in san quentin. and officers gather in the courtyard for a briefing regarding recent assaults they feel may be related. so they've organized an extensive cell search for hidden, makeshift weapons. >> this is how we're going to do it. we're going to do a search line right there in the rotunda. >> come on down. >> pat them all down. have them take off their shoes. they might be packing on the way in here. they'll be searched and fed. >> after breakfast, the inmates are moved to the yards where they will stay until officers can complete their search. >> we're looking for makeshift weapons. bed spreads, anything with razors. anything they can slash these guys with or even stab them with. >> the operation is broken up into several two-person teams. >> i guess i'll get the top, huh? >> you get the top. you're the tall guy. >> officers, david hamilton and meagan mcgee each have years of experience at second-guessing where inmates like to hide contraband. >> okay. i found two razors that were removed. the bl

ktvu's rob roth is live at san quentin state prison. rob? >> reporter: there are 748 inmates on california's death row here at san quentin state prison. it appears none of them will be executed for some time, if ever. >> this ruling is huge. >> an organization aimed at doing away with capital punishment wasn't surprised with the judge's ruling. >> the system is dysfunctional. it is expensive and there is no prospects of anyone who has been sentenced to death actually being executed. >> reporter: he waited 20 years for the killer of his daughter to be executed. >> another slap in the face to the victims of the state of california. >> california voters favored the death penalty, and he hopes the ruling will serve as a wake up call to fix the broken system. >> it is not about anything more than somebody being punished for having committed the worse possible crime. >> the last execution was 2006. another judge ruled the legal injection procedure is cruel and unusual punishment. it led to a unfair system. he says it is a blow against victims. >>

village near the west gate of san quentin prison. the prison itself was not affected. investigators say a very small amount of fuel actually leaked in to a storm drain nearby but they were able to block it from making it further. >> so the process now is to get all the fuel out of the shoulder and out of the truck and to have the tow truck right the truck forward. we don't want to right it with fuel on the ground or in the tank. >> as for the driver, he didn't want to be on camera but he told me he's doing okay, just upset that it happened. he didn't need medical attention and he was helping crews all morning long in the cleanup effort. sir francis boulevard remains closed on both directions. on the marin county side, northbound on 101, you can exit sir francis drake but you'll be turned around once you reach the ferry building. another thing stopping this progress is the cleanup crew that was actually meant to be here is actually stuck in traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge. chp crews are sending a crew out to get them so they

right in front of san quentin. news chapper has been there. e will have more on there for the noon show and it is hours before they open drake. and the san rafael bridge is a mess. >> we have one more thing. >> northbound 101 in san jose at 880, it is an injury accident blocking three lanes. >> traffic is horrible. >> bay bridge. about a 10 minute drive into san francisco. >>> we will go to steve. >> sal; thank you. >>> parts of the coast and san san mateo and on the santa cruz coast. >> higher inland and clause are on the way. they will show up tonight but not before 90s and 100s. and mostly cloudy the next couple of days. >> thank you. that's the report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice. >> watch us at noon. and don't forget they shut down sir francis drake boulevard in san rafael. take care. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's re

. >> we met phillip in san quentin prison in california. and he really stood out as this young kid in a very hardcore old-school prison. his life was at a pretty precarious point, but he also remained sort of optimistic. >> from the second i got in trouble to this moment in time, i know god put me in this cell for a reason. whatever it is, i don't know at this time. maybe it was just to give me time to realize what i was doing. or who knows? maybe there's something inside this time that i'm going to do that's going to put me into perspective and make he realize stuff. i don't know. but i'm in here for a reason other for than the crime that i did, that god has a plan for me. i'll be all right. i'm going to make it. >> you're moving my head that way. >> i'm not moving it, you're moving it. >> i said i want a nice little haircut and he gives me a bald head. >> kirkpatrick rejected the lessons he had learned from his biological family at a very young age. that's when all his problems began. >> my mom gave me the best advice that she could. ever

and the staff here call me the bird man of san quentin. the first day i got here at san quentin, birds seem to have flocked to me for some reason. i don't know, they probably think i'm the bird man of alcatraz. maybe they're mistaken because he had a shaved head, too. >> miller was serving an eight-year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i've been here, the birds just come up to me like they know me. you know, i've got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. you know, different kinds of birds. not just pigeons but different kinds of blackbirds like finch and the red wing landing on me. i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so now i'm in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. basically, that's about the only friends i've got is birds. i can't trust anybody else. qo :é @d888888@888jj >>> they're called preppers, people

