robert handa is live in san jose where a body was found inside a home just before daylight. >> reporter: we are still here. as you can see it's very dark. investigators have been inside the house now for hours. what has changed before is now they are working a homicide with a known suspect. a short while ago police released this picture of troy nosenzo who is believed to be on the run. police won't release details. he is married to a woman who lived with him at the house for many years. the coroner's office is not releasing the victim. a 911 call was made from this house in south san jose this morning. shortly after 12:30 this afternoon the santa clara medical examiner's office was removing a body. what happened during that time is mostly a mystery. patrol units in the area at the time of the 911 were preoccupied with a series of high priority car crashes nearby. a day shift patrol that came in just before 7:00 a.m. showed up to the house and after having animal control remove some dogs went in through an unlocked front door. >> at that point pushed the door open and saw there was a fem

ktvu's robert handa is live with details on what happened. robert? >> reporter: there doesn't appear to be surveillance video or pictures so now investigators need help to solve the robbery and to find out if this is part of a string of robberies. >> reporter: the sherriff's department is seeking the public's help to catch the robbers who hit the store tuesday at noon, smashing glass cases, stealing jewelry and threatening workers. >> there were four of them, they brought hammers and pepper spray. they used the pepper spray. >> reporter: customers today were mad. >> scared me. i am in the store, coming and visiting all the time. >> shocking it happened so close to hope. in this area, very nice area, shocking. >> reporter: it is similar to other robberies in the bay area, including oakland and berkeley. >> investigators are working with others to see if this is similar to other crimes. >> reporter: some customers believe it is. >> the way they came in prepared, the mask, the hammers and in and out. it was well thought out. >> reporter: investigators s

ktvu's robert handa tells us they couldn't take him into custody because of a letter he had from the church. robert? >> reporter: we have been talking to a lot of parents here and there is outrage at this church and school. even though we got some answers it may not resolve their anger. >> reporter: the catholic diocese is under fire regarding a sex offenderrer. they want to know why mark christopher gurries was allowed to volunteer at a festival at st. frances cabrini catholic elementary school. he was convicted for molesting a relative, a child under 14 years old. he served a year in jail and now on probation, which means he can't work events involving children. mark christopher gurries said he had a letter giving him permission to work the festival. >> not okay. maybe if it was for something that kids weren't involved in. that is another story. >> reporter: today they acknowledged a letter was provided but the policy has been changed so he was not breaking the law. >> if you have written permission by a official you could be on school grounds. >> reporter: he jumped through all the

we will have more reaction, live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the final push is on, by tomorrow polls will have closed in dozens of states. we have team election coverage, with mitt romney's campaign and president obama's campaign. ktvu's ken pritchett in chicago and the three key swing states the president visited today. ken? >> reporter: the president will not arrive in chicago till after midnight so we talked to campaign volunteers. some from california here in chicago, focused on swing states. [ music playing ] >> reporter: president obama started his day with bruce springsteen in wisconsin. >> are you fired up? >> yeah. >> are you ready to go? >> yeah. >> reporter: then it was on to ohio with a final planned stop in iowa. in chicago, behind closed doors the stage was being set for his rally, will it be a victory or concession speech? >> i am scared. >> that was not unique. >> that is fantastic. >> reporter: volunteers were making final calls of the campaign. >> i think everyone is pulling together to get this done. >> reporter: she is from san francisco. wor

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> keeping the maker of twinkies from going out of business. a few hours ago a judge asked hostess to go into mediation with striking workers. this is in oakland. the request to mediate comes after the company requested permission to liquidate. mediation is expected to begin tomorrow. >> we are still standing here and we will see what happens. >> as we showed you at 5:00 p.m. on friday, customers are stocking up after hearing about the liquidation. >>> two students awere victims of -- were victims of an armed robbery. investigators say a man with a gun took back packs and ran away. they are working on a sketch of the robber but so far it hasn't been available. >>> new development in the kidnapping and robby of a -- robbery of a woman. pg&e is offering a $10,000 reward. investigators say two men carjacked the woman on november 7. police say the two suspects tied her up and gagged her and then drove her to several banks and then they released her. >>> more law enforcement officers were assaulted and killed last year than the previous year. 72 off

