. >> mayor joseph curtatone has lived in somerville, massachusetts, all his life.g ambitions for his city. >> i want to know is it a great place to live, to work, to play, to raise my family. >> mitchell: three decades ago somerville used to be so run down it was known locally as slummerville. 76,000 people are crammed into just four square miles on the outskirts of boston making it new england's most densely populated city. >> what we're trying to accomplish is correlate happiness and satisfaction, and well-being. >> mitchell: to achieve that, curtatone made somerville the first city in the country to actually ask people how they rate their level of happiness. what's the nicest thing that you've seen, what is the nicest thing you have read from a resident. >> people saying wow, you really want to know how happy i am, thank you. >> mitchell: on a scale of one to ten where ten is very happy, most citizens who responded registered close to an eight. were you are surprised at the results you have received so far. >> in these difficult financial times when many people

>> i love somerville.i think it's really great the city measures happiness. >> reporter: as well as happiness, somerville has history. in 1776 george washington raised the grand union flag on prospect hill where it could be seen by the british in boston. a president lived in this basement while studying at nearby harvard. it's not recorded how happy either one of them were at the time. you ran unopposed last time and running unopposed this time. >> right. i'm happy about that. that is driving my happiness at this moment. >> reporter: add news to the mayor's happiness poll has spread throughout the world with delegations as far away as south korea and ireland coming to the city for a firsthand look. russ mitchell, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," campaign 2012 starting to sizzle. president obama warned that putting the republicans in charge would cripple america. >>> then how to prepare your finances for a possible double-dip recession. >>> meet the woman who says kissin

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. we are following developing news in san francisco. hotel workers are rallying. weeks of protests and the strike. these are live pictures showing you what it looks like. this is where hundreds gathered after protests at two san francisco hyatt hotels. they went on strike last thursday and without a contract for two years. management says it offered them a contract but then they changed their demands. new talks are scheduled this month. >>> bert is acknowledging a mistake in how it responded to a protest. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with the e-mails that reveal how bart tried to -- >> reporter: it shows that its spokesperson wanted to round up loyal bart riders who could speak out against the protesters and wrote up a script. bart leaders say that went too far, especially when the riders speaking up on their own. >> reporter: at pow street station -- powell street station t took a few minutes to find riders upset with protesters. >> i don't know what they are protesting. >> reporter: e-mails from bart's spokesman shows he went out of

. >>> good evening i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. we begin with breaking news in the east bay a home is under construction. it was under construction and it caught fire this afternoon. that fire quickly spread. ktvu's tom vacar is live with the latest from the scene. tom? >> reporter: the situation is this, we are in a part of the town called the valley. what happened was this house under construction suddenly caught on fire. the cause is unknown. an investigator is on the way, this house is under construction. that fire went up. if you look to the right, you will see another house, there are two that had their roofs damaged as well as the large oak tree to the right. sustained damage. what happened is, the fire department responded and very quickly brought this blaze under control but the embers were all over the place and as a result they were able to do that. we know two homes have been damaged plus this one. the other homes are on the neighboring street. this happened at 4:22. investigators are on the way and they will know what

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we want to show you a live look at downtown san francisco. we just learned 25 people have been detained during the protest. also police have been asking the media to leave this is why our camera man is now filming through the bars of the station in order to give you a look on what's going on inside. the powell station is closed to b.a.r.t. trains right now but all other stations in the area are open. >>> we've been watching this unfold for the last hour or so. jana katsuyama has been right in the middle of this protest literally since it began. jana are things starting to calm down or does the situation appear to be getting worse. >> reporter: frank i'm sorry, they just took our press passes and they're about 12 or 50 people who are still in the circle. my photographer allen leon and i are standing next to a team of san francisco police and b.a.r.t. police officers. we are being told that all the media will have to leave. they have taken our press passes and they are processing releas

