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clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, october 25th. >>> oping our news, a deadly weekend shooting is raising security questions at a napa state hospital. police have arrested a mentally ill patient for the killing of a worker in napa. jade hernandez. >> reporter: good morning. what goes inside this hospital -- what goes on inside this napa state hospital may soon come under scrutiny. hospital employees found a body, a hospital worker. police entered jess massey. massey entered the state system 17 years ago after he faced robbery, assault and attempted murder. he's being held without jail.

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, october 25th. >>> oping our news, a deadly weekend shooting is raising security questions at a napa state hospital. police have arrested a mentally ill patient for the killing of a worker in napa. jade hernandez. >> reporter: good morning. what goes inside this hospital -- what goes on inside this napa state hospital may soon come under scrutiny. hospital employees found a body, a hospital worker. police entered jess massey. massey entered the state system 17 years ago after he faced robbery, assault and attempted murder. he's being held without jail. we're told jail officials don't release booking photos to the media. hospital officials are not expected to be available for comment for at least another hour. the sheriff's office details the victim as 54-year-old donna gross from concord. she worked at the hospital as a tech. the coroner's office opens in an hour. gross's death is still under investigation this moring. as soon as we get more information, we'll provide that

i quote his old press sectoree cla -- secretary torie clarke.lways did what it took to win. that is politics. the problem for him he's always held himself to such impossibly high standards. i asked him four years ago should we judge you by the high standards you set or the run-of-the-mill standards by every politician. he said i hope you'll hold me to no standard, ha ha. but the point is he outlined his own code of honor and he's the one who violated that very code. >> you look at him. when reagan was popular, he was a reagan republican. >> don't hold back. >> when it was time to run against george w. bush, he became -- he was building up to be the moderate alternative to bush in 2000. and when it was time to be conservative, he was a conservative in 2008. and when it's time to become a really conservative guy in 2010, he became that person. it's a moving target. who is he? he's who he needs to be to win. >> rough. >> todd, you have an interesting part of the piece where you talk about mccain's genuine kind of deep-seated hostility to president

clark. >> i'm tori campbell.t's wednesday, october 27th. >>> the big game, still less than ten hours away but at&t park is already buzzing with activities and the giants and rangers get ready for game one of the 2010 world series. kraig debro is live at at&t park where people are already camped out there right now. >> reporter: good morning, terrorism the tori. the people who are here, if you don't have tickets and you want a ticket -- i will show you that in a second. a beautiful boat out here. look through here. this hole, the concept comes from baseball parks. it used to be a wooden fence and you can poke a hole through it and see the game. at&t was sort of build with this sort of a modern day knot hole. really sorry about the surgery. but how long have you been out here? >> about 5:00. >> reporter: you live in the sacramento area? >> yes. >> reporter: you stand here for three innings and then you rotate? >> yes. >> reporter: let's see your real face. all of the people have to see that face. eddie -- >> it's t

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, october 12th. we begin with developing news we've been following all morning. several families will have to find another place to live after a fast-moving fire in the east bay. it was reported about three hours ago on generally town and buchanan -- gentry town and buchanan. jade hernandez has the latest from the scene. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters are out here. even pg&e. i just spoke to a crew. they just told us that they turned off the gas to two buildings. this fire quickly grew to a blaze around 3:45. we spoke to a woman's husband who heard explosions, what sounded like ammunition going on. they saw residents on the balcony. the contra costa county fire department responded right away. >> we don't know what caused the fire. typically, in these buildings, they have four units that are all sort of tied together and those were all caught on fire at the same time. that's what we're dealing with. >> reporter: this fire broke out at the village of parkview apartments in antioch. the fire d

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's thursday, october 28th. >>> topping other news -- giants counting down the time to game two. this is after a thrilling game everyone is still talking about this morning. kraig debro has more. didn't have a whole lot of hope in the he beginning. >> reporter: yeah, it didn't look good early. the first pitch here in san francisco hadn't been thrown here in 1962. but that day the yankees won. last night, the rangers won ahead -- were ahead. vladimir guerrero hit one and put a run on. all of the predictions we were hearing about the rangers dodgemy nateing, that -- dominating were coming true. but that was in the beginning. the giants fought back and freddie sanchez was the sparkplug. he doubled the first time he came to bat. that's a world series record. sanches was one of several giants to rip lee and send him to the bench in the middle of the inning. and then he did it again. he won it for the championship series. did it again. juan uribe, he just crushed that ball to left center.