ktvu's robert handa is live now from where it will begin. >> reporter: those two shopping centers gotery popular and brought all the traffic with them. >> reporter: it is why this interchange is the focus of a $62 million reconstruction project. each day 200,000 vehicles travel 880. 200,000 use 280. and 80,000 drive stevens creek boulevard. >> it is the worst. valley fair and santana road. >> it is such a hassle. and then the holidays coming up. they need to fix it. no good. >> reporter: starting tomorrow construction begins to widen the on ramp and build another lane from 880 to valley fail. next summer a fly over ramp. the project is expected to be finished by 2015. >> a lot of ramps to come together and merge. our goal is to separate it. >> we will start seeing lane closures, lot of crews on the ground. people will want to slow down in the area. they will need to have patience. >> reporter: many are willing to put up with construction noise to fix it. >> i feel okay with it. >> reporter: knowing it will be better helps? >> yes. >> reporter: some people are wary. >> hopefully it get

robert handa, ktvu news. >>> the city of oakland surpassed last year's total of 110 homicides when a man was shot and killed this morning. police have not released any details about a possible motive in the 111th homicide. so far no suspects have been identified. >>> police in richmond are stepping up patrols in the city's iron triangle after the second homicide there in a week. a man was shot and killed just before 10:00 last night. at fifth street and barrett aver. that's just a few yards away from where another man was shot and killed on tuesday. investigators say they don't know if these two shootings are connected. >>> now to black friday, a lot of stores were packed today in some cases after people waited in lines for days for the doors to finally open. >>> at this best buy in emeryville, shoppers rushed in at midnight, many were hoping to get one of the 40-inch tvs or laptops for discounted prices. in san francisco, thousands pushed through the doors at this abercrombie and fitch store. >>> the sidewalks they were jammed with those on the hunt for deals. one man told ktvu news

robert handa tells us which particular kind of trees are at the greatest risk of coming down over the next few days. >> reporter: the hodge family loves living under the huge trees in san lomond but with the saturated land, they were concerned about a tree. the hodges called travis tree professionals which worked quickly to try to beat the storm. >> fir trees are the worse ones to have around. redwoods will sway with the wind a lot but the fir trees are the ones you have to be concerned about. >> reporter: as travis team cut the fir tree, the owner tackled the tree that fell in the creek. >> there's one more cut that's cutting that whole tree up. i couldn't cut it because if i do it will roll over and smash me. >> reporter: travis tree beat the storm and got rid of the looming fir. robert and ryan hodge were relieved. >> i can go to bed at night and feel good about it. because the bedroom is right there. i'm glad it all got taken care of. >> reporter: they were able to cut up the tree enough so that it'll be swept away downstream. in the santa cruz mountains, robert handa, ktvu channe

robert handa, ktvu news. >>> the city of oakland surpassed last year's total of 110 homicides when aan was shot and killed this morning. police have not released any details about a possible motive in the 111th homicide. so far no suspects have been identified. >>> police in richmond are stepping up patrols in the city's iron triangle after the second homicide there in a week. a man was shot and killed just before 10:00 last night. at fifth street and barrett aver. that's just a few yards away from where another man was shot and killed on tuesday. investigators say they don't know if these two shootings are connected. >>> now to black friday, a lot of stores were packed today in some cases after people waited in lines for days for the doors to finally open. >>> at this best buy in emeryville, shoppers rushed in at midnight, many were hoping to get one of the 40-inch tvs or laptops for discounted prices. in san francisco, thousands pushed through the doors at this abercrombie and fitch store. >>> the sidewalks they were jammed with those on the hunt for deals. one man told ktvu news h

robert handa tells us which particular kind of trees are at the greatest risk of coming down over thew days. >> reporter: the hodge family loves living under the huge trees in san lomond but with the saturated land, they were concerned about a tree. the hodges called travis tree professionals which worked quickly to try to beat the storm. >> fir trees are the worse ones to have around. redwoods will sway with the wind a lot but the fir trees are the ones you have to be concerned about. >> reporter: as travis team cut the fir tree, the owner tackled the tree that fell in the creek. >> there's one more cut that's cutting that whole tree up. i couldn't cut it because if i do it will roll over and smash me. >> reporter: travis tree beat the storm and got rid of the looming fir. robert and ryan hodge were relieved. >> i can go to bed at night and feel good about it. because the bedroom is right there. i'm glad it all got taken care of. >> reporter: they were able to cut up the tree enough so that it'll be swept away downstream. in the santa cruz mountains, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news

