this is "lockup san quentin: extended stay." >> san quentin is home to more than 5,000 inmates, ranging from the most violent offenders in california. >> i'll rob you in a minute. don't get me wrong. >> i pulled a gun on this man and shot him six times in his chest. >> to the all too common parole violators flooding the system. >> i do drugs. that's my violation. >> the overpopulated san quentin serves as the reception center for 17 counties in california. >> there's 384 inmates in this gym. right now i have six staff members. >> it's forced to house a dangerous mix of high and low-risk inmates. >> you got the drugs, you got the inmates to manufacture alcohol, you got the gangs, the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. ♪ >> i've been a pretty successful robber. >> level 4 inmates, the worst in california, are housed at san quentin while awaiting permanent transfer to other facilities. >> i used to rob stores, you know, and that in itself is a rush that you can't explain. it's like whoa, i can -- i own the world. i can do whatever i want. i can -- better than any ceo in the wor

this is "lockup: san quentin, extended stay." san quentin state prison served as the reception center for 17 counties in the state of california. each week, the prison releases 150 prisoners. and welcomes 350 new inmates. san quentin was built to hold about 3,000 people. it currently houses more than 5,000. >> unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. in the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. you know, i made it. i'm in state prison now. >> with repeat offenders clogging up the works, the officers struggle to keep the inmates under control. >> control, be advised we have an alarm in south block. >> i can only speculate and the only thing i can think of is we have a missing inmate. that's probably the number one thing. >> step on the tiers and conduct a count, submit it to patrol immediately. >> 5-west-45, hernandez. i don't know where he is. >> his name is skanvinsky hymes. my prison number is e-04448. i've had this prison number since i was 18 years old. i just turned 37 on february 15th. i'll be dis

only on 5:00, allen martin goes behind the walls of san quentin. some of their answers may surprise you. far from over. more cracks have >>> our top story at 6:30. volcanic emergency on hawaii's big island is open. officials have also confirmed at least 21 homes have been destroyed. >> about 1,700 people have been forced to evacuate. carter evans spoke to one man who chose to stay behind. >> reporter: the vol tannic -- the volcanic trail hits on top of kilauea. for five days the volcano has been spewing molten lava and ash. large cracks have spontaneously erupted through a line in a neighborhood, sending several homes on fire. we watched as smoke engulfed this home. >> it's like a goliath. like a roaring jet engine. >> reporter: sam lives about 100 miles away. >> did they ask you to evacuate? >> yes, it was a mandatory evacuation. by law, i don't have to leave. >> why did you choose to stay? >> because this is where i live right here. i have fifth in the gods that my house will be okay. >> reporter: two more broke open bringing the total to anyone,

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for example, in san quentin, with guys that are facing the death penalty or something like that, and in the afternoon, you are in a business meeting with venture capital industry to try to take them to mexico to invest in our start-ups. and every day is like that, so you go from one mood to another one in a very quick -- it's very fast, so you have to learn to manage that in your personal life. and you also have to deal with ice -- immigration and customs. >> of course. that's a very important part of our job. >> mexico's relationship with other countries is very, very important, and you're coming in as a new diplomat here with a brand-new president who's talking very much about immigration and deportation and building a wall. so what are you thoughts on all of that? >> well, we prefer bridges. in my part as a mexican consul, i am doing that between san francisco and mexico. >> because there is so much tension right now with the new administration on both sides. people who are pro-administration, people who are against it. and so what we want to do is find -- how can we get people be

sentenced to die for the brutal >>> for decades a man named kevin cooper has been sitting in san quentin sentenced to die for the murders of four people. >> but did he actually commit the crimes? dave brian has more for the push for a dna death row test. >> reporter: the murders of doug and peggy ryan, their 10- year-old daughter, and her 11- year-old friend. they were killed with a hatchet and at least two other weapons. only the ryan's 8-year-old son joshua survived the attack. he thought three men carried out the attack, but only ken cooper was arrested -- kevin cooper was arrested. he had escaped from a minimum security prison and was hiding in a house next door. he claimed he was innocent, but a bloody shoe print led to his conviction. >> somebody discovered the print in the crime lab, but no one saw it at the scene. >> reporter: 17 years ago the state agreed to do new tests on evidence in cooper's case on a hair, a stained shirt found near the scene, and cigarette butts dropped in the ryan's stolen station wagon, but at the time results did not clear cooper. >> this case is absolut

