a dark time for the san francisco police department. a dark time for the san francisco police department. two veteran officers convic, case. and while this is going on-- . >>> a dark time for the san francisco police department. two veteran officers convicted in a corruption sglas and while this is going case. and while this is going -- case and while this is going on, a police officer in new york and missouri were not indicted for killing people. >> there have been talks of conflict of interest. what do you see as the inherent conflict of interest in the grand jury system that we have investigating police? >> well, i looked at the transcripts in the ferguson case, of course in the new york case we don't know what the grand jury did, but the problem in that case is that the prosecutor did everything possible to villify michael brown who they were supposed to be bringing the case on his behalf. the other thing that you see is that they tried to present the officer in the best light so the reform that has to happen is that you cannot have

san francisco. we came before you were involved. brothers shot by police. we had that all that years ago right here in san francisco. but since the city that knows how with the you urban renewal and housing authority, we are in the mere existing of the commission here, our african american community. even though we have african americans in the cao's office and dpw and those that control billions of dollars of industry. if you go out to cranes you don't see us because our population is down. we must have a mechanism. this city what is called the 10-year infrastructure, i can going to plan the infrastructure for my kids. i'm a grandpa. i'm 60 something years old but today i'm 40. we've been telling you about the problem with the police department for years. now we are talking about police commuting. this is a brand new area. we have no time for errors. misguided leadership, misleaded programs and undermining our community cannot be accepted by blacks or whites or reverend that they say they work for us. my name is ace and i'm on the case. >> thank you, mr. wa

san francisco police were on hand to keep the peace there no reports of any damage or rests and protests are also planned in berkeley and oakland over the weekend. >> reporter: last night demonstrators in oakland left ball quite a bit of damage behind after christmas night protest. cellphone video capture these images of anti please protesters that delights in the holiday tree and jack london square christmas night. workers spent the day after cleaning up the mess left behind the site of the damage was disappointing to some visitors. >> reporter: the tore down the lights across the ornaments protesters also battle eyes more than two dozen windows at a subway stop in another business about a block away surveillance video is out of the at of the incident is being reviewed by police. >> reporter: the lights are back on and on am and 1 north bay community p g and east as power was restored to residents on lucas valley road in grant county just before 6 this morning. powerful winds knocked a tree on some power lines to a wednesday afternoon that stretch of road was closed for several hours wh

tonight - kron 4's dan kerman tells us what san francisco police are doing. >> catherine:and how they're reacting to news >> reporter:as a result of the fatal ambush of two new york city police officers san francisco police have issued a heightened safety alert for its officers >> police chief 09-19: just to tell the officers to be aware of their surroundings, don't go anywhere by themselves, back each other up and error on the side of caution to make sure we're safest >> reporter:san francisco police chief greg suhr says alert or not, it won't detract for his department doing its job >>suhr: our hearts are heavy but everyone has their priorities straight, we're going to keep san francisco safe. >> reporter:san francisco police officers have seen their fare share of anti- police protests in recent weeks, but this ambush is a different story >>martin halloran/president, s.f. police officers' association 41-51: when it leads to an eye for an eye or vigilante behavior against officers who are merely doing their job, its disturbing >> reporter:san francisco police officers association presid

anyone with information is urged to call daly city police. >>> san francisco police are investigating a crash involving a car and a skateboarder on the great highway. police say the skateboarder, a man in his 50s, suffered suffered-- suffered life- threatening injuries. he was struck by a dodge neon. the driver krista come cummings stopped and remained at the scene. splas she was -- police say she was driving under the influence and was arrested. the skateboarder was at fault in the police. >>> a 16-year-old is in custody accused of running over a san leandro police officer. it's a story we first told but yesterday during "mornings on 2." investigators say the teen was driving a stolen car when she ran over the officer trying to get away prompting to police to open fire. the police officer was seriously injured reportedly with two broken legs with you is expected -- but is expected to survive. >> there appeared to be a substantial amount of blood at the scene from the police officer doing nothing more than responding to a routine call for service. >> the girl surrendered hours later a

