. >>> a uc davis police sergeant and former oakland police officer went out of his way to help find a mother find a lost phone. and when sergeant walter watt heard the woman lost her phone it wasn't anything new until he found out what was on it. it is filled with pictures and videos of the woman's son, who is now in a coma at uc davis medical center after suffering an aneurysm. watt decided to check surveillance video at the hospital and was able to track down the phone. >> she cried. she was very happy. >> when he came in to bring the phone back he just kind of rebuilt our hope. there is always hope for everything. >> great story. before becoming a uc davis police sergeant watt worked as an oakland police officer for 15 years. >>> samsung is breaking ground on a giant campus in mountain view. the south korean company held a ground breaking ceremony for a new research center on clyde avenue. it will cover eight and a half acres with two structures. mountain view officials say it will be god for the economic diversity. >> we love having new companies get established in town, get some

mid-70s inland i'll give you a look into weather few newer just a mu fin minutes >> a former uc davis policeficer who pepper pray sprayed pro testers gets a worker's compensation settlement >> what this man was doing dangling from a hot air balloon >> a mystery twitter user you caught insulting the white house >> this is san jose guadalupe park way the route in between 280 and 101 moving in both directions stay with us a >>> the former uc davis police officer who pepper sprayed occupy pro testers reached a worker's compensation settlement with the university a judge approved a $38,000 settlement between john pike and the school the 48-year-old was fired after this video went viral he says he suffered depression death threats >>> health and human services secretary says president obama doesn't know about the problems with affordable care web site before the launch she's under fire because of the problems with the site since the debut october 1st so far, she's refusing to address calls for resignation, and she says it's too early to delay the penalty for those who don't sign up by january >> i

. >>> a uc davis police sergeant and former oakland police officer went out of his way to help a motheratt heard that the woman lost her phone it wasn't anything new until he found out what was on that phone. the phone is filled with pictures and videos of the woman's son who is now in a coma at uc davis medical center after suffering an aneurysm. watt decide today check surveillance video at the hospital and was able to track down her phone. >> she cried. >> when he came in to bring the phone back, he just kind of rebuilt up our hope. you know, there is always hope for everything. >> now, before becoming a uc davis police sergeant watt worked as an oakland police officer for 15 years. >>> well, there are concerns about the water in one city in placer county off the highway to lake tahoe. some routine water samples tested positive for bacteria in parts of auburn. local authorities have issued a boil water order despite the fact no illnesses have been reported. >>> we are a little more than a week away from the opening ceremony of the famed mavericks surf contest and the event has a new

then -- "she was just always happy >>> formerformer uc-davis police officer is receiving more money thanors he pepper sprayed. >> she was always happy to teach. >> a 14-year-old student is held without bail for the murder of a popular teacher. how the school is helping students cope with the tragedy. >> it is not as foggy outside but we are seeing more low clouds, some cooler temperatures are ahead. we'll talk about that coming up. >> bart is back on time. for more on the orinda fire and crews removing the car off the track, cate caugiran has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: good news no delays at this point. but bart says we can expect them later in the morning as they work to move that train completely off the tracks. right now it's going to the concord yard very slow at 5 miles per hour. workers spent the early-morning hours trying to get a 1200- pound motor monitor cut into pieces to clear the train from the track. this is the piece of equipment that kept the train from moving after failing and overheating during yesterday's fire. >> is it an initial inspection? th

. >>> a uc-davis police sergeant went out of his way to track down a woman's cell phone and for a veryd reason. the phone had some pictures taken of sylvia leone's 11-year- old son before he was hospitalized in a coma. he looked at the surveillance video and found someone walked off with the phone and tracked it down. >> all my moments that i had before this happened were in the phone. >> it had all the pictures of her son on there and so she wanted to get it back. >> roy is still in a coma at uc- davis medical center in sacramento, the result of a brain aneurysm a month ago. but mom has the pictures. that is a big thing. >> yeah. >>> hey, we sent lawrence on a bit of a field trip. he is up at mount vaca getting a good look at the view. >> it's a good day for it. >> no kidding, it's beautiful out. >> i would have to doubt that cbs -- no, that kpix 5 -- [ laughter ] -- hi-def doppler. >> try again. >> -- is not picking up anything at this particular point nor as far as we look ahead do we see a drop of rain in sight. it looks like we have plenty of high pressure and blue skies. satellit

