why the girls are getting dirty, roberta. >> reporter: yes, mobile weather just came out here to the alameda county fairgrounds where it is 70 degrees blue skies can't even barely buy a breeze, today we are joined by the dirty girls mud run and we have jessa here with us, schumacher, thank you for coming out. >> pleasure. >> tell me about the dirty girl mud run if nobody knows about it. >> a women's only none competitive fun mud run. >> okay there is obviously more than just run because i scaled this wall and did that earlier. >> yes, it is a 5-k 1 with obstacles, they are optional but trust me you will want to do them all. >> i have been trying to do that, so you scale a wall and run a bit and climb ropes and run through more mud, how many people do you anticipate tomorrow? >> we will actually have over 3800 amazing women out here tomorrow. >> 3800 so only well received here. >> yes our second year here at the county fairgrounds and it is growing. it is so much fun. >> you have a charity aspect. >> we do, we partner with an amazing organization called bright pink and we contribute funds to

the parking lot at the alameda terminal is full. many other parking lots at the other terminals are also full. the early you can get to the terminal, the better. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:34. we don't have the b.a.r.t. buses and trains because of the strike, but one alternative, charter buses. b.a.r.t. is providing charter buses to get people into san francisco. the charters are available during peak commute hours. pickup in the east bay is between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. from el cerrito del norte, west oakland, concord, walnut creek, la fayette, dublin, partly sunny on, san leandro, hayward -- pleasanton, valley, hayward and fremont. the buses will return back to the east bay between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. >>> now, commuters do have other options, too. the san francisco bay ferry, as you heard brian, well, the san francisco bay ferry is offering extra services during the strike. you have the option of a.c. transit, for now, at least, some transand -- samtrans and caltrains. if you want to drive, there's also casual c

ktvu brian flores is at the alameda ferry terminal this morning. first ferry of the day left just a couple hins ago. you are seeing a lot of people out there. >> reporter: no question about that. the first ferry boat just got here. its leaving at this very moment as we speak. when we talk about the ferries, it is turning out to be a very popular alternative. you are taking a live look at the lines here at the alameda ferry terminal. this line is shortened from a few minutes ago. this line all the way extended to the parking lot. and getting parting is a major deal here. 1900 passengers on sunday morning alone. that is double on a typical sunday. and last friday which was day one of the bart strike 7100 passengers. and that was also more than a typical friday. it will be interesting to see what is the numbers will be like. it will be busy. we talked to some of the passengers before they got on the boat. >> great ride. different from bart. but not as fast as bart. at the same point i feel for the workers. i feel for everybody that rides bart. includin

today, the alameda fire department were called to help a patient but didn't see any notice the buildings closed. >> i suspect we would have started -- they would have started this process sooner than saturday afternoon. >> the fbi is now assisting in the investigation. the owners of the valley springs, hilda and rodelio manual ran another facility on fruitville avenue. new owners took over changing the manner to wood park. 78-year-old john cane recalls what it was like that. we didn't have water. we had no food. >> the new owners described taking over in conditions they described as deplorable. >> we weren't able to use the kitchen until those problems were eliminated. >> sheriff's department says they're still interviewing patients and former staff members and they're asking anyone who sees him to please give them a call. rob ross, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now. advocates for the elderly filed a lawsuit today accusing the state of failing to protect those in nursing homes or similar facilities. the group is called foundation aiding the elderly. it says the state takes far to

. >> what is different is that we do not see the alameda county sheriff of here. they want to crack down on casual car pooling. i sing one car pull up. this is a no-no, maybe the sure to permit will be out here but that is a no no and you are not to pull up and asked people if they need a ride. this is a bus stop, you just cannot do that. >> they are going to have the buses that are going to be packed. we want to ask people to take pictures and send it to was or use our mobile app. will love to track your commute. tell us what time you got up and what time your ride to work. >> this looks like there is plenty of room for this but there is probably too more buses. those places maybe felt of luck. >> continuing our team coverage of the bart strike. another option for commuters to get around are the bay area ferries. kron 4's terisa estacio joins us live from jack london square in oakland this morning. terisa? >> a lot of people of there are not smiling because they had to get up early. that has to find alternative ways to get to work. >> first, how are you feeling ab

kron4's haazig madyun as at the alameda main street terminal with an update on the commute from thered lining up early here at the alameda very terminal as the bart strike continues. in fact the line for the first ferry stretched the lead of this sidewalk. it is likely to be that way throughout the morning. servers have stepped up with ferries leaving every 45 minutes with a maximum load of 300 passengers. every way ticket will run you $3.25 per if you can also use your clipper card to get on. >>: if you're going to be standing in line for possibly hours. let's find out what kind of weather you can anticipate. >>erica: good morning desperate ellis is not as cold most of us waiting up to forties and low 50s. we do however have patchy fog along the coast line. and even some fog for our bay shore lines. 50 degrees currently in oakland. as an all separate as we head into the afternoon for it was the right of low 60s cosi to low 80s inland. livermore today 83 percent san mateo a high of 68 degrees. 78 degrees in santa rosa. downtown san francisco pretty mild with a high of 65. in 7 day aro