nobody went to the hospital after tonight's collision. >>> san francisco police department is showing the support for 2 fallen new york city officers. group from the department will head to new york city to honor 2 officers killed saturday in an ambush attack. police chief craig sir has advised his officers to be open what he describes as heightened safety alert. after the murders. >> just to be smart. don't be if i whereby yourselves and any situation where you feel that you should have more officers extra back up certainly call for err on the side of caution. >> san francisco san francisco police officers remember their own who died in the line of duty 8 years ago. officer brian was shot december 22 2006 in the sun set district by escapee from state correctional work camp. another officer opened fire and killed the gunman. plaque dedicated to the officer is on display at menial garden directly across the street from the police station 30. is in new information on case involving bay area police officers who shot and killed a man. happened 2 and half years ago. in april of 2012 as we

. >> san francisco police are taking tribute to officer ramos with eight officers from the san franciscopolice department leaving town to head to new york to attend the ramos funeral tomorrow. as we first recorded this week, san francisco police chief order those to be traveling to be on high alert coming with good reason as new threats emerge targeting new york city police. seven men have been arrested in connection with throats made since saturday. three of those threats have been related 0 to posts on social media and two others for faith 9-1-1 calls. one threat came again the 84th precinct in brooklyn where the two assassinated officers worked. >> a san jose homeowner is taking action to capture a person who stole a daughter's christmas gift off the porch and will hand offer this surveillance video to the police. it was taken in the evergreen neighborhood on wednesday morning not long after a carrier delivered the package. you see a white car pull up, a man walk up to the pomp, take -- to the porch and take off. the homer will file a case with the united states poet office because th

there is an article in the san francisco examiner monday about our medal value or case. a san francisco police officer awarded a medal of value or. there have been mistakes in that article with reference to officer involved shootings. i feel compelled to respond to the article in which there was an allegation that myself and detective monroe did not fully inform the commission as to the status of the many different investigations. for the record, we followed all policy and procedure that we normally do. this officer involved shooting that the article is about, that statement was forward to the captain of the committee of three senior captains. they approved it, review ed it and they forwarded it to the medal value or commission which took place in view of that incident. i was the commissioner present in that review. it's an incredible process, there are 28 members in the san francisco police department in that room that reviewed that incident. there was an cumulative 800 of years experience in that room that day evaluating this incident. the decision amongst those members, the rank of captain

ktvu's ken wayne is in san francisco with the police chief. some of the pictures are hard to look at. >> reporter: yeah. we will show you that in a minute. the chief said that the department facilitates many demtrations in san francisco. -- demonstrations in san francisco. what happened friday night, the crowd turned violent, some members did, when members of a protest started breaking windows and assaulting officers. that is when officers will take action. >> what went on on friday night is not first amendment activity it is criminal conduct. [ indiscernible ] >> we will not have that here in san francisco. >> reporter: police showed off the items recovered when the protests moved on to the mission district including rocks and bricks, bottles, knives. 5 officers were injured. and we want to warn you the next images may be disturbing. >> two of the officers were attacked and one of the officers was seriously injured. here you can see he was struck in the face with a bottom that came through the window of the vehicle. struck him under the nose.

tonight - kron 4's dan kerman tells us what san francisco police are doing. >> catherine: and how they'reg to the shooting >> reporter: san francisco police officers have seen their share of protest. however, ambush is a different story. >> when a lease to vigilante behavior or an eye for an nine toward officers that are merely doing their job, that is disturbing. >> officers are concerned. they wish to go home at the end of their shift. they have families. the community is also disturbed with what is happening in new york. we need to continue working keeping the dialogue alive. so that this type of situation does that happen here at san francisco. >> reporter: all of the relationships an ongoing dialogue here in san francisco will present what was happening there. >> catherine: happening now. >> catherine: a somber memorial marking 8 years since san francisco police officer bryan tuvera was killed in the line of --in the line of duty. >> catherine: he was killed back in 2006 while trying to arrest an escapee from a state prison work camp. each year his loved ones, along with the police c

