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i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. a rash of home burglaries is getting special attention from the new mayor. he visited a victim after she told her story to ktvu channel 2 news. only on 2, ktvu's eric rasmussen was there. he joins us now with what is being done about the problem. >> reporter: we told you how this homeowner was concerned about burglars. today the mayor says he will consider suggestions to close this trail after dark and encourage neighbors to use lighting and today people said they are just happy something is being done. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the mayor made this house call after she said her home was burglarized twice in one month. >> this path is the problem. >> reporter: she told us how thieves stole jewelry and hit the homes of several neighbors but she didn't expect her concerns would reach the top of government so quickly. >> hang on, i go, it is the mayor. and she was like -- >> listen to her concerns. she has ideas. >> reporter: some of the ideas include volunteer patrols and holding

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. the cold snap keeps things freezing again over night. we have live team coverage. rosemary orozco is monitoring the weather but first cara liu is live with how cold it is getting there tonight. >> reporter: here in downtown walnut creak, if you look behind me, at the sign, 46 degrees right now. the temperatures are definitely taking their toll. >> reporter: business is up 50%, so many nights temperatures dipped below freezing. >> breaks outside the house. pipes not insulated. pvc cracks. >> reporter: workers attended to broken pipes and busted water heaters. >> one of the coldest winters i could remember. >> reporter: this valve cracked. in pleasant hill, 20s, a homeless man was airlifted to the hospital with burns, his tent caught fire after he lit a candle to stay warm. in oakland, black ice blamed for spin outs, causing police to shut down the street. news chopper 2 over the area this morning. >> reporter: and back here, the ice rink wrapped up one of its busiest seasons ever thank

i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. julie haener is off tonight. new developments to report from washington. the white house and the gop have reached a deal on the fiscal cliff. live in washington, d.c. with what just happened. >> reporter: we are waiting for the vice president to arrive on capitol hill. this is his chance to sell the deal to democrats. there is no vote planned on the floor, though one could come at any time after democrats meet. president obama and leaders say they are close to a deal but it is on a smaller scale. a deal would raise taxes on families making more than $450,000 and extend unemployment benefits. >> we will work on finding smarter ways to cut spending. but let's not let that hold up perecing americans -- protecting americas. >> reporter: here is where they have been struggling, automatic spending cuts to the trillion dollars mark. it would effect the defense department and social programs. >> wee using -- we are using an ax instead of a scalp. >> reporter: even if there is a vote tonight in the senate the house still

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> president obama signed 23 executive orders that he says will reduce gun violence in america. [ cheers and applause ] >> the president surrounded himself with children who wrote him letters about guns following the massacre in connecticut. one wrote there should be a limit on how many guns a person can own. >> letting schools use federal funding to improve school safety, by hiring more security. appoint a director of, reinstate a ban on assault weapons, limit high capacity magazines and create a background check system for all gun sales. >> i believe most gun owners agree we can respect the second amendment while keeping few from inflicting massive harm. ktvu's noelle walker has more. >> reporter: several of the orders revolve around providing mental health care and reporting mentally ill patients. a judge declared one goh unfit to stand trial. his attorney said his client was a schizophrenic with a mental condition for a decade. that didn't prevent him from legally purchasing a gun. today president obama signed an executive order that included measure

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we begin right now with breaking news in san jose. police are on the scene of a shooting that happened after 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. here is a live picture east of highway 101. you can see a lot of police cars on the scene. police are telling us a man was shot and taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. we are working to get more information but again, this is a shooting that we are following right now in san jose east of highway 101. as soon as we get more details we will let you know. >>> california's workers safety agency cal-osha fined chevron for safety violations stemming from the richmond refinery fire. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live there tonight with the worst of the violations, the ones that cal- osha says was willful. >> serious stuff. and because of that they threw the violations book at chevron. >> reporter: they said this accident should not have happened. >> the total is 25 violations. 23 of those are serious. or serious and willful. >> reporter: 11 violations willful, chevron knew the dangers

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> what roads are making for a slick commute home today. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the rain. >> we are getting light showers. san jose live right now. if you are in san francisco, oakland, you are not -- you haven't seen anything. down here, it is a wet afternoon commute. the showers have been relegated to the valley and parts of the livermore valley. pinpointing that for you, you see it. this is an unusual system. it went by but now it is spinning the moisture back up at us. usually when systems go south they keep going, this stalled out. livermore, showers today. 10th of an inch of rain. this is moderate rainfall. fremont you are getting a break. but you had showers. milpitas. showers. and then we back it out to illustrate this line. this line has been steady all day. showers have been happening all day. nothing has been going on up here. into the evening, more showers. when i come back, i will toggle through tomorrow and into the bay area weekend, there is more showers possible towards the weekend as well. we wi