the alameda county sheriffs said they removed 14 residents because thursday the facilities operating license was suspended by the state. the sheriffs said the patients were not properly cared for and the 3-person staff was overwhelmed. >> these are human beings. how do you abandon them. >> reporter: they inspector were in the process of finding them homes. only 11 not 14 remained here at valley springs. the attorney said they were trying to find remaining residents places to live and the cook and the janitor were there over the weekend. >> at the state and local level it continues. the owners are appealing the suspension of their operating license. >>> coming up a taste of winter for northern california. first snow of the season. sugary beverages are getting more expensive. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important

the alameda county sheriff's office hosted the two-day event called urban shield which is billed at the largest law enforcement exercise in the country. >>> five weeks ago today a patient disappeared from san francisco general hospital but her body was not found for 17 days. tonight there are new questions about lynne spalders disappears. a new report says the hospital asked the sheriff's office spefrl times to search for spald. chase cain joins us from sf general with more on what both sides are saying tonight. >> reporter: a hospital spokesperson confirms that they did ask the sheriff to search for spalding after her disappearance but they would not tell us how many times they asked. this all stems from a report by the san francisco kroen kl that sf general had to ask the sheriff to search for spalding four times after she went missing on september 21st. spalding was found dead in a stairwell 17 days after she first went missing but her family has gotten few answers about what happened to her. sf general told us it is uncommon to request multiple searches for a person but a sheriff's

. >> are the alameda county sheriff's department was investigating the scene at the valley care assisted living facility after a family member went to visit saturday t.relative was shocked to find that most of the staff was gone and had not been there since an order to close on thursday. offers say that a cook and two janitors were the only ones there to care for patients. they had been abandoned, many of them bedridden. >> it was 14 people that were here trying to find plays, trying to contact family and some will be transport today area hospitals at this point because we can not leave them here. >> i think they should be held accountable. you can't vacate and leave residents without proper care. this is what you pay for. there are laws that protect the patients. i think there should be legal matters. >> how can somebody do that? we're talking about human beings. it's a bad situation. >> reporter: the sheriff's department said the investigation is just beginning. elder abuse could coming. >>> a shooting at the spot nightclub in campbell this morning left a man injured. it started when a

the pipeline is near britain avenue and the alameda and some in the city fear another san bruno disaster. kpix 5's anne makovec has the story. >> reporter: as the sun shines over this neighborhood, concern about what lies beneath. >> it's not okay. there's families that live there. what about them? >> reporter: a major natural gas pipeline runs underground similar to the one that blew up in san bruno killing 8 people and destroying 38 homes in 2010. san carlos provided these emails from a pg&e employee concerned about line 147. >> whether or not it was damaged by their own testing process and whether or not we're sitting on a san bruno situation here in san carlos. >> reporter: so city officials met again today after declaring a state of emergency on friday when a judge issued a temporary injunction to shut it down. that still hasn't happened. >> we want our customers to know this line is safe. >> reporter: pg&e has already admitted giving flawed reports about pipeline safety and faulty recordkeeping. but they feel confident in this pipeline. >> they need to protect us and remove the lin

the alameda county district attorney's office is reviewing the evidence found within the search. sherman is currently being held at santa rita county jail. >> plans to close another contra costa county fire station in january are on hold now that a county administrator says the fire district's financial outlook is improving. but as kron four's philippe djegal reports. response times are are not. >> reporter: contra costa county fire protection district pittsburg station 87 closed in july. one of seven district stations to shutdown since 20-11. and, in 20-11. district chief daryl louder says the average response time for the first crew to arrive on scene was about 8 minutes and 30 seconds. but since the closure of station 87. louder says the average response time has skyrocketted to about 10 minutes and 30 seconds. a two minute increase. in some extreme cases, louder says the first crew hasn't arrived until more be then 12 minutes after a call fire marshall lewis broshard adds that it takes on average more than 23 minutes to assemble a first alarm response. more than 10 minutes ab

. >> reporter: the alameda county district attorney says the reason for it was retaliation. a mother overwhelmed with today's news. >> i've been waiting for this day since the day i got the phone call that she was dead. >> reporter: she reacted to the arrest of darnell williams, who is charged with killing her 8-year-old daughter. >> i don't get to see no more years with my daughter. i don't want them to see anymore light on this street. >> reporter: the district attorney announced the arrest of williams and two other people involved in a crime spree from berkeley to oakland. williams is an oakland gang member and believed to be the shooter in the 8-year-old's killing. she just happened to open the door while at sleepover in oakland when williams came to the door and started shooting. >> we believe there was an earlier shooting and murder and this was a retaliation. they went to that house to kill someone at the house. >> reporter: she was killed, but was not the intended target. two other young children were also hit by gunfire along with the 63-year-old grandmother. this c

that is the theme for this year's employment conference in alameda county. ing and raising awareness of the need to integrate people with disabilities into the work force. now, one of their success stories is joel sidney. he's 31 years old, graduated from uc berkeley. so you might think it would be easy for him to get a job. however, joel is autistic and spent a long and frustrating time looking for work. he's working in the alameda county sheriff's office with the help of a program called search. it helps people with various developmental disabilities get an internship, build a resume and then land a job. >> he has choices now in life and this is really something that has allowed him to decide what he wants in life and to have access to getting those changes that he wants. >> she's joel's job coach. she believes he might have found a job eventually on his own but this would not have been something that he would enjoy or one that truly utilizes -- utilizes his skills. and hopes that joel is an inspiration to others. >> look hard into your potential, ask for h

