and a target for vandalism with vandalism. 5 incidents since the start of the year. on monday night four trees were destroyed. a truck was vandalized and a bench was smashed. >> they are focused on the aids memorial grove. we had $60,000 worth of damage this year. >> reporter: they spend $1 million yearly combating vandalism. and golden gate park targets include rose bushes and new trees destroyed within weeks of planting. >> there is a suspicion it is perpetrated by the same person and because of the nature of it -- >> reporter: he authored a ordinance that closes parks from midnight to 5:00 a.m. but says it is difficult oo catch -- to catch vandals in the act. . >> we don't have enough officers so between vandalism and dumping we have a challenge. >> i think it is tragic people are not at peace with themselves they have to take out their anger on defenseless environments. >> reporter: officials tell us they are relying on visitors to report people damaging these sites. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> b.a.r.t. has a problem. an aging problem and she part o

. >>> tonight, cemetery vandals are wanted for desecrating graves.dozens of grave site american flags and other decorations piled up an burned. investigators count a total of three incidents happening at two bensalem cemeteries. only a few miles apart over the past month. the most recent was just last night. nbc 10's george spencer went to both cemetery locations and, george, police believe the same person is responsible for all of this. >> reporter: jacqueline, investigators here tell me the vandalism is very similar from cemetery to cemetery, and now with three dozen different grave sites disturbed, three different families impacted, they hope to find these vandals before it happens again. you just buried your dad. >> i just buried my dad on june 27th. >> reporter: for barb keenan, the loss of her father, an army veteran, is still raw and it felt fresh again as he rushed to worried about a case of cemetery vandalism. tonight, we found the damage left behind. this mangled red, white, and blue in one spot, and a charred american mini flag pole in ano

he had this message for the vandals. >> grow up. have a problem with the business, go talk to them. >> reporter: police have taken reports of the vandalism, social media sites are alerting everyone to be on the lookout. live in san jose, azimuth smith, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a federal judge as ordered an investigation of how the oakland police department disciplines its officers for wrong doing. a san francisco trial attorney is looking into why officers routinely have their trials overturn. an arbitrator overturned the termination of an officer who threw tear gas at a group of occupy protesters. the judge also ordered the city to deposit $25,000 to pay for the investigation. >>> investigators say a couple found dead on boat at the vallejo marina died of apparent murder suicide. authorities found the couple yesterday morning after a family member reported that she hadn't seen, or heard from them in a few days. it hasn't been determined exactly when the murder suicide took place, but police do say that the couple had a history of

detectives say he's around 19 years old with tattoos on his arms. >>> vandals in west oakland have left a community farm trashed and the neighbors fuming. the vandals struck the city slickers community market farm over the weekend. >> the farm may be damaged, but supporters say it can't be uprooted. jodi hernandez has the story. >> reporter: folks who live in this west oakland neighborhood are devastated by what happened here at their community garden. now most of the damage has already been cleaned up, but you can see here some of the broken trellises that is vandals left behind. if we walk over this way, you can see many of the plants that were pulled out of their planter boxes have been replanted, but they are looking pretty wilted, likely they will not make it and they are not the only ones feeling trampled on. >> one of those -- i don't believe my eyes kind of moments. >> reporter: that's how joseph david said he felt when he arrived to the city slickers community market farm on saturday morning to find vandals had tried to destroy it. >> my first thought was that a hurricane had j

residents pleas believe at least 7 homes were vandalized yesterday what's certainly concerning and at this point the juvenile justice system will be taking over and looking into any sort of counseling service. >> the teens were apparently caught by an alert neighbor. claimed to both be freshman at nearby high school. one said he lived in a group home. they had been rooming the neighborhood. >> they knocked on the door, nobody answers, go around to the side and kick the door in. >> police say they took small items but mostly just vandalized the home. mckenzie still trying to make sense of what happened. >> for the life of me i don't know why you would kill a little animal, 15 pounds. he couldn't have done any damage to either one of them. >> and while he's glad the teens are in custody he fears they won't be for long. >> i don't know what a just punishment is but i know it's not just to be released to your parents to -- so that you can do it again. >> both boys have been charged with burglary and one has been charged with animal cruelty. police are still trying to determine if there ar