. >> at california's san quentin state prison, we saw how sophisticated some inmate weaponry can be.his homemade pistol is known as a zip gun. >> this portion is filled with ground up matchheads. the two holes here, inmates insert a wick. the inmate takes a plunger, pokes shrapnel in the open end, pieces of metal, ground up zippers. when the target walks by the cell, officer or inmate, the inmate lights this, when it goes down, strikes the match heads, basically act like a firecracker and shoots the shrapnel out. >> the majority of inmate manufactured weapons or shanks are designed for slashing or stabbing. the ease with which lethal weapons are made is shocking. this san quentin inmate who goes by the name speedy agreed to show correctional staff and lockup cameras just how simple it can be. he starts by using a roll of toilet paper as a crude forge to melt plastic coffee cup lids. >> i'm making a weapon right now. melting this plastic down into a shape. what i'm doing is trying to get a wad of it to where i can -- i have something to work with. you know what i mean? what i'm doing

>> reporter: one can only imagine the reaction here at death row at san quentin state prison but for many famililes of victims it is a -- families of victims it is a blow. >> it is a slap in the face to victims of the state of california. >> reporter: he showed us photographs of his daughter. she was kidnapped and strangled to death in 1993 and her killer is still on san quentin state prison's death row 20 years later. >> he was sentenced to death. he has been on death row for all of these years and the will of the jury, the law of the land needs to be carried out. >> this ruling is carriage. >> the director of death penalty focus. a organization aimed at abolishing capital punishment. >> the first time any federal court ruled the death penalty system unconstitutional. >>> there are 748 inmates on death row. no one has been executed since 2006 when a different judge declared the legal injection cruel and unusual punishment. the ruling is a separate case. the judge found that delays in executions led to a unfair system. >> even supporters recognize it is broken. even if you believe in

we are live in san quentin. i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> california brought back the death penalty in 1978. there are more than 700 people on death row but only 13 inmates have been executed. the last execution was clarence allen in 2006. the death penalty has been in legal limbo ever since. >>> the woman accused of killing a google executive on his yacht in santa cruz claims she is not guilty of the charges against her. alix tichelman's appearance in court today was a far cry from last week where we saw her dish shelved hair, heavy makeup, red lipstick. today she cleaned up her look. no makeup and combed hair. tichelman pleaded not guilty to manslaughter as well as drug and prostitution charges. a judge denied the request to lower her bail from $1.5 million. tichelman is accused of injecting 51-year-old forrest hayes with heroin last year leaving him to die. her attorneys say he didn't intend to kill hayes. >> he was a lucrative source of income to her. she appreciated his generosity and she had a motive, if any

at ktvu.com, we've put up a slide show of some of the most notorious inmates at san quentin. >>> an alleged affair involving a san francisco supervisor, and his top aide may have violated city rules. he reportedly had a relationship with top legislative aide. city employees say they must notify a supervisor if they become romantically involved with a subordinant. >>> more now on a sexual harassment case involving a yahoo worker and her bus. she says she was fired for refusing sexual relations with her boss. she said when she wanted to stop, the boss retail united. the superviers is identified as maria zhang. >> i told her, look, we are friends, and you are my manager. we shouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: zhang has countered by filing a defamation case against her saying she simply wants money. >>> now to new developments in the case of a high priced escort, who is accused of giving a google executive a deadly dose of heroin and then leaving him to die. alix tichelman was in court today, and pleaded not guiltyk her attorney admits that tichelman has a drug problem, but he says that the p

day long and into the evening and it affected the evening commute in marin county over there by san quentin and talking about the extensive work that had to be done, it is tuesday july 15th, i am pam cook. >> and let's talk about weather and traffic, steve, it was a tricky forecast, tell us about it. >>> well, we have some rain to the south but the heaviest is to the south, not only low clouds but high clouds and 72, a lot more fog and they continue to rotate in from the south and we will interest a -- have a mostly cooler conditions for some. 62 gill ray, 5 santa 5 and a few showers are possible around san jose. kind of muggy and humid, especiallien land by the coast and inland you are dealing with 80s and 90s, here is sal. >>> we are looking at a commute which is doing well westbound traffic does look good with no major problem about an 8 manipulate drive time and also on the san mateo heading out to foster city with no major issues traffic continues to look good. 580 on the pass, it is already getting slow but the each chp opened san quentin prison 230 this morning and it was nearly 20 h

it happened near san quentin kron 4's jackie sisel is live on scene with more.hurch hasn't been here too long shot the driver of the shock was not injured in this accident but there's been in gallons of gasoline spilling on this front on this freeway. and joining us is officer barkley to give us the details on how the accident occurred. we're still a investigating what happened in talking with the drive for re now will have to allow their rear tanker that has been punctured to flee iran itself. if i can see that there's another tanker truck that is poured on to the same. they say that the possibility exists that this may be out there on until the evening commute. the cleaning of all this whole scene and it was of a gasoline that is leaked out we have been pretty fast and containing it and hasn't been stagnant into any waterways or drains. however we do still have to go to the sorrow to make sure everything is clean up properly. thank you officer barked chief. all of the surface streets around bay area. some of the surface streets expect to find extra due to this