how is the ferry ride different from their bart ride? taking a live look back here in alameda, it says it cost them twice as much. it takes the amount of time if you talk about the actual ride but when you talk about the wait in line and getting here and talk about the cost that is more and it does disrupt their schedule. hopefully all these folks will see the end of the line coming will get on this boat. again it will be another 45 minutes before the next boat arrives and that is what they want to avoid. >> parking lot is providing charter buss to help people get in and out of san francisco. i want to take you out to the walnut creek bart station. people started showing up hours ago to try to get a seat on the buses. because again just like the ferries a limited number of seats. the first shuttle bus left about an hour ago. passengers will be dropped off in san francisco near the transbay terminal. of course they have to find a way top get their to their actual office. return trips will leave from the terminal between 3:00 and 7:00 this evening. now the buses will run from ea

the alameda county sheriff's office announced it opened an investigate into a case of a senior care facilityhave been abandoned with 14 patients over the weekend. the valley springs nursing home were left with only a cook, janitor and another caretaker for two days. the rest of the employees left after the state ordered it to be temporarily shut down on tuesday. the patients are being medically evaluated while deputies continue their investigation. >>> a man whose parents were in the facility says the owner should face charges. >> what he could have done is make -- they should be -- that is just criminal. >> the state officials say the owner of the nursing home also owns facilities in oakland and modesto and those facilities were temporarily shut down last week and all three had violations dating back to 2008. >>> republicans today used the computer glitches playinging the president's health care reform law as a means to criticize the entire plan yet again. nbc 5 bay area says the white house is promising the website will be fixed by the end of the month. >> reporter: not even on his way to

adds at this time, he's focusing on mourning the loss of his wife and raising their baby girl. >>> the alameda county coroner says sandra coke was strangled to death. the bod did of the 50-year-old -- body of the 50-year-old oakland woman was found in a creek bed in vacaville back in august. her former boyfriend pleaded not guilty today to her murder. he claims the two had rekindled the relationship after he got out of prison last year. >>> in developing news out of massachusetts, authorities in essex county north of boston are investigating the murder of 24-year-old high school math teacher colleen ritzer and 14- year-old student fill imchism is being -- phillip chism is being charged with her murder. her body was found behind the high school after she was reported missing about 1:20 last night -- 11:20 last night. >> the teacher was reported missing. the police instituted a search and found what i described earlier as blood and secured the school at that time. >> police found chism after midnight walking along a highway in a nearby town. he's being held without bail and will be given a menta

the track was out of service. in walnut creek, ktvu channel 2 news. >> no a.c. transit strike at least for now. an almeet da county -- alamedaounty judge order add cooling- off period. we are on the scene in orinda tonight where a fire underneath a bart train caused an emergency evacuation during the evening commute and it is still causing delays. the very latest coming up on the 10:00 news. >> we're always here for you at ktvu.com. thanks for joining us. we'll be back in about an hour with more news. until then, good night. >> good night. why do i always have to carry the heavy stuff? well, it's very simple. in our ragtag band of scientists with nothing to lose, i'm the smart one, wolowitz is the funny one, and koothrappali is the lovable foreigner who struggles to understand our ways and fails. that leaves you, by default, as the muscle. oh. one more floor, and i'd be the pulled muscle. oh, it's about time. i'm starving. um, well, we didn't actually get chinese food. why not? don't panic. this is better. oh, no. you didn't trade the food for magic beans, did you? of course not. and technically, magic beans would be food. a

some much sunnier changes coming our way as we look ahead towards the next 36 hours. 47 in the alameda valley. daytime highs tomorrow should be warmer. we do think we'll be about five to seven degrees warmer than what we had today. palo alto expecting 71 degrees. east bay, it is going to be similar here. 74 in livermore. 73 walnut creek. 64 in fairfield. chilly at the coast. upper 50s to low 60s. if you're just tuning in now, we do want to reiterate is by this weekend we'll see that super thick fog pattern ending as winds begin to shift. as we look ahead towards next week, it is going to be about colder air coming our way. no rainfall. you may wondering what is it going to do to that halloween forecast? we're looking good so far. no rainfall. temperatures in the 60s and just a little bit of cloud cover. by this weekend, it is going to warm up inland with low 80s. low to mid 70s by the bay and upper 60s by the coast. temperatures dropping into the 60s for everyone on tuesday. mid 70s inland by halloween. no rain on halloween at this point. >>> coming up, relying on facebook to get your

bryce kelly and robyn of the alameda county democratic central committee and andy of the east bay mud. thank you. >> can you say your name again? >> des patten. president of the bart professional chapter of sciu 1021. [ applause ] >>> good evening, my name is sal. bart professional chapter vice president. we understand that this trek has been an incredible inconvenience. the bart workers are raising issues at the bargaining table that is important to all workers in the region. bart workers, just like other workers, just want to be able to afford to live in the bay area. they want to afford health insurance for their families and they want to be safe when they go to work. we want to thank the thousands of bay area workers who stood by us so we could win a contract that put the safety and well being of riders and workers first. a tentative agreement must be voted on and ratified by members of the union and approved by the bart board of directors before it takes effect. the agreement provides the reasonable wage increases. a compromise in addition to changes that will allow for innovatio