. >> and i'm frank somerville. a memorial is set to begin in just moments. this is a look where families and neighbors are gathering to remember those lost. there's an estimated 500 people or so at hand. the workers who have spent months clearing the wreckage at san bruno came together with crestmoore neighbors today for a private memorial. for some that brought back a flood of memories. >> i was having some flash backs, yeah. of the fire. >> my neighbors aren't back yet. their homes reasoned built yet. this just happened. even though it was a year ago. >> some residents are skipping tonight's memorial. they plan to stay home tonight and reflect privately. what we want to do now is go back to these live pictures of this memorial that's set to begin momentarily. we're going to continue to follow this memorial and come back as more activity begins there including the bag pipes which are expected to begin at some point in the next minutes. >>> coming up in the year since the explosion, pg & e has been under a microscope so what exactly has changed since then. a

. >>> good evening, i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. an employee in concord is in jail, arrested today on charges of possessing child pornography. ktvu's janet is live with how police found the man and how parents feel about the arrest. >> reporter: that employee was arrested this morning at pixy land and we understand that from several sources it appears he is a relative of the owners. >> reporter: paxyland has been a popular park for decades and today children were enjoying the sunshine but today investigators arrested a employee for

. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian.s happening at a plant right now that uses petro chemicals. one person was killed in the explosion and another one is hurt. >> reporter: we're here at membrane technology and research it's off highway 101 and willow road. 40 firefighters are here, they responded

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. it is a massive power out an up to 5 million people most of them in southern california are without electrical service tonight. people in san diego gas and electric easter 's territory are the hardest hit. the outage has hurt the cancellation of all outgoing flights of lin dburg airport. around 8:00 tonight, authorities began asking people to stay off the roadways because many gas pumps aren't working. >> this is an unprecedented event. it has not happened to our system ever with this type of magnitude of an impact. >> this is new video just into our newsroom of energy officials in fulsome working to coordinate the restoration of electricity. as for the cause, the authority says that it was likely caused by one employee working at in arizona. the nuclear power plant in arizona is offline as a precaution. >>> the president says his plan will create jobs immediately and he urged congress over and over to pass the legislation now. kraig boswel has the plan, the cost and the reaction. >>

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. it is a massive power out an up to 5 million people most of them in southern california are without electrical service tonight. people in san diego gas and electric easter 's territory are the hardest hit. the outage has hurt the cancellation of all outgoing flights of lin dburg airport. around 8:00 tonight, authorities began asking people to stay off the roadways because many gas pumps aren't working. >> this is an unprecedented event. it has not happened to our system ever with this type of magnitude of an impact. >> this is new video just into our newsroom of energy officials in fulsome working to coordinate the restoration of electricity. as for the cause, the authority says that it was likely caused by one employee working at in arizona. the nuclear power plant in arizona is offline as a precaution. >>> the president says his plan will create jobs immediately and he urged congress over and over to pass the legislation now. kraig boswel has the plan, the cost and the reaction. >>

. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. a

. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. a

frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie h. a student -- julie haener. a student newspaper. john sasaki joins us now where the outrage spilled over today. john? >> reporter: this is the school newspaper, and on the most recent page 2, this comic strip was the topic of a heated campus meeting. >> reporter: it was quit today but not inside the campus theater. the school held a meeting ability this strip that that accuses black men of being sellish and stupid. >> for you ay

good evening everybody i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. in the last half hour we learned that the suspect that has been hiding out in the woods illuding authorities for more than a month opened fire on officers. eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: i just walked out of a briefing a little more than an hour ago. at this hour, investigators don't know if he was tracking officers. they say he fired first. aaron vasler had the same kind of assault fire weapon when he started shooting at three members of the special unit from the alameda police department. >> as the team was performing their task they came under fire. from a suspect they could identify was vascler. >> reporter: tom almond said the 35-year-old vascler used a military tactic, flanking the officers. briefly disappears and reappearing on the other side of the officers. >> the investigation is very clear. that there were three acts of attempted murder that -p had today on three peace officer -- that happened today, on three peace officers. >> reporter: this whole community of

