rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. the 9-year-old fillies and that was seriously injured its back and pennsylvania could he made the flight yesterday on a specially equipped medical plane previous condition is improving but he remains on the critical condition -- he remains in critical condition but the suspect in the case pleaded not guilty to charges of drunk driving and hit and run. >>> a grandmother of a toddler is speaking out about the death of a girl and her father. they'll man and daughter were found dead inside an suv. the two died of carbon monoxide poisoning. a coroner has not yet confirmed that. >>> 29-year-old james mitchell was found guilty in a marin county court last month of fatally beating his ex- girlfriend and kidnapping his daughter. >> we have some photos to show you bring a shows a boy holding an assault rifle as a police officer talks with a group of children. critics say it is inappropriate treatment picture shows a child holding a gun. please, an event organizers tell us it is a success with t

rob roth spoke with the woman's aunt. >> reporter: yosemite national park officials say they are not contemplating making safety changes at half dome even in the wake of the fatal fall. >> reporter: even experienced climers say climing up and down half dome can be risky even when using the cables in place. but it's a risk that sup to the hiker to take. >> we can't station a ranger at every spot and the visitor has to make that decision. >> reporter: it was noon yesterday that hailey laflamme slipped while coming down half dome and fell 600 feet to her death. she shows to climb half dome despite foul weather. >> a severe thunderstorm had occurred earlier that morning and continue throughout the morning so the area was very wet with rain and the rocks were very slimry. >> reporter: one relative said she climbed last year and took her sister this year. he climbed half dome three times. >> quite steep. some places highly polished from weather and hiking boots, you just have to treat it seriously. >> reporter: climb half dome is so popular yosemite national park now requires permits to cl

rob roth says he heard cries breaking but he did not know what is was it that was.ut again, the standoff continues. him and is a suspect in the stabbing of a store clerk in a shoplifting incident on sunday. we will post any updates as ktvu.com and will have full coverage on our 10:00 news. >>> as a reports for now. thanks so much for joining us to stay tuned to ktvu.com for all of our developments. "tmz" is up next right here on tv 36. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today.

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> family and friends gathered at st. charles catholic church in san carlos to remember long time and well known san francisco spokesman john wilson. many people admired wilson's candor, excitement. he re mained a vital source of information after his retirement nine years ago. >>> an 84-year-old woman could lose her driver's license over an accident that injured three people. the woman was trying to park at the u.s. bank at tennessee and amador streets yesterday afternoon when she apparently hit the gas instead of the brakes. she plowed into the crowded bank lobby. >>> the senate passed a bill today providing stopgap funding for the faa administration. the measure ends the two week partial shut down of the faa which cost the government an estimated $400 million in lost taxes. republicans refused to compromise until $16 million in air service subsidies to 13 rural communities was eliminated. >>> top postoffice executives say they need action from congress or they will not be able to make a payment to the government. the p

rob roth live with the latest on the man suspected of pulling the trigger. >> reporter: bernard could be charged for murder if fond to have shot and killed nava. >> we have filed charges in allegations that he personally used a firearm and that in the course of using that firearm he inflicted either death or serious injury. >> reporter: police arrested denrard in pittsburg on tuesday and has been in jail ever since. denard road to 64th avenue and began firing. one bullet struck carlos nava as he sat in a toy car. >> we believe this incident is gang related. we do believe that it was as a result of conflict that has been in our city for a while. >> reporter: court records say one of the victims in this shooting identified the driver as the car and another victim identified denard. denard denies any involvement in this shooting. monday's violence has sparked outrage in the city. >> the proof is in the pudding. maybe the last of young carlos will wake people up. maybe the loss of young carlos at 3 years old of his innocence will wake this city up. >> reporter: denard has three prior felo

rob roth has more. you just confirmed there was movement in the case? >> reporter: frank, law enforcement sources told us just minutes ago that police do have a suspect in custody, linked to the death of three- year-old, carlos nava. since monday's drive-by shooting that left a little boy dead and two men injured, police say they served search warrants in pittsburgh, berkeley and hayward, pittsburgh police say they arrested two men at oakland's request. but the police issued this statement, "an arrest was made yesterday, however it is not related to the shooting of carlos nava at this time." they say it was related to gang members as part of the investigation. we spoke to the sister of one of the men injured in the shooting, 36-year-old robert hudson, who police say was one of the intended targets. >> my brother has never been in a gang, he is 34 years old. >> reporter: she also says she never talked to her brother about it. >> it could be a mistake in the identity, anything. >> reporter: still, gang counselors say they will talk to young people trying