the suspect later arrested after he returned to the alameda shop to pick up his car. the attack comes as new fbi statistics have dubbed oakland the robbery capital of america. >> the most robbery city in the country! when it comes to auto thefts, robbery, crime, you name it. >> fbi reports more than 3800 robberies in oakland this year, a 24% higher rate than this time last year. >>> there's a new sliver of hope a bart strike could be averted. the union representing train operators and station agents made a new offer last night. but they are not saying what that offer is. in august, the unions asked for a 21.5% raise. they came down to 17% in september. the transit agency's management has held steady at 10%. the two sides have just 8 days left to work something out and avoid another strike. >>> new details on the security scare that forced a five-hour shutdown at jacksonville international airport. one person was arrested after two suspicious packages were found at the airport prompting evacuations yesterday. >> it was pay device, you know, that certainly had some destr

going to be a little bit slower to get rid of that cloud cover. 46 in the alameda valley. 51 in san francisco. daytime highs will rebound tomorrow. 65 in san jose. 64 in palo alto. it's going to feel like a coastal day for those interior valleys for tomorrow. for the east bay, our typical hot spot not going to get too warm. 64 in napa. 60 in half moon bay. halloween is right around the corner. looking good for those trick or treaters. thursday, a few clouds. 60s and dry weather. no matter what you're costume is, you're going to be good today. temperatures tend to warm up throughout this week with some low and mid 70s. mother nature has put her foot down. no more hot weather coming our way in the next seven days. >> do we have to dress up for halloween by the way? >> yes. we'll see what happens. >>> doctors' orders. the new rule about smartphones and social media that families need to know. >>> another bay area city is trying to attack soda pop and what the money could be used for. >>> it's failed in another city, but san francisco supervisor wants to put a soda tax in this city. he is calling

. >> the alameda district attorney is going to investigate a senior facility leaving patients to fend for themselves. >> sheriff's deputies found 14 patients abandoned after most of the staff walked out. >> a notice was on the door of the valley residential care from the department of social services ordering the site to be closed. >> now, they could face it elder abuse charges. >> we are talking about human beings here. how do you just abandon them. >> they spoke to the owner of the facility. he would only say his client is getting out of the nursing home business. >> chevron is asking to about the refinery. the billion dollar project could face hurdles for permits. >> chevron said improvements would allow the repipary to promote oils with a higher sulphur content making it competitive. >> san carlos regarding pipeline safety. >> this is a between pg&e, the public utilities commissionen a both officials in san carlo and san brawn no. >> they have a decision to bring it back on line. >> a big atlantic storm with hurricane wind forces landed in the uk. >> it came it on shore at 90 mile

saying "closed for business" is on the front door of the valley springs manor nursing home and the alameda county sheriff says state social services shut down the facility thursday, but 14 elderly residents were still there more than two days later. relatives say they didn't know where their loved ones were or some of them said that they had been there with only a skeleton staff. one of those left behind is a woman whose daughter-in-law says the family just cannot understand how this happened. >> i'm actually pretty upset because we have no idea where, you know, his mom is. the officers are trying to figure out where they relocated her to, so it's really infuriating. pretty brutal and horrific to know -- not even just her. there were over a dozen people left behind that couldn't fend for themselves. >> the social services website shows valley springs as a licensed facility, but still no details about why the state shut it down. however a review on care.com claims to be from a resident who more than two months ago wrote this place has been fined several times for several things. we have no

and remember, for local transit, golden gate ferries, the alameda ferry, they will be offering extra times and more boats. caltrain will be offering a baby bullet train for the morning commute which will pick up passengers at the millbrae bart station. so far no delays for local transit. that's a look at your friday drive. now to frank and michelle. >> all right, liza, thanks. >>> again, here's how you can get around the strike this morning. bart is offering charter buses from 9 east bay stations to san francisco and back during commute hours. free roundtrip tickets are first come, first served. and if you don't get one this morning, you can't board a bus in the evening. so you have to come here before you can head home. hov lanes hours will be extended from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on stretches of interstate 80, 680, 880 and highways 92 and 84. and to help you get around during the strike, we have a complete survival guide at kpix.com. click on the link on the homepage. >>> new this morning, san francisco police are investigating a double shooting on treasure island. two people were hurt but