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. jana katsuyama is live now in carson city nevada where investigators are concerned

good evening everybody i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.st to turn the high school into an independent charter school. heather holmes is live now in concord where a vote on the issue came just minutes ago. heather. >> julie, if you take a look behind me. you can see there's disappointment against the parents that are gathered here. they were looking for out right approval. instead the board agreed to approve the charter petition but with provisions. as the clayton valley high eagles prepare to face off against their next opponent supporters of converting the 53- year-old school into a charter high school prepare to face off against the school district. >> this is the way for us to take control and our teachers to take control. >> reporter: mom allyson says budget cuts have led to a decline at the quality of education at the school and fewer opportunities for students. she believes taking clayton valley out of the district will allow teachers to try innovative programs to restore academic rigor. >> one of the things for charter schools is yo

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new information about that fire that ripped through a corner of two of san francisco's most well known streets. ken wayne is live now in filmore. tell us to the building that housed 26 apartments and two businesses. >> reporter: the corner has been reopened but you can see fire trucks are still arriving at the scene here and firefighters are still inside the building looking for hot spots. they're going to be here all tight long. investigators will return tomorrow morning to try to find out what started this fire. this home video shows the fire at its peak. flames shot out windows and dense black smoke filled the sky. the fire was first reported just after four o 4:00. >> early on we heard explosion noises. not huge explosions but kind of popping noises. there's some type of material in there yet to be determined. >> reporter: the fire started in the upper floor. as you can see from news chopper 2 it quickly spread to the attic and roof prompting the call for a second alarm. >> we wer

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. jana katsuyama arrived in carson city this afternoon and talked with a man who was inside the restaurant when the gunman started shooting at a group of national guards members. jana-- >> reporter: that's right julie. just minutes ago i talked to the sheriff and got confirmation that a third national guard member has died, a female. that's along with the two male guards men and a female civilian. it all happened over there in that i hop. investigators say tonight the motive is still a mystery. the cay where is broke out at 8:00 in the morning -- the chaos broke out at 8:00 in the morning. the gunman was 32-year-old eduardo sencion who works at a family business in south tahoe. sencion went straight to the back of the i hop and started firing. >> when the gunshots started sounding, at first you couldn't tell what it was. you didn't know how it wasover how it was. then glass shattered. that's when i yelled everybody get down, get down, get down. that's the only words that would come out

and good evening everyone i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. with police focused on crime, some say police have gotten soft on prostitution even calling it sin city. tonight we road with police as they targeted prostitutes and johns. lloyd lacuesta is live at police headquarters and shows us how the police sting starts online. >> reporter: budget cuts added to the fight on prostitution. this is silican value, and we learned that it's more than just someone driving up for men looking for women. >> i found your ad in redbook, are you available right now? >> reporter: we can't identify this police officer who is setting up an interview date. police set up stings that advertise prostitution. >> they have pictures of the girl, where they are located at and phone numbers. they usually keep the locations very vague. this one says south bay. then once you call they direct you to a room. the girls come here, number one there's more money. there's more money in the south bay. so they'll come here and make a little bit more money and they don't have to wo

and good evening everyone i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. with police focused on crime, some say police have gotten soft on prostitution even calling it sin city. tonight we road with police as they targeted prostitutes and johns. lloyd lacuesta is live at police headquarters and shows us how the police sting starts online. >> reporter: budget cuts added to the fight on prostitution. this is silican value, and we learned that it's more than just someone driving up for men looking for women. >> i found your ad in redbook, are you available right now? >> reporter: we can't identify this police officer who is setting up an interview date. police set up stings that advertise prostitution. >> they have pictures of the girl, where they are located at and phone numbers. they usually keep the locations very vague. this one says south bay. then once you call they direct you to a room. the girls come here, number one there's more money. there's more money in the south bay. so they'll come here and make a little bit more money and they don't have to wo

frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. some call it a tax, others a fee. tonight the controversial bill in sacramento that could add even more to what you pay for gas. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live now in oakland with who's blind it and how it would work, eric. >> like you said this is a bill in sacramento that would give local government a chance to fix roads like this one right here. but some tax groups tell us this is nothing more than another tax they can't afford. fixing bay area roads is not cheap, but some drivers drivers were steamed. >> it's a little steep. >> reporter: when we told them about a plan to raise gas prices to get the funds. it could be a tough sale with prices still hovering at $4. >> the fact that we pay the highest gas prices in the country already means there should be sufficient money to do road maintenance projects. >> if we do nothing, well you get that. what you get is a big pothole. transportation leaders say too many bay area roads are already near the failing point and the money simply isn't there at the state level to cove