the accident happened on sir francis drake boulevard at interstate 580 near san quentin prison. that is where our reporter has been gathering information with in live report. wayne? >> yes, no one has seen this: only emergency vehicles. this is why. [ inaudible ] >> you can see the overturned tractor trailer. the leak was in the rear at 1,700 gallons of spilled gas. c.h.p. is saying the road will. closed into the evening for the clean up of the gasoline and to clear away the vehicle. >> some of the scary part is the fuel went down the hill toward the homes for the folks who live there on the property at san quentin so they asked those folks to evacuate. >> our traffic reporter is falling it, as well. >> to say it is causing a traffic impact is an unstatement. to the scene, it is causing a commute headache if you are traveling off the of richmond fanciful bridge. the sig-alert is in place for the evening hours. sir francis drake is shut down between highway ohio and 580. look at the bridge: 12 miles per hour. what usually takes 13 minutes to cross over from richmond to san rafael

the san quentin fire department did keep it from getting into the bay. here a little while ago the fire battalion chief. >> there are a couple of things that have to happen. one, we have to get the truck flip oefrd after the product is taken out. next we have to determine if the road is safe. that's who we're talking to. they may have to grind and repave this to make it safe for travelers. >> reporter: the problem is they don't know the condition of the roadway underneath that truck because they haven't had a look at it yet. we've waited most of the day for alliance pump lines to pump the rig dry. that fuel is so dirty from ground dirt is they've run out of filters. the best guess, the best hope, they might have it empty by 5:00 p.m. only then can a wrecking truck come in and drag that rig out of here. once again, when is this road going to open? we don't open. one estimate, as late as 8:00 or 10:00 p.m. tonight. the worst-case estimate, tomorrow morning. live from abc 7, wayne freedman. >> we'll be checking back with you, i have a feeling, several times

an accident on sir francis drake boulevard near san quentin prison closes t road for almost 20 hours.drought calls for drastic measures. for the first time ever, we're exped to face mandatory statewide water restrictions. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 ,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. severe storms racked the northeast last night. drenching rain caused flash floods near new york city, stranding several drivers. more extreme weather is expected today from the midwest to new england. >>> and an egyptian proposal for a cease-fire in the mideast may not work. it was accepted by israel, but rejected by a militant wing of hamas. the fighting has killed at least 185 people in gaza. >>> about 40 undocumented immigrants are back in central america this morning. the group was deported after being detained at a facility in new mexico. in michigan, a protest against sending undocumented children to a human services center there. and iowa governor terry branstad says he doe

. >>> more than 700 prisoners are on death row in san quentin. today a federal judge struck down california's death penalty. he says it's unconstitutional, because it's cruel and unusual punishment. mark matthews joins us, legally and financially, this is a major ruling. >> reporter: it really is. and it revolves around a man here on death row. his name is ernest dwayne jones. he's convicted of raining and murdering his girlfriend's mother. he has been here for 19 years on death row. and that's what judge carney found cruel and unusual. he said it was a random and arbitrary application of the death penalty. in the past 37 years, 900 people have been sentenced to death in california. and of those 900, only 13 have been executed. that, said judge carney is evidence of a system that is so dysfunctional that executions have become depen didn't on arbitrary and random factors rather than the nature of the crime and the date of the sentencing. a death opponent organization in san francisco -- >> it is cruel and unusual in the same sense that being stru

thousands of drivers trapped in a massive tie up after a tanker truck flipped over near san quentin prison. >> how long a delay? >> hour and a half, two hours. >> reporter: and the cleanup still going on right now. >> reporter: we are at the same. >> reporter: a groper on the elusive pol all told police asking for your help in finding this man. >> reporter: the latest twist in the alleged prostitute arrested in the drug that of the google execs. >> reporter: not a former boyfriend is try to cash in on her notoriety. >> reporter: the suspect in the sierra lamar case makes a surprising admission to the police. >> reporter: and mail with a net threatens patrons at a san leandro restaurant we talk to the hero cap the dangerous situation from getting much worse. >> reporter: and national treasure and a public disgrace >> american people are lazy. >> reporter: the trash of the golden gate seashore. this is a full hour of your choice for prime time news. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: it is still causing a mass as it has for the last 13 hours