liquor store by vandals. one said this is not uncommon. david is just hoping it doesn't happen again. >> it is kids wasting time and costing people money. i would like to find out who it is but it will cost us all money. very disappointing. >> police responded to the ice cream hop and took photos but so far, no arrests. >>> police are investigating a shooting that injured a man in san jose. it happened before 6:00. the map is in the hospital with serious injuries. he is expected to five. police are still searching for the shooter. >> we have new details of the final resting place of robin williams. we have ain'ted his death certificate from marin county officials showing he was cremated and the ashes scattered in the bay off the coast of marin county. he committed suicide inside his home last monday and the remains were cremated the next day. he struggled with depression, anxiety, and drug addiction and was in the early sames of p >> the rainbow tunnel could be named the robin williams which now is named afte

in the act when park offers so many hiding places. >> vandalism and dumping -- >> i think it is tragicople are not at peace with themselves that they have to take out here anger on defense less environment. >> san jose's mayor and police chief offers special honor today for the special police graduates. the new dispatchers completed m5 00 hours of training over six months. the dispatchers are for crucial services for the depar >> >> they must remain calm and helping those in need of our citizens and that includes getting officers to those calls quickly and safely. >> the program >>> earlier this week, this pattern is repetitive. tomorrow is going to be like toy . these are the highs today, it did warm one or two degrees in the valleys. everybody else is about the same. morgan hill came up about a couple of degrees. highs tomorrow is about the sam. here is that low pressure center, it is way up here in the specific northwest. it has been lingering and making our weather a bit unusual. now, as it pulls out, we get a typical pattern and we see a lot of fog right now out towards pacific. t

this bakery and coffee shop that was vandalized. some smashed windows here, the business does appear to be on its way to opening this morning, we are seeing some workers in the back, the lights on, some of the pays industries in the cases this, and we're hoping to once they do open here talk to some of the folks here about the fallout and damage they experience as a result of last night's protest. we're live in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> happening today a protest is being held against the sonoma county sheriff's deputy against lopez. he's set to return to full duty next week. he was placed on paid administrative leave. he was holding a pellet gun that they thought he was a assault rifle. they will not file any charges against him. >>> happening today a large demonstration is planned at the port of oakland against a israeli cargo ship. we took these pictures at the part port an hour -- port an hour ago. this rally was pushed back to 3 chock this afternoon. demonstrators plan to march from the west oakland bart station for rig

also reports of vandalism. about 200 people took to the streets yesterday marching through oakland and berkeley, gathering in the evening, chanting things like hands up, don't shoot, and justice for michael brown. police, some in helmets, tried to prevent access to the freeways and a few businesses had windows smashed, spray paint on the walls. police put out a statement while the majority of people remain nonviolent several officers were pepper sprayed, one sent to the hospital. one neighbor told us he understands the message but not the vandalism or violence. >> i mean yeah, business owners suffer for some kids, you know, getting rambunctious, venting their anger and stuff. in some understandable but there ought to be a better way of chaneling your energy than smashing a window. in the end it costs the taxpayers money, the police, the whole thing. >> oakland police say they made two arrests, a 45-year-old oakland man and 41-year-old hayward man. hayward police arrested a berkeley man and a 19-year-old man fro

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. >>> now it's become a target for vandals, the new damage and the very expensive cost to restore the aids memorial grove. >>> it's hotter today, actually around the bay as well. we had some low 90s. when i come back i'm going to talk about tomorrow which will be the warmest day of the week and we'll talk about your weekend. female announcer: female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, including the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows, and free same-day delivery. are you next? announcer: but don't wait. sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> free legal help is now available in san francisco for undocumented minors facing deportation hearings. supervisor build a program today outside the immigration office. he said the city will provide $100,000 of pro bone oh help for immigrant