rob roth is there, rob, what are we hearing now? >> investigators and police are here and as you see there's attention focused on this shuttle bus. police have not released a lot of information, but we know the bus came down 18th street and made a left on to hartford and then struck a female pedestrian that is pronounced dead here at the scene. the driver is sitting in the back of a police car, no indication that he is under arrest. one question is why the shuttle turned on to narrow hartford, what police just told me literally one minute ago was that the bus was pulled out of regular service and turned to a shuttle bus and the bus driver was going to castro and market. there had been a rumor that perhaps the bus was somehow hijacked but that is not absolutely not true. that is not what happened. the bus driver made this turn and unfortunately it resulted in the death of a female pedestrian. and that is what we have here? san francisco, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> do we know whether the woman was in the crosswalk when she was

. >> rob roth is in sacramento where that was the message. rob? >> reporter: today's hearing focused on what went horribly wrong in the jaycee dugard case but also how to fix it. >> reporter: members of law enforcement and victim's rights group gathered to discuss the break down of a system that allowed phillip garrido to roam the streets free to abduct jaycee dugard. many say the criteria they use needs to change, it's too easy for prisoners to release. >> they must prove it. >> reporter: one senator expects to introduce legislation that would change the criteria. >> we want to give them a tool to provide that balance. they can look at additional information, the crimes he committed and balance that with the behavior of the inmate. >> reporter: one other area was a lack of communication between law enforcement agencies once jaycee dugard was abducted. >> in the phillip garrido case the local police didn't have adication with the state or federal patrol agents. >> reporter: what does a patrol agent do? >> reporter: another weakness, search procedu

ktvu's rob roth is on the scene where police are trying to get the man to

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ed lee is an hour away from going head to head in the first mayoral debate. happening tonight. ed lee will join eight other candidates that forum including david chiu, dennis herrera and leland yee. >>> supervisor wants to give film makers a break. we can tell you he is pushing legislation that would allow reality tv qualify for rebates if they shoot in san francisco. those productions were excluded from the current film rebate program because officials believed the projects were completed too quickly to make them worth wild. >>> ever wanted to play a witch? zombie? san jose's mystery house is offering the chance to do just that. holding auditions tonight for its fright night characters. the auditions start at 6 carbon monoxide at the performing arts recital haul at 500 el camino roalin santa clara. >>> julie haener is live with the stories we are working on for 6:00. >>> the latest on the drive-by shooting that left a toddler dead and two men injured and the stock market drive, what investors are saying tonight and a new campaign to clean up trash al

ktvu's rob roth has more. >> reporter: here in the castro district where folks are barred from seeing the videotapes of that trial. right now the decision over whether the public has the right to see them are in the hands of a federal judge. >> reporter: this same-sex couple held up a sign today urging the judge to free the tapes. >> we have sat in on the courtrooms many times. and to hear real people talk about their real lives is heart breaking. >> reporter: attorneys fighting for same-sex marriage rights and media organizations argued for the release of the tapes, saying they are the best record of what happened during the trial and why the judge ruled proposition 8 is unconstitutional. >> proponents don't want this out. they know when the public sees the evidence they are going to lose the public opinion battle just as they lost this case. >> reporter: backers argued the judge made the tape to help him make his decision and witness whose testified against could be suggested to physical harm if their images were made public. >> as a result of this order there haven't been any repor

ktvu's rob roth is live with how wet weather may have contributed to her fall. >> reporter: experienced hikers say climbing up and down half dome is a risky experience and it's one that ended the life of a woman. >> reporter: hailey laflamme loved the outdoors and hiked half dome last year and went again and two friends. this video of half dome was taken by a hiker a year ago. yosemite national park rangers said he was descending half dome yesterday. >> she fell approximately 600 feet off of the cables. rangers were dispatched and pronounced her dead. >> reporter: therehad been stormed earlier in the day and the rocks could have been wet. hikers use cables to get up and down half dome and there are signs cautioning people about the risk of wet weather. >> thunder and lightening rain storm occurred and continued throughout the morning so the area was very wet with rain and the rocks were slippery at the time. >>> the accident was the second time in two years that a hiker was killed at half dome. that victim slipped in wet weather. hikers must show rangers their permits before they climb.

