rob roth, ktvu 2 news. >> the new real estate fraud notification program caught its first suspect. investigators say he is accused of trying to transfer his k%.g÷-ót could have effects in sex abuse cases. they will decide whether a group of brothers can sue the oakland dioceses for abuse that took place years ago. they say they cannot sue because a special window has closed. the brothers say other laws allow the suit. the if court rules in the plaintiff's favor they will be in for new suits. >>> governor jerry brown released his budget plan online. the early release reveals the plan to cut money for welfare and medi-cal programs. funding for schools, and courts could be slashed more if voters >> attempt to do good. whether it is child care, education, university or police or whatever. when you say we don't have money, you got to cut the good. that is what we are doing. >> his proposals would increase taxes on residents earning more than $250,000 a year and boost the sales problems to bail out the democrats. >>> lawmakers heard testimony today on the effects of the high-speed rail p

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on that double homicide. police went to the house on friday after they were alerted by robert kamin's co-worker he dinnedt show up for work. officers didn't find anything unusual and left. it was on the second visit officers found the couple dead inside their car. the couple had been stranged and the car was set -- strangled and the car was set on fire. >>> man arrested for a stable stabbing. he was taken into custody yesterday. police say he killed a man thursday during an argument. the suspect remains in san francisco county jail tonight. >>> tomorrow the state assembly will vote on a bill to loosethen state's 3 strikes law. the bill would put a measure on the ballot that would require a third strike be for a serious or violent felony. right now any third felony striggers a 25 year sentence. -- triggers a 25 year sentence. >>> a drop in donations means parents will have to make up the difference. instead of paying $90 a year. they must pay $90 a month. boys and girls clubs charge just 20-$25 a year. >>> hun

ktvu's rob roth tells thus project aims to guide kids to safe places. >> reporter: these streets can be intimidating for children but today volunteers began painting these triangles for children to walk safely. >> reporter: he sees what no child should have to. people taking drugs and dealing them. >> how people can do that in front of you. without even, like, they don't turn around. just do it in front of you. >> reporter: if the children living here, a group of volunteers painted a yellow brick road a path they hope will signal that this is a safety zone for children. >> it has challenges and so we are not trying to ignore the challenges but we are trying to make a way we could co-exist and have the kids be safe. >> reporter: it will be 11 blocks. while they are notorious for street crime and violence it is also packed with families. >> we will monitor it very closely. >> reporter: but some wonder whether this will have an effect on street criminals. >> they will still come back. they don't care about the kids. they care about making money. been there, done that. >> we want to visu

. >>> in the penn state -- presidio, ktvu's rob roth. >>> the old officer's quarters. this building will soon be a 22 room hotel. the first hotel to open in the former military post. >> reporter: construction cruise still fixing up pershing hall, turning it into the inn at the presidio, set to open april 1. the plan is to preserve the look and field and add land mark views. >> they don't have the opportunity to do that unless they are willing to camp outside. >> reporter: most of the units will be suits and people have already started booking. >> booked in may and june, july and august, even into october. >> reporter: $195 a night to $350. they feel that is high for a national park. >> national park should target the bulk of the average visitors. >>> the hotest cost $11 million to build and owned by the presidio trust. must be selfficient by next year. >> they should be preserving the history rather than building new construction to compete with the history. >> if it shows there is a demand for overnight rooms we would like to pursue another lodge. >> reporter: the pre

ktvu's rob roth is live in a part of the valley with the claim that propaganda may be behind all this. >> reporter: there is one question you no longer here here, paper or plastic, that is because the beginning of the new year means the end of plastic plastic bags. >> customers were carrying out plastic bags today. less than a mile away, they weren't. under a new law, plastic bags are banned at grocery stores in marine county. >> best thing i could think of. >> reporter: it is supposed to encourage people to reuse bags so stores now charge for paper bag. >> reminder to bring extra bags. >> i didn't know about it. got shocked today. >> reporter: it is under legal challenge. an organization is arguing they implemented the ban without requiring an environmental impact report. >> based on environmental misinformation and environmental propaganda. >> reporter: he disputes claims plastic bag are degrading the environment. they lost a first round in court and are appealing. >> you can criticize and say there are plastic bags along highways but there are other things. >> reporter: lawsuits sl