earlier, police said somebody vandalized the aides memorial drove. they tell us the vandalism is unlike anything he has seen before. >> in all likelihood, the costs may approach a million dollars at this point. >> he will look and see if his work can be replaced, it is top soon to call them hate crimes in that part of the park. >>> and they are getting ready for their final tune-up. both played their finals today and they played the seattle seahawks you can see it at 7:00 and they will play the new york jets in new york. tonight the 49ers are in houston and the kickoff against the texans 5:00 p.m. and they open september 7thth against the dallas cowboys. >>> rel, reports of another american killed in syria. coming up after the break his connection to another american fighting alongside isis earlier this week. >>> and our continuing coverage, 6.1 earthquake what the city is doing today, this could bring some extra help for people who are struggling to recover. >>> and we are looking at a commute so far it is good but we have some slowing traffic and p

vandals cut a large hole through a pens and stole heavy power tools.id though beefed up security after last year's attack. >> this afternoon, the napa county board of supervisors will request a special emergency declaration after the 6.0 magnitude earthquake making the county eligible for federal assistance. >> a woman has died at the burning man festival in the nevada desert after getting run over by a bus. organizers are working with the sheriff vetting the death -- investigating the death. >> families are back in their homes after a fast-moving grass fire in vallejo. it started near a homeless encampment yesterday afternoon. the land was too so the for the fire engines can they battled the flames on foot. >> five, let tremendous fit work shuts down the northbound lane of interstate 280, the extension between highway 101 junction and king street in friend at 2:00 p.m. today and dwell not open until 5:00 p.m. tuesday after labor day and will allow israel to replace two bridge hinges. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is almost holiday lit but i found a bus

workers say the vandals tore out the fencing. it's going to cost thousands to replace.ighbors told us they can't imagine who would do this. >> there was no really rationale to target it. it's something that fraught a lot of positive things to the community -- brought a lot of positive things to the community. >> reporter: but workers at city slicker wonder if their harvest was the latest casualty in a fight against redevelopment against west oakland, a fight that came to a head in june when vandals wearing hoodies were captured on surveillance camera hurling rocks through a new coffee cafe. if this is part of the backlash -- >> it feels really misguided. >>> surrounded on all sides and the only way out through a wildfire, tonight inside california firefighters' dangerous escape. >> a burglar caught in the act, open and shut case, right? well, there's just one problem. ♪ ♪ first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count. banking designed for the way you live your life. so you can welcome your family home... for the first time. chase. so you can. ho

the star grocery which was just hit by at least one vandal.tore employee gave us photos of the damage caused by someone throwing rocks through two store windows. it happened on july 22nd. while the owner and employees were surprised by the attack, they found that there was more to the story. they found on a website that they were targeted by an animals rights group because they sell meat. >> they commit many of these acts so it's a serious situation. >> i don't think breaking a window is going to stop anyone from eating meat. it's not going to stop this store from selling meat. if anything it just makes animal rights activists look extremists. >> reporter: the person who posted on the bite back website goes by the moniker lone wolf. repairs the store windows cost about $1,300. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an investigation is under way in redwood city where police say vandals set fire and spray painted an elementary school. fire crews responded to a small fire on the campus of taft elementary. the same people who started the fire also

we are told that even a news van was vandalized a little bit. we will have more on that as soon as we get it. hasmontgomery county jury convicted a man accused of a road rage attack and david goldberg was arrested in november after crashing his vehicle and stabbing rachel peterson and her fiancÉ. goldberg and the engaged couple had a kid in the car. >> lease keep them in your prayer during this trying time. >> family members from both sides apologized and hugged. goldberg will be sentenced in december. we will look at the week ahead and a milestone for a school damage i and east coast earthquake. east coast earthquake. where is pope francis heading this week? >> the supermoon. quacks a look at the week ahead. the candidates are set to debate. democrat will and face-off at george mason university's arlington campus. they are vying to win the august election. -- resigned in june to take a position and terry mcauliffe's administration. and mayor will hold a public hearing on flooding. evacuatere forced to when flooding hit the city. and damaged par

, we had no idea it was a true vandalization.st the weather had torn it and fell down because we had severe winds in that area. >> matt repairs the snowman with tape, and it's back on display in a few days. >> i took extra effort to make sure he was anchored properly, so i didn't expect it to happen another time. >> but a week later, frosty goes down again. >> i didn't know what was happening. the second time that it happened, it was during the day. so i kind of wonder who would vandalize something in broad daylight in a very small neighborhood? lots of people around. >> matt repairs the snowman and again, this time finds clues of foul play. >> i brought it in the garage, noticed the footprints, found a screw driver inside, contacted police to get it on record. >> undeterred, matt and debby put the snowman back up but this time they place frosty under surveillance. >> we decided we were going to take action and try to catch whatever was happening to frosty with the wireless camera that we mounted in a tree. >> sure enough, a week

