>> neither the soft story nor stair permits have been issued? >> we're just trying to plan our wednesday nights. >> we can look that up on mr. sanchez' computer on here and get a better look at it. i was focusing tonight on the permit that's under appeal. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez, do you have anything? >> i have a question for you. i say zoning administrator, i guess cory would get up. during the last hearing, if i remember, they had converted a rent controlled apartment into an office space. >> yes, we looked back at our records. the violation was corrected last summer. they sought a permit to restore that unit. there's this permit that's now before you to do further remodelling of that unit. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. we will now hear from the appellant, miss duffy. >> good evening. hi. i think you've addressed some of our concerns already, the time that's lapsed, so that we as tenants have not been able to see the plans? just as a reminder part of what brought us here in the first place, the permits on the stair

the stair rails would have to be brought up to code, 42 inches, handrails, rise and run on the stairs. there is a lot of work on it. again, focusing, the issue's going to be the tenants in the building and how that is. and this, as we've heard it many times in front of this board, is a concern, and it's something that really -- it's not a d.b.i. issue, i suppose, but it's something that's going to be appealed because of that. >> so as a follow-up question, this is a simple renovation of an apartment, but with all the other issues that you just elaborated on -- thanks very much for capturing all of ththat. one of the very obvious concerns that the public has, and especially the tenants in that building is seeing this list of potential permits, seeing relocation or displacement from their units, seeing you'll this stuff that's going to be done that may put them out of their units for a long period of time, and again, that will contribute to upset, which will contribute to appeals on future permits. i'm not picking on the project sponsor, it's just a reality. but how would you, looking a

he said the stairs were fights in fact the stairs more dangerous those stairs. >>we're one of the few things standing after the fire. defense attorney from at erez curtis briggs and experience carpenters say they want to hear about the stairs thousands of times to making never had an issue with those stairs at of good testified that while he was a resident at go ship. he's all representatives from oakland police child protective services and the oakland fire department inside the warehouse on several occasions, yeah, 5 to 10 visits from cbs officials. 2, 2, off-duty firefighters came in and actually attended a party there. >>police there at least on 2 occasions and for us that of if those people would have known him 28 year-old max harris, an art student. nearly homeless living there creating is our wouldn't have known that there was any danger the court they begin with a pair of tearful witnesses reading the last text messages they receive from. >>2 victims who died in the fire one text read i love you followed by a second tax that simply read fire. >>the prose

i was going to be burned alive on those stairs that is what prosecution witness. samuel maxwell testified here at the ghost ship trial in oakland. >>that's what told the court that he suffered brain damage bird saw his body and lost the use of his legs as a result of the deadly fire back on december second 2016 on direct examination when questioned about the interior stairs. he testified they were poorly constructed and that there was a dangerous section more like a boat ramps and stairs it was very hard to hear someone who was in the fire. describe what it was like been fritz's sister feral pines is one of the 36 concert goers who died in the fire. you know to be there. >>and describe how unsafe. the stairs were and just you know how scary it was when the flames started 10 to know that my sister was you know. was was there for that and that that's and that's how she died. >>defense attorney from that hair as curtis briggs said that staircase was sturdy according to i probably a dozen witnesses so far tested by the day also featured returning to the witness dead f

visitor always leading the visitors to new sites and here and you can feel him almost pulling up the stairs. to the top staircase is where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it's snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter and dimension these are actually baroque to mentions and i am paid to use them to force the visitor to really take their time and taken all the views. at 102 i am paying certainly reached a ripe age and what a gift he showed us how old and new can stand side by side in harmony. after i am paying architecture will never be the same. or coming up next stay tuned i'll be back with the day will be going down under team coverage of tomorrow's federal elections in australia that's coming up next on the i'm called ask a number they don't. an action packed life or bought me back up anything is possible as long as our coffee and his friends can drain our. batteries movie theater continues dadar the refugee camp. his life story many of ground to a halt. 27 years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. ryan. thank you for watching.