robert handa is here to tell us how this could rev up tesla and the silican valley. >> reporter: the award is bound to increase brand, but for both it's going to do so much more. richard lowenthal is not surprised that the tesla model s made history to become the first electric vehicle to make car of the year. it radioride as smooth as a rolls royce and it's as fast as a sports car. >> it's steady, hold on to your hats. >> it's a spectacular car. i've owned porsches, bmws, mercedes and this is as good as it gets. >> four palo alto based tesla who has struggled financially at times and is in a legal fight with car dealerships the award is a big boost. >> our overarching gold is to build a truly compelling car as far as gas electric, whatever it might be. >> from the charging stations to the batteries, a smart grid technology that's going to make sure that we don't overwhelming our existing electrical system. that's all happening right here. >> reporter: the tesla starts at $57,000 but for many people browsing at the santana store, the main concern is how far the electric car can trave

live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california's fair political practices commission says backers of the effort to defeat proposition 30 illegally launders money. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live now. >> reporter: that campaign thing is over right now, everybody has gone. the controversy very much remains. $11million spent to defeat prop 30 and pass prop 32. who wrote the checks is still unknown. the money trail leads back from the post office box of an arizona entity, to another called the center to protect patient rights, to another one called americans for job security. >> the money gone through three hands before it got to the arizona group and came to california. >> reporter: law can protect the identity of the person who funded the money. >> these particular organizations do not have to reveal their donors. >> reporter: unless prosecutors can prove a conspiracy to laundther money. >> looks -- launder the money. >> looks like there could be violation of the law. >> reporter: that would be a felony. >> money laundering is a lower level of offense. and migh

robert handa is live in san jose. >> reporter: a powerful name in the south bay. the late councilman had been honored in many ways. today his son is nighing to salvage his own name. george shirakawa jr. is being scrutinized by law enforcement, auditors and the public. the 50-year-old who recently filed for bankruptcy is being investigated. today in his first public statement he did address a mercury news editorial. >> i don't want you to be distracted by the political lynching you read today. >> reporter: today the board heard about an on going county investigation on the use of the county credit card. his expenses since 2009 approach $40,000 including casino visits, hotels, golf trips and almost 200 restaurant meals. he has reported they are business related but when he speaks to constituents they want to hear about issues, not his spending. >> i haven't been talking about a tv that's in my office that i purchased in 2009. what we talked about is the recent shooting yesterday. >> reporter: some supervisors are skeptical. >> there's a siren in the community right

. >>> in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> investigators are investigating the shooting death of a horse. sheriff officials say the 17- year-old horse is named delta fox. he was shot last sunday morning near santa rosa. the horse then ran to his stable where he died. the gunman used a high powered rifle. the animal legal defense fund is now offering a $5,000 reward on information in this case. >>> some members of the occupy cal encampment. last year uc police used batons to remove protesters. >>> fighting the stresses of war. a unique bay area program that is pairing combat veterans with dolphins. >> he's a bay area [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves. [ eves ] years ago, i hurt my shoulder drag racing. that's when i decided to take it easy, so i took up hang gliding. [ female announcer ] a grandpa who refuses to grow up. [ eves ] the pain was bad, but the thought of not being a hang glider pilot was worse. [ female announcer ] that's when eves turned to sutter health's palo alto medical foundation. [ eves ] the doctors that i dealt with, they got it, that thi

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin has been telling us about the storms since monday. he is live to show us how the storm intensifies in the coming hours. >> this storm is a big deal. we got the break today. that is great news. tomorrow morning's commute, the worst we have seen in a long time. this weather system will work its way south over the next 12 hours. it will be wet. heavy rain north. we are getting showers in santa rosa. the heavy rain is in the basin. santa rosa getting showers. that heavy rain works its way south as we go through the evening hours into tomorrow morning. the headline in the weather department, news room, friday morning's commute. we will see flooding. we will see dangerous cross winds on the bridges. we have a wind advisory, flood watch and we will see longer commute times. mass transit is a good idea tomorrow and we are talking about maybe carpooling or working from home. it will be wet, especially in the north bay. this storm with wind and rain hitting on your friday morning commute. when i come back the latest compute

robert handa, channel2 news. >> bonds told major league baseball.com today quote, if you believe i'm a bad person, if you believe i'm a drug person, then that's fine. no worries. i'm okay with it. if you want to put me in for what i did as a player that would be great. i would love to be in there with everyone else who deserves it. >>> the next storm will be bigger than the last. i'll lay out the track and when it will reach your area. >> a father's daughter who was one of music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada. share everything. this holiday get verizon's share everything plan. unlimited talk, text and shareable data... ... across your family's devices, all in one plan. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. >>> tonight a powerball jackpot of $579.9 million has folks all across the county dreaming some big dreams. but california is one of the few states that actually does not participate in that drawing. eric tells us what they soo