. >>> good evening i'm ken wayne, frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener.an jose police officer is

good evening everybody i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.t would be a first to turn the high school into an independent charter school. heather holmes is live now in concord where a vote on the issue came just minutes ago. heather. >> julie, if you take a look behind me. you can see there's disappointment against the parents that are gathered here. they were looking for out right approval. instead the board agreed to approve the charter petition but with provisions. as the clayton valley high eagles prepare to face off against their next opponent supporters of converting the 53- year-old school into a charter high school prepare to face off against the school district. >> this is the way for us to take control and our teachers to take control. >> reporter: mom allyson says budget cuts have led to a decline at the quality of education at the school and fewer opportunities for students. she believes taking clayton valley out of the district will allow teachers to try innovative programs to restore academic rigor. >> one of the things for chart

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new information about that fire that ripped through a corner of two of san francisco's most well known streets. ken wayne is live now in filmore. tell us to the building that housed 26 apartments and two businesses. >> reporter: the corner has been reopened but you can see fire trucks are still arriving at the scene here and firefighters are still inside the building looking for hot spots. they're going to be here all tight long. investigators will return tomorrow morning to try to find out what started this fire. this home video shows the fire at its peak. flames shot out windows and dense black smoke filled the sky. the fire was first reported just after four o 4:00. >> early on we heard explosion noises. not huge explosions but kind of popping noises. there's some type of material in there yet to be determined. >> reporter: the fire started in the upper floor. as you can see from news chopper 2 it quickly spread to the attic and roof prompting the call for a second alarm. >> we wer

good evening everybody i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. in the last half hour we learned that the suspect that has been hiding out in the woods illuding authorities for more than a month opened fire on officers. eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: i just walked out of a briefing a little more than an hour ago. at this hour, investigators don't know if he was tracking officers. they say he fired first. aaron vasler had the same kind of assault fire weapon when he started shooting at three members of the special unit from the alameda police department. >> as the team was performing their task they came under fire. from a suspect they could identify was vascler. >> reporter: tom almond said the 35-year-old vascler used a military tactic, flanking the officers. briefly disappears and reappearing on the other side of the officers. >> the investigation is very clear. that there were three acts of attempted murder that -p had today on three peace officer -- that happened today, on three peace officers. >> reporter: this whole community of

. >>> good evening i am frank somerville. >> i am gasia mikaelian.al heavy weights today. president obama spoke to an audience of 120 million linkedin users. ktvu's robert handa is here to show us why it was a rivetting question and answer session. >> it's a big venue but it hosted a intimate town hall meeting for the president. it made for interesting, sometimes unexpected face to face exchanges. >> reporter: president obama came to the town hall meeting prepared to take questions from the linkedin audience. he gave the president chance to answer critics who call his plan to raise taxes class warfare. >> would you please raise my taxes. >> we benefited from someone making an investment in us.

. >> and i'm frank somerville.trial for that college student from the north bay who was behind the wheel when that 2-year-old girl was killed. rob roth is in roner park with what the judge may do as a result that is upsetting the victim's parents. rob-- >> reporter: frank, this afternoon we spoke with the father of a toddler who was killed in this crosswalk nine months ago. he told us that he's not happy with what he heard in court today. inside sonoma county superior court today, dunaway pleaded no contest to vehicle manslaughter in the death of 2-year-old

frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. some call it a tax, others a fee. tonight the controversial bill in sacramento that could add even more to what you pay for gas. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live now in oakland with who's blind it and how it would work, eric. >> like you said this is a bill in sacramento that would give local government a chance to fix roads like this one right here. but some tax groups tell us this is nothing more than another tax they can't afford. fixing bay area roads is not cheap, but some drivers drivers were steamed. >> it's a little steep. >> reporter: when we told them about a plan to raise gas prices to get the funds. it could be a tough sale with prices still hovering at $4. >> the fact that we pay the highest gas prices in the country already means there should be sufficient money to do road maintenance projects. >> if we do nothing, well you get that. what you get is a big pothole. transportation leaders say too many bay area roads are already near the failing point and the money simply isn't there at the state level to cove