he pulls the woman and her child violently down those stairs. fortunately the mother and child were not seriously hurt. this happened last monday in san jose. police say surveillance video and witness descriptions help lead them to their suspects, pablo cabrera junior. police believe he is responsible for at least 4 other robberies.>> is method of operation is simple, he approaches women from behind, element of surprise, and ambush style attack. grabs the pers and takes off and gets in a car and leaves the area. he primarily focuses on asian females with expensive purses. >> witnesses help identify the suspect from the black lexus that he used as a getaway car as well is this very clear surrounds video. detectives searched his home at the located evidence of other crimes. investigators believe there could be more victims out there and they're hoping those people will come forward. police say he remains in custody tonight, already on parole for robbery. >> the mother is just walking up the stairs and they both go tumbling down, you're right thoug

where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it's snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter and dimension these are actually baroque to mentions and i am paid to use them to force the visitor to really take their time and taken all the views. at 102 i am paying certainly reached a ripe age and what a gift he showed us how old and new can stand side by side in harmony. after i am pe architecture will never be the same. now do not adjust your sets what you are about to say will amaze you look. it's holly and make up artist based in bella who uses his own face as a canvas and creates mind boggling 3 d. optical illusions like you've never seen before and he's going to show as he does it. it's a master of after collusion and create them he needs nothing more than a brush and some makeup normally the makeup artist and shoes that his clients look fresh and natural but when it comes to his own appearance he prefers to distort it and produce 3 to illusions. but if you get into your dizzying all up on the line i'd love to draw ever since i was a kid that wa

then he drags the mother and her daughter down the stairs.d cabrera take off from the scene in a black four-door lexus. when he was arrested they found items in his home linking him to other purse snatching cases. according to jail records cabrera is due in court today and police are asking for the public's help. they say if you recognize cabrera please contact them right away. you can do that anonymously. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thank you, jobina. >>> now your morning money report. >> later this year google will begin showing advertisements on the app's home page. p>> despite a big price cut whoe foods is still the most expensive grocery store in america. that's according to analysts at bank of america. walmart has the lowest overall prices. >>> san mateo-based go pro will shift a big portion of camera production from china to mexico. that's in an evident to avoid president trump's escalating tariffs on items shipped from china. >>> the trade tension with china is still causing a wild ride on wall street. here is a quick look at the n

you don't need that second stair that is question number 2. the architecture is a little bit subjective. i believe it is very aggressive and not at all sensitive to neighborhood context. it kind of sits there on its own it does not at all address anything of the smaller scale of the adjoining buildings, including window treatments, et cetera. i believe that this project asks too much and does not -- isn't good dialogue with adjoining neighbors based on gardens and open space, privacy and views, i wanted to point out to mr. winslow that on the site plan as it stands, and it is the plan that i don't think is modified based on the asks you have made, there is really an issue of privacy in the rear of the building with the second floor deck, looking into the adjoining neighbor to the west. that is not even being addressed i believe, also, that the stair penthouse. >> they took it away. >> but it is not shown in drawing form yet. it is not sean -- own indrawing form. if you make the penthouse smaller, and that would be basically chopping it off fro

how long would it take you to run up $86.00 flights of stairs a total of $1576.00 steps how about under 12 minutes that's how long it took for the top 3 male finishers they were from poland malaysia and italy the top woman did it in just 12 minutes and 18 seconds and if you think it's only about strong legs think again. not only you like but also upper body. very extreme sports back home in kuala lumpur runner weight ching says he trains a lot i train at a 60 flaw but you malaysia so i train treat to 4 times a week because it's all about 600 dollars a week i climb it's up here and i think i meant it's a mental not to give in to the pain and there's a lot of pain or more than $215.00 runners took part in this year's race and they came from 20 different countries and competing for a cause money raised went to support the multiple myeloma research foundation that helps cure the rare form of blood cancer sally coxe mo was diagnosed with it but she's healthy now in her toughest moments fighting cancer she says she started running stairs to take out her frustrations now she competes i've done

saw how unsafe the stairs were. to know that my sister was in that and that's how she died. very painful to her. >> we're glad he got an opportunity to speak out. we think it important for him and the process moving forward. >> reporter: the defense then revealed the cross-examination of the arson investigator, maria sabbatini demanding to know why the national response team was not called in when there were so many deaths. the defense attorneys claim it was arson although sabbatini found no such evidence. >> what are you trying to show? >> that she's incometent, hiding the truth and trying to protect the city. >>> pg&e will moving forward with the fund for wildfire victims. the fund is intended to provide short term help including housing assistance to victims of the 2017 and 2018 fires. it will not resolve property claims against pg&e. that's expect to total close the $30 billion and prompted the bankruptcy filing in january. state lawmakers created a bill for vaccinations. it comes with thigh of the number of mea

