ktvu alex savidge is on the scene. he's gathering information and he's going to have a live update at 5:00. >>> we've also been told that one person died in an early morning house fire in san francisco. take a look at the map. the home is located on vienna street. the fire began at 3:30 this morning. now the street is now blocked off. ktvu tara moriarty is out there on the scene talking with fire investigators and she is going to have an update in a little bit. >>> overnight planes began spraying pesticide over texas. the u.s. is seeing its biggest spike in west nile cases since 2004 with nearly 700 cases in 32 states. 26 people have died ateleioses 16 of those deaths have been in texas. state officials say weather conditions may be to blame for the increase. >> what we can piece together at least for this year we had a very wet month in june. and with that you had an increased mosquito population because of the breeding grounds. >> this is the first time in more than 45 years that planes have sprayed insecticide over

alex savidge is live near jones and post street. what is the latest? what is happening? >> reporter: i can tell you a few moments ago we heard a bang coming from that building. it's the building up here on the right. an officer told us they have just activated this device. it is what appeared to be a pipe bomb of some kind was caps on either end ammunition was potentially found inside this building. this discovery was made inside this hotel here. it's a residential hotel. several city blocks shut down in this area. we will show you what the scene looks like a short time ago as the bomb squad technician went inside to deal with the device. it was found inside the basement of this hotel on the 600 block of jones street. and this is a hotel where people live. close to 100 of those people had to be evacuated. this morning they are being helped out by the red cross. this discovery made earlier this morning we talked with a police captain about how the device was first dig covered. >> officers originally got a call from if residential person. [ inaudible ] we responded. saw wh

alex savidge is right there talking at cal fire.e in five minutes. >>> wisconsin sikh temple is once again welcoming worshipers following last weeks deadly attack. hundreds attended yesterday's service which was the first since the gunman opened fire. the service began with the cleaning of a sikh flag pole in the parking lot. that was to symbolize the temples rebirth. >> this flag stands far lot. it's a stand against a lot of hate and it shows the love that we have and rejuvenation. >> the gunman an army veteran shot and killed himself. investigators say the motive for that attack is still unknown. >>> pam, let's quickly check in with sal and see what is happening on 880 and everything else. >> 880 northbound traffic moving along pretty well right through here. 880 near san leandro there was an earlier crash. we are looking at the toll plaza it's backed up for an 8- 10 minute delay. >>> difference in our temps today for those near the water and those inland. temperatures near the coast 60s and 70s. inland 90s and 100s. >>> coming up

ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge joins us now to talk about who will be taking part in tonight's event. alex. >> reporter: good morning. families that have lost loved ones to violence will be on hand here. so will san jose police chief chris moore. everyone taking part in a prayer vigil outside san jose city hall. it will happen tonight. people will be gathering to bring attention to a recent rise in murders in this city. 33 homicides so far this year in san jose. and the recent spike in killings over the past couple of weeks has been fueled in part by what police are calling a bang gar if he is on pace for a record setting homicide. now the community is stepping up. >> save our streets. save our children. >> reporter: over the weekend the community group black berets held a six mile long march for peace. they say neighbors have to work toward a solution to reduce the violence. the group says thatly planning future antiviolence events. in the meantime san jose police are doing nor research to deal with the violence. they are allocating $800,000 to pay for a special unit to look i

ktvu alex savidge is live at an immigration office. you are in san jose where they are expecting a big crowd today. alex. >> reporter: more than a million undocumented immigrants are expected to apply for this program. they will begin mailing in these forms later on today. this is a form to request deferred action. they are also expecting quite a few people will show up here at offices like this one. this is u.s. citizenship and immigration field office in san jose. people may come here looking for help on this new program. you can see the sign on the door runs down the requirements for applicants. it applies to undocumented workers that are brought here by their parents before the age of 16. they must be a high school graduate or served in the armed forces. they must also have a clean criminal record and applicants can't be older than 31. this policy change by president obama will allow those young people to temporarily live and work in the u.s. legally. but some could be hesitant to come out of the shadows worried about future deport