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> here is a look now from the ship's perspective as it approached the bay bridge, close to say san francisco. it taps the barrier. it is a story we brought you at noon. continuing coverage now. ktvu's paul chambers is live on treasure island where officials say there is no oil spills. >> reporter: that's correct. the tanker collided with tower six. you can see the tanker is behind me here, lit up. the pilot will meet with the coast guard tomorrow. but for right now will remain out here because it is part of an investigation. >> reporter: it sits in the san francisco bay. according to the coast guard this morning the tanker that dropped off fuel was on its way back out when it hit a protective barrier. >> this is basically a scrape for the bay bridge. didn't touch the structure. >> the fender system took the brunt of the strike. they have been in place for more than 75 years. >> it was upgraded a few years ago. it is wood and plastic composite materials that took the damage. >> reporter: within 20 minutes they had a crew out checking th

i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. the city declared an emergency. officials want the state to help pay for a levy fix before the next round of rain. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has been following this story and joins us with the reasons for the urgency. john? >> reporter: right now you can see yellow tape up, part of one of the many problems on this levy that is protecting hundreds of homes from the creek down there. >> reporter: two fallen trees. new slumping of this levy and damage to a bridge, all new worries today. >> serious damages. we are concerned about the entire rainy season. >> reporter: the city late today plans to ask sacramento for $2 million in emergency money. our cameras were there when the creek flooded the neighborhood, damaging 7 homes. >> seeing a lot of indifference from people who do not live there. to people who live there, they are concerned. >> exhausted our resources in addressing the flood controls and the stabilization needs. >> reporter: sand bags that officials say are working. there is an emergency ci

. >> good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville and i'm julie haener. san francisco police are looking for a man who attacked a woman in the city's mission district eric is live in san francisco with the brave step the woman took to warn other women. >> she actually wrote an open letter about what happened to her back here on 23rd street. since then her story has been gaining attention and now police hope it can lead to the capture of this attacker. >> on 23rd street in the mission district. >> it's frightening. >> word is getting around about what happened to a young woman walking home from visiting friends early sunday morning. in an e-mail to women in her neighborhood the victim described getting attacked by a stranger in frightening danger. she wrote he put went first for my eye socket and put his other hand in my mouth and slammed me to the ground. >> she actually saw this guy coming and tried to walk around a tree to get away from him. >> the victim did believe that the suspect had the intent to sexually assault her. >> police say the victim was a

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> the freeze is on. we have live team coverage tonight of the cold. we begin with ktvu's robert handa who is in san jose where precautions are being takeb right now -- taken right now. >> reporter: we are in san jose near kelly park where it is very cold tonight. behind me volunteers from community homeless alliance ministry who are setting up this station are ready to start handing out blankets. it reminds you this weather could be dangerous. >> reporter: a frosty mount hamilton was a glittery picture. it is also a scenic reminder the cold weather has taken a sharp drop, still it attracted people to come up and see it for themselves. >> beautiful. >> reporter: what is impressing you the most? >> the frost on the freeze. the view of the valley. >> reporter: too cold? >> not cold at all. cold but not unbearably cold. >> the cold weather began to leave its mark as black ice began the form. >> the conditions could be very dangerous. very cold temperatures. so they have to think about it twice before they co

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> a former college student is facing a charge for making death threats to professors. new tonight at 6:00 p.m., ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with the e-mails instructors received. eric? >> reporter: it is unclear why they were targeted but the threats included things such as you will bleed and i am coming for you, they are all here in this complaint out of oregon. the family says he is mentally ill but the fbi is taking it all very seriously. >> reporter: documents reveal two instructors received death threats last year from the same former student. an affidavit from an fbi agent detailed the e-mails, including one that read i own a rifle, i could easily pick you off from 800 meters as you go to work. i am coming for you. >> scary. >> reporter: they alerted police who handed the case to the fbi. agents tracked the e-mails to oregon where they say he set up a yahoo account under a fake name. he admitted sending the e-mails a search of his apartment didn't show up weapons. his father said he is mentally ill and it is a sad situation. the par

frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. thieves are targeting gift cards. even though police are aware of it you could have had a card that was tampered with. ktvu's matt keller is live to show us how they are getting away with your money. >> reporter: this safeway here is one of two where the gift cards were found. and deputies say there may be people out there who may not realize they are victims. >> reporter: a small town in the mountains but big time thieves were hoping to profit. sheriff's deputies said workers at this safeway reported someone tampered with gift cards. >> this is a very smart scam. i looked that cards and it was hard to determine. >> reporter: look at this gift card. looks like one you would find in your store. if you look, you can see the bar barcode is not what it seems. >> they photo copy it and place it on the other cards by slipping paper in there and you would never know till you got home. >> the scam puts the money on the thieve's gift cards instead of yours. they found dozens. although no one claimed they are a victim. investig