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he's on death row at san quentin for killing his wife lacy, and unborn son more than 15 years ago.he new mug shot is there on the left. it looks a lot like his previous one. the prison requires inmates to take a new mug shot every seven years. lacy peterson was eight months pregnant when she disappeared right before christmas. months later her pregnant body washed ashore near richmond. >>> uber is going the extra mile to give riders some peace of mind. the company started testing a new security feature today allowing riders to dial 911 directly from their uber app. the call 911 button will store your location, the make and model of your driver's car, and its license plate number as it contacts emergency responders. now, six cities are testing out this new feature. none of them, though, are here in california, at least not yet. >>> up next, a bittersweet night for the giants. we'll show you what happened in denver. also we found some affordable ticket prices to sit courtside for the warriors. not really, but we'll tell you next. when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first resp

i want to share with our audience some photographs from the west coast, escaped convicts from san quentin and explain what you saw and what you reflect on 50 years later. >> i lived in manhattan beach, california, and i got a radio report that there was a guy holed up in a little motel that was fairly close to where i lived. i raced over there and i went into the driveway and the cops were talking to this guy through a window and it turned out was a guy that came from san quentin and they tried to talk him out and there was a cbs cameraman and the two of us were standing in the driveway, something that would never happen anymore, and i don't know how i did get killed, but they could not talk him out and all the sudden there was an explosion and he had set off some dynamite in the room and then -- he started climbing out the window and i kept taking pictures and a cbs camera kept rolling and he crawled over to where he is right there in the bomb squad guy came over and it was terrifying, but i sat there and i shot the whole thing and it was right after obj announced he was not going to run

this man has been sitting in san quentin for decades. new report is raising questions, about whether he really belongs there. that story coming up, but this man has been sitting in prison for decades but a new report is raising questions about whether he really be longs there. >> that story is comelongs there. >> two acres of this dry grass has burned so far. this is over the east capital expressway. you can see the crews are out there, but that fire bumped right up to some back yards yards nearby. >> new at 6:00 san francisco mayor is introducing a first of its kind of its plan to bring treatment for drug addiction to the street. it is the treatment that could stop cravings immediately. >> the city actually started a pilot program like this in 2016. they went into homeless camps and 60% of the people who got this drug stayed clean. we're going to introduce you to one of them. >> it saved my life for sure. >> chris was an iv drug user for 30 years, homeless, addicted to opiates and almost died five times from overdoses only to be brought

you know at the heart of what mayor villaraigosa is doing today, quentin san quentin. >> take a look at that car. the gun fire erupted yesterday right outside parker elementary in east oakland. neighbors tell us it's not the first time. >> after school, broad daylight and kids playing, then gunshots, followed by the piercing sounds of kids screaming. a home surveillance camera captured the frightening ordeal yesterday across the street from parker elementary in east oakland. it happened just before 5:00. a newer model mercedes bends exited the car. he walked up to the apartment complex and fired three shots. >> you can see the gunman running back to the car with his hand and hearing the teachers tell the kids let's go. >> the gun fire wasn't aimed at the campus thankfully but this was an incident that alarmed a lot of people. we had kids in the yard. everybody ran into the building. >> neighbors say the housing crisis may have over shadowed oakland's crime problems in the past few years. there was another shooting across from the school back in august. some of the shell casings from