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. jana katsuyama arrived in carson city this afternoon and talked with a man who was inside the restaurant when the gunman started shooting at a group of national guards members. jana-- >> reporter: that's right julie. just minutes ago i talked to the sheriff and got confirmation that a third national guard member has died, a female. that's along with the two male guards men and a female civilian. it all happened over there in that i hop. investigators say tonight the motive is still a mystery. the cay where is broke out at 8:00 in the morning -- the chaos broke out at 8:00 in the morning. the gunman was 32-year-old eduardo sencion who works at a family business in south tahoe. sencion went straight to the back of the i hop and started firing. >> when the gunshots started sounding, at first you couldn't tell what it was. you didn't know how it wasover how it was. then glass shattered. that's when i yelled everybody get down, get down, get down. that's the only words that would come out

frank somerville has the night off.remains closed at this hour after a crash between a big rig and a car created a traffic nightmare. the crash happened at about 2:30 this afternoon just west of food hill road -- foothill road. this is video taken this evening. the collision pushed the car close to b.a.r.t. tracks in the middle of road. both drivers sustained minor injuries. b.a.r.t. trains were delayed because of the proximity of the crash. right now b.a.r.t. is no longer single tracking through the area but trains are still going slow through the scene. >>> san francisco police are reporting a startling spike in certain crimes. new at 6:00, ktvu's david stevenson spoke to police today about the one thing

. >> and i'm frank somerville. tonight san francisco police say they have surveillance visit yes that may help them track -- surveillance video that may help them track down who shot a 5-year-old walking with her father. the dad heard gunfire and then realized that his daughter had been wounded. heather holmes live and tells us this shooting may have stemmed from a water balloon fight. >> reporter: yes frank that's right. a fight that clearly got way out of hand. tonight that little girl caught in the cross fire is here at the hospital. she is being treated for a gunshot wound to her left knee. the good news though she is stable and expected to survive. the trip home for the bay view father and daughter took a frightening and unexpected turn. as the two walked the street, gunfire. >> he noticed his 5-year-old daughter fall to the ground. at first he thought she just may have fallen, tripped or something like that. then he noticed she was shot in the knee. >> reporter: police say the father picked up his injured dau

. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.he last five minutes an air official called the situation there a mass casualty incident. john sasaki is live there at the incident with the latest information we're getting at this hour, john. >> reporter: julie there's another crash in a long line of accidents in this event just outside reno. first we want to show you a photo we got into the kts is u newsroom. that is the debris field. that's where chaos, just debris spread everywhere. people going in, trying to help each other out. that is what's really has been happening this afternoon now. here is the video of that crash. you see the one plane go by then another plane goes straight into the ground and that's where the explosion happened. that plane was a p51 mustang. that's an american world war ii fighter plane that was capable of hitting 300 miles per hour. during the middle of the race. officials say that it crashed into the box seats at about 4:30 this afternoon and that some 75 people were injured. the pilot was killed at imp

. >> and i'm frank somerville. within the past hour, police brought a protest at uc berkeley into an abrupt end. but not before some confrontations turned physical and some people got sprayed with pepper spray. jana katsuyama. >> reporter: police tried to clear out the students and tackled one of the protesters. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: that student was taken down to the ground and handcuffed. about 20 other students watched before leaving the building. this is the second time today that the protest got physical. >> shame on you, shame on you, shame on you. >> reporter: student protesters shouted at marchers clashed with police at the entrance of tolman house. some students shared their video with us showing the conflict escalating. with protesters and police pushing and shoving, police released pepper spray into the air, causing some students to ask for help. the protest had started peacefully, with 100 students meeting at noon. they are upset about the statewide proposal to increase tuition over four year