. >>> it became one of the most recognizable images stemming from the occupy movement, a uc davis police officer pepper spraying the protesters, he was awarded more than 38,000 dollars in compensation for suffering he experienced after that. after this footage went viral they say he got 27,000 angry or threatening e-mails, texts and letters, earlier they settled the lawsuit by paying 1 million dollars to the students pepper sprayed. >>> they are bracing for a confrontation with occupiers, they say they are planning a peaceful protest where they are setting up the training exercise for law enforcement officers. tomorrow marks the second day of the anniversary they first removed campers from the plaza, that led to clashes between protesters and police. >>> a man said he was attacked by trying to stop a sideshow. neighbors say they called police but it took too long to get there, he took matters into his own hands, he confronted the drivers with a bat and several people attacked him. >> i got a number of bruises and scrapes and the beating in the head, they hit me in the head so i got lucky

. >>> former uc davis police officer who pepper sprayed a row of seated campus protesters will get more money out of it than they did. a judge just approved a $38,000 workers' comp settlement between john pike and the university. he claims that he suffered depression and anxiety due to death threats. the protesters each received $30,000 in damages. >>> we learned tonight mark zuckerberg makes $30,000 about every 7 minutes. worth a record-breaking $2.3 billion, nearly all of it in stock options. >>> and a guy who worked in the white house on national security is looking for a new job tonight. he was fired for tweeting. this is one of the tweets that joseph sent. like this one, many tweets insulted top white house officials. he was exposed and fired last week. . president obama got a call today from the chancellor of germany. it was not a friendly chat. the chancellor wanted to know if the reports are true, that the nsa was spying on her phone calls. she told him that woulding be, quote, a grave breach of trust on allies. white house says it is not monitoring and will not monitor her comm

uc davis medical center. and it hurt like hell >> in the aftermath of all of this, the officer was fired. and the investigators found that he was using a spray that wasn't approved by the uc davis police i guess, and he had no cause. what did you think would happen as a result of all of this? >> i'm glad that he was fired. and i think it was a good first step. reason we were protesting in the first place is because the university had posed a more than 0% tuition hike. and the militarization of campus police, we're woog forward to fighting for continuing education and making sure that it doesn't happen again >> so has all of this had an affect on you? >> a couple of months after the pepper spray incident i was having panic attacks that were pretty severe. but a long time has passed and i'm glad that that part of my life is done. >> the officer said that he suffered anxiety and depression as well. and that's how he received this workers' comp pay out and what do you think of that? >> i can't speak for his experiences, but people, hurting and injury students is absolutely wrong >> i want to read a statement from your chancellor. like any other employer, uc davis is required to follow the

after this footage went viral the police union says pike got 27,000 angry or threatening e- mails, texts and letters. earlier this year uc davis a federal lawsuit by paying 1 million dollars to the three dozen protesters who were pepper sprayed. >>> oakland police say they are bracing for a potential confrontation tomorrow with occupiers, protesters say they are planing a peaceful demonstration outside the oakland marriott hotel where vendors are setting up for the urban shield, which is a in training exercise for law enforcement officers from around the country. >>> tomorrow also marks the second anniversary of the day police first removed occupy campers from the plaza, that removal led to clashes between them. >> if you wanted prove they have fans all over the world here it is. 49ers practicing in england today getting ready for sunday's game against the jaguars at wimbley stadium, a group calling itself the 49er faithful uk says there will be lots of friendly and colorful support. >> -- sleep over for the super bowl at my friends house, three of my friends and myself and when i turned out they all had dolphins pajamas and h

. >>> new tonight, the former uc- davis police officer in the infamous pepper spray incident is getting,000 on a workers' comp. settlement. the judge approved that payout last week. 40-year-old john pike seen in this video in november 2011 pepper spraying "occupy" protestors on the uc campus. after the video went viral his address and personal information were posted online. he said he suffered depression and anxiety brought on by death threats to him and his family. >>> the new bay bridge is getting a tropical touch. many drivers probably already noticed it. kenny saw it on his way in. and folks approaching the bridge will soon see a gateway of palm trees. as mike sugerman reports, there's a way you can actually profit off this new project. >> reporter: it's going to look tropical soon. might even give you some thoughts of a pina colada. >> today it got a little bling the first of 30 palm trees planted at the eastern end of the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> it's not just a bridge. it's the bay bridge. these are probably going to be the most easily recognizable palms in california.