alex savidge is there to explain what's been happening. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. well, this entire building had to be evacuated this morning. it started with this car crash. the driver lost control, jumped up onto the sidewalk and slammed no that gas line. this all happened around 2:45 this morning. this is at the base of putnam hall of chan, right near the campus. as gas began to leak in the air, the staff manually activated the fire alarms and students all made their way out of the building. they were outside for more than an hour. we talked with one student this morning who was forced from her home after this crash. >> we heard a crash. we wanted to know what was going on. we ran downstairs. >> reporter: police are not releasing that individual's name and what charges they are facing. as we come back out here live, you can see this dorm building, putnam hall. several students inside. again, a nerve-racking morning for those getting ready to start classes tomorrow. live in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news

alex savidge has more on what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: the search for an armed han in antioch ended when police found him on the roof of this house. officers opened fire after police say a man pointed a gun in their direction. he died at the scene. >> i was just so close. >> reporter: elijah green and his brothers live this complex. >> i dove in the hallway. i didn't want to get shot. >> very blessed nobody got hit. >> reporter: before this happened, police led officers on a pursuit, with the suspect, all while his daughter was in the car with him. at some point, the man ditched the car, his kid and left off. >> had her little stuffed animal, the little girl, she -- we just took cartoons on the tv. >> reporter: investigators say her dad was involved in a domestic dispute and ran from police -- police. investigators have not said how many people were involved in this pursuit and how many were on the roof. in antioch, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we isaac which is now a hurricane with top winds of 75 miles an hour. it's churning through the gulf khost and is expected t

live in oakland alex savidge. >>> we also want to show you new video. an suv on fire just hours ago in oakland. this happened at 98th avenue. something exploded while they were putting out the flames. luckily no one was hurt. the fire was put out in a couple minutes. still no word on how the fire started or who owned that suv. >>> the chevron fire investigation could begin as early as today but first cal osha has to give the green light. there are still questions about chevron's decision not to shut down the number four crude unit after a worker spotted a leak two hours before the fire. the chronicle reports that installation around a leaking pipe may have caused chevron officials to miscalculate the scope of the problem. >>> bay area air quality officials say they made a mistake when reporting test results from the refinery fire. they rocked 23 compounds originally said they did not exceed state levels or pose a significant health risk. but a ucsf health expert reviewed the data. he noted one compound that can irritate the eyes, nose, and lungs. >> did

alex savidge is in berkeley with more on the pilot program that is only happening this month. alex. >> reporter: it's an experiment of sorts playing out in the next month. today you won't have to leave your bike locked up at the station as you commute to work. that is because bart will be temp racially allowing people to bring their bikes on to the trains during the peak hours. normally they are banned during that time. this is the pilot program playing out today and during the next four days. the goal is to try to increase the number of bicyclists that use bart. they estimate right now 4% of riders bike to stations and they hope to boost that to 8% over the next ten years opinion some people say the bike blackout during rush hour discourages people to commuting on bikes. >> it will be easier with the blackout period. kill go a little later if i need to and not have to worry about being banned or asked by the station agents not to enter the station. it helps. >> reporter: as part of the pilot program, bart will survey riders for feedback. they will be analyzing delays if there

live this morning in oakland alex savidge. >>> time now 6:04. the fate of ross mirkarimi is now in the hands of board of supervisors. >> all in favor. >> i. >> opposed. >> i oppose as to the first part but agree as to the second and third. >> in a 4-1 vote the ethic's commission said mirkarimi's domestic violence case constituted official misconduct. mirkarimi and wisconsin wife were holding hands during this 9.5 hour hearing. >> i'm very worried if they can do this to me at the level of unlimited resource they have been able to demonstrate and exhibit really a a touch of their own hand that they can do it to anybody else. >> the commission voted to sustain the charges of official misconduct arising from the sheriff's violent actions against his wife. >> now the ethic's commissioners stopped short of recommending that mirkarimi be removed from office. he will be holding another meeting before they decide on a recommendation. >>> six people were arrested in oakland after a march and sit in at one of president obama's campaign offices. ktvu paul c