. >> and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with developing news in san francisco where all eyes are on a house in the haight-ashbury tonight. investigators are working on the case of a san francisco boy who went missing nearly 30 years ago. in the last half hour a well placed police source has told us they do not believe bone fragments they found there are human. eric rasmussen is live outside the house. >> reporter: it is. they still have crime scene tape up around the area where they've been searching. to put this in perspective, we are just about a block away from the bus stop where kevin collins was last seen waiting for the bus all of those years ago. his mother says police have confirmed the activity out here involve his case. they still have crime scene tape around the house. investigators have been searching. this afternoon the county sheriffs office confirmed sfpd requested a cadaver dog. we saw some of the concrete. police nor the fbi are saying much of anything. on the phone today collins' mother an

. >> and i'm frank somerville. julie haener has the night off. the city of piedmont is less than two square miles large. but the new police chief is searching for ways to protect residents after two robberies this week. jade hernandez live where the chief wants to install some new cameras. >> reporter: head north hit oakland, head in the other direction drive deeping into piedmont and in the not so distant future here in piedmont cameras will be installed that will record your license plate. this is the case of location for some. >> piedmont tends to be a very affluent area it's going to be one of those cases that will get targeted. >> reporter: piedmont's recent home invasions made nervous so the idea of cameras like the one mounted on this squad car placed along piedmont city limits doesn't bother her. >> it might deter it some. i don't think that it's going to get rid of it completely. >> reporter: she doesn't think of the cameras as big brother either. neither does the city's new police chief who was sworn into office on tuesday. >> that is a

. >> and i'm frank somerville. and we begin tonight with breaking news. a fire that is burning in downtown oakland. these are live pictures of that fire. it is burning at 6th and harrison street. we believe that the fire may have started in an abandoned victorian home on harrison street. this is right next to 880, the freeway. it is also on the same road that the posey tube comes out of. this could be causing some problems in the posey tube. it also could be causing folks to slow down on 880. these are pictures from earlier. you can see a lot of smoke. the fire initially started as a one-alarm fire but quickly went to two alarms when it broke out probably 30 to 45 minutes ago. christian is on the scene. christian, what can you tell us? >> reporter: frank, we just arrived here about ten minutes ago. let's give you a look. you can see flames still on top of this building. it is very much like what you described. it appears to be an abandoned building at harrison. traffic is shut down on harrison and on 7th street here. firefighters and police are routeing p

. >> and i'm frank somerville. a home surrounded by million dollars home has neighbors fed up and demanding action by the city. all new, eric rasmussen live where he got a live look at what has neighbors and the city very upset. >> reporter: at times it can be offensive to the eyes and the nose. for years they've been complaining about junk piling up inside and out even dead animals out here. even though the city recently got the owner to mow the front yard, some around here say that's not enough. from the front of the house on channing road you can see the junk. bruce betencourt lives next door he says the house has been abandoned for six years. from that time the neighbors have cataloged the mess. the neighbor planted these hedges so he doesn't look at it every day. >> the homes are quite valuable and we're stuck with this. >> reporter: neighbors say there's been an ongoing dispute between the properties between the two listed owners. michael o'brien and stepson john quilian. the city says it has been contacted b

>>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. in just the last 15 minutes we learned that a woman who set up her husband in a complicated burglary plot is being let out of jail. the deadline to file criminal charges against the woman and her three accused accomplices has just passed. jade. >> reporter: julie, we've now also learned two of the three men held here at the martinez jail will be freed to walk through those doors any time. the time to file charges has expired. as for the wife, she is being released this evening. we spoke to contra costa county barry gross this afternoon. he told us this is an ongoing investigation and says there's still more details he needs to file any charges against the four suspects arrested. saying he still hasn't learned just exactly what happened last tuesday the night of the deadly stabbing. this case sparked interest after police say it turned out the husband who fought back a home invasion robbery attack and stabbed to death the intruder lindsay had been set up. they say she convinced the new

