike. >> you kind of go, lightning. how many lives does this guy have. >> reporter: she hopes enough lives to survive afghanistan. >> look at that. >> reporter: that's why she watched with interest what happened with interest what happened in kabul today. >> the july 2,011th date captures both our sense of urgency and the strength of our resolve. >> reporter: and afghanistan's president

in walnut creek, rita williams williams, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> we have posted more pictures from the dualing rallies online at ktvu.com. look for the slide show tab. >>> an exclusive new ktvu field poll shows a small shift in california's opinion of same- sex marriage. when asked if they approved in allowing same sex couples to get married 52% from last year. 42% disapprove, a decrease of 2%. voters had mixed opinions though when given three options about what should be done about same-sex marriage. 44% said they favoured it. 34% backed civil unions but not marriage. and 19% said they did not want any legal recognition for sex couples. >>> a man who hadn't on a sunger strike in 2008 after naming a vietnamese neighborhood as been arrested. the pop star performed at the santa clara convention center yesterday. when the singer accepted a flower from an older concert viewer he suddenly staggered back. the old woman appeared to be activist ly tong. the police arrested him. he now faces several charges including discharging a chemical irritant. he is scheduled to be arraigned on wednes

in walnut creek, rita williams williams, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> we have posted more pictures from the dualing rallies online at ktvu.com. look for the slide show tab. >>> an exclusive new ktvu field poll shows a small shift in california's opinion of same- sex marriage. when asked if they approved in allowing same sex couples to get married 52% from last year. 42% disapprove, a decrease of 2%. voters had mixed opinions though when given three options about what should be done about same-sex marriage. 44% said they favoured it. 34% backed civil unions but not marriage. and 19% said they did not want any legal recognition for same sex couples. >>> a man who hadn't on a sunger strike in 2008 after naming a vietnamese neighborhood as been arrested. the pop star performed at the santa clara convention center yesterday. when the singer accepted a flower from an older concert viewer he suddenly staggered back. the old woman appeared to be activist ly tong. the police arrested him. he now faces several charges including discharging a chemical irritant. he is scheduled to be arraigned on w

ktvu's rita williams reports. >> reporter: so far, so good but is it good enough? the oil cap is still holding back the black crude that's been gushing. >> it's good. that's a real relief for us and our tri. >> reporter: while it's no cops laying to gulf coast victims of this disaster, it's not the largest accidental oil spill of all time, at least not yet. that record was set almost 100 years ago and it was not on water but on land. right here in california. and it was california's richest producing county. so-called dry hole charlie woods drilled deem one last time and hit pay dirt. black gold gushed like a guyser a half mime to the sky for the next 18 months. >> of course, they were primitive, no blowout preventer, nothing. when it came, you had to run for yoir lives. >> 9 million-barrels in all, way more than twice the greatest estimate of spilled oil now in the gulf. the pressure of the gusher was so great that the cap of wood on beam was blown away. findly, they built a sand world around the oil well. finally, the oil blew it self out in 1927. now a his stori

rita williams has been covering the story since it began.he joins us now with the latest from today's court proceedings. >> heather, it's been a long time and there is still no firm date set for a federal trial for barry bonds. bond's seven attorneys came to court today, he didn't. inside the judge and attorneys on both sides tried to set a date for his trial. they didn't. but they came closer, early next year. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: when this all began there was a different president in the white house. >> get rid of steroids now. >> reporter: less than a month after president bush, a former mayor league team owner made cleaning up sports in the state of the union address, the original four balco defendants had been indicted. >> it's consistent with a political agenda. >> reporter: the months before in december 2003, bonds testified before the grand jury investigating balco, it's in that testimony prosecutors say bonds lied when he said he never knowingly used steroids. >> and we felt this, you know from the fir

rita williams is live and has this report. >> reporter: heather, it was a funeral but is it was not -- but it was not sad. it was a four-hour tribute to an oakland native who touched a lot of lives. ♪ >> reporter: it was part revival. part a musical tribute. and it was a whole lot of celebrating the 61 years of life of grammy-winning gospel legend and later bishop, walter hawkins. it was hard to sit still. they sent hawkins to the promiseland after his long battle with pancreatic cancer. >> i was in south africa when nelson man dem law was -- nelson mandela was free. [ applause ] >> reporter: those who knew him best, his musically talented family said their public goodbyes. >> my best friend, my partner. >> oh, god. i loved him so much. >> reporter: his son and brother said walter's non- traditional church music and teachings were not always well received by everyone in his hometown. >> if my father could see this. he was a humble man. >> reporter: but those who knew hawkins only through his music and teachings came, too. >> he's huge. he's basically equivalent to the michael jackson