. >>> the alameda county d.a. has charged randy alana with the murder of sandra coke of oakland. randy alana will be arraigned this afternoon on murder charges. coke was a federal criminal investigator who dated alana briefly about 20 years ago. police say the two were together the night she vanished from her oakland home in early august. her body was later found in vacaville. >>> new details now. prosecutors just announced they will not press charges against a firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the asiana airlines flight that crashed at sfo. they said the death of the 16- year-old student from china was tragic but firefighters responding to the crash did not violate any criminal laws. the case is considered closed. >>> there are a lot of happy people in mountain view today. google shares have gone over $1,000. it's the first time that happened since the search engine giant went public at $85 a share some 9 years ago. so why the surge? kcbs financial reporter jason brooks joins us live to tell us why. >> reporter: certainly good news for all those early investors w

the b.a.r.t. strike ended last night, san francisco bay ferry continues to provide its b.a.r.t. strike service schedule today. it's running 12 boats between oakland, alameda, san francisco, south san francisco. on a normal day, they would run eight boats. >> she thought the public probably didn't know b.a.r.t. was back on. my understanding is that b.a.r.t. is not at full strength. it will take until this afternoon. we thought it was best to provide the service we could to the public. so they know we're there and they know to get back to their cars runway or another. >> ferry ridership was down noticeably compared to the four days of the b.a.r.t. strike. on friday, more than 7,000 people rode the ferry boats. sunday, the load was 1900, twice the normal sunday ridership and yesterday, it climbed to more than 15,000. even though the b.a.r.t. strike is over, the extended carpool hours are still in effect for the h.o.v. lanes. in the east bay on interstates 80, 880 and 680, diamond lanes are extended all day until 7:00 p.m. tonight and single motorists be aware. h.o.v. lane violation tickets carry a minimum $490 fine. so now that the strike is over, union memb

this comes as we learn the alameda county fire department was called out to that visit. lley springs manner four times late last week. fighters had no idea it was supposed to be closed. >> but because the way it appeared, the fire crew that was there, as they went in between thursday and saturday, never recognized that there were too few people or what the appropriate number was. >> a cook says state workers were at that facility last week. left friday afternoon. multiple law enforcement agencies, including the fbi, are going to meet tomorrow to discuss the investigation. >> health and human services secretary owned up today to the problems with the rollout of obama care. >> let me say directly to these americans, you deserve better. i'm accountable to you for fixing these problems. >> that apology wasn't enough for some members of congress. they pressed her as to why no one has been fired over problems with the website. she deflected saying she should be held responsible for the problems. when questioned about people losing their insurance plans, she said it was up to th

the flag was supposed to go up by the alameda sister city association. that was to celebrate china's national day which marks the founding of the people's republic of china. >>> there was a similar controversy in san leandro last month. a protest stopped the city council's plan to raise the chinese flag in that city. supporters say this would be a show of sport for the bay area's growing chinese community. but critics say that could be viewed as supporting the human rights violation. >>> 7:17. the family of kevin son announced the weekend memorial services for their 16-year-old child. he died in a horrifying crash in san francisco's lower pacific heights neighborhood last week. a speeding driver slammed into his family's van killing the teenager and critically injuring his mother and sister. now, the wake for kevin is now scheduled for friday afternoon at the funeral home on 17th street in san francisco. his funeral will be held at the same funeral home at 8:00 saturday morning. there will be a funeral procession in colma for a 9:30 a.m. ceremony. >>> san

it started in 2007 by the alameda county sheriff's department. >> i believe that they represent a very small segment of society. the vast majority are the millions of people that live in the area and prefer to have a well trained police, fire, and ems system so that when badness does potentially happen, that we are there to help them. >> this all happening on the second anniversary of the eviction of the occupy oakland campers from franko galla plaza at city hall, just three blocks away. given the history of protests that turn into clashes with police at night, groups who break windows and vanldz lies downtown businesses, police are trying to make their presence known early. they have been caught off guard before. >> if they do come and want to practice freedom of speech, they do it peacefully. they have a right to do that, and we're here to facilitate that. we are prepared just in case if people start breaking the law, acts of violence or vandalism, we'll tail the necessary action. we're keeping an eye on things, but they do point out that the first anniversary turned out very peacefu

today the alameda county district attorney announced charges had been filed against two alleged gang members. a 27-year-old joe carol and 22-year-old darnel williams, both of oakland. carol was arrested in texas williams identified by investigators using this sketch released by police in september is being charged two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder ask one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling. >> darnel williams just opened fire without any consideration of what, who was standing at the door. what was going to happen. and it's shocking. and it is upsetting it's upsetting that kids in oakland are so vulnerable to this violence, and the just, a complete disregard for human life by some of these individuals involved in gang taste tivet. >> she would have been a third grader. in oakland abc 7 news. >> it's official. stolen cop grer a substation cause aid campus wide outage at uc berkeley last night before explosion and fire caused an evacuation. a dozen buildings are still without power. the explosion happened in a underground vault. abc 7 news is live at cal no

. >>> the alameda county district attorney's office is expected to begin its investigation tomorrow regarding a castro valley senior care facility where patients were abandoned. authorities arrived at valley springs manor yesterday to find 14 disabled patients without proper care. the state had shut down the facility on tuesday. it looked as though the staff simply left. we spoke to the attorney for the fa sill residents owner and says it's a misunderstanding. >> an apartment complex in fremont is accused of discriminating against families with children. the lawsuit targets the woodland garden apartments on bell street. u.s. justice department says a rule banning children playing on the command areas is unfair. management has not responded to our request for an interview. >> still ahead, look at how low water levels after a dry year and what it could mean for you. >> why the hot trend of going green may not pay off for u.s. hotels. >> why wildlife officials are encouraged by a new visitor to lake merritt. >> the clouds are thickening and there's chance of showers in the >>> california might n

the alameda county fire department says no one was injured. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> san francisco's historic coit tower is closing as part of a make over, today the recreation and park commission is expected to approve a 1.1 million dollar contract for work on it which includes restoring the muriels and is set to begin next month and should re-open by mid-april. >>> the caldecott tunnel there could be opening then. they say they are tentatively planning to open it to traffic on the weekend of november 16th, however we are told that date is not set in stone, the 417 million dollar 4th bore project will allow for two dedicated tunnels in each direction. >> well, another day another very nice forecast. we are completely clear once again, just a little bit of some haze but still a very nice afternoon shaping up, in fact temperatures on track already in the 70s, a few lower 80s this average, right now on the maps, that is the camera perspective but you see clouds there around cape mendocino but here nothing but clear skies