nobody went to the hospital after tonight's collision. >>> san francisco police department is showing support for 2 fallen new york city officers. group from the department will head to new york city to honor 2 officers killed saturday in an ambush attack. police chief craig sir has advised his officers to be open what he describes as heightened safety alert. after the murders. >> just to be smart. don't be if i whereby yourselves and any situation where you feel that you should have more officers extra back up certainly call for err on the side of caution. >> san francisco san francisco police officers remember their own who died in the line of duty 8 years ago. officer brian was shot december 22 2006 in the sun set district by escapee from state correctional work camp. another officer opened fire and killed the gunman. plaque dedicated to the officer is on display at menial garden directly across the street from the police station 30. is in new information on case involving bay area police officers who shot and killed a man. happened 2 and half years ago. in april of 2012 as we repo

chased a stolen san francisco chronicle delivery van across the san mateo bridge. the chase started when san francisco police officers tried to pull the van over in the bayview district. that chase ended when the van was driven into a dead end street in san leandro. >> a south san francisco man has been arrested for planting a hidden camera in an employee-only restroom at work. he is charged with invasion of privacy and using a concealed camera without consent. he is the night manager of fine foods in palo alto. the woman who works at the store says she found the camera while using the private restroom. police think she is the only victim. >>> police in union city need your help identifying this guy. they say these new surveillance photos show a man suspected of taking pictures of women with an electronic device in the women's restroom at a walmart. it happened on december 16th. by the time police responded the man ran out of the store. >>> police have broken up a suspected identity theft ring run out of a hotel room. police arrested three people. they found computers and emboss embossing machine, fake credi

in the east bay carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> san francisco police are looking for two gunmen who terrorized two men this morning in a violent home invasion robbery about 3:00 this morning. it happened near san francisco state university. the victims were sleeping in their beds when the suspects entered the home most likely through a window. they told police the suspects tied up their hands and covered their mouths and eyes. >> the loss was cash wallets, credit cards, cell phones and bicycles. there was a bicycle that was taken. there was not a lot that they got away with. which is why it's kind of puzzling as to why these victims were not targeted but why they were victimized. >> we are glad to say no one was hurt in this home invasion. the victims decided to leave the home after talking to police saying understandably they just didn't feel safe. >>> a man is still on the run. police say he stabbed a woman during a robbery in san francisco. she's in critical condition. the woman who was in her 30s was walking near fremont around 5:30 saturday morning. a mugger approached her and when she to

a new clue if san francisco police after a daytime shooting in north beach. what investigators have found that could lead to the shooter. >> this is a potentially deadly items in your baby's crib that may not appear to be dangerous at all. >> traffic is looking good. the roads are a little wet. the roads are a little wet. stay >> covering daly city, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, this is a look at downtown san francisco with a beautiful shot. but the winds are a20ing the camera bouncing it around. we will learn more about what is going on in a couple of minutes from lisa. >> san francisco police say they found the get away car used by a found the get away car used by a gunman and another person neighborhood fissionture injured. >> this is roy minutes after being shot. witnesses say he was shot while crossing the street after getting into an argument with the driver. >> the guy got out of the car with a gun and shot him, but missed, and got back in the car and drove off. >> roy was shot in the shoulder and the bul

the problem at the san francisco police department.s to blame and what is being down to fix it. >> students take over a building at university of california at berkeley. one of two local protests against the grand jury decision regarding the death in new york. >> and the down side to the heavy rain. the impact the san francisco bay and what is being done to minimize the problem. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a call for major improvements in the san francisco police department after an investigation revealed a long list of errors and mix ups with payroll that have wasted taxpayer money. good evening everyone. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> as police try to stay on top of crime they are having a tough time tracking the hours of the officers. an audit found they have been over paying and in some cases under paying officers. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with what is behind the problem. >> reporter: we are not talking about a 5:00 a.m. to 5:0