>>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. police have just pulled out of a neighborhood following a 20 hour man hunt for those responsible for the shooting of a undercover police officer. alie rasmuss joins us now with what officers found during their search. >> they found weapons and suspects. five people are now in custody for that officer involved shooting that happened on sunday. meanwhile the officer who was shot is expected to be okay. he was releaseed from the hospital this morning. >> reporter: the tanks were parked in the middle of seminary avenue near 17th street. s.w.a.t. team members kept their weapons poised and ready as investigators looked for a gunman in an officer involved shooting. >> we're going to stay out here until we have searched every yard and every residence. >> reporter: by 11:30 this morning five men were in custody. >> the officer was confronted by several individuals. and during a confrontation the officer was shot in the arm. >> reporter: with a two block radius blocked off, residents had limite

the city of somerville, massachusetts ran through 700 doses of vaccines. >> we exhausted our supply on tuesday of this week. >> there has been a run on flu vaccine this season. the cdc says 128 million doses have been delivered. only 135 million have been made. this year's flu is especially virulent and can spread quickly. experts say you can be exposed to the virus six feet away from a person who coughs or sneezes. and once you are infected, it's easy to pass it on to family and co-workers, even before you have symptoms. and adults can be contagious 24 hours before they feel ill and make others sick for up to a week afterward. children may be contagious longer than a week. doctors say emergency rooms should be the last resort. >> they put people at exposure just by coming to the emergency department. >> patients should only go to the hospital in cases of severe dehydration, difficultly breathing or if they have a chronic illness. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, philadelphia. >>> this is kevin tibbles in port washington, wisconsin, where like many businesses, iconic american shoemaker,

. >>> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. burglars hit an anti-okay woman's house not once but twice in one month. only on 2, eric rasmussen joins us to tell us what that woman is doing to try to stop the crimes. >> reporter: julie this woman says her street is averaging a burglary a week. so now she is lobbying her neighbors, city, county leaders to consider adding private patrols, to have some volunteer patrols in the neighborhood, even possibly relocating the path of this trail that runs directly behind some of the houses that have been burglarized. >> they came in through here, they left fingerprints all over here. >> reporter: christine showed us how burglars got inside her home in antioch, emptying drawers, trashing her bedroom, and stealing priceless family jewelry from europe. >> you feel extremely violated. >> reporter: she and her husband added an alarm system but one month later the burglars returned, kicking in these french doors. >> we left at 10:40, they were breaking in at 12:14. so what does that tell me? that

now boston isn't reporting a vaccine shortage but the nearby town of somerville ran out of its supply earlier this week. scott, they got a new batch today. but only 100 doses. >> pelley: with six to eight weeks to go in flu season. thank you very much. there is a big change tonight for the 9 million americans who take the sleep aid ambien. the government said today that the recommended dose for women should be cut in half. and a lower dose is recommended for men as well. dr. john lapook has been looking into this. john, what changed? >> well, scott, the active ingredient in am byen, the fda decision comes from lab studies that show eight hours after somebody takes a normal standard dose of ambien the drug levels in the blood are potentially capable of causing a driving problem in 15% of women and 3% of men. it's even higher in the extended form of the drug, that 33% of women and 25% of men. >> pelley: eight hours afterwards. >> eight hours later. >> pelley: there are other sleep medications on the market watch. about them? >> the fda specifically stressed this. any sleep medication ha

good evening i'm julie haener >> and i'm frank somerville. it is going to be a super bowl without a civic celebration. deborah villalon is live with how the city plans to maintain order. reporter>> we're in the exelciur mission near mission and perka. but take a look at the this very same spot after the world series. super bowl night it plans for 450 officers to be on the street. aaa normal -- triple a normal sunday evening. >> it's inside the bar where people drink too much. they get outside the bar and somebody tkpwáets -- gets in a fight. >> if it looks like something is getting out of hand or if they got too much of a crowd in a bar we'll just close it down. reporter>> civic law outlawed super bowl watch parties. nummi will swap electric buses with diesel. . >> we don't want them hurt. we want them to be part of celebrating. reporter>> the mayor says he will visit businesses to urge them to take responsibility too. >> to suggest that they serve something than heavy alcohol, any duration sometimes doesn't help. reporter>> bottoms up, one b

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good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the case of a missing boy is back in the news tonight. kevin collins was on his way home from practice when he vanished. healther holmes has been tucking with family members but we begin with amber lee where today's search took place. amber. >> reporter: julie the 12 hour search ended at about 6:30 tonight. kevin collins was last seen standing at a bus stop right where i am. and the search took place across the street outside blue home with the white trim. a police source characterized this as a quote check box investigation to revisit all suspects and leads from the kevin collins case. one neighbor who's the mother of two children tells us she's unsettled by the search. >> what's your reaction as a mom. >> terrifying. especially in your own neighborhood. i mean it was a long time ago but i think in everyone's mind there's always a fear. >> reporter: san francisco police set up a search headquarters. >> they did had a hit on remains that were underneath the garage in this location. >>