he was 76 years old at the time when he was executed by lethal injection at san quentin. he was convicted of ordering the murder of three people in fresno. he was serving a life sentence for killing a fourth person. as for future cases, santa clara county district attorney's office announced it would seek the death penalty against torres, the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. we reached out to the d.a.'s office, and they said they are reviewing their decision now. to learn more about the decision, logon to our website at nbcbayarea.com, search death penalty. there you'll find a link to the judge's 29-page ruling. >>> we have new details in the case of the google executive with an alleged prostitute when he died. today the call girl entered a not-guilty plea in the drug overdose death of that executive. her lawyer said she's a troubled young woman, but she's not a killer. robert honda joins u from the santa cruz courthouse with the very latest. robert? >> reporter: well, this case is creating a lot of commotion as it makes its way thr

it tipped over near andersson drive just west of the san rafael bridge near san quentin. right now all of that traffic is be being re-routed to san francisco boulevard, to francisco boulevard, pardon me. and mark matthews is at the accident scene and telling us what's taking so long to move the truck. >> reporter: right now you can see a tow truck is being moved into place right behind me. as it clears, let me show you. the truck and trailer flipped over this morning and twisted. what they are trying to do right now is untangle the tow bar. this happened at 7:00 this morning. the highway patrol says the driver of the twin tankers got into trouble when he drifted to the shoulder of this curve and the tires got into the dirt and started to skid sideways. >> he drove the truck to the right of the turn and the rear trailer got away from him and tried to correct. by that time it was a little too late. >> reporter: the driver was not hurt when both tanks and the cab turned over. he wasn't speeding, and he wasn't under the influence. >> the heavyweight and turn, he said he was go

oiler remains on death row in san quentin prison. >>> when we come back on a second look. >> i was right outside. i figured i could hear it. >> beneath a fire shelter as flames burn all around. >>> and the father of a fallen firefighter conducts his own test on fire safe material and calls on the forest service to do more to protect crews. that's all ahead on a second look. >>> welcome back to second look where we're taking a look at wildfires and the dangers fire crews faced in fighting those flames. each year 500 firefighters die in the line of duty. in 1997, lloyd lacuesta was there as firefighters kept an eye on the firefighters. >>> in time there were more than enough firefighters to face the flames. the department of forestry developed these fires as kind of a prim agency. many are at storm pack to learn how to bat gross fires. he said i people like i can go u and staff that no problem. >> the mind set that everyone thinks it's so easy to put out and that's what makes it dangerous. wild and firefighters have to wear special clothes and this also known as the shake and bake. >> i've

. >> eventually transferred to san quentin state prison, the man who is arguably california's most violent inmate completed his sentence and was released in 2007. >> you have people locked up in this, this type of environment and then you release them to the street. what do you expect? >> back up -- ha-ha. >>> next on "lockup: raw." >> they'll come across their enemy, slice them across the neck. >> the ingenious weapons inmates use to attack. and the lengths officers will go to in combating them. ♪ booking.com booking.yeah! ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt if hp big data solutions can keep wireless customers smiling imagine what they can do for yours. make it matter. ♪ f provokes lust. ♪ it elicits pride... ...incites envy... ♪ ...and unleashes wrath. ♪ temptation comes in many heart-pounding forms. but only one letter. "f". the performance marque from le

during that time, 30 buildings on san quentin prison grounds had to evacuate while hazmat crews vacuumed up 2,000 gallons of fuel out of concern one spark would ignite an inferno. that whole time, drivers just sat in traffic. >> i have been trying to get from marin general hospital. at this point i have been sitting in the car hour and a half. >> hour and a half from san francisco, crazy. >> reporter: so fortunately the driver, 30-year-old christopher knight of sacramento, frank, not injured in this accident. that's the good news here. >> tell us, mark, how come it took so long to reopen the road? >> reporter: there are several reasons. an interesting one, the trucking company had to call in the crews to clean up the fuel. then once that happened, some of the hoses needed backup so it took additional time monday morning to get additional hose this is here. and, of course, then they had to get the fuel off the road before they could flip the truck and get it out fearful that one little spark would ignite this huge blaze. live in marin county, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> muni operators have ra

the northern hispanics is our main gang here at san quentin. and it's because they're better organized. the white guys are over here on the parallel bars and on the picnic table. over in the corner you see where the asians are sitting. you can't just walk and sit on a table. i had to explain that. i almost got into a confrontation with that two or three times because, you know, i saw a table and i sat down, you know, it's not like that. you got to ask for permission to sit down there. >> even such a minor misstep can be taken as a sign of disrespect, and that can lead to widespread violence. though correctional staff is constantly on the lookout for weapons, it's well known that many on this yard are armed for battle. and none more so than the northern hispanics. >> they have a minister of defense. and his thing is he's to have ten weapons ready at any time down here on this yard. their weapons are all hid over there. and in the morning we'll come over and we'll search that area and try to find their weapons. but they're getting better and bett