. >>> tonight the fbi is on the case after a grocery store in berkeley is vandalized. attacked apparently because of something that store just like your grocery store sells. cornell bernard is live with the story. >> a single anonymous animal rights extremist is taking responsibility for vandalism at star grocery. they targeted other stores that sell meat products in the past. it has now caught the attention of the fbi. >> he has owned star groceries since 1972. the front windows have been replaced, but this is what they looked like recently after someone threw a rock when the store was closed. the upscale meat market in the back of the store was the apparent target. they took the credit on the website bite back belonging to a florida-based animal rights group. they posted cage free organic, murder is murder and death is death. >> we don't understand the logic of no one should eat meat. that's extremism. >> he doesn't know why he was targeted, but the fbi is investigating the attack and had interviewed store employees. the meat market is a separate business. workers sa

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vandalism and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to have been spontaneous or premeditated criminal acts. >> a private autopsy by the family of michael brown reveals he was shot at least six times. attorney general eric holder has ordered a federal autopsy and the governor calls in the national guard. >>> president obama returns to the white house as the u.s. steps up military assaults in iraq plus a deadly outcome when two trains collide. >>> the little league world series heats up. good monday morning, i'm frances rivera. governor jay nixon ordered the missouri national guard to restore peace and order this. after what officials are calling deliberate attacks against police officers last night. violence once again erupted in the streets about 3 1/2 hours ahead of the curfew. at a news conference a couple of hours ago highway patrol captain ron johnson confirmed at least three protesters were shot at the hands of other protesters. there were people with guns in the crowds. also a number of people throwing molotov cocktails at police as well as looting and vandalizing store

the theory is the vandals can take off pretty easily down highway 9. they are just right off university avenue. that is why they have been hit three times. >> just in a bad spot. thanks betty. >>> tonight, they are working away on making 280 earthquakes safe. you are looking at live pictures here. if you are headed north into san francisco, you will get as far as the 101 interchange. the freeway is closed from there all the way to king street. cal tran says so far so good including traffic. >> i think a lot of people took long weekends in anticipation of monday's holiday. and we had folks coming to town obviously for the giants game. but the traffic has not been too bad. >> we found these videos of the construction on instagram. you can see the demo work is done and they are putting in the rebar. next step, they will pour the concrete. cal tran says it should be done by tuesday morning. >>> tonight, we are hearing from the pilot of a small plane who made a last minute decision that saves his life. 64-year-old felix boston was flying over contra costa c

. >>> tonight the fbi is on the case after a grocery store in berkeley is vandalized. attacked apparently because of something that store just like your grocery store sells. cornell bernard is live with the story. >> a single anonymous animal rights extremist is taking responsibility for vandalism at star grocery. they targeted other stores that sell meat products in the past. it has now caught the attention of the fbi. >> he has owned star groceries since 1972. the front windows have been replaced, but this is what they looked like recently after someone threw a rock when the store was closed. the upscale meat market in the back of the store was the apparent target. they took the credit on the website bite back belonging to a florida-based animal rights group. they posted cage free organic, murder is murder and death is death. >> we don't understand the logic of no one should eat meat. that's extremism. >> he doesn't know why he was targeted, but the fbi is investigating the attack and had interviewed store employees. the meat market is a separate business. workers sa