alex savidge is live to tell us who was captured and how. alex. >> reporter: two teenage boys in custody this morning accused of snatching people's smart phones on bart trains. and essentially they were arrested after they took someone's phone and that person chased them down along with the help of good samaritans. they are accused of mostly taking cell phones in san francisco. we understand that bart police this morning are looking for other people who may have been targeted on trains in the east bay. we're in walnut creek this morning. despite the arrest police are warning riders about this specific type of grab and go theft. 15-year-old and 17-year-old boy would board trains and look for victims. they would sit separately and give a signal to go. in some cases the boys would use pepper spray from a person resisted. one rider i talked to this morning said a lot of people using those smart phones make themselves targets. >> they are not aware of who they may be sitting next to or who is monitoring them. you've got to know your surroundings.

alex savidge is live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. afternoon a month of investigating, city leaders -- after a month of investigating, city leaders say the carrier has partially disabled 16 of its towers in the oakland area. the problem of faulty-two -- faulty two-way radios came to a head when president obama was here in july and officials couldn't talk to each other. the fcc has been investigating the issue and their conclusion is that at&t 'cell phone towers have been overpowering police raid -- radios. an at&t spokesman told me this morning the issue is with a specific frequency on their 2-g unit. at&t shut down that -- shut that down. >> the fact there was a problem as late as yesterday an the -- and the cell phone tower has been off certainly doesn't bode well for the at&t issue as we see it now and fixing the problem. it seems there's larger -- it seems there's larger infrastructure for this. >> reporter: the company that put the equipment in did check for interference but the city investigation found problem was worse when off

alex savadge joins us -- savidge joins us live. >> reporter: a spokesman tells me it is similar to a street light. they will see red and green lights when it is safe to proceed. last year at sfo, there were 13 different times when planes got too close together on the runways. >> hold, hold, hold. >> reporter: two planes coming dangerously close on the runway. this is animation of a serious one in 2,000 #. >> sorry about that. >> reporter: mike mckaren said they see more close calls because of the two perpendicular runways. >> it is not the issue. but the human element and make it as simple as possible and make them understand these procedures need to be followed. >> reporter: there were highway mishaps here and limb the calls between planes and they are now putting in runway status lights so pilots know when it is safe to go. >> red and green stop lights. and it is red bar. and green, you have to cross. so, should make it easier especially with the layout and with the instructions. >> with all of them at sfo, a faa spokesperson tells ktvu, there was ample time and distance to avoid a

ktvu alex savidge is in oakland with the details of where this all happened. alex. >> reporter: good morning. homicide investigators have been out here all morning long. they remain out here on the scene combing this area for evidence. this is where two people hit by gunfire san pablo and 19th avenue. police found a number of shell casings on the street. the two were shooting in the car when they were shot. they were taken to the hospital that's where the passenger died from his injuries. meanwhile there was a second shooting unrelated that happened earlier this morning. that was on the 7600 block of deerwood. a man was shot during some kind of a robbery. we don't have an update on his condition. and thus far oakland police have not announced any arrest in either of these cases. alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new video of a car fire in oakland. now this was about the scene about an hour ago at 98th avenue. when firefighters arrived that was a chevy suburban engulfed in flames. something exploded while firefighters doused the flames. fire was o i

ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge is there and will join us shortly to tell will -- to let us know if they are getting closer to contain -- closer to containment. >>> and that -- and the weather is making it difficult to fight that fire. let's head to our meteorologist. rosemary? >> yes, tori. the dry, hot condition, definitely aiding the blaze to burn the fuel faster and increasing the intensity. by noontime, we are into the noon hour, the winds coming into the east. so it's a dry, windy day. the relative humidity, 15%. into the afternoon, it's going to be a scorcher for the firefighters out there. 105 degrees. but notice the wind coming from the southwest at this point. it is a little bit of a moister wind. so that's some good news. but that's when we'll see relative humidity at its lowest, even critical in some of the higher elevation areas below 10% in those hills. and for the evening hours as we get closer to sunset, the relative humidity is slowly come up and the temperatures will drop with the wind returning to the east at about 10 miles per hour. right now, the easterly bre