. >> officials credit the inmates and staff of the san quentin fire department for a great response to the gasoline tanker crash that tied up traffic that overfund on sir francis drake boulevard. the marin independent journal reports that the mixed crew of prison staff and minimum security inmates took steps to stop the flow of we gasoline that was leaking including dirt to damn the fuel before it could reach homes and the bay. >> federal government wants to steer automakers toward making more accurate mileage claims. highway officials are considering new regulations that force car companyies to base claims on road test ratherren that computer come -- rather the computer models used now. the epa has fund discrepancies on the tests and have raised red flags. >> breaking news in the east bay, crews called to the chevron refinery this morning and what we have learn about a fire there. >> the alleged bay area call girl charged in the death of a silicon valley technical executive is back in court this morning. >> an admission from a prominent san francisco politician, the extramarital affai

yesterday near san quentin prison.francis drake had to be shut down between larkspur landing and 580. that led to gridlock. we talked to one man who was on his way home from the airport yesterday morning after a trip to l.a. when he got caught in this backup. >> after battling the l.a. traffic over the weekend, we figured we were home safe. and then we hit this beautiful traffic jam here and yeah, we're really happy that we can get on our with lives now. >> reporter: now, the driver of that truck was not hurt in yesterday's crash. no other cars were involved. but the chp says the company that owns that big big will have to pick up the -- big rig will have to pick up the tab for all of that work. as we bring you back out here live, the traffic is flowing as well as it normally would during the morning commute. it's a will bit sluggish but obviously a lot better than yesterday. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a state agency will vote on tough new water restrictions. christien kafton is joining us live in san franc

inside that zone san quentin village. 40 people forced to evacuate. >> we tried to keep people back. >> reporter: crews spent the morning siphoning up the mess, making sure the fuel doesn't flow down the hillside as officials try figure out why the driver didn't stay on the road. >> doesn't appear that he was driving too fast. >> reporter: this is a really tedious clean-up. first crews have to get all the fuel off the road itself. they are still working on that. then step two, the one tank in the truck that's still filled with fuel, that fuel has to be emptied out before they could ever talk about putting that truck on a wrecker and getting it out of here and opening up this road. >> sounds like it's going to take a little time, mark. how about the fuel that spilled? is there any certain concern that some of that might leak into the bay? >> reporter: we have no idea exactly how much spilled out of this truck, francisco. we do know some of it did get into a sewer that's further downhill. now, fortunately fire crews were able to get in there, cordon off that section of fuel that got in

. >> reporter: here in the west gate of san quentin state prison a number of large construction vehicles went through. if you go over here to the left you will see a large flatbed truck and that truck is here for one reason, and that is to pick up part of this truck, the tractor or one of the tanks or both of them. we will find that out shortly. debora villalon will be here for the 10:00 p.m. news. this is tom vacar,. >> reporter: tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the scene is on interstate 80 near the travis boulevard exit. a tanker drove off on to the shoulder, tipped over and caught fire about 3:20 p.m. the driver was unharmed. there is no word of other injuries. initially all lanes were shut down. currently the right lanes on eastbound 80 are still blocked. >>> and it could be a few more days before four water damaged stores at san francisco's union square will reopen. crews pumped out water and tried to make repairs. they are among 7 where basements were flooded after a water main was broke. authorities are still trying to total up the cost of all the damage. >>> frightening scene

fuel flipped on sir francis drake boulevard near san quentin. the driver was okay. the damage was huge. officials created a 1,000' safety zone away the scene and evacuated ten homes away the prison and pg&e shut off the power and all kinds of safety precautions were in place until 9:00 last night until they were able to move the truck from the area. haz-mat coordinated how to get everything cleaned up including vacuum trucks, the fire department was here, capturing the fuel. if you were frustrated by the closing and wondered why it was closed so long, this gives you an idea of why: they opened it back up at 2:30 this morning so good news before you head out today. you can take an extra sip of coffee, pause, and you know you will be able to use sir francis drake boulevard. >> what a relief. today, state water officials will vote on tough new restrictions that mean $500 a day fine if you wastewater during the drought. if you wash sidewalks and terrorisms or overwater the lawns you could be fined. same for washing your car without the reduction nozzle on the hose. the

. >> joe vasquez outside san quentin. thanks joe. >>> california brought back the death penalty in 1978. since then, the state has executed 13 inmates. 748 prisoners on debt row. the most of any state. >>> bombs will stop falling in gaza one hour for now for a short time. it is not a cease fire, but a pause that the u.n. brokerrerred. the bombard. has killed more than 200 palestinians. this pause is supposed to be enough time to get humanitarian aid into gaza. israel says a ground invasion is likely next. an american teenager beaten by israeli police is back in florida tonight. the 15-year-old said he got caught up in the rioting that followed the murder of his cousin, a palestinian. in retaliation for the murders of three israeli students. >>> tonight, a san francisco supervisor admits he had an affair with his top aide. john avalos apologized for the relationship. while it sounds bad, city rules don't ban relationships between bosses and their employees. the staffer is raquel redondiez. >>> a high priced call girl accus