the stairs were viable stairs. was a city of oakland planning and building official who says the warehouse was zoned only for storage, not for residential uses or events. henry lee, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> a man was arrested in utah over the weekend, accused of making threats to shoot youtube employees. police in orem, utah were contacted by you to about comments made online as far back as september. 35-year-old david swanson told them he originally visited the bay area and brought a gun with him. he was released from jail last night after posting $100,000 bail. he is now facing charges of making a terrorist threat. >>> a from a prison. john walker lynn was sentenced to 20 years in prison for working with the taliban after the september 2011 attacks. he was released 3 years early for good behavior and is due for release on thursday. he was 21 years old at the time of his arrest and is now 38. >>> tonight, president trump said he would make threats with iran with great force. at a rally in pennsylvania, he said he is

they get pulled down the stairs. that thief was arrested. the mom and daughter bruised and shaken up. how police tracked down that suspect. >> reporter: this is a busy complex during the middle of the day. they have mostly dental and medical offices. and police say it may have been premeditated. it appears the puck is waited until the woman got in the stair w. luckily it was all caught on the video cameras. >> reporter: the vi shows the man in pajama pants to show the mother and young daughter. when he yanks her purse, dragging both of them violently down the stairs. >> i just heard the woman scream many, many times. >> it's pretty enhuman, honestly. >> parents were 20 feet away seeing the video, disgusted. >> they shouldn't have to go through that. neither should the mom. >> police used this surveillance video from may 6th and video he jumped into to find and arrest 26-year-old pablo contraria jr. investigators say he was on parole for burglary. police believe there are at least four other victims and he was targeting asian women with purse

the stairs were viable stairs.airs saved people's lives. >> reporter: the next witness is a planning official who says the warehouse was owned only for storage, not for residential users families are large event. the defense is the city's own record shows that no one properly applied for the correct permits for decades. >>> drivers cited for illegally using disabled parking placards. the dmv cracks down on that abuse. >>>, three wills are found months after the death of singer aretha franklin including one underneath the sofa cushion. why an attorney says he's not sure they are even legal. >>> nine months after the death of legendary singer aretha franklin, multiple handwritten wills have been found in her michigan home. a lawyer says the most recent will is about five years old and appears to give her assets to family members, though some of it is hard to read. the attorney handling the estate says he's not sure whether the wills are legal. one was found beneath the sofa cushion. a hearing is set for next month or

with a gray hoodie and plaid pants sneak up behind a woman and a child as the woman walks up the stairs the man quickly runs behind her, yanks her purse and the woman is seen clutching onto her purse and child's hand. both the woman and young girl are then tracked down the stairs. >> the girl was crying, mom was screaming multiple times. there were laying on the ground i heard a noise and i rushed out.>> reporter: the robbery occurred right outside the law office, the child looked like she was four or five years old.>> the mom and the child went flying down the stairs. it's crazy. >> reporter: it happened in an office complex in san jose, back on may 6 around noon a pediatricians office on the second floor says the victim and child were coming in for an appointment. cameras captured the violent attack.>> it's horrifying to watch, this guy is preying on women that are by themselves or in this case with a young child.>> reporter: video evidence led police to pablo cabrera, police searched his home and found more evidence linking him to for other purse snatching robberies. the victims all

visitor always leading the visitor to new sights and here you can feel him almost pulling you up the stairs. to. the top staircase is where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it's snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter and dimension these are actually baroque to mentions and i am paid to use them to force the visitor to really take their time and taken all the views. at 102 i am paying certainly reached a ripe age and what a gift he showed us how old and new you can stand side by side in harmony. after i am pe architecture will never be the same. now do not adjust your set what you are about to say will amaze you look. it's halle in make up artist based in milan who uses his own face as a canvas and creates mind boggling 3 d. optical illusions like you've never seen before and he's going to show us how he does it. look it's a must i thought to collusions and to create them he needs nothing more than a brush and some my cap normally the makeup artist and shoes that his clients look fresh and natural but when it comes to his own it.