. >> and i'm frank somerville. council members decide whether or not to hire outside experts to help police bring down the crime rate. happening now, ktvu's amber lee is live in oakland city hall and tells us why the experts and his tactics are causing so much controversy. >> reporter: just a short while ago the police chief addressed the city council and behind me you can see the over flow room where people are watching the proceedings on a monitor. at times emotions ran house as residents speak at the meeting. >> i'm scared to have a black boy in oakland. >> reporter: stop and frisk, it's a policy placed by bratton. >> what he is doing elsewhere it may have worked, doesn't mean it's going to work here. >> reporter: hundreds came to city hall to find out if the city will spepd $100,000 to hire a consulting team -- will spend $100,000 to hire ha consulting team. >> i hear gunshots all day sometimes. sometimes all night. who wants to be in that environment? >> reporter: supporters of stop and frisk and bratton says

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a petaluma teenager is missing and half of her family is searching. the other half is in petaluma waiting. debora villalon is live with new leads in the alyssa case. >> a ping that they got from the cell phone. they thought it was near a soccer field, baseball feel area. so at least now they are able to have a footstep of where to go. >> i'm gone a party. >> reporter: alyssa and a few friends were at a concert when she returned to the hotel alone. a friend who saw her there said she seemed fine. >> on a hotel lobby, you could tell she sat for a minute, got up and walked out. >> reporter: walked where or with whom a mystery. >> we all started to worry and freak out a little bit. >> reporter: alyssa's friend waking up to check out realized she was missing. >> we started to call everybody we knew, called the hospital, called the police. >> reporter: one of the calls was to her father kevin bryne who went to search for her. he is studying to be a firefighter and at the restaurant where sh

. >> and i'm frank somerville. a bay area cold snap has people really turning up the heat tonight while those without a home are just trying to survive. we have team coverage for you. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the temperatures and freeze warning. but we begin in the south bay with maureen naylor and a pointiant story about keeping people alive. >> reporter: outdoor dining isn't that attractive tonight. in campbell it's 43 degrees  and it's expected to get a lot colder. >> this is my baby lexus. >> reporter: today we met this grandmother and her dog dressed in scarves. olivia is grateful that her heater is working now because she rang in the new year without heat. >> i don't want to go through that again. it was pretty cold. >> reporter: she says her hearts go out to people liveable -- living on the streets. such as this 50-year-old. he says his friend died just after christmas in this same camp. >> he just died saturday morning. he has part problems like i did. >> reporter: patrick took us i

. >> and i'm frank somerville. council members decide whether or not to hire outside experts to help police bring down the crime rate. happening now, ktvu's amber lee is live in oakland city hall and tells us why the experts and his tactics are causing so much controversy. >> reporter: just a short while ago the police chief addressed the city council and behind me you can see the over flow room where people are watching the proceedings on a monitor. at times emotions ran house as residents speak at the meeting. >> i'm scared to have a black boy in oakland. >> reporter: stop and frisk, it's a policy placed by bratton. >> what he is doing elsewhere it may have worked, doesn't mean it's going to work here. >> reporter: hundreds came to city hall to find out if the city will spepd $100,000 to hire a consulting team -- will spend $100,000 to hire ha consulting team. >> i hear gunshots all day sometimes. sometimes all night. who wants to be in that environment? >> reporter: supporters of stop and frisk and bratton says

i am frank somerville. >> i am julie hay nor. a castro valley man had a live alligator guarding his pot. amber lee tells us what happened to the gator, called mr. teeth and his owner. >> the 32-year-old castro valley man is being held here, it was the discovery of the exotic pet that surprised his neighbors and deputies. residents of this quiet castro valley cul-de-sac tell me the suspect lived in this rented two story home with his wife and 2-year-old son with several dogs including a pit bull. some suspected drug dealing but were shocked to learn he had an alligator named mr. teeth guarding marijuana in the home. one neighbor spoke with us on the condition we would not identify her. >> it is outrageous. when i drove up, there were six police cars trying to deal with the alligator. >> reporter: alameda county sheriff's department said they were doing a routine probation check when they found the 5- foot long wall gator in a bedroom next -- alligator in a bedroom next to 34 pounds of processed marijuana buds. >> he said it acted