. >>> remember this video of the uc davis police officer firing pepper spray in protesters faces on campusbecause of this but now a judge has ruled that the university has to pay him more than $38,000 of workers compensation for depression and the anxiety he felt after the video went viral. and then the two kittens who shut down part of the new york subway system for about 90 minutes after spotted wondering of the tracks have found a home. they have been adopted by a couple in broke lynn heights, call me a sucker but i love happy endings, anderson? >> thanks very much. >>> at the top of the hour at 9:00 people cnn will air "black fish" that tells the story of a trainer killed by tilikum. i want to show you a preview, the moments before she died. >> the an ma'ams can sense when you get to the bottom of the bucket of the fish because they can hear the ice and the fishy water at the bottom and the hand fulls of fish they are getting delivered by the trainer are getting smaller so they know they are coming down to the end of session. >> when you see the difference between the beginning of the

. >>> former uc-davis police who pepper sprayed a row of seated campus protestors will get more money than the students. a judge approved a $38,000 workmen's comp. settlement between john pike and the university. he says he suffered depression and anxiety due to death threats. the protestors each received $30,000 in damages. >>> bedbugs have infested an entire apartment complex in concord and people there have had enough. this is at the rosemont apartments along monument boulevard. and the bugs, they are just everywhere. they are on drapes, furniture and carpets. bedbug waste even covers the ceiling of this apartment. renters say they can't keep up with the infestation. >> i buy new furniture. it's all infested again. it's just ridiculous. >> adults and children are covered in bites. 21 tenants are suing the landlord to fix the problem. the manager of the complex tells kpix 5 they have tried to get rid of the bugs but they just keep coming back. >>> 5:06. san jose mayor chuck reed is heading to the east coast where he will speak at two events on the topic of pension reform. today the

former uc davis campus police officer john pike has been awarded $38,000 in a disability case.ebecame an internet sensation when he was videotaped pepper spray and the students during an occupied protests on campus in 2011. he lost his job over the incident. his attorney argued that he suffered a moderate disability from the depression and anxiety that he suffered over the public ridicule. protesters have also received compensation. last year 21 of them received a $3,000 each in a settlement by the university of california. >> check out this unusual sight in san francisco yesterday. a big rig dangled over a south bond 280 crossover near 1 01. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. the cab, about 40 ft. above the road. traffic was shut down for a time in both directions. the truck cab was eventually pulled up right, and no one was injured. the chp is still investigating. >> federal a auto safety regulators are not going to open a formal investigation into the october 2nd fire that damaged a tesla electric car near seattle. the national highway traffic saf

that is john pike, the former uc davis police lieutenant who casual pepper sprayed campus workers onhe suffering had he after that. >> i saw a lot of angry tweets about this. >> yeah. >> controversial to say the least. >>> time now for a check of the weather. also controversial this morning because it's cold! indra petersons is here. >> like some people say it's not cold, right? is that controversial? i think we know where i stand on this one. definitely seeing a lot of 30s and a lot of people at the freezing mark and chicago at the freezing mark at 32. d.c. about 39 and memphis at 42. we have some gusty winds out there to a lot of times it won't feel cooler than it actually is. the other big story cold air now is digging farther to the south so the southeast, you're going to be feeling the chill as well today. look at the current temperatures ease to see frost and freeze warnings. talking from the plains to the northeast down each to the southeast. talking about the freeze threat out there. that is how we know the chill is there. very easy to see the line of the cold air now making

. >>> checking our top stories at 49 minutes past the hour the former uc davis police officer known aswarded more than $38,000 in workers compensation, that's $8,000 more than the protesters he sprayed were awarded within their lawsuit. john pike lost his job after spraying the occupied protesters in 2011. judge ruled the university must compensate him for the depression and anxiety he suffered after he became an internet sensation. >>> the food and drug administration wants tighter restrictions on some of the most commonly prescribed pain killer, including reclassifying several drugs and limiting refills and patients would have to see their doctors more often. the agency is pushing for change saying it has become increasingly concerned about the abuse and misuse of such drugs. >>> in money news, twitter is seeing its initial public offering price of 17 to 20 bucks a share, cheaper than what some analysts expected. twitter plans to sell 70 million shares and next week executive also go on tour to pitch the offering to investors. twitter is expected to make its debut >>> still to come i

former uc at davis campus police officer john pike has been awarded $38,000 in and a disability case.as videotaped pepper spray and the students during an occupied protest on campus. his attorney argued that he suffered a moderate disability from the depression and anxiety that he suffered over public ridicule. protesters have also received compensation. last year 21 of them received $30,000 each in a settlement. >> from a row all safety regulators are not going to open a formal investigation to october 2nd fire that damaged a tesla electric car near seattle. the national highway traffic safety administration says there is no indication at this time that the fire was caused by a safety defect. the model s hit a road debris on a freeway. the debris then punctured a shield and the battery, touching off a fire that engulfed in front of the car. the driver escaped without injury and firefighters were able to put out the flames. >> check out this unusual sight in san francisco yesterday. a big rig dangled from a south bound to 80 cross over near 1 01. this is video from our helicopter part