we're live this afternoon in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a superior court judgelos angeles this morning ren stated michael jackson's mother as the guardian of his three children. 82-year-old katherine jackson has been embroiled in a family squabble over a custody of jackson's children ages 15, 14 and 10. based on a court investigator's report, the judge says it's clear that katherine jackson is taking good care of the children and they love her very much. the judge also said the girl's cousin, tj jackson, could stay on helping their grandmother care for them and could eventually become co guardian. -- coy-guardian -- coh guardian. >>> the san ofrofry commission is holding a -- onofry is holding a meeting to decide whether that plant should be shut down permanently. >>> it's official. the city of san bernardino has filed for bankruptcy. they face a $45 million budget shortfall. officials say lost revenue from the housing crisis as well pass an overall economic downfall are to blame. >>> well, marin city lead course take a major step today in becoming a -- leaders

ktvu alex savidge is at the immigration office where there could be big crowds later today. alex. >> reporter: immigration authorities are expecting a wave of applicants later on today. this is the form they will fill out when asking for deferred action. allowing them to stay and work in the u.s. legally. also you could see quite a few people coming to this u.s. citizenship and immigration services field office in san jose today looking for help. this policy change by president obama is for undocumented immigrants that were brought here before the age of 16. they must have graduated from high school or served in the armed forces and must not have a criminal record. meantime republican lawmakers are criticizing the program as a potential magnet for fraud and a way for president to when votes. more than a million young people are expected to apply later on today. they can start mailing in these applications. if they are granted approval they will be given a two-year deprive from deportation. for now we are live in san jose alex savidge. >>> vice president biden tried to clarif

alex savidge joinsus from sfo where the team landed -- join us from sfo where the team landed just over an hour ago. >> reporter: the boys are back home from what was a magical run that took them all the way to pennsylvania. these young players have been on the road playing baseball for 27 straight days. they just landed an hour ago at sfo and they got an unbelievable homecoming. >> petaluma! petaluma! [ cheers ] >> reporter: this was the scene inside terminal 1 at sfo as friends and family chanted and waved signs. the petaluma national all-stars stepped off the plane as heroes. they played third in the world in the little league world series. they came up just short in the u.s. championship game on saturday in pennsylvania, losing to tennessee, but they won their consolation game on sunday and the boys are certainly proud of the way they fought. >> we just wanted to end our season with a win. that's what we did. third in the world, second in the u.s. nothing better than that. you can't ask for anything better. >> this is cool. this is pretty awesome. i mean, we were signing autographs

ktvu alex savidge joins us now. walnut creek it looks like you are on bart. >> reporter: bart doing an experiment if you will. they are temporarily lifting their rush hour ban on bikes. usually in the morning and afternoon you can't bring your bike on any of the bart trains. this morning they will do a test that will play out today and for the next five fridays. normally the bikes are not allowed on the train between 5:00 in the morning and 9:00 in the morning. bart is trying to see if they can relax those rules in the future with the goal to increase the number of bicyclist that use bart. bart estimates 4% of riders bike to stations and hope to boost that to 8% over the next decade. the san francisco bike coalition has been pushing for this. >> bart understands the growing number of people biking throughout the bay area making sure they can move from county to county region to region is really a whole new customer base for bart. >> reporter: even during the pilot program bikes will still be banned from the first ca

live this moving in novato, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news -- this morning in novato, alex savidgevu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> a car crashed into the bank of america on lone tree just before it was with to close yesterday. police say the driver was an 89- year-old woman. she was not hurt. but a customer inside received minor injuries from the shattered glass. >>> 7:32. newly released photos show the viper clouds over the chevron refinery in richmond moments before it caught fire three weeks ago. investigators are the u.s. chemical safety board released the chemicals showing the progression of the disaster over a three-month period. now, look at this. investigators say these photos will help them re-create the events that led them to the fire. >> this size of clouds, people working in a refinery, this should not be happening. >> now, at least 20 employees were close to a leaking pipe. some of them escaped seconds before the car started. >>> a clean air advocacy group wants tougher conditions. this group also says air quality monitoring systems here in the bay area are