. >>> tonight the fbi is on the case after a grocery store in berkeley is vandalized. attacked apparently because of something that store just like your grocery store sells. cornell bernard is live with the story. >> a single anonymous animal rights extremist is taking responsibility for vandalism at star grocery. they targeted other stores that sell meat products in the past. it has now caught the attention of the fbi. >> he has owned star groceries since 1972. the front windows have been replaced, but this is what they looked like recently after someone threw a rock when the store was closed. the upscale meat market in the back of the store was the apparent target. they took the credit on the website bite back belonging to a florida-based animal rights group. they posted cage free organic, murder is murder and death is death. >> we don't understand the logic of no one should eat meat. that's extremism. >> he doesn't know why he was targeted, but the fbi is investigating the attack and had interviewed store employees. the meat market is a separate business. workers sa

safety has been investigating the vandalism. coming up, what investigators are saying about the neighborhood complaints and what possible solutions are being considered. >>> some disturbing accusations involving a bay area slaughter house. the feds say the owners and two employees had an elaborate scheme to sell contaminated beef. mark matthews was in court during today's indictment and joins us with this new information. >> reporter: this indocument relates to a huge meat recall we have been reporting on for months. pictures of the slaughterhouse in petaluma. back in february we told you the rancho feeding corporation recalled more than 8 million pounds of beef. at that time there were allegations that the plant had improperly processed cows that had eye cancer. according to the indictment released today, one of the owners ordered employees to carve usda-condemned stamps out of the cattles' carcasses. the animals that failed inspection were then processed and distributed for human consumption. in addition the heads from cancer-

with the father of anorak war veteran who had his cemete cemetery -- his gravesite actu actually vandalized and that father was not happy to hear about it. he said it opened up a lot of new wounds and actually police are on the case night. defacing the graves of those who served america with pride. charred remains of american flags flag holders and decorations set a blaze after they were ripped from more than a dozen graves belonging to deceased veterans at rosdale memorial park in bensalem township and police are outrage. >> to desecrate a cemetery is bad enough but to burn american flags in cemetery for people who were veterans and then take they are veteran markers, i don't know what, washington that individual is thinking, and probably a place for them somewhere. >> reporter: investigator say grounds keeper found the vandalism at rosdale bensalem police say another cemetery was hit over the weekend and another time before that. 50 to 60 grave sites impacted overall. and police need your help. >> certainly if someone has -- if it's kid and one kid knows another kid that may have done thi

angry demonstrators have resorted to vandalism and looting and it is certainly taking a toll on businesses, not only in ferguson but neighboring towns as well. my next guest had his shop recently ransacked and burned by looters. it was all caught on camera. joining me now from ferguson is yen. thanks for being with us

police say they were buried with full military honors but in death, they have been dishonored by vandals, who desecrated 50 to 60 veterans grave sight is here in bensalem in the past month. the american flags flying next to those graves, piled up and burned. their grave markers list, the wars, and the honors that they earned fighting for our country. but here, in the garden of valor the at rosedale memorial park the graves of some veterans have been desecrated. vandals overnight, police say, piling american flags their holders and other decorations atop this cannon, and then setting them on fire. >> grave markers and just desecrating the cemetery is just i cannot explain it why would anybody do that. what goes through somebody's head, i don't know. >> reporter: over weekend at roosevelt memorial park more burn flags and vandalized graves, the the second time it has happened there in the past month. >> to desecrate someone's loved ones, cemetery plot, if there is a place for you one day and it would be below ground. >> apparently you don't care. it is sad. >> reporter: tom gate who work w

vandalism. and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to be spontaneous but premeditated criminal acts. >> a private autopsy by the family of michael brown reveals that he was shot at least six times. attorney general eric holder has ordered a federal autopsy and the governor calls in the national guard. >>> president obama returns to the white house as the u.s. steps up military assaults in iraq. plus, a deadly outcome when two trains collide. texas' tough-talking governor speaks out about his indictment. and the little league world series heats up. it's monday august 18th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm frances i'm dara brown. bringing you breaking news overnight, governor jay nixon has ordered the missouri national guard to restore peace in ferguson, this after what officials are calling deliberate attacks against police officers last night. violence once again erupted in the streets about 3 1/2 hours ahead of the curfew. at a news conference this morning ron jo