john pike, the campus police officer at uc davis who pepper sprayed the seated protesters will receive $38,000 in worker's compensation for the depression and anxiety he suffered in the aftermath including, he says, death threats and the loss of his job. by comparison, the 21 people hit by the pepper spray in the otherwise peaceful protest each received $30,000 each in their settlement. >>> a story in "time" magazine uncovers something else that was in the bill to restart the government a few days back. it stops funds for now for the dwight d. eisenhower memorial. it is supposed to be a sweeping structure on the national mall in washington. it was supposed to open in 2015 on the 70th anniversary of v.e. day. instead there's been widespread disagreement over how it all looks. the design, the materials. members of ike's family don't like how the great five-star general and former president is depicted. it appears the entire project will now be delayed. >>> well, you would be forgiven for thinking the boston red sox are the only all amish team in the majors. pioneer men who worked the lan

. >> a former police officer is being hailed for recovering an iphone that contained precious photos. the woman lost her phone at uc davis medical center with pictures of her son before he suffered a brain aneurysm and went into a coma a month ago. the police sergeant received a call asking to check cameras and three made it a mission to find the phone after finding out why it was so important. he was able to track down the person who walked out of the the bathroom with it and returned the phone. now she is focused on her son's recovery. >> well done. >> 23 bart trains are rolling. the roads show some construction that could slow you down and this is where we have a bottle neck eastbound 580 from greenville to north flynn road with ongoing construction project headed along the westbound direction it will not be a problem as is highway 4 it is clear from antioch to concord and beyond 242 behalf hercules to i-80 it is cheer at -- it is clear at 30 minutes. westbound direction is not a problem, either. the golden gate bridge shows through san rafael to sausalito toward the waldo tunnel you have a nice clear drive with hardl

. >>> the uc dallas police officer at the center of the notorious pepper spraying episode on campus received a workers' compensation settlement. the davisnterprise reports 40- year-old john pike will receive over $38,000 as a result of that settlement. the video of officer pike pepper spraying occupied protesters in 2011 made headlines all over the world. he was fired in 2012. in his workers' comp claim, pike said he and his family received death treats and he suffered from depression and anxiety. >>> continuing coverage now, the bart accident that killed two workers. this is a look at that re- enactment staged today along the same stretch of tracks where those two men died. it's all part of the ntsb's investigation into last weekend's accident. ktvu ali rasmus. >> reporter: it traveled the same speed and direction as the train involved in the deadly accident. at 1:50, it passed a spot where two men were struck and the train hit the brakes next to the track were two life-sized mannequins. today's re-enactment is the latest step into the deaths of the two men. john earl participated in three ntsb investigations in his 30- year career. ev

. >>> a settlement tonight for the former police officer who pepper sprayed students during an occupy raleigh at uc davisdge approved a $38,000 worker compensation claim for john pike. you remember this video. the 40-year-old officer was fired after this video went viral in november of 2011. pike said he suffered from depression and anxiety after receiving death threats. >>> the work to clean up graffiti is just getting underway tonight. it was done while the station was closed during the strike. bart says they had to wait until tonight to clean it up because that's when crowds will be reduced and crews available. in all, nine stations were damaged and defaced. here is nick smith. >> reporter: edwardo has been working since daybreak to remove thick heavy paint from the walls of the bart station. this and this have been reduced to this. bart police are investigating more than half a dozen instancens of graffiti by vandals during the four-day bart strike. >> very annoying, yes. >> reporter: annoying and costly. the cleanup of the station is moving along one stroke at a time, at san francisco's park and gle

lieutenant pike and another police officer involved in the spraying are placed on paid administrative leave. 19 students and alumni involved in the spraying filed a lawsuit against uc davis claiming the university used excessive force to break up the demonstration. in april 2012 an independent task force concludes that the pepper spraying incident could and should have been prevented. the police chief has since resigned. >> i think the pepper spray incident will definitely have an effect on how police interact with students and how they deal with similar issues in the future. >>> coming up, two old timers from the gridiron attempt to settle an old score. >>> and an unbelievable sight when two whales from this surfer. >> in 20, 30 years, they've never seen anything like it. asional have constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts

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