surely those who in general walk faster will be quicker going up stairs to and overtake slower people write. well not necessarily. the results of his little experiment indicate the assumption is wrong and that has implications for simulating and designing evacuation routes. we already know that people tend to slow down but what we've observed is that they tend to align themselves in a more orderly fashion and that there's less overtaking. for evacuation routes via stairs this means that bottlenecks may develop at different places than previously expected. the team also made another discovery in an emergency not everyone runs as fast as they can. to mention mine something to fall when people are in danger as a group they identify with each other and most will help others because of this feeling of being in it together the minds of if the simulation has everybody running with only him or herself in mind and without stopping to check if anyone is injured then it's plain wrong. psychologists are found out that at least sixty percent of people will help others well that's a scary carrying

. >> he went up and down the stairs at least a thousand times. the stairs were viable stairs. the stairs saved people lease lives. >> reporter: the next witness said the warehouse was zoned only for storage and not for residential use or assemblies with large events but no one properly applied for the correct permits for decades. henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> henry lee is back in the courtroom right now as he has been every day of the trial. he is posting information on social media through the day. he will have live reports for you in the afternoon newscast. you can also go to ktvu.com any time to read his daily blog of the ghost ship trial. >>> another bay area parent has entered a guilty plea in the college admissions scandal. the owner of contessa wines is accused of paying $300,000 of having his daughter's s.a.t. scores improved and recruited to the water polo team. prosecutors are recommending he serve a 15 month prison sentence and pay a $95,000 fine. >>> there is an increased police presence right now at another school in the san ramon unified school district because

how long would it take you to run up $86.00 flights of stairs a total of $1576.00 steps how about under 12 minutes that's how long it took for the top 3 male finishers they were from poland malaysia and italy the top woman did it in just 12 minutes and 18 seconds and if you think it's only about strong legs think again not only you are easing up not only your leg but also upper body. very extreme sports back home in kuala lumpur runner weight ching says he trains a lot i train at a 60 flaw but in malaysia so i train treated 4 times a week because it's all about 600 dollars a week i climb it's a pia and it's so i meant it's a mental not to give in to the pain and there's a lot of pain or more than $215.00 runners took part in this year's race and they came from 20 different countries and competing for a cause money raised went to support the multiple myeloma research foundation that helps cure the rare form of blood cancer sally coxe mo was diagnosed with it but she's healthy now in her toughest moments fighting cancer she says she started running stairs to take out her frustrations now

how long would it take you to run up $86.00 flights of stairs a total of $1576.00 steps how about under 12 minutes that's how long it took for the top 3 male finishers they were from poland malaysia and italy the top woman did it in just 12 minutes and 18 seconds and if you think it's only about strong legs think again not only you are easing up not only your legs but also upper body. very extreme sports back home in kuala lumpur runner weight ching says he trains a lot i train at a 60 flaw but you malaysia so i train treat to 4 times a week because it's all about 600 dollars a week i climb it's a pia at the side mental it's a mental not to give in to the pain and there's a lot of pain or more than $215.00 runners took part in this year's race and they came from 20 different countries and competing for a cause money raised went to support the multiple myeloma research foundation that helps cure the rare form of blood cancer sally coxe mo was diagnosed with it but she's healthy now in her toughest moments fighting cancer she says she started running stairs to take out her frustrations no

where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it's snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter and dimension these are actually baroque to mentions and i am paid to use them to force the visitor to really take their time and taken all the views. at 102 i am paying certainly reached a ripe age and what a gift he showed us how old and new can stand side by side in harmony. after i am pe architecture will never be the same. now do not adjust your sets what you are about to say will amaze you look. it's highly in make up artist based who uses his own face as a canvas and creates mind boggling optical illusions like you've never seen before and he's going to show ours. is the master of after collusions and to create them he needs nothing more than a brush and some makeup normally the makeup artist and choose that his clients look fresh and natural but when it comes to his own appearance he prefers to distort it and produce 3 to illusions. but the i mean to your dizzying all up on the one i'd love to draw ever since i was a kid that was it but can because