from the bay area, captain teresa gracey from san francisco's police department says there is a camaraderie despite the geographic distance between new york and san francisco. >> we're eight of 20,000 officers here and it just shows that we are one very united group. >> new york city has lost a hero. >> captain gracey said today's service was the first step in a long journey for the department to heal. >> we visited the station, the borough, 84 and they can't be nicer and they are holding up. the community is taking care of them. >> reporter: also in the crowd, corporal justin graham from san rafael, who stood at attention outside of the standing-room only service. >> i would say it was a lost respect for the fallen two officers and somber at times, but we were all there together to support each other. >> reporter: with the mayor, police commissioner and governor even the vice president all paying their respect, graham says the most powerful moment came from officer ramos' son who spoke at

nobody went to the hospital after tonight's collision. >>> san francisco police department is showing the support for 2 fallen new york city officers. group from the department will head to new york city to honor 2 officers killed saturday in an ambush attack. police chief craig sir has advised his officers to be open what he describes as heightened safety alert. after the murders. >> just to be smart. don't be if i whereby yourselves and any situation where you feel that you should have more officers extra back up certainly call for err on the side of caution. >> san francisco san francisco police officers remember their own who died in the line of duty 8 years ago. officer brian was shot december 22 2006 in the sun set district by escapee from state correctional work camp. another officer opened fire and killed the gunman. plaque dedicated to the officer is on display at menial garden directly across the street from the police station 30. is in new information on case involving bay area police officers who shot and killed a man. happened 2 and half years ago. in april of 2012 as we

according to san francisco police department are round 3:00 a.m. to mess man came to this apartment complex near right near san francisco state university and forced their way in with weapons inside of an apartment. once inside they confronted the people in sight were not we were not told how many people were actually in sight. they eventually tied up the dumps and proceeded to steal and take their personal belongings cell phones and wallets etc.. it proceeded without injury in the of the residents of the home. then describes its to african american black african american males in their 20s. why they targeted his home is unclear right now. >> reporter: san francisco police department has is basically put out this they met they're not this writing hall the suspect got away from the same or any thought more about them victims right now but one thing we do know that the victims could be students' that attend university. once we get additional information we will pass that along to you. >> reporter: this the second day in the search for the air age a pl

chief of police and repeated on the day these officers were arrested, there is no place in the san francisco police department and there shouldn't be in any police department for a dishonest cop. >> the chief also wants to terminate the pensions of both officers. >>> more protests are under way tonight across the country after a white police officer in new york city was not charged in the apparent choke hold death of an unarmed black man. this is boston, where you can see hundreds of protesters marching in the streets, blocking traffic. earlier today, protesters were marching in chicago. so far there has been no word of any arrests. >>> police in california are not allowed to use choke holds but certain departments allow officers to subdue a suspect with a technique called a carotid restraint. tiffany wilson is live in oakland to explain exactly how that works and what it does. >> reporter: it can be difficult to tell the difference between the two but the effects are very different. a choke hold cuts off your windpipe, whereas the carotid restraint squeezes the arteries on the side of your neck. t

my name is martin howard, the president of the san francisco police officers association. last week councilmember avalos introduced to this board disparaging remarks and language to the san francisco police department on the number of shootings that have occurred in this city. there was also language in this resolution comparing the incidents in ferguson, missouri and new york to incidents that occurred in our city. supervisor avalos was attempting to paint members of the sf p.d. with a broadbrush as being trigger-happy. nothing could be further from the truth. as a 25-year veteran of this fine department and speaking from this personal experience i can tell you the use of lethal force is the worse experience that any officer in san francisco or anywhere in this country has to go through. it is a nightmare and often haunts the officer for the rest of their lives. i can also tell you that there is no more diverse culturally enlightened, better trained and better educated urban law enforcement agency than the sfpd. the sf poa is a sponsor that provides dreams for toys for you