stores were apparently vandalized.nce is described as premeditated criminal acts, an indication that the rioters may be becoming better organized. police say they had no choice but to act to protect lives of citizens here as well as property. also as a precaution, schools here in ferguson, the whole ferguson school district, will be closed for today. so once again, lauren, violence here in ferguson following a day of peaceful protests. >> all right, susan, thanks for that. she's in ferguson, missouri. >>> and coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on federal involvement in the ferguson shooting investigation. i'm lauren lyster. this is "the cbs morning news." ♪ i found a happy place ♪ it's written on my face ♪ we're singin', we're singin' ♪ i found a happy place ♪ a rather happy place ♪ i'm singin', i'm singin' ♪ ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ i found a happy place [ female announcer ] with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts, skim milk, and cocoa, there's a whole lot of happy in every jar of nutella. spread

now police in bensalem are searching for vandals who did it. police tell "eyewitness news" that 50 to 60 veterans graves were damage at bows rose dale and roosevelt cemeteries. vandals piled american flags, holders and decorations and then set them on fire. most recent of the vandalism happened overnight. >>> tonight police in longport new jersey are mourning loss of of sergeant charles adams, adams died in the motorcycle crash in franklin township last night. his bike hit the side of the suv. adams a 21 year veteran of the department was off-duty at the time. >>> former fbi director louie freeh is still in the hospital in new hampshire tonight. he was seriously injured in the car crash in vermont last night. police say freeh's suv went off the road, hit a mailbox and tree. freeh was director from 1993 to june 2001. he led independent investigation in the the jerry sandusky penn state abuse case. >>> well, if you have got outside today we have finally felt that august heat that 90-degree mark on the thermometer. we will hit it today. meteorolog

the break in was not discovered until yesterday morning and the same substation was vandalized in april of 2013 and a sniper opened fire and destroying 17 transfollowers and leaving $15 million in damage. a preliminary investigation suggests human error and pg&e blames the security temperature for not adequately addressing the fence alarm. >>> a judge is refusing to restore full service at the medical center despite pleas from the nurses and doctors denying a request for anings junction to keep the hospital open and restore staffing toful hads from before the emergency room closed two ambulance traffic. the plaintiffs say the down respond sized hospital means contra costa county does not meet federal standards for health. the judge is expected to issue a final ruling on the matter in the next few days. >>> an emergency training exercise will get underway in san francisco and crews are taking over a high-wise building on first and mission south market as a way to building owners and mores to get experience working with first responders during a critical incident or emergency. do fault be

but this is no ordinary vandalism case. the fbi is involved, and the agency has its suspicions about who did it. it happened at star grocery on clairemont avenue in berkeley. nbc bay area's jean elle is live at the scene with more. jean, the fbi believes animal rights activists are behind this crime? >> reporter: that's right, janelle. the owner of this grocery store says two fbi agents came by yesterday to speak with him. they say they saw the vandalism on an animal rights website amount. now this incident is part of a federal investigation. nick pappas has been running the register at star grocery in berkeley for more than 40 years. >> i've been here since '72. and my father before that since '22. so we have experience here. >> reporter: last week someone threw rocks through the big storefront windows. the 69-year-old didn't think much of it. >> we've had broken windows. we've had burglaries. we've had a few holdups. >> reporter: pappas paid $1300 to fix the glass, and then the fbi called. >> and then suddenly we're meeti

others looted and vandalized businesses in the area.as against in women and men as they were protesting. it is an eerie quiet tonight. people are on the street trying to hold their ground tonight they are hoping that this does not transfer sworn into another night of violence. they do not want the violence that has happened over several nights. they will let the protest to be peaceful. we do not know if that is where the market at the moment. but we do see a kind of a stand off and tension that has been intense for the last week week or more. we will keep you posted if anything develops over the evening. >> pam: group called the world cannot wait gathered at market street in san francisco and at 14th street and broadway in oakland creek also protests the michael brown shooting and that. and the attack of the young man in of color over the country. >> pam: several side shows break out at the same time in oakland. one man died as a related to them. scott, what did they have to say? >> reporter: the chp says this is one of the biggest star

would they be vandalizing? would they be doing something else or would they just be drinking and having fun? i don't know. clearly the standoff, the two forces, they ate off each other's energy to a degree. there was clearly a standoff going on, and i don't know the one could exist without the other. >> jake tapper, many thanks to you for bringing us up to date an that situation. we're watching the arrests of these young men for the most part taken into police custody there. we will see what happens at this point. but we heard from jake very much this small minority, bad apples in the crowd. >> we've seen that during the past week in general. and we've got jake tapper and our other correspondents all over ferguson, missouri. let's bring in our don lemon. you were trying to broadcast live when you says the area you were in wasn't safe. is it the appropriate use of force by police? this is something captain johnson has been sensitive to make sure the force is appropriate. considering there were -- there was looti