. >> i'm frank somerville. girl is in the hospital tonight, the victim of a drive-by shooting that prompted oakland's police chief to address concerned neighbors. the shooting happened at 65th in east oakland, where the 8- year-old was just playing this evening. the girl is in stable condition, but will have to stay the night. >> reporter: the 8-year-old is being kept here at the hospital overnight. the grandmother tells me, she fears for her family's safety. a third grader is playing in the front yard of a relative's home. a car pulls up. several people start to get out of the vehicle, when a second car drives up, and starts shooting. bullets shattered the window of a black suv. we also counted four bullet holes on the front windows of the home. one bullet struck the girl's leg. >> it takes an 8-year-old girl to get shot for them to even come to you are 0 neighborhood. >> reporter: this man says police rarely patrol this neighborhood. >> they let all of these guys act the fool. do donuts, deal drugs, they don'

good evening i'm julie haener >> and i'm frank somerville. it is going to be a super bowl without a civic celebration.  deborah villalon is live with how the city plans to maintain order. reporter>> we're in the exelciur mission near mission and perka. but take a look at the this very same spot after the world series. super bowl night it plans for 450 officers to be on the street. aaa normal -- triple a normal sunday evening. >> it's inside the bar where people drink too much. they get outside the bar and somebody tkpwáets -- gets in a fight. >> if it looks like something is getting out of hand or if they got too much of a crowd in a bar we'll just close it down. reporter>> civic law outlawed super bowl watch parties. nummi will swap electric buses with diesel. . >> we don't want them hurt. we want them to be part of celebrating. reporter>> the mayor says he will visit businesses to urge them to take responsibility too. >> to suggest that they serve something than heavy alcohol, any duration sometimes doesn't help. reporter>> bottoms up, on

. >> and i'm frank somerville. a bay area cold snap has people really turning up the heat tonight while those without a home are just trying to survive. we have team coverage for you. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the temperatures and freeze warning. but we begin in the south bay with maureen naylor and a pointiant story about keeping people alive. >> reporter: outdoor dining isn't that attractive tonight. in campbell it's 43 degrees and it's expected to get a lot colder. >> this is my baby lexus. >> reporter: today we met this grandmother and her dog dressed in scarves. olivia is grateful that her heater is working now because she rang in the new year without heat. >> i don't want to go through that again. it was pretty cold. >> reporter: she says her hearts go out to people liveable -- living on the streets. such as this 50-year-old. he says his friend died just after christmas in this same camp. >> he just died saturday morning. he has part problems like i did. >> reporter: patrick took us insi

i am frank somerville. >> i am julie hay nor. a castro valley man had a live alligator guarding his pot. amber lee tells us what happened to the gator, called mr. teeth and his owner. >> the 32-year-old castro valley man is being held here, it was the discovery of the exotic pet that surprised his neighbors and deputies. residents of this quiet castro valley cul-de-sac tell me the suspect lived in this rented two story home with his wife and 2-year-old son with several dogs including a pit bull. some suspected drug dealing but were shocked to learn he had an alligator named mr. teeth guarding marijuana in the home. one neighbor spoke with us on the condition we would not identify her. >> it is outrageous. when i drove up, there were six police cars trying to deal with the alligator. >> reporter: alameda county sheriff's department said they were doing a routine probation check when they found the 5- foot long wall gator in a bedroom next -- alligator in a bedroom next to 34 pounds of processed marijuana buds. >> he said it acted

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the fiscal cliff is now a done deal. the president spoke 20 minutes later. >> a central premise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense of working middle class americans. tonight we've done that. >> reporter: and tonight taxes on the wealthiest americans are going up. but in the end, neither democrats nor republicans got all of what they wanted. ktvu's jana katsuyama here now to show us how the compromise finally emerged. >> frank, the house finished voting on the fiscal cliff agreement just about two hours ago and has passed the senate version without any changes. let me show you the numbers, 257 yes votes and 167 no votes. after what turned out to be a bitter battle. >> the motion is adopted without objection. >> reporter: the vote came after a day of high drama and political power plays. pressure was on the republican controlled house to pass the bill or chance bearing the blame for tax cuts and spending cuts tha

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a new plan is causing outbreak. amber lee is live at city hall where a vote is expected to go on any moment now. >> reporter: at the beginning the tone was ruckus but has since toned down. at the center is a controversy known as stop and frisk. police chief howard jordan was heckled by protesters when he tried to talk about hiring an outside team. protesters disrupted the meeting any time someone spoke in support of hiring william bratton who's credited with turning around the l.a. and san francisco police department. >> one man shouted back at the hecklers. >> reporter: this oakland moment said she lived in l.a. when bratton was chief there. >> he told his officers that los angeles was beirut and they should patrol as such. what do you think did to the officers that were working that the time. >> reporter: one man said it was stock and frisk that took the life of his son. >> we can't get alan back. we can't accept anyone to go through what we went there. >> reporter: chief jordan say