. >> and i'm frank somerville. developing news at this hour.ghters now have the upper hand on a four alarm fire in the lower hayte. we've been following this fire for the past hour and moments ago firefighters told us it is now under control. ktvu's ken wayne is on the scene with an update now. he's been talking to folks in the area and tells it appears everyone got out of the building safely. >> we're at filmore and hayte street and the fire is out. you can see behind me there's some firefighters inside the building on the roof looking through the window, looking through the area that burned. trying to figure out what started the fire in this 25 unit building. it's three stories with a walgreens drugstore at the ground floor. the fire started in the upper floor. it quickly spread into the attic and the roof. firefighters say they heard small explosions, popping noises as they approached one of the burning buildings. >> we are running short on resources on the third alarm. more precautionary that we

. >> and i'm frank somerville. tonight san francisco police say they have surveillance visit yes that may help them track -- surveillance video that may help them track down who shot a 5-year-old walking with her father. the dad heard gunfire and then realized that his daughter had been wounded. heather holmes live and tells us this shooting may have stemmed from a water balloon fight. >> reporter: yes frank that's right. a fight that clearly got way out of hand. tonight that little girl caught in the cross fire is here at the hospital. she is being treated for a gunshot wound to her left knee. the good news though she is stable and expected to survive. the trip home for the bay view father and daughter took a frightening and unexpected turn. as the two walked the street, gunfire. >> he noticed his 5-year-old daughter fall to the ground. at first he thought she just may have fallen, tripped or something like that. then he noticed she was shot in the knee. >> reporter: police say the father picked up his injured dau

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian. breaking news in the case of michelle le. the release says the coroner had not determined the remains of michelle le. the search was the eighth time volunteers have looked for the nursing student. authorities described the area where the remains were found as not heavily traveled. >>> this morning the 27-year- old woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared briefly in court. esteban did not enter a plea. the lawyer representing esteban would only say that the defendant is coping. esteban is due back in court eight or nine days from now. the volunteers who found michelle le's body is the mother of a murdered teenager. amber's mother kerry mcgiver was the woman who found the remains. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. the ktvu morning news will be following this major new development in the michelle le case beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >>> the temperature is heating up and so is fire danger in the bay area. this morning crews evacuated campers in the east bay hills becau

. >> and i'm frank somerville. within the past hour, police brought a protest at uc berkeley into an abrupt end. but not before some confrontations turned physical and some people got sprayed with pepper spray. jana katsuyama. >> reporter: police tried to clear out the students and tackled one of the protesters. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: that student was taken down to the ground and handcuffed. about 20 other students watched before leaving the building. this is the second time today that the protest got physical. >> shame on you, shame on you, shame on you. >> reporter: student protesters shouted at marchers clashed with police at the entrance of tolman house. some students shared their video with us showing the conflict escalating. with protesters and police pushing and shoving, police released pepper spray into the air, causing some students to ask for help. the protest had started peacefully, with 100 students meeting at noon. they are upset about the statewide proposal to increase tuition over four year

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian. breaking news in the case of michelle le. the release says the coroner had not determined the remains of michelle le. the search was the eighth time volunteers have looked for the nursing student. authorities described the area where the remains were found as not heavily traveled. >>> this morning the 27-year- old woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared briefly in court. esteban did not enter a plea. the lawyer representing esteban would only say that the defendant is coping. esteban is due back in court eight or nine days from now. the volunteers who found michelle le's body is the mother of a murdered teenager. amber's mother kerry mcgiver was the woman who found the remains. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. the ktvu morning news will be following this major new development in the michelle le case beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >>> the temperature is heating up and so is fire danger in the bay area. this morning crews evacuated campers in the east bay hills becau