ktvu's rita williams reports. >> reporter: so far, so good but is it good enough? the oil cap is still holding back the black crude that's been gushing. >> it's good. that's a real relief for us and our tri. >> reporter: while it's no cops laying to gulf coast victims of this disaster, it's not the largest accidental oil spill of all time, at least not yet. that record was set almost 100 years ago and it was not on water but on land. right here in california. and it was california's richest producing county. so-called dry hole charlie woods drilled deem one last time and hit pay dirt. black gold gushed like a guyser a half mime to the sky for the next 18 months. >> of course, they were primitive, no blowout preventer, nothing. when it came, you had to run for yoir lives. >> 9 million-barrels in all, way more than twice the greatest estimate of spilled oil now in the gulf. the pressure of the gusher was so great that the cap of wood on beam was blown away. findly, they built a sand world around the oil well. finally, the oil blew it self out in 1927. now a his stori

as ktvu's rita williams reports, the cow killing and a similar situation last spring in oakland have animal welfare officials across the state rewriting the rules. >> reporter: at the california state fair today protestors carried signs saying shooting pregnant cows is not fair. they were upset that yesterday police shot this 1400-pound pregnant dairy cow. the cow and her full-term fetus was died. >> i was totally shocked. >> fair officials say the stressed cow bolted while being transferred to a birthing area, that attempts to tranquilize her didn't work and they feared people could be harmed. >> we stayed with it for an hour along with the vets from uc davis. it was very agitated. >> reporter: understandably agitated, say protestors, uc davis vets had brought the cow there to give birth in front of fair goers. >> you know the mayhem of a midway walking by one of those creatures how are you to gain a real sense of this animal. >> reporter: on youtube we found home video at cows and other animals birthing at state fairs across the country. they would not re-think the live bits again.

as ktvu's rita williams reports, the cow killing and a similar situation last spring in oakland have animal welfare officials across the state rewriting the rules. >> reporter: at the california state fair today protestors carried signs saying shooting pregnant cows is not fair. they were upset that yesterday police shot this 1400-pound pregnant dairy cow. the cow and her full-term fetus was died. >> i was totally shocked. >> fair officials say the stressed cow bolted while being transferred to a birthing area, that attempts to tranquilize her didn't work and they feared people could be harmed. >> we stayed with it for an hour along with the vets from uc davis. it was very agitated. >> reporter: understandably agitated, say protestors, uc davis vets had brought the cow there to give birth in front of fair goers. >> you know the mayhem of a midway walking by one of those creatures how are you to gain a real sense of this animal. >> reporter: on youtube we found home video at cows and other animals birthing at state fairs across the country. they would not re-think the live bits again.

reporting live at san quentin state prison, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fairfield mother was charged today in the deaths of four children in an apartment fire. 24-year-old shatarra williams pled not guilty in a fairfield court today to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. her sister leticia james pled not guilty to the same charges earlier this month. women's three children and james' child died when candles sparked a fire in their apartment. the children had been left unattended. >>> the woman accused of taking part in the killing of a man was arraigned this afternoon. police say housley confessed to participating in the shooting death of 45-year-old kang. police say housley and her boyfriend george huggings robbed kang and a friend as they left a dental office on july 18th. kang was supposed to go to a job interview at google the next day. huggins arrangement is set for tomorrow. >>> san francisco police tonight are looking for a group of men who stabbed someone on a nummi platform in the bay view district. the male victimmed suffered nonlife threatening sta

rita williams is live at san quentin tonight with details of edward shaffer's death, rita -- >> reporterank you might think the killing here of a man who killed his daughter and cost him a

the oakland police department says williams is going to stay at highland hospital for at least a couple of days before he is transferred to santa rita jail in dublin. there is one other note. williams was reportedly involved in an attempted bank robbery in 2002 in chowchilla after after the police got hold of himmer, said he wanted to do it but decided not to do with it because he was embarrassed, everybody laughed at him because of his blonde wig so length the bank without doing it. >> wow -- so left the bank without doing it. >> simon, with the laundry list of the crimes he committed, i'm sure some people were wondering why weren't the please watching him more closely? why was he out of jail in the first place? >> reporter: he apparently had his sentence reduced a couple of times and moved in next door to his mother in groveland in tuolumne county and was living there, had been for a while, several neighbors we spoke to saying that they didn't really see much of him, barely even knew that he was there. but he was living in tuolumne county in the house next to his mother's. >> all right. simon perez, thank you. [ yelling ] >>> on o