. >> i'm frank somerville. julia is off tonight. it's just two hours and counting until 2013 in the bay area. the crowd is really starting to gather along san francisco's waterfront. live at justin herman plaza. that is the prime viewing location for the fireworks. >> reporter: a lot of people are definitely coming out here to check out that show. we watched the crowd steadily grow out here. right next to several muni lines. we can tell you muni is running free overnight tonight. just up market street, that's where bart is. bart is going to be running until 3:00 a.m., tomorrow morning to help people celebrate safely. the light show is just beginning along san francisco's waterfront. a preview for tonight's 15 minute fireworks display at midnight. san francisco police are estimating as many as 250,000 could turn out for the big show. >> just the excitement. it's just the eclectic crowd. the everything. it's the city. >> reporter: restaurants along the embarcadero, like sin bads say the only holiday that can approach new year's eve bu

. >> i'm frank somerville. a child goes missing with no explanation, no clue. before you know it, days turn into weeks, then years. her parents led a candlelight walk, as they do each 30th of january, in the hope that it might convince someone to step forward. >> reporter: that walk led to the church here. the family and police are releasing new flyers, offering a $100,000 reward. they also show an age progression photo of what ilene might look like today. they gathered in the name of a 13-year-old girl, who today would be a 37-year-old woman. a girl who is missing, but present in every pew. on january 30, 1989, she walked alone from wells middle school on the way to her ice skating practice. she hasn't been seen since. tonight, her parents led a walk along that same route, their daughter was last seen 24 years ago. about 200 people carried signs and the weight of a family on their shoulders. >> we have a daughter just a few years older than ilene. so you know, i can't imagine what that's going through. don't want to really. >> i just worry that this could happ

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a new plan is causing outbreak. amber lee is live at city hall where a vote is expected to go on any moment now. >> reporter: at the beginning the tone was ruckus but has since toned down. at the center is a controversy known as stop and frisk. police chief howard jordan was heckled by protesters when he tried to talk about hiring an outside team. protesters disrupted the meeting any time someone spoke in support of hiring william bratton who's credited with turning around the l.a. and san francisco police department. >> one man shouted back at the hecklers. >> reporter: this oakland moment said she lived in l.a. when bratton was chief there. >> he told his officers that los angeles was beirut and they should patrol as such. what do you think did to the officers that were working that the time. >> reporter: one man said it was stock and frisk that took the life of his son. >> we can't get alan back. we can't accept anyone to go through what we went there. >> reporter: chief jordan say

. >> i'm frank somerville. julia is off tonight. it's just two hours and counting until 2013 in the bay area. the crowd is really starting to gather along san francisco's waterfront. live at justin herman plaza. that is the prime viewing location for the fireworks. >> reporter: a lot of people are definitely coming out here to check out that show. we watched the crowd steadily grow out here. right next to several muni lines. we can tell you muni is running free overnight tonight. just up market street, that's where bart is. bart is going to be running until 3:00 a.m., tomorrow morning to help people celebrate safely. the light show is just beginning along san francisco's waterfront. a preview for tonight's 15 minute fireworks display at midnight. san francisco police are estimating as many as 250,000 could turn out for the big show. >> just the excitement. it's just the eclectic crowd. the everything. it's the city. >> reporter: restaurants along the embarcadero, like sin bads say the only holiday that can approach new year's eve bu

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a petaluma teenager is missing and half of her family is searching. the other half is in petaluma waiting. debora villalon is live with new leads in the alyssa case. >> a ping that they got from the cell phone. they thought it was near a soccer field, baseball feel area. so at least now they are able to have a footstep of where to go. >> i'm gone a party. >> reporter: alyssa and a few friends were at a concert when she returned to the hotel alone. a friend who saw her there said she seemed fine. >> on a hotel lobby, you could tell she sat for a minute, got up and walked out. >> reporter: walked where or with whom a mystery. >> we all started to worry and freak out a little bit. >> reporter: alyssa's friend waking up to check out realized she was missing. >> we started to call everybody we knew, called the hospital, called the police. >> reporter: one of the calls was to her father kevin bryne who went to search for her. he is studying to be a firefighter and at the restaurant where sh

. >> and i'm julie haener, frank somerville is off tonight. a gunman shot and wounded an undercover police officer tonight. the search for the gunman is heating up right now. noelle walker is live on seminary and 17th where officers have now quardened off the area. >> reporter: i'm going step out of the way so you can see what i see. there's an offer about a half a block down with an officer with his door open and armed. the police chief talked to the media within the last hour. here's what we know right now. we have seen officers with guns drawn. this is an active man hunt right now for two suspects believed to still be in the area. one person believed to be a suspect is right now being held by police. the highway patrol is helping with some air support. b.a.r.t. police officers are helping in this investigation as well. now just before 6:30 tonight, an undercover oakland police officer was in this area following up on a shooting from yesterday. someone shot at that officer and he was hit in the arm. police say his injury is not life threaten

