san quentin since 1997. reporting live at san quentin state prison, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fairfield mother was charged today in the deaths of four children in an apartment fire. 24-year-old shatarra williams pled not guilty in a fairfield court today to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. her sister leticia james pled not guilty to the same charges earlier this month. women's three children and james' child died when candles sparked a fire in their apartment. the children had been left unattended. >>> the woman accused of taking part in the killing of a man was arraigned this afternoon. police say housley confessed to participating in the shooting death of 45-year-old kang. police say housley and her boyfriend george huggings robbed kang and a friend as they left a dental office on july 18th. kang was supposed to go to a job interview at google the next day. huggins arrangement is set for tomorrow. >>> san francisco police tonight are looking for a group of men who stabbed someone on a nummi platform in the bay view district. the male victimmed suffered nonlife threatening sta

. >> reporter: we're live at san quentin state prison this afternoon. tonight you will hear from their spokesman. he will discuss the investigation into edward shaffer's death and the person prison officials label a prime suspect. 31-year-old frank sosa. we'll sit down with aaron and i find out how he's coping with the investigation. >> okay. thank you, jade. >>> ever since oakland laid off 80 police officers, there s been a spike in crime in part of that city. but as voters are faced with measures on police staffing, city leaders say there is another side to the story. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live now to explain. good afternoon, tora. >> reporter: good afternoon. both sides are seemingly at war here. police say that violent especially home-invasion robberies have actually surged in one section of the city. while city leaders point to overall crime which they say is down 20% compared to last year. now, both sides of the city and police union have been embroiled in bitter negotiations for weeks to try to shake the city's projected $50 million come

it's reported that edward shaffer was found dead in san quentin state prison last night. however, the details of how they died, they are not clear. shaffer was convict of second- degree murder after he crashed his motorcycle into melanie osheroff and killing her. >>> this morning, police officers tell ktvu patrols are needed on the streets of oakland right now. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: there are a number of neighborhoods that stretch from east to west oakland in an area that's known as area 2. officers we spoke to say that the number of violent home- invasion robberies have spiked there. police say they are stepping up patrols. many people that criminals are getting more brazen now that the police force down 80 officers due to recent layoffs. but last night a breakthrough came when the city voted to put a four-year parcel tax on the november ballot. it would more than cover the projected shortfall predicted next year. this is a condition that the police union demanded before it would agree to have officers fork over 9% of their salaries toward their pension. b

. >> reporter: authorities now are investigating the first inmate killing here at san quentin state prison since 1997. it occurred in the prison reception yard yesterday morning. when frank anthony suoza came up to shaffer in the prison reception yard and stabbed the shaffer. >> it's identified as a broken breaking weapon. it's very sophisticated. >> reporter: souza is facing a prison of life for killing a man. authorities say they don't know why there would be bad blood between souza and they say he kill, who had only arrived here at the prison 10 days ago. edward shaffer was a nine time drunk driving offender convicted of second degree murder just starting to serve his sentence of 24 years to life. his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he plowed his motorcycle into a father and daughter. shaffer was going almost twice the posted 35-mile an hour posted speed limit. 9-year-old melody asheroff died the next day. her father aaron lost a leg and is left with a lifetime of pain physically and emotionally. >> the amount of suffering that this individual caused is just tremendou

. >> reporter: authorities now are investigating the first inmate killing here at san quentin state prison since 1997. it occurred in the prison reception yard yesterday morning. when frank anthony suoza came up to shaffer in the prison reception yard and stabbed the shaffer. >> it's identified as a broken breaking weapon. it's very sophisticated. >> reporter: souza is facing a prison of life for killing a man. authorities say they don't know why there would be bad blood between souza and they say he kill, who had only arrived here at the prison 10 days ago. edward shaffer was a nine time drunk driving offender convicted of second degree murder just starting to serve his sentence of 24 years to life. his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he plowed his motorcycle into a father and daughter. shaffer was going almost twice the posted 35-mile an hour posted speed limit. 9-year-old melody asheroff died the next day. her father aaron lost a leg and is left with a lifetime of pain physically and emotionally. >> the amount of suffering that this individual caused is just tremendou

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of murdering a fellow inmate at san quentin, and the father who says that inmate got the easy way out. also ahead, why police shot this pregnant cow 11 times at the state fair. and the garage sale bargain that is making a fresno man a millionaire many, many times over. and then late other "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next, a maryland man is charged with murdering a mother and her daughter, and police say there may be many more victims. and then we will tag along with a host of bizarre foods as he eats his way under the

state-farm or go online. >>> i wake up and she's not here and it's horrible. >> his daughter's killer murdered in san quentinyes actually wishes the quick was still a -- why he actually wishes the convict was still alive and what we learned about inmates accused in the killing. >>> a pregnant cow runs wild at the california state fair, why police say lethal force was the only option. >>> they just started gaining speed and losing control. >> wet, wild and unsafe, the popular bay area water ride that some say left them injured. >> this is cbs5 eyewitness news. th inside san quenti >> good evening. i'm dana king. >> i'm ken bastida. >>> his daughter's killer is stabbed to death inside san quentin, but tonight a novato man says the convicted murderer should still be alive. a prison spokesman said edward schaefer was killed last night by this inmate with a white power tattoo. edward schaefer arrived in san quentin less than two weeks ago and that's where joe vazquez picks up the story tonight. >> reporter: it happened at the reception center. that's where prison officials say edward schaefer was killed with a la

state's top post. >> authorities have now identified the suspect who they say stabbed and killed a convicted drunk driver in san quentin prison. edwin schaffer plowed his motorcycle into two people, a little girl and father. the girl lost her life. schaffer was stabbed by another inmate with a homemade weapon. schaffer's mother is blaming local authorities. she claims police and sheriff's deputies often told her son they would make sure he was attacked in prison. >> the city of belmont will consider ban any massage permits for a year. city attorney said that 80% of the massage parlors are suspected of prostitution. 30% graduated from i will le jitd ma the schools. >> it's called the biggest military leak in american history. president obama is reacting to the 92,000 pages that was leaked online. >> and can dudley do what hayward couldn't. the american that is taking the top post at bp as they start the [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. a better tv experience at a really great price. hurry and take advantage of our summer sale. o

of murdering a fellow inmate at san quentin, and the father who says that inmate got the easy way out. also ahead, why police shot this pregnant cow 11 times at the state fair. and the garage sale bargain that is making a fresno man a millionaire many, many times over. and then late other "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next, a maryland man is charged with murdering a mother and her daughter, and police say there may be many more victims. and then we will tag along with a host of bizarre foods as he eats his way under the dark under side of the animal kingdom on [ male announcer ] whoa, the new ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. get ready for the ride of your life. wipeout in waves of tender turkey and crispy bacon. gaze upon the rad rainbow of voluminous veggies and cool, sea-green avocado all on freshly baked bread. are you up for the ultimate? ♪ then you've got to try the totally new subway ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. carve one up today. crank up the flavor at subway. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> san quentin prison officials have identified the man accused of stabbing a well-known inmate to death.