we are live this morning in lake county alex savidge. >>> time now is 4:38. let's go back to sal. it's end of summer. probably a lot of people are up around the clearlake area. getting a last bit of summer in. it's going to effect a lot of people. >> yes. we will be watching all that. we are also watching our local traffic obviously. let's go outside and see what we have. if you are just leaving the house early this morning. you should have a pretty decent drive to work. westbound 80 as you drive out to the mccarthur maze that looks very nice. and 580 traffic looks very good. if you are driving to the toll plaza it is light. right now there are no problems getting across into san francisco. this mornings commute in san jose northbound 280 and northbound 101 are also doing very well. let's go to steve. >> thank you. >>> what we have going on there is fog on the coast. and then it will be very, very hot inland. also tropical clouds continuing to move through the sierra nevada producing rain shower there is. possibility of thunder and lightning. if you are heading in that direction,

we do have ktvu alex savidge in the area heading to the command post. he'll bring us the latest live update. we'll also update the fire situation in lake county all throughout the morning for you. and we have a slide show of your viewer photos from both of those wild fires. you can see them in our channel 2 website ktvu.com and you can send your own photos by e- mailing them to photos@ktvu.com. >>> we are tracking overnight news out of oakland where firefighters are investigating the cause of a house fire. it happened just before midnight on 98th avenue. people in the home say they were awakened by the smell of smoke. [ inaudible ] >> i seen it. i got up. i say the fire is at the back part of the deck. >> now everyone did make it out safely and no one was hurt. >>> time now 5:02. refocusing the attention on the chevron refinery in richmond. federal investigators hope to go inside the badly damaged unit for the first time today. allie rasmus is live to tell us what may have sparked that fire. good morning, allie. >> reporter: investigators from the u.s.

alex savidge joins us now where dozens of people have been evacuated. good morning, alex. >> reporter: several city blocks are shut down for this information. we will show you a live look at the scene where this investigation is taking place. the focus is a building a hotel on the right hand side. the bomb squad just a short time ago went inside. we'll show you what the scene looked like as they went inside the building. the suspicious device was found inside the basement of this hotel on the 600 block of jones street early this morning. officers on scene told us it appears to be a pipe bomb with some sort of caps on the side. they also believe there was ammunition found inside as well. close to 100 people have been evacuated from that building. we talked with one man who lives inside that building. >> they stopped me up the street and say you can't go down your street. i said i live here but you can't go in. something is not safe in the area. >> reporter: so again the bomb squad, the san francisco police bomb squad has been called in here to the scene.

martin savidge, cnn, peach county, georgia. >>> one last look at headlines. burned by fast-moving wildfires in arizona. hundreds more threatened now. the ongoing drought has fueled these fires. the possibility of arson in at least one of them is under investigation. >>> we are keeping an eye on a pair of tropical storms. the first is tropical storm ernesto. the storm is packing 60 mile-per-hour winds as it heads south of jamaica today. tropical storm florence is farther out. still, 515 miles from the cape verde islands out in the atlantic. now florence is expected to fizzle out before it gets close to the u.s. >>> and exciting nasa mission nearing its big act in outer space. the "curiosity" rover is expected to reach the surface of mars late tonight. 1:31 a.m. eastern time. then "curiosity" has an even bigger challenge ahead. equipped with 17 cameras. the rover will scan mars for evidence that the red planet could have supported life. its first images from mars are expected a few hours after landing. >>> hillary clinton will head to syria next week. the secre

it never hurts to be told and reinforced again. >> martin savidge there.epublican national convention from tampa begins monday night at 7:00 eastern. anderson cooper and erin burnett will be there. along with john king. that is monday night on cnn. >>> let's turn to the threat of weather over the republican national convention. a few days before it is kicked off, will isaac break through the grand ole party? >> isaac is a unique storm in this regard. it has the potential to threaten a major convention designated a national security event. that is why i have convened local, state and convention officials for a twice daily briefing. the goal is to make sure everyone has the best information available and a complete picture of the situation. everything needed to make a good decision. these officials have been working together to plan the convention for the past 18 months. >> meteorologist rob marciano is tracking the approaching storm. what are the chances, rob? >> given out far out the storm is, carol, the chances of a direct hit are low. that said, it is in