san francisco police and san jose police are sending representatives to the service. the man who shot the two officers later took his own life. >>> new this morning, two police officers were hurt when they ran into a burning apartment complex to rescue a person inside. this happened just after midnight near roener park expressway and country club drive. a spokesperson says the two officers suffered smoke inhalation but they should be okay. the person who lived in that apartment is currently being treated for minor burns. three units were damaged in all. 14 people have been displaced. >>> the real life drama surrounding the controversial movie "the interview" takes a new twist this morning. we have just learned sony and youtube have reached an agreement and youtube will be streaming "the interview" tomorrow. meanwhile, independent theater operators said sony reached out to them about playing the comedy. many will play it on christmas day, including the elmwood theater in berkeley. the first showing is already sold out. it's a fictional movie with the plot to kill north

san francisco police spokesman albie esparza says sfpd officers are paying their own way, with some helpm their union. >>: the san francisco police officers association has allowed a stipend to officers to choose to go to the nypd officer funeral >>grant lodes:funeral arrangements are still pending for for ramos's partner, wenjian liu. meanwhile -- new york's mayor bill deblasio the target of police outrage. this banner ad over the hudson today says "our backs have turned to you." the head of the police union has blamed the mayor for the two officers' deaths, because he tolerated the anti-police demonstrations. still ahead. plus.hackers target gaming and streaming networks like x-box and playstation. the group that's being so bold about the cyber attack. also -- a sweet treat posing a serious danger to your health. the new warning. is going to be very cold out there tonight with temperatures already dropping to the 30's and we will look where the temperature is coming at. >>jason applebaum: what jim harbaugh had this day after what is likely his last game with the niners. all of this and

>>dan rubin san francisco police also appeared to get a shell casing from a storm drain next to where roy was shot. just two blocks from the central police station. back where roy lives, his neighbors were saddened by the news. roy's injuries are not considered life threatening. >>we all want him and told them he had stopped doing that or something bad would happen. >> vicki liviakis police have not made any arrests. although it sounds as though they have strong leads. tonight police are still looking for the gunman. the mayor of ferguson made an official announcement today on the resignation of officer darren wilson. >>"as far as the city of ferguson is concerned, you know, we have now severed ties with officer "there is no severance agreement with officer wilson and the city of ferguson. the city of ferguson will not be making severance payment to officer wilson.. >> vicki liviakis wilson submitted his resignation letter yesterday, five days after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the killing of michael brown. wilson says he did not want to put any residents or the other pol

the annual toy drive was supported by people including former mayor willie brown and san francisco police chief greg sir. lefty o'doole's has been doing it for years. >>> glide family services will serve thousands today for a christmas dinner. yesterday the church hosted its annual prime rib lunch in san francisco. the house of prime rib due nated 2,000 pounds of meat for the event. some say it's become a second home, especially with family living far away. >> just kind of uplifts me and allows me to live a full life the rest of the year. >> yesterday the church was able to serve some 3,000 people, and that christmas day meal is a real boost, anthony. hopefully we'll all get to experience it at some point today. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. i love what glide's does across the community. everybody coming together this christmas to make the christmas spirit in full effect and very bright. >>> we'll see a bright day today, but we have rain in effect on the east coast. it's light rain, actually residual rain from what we saw the heavier stuff from yesterday. no airport delays,

they plan on passing the information along to the san francisco police department. san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. >> and by the way, david tells us he used his girlfriend's facebook page to set up a face profile. >>> san francisco police are looking for this bank robber. yes. he's poorly dressed as a fake santa. they say he robbed a wells fargo on sutter street near union square on saturday. but here's the twist. this guy was thinking. he walks out of the bank and blends into a crowd of hundreds of people dressed the same way. this thing called santa con. the pub crawl in the city. he blended right in and has not been seen since. >>> tonight, russia is in a full-fledged financial crisis. the ruble has fallen in value. am has stopped online sales of its items in russia while it reviews pricing. >>> the jury says apple did not compete unfairly when it sold ipods and songs that were incompatible with rival music players. >>> the bay area's own green day is headed to the rock and roll hall of fame. [ singing ] >> the top punk group released their first album 25 yea