. >>> in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> investigators are investigating the shooting death of a horse. sheriff officials say the 17- year-old horse is named delta fox. he was shot last sunday morning near santa rosa. the horse then ran to his stable where he died. the gunman used a high powered rifle. the animal legal defense fund is now offering a $5,000 reward on information in this case. >>> some members of the occupy cal encampment. last year uc police used batons to remove protesters. >>> fighting the stresses of war. a unique bay area program that is pairing combat veterans with dolphins. >> he's a bay area icon who has covered history and made some history. coming up, belva davis as she signs off and shares some of her thoughts on her career. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever you're craving. spend 25 and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or get another of the bes

ktvu's robert handa tells us jurors appear to be split over what institutes reasonable suspicion. >>all of the activity in the trial here at the county courthouse went on behind closed doors in the jury room. lyn jivavindren failed to report possible child abuse by a teacher after a student complained. according to a police report and notes taken by vijaendryn, during the trial,jivavindren said she was fooled by the teacher. >> really doesn't match up because the principal is absolutely, personally trained to be accountable and report this not depend on anyone elses opinion. >> reporter: vijayendran transferred the child to another classroom after the request of her parents. >> despite the locked doors and the kids alone and the helen keller, he was allowed access to these children. >> reporter: they are split 8- 4. mainly if vi -- vijayendran ahad reason to be suspicious. >>> following our ktvu investigation of questionable spending of port officials. >> who's got the power? >> we got the power. >> reporter: more than 100 workers rallied at the oakland airport which is operated by t

ktvu's robert handa tells us jurors appear to be split over what institutes reasonable suspicion. >>all of the activity in the trial here at the county courthouse went on behind closed doors in the jury room. lyn jivavindren failed to report possible child abuse by a teacher after a student complained. according to a police report and notes taken by vijaendryn, during the trial,jivavindren said she was fooled by the teacher. >> really doesn't match up because the principal is absolutely, personally trained to be accountable and report this not depend on anyone elses opinion. >> reporter: vijayendran transferred the child to another classroom after the request of her parents. >> despite the locked doors and the kids alone and the helen keller, he was allowed access to these children. >> reporter: they are split 8- 4. mainly if vi -- vijayendran ahad reason to be suspicious. >>> following our ktvu investigation of questionable spending of port officials. >> who's got the power? >> we got the power. >> reporter: more than 100 workers rallied at the oakland airport which is operated by t

robert handa, channel2 news. >> bonds told major league baseball.com today quote, if you believe i'm a bad person, if you believe i'm a drug person, then that's fine. no worries. i'm okay with it. if you want to put me in for what i did as a player that would be great. i would love to be in there with everyone else who deserves it. >>> the next storm will be bigger than the last. i'll lay out the track and when it will reach your area. >> a father's daughter who was one of two teenage girls shot and killed. his pledge to get justice. >> power bull is worth $550 million tonight. why you can't play it in california and how that could be changing. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too

live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the city attorney in oakland has finalled papers opposing a federal takeover of the oakland police department. the plaintiffs have asked for a court appointed receiver to take over the department because they claim the department hasn't fulfilled all the requirements. the city attorney says appointing a receiver would be inappropriate and might make it harder for the city to comply. >>> police today arrested two people suspected in the killing of a man. investigators say felicia viscania and joshua perry shot vaugn walker after an argument over money. walker died shortly afterward at the hospital. it's unclear how the suspects knew walker. both suspects are expected to be charged with murder. >> one that has taken over america's economic debate is the fiscal cliff. it's the drastic automatic spending cuts and tax cups that will take effect. a washington correspondent explains the sense of urgency. >> reporter: now that the election is over this is washington's next fight. tackling the nation's debt. expiring tax cuts, massive layoff