. >> reporter: the spill caused the evacuation of several residents in homes outside san quentin state prison grounds. >> currently, the prison is on lockdown. >> reporter: traffic could only crawl with very little movement on the bridge, and on westbound 580. how long were you waiting on the bridge? >> probably took us about 30 minutes, 45 so far. >> i almost ran out of gas. >> crazy. >> we probably went 500 feet in the last, like, 20 minutes. >> so that was mark matthews reporting for us. we want to let you know the latest we're hearing, it may be some time later tonight before they have the road completely cleaned up and opened for traffic to start flowing. >>> we're learning more tonight at the man behind the wheel of a deadly crash that shut down a major artery in the south bay. you may remember this from last thursday when north 17 was closed for ten hours after a truck overturned. chp says the driver is a 23 year old of union city. he told officers that his brakes failed. the truck crashed into ten other cars, killing a santa cruz man. the chp investigation is still under way. a

none of it spilled into the bay thanks to the containment by the san quentin fire department. we have homes evacuated along with 40 people. you might wonder what's taken so long. let's begin with the rig itself. both of these tanks have holes in them. >> the trailer was difficult to plug. we put a sump in place to try to collect as much product as we could and we collected as many as we could. >> reporter: the other issue has been draining whatever fuel remains. they were using another tanker to do the job. but that is so filled with dirt and grime that crews from alliance tank lines ran out of filters. that alone caused at least a six-hour delay. commuters have not been happy. >> we were in it for about an hour and a half. >> what's it like out there? >> frustrating. it's just where it's sitting. it's basically just stop and go. >> speaks of that stop and go. here's more from stop and go sky seven. this evening it's not fun. this truck is the quiet point surrounded by a sea of barely moving traffic. as we come back live, here is the truck on the ground. the good news as we sa

live right next on san quentin. >> thank you. new video to show you of a huge fire. flames and smoke building from an apartment building in the east bay. firefighters say three units badly damaged. witnesses told investigators, they saw squatters running from one of those units just after the fire started. luckily, no one was hurt. the search continues for an armed robber. police are investigating two hold-ups less than seven hours apart. the latest on what happened after 1:00 in the morning. blocks away from the cal train station in palo alto. the victim turned over his wallet and cell phone after suspects threatened him with a handgun. i want to show you a skex. police say the robbery is very similar to one that happened sunday evening. if you recognize the man in the sketch, give them a call. >>> city council says yes to pg & e, it will allow the utility company to increase pressure for a gas transmission line. they want to test line 147 which runs through parts of san carlos. the city is concerned because of the deadly explosion in san bran over in 2010. it is mu

the san quentin fire department was first on the scene when the truck overturned near the prison gates monday. the small crew helped stop gushing fuel from reaching the bay and the prison's employee housing complex. the road was closed for almost a day. >>> basketball season still months away but the warriors could be making some big moves this summer. the "associated press" says golden state and the minnesota timberwolves have resumed trade talks again involving minnesota all-star forward kevin love. love can become a free agent next season and has told the timberwolves he will look to join a team that can contend for a championship. lebron james cavaliers are reportedly courting mr. love, as well. >>> up next, buy a cell phone in one east bay city and it could come with a warning. why berkeley is working hard now to include a health advisory before you start talking through all those minutes. >> oh, yeah, just getting the shoes ready because it's another day out on the golf course raising money for local charities. i'm roberta gonzales live in hayward. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawren

the morning a big rig and its two tanks full the fuel flipped on sir francis drake boulevard near san quentins okay. the damage was huge. officials created a 1,000' safety zone away the scene and evacuated ten homes away the prison and pg&e shut off the power and all kinds of safety precautions were in place until 9:00 last night until they were able to move the truck from the area. haz-mat coordinated how to get everything cleaned up including vacuum trucks, the fire department was here, capturing the fuel. if you were frustrated by the closing and wondered why it was closed so long, this gives you an idea of why: they opened it back up at 2:30 this morning so good news before you head out today. you can take an