it was also intended to highlight the san francisco police shooting death of a 26-year-old accused of breakg into a carear at&t park last october. officers say the oaknd man and two others broke into an suv. they say evans pointed a gun at him. >> for all the stolen lives, no more stolen lives. we're tired. enough is enough. we're calling out for help, but feel like we're not getting any help from the government. so we have to stand up for yourselves. >> williams organized today's even calling on people to keep uniting and fighting. we will follow the protests for you all night. follow us on twitter. >>> now, taking a live look, you can see clouds over the san francisco bay. no rain right now, but at's going to change. let's che in with abc 7 meteorologist. >> and today wasa mild and dry day across the bay area, but we are tracking a little bit of rain. a front, very weak, approaching calirnia. i do think theshowers will stay out of the region. the only exception may be an isolated sprinkle near cloverdale overnight tonight. 54 the overght low in san francisco. we'll drop to about 52

. >> thank you and on every marked police vehicle in the san francisco police department there is one bumper sticker and on the back of every single car as you see the police vehicles traveling around and it simply says that there is no excuse for domestic violence. and because, there is not. and much has been made in the national media about how come this happened and that happened and how about just no, there is no excuse, period, for the domestic violence. >> and the san francisco police department is a critical piece of that as we respond to any calls for domestic violence in san francisco and as the mayor pointed out, we did enjoy a period of some 40 plus months where there were no dow mist i can violence homicides in san francisco. and now, it is having suffered three, even though we are in a record low, homicide, here, almost ten percent and better than ten percent of the homicides that have occurred in san francisco, have been domestic violence related. and we continue to provide the assessment for the training for the police officers and increased the limited accomplish train

my thoughts for the evening i want to announce we're withdrawing item m the update on the san francisco police department memorandum of understanding with the board of education and i'll cocky want the record to red light thank you for the song that's the way we roll in san francisco good evening people get excited about the last meeting of the school year of the calendar year sorry not the school year. >> so ladies and gentlemen, last week, we celebrate the inclusive schools week with a successful kickoff open the steps off our city hall we had performances from assess and sfusd at the arching and the students if the tenderloin elementary school who are also joined by a number of the county supervisors and commissioners fewer and rachel norton and treated to the sound the george washington marching band inclusive schools week is a celebration as inclusive school week mayor ed lee visit sunset elementary school and donated a set of ipads and helped to celebrate the inclusive school with the staff also the interim president tilly chang and president fewer and hydra mendosa and rachel while we c

it was also intended to highlight the san francisco police shooting death of a 26-year-old accused of breaking into a car near at&t park last october. officers say the oakland man and two others broke into an suv. they say evans pointed a gun at him. >> for all the stolen lives, no more stolen lives. we're tired. enough is enough. we're calling out for help, but feel like we're not getting any help from the government. so we have to stand up for yourselves. >> williams organized today's event calling on people to keep uniting and fighting. we will follow the protests for you all night. follow us on twitter. >>> now, taking a live look, you can see clouds over the san francisco bay. no rain right now, but that's going to change. let's check in with abc 7 meteorologist. >> and today was a mild and dry day across the bay area, but we are tracking a little bit of rain. a front, very weak, is approaching california. i do think the showers will stay out of the region. the only exception may be an isolated sprinkle near cloverdale overnight tonight. 54 the overnight low in san francisco. we'

san francisco. today, investigators released video of that attack and the men police say they are looking for. david stevenson is live in san francisco with that video and new information tonight about the elderly victim. david. >> julie, police are calling this a brutal unprovoked cowardly attack and those who knew the victim tell us he never bothered anybody. >> people who saw 67-year-old, ty lamb say the homeless man could be spotted outside this bank in san francisco's financial district. he kept to himself. >> he never talked. he would just be sitting on the ledge. he would be having a cup of coffee or something like that. it was almost every night he would be there. >> san francisco police today released surveillance video of lamb being beaten november 23 as he lay sleeping in a sutter street doorway. lamb, a disabled man who used a crutch to walk was attacked twice in the space of an hour. >> the three suspects killed a defenseless senior citizen, ty lamb weighed less than 100 pounds. he was 5'5". he was unable to defend himself. >> homicide investigators say these three young men, one w