we are live this morning in san francisco alex savidge. >>> time is 6:33. overnight news san jose police investigating that city's 33rd homicide of the year. an 18-year-old man was shot and killed in the area of south king road and burr debt drive. that shooting was gang related. just hours earlier in a separate attack a man was wounded in a drive by shooting on fair avenue. the 40-year-old victim is a male nurse he was grazed in the leg. police say he is not connected to any gang and not clear why he was shot. coming up in ten minutes how the city's police chief in san jose this morning will talk about this and deal with the city's rising violence. >>> new this morning a man accused in a shooting and bombing rampage in norway will serve time behind bars. a norwegian court declared anders brevik sane today and sentenced him to ten years in prison. the sentence can be extended as long as an inmate is considered dangerous. he has admitted to killing 77 people and wounding more than 240 others when he bombed central oslo this year and a yo >>> new details shed

mart savidge.nd meet police officer derek brumoo brumfid, and like bill, derek lost everything except for this picture that han prominently in the house. why is it poorrentave sog? >> because iwas in the house before andt survived just like me, so i kept it >> rorter: l we meet, derek alrnates bween watching the television and watching out the window. >> when the wind is blowing hard like that, it is something and brings back memories. >> reporter: because of those meries, he evacuated his daughter andrand kids and his neighbor neighbors left, too, so this cop has a new beat. >> it is kick up now? >> yes. >> reporter: his own street. you think that people come out in a storm like this to do some harm? >> well, it has been done. >> derek is not the only one we find out on patrol. how are you? martin savidge. i arrive at the home of dr. norman francis in time for the power to go out. we will wait. there we go. fortunately, he has a generator. for over half a century he has been the president of xavie

in antioch, sal lex savidge, tktvu news. >> this is in mckinney, texas.e pictures once again from the scene. a backhoe hit a gas line at a construction site sparking a huge fire. you can see the power line smoldering. this is earlier when the gas was spewing out flames and smoke. this happened at the two corner major roads during rush hour. traffic is shut down. six workers were able to scramble away. one worker did ask to be hospitalized as a precaution. some people in the area lost power including a local hospital. but a back up generator is being used there. >> new this morning. this is at the calistoga inn. >> this is at 3:00 a.m. where the fire broke out. it broke out in the upstairs area. the cause of the fire is under investigation and no one is hurt. people live anything an apartment complex in walnut creek had to be evaluated early this morning. it happened near caramel drive. no one was hurt. and fire crews are trying to figure out what caused it. >> 8:02. new this morning, president obama called on residents in the gulf coast should listen to a

alex savidge explains why in miss live report. >> well, police chief greg suhr says giving officers the options of stun guns would save lives, potentially. last night at the police commission meeting, he spoke to the commission and he got the green polite to research a pilot program that would allow crisis intervention officers to use those tasers in the field. the chief pointed to a deadly shooting just two weeks ago when an officer shot and killed a mentally ill man and suhr says that situation could have had a different outcome if police were able to use tasers. but the boy's family disagrees. >> i don't think it's right not -- i don't think it's not to -- i don't think it's not right -- not right to not accept responsibility for this. >> i think the officers should have something in between a baton, lethal spray. >> reporter: the aclu cite claims -- they cite recent taser-related deaths and claims of excessive force as well. but now this long-running debate has been reignited. several members of the collision will begin a tree - -- will begin a three-month program as they look into

martin savidge is in new orleans.> reporter: i have to tell you, carol, this is about the absolute worst we have felt so far. this city has been buffetted all night. with sunrise, it's gotten harder and heavier to stand out here. this system here is coping according to the army corps of engineers. they have had overtopping of a levee, it's created flooding in certain areas. one of the people trapped with his family and called in to a local affiliate was calling in talking about what they were doing and feeling in the attic of their home. take a listen. >> caller: right now, i'm in my attic with my wife and year and a half old baby. the local police came around about 2:00 in the morning and told us the levee broke. within an hour, water was coming up. i barely got my vehicle to the levee. the real levee is dry but the water came up so quick. it looks like we lost everything. >> reporter: carol your heart goes out. you can understand the terror they are feeling. we hope they have been rescued and among those pulled out

