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48 homicides, 73 had video evidence. Of that 73 , 66 resulted in arrests. Thats huge for us. How do juries react to this . They like it. They get to see firsthand in which nowadays the color the actual incident unfold. I think all these things have had an impact. Obviously, our arrest rates are up. When the word spreads cops are arresting people, there is fear they will get caught so they think twice about committing crimes can. Now, the flip side is that prosecutors and jurors are become more a...

Firefighters contained it within a few hours but stayed to prevent any hot spots. Two people who lived there were able to escape thanks to their smoke alarm. No word on a cause. A legal catch22 for a transgender teenager who says she is facing battery charges for fighting back to bullies. Ryan takeo spoke with the District Attorney today, who says his hands are tied in this case. Reporter thats right, allen . The deputy d. A. Explained his view. He painted a black and white picture about his vie...

Ends in march. Brian webb, kpix 5. One of the youngest flu death victims is 23yearold matt walker from santa rosa. He was considered healthy before he got the virus. Walker thought he had pneumonia when he posed for a photo from the hospital on december 26. It turns out he had the h1n1 virus and died wednesday. San jose firefighters are looking for a common denominator after a string of suspicious fires over the past few days. So far, there have been nine fires in san jose in just three days. Th...

Permitting requirements are. Reporter pg e is backing off a bit promising they wont cut down more trees until middle ground is reached. The battle between safety and scenery and who decides is at the root of the problem. Pg e told me they are meeting with each of these cities individually trying to come up with solutions. The meeting with walnut creek is scheduled for a week from today and well let you know what happens. Live in walnut creek, brian webb, kpix 5. The tree transfer is expected to ...

As one of the militarys own, specialist ivan lopez. We know now he suffered from postTraumatic Stress disorder. Omar villafranca has the latest on this developing story out of texas. Reporter fort hood is back open this morning after a soldier killed at least three people before killing himself. Sources tell cbs news the suspect is 34yearold ivan lopez, Army Officials say the suspected shooter was an iraq war veteran and doctors were assessing whether he had post Traumatic Stress disorder. We do...

With a car and leaving the scene. A 3yearold boy is in Critical Condition in San Francisco after being hit by a truck riding his bike. Caution tape blocked off the area. A boy was riding into a crosswalk as the family was going out of golden gate park. Driver was turning left and accidentally hit the child. The vehicle continued a short way and realized they may have struck something, made a u turn and discovered they hit the child. The child was taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuri...

Department is short staffed. The crime rate is down by about a third over the past year. So far the potential pitfalls of overtime have not hit. My response to that is are you going to wait until something happens. This expert says policing oakland is stressful enough. Adding to that workload can become unbearable. In oakland, Ryan Takeo Kpix 5. Police union has weighed in. They say another issue is the Police Administration removes patrol officers to other units to fill vacancies. Developing ne...

Lamar. She disappeared back in 2012. Investigators have still not found her body. They say significant dna evidence connects torres to the disappearance. Police have arrested a man they believe shot and killed a woman after a fender bender accident in San Francisco. 24yearold Michael Green was found in miami and will be expedited in miami both for murder and attempted murder. Green is accuse or the killing warren and injurying her friend outside a nightclub last november. Witnesses say he opened...

The last three or four days have been very difficult for everybody involved. No matter what the race is, its been difficult. Reporter todays events are the result of an escalating controversy that started over the weekend when recorded phone conversations between sterling and his exgirlfriend were released. He was upset with one of her instagram photos posing with magic johnson. He said he didnt want her bringing black people to games. Those comments resulted in this punishment. Effective immedi...

Live. You can see a small group of folks right here still doing their dancing, still celebrating may day. Live in east oakland, ill send it back to you. All right. Da lin reporting live from oakland. He says theres a traffic problem more than anything else now but well keep an eye from chopper 5. Meanwhile, in san jose, protestors marched in solidarity pushing for changes to deportation laws. Immigration was a big topic today. People chanted. This group started at our lady of Guadalupe Catholic ...