. >> the alameda county district attorney will open an investigation into a senior living facility accused of leaving patients to fend for themselves. 14 disabled patients were found at valley springs manor in castro valley on saturday. the staff left after officials ordered the facility closed last week. three workers including a janitor, stayed on without pay to care for the poor patients. the owners attorney says there was sufficient staff to handle the parents. authorities disagree. >> i base it on what the paramedics did: they transported all 14 people out of there to the hospital. i am not a medical expert. we are in law enforcement business but not medics say we need to get everyone to a hospital, i will go with what they say. >> the tone says it is a misunderstanding and the owner is chronically ill. the company owns two other facilities where operating listens were revoked. >> the n.s.a. scandal widens to another united states ally. >> the doctor is out: the doctor who was in >> penn state will pay $60 million to settle claims of child sexual abuse by former assistant football coa

according to the alameda county d.a., she answered the door when he came knocking. he started shooting in that house. she wasn't the intended target. the gunfire hit two other kids and a grandmother. they all survived. >>> to an nbc bay area follow-up. fremont police hope a $10,000 award will lead to the cyclist who took off. the driver of a black toyota camry hit him on fremont boulevard. now, the victim remains hospitalized. the doctors say he is showing sign of improvement. >>> construction could start on apple's new campus called, appropriately, the spaceship. but it may be hitting some minor turbulence as neighbors worry about the traffic it will bring. it will be near interstate 280, once owned by hewlett-packard. >> reporter: behind this fence is where the apple spaceship will finally land. and neighbors on the border of cupertino and santa clara are supportive of this project. but they're hoping that the traffic will not turn into gridlock. patrick robbins remembers fruit orchards as a child. it's a different fruit that's about to plant a seed, apple. >> how

. >>> in the east bay now, the alameda county sheriffs office is investigating a senior care facilityused of abandoned 14 patients. authorities say patients at the valley springs manor nursing home in castro valley were left with only a cook, a janitor, and a caretaker for two days last week. the rest of the employees left after the state ordered the facility to temporarily shut down. the remaining workers eventually became alarmed and called the sheriffs office. state officials say the owner of the nursing home also ownsf&d t facilities in oakland and modesto. those facilities were shut down last week as well. >>> if a san francisco supervisor has his way, get ready to pay more for sugary drinks like soda. the plan is to increase the tax on those drinks and use)-r that money to fight childhood obes y obesity. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in san francisco. other cities have tried to implement a soda tax just like this. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. if this were to pass in san francisco, you'd pay a 40-cent tax on a soda this size, assuming it were all the way full.

. >> reporter: they are employees across the street at alameda county's nutrition services office. rather than risk an $85 ticket trying to park down the side streets many say they are choosing to park down here on telegraph. that's where they say they've been the target repeatedly of burglars and car thieves. >> they smashed my window. >> i didn't see my car. and i saw a lot of glass. >> reporter: one after another. >> they took all my cds and my good sunglasses. >> reporter: workers at alameda county nutrition services on telegraph avenue in oakland. >> they took my bible. >> reporter: lined up to tell us they've been the targets of car thieves. >> right here, where it's the darkest. >> reporter: damaras baker says someone has broken into her car five times. >> there's no point in calling the police because they take a report and nothing is done, nothing changes. >> reporter: someone stole the battery out of her car. >> i was walking to my car with a coworker and she noticed this was a little bit open i said oh no. >> reporter: even more frustrating for the people who park here, t

. >>> the alameda county sheriff's office is asking for help to find a woman from san lorenzo. 77-year-oldtia herrera was last seen at noon on monday leaving her home. she is described as lat tina, 4' 11, about 150 pounds. there's a photo of her on our screen. police say she was driving a toyota sedan, a white four-door 2003 toyota with license plate number 5aua431. herrera is said to suffer from the early stages of dementia. >>> a rally is planned today over the death of a transgender berkeley resident who died in police custody. the death of 41-year-old kayla moore back in february sparked protest at the berkeley police headquarters. since then, an organization called berkeley cop watch has put together what it calls a people's investigation. it says inadequate policies were responsible for kayla's death. the rally is set for 4:00 at the veterans memorial building. >>> two girls face aggravated stalking charges in florida after police say their relentless online bullying caused a 12-year-old girl to commit suicide. we first told you about the felony charges yesterday on mornings on 2. au