alex savidge has more. >> reporter: good morning. families who have been impacted by violence will be taking part in a prayer vigil. they will do so here outside of san jose city hall tonight. in fact, chris moore, san jose's police chief, will also be onhand for the event. the vigil is being organized by a local church and is in response to a recent rise of murders in the city. 33 homicides so far in san jose, eight in the past two weeks. police say the recent spike in killings is part of a gang war and now the city is on pace for a record-setting year. there were 39 murders during all of last year. >> save our votes! save our children -- save our streets! save our children! >> reporter: the community, the group says, must work to reduce the violence here. they say police are only part of the solution. still, san jose's police chief is committing more resources to deal with this rise in violence. the department is dedicating a special unit of officers specifically to focus on gang crimes here. and the chief has also authorized an $8

alex savidge joins us now. he's at the department in san jose where people are expected to jump at this opportunity. alex. >> reporter: young illegal immigrants brought here as children will begin asking the federal government to allow them to stay and work here in the u.s. legally. this is the form they will be filling out. it's for something called deferred action. there could be quite a few people that come to this u.s. citizen and immigration field office here in san jose looking for help on this program that kicks off today. this is a policy change by president obama for undocumented immigrants that are brought here to this country before the age of 16. there are requirements. they must have graduated from high school or served in the armed forces they must not have a criminal history and must be at least 21. they say this is all just an attempt for the president to court hispanic voters but the president has defended the problem as a stopgap measure because congress has failed to act on immigration reform

to demonstrate how common the crime is let's go to alex savidge who is on board a train in oakland.lex. >> reporter: bart police this morning are warning people to pay more attention to the surroundings when they are riding trains. people who are too focused on their devices are making themselves target for thieves that are grabbing the phones and taking off. one thing that bart is warning for people not to use the devices close to the train doors. that makes it an easy getaway. they are also urging people not to use them during station stops as well. this is after two teenagers were arrested for grab and go thefts. most of them in san francisco. these 14 and 17-year-old boys will -- the boys would use pepper spray from a person recysted. one told me the recent robberies will have him paying more attention. >> you are more aware. you know where things are. so yeah it gets a little tougher when you get on the trains and they are really crowded. >> reporter: now most of the robberies did happen in san francisco. the two teenagers were arrested two weeks ago after the victim of the cel

alex savidge is there and joins us by phone.x, apparently someone tried to break into the detention facility? >> reporter: yeah. and the assumption on the part of the sheriff's office here is whoever was trying to break into the juvenile hall. [audio not understandable] someone inside to get them outbut they were unsuccessful and they used bolt cutters to cut a outside fence and spotted by staff using a sledge hammer to breakthrough one of the walls. that's when the marin county sheriff office launched a searched and searched the surrounding valley looking for the two men who were trying to break into the facility. they ended up not being able to find the two people. the search just has been called off a short time ago. and now the investigation will continue. they will be speaking with some of the inmates at juvenile hall trying to figure out if they can point them in the right direction as to who it was trying to break into the facility early this morning in an obvious attempt to try to break someone out. >> alex, you said it'

alex savidge is here now. >> reporter: some of those killed during a recent string of homicides here in this city will be gathering outside of san jose city hall for a prayer vigil later on tonight. san jose's police chief will be on hand as well. everyone gathering to bring attention to a wave of violence in this city. 33 homicides this year in san jose. this recent spike in killings fueled in part by what people are calling a gang war. the city is on base for a record setting number of homicides. there were 39 murders. the community is fed up with the violence. >> save our streets. save our children. >> reporter: over the weekend the community group black berets held a six mile long march for peace. they say neighbors have to come together to say enough is enough and work toward a solution to reducing the violence. that group is planning future antiviolence events as well. in the meantime san jose police stepping up their efforts as well. the department dedicating a special unit of officers just for gang crimes and allocating $800,000 in overtime to pay for them. again, that prayer