she was on the stair way coming up or going down but on the stair way.>> reporter: city workers in nearby buildings were warned to stay away. >> we heard shooting but we didn't think it was that close, like in proximity of the building. >> reporter: as police went room to room to make certain it was over, city workers waited for word on their fellow employees still in shock at a deadly turn to the final hour of the workweek no definitive word on casualties or about the identity or motive of the gunman, but one witness said he was well-known to many of the victims. kate? >> pete, thank you. >>> now to a major flood emergency unfolding across several states and tonight in arkansas things have gone from bad worse as several levees have breached. new evacuations are underway. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: tonight water is ghing on the levee of the arkansas river. you can see the sheer power as the earth crumbles. the small town is prepared for the worst. >> that's why everybody is here is we're all sharing in the concern and trying to do the best we can do. >> reporter: to prote

where the seduction really kicks in and not only is the staircase different it's snail shaped but the stairs themselves are much shorter and dimension these are actually baroque to mentions and i am paid to use them to force the visitor to really take their time and taken all the views. at a 102 i am paying certainly reached a ripe age and what a gift he showed us how old and new can stand side by side and harmony. after i am pay architecture will never be the same. do not adjust your sets what you are about to say will amaze you look. it's holly and make up artist based in black who uses his own face as a canvas and creates mind boggling optical illusions like you've never seen before and he's going to show is. it's a master of after collusion and to create them he needs nothing more than a brush and some makeup normally a makeup artist and shoes that his clients look fresh and natural but when it comes to his own appearance he prefers to distort it and produce 3 d. illusions. here are pretty i mean to your the zing all up on the man i'd love to drive or since i was a kid that was it but be

and stair climbing was it.at chemo. >> reporter: with inspiration like that, i was ready to go. until finally, a light at the end of the tower. some of this is sweat. some of this is rain. but i feel amazing on top of the greatest city in the world. a runner's high more than 1,000 feet above new york city. all right. so, it took me 17 minutes to get to the top, which is only seven minutes behind the first place winner. but with money raised for charity and that view at the end, we were all winners. >> look at this. >> a little medal. and you can see the empire state building in there. >> that's cool. i don't know how you did it. watching that, i was like -- >> you take the stairs up to your office after the show and this is how you sound, right? >> i take the elevator and that's how i sound. >> nobody is taking stairs around here. >> next year, you'll run it with me? >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> more news coming up after this. janai, she ran away. >> this is abc's "world news now,"

how long would it take you to run up $86.00 flights of stairs a total of $1576.00 steps how about under 12 minutes that's how long it took for the top 3 male finishers they were from poland malaysia and italy the top woman did it in just 12 minutes in 18 seconds and if you think it's only about strong legs think again. not only your legs but also upper body. very extreme sport back home in kuala lumpur runner weight ching says he trains a lot i train at a 60 flaw but in malaysia so i train treated 4 times a week. about $600.00 a week i climb it's a pia it's so i meant it's a mental not to give in to the pain and there's a lot 7 of pain or more than $215.00 runners took part in this year's race and they came from 20 different countries and competing for a cause money raised went to support the multiple myeloma research foundation that helps cure the rare form of blood cancer sally coxe mo was diagnosed with it but she's healthy now in her toughest moments fighting cancer she says she started running stairs to take out her frustrations now she competes i've done races all over the world b

stairs that he said were poorly constructed. >>and just you know how scary it was when the flames started 10 to know that my sister. was was there for that and that's and that's how she died. >>retired opened fire investigator maria sabatini return for cross examination defense attorney andy stein asked a series of questions throughout the afternoon like who assisted her on the investigation. what time she arrived in left and how many buckets of debris were removed, i want to know what she did. >>she doesn't know what she did she has no she talked to defense attorneys believe the fire was started by an arsonist 17 he said she was unable to eliminate arson as a possible cause and said victim's clothes were never tested for accelerants to her knowledge and that she never personally checked the gas tanks of the many arby's inside the warehouse to see if they had gas in them. >>the cause of the fire has never been determined. >>victims families are titled the truth. and they haven't been given the truth and the truth is that this wa

gray hoodie walking up to where a mother and daughter are climbing the stairs. he heard to catch up with them and then he grabbed the woman's purse hurling the woman and her child violently down those stairs. fortunately they were not seriously hurt. this happened last monday on tower lane in san jose. police say surveillance video and witness descriptions helped lead them to their suspects. police believe he's responsible for at least four other person at robberies.>> is method of operation is simple, he approaches them from behind like an ambush style attack, grabs the purse and takes off and gets in the car. he primarily focuses on asian females with expensive for purses. >> witnesses help identify the suspect from the black lexus he allegedly used as a getaway car as well as this clear surveillance video. following his arrest detectives searched his home and say the located evidence of other crimes. investigators say there could be more victims out there and are hoping that those people will come forward. police say that he remains in custody tonight. he was