ktvu's rob roth is live with the troubling e-mail posh cuters reveal. >> reporter: the hearing ended a short time ago. ross mirkarimi asked the judge to allow him to see his wife and sun but the judge said no. >> reporter: this was him an hour ago after he heard the judge's decision. >> i am -- i am incredibly disappointed to say the least. this has been enormously crushing, the fact that i haven't been able to see my family. be with my wife, be with my son. this is cruel. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi's wife, ellana lopez, left the court in tears without comment. the judge issued an order keeping him away from his family but the prosecutor opposed his request to see his family. she said ellana lopez send an e- mail saying ross mirkarimi watched their son for two hours and the boy was not fed, left in a car and was wet. his attorney said a report said evidence of emotional abuse were unfounded. he is charged with domestic violence, endangering a child and dissueding a wins. >> i will fight this. but as i said this moment one, the only way i can is to let the process unfold and do so in

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have sad news tonight from city hall.cials announced that city clerk deanna despain died over the weekend. the city did not offer further details about her death. >>> a tally showed that more states are allows medical marijuana but more local communities are banning them. 17 states now permit doctors to write prescriptions for marijuana. but here in california, 200 city and county governments banned them over the past eight years. that as the girl continues to target them. coming up at 6:00 on ktvu channel 2 news we will take you to san franciscoers where backers are protesting. >>> police are considering a change in their policy after an "occupy oakland" protest turned viland over the -- violent over the weekend. >> reporter: we are a block away from the target of the protest. one of the casualties is this starbucks. as you can see the windows are still boarded up. >> reporter: today outside city hall. >> we are fed up with living in fear of the people who are supposed to protect and serve us. >> reporter: he claims the

ktvu's rob roth is live now in san francisco with the international connections investigators are finding as they dig deeper. rob-- >> reporter: julie, security specialists are now going through the entire computer system here at city college they want to see just how widespread the viruses are and what information may have been compromised. city college officials say viruses have been detected in this computer lab primarily used by international students and that data from here has been traced to websites in foreign countries. >> some of the data was being improperly transmitted to china and russia and a couple other countries. >> reporter: the computers are supposed to be used for school assignments but students tell us they use campus computers for personal business too. >> you're checking how much money you have in your funds. you're going to pay for your schooling, you're just checking what you have. >> we have no knowledge that somebody has stolen somebody's identity. we don't have a case of that. but systems as large as this with a lot of students it's always possible. >> reporter:

coming up, rob roth tells us why police backed off and how a team and a hostage negotiator tried to end the stand off. >>> to the race for president. major developments today involving two of the candidates who didn't do very well in the iowa caucuses. live in washington d.c. tonight and what the results mean. >> reporter: this is what the republican field looked like last night, it has now changed with one candidate getting out of the race and another one sticking with it. all of this because of what happened in iowa was the difference, boiled down to 8 rotes. >> reporter: mitt romney won. but rick santorum's almost first place finish gives him momentum. >> game on. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. >> ron paul finished third but the iowa caucuses were not so kind to others. newt gingrich, rick perry, michele bachmann and john huntsman got less than 30% of the vote combined. after her 6th place showing, michele bachmann is suspending her campaign. >> the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. and so i have decided to stand aside. >> reporter: now the republican fie

rob roth tells us hackers may have been stealing student information for more than 10 years. >>> city college officials are saying viruses have been detected in this computer lab used by international students and data has been transferred to other countries. >> it was being transmitted to china and russia and a couple of other countries. >> reporter: they are supposed to be used for school assignments but students tell us they use them for personal business, too. you are going to pay for your schooling, just checking what you have. >> you have no knowledge that somebody hastolen someone's identity. we don't have a case of that or something to it. but the system as large as this with this many students it is always possible. >> reporter: the problem was discovered over thanksgiving weekend. and outside security firm has been called in to analyze the entire computer systemt all city college locations. thofficials say they suspect it began back in 1999 but increased dramatically the last few months and traced back web addresses to suspect in russian gangsters, all of this has students,