ktvu alex savidge is at the scene with exclusive video of this accident scene. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. chp spokesperson tells me this morning this was a very short pursuit involving chp officers that lasted only 14 seconds and ended here behind us where you see an investigation is still under way. you look at the roadway there you can see skid marks leading up to the area where the car crashed and one person was killed. the car lost control and hit the tree. this is on seventh street. everything started around 2:00 this morning when the chp officers tried to stop the car for running through a stop sign. the car sped off, lost control, hit the scene. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the passenger taken to highland hospital with minor injuries expected to survive. they are trying to figure out closely this car was being followed. >> i'm not absolutely certain if at that point they were actively pursuing or backed off. once again we haven't interviewed the chp officers so we don't have that information. >> reporter: this was a 199

martin savidge, live in new orleans for us. >>> rob marciano is also live in new orleans. he's watching all of this and how the levee system is handling this. wait until you see a structure being almost literally shredded behind him. >> winds switched. here is the river. winds going this way last night pushing the water up river against the flow. now winds are coming out of the east. you can see white caps there coming out of the east and bashing up this side of the wall. by the way, the river up here is not going to overtop. the levee that protects the city of new orleans that's been here for years is not going to over top. the levee that surrounds the city is beefed up by the feds. that's holding up fine. as far as what's going on in plaquemines parish, they are plaquemines parish private levees. they have been overtopped and continue to be overtopped. hopefully, we don't get a hole in the levee. >> right. also, we want to remind you rob marciano was up wind from that structure so if it did lose its integrity, it would not have endangered his life or our crew. this incre

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w i want to bring in martin savidge in new orleans and talk about the search and rescue operations under way in the areas around new orleans after coming from the storm. still a lot of folks who are stranded. >> yes, there are, suzanne. it has been a busy 24 hours for the emergency rescue personnel whether they be on the te federal level or the local level and the operations are continuing as you pointed out. one of the areas that was affected es pepecially yesterda afternoon into last night, and that is to the northwest of new orleans, la paz, and that is a community inundated with water coming from the flood water coming from the lake pontchartrain, and water coming from the tropical storm or at that time hurricane isaac. it is the coast guard had to go in with the helicopters to literally pluck the people out of the floodwaters and in some cases families with the animals and i point that out because some people won't leave without them. that is the situation, and this is how people responded to being saved. >> i think that he had a harder time, because he had the bigger dog which i'm

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alex sav ridge is live where i know people are getting -- alex savidge is live where i know is an areaeople are getting help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those young people starting today are gonna try to seek out temporary legal status. it's all because of an order from president obama, a policy thrift on immigration where those people now potentially, if they qualify, can get two years of reprieve. also, across the country, there are huge lines. i want to show you some live pictures. these are from los angeles where there are a lot of people lining unoutside of an immigration there. this is the expectation here that many people under the age of 31 will be applying for what's called a deportation -- it's a deportation -- what is it called again? >> deferred action again. >> reporter: deferred acshue. thank you very much. -- action. thank you very much. and with that i want to bring in robert. you expect 500 people down here today. >> yeah. a week after the announcement was made, we held informational sessions every week. we did five presentations. each presentation that w

alex save veg tells us how it -- alex savidge tells us how it went. >> it is. >> we need to reduce the footprint and riding my bike and parking my car is the way to go. if you want us to do this more often, they have to allow it. >> reporter: bart employees passed out a number of passes. they had information on the bike friendly pilot program. every friday in august. they are allowed to carry their bikes with them even during rush hour. >> i hope it continues. >> reporter: he rides his bike and takes bart to get to work in berkeley. the current rules force him to leave his house earlier than he would like. >> i can go a little bit later if i need to. and not worry about being banned and not to enter the station. so, it helps. >> reporter: bikes are banned because the trips can get too crowded. >> they say the solution is to designate a car for bikes. >> this is during rush hour and so, that would ease things too. >> over the next month, they will be gearing feedback and see if it is causing any delays or longer stops at stations. >> a bart spokesman told me there were no issues this mo