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more progress to report for san francisco giants' fan bryan stow. the chief surgeon said he can now follow some commands and interact with others. doctors also reduced his medications but they are warning brain injury patients follow different courses of recovery. he remains in serious conditions after an attacking at dodger staidyism back in march. >>> google baying $27.5 billion for mote rola. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with more. >> reporter: apple started the revolution but google declared all out war. by buying motorola mobility google goes from a software based company to one with an ability to manufacture hard war, the thing that made apple the most valuable company on worth. on earth. >> it's about lawsuits over pattens related to smartphone technology. >> 15,000 pattens they are picking up which protects them. >> reporter: for consumers. is in. >> faster service. yeah, i think it's going to show up on the shelves in a year or two. >> i think it will probably maybe lower the prices of smartphones. but i am not positive about th

reporting live, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> a federal judge in san francisco wants to record next week'sring on whether to unseal footage of last year's trial over the constitutionality of proposition eight. the measure banned same-sex marriages in california. backers of prop eight oppose recording the hearing and the release of court tapes. >>> two east bay skate parks that a lot of people fought for are being ripped up by caltrans. ktvu's mike mibach live now with some saying that this makes it tougher for children. >> reporter: the fence is up, it is locked and there's no word, no signs of any skate park and that is because caltrans says it all comes down to these two words on the right. no trespassing. bulldozers, sweepers, all of them up and running underneath the mcarthur maze at 8:00 this morning. and today the skate park is no more. >> it's a sad story, it's a nightmare to me. >> they basically came through with the bulldozers and everything and got rid of it. >> reporter: ron allen says caltrans will next demolish the skate park under the elevated portion of i80. >> the sad part

reporting live in nightson, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a huge hit for the economy. on wall street stocks took a beating. and at the stock market this is a sound investors were listening for today. >> reporter: the end, stocks were getting hammered and it got worse as the session went on. through the day the dow dropped 300 then 400 and finally at the close it was down more than 500 points. it finished at 11,383. a one day loss of 4.3%. the nasdaq lost 136 points setting more than 5%. so what's going on? ktvu consumer editor tom vacar has been closely watching the action on wall street and is live in san francisco now with what it means on main street, tom. >> reporter: have a look at this, today the stock market turned this into this. >> reporter: whether at a farmers market or the shopping market in orinta the stock marketplaces a factor. >> it makes my nervous about if we're going to recover fully or how long it's going to take us to recover. >> i noticed the stock market figures today, i don't understand it completely but it causes me a concern and worry. >> repo

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco attorney tonight is charged with raping three women who responded to his ads on craigslist. eric is live with more. >> reporter: we got a chance to look at the ads mosted by mikem hoffman and they sought sexual encounters. one of the women met him here. he is now facing charges. >> reporter: he says these were the ads he posted. but now three women say it was rape. she went to police after it happened in march. >> she ran out of that house with her keys. when she had one opportunity to get away she ran out and went down an elevator. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i think that is part of the risk. >> reporter: his attorney insist his client played those games for year and many women responded. >> when it happened between consenting adults it's not a crime. >> reporter: now a jury could have to answer that question. hoffman is sitting in jail on $3 million's bail. >> if we have additional information that indicates there may be more victims or a change in circumstances we look at any and lof that information. -- all of that infor

. >> rob roth will have more on why fang decided to vote against the gm. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a man is now in custody following his father's abduction. authorities tracked down 34- year-old marcellena ramirez shortly before 5:00 a.m. they say he kidnapped his daughter in hollister. the teenager was with her father at the time of his arrest. the child did not appear to be physically harmed. police in morgan hill are looking for two men who kidnapped and robbed the 73- year-old man, the abduction happened last thursday outside a dollar tree store on monterey road. police say the two men kidnapped the victim at gunpoint forced him to withdraw money of a bank and then robbed him of more money at the time. investigators say the victim was nat -- victim was not physically harmed. >>> security nationwide is getting beefed up as we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. but a new really released report is raising concern about concerns about how prepared we are. >>> is there a heatup or a cooldown? mark tamayo is up nex