ktvu's rob roth vive in berkeley to explain what is happening at the library is a small example of a bigger issue. >> reporter: we are at the library where a protest is underway. the library closed at 5:00 so no one is supposed to be in here but dozens are still inside refusing to leave. >> reporter: the library was open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., now it is only open till noon. >> i am working on a thesis right now and i am using a book that i can only use ins the library. >> we are here to reclaim our space. we are here to study too. >> reporter: this afternoon students began inside the library. many professors came to support. >> once they cut back the libraries, they are undercutting our students to become educated. >> reporter: they haven't been able to replace the full time librarian. >> the budget situation sets everything up. gives you fewer resources. >>> the students say the hours are a example of what is happening. tuition going up and services gone down, from fewer classes to okay crowded classrooms. >> the first week of school. it is important that we assert ourselves.

rob roth tells us despite theirç courageous actions they say they're ordinary people. >> reporter: hereefore an audience packed with those who know something about danger and sacrifice, airmen wounded in the war in afghanistan received the purple heart. david atkins, brian bure, and ronald bricky. he is an explosion detonation expert. he responded to a device that had gone off. when he got there another device exploded four feet away. >> it's like being hit by a bus. >> reporter: he suffered burns and blew out his eardrum and for a while had nightmares. >> the two soldiers died, that shakes people up. >> reporter: he is married and the couple recently had a little girl. bricky's wife has had her ownç fears. >> it was emotional being pregnant and your husband over there not knowing if it's only go going to be picture he sees. >> reporter: atkins was knocked unconscious and when he came to. >> we were scared, worried about the other guys, making sure everybody was okay. >> reporter: bure still wears a neck brace. >> it hurts quite a bit. >> reporter: two months ago he was in afghanistan

rob roth tells us despite their courageous actions they say they're ordinary people. >> reporter: hereaudience packed with those who know something about danger and sacrifice, airmen wounded in the war in afghanistan received the purple heart. david atkins, brian bure, and ronald bricky. he is an explosion detonation expert. he responded to a device that had gone off. when he got there another device exploded four feet away. >> it's like being hit by a bus. >> reporter: he suffered burns and blew out his eardrum and for a while had nightmares. >> the two soldiers died, that shakes people up. >> reporter: he is married and the couple recently had a little girl. bricky's wife has had her own fears. >> it was emotional being pregnant and your husband over there not knowing if it's only go going to be picture he sees. >> reporter: atkins was knocked unconscious and when he came to. >> we were scared, worried about the other guys, making sure everybody was okay. >> reporter: bure still wears a neck brace. >> it hurts quite a bit. >> reporter: two months ago he was in afghanistan on patrol w

reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. a judge this morning ordered joseph naso to stand trial. joseph naso is accused of killing four women from northern california between 1977 and 1994. under the charges against him, he could face the death penality but the district attorney hasn't said yet if he will pursue it. he is scheduled to return to court on february 4. >>> a rock slide crush as car and forces people out of their hill. we have live coverage. let's start with jade hernandez. >> reporter: everyone is being kept away from the slide for obvious reasons but the cell phone video sums up the shied's intensity. >> reporter: the boulders came crashing down near a building. it took seeing the building for the shock to set in for a resident. >> oh, my gosh. wow! scary. >> reporter: first on the scene, the san francisco fire department. >> we don't know where they came from. >> reporter: on top of this car, smashing it. the owner called 911 around 9:30 a.m. this morning. >> there is -- you know, history of rock sliding here