. >> who would vandalize a community garden? the search for suspects, next. >>> in just an hour, salvage crews will try again to pull an abandoned fishing boat out of the the water at san francisco's ocean beach. that wrecked boat is going to cost a bundle to remove, too. and taxpayers are on the hook at least for now. nbc bay area's mark matthews is on ocean beach with the new details for us, mark? >> reporter: hi, jessica. you can see behind me they've got a line rigged to the boat and tied off to this front loader and are attempting to get this thing pulled up onto the beach as the tide reaches its peek in about an hour from now. a festival is coming this weekend, so friday is the deadline forgetting this bill moved. the national park service is footing the bill, $98,000 they're going to bay to have the boat cut up and removed. all in all, about $120,000. and as you say, taxpayers on the hook for it. they're supposed to be going after the captain or the captain has runaway. they're supposed to be going after the boat owner, b

three businesses were vandalize in the protests overnight. in 30 minutes, hear from the family of the teenager shot and killed by the police in missouri, and why they say police are trying to draw attention from the officer who pull the trigger. shifting gears now in less than 30 hours, the 49ers will play they're first game in the new home in santa clara against the bronc broncos. it's preseason on the feel, but behind the scenes, it's the super bowl. all hands on deck, tweaking the play book with traffic and parking plans after a less than winning performance at the earthquakes' game two weeks ago. area businesses are gearing up for the crowds. at the hilton, the parking lot is blocked off for a huge tailgate party. yesterday, a select group of fans, many won a lottery for the residents alone, got to see the 49ers practice at the facility. more than 60,000 people are expected tomorrow, and it will be the first real test when it comes to logistics there. stadium officials tell us they have fine tuned the traffic plan, working with signal tim

between last saturday and tuesday, someone vandalized the church's giant a.c. units. >> they jumped over the fence and took the unit out of the building pretty methodically. >> they opened the housings and stole four condenser units like this, filled with copper tubing. >> they took the copper parts and sold it. >> now joining hundreds of homes and businesses and utilities nationwide hit by copper thieves. metal theft, 95% of the copper, is now a $1 billion business. >> the furniture -- >> copper is now worth about two dollars a pound. it is on a hot streak among thieves, even from a church. >> it is sad that they had to do this. to sell copper to get money from a church. --this is a cemetery in sabbatarian church, meeting on saturdays. they hope to meet with insurance on sunday -- monday and possibly get some surveillance cameras. >> police in washington state arrested a teenager in the death of a six-year-old girl. the 17-year-old was taken into custody this afternoon in a seattle suburb were both of them lived. he is accused of raping and killing janice wrig

the vandal hit every window and door on the outside of this mosque and covering up signs, calling for peace. most of the graffiti means nothing. what we cannot show you are some obscene words. on the other side of the building this, a door kicked so many times the glass broke. the imam chokes up seeing the destruction. >> this is to be honest with you is unpleasant. why is it that people are so ignorant? >> reporter: this mo marks 20 years manassas mosque has been open. each friday about 20i come here to pray. >> it is sad to see how someone can do this to someplace i call my second home. >> reporter: she has been coming here since she can remember. >> it hurts. it hurts because like when you see that it's like vandalizing your own home. >> reporter: what he doesn't want is finger pointing especially among other religions and within islam. >> i'm afraid that somebody is going to say it was that group versus this group. >> reporter: he wants the vandals and anyone else harboring hurtful feelings to think. >> i might be different from you. >> reporter: in manassas, virginia, i'm david c