we went outside and on the stairs was a young man, crying. and it turns out he had been forced out -- beaten up essentially by the football team in his hometown and then thrown out by his family when he went home. and he got on a bus, and he arrived in the castro, and the rainbow stairs were really meaningful to him. this was probably 11:30 at night or midnight, so we gave him food and phone calls were made and someone gave him a safe place to live. about a week later, he came back to thank us, and he just felt so safe and happy here. so i was particularly struck by this sentence in the staff report under the general plans compliance section. preservation and enhancement of these districts serves the city's interest as an abundance of cultural and recreational activities lends san francisco an advantage over other municipalities. and i think that is exactly right. i hope that the

the stairs were viable stairs. those stairs save people's lives. >> we heard from the city of oakland planning and building officials who said the warehouse was known only for storage, not for residential use or assembly of large events. the city's own records show no one properly had applied for the correct permits for decades . we will have more on that tomorrow. mchenry, you have been in court every day of this trial so far. given what happened, it is extremely emotional but today, hearing from those last text messages, just what was it like to be in court today? >> we heard from two loved ones of victims and just to have the woman just burst on the sand stand immediately after identifying how she was related to her loved one, day in and day out, family members in the gallery who are dabbing their eyes and passion tissue boxes. it is a collective hurt that goes on . >> hearing their last words, coming from those messages . >> what about the blessed mac you can start to see that in their text messages . >> who wa

. >> i just remember running up and down the stairs that didn't go anywhere, that are real now. >> theye. >> the bedrooms are on the second floor. our bedrooms on will never forget is those kisses from davey jones. >> me either. >> i was so jealous. so jealous. >> we had a thing going on but desi and davey and mary ann ross came through that door as a doctor and joe namath. right? >> right. >> we had amazing people on our show. >> we want to see you back together on tv again. could there be like a special or could there be -- >> there should be. >> beyond the hgtv reveal? >> i was going to say this is it for now. >> for now. >> for now. >> and we could film it here and live here. >> yeah. well, you know. >> and drive that old car from 1972. >> we could do a talk show here and freak out our guests, and they would be unable to speak. wouldn't that be good? >> yeah. because when you first walk in, you freak out. >>> to make this iconic house complete, it took no fewer than six tv siblings and twin hgtv stars. >> this is the most complex, the renovation we've ever done. >> and there was one

they have to go up a huge part of stairs. at the top is the gestapo. the young daughter loses it. the mother said, excuse me, i'm not going to be able to carry my book and my suitcase up the stairs. could you do that for me? or help me out? that way they literally got the gestapo to --. because women were seducers and beautiful and because they knew how to use that as a weapon, they got away with a lot that young men never would. thank you for bringing that up. >> britney mentioned marseille. we are talking about normandy. was of the case after the invasion that many citizens had fled to the countryside? >> it was more true in 1940. as the germans moved east, citizens of paris began a mass exodus. every car and train. the idea was to get to someplace in the west and south of france and away from the germans. at first, they occupy the north with the collaboration in the south. then after the battle in 1942, the realized the threat could be from the south. they occupy the whole country in 1943. >> volunteer from bob in bolivia. >> thank you for having us. great job on the book. my f

in that way they got the germans to carry silk parachutes up the stairs of the station. because french women were seducers, because they were beautiful and because they knew how to use that as a weapon they got away with a lot that young men never would. that's their unique role in the resistance. >> that caller mentioned britainy, mentioned marseille. of course we are talking about normandy. was it the kags that after the invasion of paris that many citizens fled to the countryside? >> it was true, but it was more true in 1940 because as the germans moved east, citizens of paris literally began a mass exodus. every single car, every single train, and the idea was to get to someplace in the west and south of france and away from the germans. but of course the germans then at first occupied the north with a collaborationless government in the south. and after a battle in 1942, the germans realized that in fact the threat could be from the south, north africa. so they occupied the whole country in 1943. >> let's if back to calls here in bob in bolivia, north carolina. >> c