the accident happened about 7:00 yesterday on sir francis drake boulevard not far from san quentin prison. it just reopened a couple of hours ago. the tanker was full with 8,000 gallons of gasoline from the richmond refinery. the clean-up and road repairs caused a long wait. >>> today the state is likely to change our water conservation efforts from voluntary to mandatory. the toughest water restrictions likely to mean no washing your car with a hose unless there's a shutoff nozzle, no spray washing sidewalks or driveways and fountains that don't use recycled water will be illegal in the state. >> we're focusing on outdoor irrigation because that's a place where people tend to even without realizing it, they overwater. >> if anyone is caught breaking the rules, it would be a $500 fine. back i january, governor brown asked californians to cut water use by 20% but it's only been 5% statewide and even less in the bay area. >>> the alameda county water district might approve a drought surcharge. people have been saving so much water bills, water bills have gone down. while the revenue is down

sir francis drake boulevard near san quentin prison is back open this morning. kron 4's jackie sissel is live sir francis drake boulevard is open today after being closed yesterday for 20 hours. as a swift over it cultural one of the tanks sending gasoline pouring on to the strips. retook the lead hours to natalie clean up the guess of what to drain the remaining tanks. soft and expect to see no more traffic to the area. uc-berlely police are searching for suspects linked to two different strong arm robberies. they were reported near uc- berkeley in the past 4 days. the first one happened friday night at around 11-30 near cesar chavez center. just before 11 at sproul plaza. police say in both cases. 3 or 4 young men confronted the victimsthey then punched the victims and took off with their belonging. in pittsburg this morning, seven people including two children are looking for a new place to live.because their home burned down. two-story townhouse on meadowbrook avenue around 5-30 smoke and flames coming from theit took firefighters about an control. in vallej

. >> reporter: 30 buildings on san quentin prison grounds were evacuated. has mat crews vacuumed up about 2,000 gallons of -- hazmat crews vacuumed up about 2,000 gallons of spilled fuel. none spilled into the bay. the fuel was so toxic the fuel ate up the asphalt. the hope is to reopen the road by the early morning hours, possibly by 1 a.m. reporting live at sir francis drake boulevard in marin county linda yee, kpix5. >> we have realtime traffic mapping on our website. you can download our iphone and android app and we'll send you an alert when the road is back open. >>> tonight sharon chin shows us why so many people in hayward are asking the city give us some lumps. po ine. (:07 >> reporter: it's a bumpy ride in and out of mark francos hayward street. >> it's like driving over a 4 by 4 or the worst pothole you can imagine. >> reporter: he's complained to the city about several of these rubber speed bumps installed in his neighborhood two years ago. he believes they slow down emergency responders. we're not talking about a speed bump which is 5 inches of

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that is from san quentin to sir francis drake boulevard red as well. >> a bleak, gray evening here in the bay area. let's take a look live you can see clouds over the east bay. spencer christian tells us it's picking up moisture in the atmosphere. >> you're right. it's an unusual sky condition for summer for sure. inland temperatures in the 100s today. and have most moisture evaporating. some is moving into san francisco now. it's moving north. there may be places that experienced drops we're getting no official reports of rainfall yet. over in the sierra, we've had an outbreak of severe thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and into evening hours. more than 750 lightning strikes and with down pours, a flood wash in is affect through wednesday. thank you. we'll see you in a few minutes. the chp says a man wanted in connection with a deadly hit and run has turned himself in. it happened south of santa rosa on petaluma hill road around 4:15 saturday morning. chp investigators say the 33-year-old john metzger from santa rosa hit and killed a 21-year-old who was walking down the street.

. >> reporter: man convicted of her, richard davis is on death row in san quentin and has been therears wednesday unconstitutional decision comes eight years after another decision and suspended executions in california. >> this really upsets me at a lot of ways. should to it should not be high victims' rights supersede this but to car lot loved ones' lives i certainly think that we and least should deserve equity in this system. >> reporter: penalty system is played in california by the unpredictable delayed putting a blame on a delay on this system the death penalty opponents felt hailed the decision seemed to him is about justice for his family and others who are left without their loved ones. >> i think that it is an injustice for polly for one. >> reporter: officials in the office tell me that there are currently revealing were reviewing the ruling. >> jacqueline: you can see just a high cloud remain pushing into oakland with satellite radar showing this moisture and tropical moisture at the bay area now creek california will see, conditions as we head into tomorrow but it will

that is from san quentin to sir francis drake boulevard red as well. >> a bleak, gray evening here in the bay area. let's take a look live you can see clouds over the east bay. spencer christian tells us it's picking up moisture in the atmosphere. >> you're right. it's an unusual sky condition for summer for sure. inland temperatures in the 100s today. and have most moisture evaporating. some is moving into san francisco now. it's moving north. there may be places that experienced drops we're getting no official reports of rainfall yet. over in the sierra, we've had an outbreak of severe thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and into evening hours. more than 750 lightning strikes and with down pours, a flood wash in is affect through wednesday. thank you. we'll see you in a few minutes. the chp says a man wanted in connection with a deadly hit and run has turned himself in. it happened south of santa rosa on petaluma hill road around 4:15 saturday morning. chp investigators say the 33-year-old john metzger from santa rosa hit and killed a 21-year-old who was walking down the street.