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, october 4th. >>> a desperate search is underway this morning for a young woman abducted from her san jose home nearly 2 hours ago. ktvu's claudine wong is outside the victim's home with the latest on the investigation. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. i just talked to a neighbor a few minutes ago. he said he saw all of the commotion yesterday but didn't know what was happening. i also showed him a picture of the victim. he says he does recognize her. we want to show you a picture of 18-year-old julie la. police say she and a 28-year- old man were confronted by a suspect yesterday. police say the suspect stabbed the man several times and kidnapped julie. the man is in the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds this is the suspect, 28-year- old brian bui adrong. he's described as 6 feet tall, 160 pounds. we don't know his connection to the victims. he has a black lexus. this is his license plate. many neighbors out here say they don't know the residents

clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, october 5th. >>> police just wrapped up a news conference about the search for an 8-year-old girl and the disturbing incidents that led up to her kidnapping. right now, investigators are working to enhance this surveillance video of the suspect's truck. let's go back out to jade hernandez with the latest on the state-wide amber alert. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning, tori. that press conference just wrapped up about ten minutes ago. we understand that the fbi has been pulled into this investigation. it appears that a few people noticed this man trying to lure an 8-year-old little girl into his truck. they tried to stop the man. that's when the man grabbed the little girl and drove off. we also understand this man was seen exposing himself to other children during the day. before last night's abduction, that's what took place. and fresno police were updating us. it's unusual to be able to show you this. this is the abductor's pup pickup truck. this truck is

clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's friday, october 1st. >>> fire crews tell ktvu that an early-morning fire at a richmond high school is suspicious. claudine wong joins us with more on the evidence left behind at the scene and the effect of the fire on students. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes, the fire investigators are working on trying to figure out the cause of this fire. in the meantime, school officials are trying to figure out how to give students here the most normal day they can. we are at the high school. behind me through that fence you can see the top portion of the cafeteria building. that's where the fire started. that's where the damage was contained to. the kitchen area is what you are looking at right now. that is the origin of the fire. but the damage spreads in terms of smoke damage throughout that building. the arson investigation is underway this morning. this is after the first call for help came in at 1:24. firefighters say a resident spotted the fire. firefighte

clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, october 26th. >>> we've been following developing nuts out of hayward where -- news out of hayward where dozens of cars have been damaged from a fire and jade hernandez is live at the scene with more on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning, tori. firefighters are gone at this hour. we can show you the four cars that were damaged right here. a fire investigator is expected to be out here in just a little bit. we do have exclusive video of a resident who captured the flames. intense flames. the call came into dispatch at 3:50 and dumped fire which spread to the carport and fires. firefighters are not sure where this fire originated just yet. the battalion chief told us this morning, this is a suspicious fire and the fire inspector will be out here later to determine the cause. four vehicles were destroyed. a car, suv, truck, and a van. many more residents tried to save their own cars and suvs by pulling them away from the carport. several residents reported hearing

i'll -- i'm tori campbell. >> and i'm dave clark. kraig debro is outside the park, where tonight, giants play their first play-off game in years. >> reporter: they'll be in the black. i thought that up between now and morning news when you said it the first time. the giants have a chance to -- this could be the beginning of an end for a long drought. they haven't won a world series in 56 years, and they've never won it here in san francisco. fans are feeling it, too. >> i'm more than excited. i couldn't sleep last night. kept waking up, kept thinking about that rotation. what can i tell you? i have a lot on my mind. but the giants sure have a way to make life interesting. >> reporter: and giants' ace tim lint. -- linthicum. this giants' team doesn't have barry bonds or matt williams or any giant great from the past. but they have great chemistry. they work well together. last time, they lost to the florida marlins who went on to win the world seri that year. tickets are sold out. but people can still get tickets with a ticket broker.

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, october 1th. >>> we're getting new information on a tragic story we have been following all morning. police are investigating the deaths of twin girls. they were just 3 years old. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: police are still out here this morning. we can tell you what investigators were doing in the last hour. we're live in fairfield. fairfield police told us they will be holding a news conference later this morning to update us later. at this point, they say the a a mother is -- they say a mother is responsible for the deaths of these girls. firefighters were called to a fire initially. when they arrived, they had no idea what that he would discover. the bodies of 3-year-old twin girls. police say they had been cut or stabbed to death. they say the mother had been stabbed, too. but they think those are self- inflicted. she was airlifted to the hospital. she's expected to survive. the department is investigating thissed a a murder - -- this as a murder-attemp

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, october 6th. >>> we begin with breaking news. authorities in los angeles have arrested the man accused of stealing a van and deliberately ramming a motorcycle officer. alexander diaz is a 36-year-old parolee from southern california. sheriff deputies say he was arrested early this morning in east los angeles. police say he was in the bay area monday morning, specifically to steal a delivery van, and they say officer todd brower spotted him just moments after diaz stole the van filled with flat-screen tvs. hethe injured officer -- the injured officer is expected to leave the hospital later this week. kraig debro will have more at 7:30. >>> fire investigators want to know the cause of an overnight fire in oakland. this is the fifth time firefighters have put out a fire at the home in the fruitvale district. ktvu's jade hernandez is on the scene with more. >> reporter: we know this morning that tires fueled the flames inside this home. you can see. not much left of the house. firefighters will be out here monitoring hot spots becaus

clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. tori campbell has the day off. it's thursday, october 14th. >>> well, drivers could be in for a rough commute this morning, especially on the san mateo bridge, where emergency repairs are taking place right now. ktvu's claudine wong is out there at the bridge live this morning with more on what's causing the problem and how the traffic is looking right now. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam. yes. we told you it would be slowing down this morning, and right now it's doing just that. i want to give you a look at the westbound direction of the san mateo bridge. this is where the problem is. you can see that slowdown and take a look at the right, you can see the right lane shut down. the lane is shut down because of the emergency repairs that need to happen underneath. you are not seeing any caltrans crews right now on this section because there's really nothing they can do at this point because they are waiting for the necessary pieces to fix the problem and that's why this morning the commute is

clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it is friday, october 8th. just a short time ago, fire investigators arrived on the scene of a large year night fire in oakland. the flames destroyed a restaurant. ktvu's kraig debro joins us now with new information. good morning, kraig. >> good morning, tori. this is 29th and park street. in fact, i'm standing on the bridge. if you take a look at the building, as the sun starts to come up, you can really start to tell the extent of the damage here. it's a lot worse than what i looked at it earlier when it was completely dark. you can see the fire caved in that roof. a fire investigator arrived on the scene here about 10 empties ago. i talked to her. she said she would like to go into the building. but if it is not safe enough, she will not go in until they get a building inspector out here. so it can be safe enough for them to go inside the building. i want you to take a electric at this building we saw a little while ago. this boat caught fire, about 50 yards down from the building. the boat was tied up to t

clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's friday, october 29th. >>> let's begin with a quick look at weather. steve, how long is it going to rain? >> well, for parts of the east bay and peninsula there won't be rain at all until saturday. you can see the heavy rain in santa rosa, petaluma, sonoma county, marin county, parts of napa county. it was raining in fairfield, vacaville, orinda, oakland, sfo, pacifica. south of that, east of that, nothing. put it north, yes. put it in tighter here and we'll show you towards the north bay that's starting to stack up heavy and when you start to see yellow, red, orange. so far the rainfall has been generally about less than .5. let's get to sal. >>> steve, i've been looking at the chp list here. wherever the rain moves through we see a spike in the number of collisions. this morning in san francisco, there was some flooding and that caused serious collisions. you can see from these pictures here that the crews had to get out here and unclog this drain. this happens all of the time as debris gets caught in here. you can see they had had to unclog the drai

clark is off. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it is friday, october 22nd. president obama is waking up in the bay area this morning, after attending democratic party fundraisers on the peninsula last night. jade hernandez joins us from millbrae, where the president spent the night last night. >> reporter: good morning. president barack obama is expected to leave this hotel this morning. expected to leave sfo at 10:00. and today begins the first of a three-day campaign swing. the president arrived at sfo yesterday and took some time to meet with apple ceo steve jobs. the two spoke about american competitiveness and fundraising. he spoke at a fundraiser for camelia harris. he then went to have dinner at the home of google executive marissa mayer. neighbors who only caught a glimpse of the president's motorcade still enjoy the hoopla. >> it's the biggest thrill to have the president of the united states drive past your house. and we're happy to have him visit. come back any time. >> reporter: not everyone was happy to see the president. protestors in ather ton

clark. >> i'm claudine wong. tori campbell is off today. it's friday, october 15th. >>> we begin with developing news from san jose. the investigation is underway into an early-morning fire that damaged a 7-11 store. ktvu's kraig debro has been talking to investigators and he joins us live with the report. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. i want to show you this quickly. even though the store is closed, there's been a fire here. people are pulling up as part of the routine of their day are being told the store is closed. the fire department says no damage estimates have been made. but the roof of the building will have to be replaced. we got a look at the damage the fire did, it's not overly dramatic but it does prove a point. what happened here the fire department says could have brought down the entire building. several 911 calls and several officers called in the fire. the fire had been burning for a while before it was discovered. half-ton air-conditioning units sit on the roof. >> we're still investigating the fire cause but we kno

tori campbell. >> and good morning. i'm kraig debro. dave clark has the day off. it is thursday, october 21st. >> and we begin this second hour with breaking news in san jose. a tense standoff continues on tampa way, near seminole way. police say a suspect who is wanted for attempted murder is holed up in his car after firing shots at police officers this morning. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in san jose to give us the latest. good morning, tara. >> good morning, torei. that's right -- tori. that's right. tense moments here. there is a very heavy police presence here in this neighborhood. if we pan over here, we can see there are cop cars blocking off the section here near king and waverly avenue. and back over here, we have more police vehicles, as well as emergency vehicles, including an ambulance, as well as people from the fire department. we are just two blocks from where the gunman is hunkered downed in of -- down inside of his car. we want to take a look at these exclusive pictures of the suspect's red car, where he has been moving around inside for the pas