the 1980s it was pulled out of the park things thanks to the leadership of chief suhr when we saw vandal ifrm in the park the chief made the decision to bring him back to insure our gardeners and staff is protected from vandals and bob ramos who is accompanied here bob ramos joined the self-police department in the 81 and working in patrol and in 991 was on the tenderloin task force before we returned to richmond station he's devoted to keeping golden gate park safe for all to enjoy he's are earned silver and bruins metals and highly respected his enperiodic knowledge and serving for 32 years he calls it the best in the service and we call him the chief of chicken hill we've been blessed with the incredible commenting commitment so it's my honor to join you commissioner president buell in recommending them and martin having you have something to say and we have command tom who would like to make a couple of comments. >> thank you commander tom. >> good morning commissioner president buell and park commissioners i'm general manager i've had the honor to work with those gentlemen the 33 ye

and pg and e believes the vandals used wire cutters to break into this chain link fence behind me, at the back of the substation to get into this yard. many are wondering how they went undetected in the first place. investigators spent the day collecting evidence, and retracing steps for any clues as to how thieves cut out three large holes in a fence of the pg and e met calf substation. >> preliminary information in our investigation. one of the fence alarms did go off. was that properly followed up on? >> reporter: thieves broke in near the power grid. the thieves got away. the sheriff's department call out more than five hours later. last april, a sniper shot at 17 transforms, and vandals cut at&t lines, knocking out 911 service. >> since the april incident, this is the first time we've come out here for a crime incident occurring back at this substation. obviously, we understand this is a very critical infrastructure to the region. >> reporter: already drawing concern from congressman mike honda of san jose. in a statement to ktvu, he says in part, after the first incident, i expe

some protesters turned violent and started to vandalize buildings. >> reporter: good evening. scattered along telegraph avenue in berkeley and oakland you can find windows that are broken and boarded up. oakland police have said that most of the protesters were non-violent but not all of them. one of their officers was assaulted and they believe a number of others were hit by pepper spray. oakland police say that one officer was trying to make an arrest and was assaulted by several members of the crowd. he was hospitalized but has since been released. more than 100 demonstrators marched in. one chanting things li s like h up, don't shoot. protesters did break windows at places like taste of denmark. that's a bakery down on telegraph on oakland. they say it will cost about $750 to replace that glass window and it's frustrating. >> it's nice to have peaceful protest but when they are damaging businesses it hurts the business in your community. >> reporter: two men were arrested in oakland including one in connection with that assault on an officer. two other men arrested in berk

businesses were vandalized. a small danish bakery was targeted. he'd like to know why. >> their slugs is to punish people who had nothing to do with it. now i have to pay $700 to have a window replaced. >> windows were smashed at this bank of the west. this store was also hit. >> i don't know why they go through a yarn store. i understand the anger and everything, but i don't know if this was particularly the right way to express it. >> one he can loaned police officer was assaulted by demonstrators. two other officers pepper sprayed. alert came the standoff. protesters on one side, berkeley police on the other. >> don't want to be arrested, just go ahead and walk west on ban craft to the subway. >> two demonstrators refused and were arrested. >> in santa rosa, some people are outraged a sonoma county deputy will return to duty. he killed andy lopez who was carrying an air assault arrival. the district attorney cleared the officer of any wrongdoing. protesters say they're offended he will return to the streets of sonoma county. >> should not be re

. >> he used to come over and vandalize the mother of his child's vehicles, and sometimes would vandalize the house as well. >> and there was more. court records show there was a long-standing custody dispute between miller and his estranged wife involving the three-year-old girl, including protective orders, and child support. we are told the grandparents are in critical condition. we understand the police will be holding a news conference tomorrow. there we hope to gain more information. richard leave, abc 7 news. now to another officer involved shooting, this time a frederick police officer says he was forced to shoot after a suspect struck him with a vehicle. police say they were checking out a suspicious situation last night when roy turner struck one of the officers with his car. the injured officer fired his weapon, hitting turner in the left arm. turner drove off and was eventually arrested. once he's released from the hospital, he will be taken to the jail. the officers that turner struck was treated and released from the hospital. the family of michael brown join supporters this

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the 1980s it was pulled out of the park things thanks to the leadership of chief suhr when we saw vandal ifrm in the park the chief made the decision to bring him back to insure our gardeners and staff is protected from vandals and bob ramos who is accompanied here bob ramos joined the self-police department in the 81 and working in patrol and in 991 was on the tenderloin task force before we returned to richmond station