ktvu's rob roth spoke to a former cruise ship captain who worries the incident is going to be a blackye for the cruise ship industry. >> reporter: he calls the decision by italian captain scatino to leave the ship incredulous. >> i guess i'm ashamed as a professional mariner, that would be the last thing i would think somebody would do. i can't fathom that. makes me professionally angry as well. >> reporter: in an emotionally charged tape, a coast guard commander is ordering the captain back on the cruise ship. scatino do you realize it's dark. coast guard captain; so what scatino, you want to go home because it's dark. get back on the boat. >> reporter: a couple had gotten off the ship early. but had already formed a poor thought about the captain. >> my first impression, i told my wife, that captain there doesn't care about anybody but himself. >> this is a black eye for the industry. >> reporter: those here at the academy say what happened in italy may face the maritime organization to review its safety procedures. rob roth, ktvu news. >>> southwest airlines is giving its fleet a m

ktvu's rob roth reports. >> reporter: the economy has been president barack obama's achilles heel but not today. >> all together more private- sector jobs were created in 2011 than any year since 2005. there are a lot of people that are still -- >> reporter: campaigning in south carolina republican hopeful mitt romney said the 8.5 national unemployment rate is no cause for celebration. >> this president doesn't understand how this economy works. it's time to get a president who does. >> reporter: but is good news about the economy back feud for republicans who have been hammering their president for what they say is an inability to create jobs. >> they may want to have a better message but simply hammering that the president won't show results. because the president right now is showing results. >> reporter: but the chairwoman of the san francisco republican party says the president is still vulnerable. >> jobs, the economy, the regulatory burden of the deficit are absolutely critical factors and sitting from where i'm sitting sit -- right now in january, those topics are still critic

ktvu's rob roth spoke to a former cruise ship captain who worries the incident is going to be a blackhe cruise ship industry. >> reporter: he calls the decision by italian captain scatino to leave the ship incredulous. >> i guess i'm ashamed as a professional mariner, that would be the last thing i would think somebody would do. i can't fathom that. makes me professionally angry as well. >> reporter: in an emotionally charged tape, a coast guard commander is ordering the captain back on the cruise ship. scatino do you realize it's dark. coast guard captain; so what scatino, you want to go home because it's dark. get back on the boat. >> reporter: a couple had gotten off the ship early. but had already formed a poor thought about the captain. >> my first impression, i told my wife, that captain there doesn't care about anybody but himself. >> this is a black eye for the industry. >> reporter: those here at the academy say what happened in italy may face the maritime organization to review its safety procedures. rob roth, ktvu news. >>> southwest airlines is giving its fleet a make over

in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2news. >>> san francisco police have released a photo of a suspected of sexually assaulting a young foreign tourist yesterday. we have a picture to pass along of 18-year-old christopher dutel who was booked into san francisco county jail after his arrest. he is a southern california transient. officerses say they saw dutel with the girl in pushes about two hours after she went missing. the girl -- disappeared from a group of tourists. >>> state crimes processed more samples last year than the year before, they have limited a back loving cases. that was the word from kamila harris. the average time for processing dna is down to 30 days or less from three to four months. >>> a big clean up job is underway at the base of telegraph nil san francisco after the rock slide on monday. we spoke with a geologist over whether he thinks there will be more rock slides in the future. the answer wasn't encouraging. >> reporter: part of the charm of living on telegraph hill is -- well, the hill. it's also part of the peril. a rock slide on monday morning lef

in san francisco, rob roth,. >> some of the biggest tech companies are here to help the company -- an interest group aimed to lend experience to city government on issues on budget and unemployment. they say the organized tech force will entic more to move to san francisco. >> if we can look at that problem and help figure a way to automatic mate the process so you don't have to go to city hall to get a business license that would be a huge boone. >> the group said its purpose is economic. not political and it's goal it is to make san francisco the capitol of the cold world in innovation. >> president nasdaq was off 14. a dispointsing and unexpected earnings report from jp morgan chase. >>> tesla the electronic company put a kit on the market after the news that the vice president have both left the company. in regular trading tesla stock fell 19% to almost $23 but it regained some of that in after hours trading. >> mitt romey under attack from his rivals. he defended himself while campaigning in south carolina today which will hold the next presidential primary a week from tomorrow.