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closed near san quentin.rancis drake in both directions is shut down between 101 and 580 and affecting traffic on the richmond bridge, especially the western end. we launched chopper 5 and we'll have another update in a half hour. >> and hot temperatures around the bay area today, some 50s and 60s already and into the afternoon. that is going to ranch up the heat and bring us some high clouds overhead, too. ninetys and triple digits inland. eightys and 90s inside the bay and 60s near the coast. >>> beachgoers in rus >>> beach goers in russia were forced to run for cover when a hailstorm hit saturday. the temperature plunged from 104 to 71 in minutes. the hailstones were as big as golf balls. few stayed under a beach umbrella. one person hid under a blanket. we're happy nobody was hurt. welcome back charlie rose. >> thank you so much. i'm happy to be here. >> i had a dream you came back blond and long hair. >> that was while i was on vacation. >> welcome back. you were missed. >> thank you. >> the dream was so

. >> inmates and staff of san quentin fire department are being applauded for their response to the firen accident at sir francis drake boulevard. the crew of missen staff and minimum security inmates stopped the flow of leaking gasoline. that includes ewing dirt to dam the fuel before it could reach the homes and the bay. >>> the federal government wants to steer automakers to making more accurate mileage claims. officials are considering new regulations to force car companies to base their claims on road tests rather than computer molding used now. the epa found discrepancies in the test. hyundai and kia lowered the fuel economy sometimes after the epa raised red flags on their testing. >> whale sightings are usually exciting unless you are a pilot ready to touch down. a sea plane if alaska nearly landed on a humpback whale. boom. that happened in a remote city last week 100 miles outside of the capital and it was caught on camera. the whale cleared the blow hole and hit the plane windshield wiper and the pilot got enough lift to avoid hitting the mammal and landed safely. >> you can s

. >>> a fire fighting team from san quentin prison including ten inmates are being praised for their quick response after an oil tanker flipped over and crashed. 4,000 gallons of gasoline poured out of that ruptured tank on a big rig and gas leap that was three inches thick was flowing toward the prison employee housing complex as well as san francisco bay. the fire fighting team quickly dumped a lot of dirt blocking that flowing gas. san rafael fire chief says the quick response of that fire fighting team was perfect. >>> the oakland unified school district plans to buy all of its employees identify theft protection. five workers reported their identities had been compromised. so the problem may have stemmed from unsecured documents. remaining files will be transferred by friday. the preliminary cost estimate for the protection is $150,000 for two years of coverage. >>> an important hearing is scheduled this morning that could effect the future of the city college of san francisco. the accrediting commission for community and junior colleges is asking the judge to throw out the laws

they established a 1,000' safety zone around the scene and evacuated ten houses in san san quentin prison village. pg&e was here, as as well. were of the fuel was contained in dams and pumped out and crews used absorbent material and sand and the fire department watched for run off to keep it from going into the san pablo bay. it was a complicated operation but they finally did get sir francis drake boulevard open so you can count on using it for the commute. >>> happening today, california water officials are going to get tough with people who wastewater during the drought. the waterboard meets toed to vote on whether do impose unprecedented $57 a day fine on water wasters and katie marzullo is in the south bay with more on the $500 a day fine. >> the restrictions are unprecedented the first time the state would unmoment mandatory outdoor water restrictions. problem is we have come up short. the governor asked for conservation of 20 percent, to reduce water use by 20 percent but it has only gone down 5 percent so now the voluntary restrictions i don't beckmann today and the water board w

a live look now from news chopper 2 where a stretch of sir francis drake boulevard outside of san quentintate prison has been closed since 7:00 a.m. this morning. crews are cleaning up after a tanker truck over turned this morning. the road is a key way for thousands of drivers going back and forth between 580 and highway 101. you can see the back off off of the bridge. also to make matters worse, sir francis drake boulevard will be closed right on through the night into tomorrow. as hazmat crews work to clean up the gas that spilled from the tanker. we have ben on the story all -- been on the story all day long and we will check back with tom vacar at 6:00 p.m. >>> a horrible crash early this morning on highway 13 killed a 28-year-old driver. police found a car flipped over on southbound 13 about 1:00 a.m. this morning. police identified the victim as deandre wilson. there are reports of the car being seen speeding on westbound highway 24. about 10 minutes before the crash. >>> the man suspected in a deadly hit and run over the weekend turned himself in this afternoon. john mesker was bo

." >>> the number of units here at san quentin has grown beyond the >> i took sociology in college. and you can stack a bunch of rats together. eventually they start eating each other.