>> she was a first grade teacher at serial's elementary here, her husband is a firefighter with the alameda county fire department. her friends say her final act of kindness was donating her organs including one going to an 11-year-old child. >> california has just become the only state in the u.s. this year to expand access to abortions, the governor signed a bill allowing them to perform a common type of first trimester abortion but must undergo train in, the assembly woman said it helps them who cannot find one. >>> they are looking into the death of a patient who went missing therm. the commission which accredits the hospital is also investigating, they confirmed yesterday that lynn spaulding's body was found in a very seldom used stairwell 17 days after she disappeared from her hospital room. the hospital and san francisco sheriff's department says it was searched not well enough though according to her family. >> we want to know what the protocols for a search are, were those protocols followed. >> we do have an established protocol when it comes to patients who come missing from thei

the alameda harbor bay ferry will be picking up riders on the top of each hour. >>> president obama is hosting a healthcare event at the white house. it will feature people who have been helped by the affordable care act and will also acknowledge there are problems with the government's website. the white house says half a million people have filled out applications online but isn't saying how many may have been able to enroll in an insurance plan. >> a huge outpouring of interest shows how important it is that we get this right. there's no one more frustrated than the president at the difficulty in the website. >> the administration is bringing in more help from tech experts inside and outside the government. they are writing new code to fix some of the glitches and they are expanding capacity to meet demand. >>> new this monday morning george washington university in d.c. is planning a curriculum that was inspired by malala yousefzai. the taliban shot her for supporting education for women. they are creating programs to accompany a book released by malala, a pilot curriculum is expec

. >> reporter: they are employees across the street at alameda county's nutrition services office. rather than risk an $85 ticket trying to park down the side streets many say they are choosing to park down here on telegraph. that's where they say they've been the target repeatedly of burglars and car thieves. >> they smashed my window. >> i didn't see my car. and i saw a lot of glass. >> reporter: one after another. >> they took all my cds and my good sunglasses. >> reporter: workers at alameda county nutrition services on telegraph avenue in oakland. >> they took my bible. >> reporter: lined up to tell us they've been the targets of car thieves. >> right here, where it's the darkest. >> reporter: damaras baker says someone has broken into her car five times. >> there's no point in calling the police because they take a report and nothing is done, nothing changes. >> reporter: someone stole the battery out of her car. >> i was walking to my car with a coworker and she noticed this was a little bit open i said oh no. >> reporter: even more frustrating for the people who park here, t

stone is following the story and has more from alameda county. >> reporter:j.d. nelson of the alameda county sheriff's office is talking about the situation at this assisted living care facility over the last two weeks. two friday's ago employees here were told they wouldn't be paid. many stopped working. thursday it was officially closed by the state but patients didn't leave. in fact 13 of them were still there on saturday. at which time the fire department realized the facility had been ordered closed days before. >> reporter: he's talking about the two employeesthis cook and a caretaker who stuck around to help the patients free of charge. i could not just see myself leaving what the residents along. i could not, i just cannot do that. >> reporter: where was the manager and everyone else that was taking care of the people? your guess is as good as mine. >> reporter:lawyers for the owners say they were in the process of finding patients homes. people who couldn't find it themselves. >> reporter:to make matters worse. one of the patients, 64 year old edmund bas

over the weekend, the alameda county sheriff's deparment says they removed 14 residents from the valley springs manner care facility because as of last thursday, the facility's operating license had been temporarily suspended by the state. the sheriffs department also said the patients were not being properly cared for and that the 3 person staff was overwhelmed. >> how could somebody do that? these are human lives. >> reporter: on monday afternoon, i spoke on the phone with an attorney representing the owners of valley springs. he says that they were in the process of finding all of the residents new places to stay. he claims that last week the owners had moved 16 people to new locations and that last weekend only 11.. not 14... patients remained here at valley springs the attorney also says they were still trying to find those remaining residents places to live and that the appropriate number of employees, 2 caregivers and a cook, were left to manage the facility over the weekend. are >> there are still a lot of questions. and with the state inland local levels in the attorney i spoke

temporary suspension order at any time against that facility in modesto. >>> later this afternoon the alameda county sheriff's office and the fire department will hold a news conference and talk about their investigation into their scare facility in castro valley. the state is investigate patients were abandoned two days last week, the state blames that facility for not transferring all of the patients after that home was ordered to close. >> 6:40, social security benefits increase. the government just announced how much the monthly payments will go up by next year. >> also another mystery in the case of a woman's body found there, the witness police are looking for right now. >> some bad traffic on the east shore freeway this morning and at the toll plaza. here is 101. more traffic ahead. >> nothing bad about the weather unless you don't like temperatures in the 30s, plenty of those in the santa cruz mountain and the north bay but warmer today. what about will it hold into the weekend? >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, new this morning the gift just released how much socia

sheriff deputies fatally shoot a boy with a toyhl employees will contribute to their pension for the first in alameda county, the governor was grant add recess in the a.c. transit labor dispute and asked for a 60-day cooling-off period and got it. workers threatened to strike after rejecting two contract deals or proposals last week. ought state agency looking into the deaths of two workers at the 49ers stadium in santa clara is re-opening the investigation into the death of one of the workers. the man who was killed in an elevator accident in june. matt keller joins us with that news. this is a week after the second death. >> yes, it does. safety is on the minds of workers. they say a few changes have taken place since the death at construction site. today, a new revelation that osha is taking another look at the investigation into the death of  worker back in june. >> workers started arriving in santa clara at the new 49ers stadium at 6:15. they are still dealing with the death of edward lake jr. last week. osha says the 61-year-old truck driver was killed when a bundle of rebar being unloaded by