rob roth has the good news and bad news about this storm -- robert handa has the good news and bad newsorm. >> reporter: it's mostly good news for astronomers who say the event can tell us a lot about the universe. stargazers are trying to see the effects on the fire storm to bombard earth since 2005. this storm is a series of events starting with a huge solar flare two days ago bolstered by a coronal mass injection when the sun spewed a large cloud of plasma toward earth traveling 1.5 million- miles-per-hour. it gives us insight into our universe. >> from a scientific point of view. the sun is the nearest star to us. and so we can actually study in detail how stars work and operate. >> reporter: right now the biggest show from the explosive release of energy is a brightening of the electromagnetic spectrum. but all the charge particles can and have caused problems on earth. noa the atmospheric administration says it's interfering with crucial communication. >> all the flights have had to rerouted their flights away from the poll, we know that's happening at the time. >> reporter: noa s

in san francisco, rob roth,. >> some of the biggest tech companies are here to help the company -- an interest group aimed to lend experience to city government on issues on budget and unemployment. they say the organized tech force will entic more to move to san francisco. >> if we can look at that problem and help figure a way to automatic mate the process so you don't have to go to city hall to get a business license that would be a huge boone. >> the group said its purpose is economic. not political and it's goal it is to make san francisco the capitol of the cold world in innovation. >> president nasdaq was off 14. a dispointsing and unexpected earnings report from jp morgan chase. >>> tesla the electronic company put a kit on the market after the news that the vice president have both left the company. in regular trading tesla stock fell 19% to almost $23 but it regained some of that in after hours trading. >> mitt romey under attack from his rivals. he defended himself while campaigning in south carolina today which will hold the next presidential primary a week from tomorrow.

ktvu's rob roth live in the city to show us who's fighting to keep the gold dust lounge glittering. >> reporter: the late colonist called the gold dust one of the last -- they're losing their lease. and since then there's been a grass roots campaign to keep the bar from facing last call. >> reporter: the gold dust lounge has been part of fran it's been a light spot for decades. it's where movie stars used to stop in for a cocktail or two. if the deal goes through the gold dust and art gallery would have to go by march 10. >> it's really sad because this is my dad and my uncle both created this place from a lot of sweat and tears. they used to sell drinks for five cents and they had to hustle business. >> it's another asset for the union square. and i know people may be have a fondness for the bar, but as i said there are a lot of other great quote watering establishes throughout the area. >> reporter: but many disagree, they've launched a website called save the gold dust.com. there's even a petition circling. >> i've put this place on the map for anybody who comes to visit this city.

rob roth, ktvu. >>> and the suspect in the killing of a classmate has been transferred to adult court. steven carlson was arrested from dna evidence. 14-year-old tina faelz was stabbed while going to school, on a short cut. carlson was originally charged in juvenile court because he was 16 at the time of the killing. now the ruling will charge him as an adult because of the severity of the crime. >>> and the man accused of killing natalie holloway, pleading guilty today in the death of a woman, facing 30 years in prison. his lawyer said he killed the woman as a result of extreme psychological trauma he suffered from publicity of the case, prosecutors say he killed the woman to rob her. >>> and in arizona, a lot of people wonder if now will be the time when they finally decide if the a's can move to san jose. robert handa has more on the story. >> reporter: well, a lot of people -- lots of people are working hard to bring the a's to a baseball stadium here, as another piece of downtown to go along with the hp pavilion and the transit center. now many believe if it is time to find out i

ktvu's rob roth reports. >> reporter: the economy has been president barack obama's achilles heel but today. >> all together more private- sector jobs were created in 2011 than any year since 2005. there are a lot of people that are still -- >> reporter: campaigning in south carolina republican hopeful mitt romney said the 8.5 national unemployment rate is no cause for celebration. >> this president doesn't understand how this economy works. it's time to get a president who does. >> reporter: but is good news about the economy back feud for republicans who have been hammering their president for what they say is an inability to create jobs. >> they may want to have a better message but simply hammering that the president won't show results. because the president right now is showing results. >> reporter: but the chairwoman of the san francisco republican party says the president is still vulnerable. >> jobs, the economy, the regulatory burden of the deficit are absolutely critical factors and sitting from where i'm sitting sit -- right now in january, those topics are still critical.

reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police say a body was found today on stanford property. a construction worker discovered the man's body about noon. police say the man had been deceased for a while but the coroner hasn't determined how long. they creted the area as a crime scene. -- they treated the area as a crime scene. >>> he was a member of a team of narcotic's officers, he was taken into custody today after pleading guilty to 9 felonies. in court today he accused his co-defendants of similar crimes. >>> san francisco police arrested dozens of violent criminals. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in san francisco where the police chief spoke about the significance of the round up. >> reporter: the chief says more than 70 wanted suspects were netted in a 10 hour operation. here is a small sample of fresh mug shots. the chief says beyond a few foot chases the meme targeted were -- the people targeted were taken into custody without incident. 70 arrests. other warrants for robbery and other crimes. four people wanted by federal authorities and of the 70,

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a group of hepatitis c patients took to the streets of oakland today to get the word out on how to prevent the disease. the march was organized by oakland's oasis clinic. the group says hepatitis c has become an epidemic with 4 million people in the u.s. infected and half of them unaware they even have it. >> we're in a position to see people get sick and die of hepatitis and that shouldn't happen. there's a treatment that cures a majority of people and if people know they have it they can access treatment. >> reporter: the oasis clinic offers free anonymous hepatitis c testing tuesdays between noon and 1:00 p.m. >>> a berkeley school board has filed anti bullying policy. the new policy requires principals to implement policies that are quote age appropriate and equal to the severity of the violation. that could include suspension, expulsion and calling police. >>> base -- facebook and the state of washington are suing ag media. when the victims click to a link, they are lured into die divulging personal informs and never receive anything from it. >>>

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rob roth is there live with a hazardous terrible situation that made them sick. >> reporter: it happened in this parking lot behind some small businesses, officials say hazardous chemicals were illegally stored in a dumpster and now police are trying to determine how they got there. hazardous material teams were called in after three workers got sick after unloading a dumpster. >> when they started com pressing the thing burst or burst open and -- some fumes came out. >> reporter: they were treated released. hazmat workers determined the toxic chemicals. fiberglass resin, chemicals for cleaning. >> this concentrated, it's a large amount. this is certainly not what you would have under your kitchen sink for household cleaning. >> reporter: they are trying to determine who put them in the dumpster by looking to identity the manufacturer and businesses that sold them. >> that's a significant environmental hazard and it is actually against the law to discard material like that. . >> reporter: one official said people often threw away things not suitable for dumpsters but nothing this dangero

. >>> ktvu's rob roth tells us what the prosecutors said about the evidence they're planning to present> reporter: no carrierringring0 retaliation and mistook the >>> including a young child. >>> kentucky senator ron paul says he was detain at the national airport. paul is the son of ron paul. the younger paul said he was detained after a scanner set off an alarm at his knee. when he arrived later, he showed his knee to prove he had nothing. >>> a $10 minimum wage, the students trying to put that idea on the ballot. >>> plus. >>> the chinese community ushers in a new year today and work is well under way for the big upcoming celebration. >>> and an escaped patient is found where authorities caught up to him and how they are responding to questions about security. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize

rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a pedestrian killed near the airport this morning and his friends are blaming police. officers said they did everything they crowned. three friends were in the car with arnold james when police sited him for suspended license. authorities say the three passengers were not able to drive and they offered to call a cab but the group said they didn't have money. they are walking back to oakland when james got hit. >> our safety is first. he left us stranded. >> the driver says he didn't see james and friends say it was a poorly lit area with no sidewalks. >>> an apartment fire hours ago left one woman critically injured. ktvu's jade hernandez is live that scene of the fire in concord. >> reporter: firefighters arrived to the -- [no audio] >> reporter: a fire at these apartments, to give you an idea of where we are, we are an mile from the shopping center. they began a fire attack. the apartments are on clayton road. paramedics rushed one woman to the hospital. we did speak to the chief, the fire marshal. >> a single victim was found in the second floor

rob roth, ktvu news. >>> police are investigating a body found today. police say it appear it is man had been dead for several months and do not suspect foul place. the medical examiner is expected to release his identity tomorrow. >>> dozens of occupy protesters took over a chase bank. the protest began at 5:00 this evening and about 40 protesters were involved. >> until all the people are angry, until they are out there with pitch forks and torches nothing is going to change. so we encourage people to get out there and fight for their homes. >> reporter: occupy san jose was joined by other groups including occupy redwood city. police showed up but no arrests have been made. >>> twitter will now -- twitter used to wipe out messages entirely. now it'll pose a censorship notice when a message is removed. >>> a contractor posted the names and social security of almost 400 current and former employees. a tower hospital posted the information. none of the employees has reported mid-problems related to the computer brian pothier -- reported any problems rela

rob roth tells us the young man was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >>> a grief strickenabrina rage lit a candle for his boyfriend martinez. she says martinez had just gotten into his sister's car about to go to a computer class at the community college. >> i was in the living room when i heard a gunshot, so i dropped to the ground. >> reporter: he saw martinez sister. >> she ran out and started screaming that he got shot. >> reporter: the gunman then opened fire on martinez and his sister who wasn't hurt. >> there was no indication he was involved in anything that would prompt this. there's no information that shows as to why their vehicle would have been fired upon. >> reporter: those who knew martinez said he was studying to be an automobile mechanic. >> great guy, great guy. you know, always happy -- always wanting to be around his family. >> always trying to make everybody laugh and if you're mad, sad, whatever is wrong he was there to help. >>> police and the family are asking the public for help. >> please, please come forward. this isn't right. i shouldn't be here

. >> reporter: at the precidio, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> san francisco's very first streetcar is aboutto hit the streets again. ktvu got an exclusive look at the 1912 double ender streetcar. it'll run on the f line between the castro and fisherman's wharf. a car sustained water damage. it underwent a two year overhaul in pennsylvania. >>> if california were its own country it would rank among the top 10 economies in the world. the palo alto based center for continuing study of the california economy says california ranks ninth just behind brazil in gross domestic product. the recession has taken a toll. the u.s. and china are number one and two. >>> residents in the north bay are taking security meshes after a spike in burglaries. the marin county sheriff's office told ktvu the number of homes being broken into has gone up in the past month. burglaries have been reported in san rafael, millvalely, kenfield and just last week a man shot a suspected burglary in green brae. we found two homeowners as they updated their security system. >> we decided to beef up our security system and real

rob roth, ktvu news. >>> police are investigating a body found today. police say it appear it is man had been dead for several months and do not suspect foul place. the medical examiner is expected to release his identity tomorrow. >>> dozens of occupy protesters took over a chase bank. the protest began at 5:00 this evening and about 40 protesters were involved. >> until all the people are angry, until they are out there with pitch forks and torches nothing is going to change. so we encourage people to get out there and fight for their homes. >> reporter: occupy san jose was joined by other groups including occupy redwood city. police showed up but no arrests have been made. >>> twitter will now -- twitter used to wipe out messages entirely. now it'll pose a censorship notice when a message is removed. >>> a contractor posted the names and social security of almost 400 current and former employees. a tower hospital posted the information. none of the employees has reported mid-problems related to the computer brian pothier -- reported any problems rela