that was rob roth reporting from sacramento. >>> authorities in alameda county say a man is under arrest for opening fire on an alleged marijuana thief. the shooting happened at a home on 159th avenue in unincorporated san leandro where a man was apparently trying to steal marijuana growing in the backyard. the sheriff's office says it all started at about 4:45 this morning when an alarm went off at the house. the owner of the marijuana opened fire and now faces an assault charge. >> there are laws in the state of california that allow you to defend yourself, this is not the case. >> reporter: deputies later stopped the shooting victim in a car on interstate 580. he had suffered a minor gunshot wound and was not arrested. >>> an accident at a barn station in san francisco left a woman fighting for her life tonight. it happened about two hours ago after the san francisco bart stop -- b.a.r.t. stop. a woman fell after trying to jump on a ledge. the woman was wobbling before the fall. there's no word yet on whether alcohol or drugs were involved. >>> right now pg & e is trying to ease mount

some of the actors were convicted murderers, rob roth tells us how it is helping inmates connect with themselves and each other. >> reporter: here in this auditorium inside of san quentin. convicted murderers, armed robbers, three strikers and other offenders were actors performing in an updated version of "the 12th night" this man is serving 30 years to life for murdering a woman in san diego. >> we can use things from our own lives, perhaps, sad things or things that made us angry and transform that energy into something positive. >> reporter: for the past 10 months they have been rehearsing every week for this performance. this man said he killed someone when he was 16 years old. >> when i was 16 i built a lot of walls to be tough, to be the guy -- and i like the way that child was. after participating in the play i really allowed that boy to come out. >> reporter: the play was adapted to include 1960s music with the dialogue was there for the inmate actors to memorize and recite. >> reporter: the inmates performing under the guidance of the shakespear company. >> we are asking the

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> at thraoeft three people are dead tonight after a storm hit an open air music festival in belgium. high winds, hail, heavy rain sent concertgoers running for their lives. 70 people were injured in the storm. 11 said to be in serious condition. chicago-based band was on the stage. the band was not injured. >>> the barack obama administration announced a plan today to allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in this country and apply for a work permit. homeland security secretary unveiled the new policy in a letter to u.s. lawmakers. she said the change will allow federal agents to focus deporting convicted criminals and those that pose a national security or safety threat. under the new policy the government will make a case by case review of 300,000 immigrants that face possible deportation. >>> fbi agents arrested a father and son on suspicion of harassing sarah palin and her family. he and his son were taken into custody this morning. the former governor got restraining orders against the pair last year. they have been making threatening phone cal

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rob roth tells us what they did today that could lead to a job in a completely different field. >> for years these folks helped build automobiles. today they were looking for a job in the medical field. hundreds of laid off muni workers gathered to look for jobs from kaiser permanenty. >> hard. try to find work. went to school, try to better yourself, got to keep your head positive. >> any luck? >> so far no. >> reporter: this man was a quality control inspector. >> nothing out there. >> reporter: kaiser recruiters spoke about nonclinical jobs, such as medical assistants and clerks. >> if more companies can work with us, things are going to be much easier and faster for clients. >> reporter: for these former auto workers the plant closing was devastating. >> makes you recalculate your life, and say i'm capable of doing something different, i'm going to do it. >> reporter: muni expects to put on another job fair next month with recruiters from coca- cola. >>> a conclusion to one of the bay area's most troubling murder cases. the long awaited evidence. >>> a coalition of community unions

rob roth tells us what they did today that could lead to a job in a completely different field. >> forears these folks helped build automobiles. today they were looking for a job in the medical field. hundreds of laid off muni workers gathered to look for jobs from kaiser permanenty. >> hard. try to find work. went to school, try to better yourself, got to keep your head positive. >> any luck? >> so far no. >> reporter: this man was a quality control inspector. >> nothing out there. >> reporter: kaiser recruiters spoke about nonclinical jobs, such as medical assistants and clerks. >> if more companies can work with us, things are going to be much easier and faster for clients. >> reporter: for these former auto workers the plant closing was devastating. >> makes you recalculate your life, and say i'm capable of doing something different, i'm going to do it. >> reporter: muni expects to put on another job fair next month with recruiters from coca- cola. >>> a conclusion to one of the bay area's most troubling murder cases. the long awaited evidence. >>> a coalition of community unions t

reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> now to a chilling firsthand account of the moment someone opened fire on the busy oakland street killing that innocent little boy. tonight only on 2, ktvu's jade hernandez talks to a shooting victim who denies he is in a gang. >> reporter: a gunshot wound he says missed every major organ. >> i don't want the family to think the bullets were meant for me and they come after me because their baby was hit. >> reporter: oakland police say hudson who is still in the hospital was the target. he says police are wrong. he remembers walking along international at 64th alone and then taking cover. >> when i seen the car pulling up, half of the dude's body was out the car with the gun in his hand. the door at a car was stopped, a black dude with dreads, and that's all i saw. >> reporter: a man he claims doesn't fight nor hang with gang members. >> they got little kids that's probably starting some little gangs, but i'm 37, man. i'm not in no gang. >> reporter: hudson described the shooter's car as a dodge neon with two people inside. oakland po

in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel channel 2 news. >>> 60% of republicans and leaning independents sayhey are satisfied with their choices in the primary race. in june just half said they were satisfied. the authors of the survey say texas governor rick perry may have boosted voter confidence. voters gave mitt romney the greatest favoritability. >>>-- the pledge also include the vow to support a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. the organization that's pushing the amendment praised perry as a marriage champion i. michelle bachmann, mitt romney and santorium have also signed the pledge. >>> this is the way it looked at b.a.r.t. civic center last sunday. tonight we have more information about what commuters might do to fight back next monday. back next monday. >>> a new law that will man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [gigg

in sacramento, rob roth ktvu knew. >>> here are more details now on this turn in the garrido case. the report says phillip garrido never became the suspect in the unsolved 1988 kidnapping of 9- year-old macayla garrett. garrett was snatched up just about 20 miles from garrido's half way house. there's a strong resemblance in what garrido looked like in 1976 and the description of the man who kidnapped garrett. by 1988, garrido's looks had changed. >>> people are gathering now as a part of national night out. an event designed to help people and communities fight crime. police are describing what needs to happen where there's been an up tick in violence. >> reporter: we're in the historian king neighborhood. because of that organizers expect one of the biggest turn outs for national night out. as you can see people are starting to assemble, about 2,500 residents signed up for tonight's gathering. it's an encouraging sign for the depleted police department. we road with one veteran police officer today who says he hopes national night out motivates more people to get involved. >> the

reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a second suspect arrested in connection with carlos nava's death is still awaiting extradition. willie torres was set to appear in a las vegas court this morning for a fugitive warrant hearing but he didn't show up. according to a court spokeswoman he was in the jail medical facility at the time of the hearing. she did not say why. his next court appearance is rescheduled for thursday. he is not expected to be extradited to the bay area before then. >>> the condition of say seriously injured 9-year-old philadelphia phillies fan has improved enough for him to move. a san francisco general hospital woman said ryan white was flown home to pennsylvania yesterday. his condition is improving but is still in serious condition and will be treated at a hospital in his home state. you may recall white suffered fractures, brain and liver injuries when he was hit after leaving a baseball game at at&t park this month. the hit-and-run suspect, 21- year-old andrew vargas of hayward is being held on $465,000 in bail. >>> a woman suspected

everything that's been completely robbed from social security by the government for all kinds of nonsense the last -- since it was created. >> host: all right. diana furchtgott-roth? >> guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and we defended our country, and we could have just kept going like we did in the 90s and not reacted at all, but getting rid of al-qaeda or bin laden, al-qaeda, and the taliban unfortunately are still very much alive, and we mourn the deaths of those servicemen who died over the weekend. we need to protect the united states from further attacks. by attacking these people abroad, there's less chance there's another 9/11 here in the united states, but we do need to make substantial cuts in entitlements, not just health care, social security, gradually raising the retirement age, perhaps increasing contributions also to bring the funds back into balance. it's -- we're fortunate that americans are living longer and longer and longer, but it means the cost of the entitlement programs continue to grow, and we need to be restructuring those. we also need fundamental tax reform, and i agree with christian we have to rid of loopholes,