the 45-year-old is in san quentin on death row.icted by a redwood city jury in 2004 and was sentenced to death in 2005. >>> he was accused of several charges. now the embattled republican governor of missouri is calling it quits. >> i came to office to fight for the people of missouri. to fight for the forgotten. >> he was facing possible impeachment over an extramarital affair. he has decided to resign effective friday. he said that the ordeal has caused incredible strain on his family and millions of dollars in legal bills and this will be the next governor. >>> an unexpected site as people were watching their steps. >> they are jellyfish. they washed up onto the coast and there are literally millions and millions of them.>>> our chief meteorologist, bill martin is standing by and he is your complete bay area forecast. john chiang's father came it'here with little money,on. but big dreams for a better future. now john has a chance to make history. a champion of the underdog, john took on wells fargo when it ripped off working fam

new mug shots are mandated every seven years at san quentin.is wife who was eight months pregnant disappeared right before christmas. the bodies of lacee and her unborn child washed ashore near richmond months later. scott peterson was convicted and was sentenced to death. he's appealing the verdict. >> marin county has $400,000 to help deal with the rising water lines along highways 101 and 1. the money is a grant from caltranss and was awarded to help the county find ways to deal with water between mt. tam and mill valley. the off ramps in mill valley tend to flood during every one of o storms or king tides. the county says the problem is steadily getting worse. >>> okay. did you see the jelly fish, and do they sting? thousands of these little guys, moon jellies, blank esed the pacific coastline and other bay area beaches over the weekend. nbc bay area sam brock joins news pacifica with some answers. sam, take it away. >> reporter: raj, as you know, this was a spectacle yesterday. this entire beach, as you mentioned, covered in the glimmering

just past the midspan, closer to the san quentin, we are getting reports of an accident. it was blocking a lane and some of that debris from that crash may still be in the lanes. here's a look at the toll plaza. we just jumped into the yellow, 8 minutes across the span. that earlier crash that we have been tracking along 880 right near industrial parkway we can see that traffic is still very heavy in that southbound direction. they have cleared all lanes along southbound 880 in hayward but you definitely are seeing delays. 22 minutes on down towards 84 there. and we are still seeing a big backup over at the bay bridge toll plaza. likely to be there for quite some time throughout the morning. we are in the yellow, 16 minutes heading into san francisco. you'll be tapping those brakes along 80 and your 580 approach. let's check in with neda on the forecast. >> i'm loving this view from the lawrence hall of science. the skies over berkeley nice and clear. wood we had a warm afternoon. today will be warmer. at the coast we have a calm west wind. no fog at golden gate bridge. s

i worked at san quentin prison, where i was promoted to sergeant there. >> supervisor cohen: and maybe you can speak to what you see, 'cause i, too, have seen you at the police commission meetings at an active participant. speak to the neighborhood level needs: things that you've seen, things that you've experienced. i've seen you on marchs, rallies. i've heard you articulate concerns in public comment. talk to me a little bit about how you believe that serving on this policy body would help bridge the cap gaps from you a both have heard crying out for reform. >> well, that's very significant to me because when we have these town halls, police commissions, protests, or whatnot, it's -- it's apparent that there's a problem. for that many people to show up, to stand in those long lines. to say what they have to say, it's obvious there is ha problem. it connects with my experience with law enforcement, because i had the same problems. i've seen the side, what they're saying exists, but they have no way to prove it. i've actually proved it. i myself was instructed to antagonize and provoke

i wanted to share some photographs, you were based on the west coast, escaped convicts from san quentin, explain what you saw and reflected on. >> i lived in manhattan beach, california, i got a radio report that there was a guy hold up in a little motel, it was close to where i lived. i went into the driveway and the cops were talking to this guy through a window, his name was arthur again jones, there was a cbs camera man, a local guy, the two of us were standing in the driveway, that would never happen any more, i do not know how i did not get killed. were there other pictures. >> just the one. >> they could not talk to him. then all of a sudden there was an explosion and he set off dynamite and the cops started to shoot him. he ended up crawling over to where he is right there, the bomb squad got him. it was terrifying but i sat there and i shot the whole thing, that was right after lbj announced he was not going to run. but these pictures were all over the paper. in my whole vietnam experience, i had a lot of photos like that but that was an early one. >> in 1968. six and a half mi