thank you for joining us, i'm frank somerville. >>> and i'm julie haener, the two hikers were releasedre surrounded by family and friends. people there and around the bay area are expressing relief. christian? >> reporter: yeah, we have been talking about family and friends today and there have been a lot of developments and excitement in the story. today we heard for the first time in two years from the newly freed hikers. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: josh fattal and shane bauer bolted from an airplane, and sprinted down the stairs to greet families who were waiting for them in the middle east country, oman, also waiting for them, sarah shourd, bauer's fiancee who was arrested at the same time and released last year from iranian custody for medical reasons. bauer says he waited a long time for this day. >> two years in prison is too long. and we sincerely hope for the freedom of political prisoners and other unjustly prisoners in america and iran. >> reporter: they were grateful. >> we are so happy we are free. and so relieved we are free

. >>> and i'm frank somerville. a band of robbers is going through stores in contra costa county. and police are trying to stop them before somebody gets hurt. new tonight, live in antioch. >> the scene of the latest. >> reporter: earlier this morning they hit this food max, and with gunfire it is getting more dangerous. when the gunmen came in, the shelves were being restocked. there were few customers, shots were fired. >> they were aggressive, they take over the business. >> reporter: police connected the dots, because before this incident, a gang came here in walnut creek and stole items. the clerks are jumping now. >> this wal nut creek. it is happening now, we're scared. >> reporter: on their way out, robbers fired at a customer pumping gas, who bolted unhurt. >> that is random, i wouldn't see the motive unless they saw their faces. >> reporter: but nobody saw their faces, all the robbers wore masks, costumes and hooded sweat shirts. >> they were working there on the corner. >> reporter: and the night before they tried to stick up this 7-eleven in pleasant hills, but the cle

. >>> and i'm frank somerville. a band of robbers is going through stores in contra costa county. and police are trying to stop them before somebody gets hurt. new tonight, live in antioch. >> the scene of the latest. >> reporter: earlier this morning they hit this food max, and with gunfire it is getting more dangerous. when the gunmen came in, the shelves were being restocked. there were few customers, shots were fired. >> they were aggressive, they take over the business. >> reporter: police connected the dots, because before this incident, a gang came here in walnut creek and stole items. the clerks are jumping now. >> this wal nut creek. it is happening now, we're scared. >> reporter: on their way out, robbers fired at a customer pumping gas, who bolted unhurt. >> that is random, i wouldn't see the motive unless they saw their faces. >> reporter: but nobody saw their faces, all the robbers wore masks, costumes and hooded sweat shirts. >> they were working there on the corner. >> reporter: and the night before they tried to stick up this 7-eleven in pleasant hills, but the cle

. >>> and good evening everybody, i'm frank somerville. >>> and i'm julie haener.developing news

host: let's move on to somerville, south carolina, just up the road from charleston. phil, you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning, robb. how are you? host: what do you think about the president's statement about the republican vision of government would cripple america? caller: well, you know, robb, when you get down to it, the vision of both parties is going to cripple america t. has been crippling america for years. our problem is just what you and the other caller were talking about, all the infighting and bickering and back and forth that goes on with politics, we need so badly to limit the terms on these idiots. so that you don't get this situation where the congress turns around and says, if they're going to do this, i'm not going to do that, and you don't have to worry so much about the $35,000 meals that people have to do to raise money in order to perpetuate their control over everybody's lives. host: you think that term limits would reduce the rancor between the parties? caller: absolutely. there's no doubt about it. what you've got right n

host: let's move on to somerville, south carolina, just up the road from charleston. phil, you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning, robb. how are you? host: what do you think about the president's statement about the republican vision of government would cripple america? caller: well, you know, robb, when you get down to it, the vision of both parties is going to cripple america t. has been crippling america for years. our problem is just what you and the other caller were talking about, all the infighting and bickering and back and forth that goes on with politics, we need so badly to limit the terms on these idiots. so that you don't get this situation where the congress turns around and says, if they're going to do this, i'm not going to do that, and you don't have to worry so much about the $35,000 meals that people have to do to raise money in order to perpetuate their control over everybody's lives. host: you think that term limits would reduce the rancor between the parties? caller: absolutely. there's no doubt about it. what you've got right n