go to their blog section to get blogs from reporters like rob davis, who writes about the environment in a section called "in the muck." they have teamed up with local nbc stations and have their stories appear on air as well as on-line. >> ...rob davis with our on-line media partner-- voiceofsandiego.org first reported on these problems with expenses at the agency. and he joins us now... >> the voice of san diego-- a great example of a nonprofit news site offering an alternative to local newspapers. frank? >> thanks. well, the "new york times" said this about that site, by the way: "their news coverage and hard-digging investigative reporting stand out in an internet landscape long dominated by partisan commentary, gossip, vitriol in citizen journalism posted by unpaid amateurs." so are nonprofit local news sites the answer? is there enough philanthropist interest to make that work? what do you think? >> you know, when you're talking about philanthropists writing checks, that's a real x-factor. in most communities, there are people who are civic-minded, who would love to keep an eye

davis's barbershop has been open for 50 years. a place where people sit back and talk politics. someone robbed him. >> gentlemen came in with guns and masks and just collected the money from the customers and the barber. >> reporter: he is one of the three businesses to be hit recently and police are warning others. >> high-crime area. >> reporter: mr. davis and the business owners tell me there was a time in which barbershops were off limits. criminals would leave them alone. but times have changed and now it's open season. >> you could leave your doors open. >> reporter: but now kim keeps her doors always locked. >> i'm scared. >> reporter: mr. davis hopes that business owners can carry a concealed weapon on the job. the criminals will always get guns. >> the law so that the business people can have guns too. it might be a deterrent. i don't know. >> reporter: police urge people with information about the robberies to call metro police. i'm shomari stone. back to you in the studio. >>> a judge fined a group of people who were arrested alongside d.c. mayor vincent gray. gray and 40 others wer

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a task force is being formed to look in to the pepper spray incident at university of california at davisent said that former state supreme court justice will chair the task force that will investigate the use of force during the november 18 demonstration. the investigation is being led by los angeles police chief. >>> stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on the occupy movement and all of the recent events. you can also go to our website, www.ktvu.com, we are updated with information, just click on the occupy protest link. >>> concern from family and friends led law enforcement agencies to a tradagy involving a police sergeant and his wife. ktvu's robert handa is live to tell us what happened. >> reporter: we are that home that for part of the day had been a crime scene. as you can see a memorial is growing outside the house as investigators try to figure out what happenedints. >>> the home is quiet today. family and friends called police last night asking officers to do a welfare check because no one had been able to contact them during the weekend. >> once we got into the home we foun

the owner, paul davis, says that last wednesday masked men came in with guns and not only took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and robbed customers. police are warning local business owners to be careful and locking doors even during business hours. >>> a strong storm system have killed a number of people across the southeast. news 4's melissa melay is live with more. >> i just spoke to police in south carolina. they say the death toll there stands at three this morning. another person was killed in georgia and many have been injured as the storm slammed the southeast. thousands of people are still without power. rescue workers are out in south carolina right now looking for survivors. the cleanup will really start later this morning. many crews have been waiting for daylight. the storm tore through wednesday flattening houses and scattering cars. in georgia, the storm damaged an emergency operation you see there. suspected tornados were reported in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. now, the national weather service will send meteorologists to the area today to determine if the damage was indeed caused by a tornado. b

rob you, they say to run. you cannot defend yourself in the state of tennessee no more. >> but at the time davis was on an eight-dayphetamines and didn't realize the intruders were his friends. >> once you're up that long on drugs, you actually hallucinate. when they came in, i have friends running in and out of this house all the time. it was a bachelor house. you know what i'm saying? basically i thought they came to rob me. i done run them off once that day. when they came back, i thought they was trying to get me. that's the kind of person i was on the street. if i thought you was trying to get me, i was going to get you first. >> i've known him a year. that's my buddy. i haven't had any problems. we always get along. i had him moved down here. he wanted to move in. >> it has been four days since jason rogers arrived at brushy mountain. despite his initial anxiety, he's adjusting to life behind bars. >> actually you caught me on another good day. i got out of a smaller cell and got put in a bigger one. i had a cellmate up there, they moved me into a cell with another guy one night last night. now i have another

robbing this bank of the west in sacramento. she didn't have a gun, just a note. she pulled it off. with a few thousand dollars in hand her next stop was the uc davisash year's office. >> i paid for school. i went and paid. at the student cash year. >> she was overwhelmed with school and several jobs. her grades had dropped. she lost her financial aid. one month later on april 17th2008 she tried it again. but this time, she was stopped by police and sheriff deputies on her way to school. >> i caught a glimpse of how many there were. there must have been 10. i thought i was going to get shot. >> she said it was hard for her mom. >> i had never done that before. for her to hear me call her from county jail saying i had been arrested for bank robbery. horrible. bad. >> she was given 30 months. she served most of it at the dublin federal prison. when paroled she says elizabeth marlo. co-founder of the gamble instit yu. a nonprofit in west oakland helping paroles get back into society. >> they stay off drugs and stop doing crime. they go back to school. they get jobs. and they still remain in touch with us. >> there is more than that. she helps others b

. >>> paul davis, the owner of expert barber shop says masked men came in last week with guns and took an amount of cash from his register, but they robbedof the customers. some businesses are taking precautions by locking their doors even through business hours. >>> johnson & johnson are bowing to activists agreeing to remove some chemicals from its baby products. the company sent a letter to the campaign for safe cosmetics. it is now 6:36, 46 degrees just in time for the holiday shopping rush. a much anticipated store opens at stores. >> why it's not receiving favorable reception from people who live nearby. >>> and next, the plans our local occupy protesters have that could cause major p >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist tom curine in storm center four. moving southwest to northeast, it's a wave of low pressure in that area of white and pink. that's a mixture of rain and wet snow in some of the higher ridges. that may move parts into the shennendoah valley as well as up into the blue ridge and sigh line drive. elsewhere, getting generally light rain in these areas of green and much of maryland. there are some more moderate downpours