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.lose call on the san francisco bay but was it human error or something else. officials are trying to determine how a tanker hit a tower on the san francisco bridge. the coast guard reports no oil spill resulted. we've learned the tanker had already been unloaded. and caltrans says there was no major damage to the bridge. it remained open to travel traffic. we have continuing coverage now from heather holmes. she's live at treasure island with what she's learned about the bar pilot guiding that tanker and the scrutiny he's now facing. >> reporter: he's been a bar pilot since 2005. prior to that he worked for several years on oil tankers for exxon. but today while guiding that vessel. the overseas raymar this experienced mainer sideswiped the tower of the bridge. look at the top left side of this picture. that is a piece of the bridge barrier stuck to the side of the ship's hull. >> about 30 to 40 feet of the tower system has been damaged and will have to be repaired. >> reporter: the wo

. >> and i'm frank somerville. it was not foul play but a tragic end nonetheless for missing 19-year-old alyssa burn. her body was found today at a snow bank in lake tahoe. debora villalon is live where people showed up at her old high school. >> reporter: the candles still glow, there's messages of memories and balloons. >> alyssa yes you are better than me. >> reporter: fellow lacrosse players flocking to the field where alyssa burns played for three years. >> it's amazing to see how many people she touched and how many people loved her. >> reporter: older brother greg representing his family expressed thanks for the community's support. but it's a community in shock mostly silent, words inadequate for why a vibrant beloved teenager would die alone separated from her friends in the snow. >> her favorite animal was a turtle. so we got turtles with her initial. >> reporter: two friends got inked in alyssa's honor. >> always know where your friends are at all times. >> reporter: and say there's also a lasting lesson

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.se call on the san francisco bay but was it human error or something else. officials are trying to determine how a tanker hit a tower on the san francisco bridge. the coast guard reports no oil spill resulted. we've learned the tanker had already been unloaded. and caltrans says there was no major damage to the bridge. it remained open to travel traffic. we have continuing coverage now from heather holmes. she's live at treasure island with what she's learned about the bar pilot guiding that tanker and the scrutiny he's now facing. >> reporter: he's been a bar pilot since 2005. prior to that he worked for several years on oil tankers for exxon. but today while guiding that vessel. the overseas raymar this experienced mainer sideswiped the tower of the bridge. look at the top left side of this picture. that is a piece of the bridge barrier stuck to the side of the ship's hull. >> about 30 to 40 feet of the tower system has been damaged and will have to be repaired. >> reporter: the wood

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian in for julie haener. it started with a car crash. we can tell you a uniformed police officer now has a bullet wound in his leg. amber lee live right now there at the shooting scene in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood. >> reporter: this is still a very active scene. what started as a car crash involving that burgundy camaro and that suv ended in the shooting of a police officer. a 26-year-old oakland woman was driving this dark green impala with her 19-year-old brother. she told me they collided with a red camaro that ran a stop sign. he said the other driver who identified himself as carlos got out of the camaro and asked if the brother and sister were okay. then he started acting quote, jitter -- jittery and started pacing. shortly after police arrived he took off. the officers at the scene went to investigate. four more shots followed. >> one offer was fired upon by the suspect. even after being shot in the leg and was able to successfully capture him and take him into custody without further incident.

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the case of a missing boy is back in the news tonight. kevin collins was on his way home from practice when he vanished. healther holmes has been tucking with family members but we begin with amber lee where today's search took place. amber. >> reporter: julie the 12 hour search ended at about 6:30 tonight. kevin collins was last seen standing at a bus stop right where i am. and the search took place across the street outside blue home with the white trim. a police source characterized this as a quote check box investigation to revisit all suspects and leads from the kevin collins case. one neighbor who's the mother of two children tells us she's unsettled by the search. >> what's your reaction as a mom. >> terrifying. especially in your own neighborhood. i mean it was a long time ago but i think in everyone's mind there's always a fear. >> reporter: san francisco police set up a search headquarters. >> they did had a hit on remains that were underneath the garage in this location. >>

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the fiscal cliff is now a done deal. the president spoke 20 minutes later. >> a central premise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense of working middle class americans. tonight we've done that. >> reporter: and tonight taxes on the wealthiest americans are going up. but in the end, neither democrats nor republicans got all of what they wanted. ktvu's jana katsuyama here now to show us how the compromise finally emerged. >> frank, the house finished voting on the fiscal cliff agreement just about two hours ago and has passed the senate version without any changes. let me show you the numbers, 257 yes votes and 167 no votes. after what turned out to be a bitter battle. >> the motion is adopted without objection. >> reporter: the vote came after a day of high drama and political power plays. pressure was on the republican controlled house to pass the bill or chance bearing the blame for tax cuts and spending cuts tha