rob roth tells us the young man was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >>> a grief stricken rage lit a candle for his boyfriend martinez. she says martinez had just gotten into his sister's car about to go to a computer class at the community college. >> i was in the living room when i heard a gunshot, so i dropped to the ground. >> reporter: he saw martinez sister. >> she ran out and started screaming that he got shot. >> reporter: the gunman then opened fire on martinez and his sister who wasn't hurt. >> there was no indication he was involved in anything that would prompt this. there's no information that shows as to why their vehicle would have been fired upon. >> reporter: those who knew martinez said he was studying to be an automobile mechanic. >> great guy, great guy. you know, always happy -- always wanting to be around his family. >> always trying to make everybody laugh and if you're mad, sad, whatever is wrong he was there to help. >>> police and the family are asking the public for help. >> please, please come forward. this isn't right. i shouldn't be here today

. >> reporter: at the precidio, rob roth, ktvu news. >>> san francisco's very first streetcar is aboutto hit the streets again. ktvu got an exclusive look at the 1912 double ender streetcar. it'll run on the f line between the castro and fisherman's wharf. a car sustained water damage. it underwent a two year overhaul in pennsylvania. >>> if california were its own country it would rank among the top 10 economies in the world. the palo alto based center for continuing study of the california economy says california ranks ninth just behind brazil in gross domestic product. the recession has taken a toll. the u.s. and china are number one and two. >>> residents in the north bay are taking security meshes after a spike in burglaries. the marin county sheriff's office told ktvu the number of homes being broken into has gone up in the past month. burglaries have been reported in san rafael, millvalely, kenfield and just last week a man shot a suspected burglary in green brae. we found two homeowners as they updated their security system. >> we decided to beef up our security system and real

rob roth here with what he has learned about what >> the stock market has a great first day of the new year. how factories helped fuel the fury. . >>> stocks open sharply higher today on the first day of trading for the new year. analysts say manufacturing numbers and growth in china and india spark the rally. the dow closed up almost 180 points at 12397. the nasdaq jumped 43 points. >> the stock market's dramatic rise was fueled by housing and manufacturing and tom is at a factory tonight in berkeley and said what all this may mean for the new year. >> reporter: berkeley's industrial section contributed to today's rosie news about strong, united states manufacturing. the stock market remains a major under pining of the economy in general and retirement specifically. many believe united states markets poised for much better days ahead, nagging doubts restraining growth. >> some of it is worldwide situation. europe, the fears for a recession there, but if they can -- at least be more confident the market will go higher. >> if the economy continues to recover the way it has been, i think

rob roth live in vallejo where they are weighing in on what the captain did and what he should have donereporter: here at the academy you can see the ship students use for training and they are taught that unlike what happened in italy the captain of the vessel should be the last one to leave a sinking ship. six years as a cruise ship captain and now teaches at the maritime academy often using this simulator. he called the decision by the italian captain to leave his ship ridiculous. >> i'm ashamed as a professional mariner that's the last thing i think anybody would do. i can't understand that. makes they angry. >> reporter: in a tape released today an italian coast guard commander orders the captain back to the ship that he fled with passengers still on board. the captain but do you realize it's dark coast guard, so what, you want to go home n get on the ship. >> moral would bo he to do that. >> reporter: some passenger has a negative opinion of the captain even before the disaster this couple got off the ship early before the trouble started and had formed a poor impression of the cap

reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu. >>> turning to the race for the white house. current front runner mitt romney avoided any talk about his taxes while campaigning in south carolina today. and he wouldn't take questions from the media. yesterday you'll remember he said his tax rate was about 15%, far less than most americans. instead today romney focused on attacking president obama. >> these are the tough times. and this president is out of ideas, he's running out of excuses, and in 2012, he's out of town. we're going to get rid of him. >> the governor massachusetts governor is currently in the lead in the south carolina primary which happens this coming saturday. he is facing tough competition from some other republicans. >>> one of them is newt gingrich. he is gaining ground in the south carolina primary race and is rallying his supporters to try and beat front runner mitt romney. >> if with your help this saturday, and i believe we're very close, and i think if you help us and you call your friends, and you go to facebook and you e-mail, you know, there's eno