. >> today, the alameda county sheriff and fire department will update their investigation of the castro valley nursing home where patients needed to call 9-1-1 for help. the sheriff deputies found 14 disabled patients at the valley springs manor with only three carrying for them and one was a janitor. they closed the facility eight days ago and suspended the license. most of the staff, then, left. >> today, a top obama administration official faces a grilling before congress on the bungled rollout of the health care reform plan. katie marzullo has a preview. >> health and human services secretary will answer questions about healthcare.gov at 6:00 a.m. from prepared testimony we know she will blame the problem on the contractors who built the website. documents show the main contractor warned the government of the problems a month before the site went live. they wrote "we don't have access to monitoring and hub services are intermitently available." obama administration official who was responsible for the launch of the site has said he is sorry. >> i want to apologize to you that the we

the big issue was parking. we were over at alameda yesterday. and that parking lot filled up pretty quickly. i talked with sf bay ferry, they say that's not gonna be an issue as we get back to the normal routine with the b.a.r.t. trains running. we're live from jack london square, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> b.a.r.t.'s buses came in handy during the chaos we saw early this morning. limited b.a.r.t. service did not start until 6:00 a.m. that was two hours behind schedule. a lot of the early-morning commuters, they simply hopped onto the charter buses that b.a.r.t. has been using since the strike started. cute was there in the 4:00 -- a this morning. >>> the chp will try to continue to keep life easier for carpoolers despite the end of the strike. they are gonna expand the hours for carpool lanes on parts of interstate 80, 880, 680 and 580. those expanded hours are expected to continue at least through the morning commute. >>> this morning's trouble on the b.a.r.t. tracks comes after good news. the strike is over thanks to a tentative set

i didn't see him again until the hospital. >> reporter: boyer, an alameda county paramedic who's worked the streets of oakland for years, herself, knew it was bad from the moment she got the call. quinn had been shot in the head and was being taken to highland hospital. >> did a quick check of -- the last time i told him i loved him. when was the last time, like, we had a laugh. what did we do yesterday? >> reporter: two days later, quinn was taken off life support. what followed were the arrest and the stunning revelation that the accused were just boys. >> and when i heard how young they are, i just -- i just felt sick to my stomach. i just felt sad. >> reporter: now she prepares for his murder trial, this young widow treasures the time they shared. >> he looked so handsome in his suit. >> reporter: mourns the future she lost and the great acts of kindness that will be missed by the boys quinn mentored as a big brother volunteer. >> this is senseless. and it's a loss all around for everyone. >> reporter: another tragic stain to oakland that liz believes in her heart, her beloved husba

the cause of death was confirmed by the alameda county coroner's office it's not clear how long she'deen dead before her body was found. randy alana - a former boyfriend - was charged with her murder friday. >> if you tried to call to complain about noise from the nike women's marathon sunday, you may have heard something you didn't expect. san francisco residents called the city's 3-1-1 hotline and were incorrectly directed to a phone sex line. city officials say they were given the wrong number and are investigating how the mix-up occurred. the phone numbers only differed in their prefix. one was an 8-hundred number and the other was an 8-6-6 a 3-1-1 director says the wrong number was given out for about 30 minutes before >> the food and drug administration is asking dog and cat owners to report any problems their pets have had after eating jerky pet the agency said it has linked illnesses from jerky treats to 36-hundred dogs and 10 cats since 2007. about 580 of those pets have died. the fda says its center for veterinary medicine has run tests and visited pet treat manufacturing pl

the marriott. i'm joined with alameda county sheriff's office pio, sergeant nelson. what's so exciting about this year's event and why do you think it's important to the community? >> well, this year like every other year is exciting because you are combining police, fire, ems and it tests our resources and our ability to respond to any kind of event that could occur. these scenarios are based on real world events that have happened. it's not like we're making things up. we want our area to be prepared. >> reporter: some of the occupy protesters say they are concerned about some of the vendors who are telling weapons and they are coming out here this morning to picket. do you have any concerns about the pretesters in -- protesters interacting with the law enforcement? >> i don't have any concern about that. i know oakland police have a team that's ready to handle anything that may occur. i don't anticipate anything to happen. the protesters here represent a very small segment of society and most of the military of people that live in the bay area want a well-trained p

. >>> the alameda county office says that the one suspect in custody will be arraigned monday. >>> the highway patrol says it was an autistic child who was seriously injured today when a car hit him walking on a busy freeway in the east day. the 12-year-old boy was hit in oakland on eastbound 580 near fruitvale avenue. according to the chp, several drivers called 911 saying someone was running out in the lanes of traffic. the child may have been disoriented. he is now in a medically induced coma. >>> a man has charges he ran naked in a bart station. 21-year-old garazabalo is charged with false imprisonment and sexual battery. but his defender says what he really needs is public health treatment. the judge will take up the case again next wednesday. >>> the san francisco man accused of running a billion dollars online drug marketplace denies the charges against him. that is what ross olbrich's attorney says. this was a sketch from today when his detention hearing was postponed. he is the man accused of running silk road allowing men to shield their identities while buying and selling dr