needed six escorts to carry her very heavy train up the met gala stairs. >> trying to make sure that'sery elegant, extravagant but not too halloween-ish. okur! >>> welcome to the met gala with jared leto and me. billy porter arrived with six dancers carrying him on the red carpet. tell everyone who doesn't understand camp, what camp is. >> camp is the art of being extra. that's what the kids call it today. >> speaking of camp, cher was the surprise performer. ♪ >> and gwen stefani sang along. the living legend was introduced by lady gaga, who co-hosted the event. lady gaga, work it. lady gaga arrives first. and the queen of the met gala, or should we just call it the "met gaga" didn't disappoint. mother monster worked the carpet in not one but four different looks. it's a theatrical moment with lady gaga at the met. gaga in 25-foot hot pink train stepped on the carpet with five handlers. also by her side, designer brandon maxwell was by her side as he stripped her way through the 13.5-minute show, >> this is her second costume change and i believe there is a third underneath. this is s

this guy approaches her, rips the purse away, drags them both down the stairs. police eventually arrested the suspect 26-year-old pablo cabrera over the weekend. police have linked him to a slew of similar crimes. officers say he targets asian women carrying expensive purses. the suspect was already on parole for burglary. >> the storm watch now. live looks across the bay area. it is pretty hard to believe but a decent dose of debt of rain is on the way. chief meteorologist paul deanno is tracking our may storm coming. >> it is coming in the month of may. if we all were to close our eyes and open the eyes not knowing what month it was you would think you are smack dab in the middle of winter. this type of pattern is something we see in january or february or maybe march. it is coming tomorrow. it is e nth of may but it looks like february. there is no blocking ridge of high pressure anywhere close. that is a potent storm heading toward northern california. a few drops of rain in the north bay. that is not the storm. the storm comes tomorrow. we have the north ba

i choose death on the stairs rather than choosing an ongoing risk. the defense tried to keep maxwell off the stand on the grounds of the jury would be swayed by emotion. >> were confident that the jury can see the difference between mr. maxwell situation that he is in physically and his testimonies were not more worried about his testimony. in the form of a fire investigator maria sabatini was on the stand. she testified authorities did not determine the cause of the fire and found no signs of molotov cocktails or arson which the defense has is what started it. >> she saw people living there as she did nothing about it. >> make sure you stay right here with us that ktvu for henry lee's coverage of the warehouse fire trial and that ktvu.com you can find the daily ghost ship trial blog. >>> another bay area. it's been tied behind bars for the college admission scandal. 54-year-old peterson victoria of menlo park pled guilty to charges in boston. he is accused of paying $15,000 to have a proctor correct his daughter's answers on her college entrance exa

with a gray hoodie and plaid pants sneak up behind a woman and a child as the woman walks up the stairs the man runs behind her, yanks her purse. the woman is seen clutching onto her purse and her child's hand. both the woman and the young girl or been dragged down the stairs.>> the girl was crying, mom was screaming multiple times. >> reporter: the robbery occurred right outside this law office. the child looked like she was four or five years old. >> the mom and the child went flying down the stairs.>> reporter: the robbery happened in the office complex in san jose, back on may 6 the pediatricians office on the second floor says the victim and child were coming in for an appointment. cameras capture the violent attack.>> it's horrifying to watch that this guy is preying on women that are really by themselves or in this case with a young child. >> reporter: cameras caught the suspect leaving a black lexus. the video evidence led police to pablo cabrera. they searched his home and found more evidence. linking him to for other robberies. the victims are all asian women with expensive pu

i chose death on the stairs rather than choosing an unknown risk.istened to his testimony. >> to listen to someone there in the fire and see how unsafe the stairs were and to know my sister was in that and that's how she died, very pantoffle hear. >> reporter: the defense unsuccessfully tried to keep maxwell off the stands. >> we're confident the jury can see the difference between mr. maxwell's situation. we're not worried about his testimony. >> reporter: former oakland fire investigator was back on the stand. she testify thad authorities could not determine the cause of the fire and und fono evidence of arson or molotov cocktails. one brought in to cross examine her says she reese trying to prove that she's hideing the truth and trying to protect the city. >> she walked into the building and saw people living there and did nothing about it. >> reporter: an attorney will continue cross examineing the fire official on thursday. henri lee, kutv, fox 2 news. >> and be sure to stay with us here on kutv for henry's coverage of the ghost ship drive. at

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