Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20150

KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 September 11, 2015

Tonight for heather arnold. And im frank somerville. A robbery tonight led to a pursuit, not on the land but in the water. The incident closed the Fourth Street bridge and the lefty o doule bridge for a while, while the man was swimming in the water. Police launched a jet ski and a small boat. The man then climbed on to a badly damaged pier. Eventually he surrendered about 7 00. As it was getting dark. It was very important to us that we were able to get him to surrender because you dont want people thereafter dark. Our crews were there as the suspect was wheeled away and taken to the hospital for medical examination. Hes facing charges of evading a police officer, resisting arrest and noninjury hitand run. At the state capital. California lawmakers have about 24 hours to pass or reject historic legislation before the current session comes to an ends. Among the bills still awaiting a vote, doctor assisted suicide. The legislative deadline is tomorrow at midnight. The state senate is expected to vote at the end of life option life tomorrow. Other bills are already on the governors desk. Reporter it was the story of menard who moved to oregon to use the right to live law. The governor already vetoed a bill to ban low flying drones. Theissue of drones carries legislation. A bill to require pipeline inspections as a result of the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast. The Legislature Also sent bills to the governor to ban Public Schools from using red skins on names. Unfortunately weve allowed the names to remain in our midst for generations. Its like weve forgotten the history. Today the assembly rejected a measure to curb the forfiture. Reporter one mayor Greenhouse Gas bill failed today and the governor already took a hit when a 50 reduction in gasoline use was cut from a bill in the face of conspiracy government opposition. This is a titanic strug that tie tan titanic struggle that will will go on for years and decades. But ordinary people will triumph. Reporter whats left is expected to move to the governor and earn his signature. The big question mark is the right to die legislation. Governor brown is not indicating if he would sign sit. Hell have one month to decide on all of the bills that hits his desk. Reporter we have four hours to know what makes it to his desk. The Security Guard apparently knocks a man unconscious. He suffers injuries including a concussion. Tonight attorney i attorney john burress said the man was just talking about his payment options. They have the duty of the shoppers safety. Whole foods has already replaced the Security Firm it uses in the store. A group of neighbors fighting back on what they call a constant and growing problem. They say Illegal Dumping is trashing their neighborhood and the city is doing little about it. This is atrocious. It stinks, it smells, you see the hyperdeterminic needles. Neighbors call this a constant eyesore and safety concern. Theres a pile of rotting fruit and vegetables. Obvious its its going to attract rodents. Reporter within days of it being picked up another pile appears. Cleaning up is not enough. There needs to be some kind of a plan. One owner came up with a plan. Brian kian started a petition. Its kind of disgusting to look at and something that ive been pusher for every day. If we go further down theres going to be thing that is i know have been here for weeks. Reporter neighbors suspect the dumping is down by people who live in the area and those who come from outside. I know if this had been in a different kind of oakland, piedmont, montclaire this never would sit this long. Reporter neighbors want the city to put in dumpsters or cameras and more. Reporter kian says so far hes gathered 420 signatures. His goal is 1,000. Oaklands Public Works Department tells me tonight. Crews typically remove trash piles within three days and that the city spends more than 5 million each year cleaning up Illegal Dumping. Amber, after seeing those pictures you understand where those neighbors are coming from. You want to hope, cameras, yeah, that could be the trick. Reporter absolutely. Mandatory evacuations have now been ordered because of a fast moving wildfire burning east of lodi. Police went door to door looking to evacuate people from amador. Its being called the butte fire. Six homes have also been destroyed by the flames. Calfire said that the conditions were just right today for the fire to expand and so far its only 10 contained. Another wildfire is threatening an ancient grove of giant secoias. The fire is burning in Kings County National Park near the grant grove where the general grant tree stands. Its one of the tallest trees any where in the world. This fire is being called the rough fire. It was started by lightning. So far its burning 100,000 ache earn and so far its only 20 contain 100,000 acres and so far its only 20 contained. The return of the fog is already cooling off the coast and soon those neighborhoods farther inland will feel some relief too. The fog certainly cooled the coast today and around San Francisco. Thats why the heat advisory was not in effect. San rafael you tied a record today 99 degrees and then check out gilroy you broke a record today 104 degrees. Its hot out there. Theres fog right along the coast. You see how its restricted to the coastline. That fog is going the push a little further the next couple of days. As a matter of fact, lets talk a look at the departure from today and yesterday. Its minus 4 degrees right now inen concord. Its already cooler last night than it was tonight. Coming up well talk about the chance of a sprinkle coming up. The rock band train and Ellie Hendricks performed live for fans. There were also well known players on hand. Reporter it was a start for super bowl l. Train kicked off a free concert along the embarcadero. Marcus allen and clark made an appearance. British singing sensation ellie goldi in, g also took front stage. Performing today was an easy decision. The niners have always been a big part of like this love of this city. Reporter golding admits shes not familiar with football but is willing to learn. Youre saying you want to play american football. How would i do . Im pretty tough. Are you guys ready for the 50th year of the nfl. Yeah. Reporter super bowl l is expected to pump hundreds of millions of the dollars into the economy. We just booked our hotel for the mariott near the stadium. Reporter their next goal is booking for the super bowl. Were doing our job. Were trying to get everybody in and out fast as we can. Reporter everyone who has hosted the super bowl has said its been great for the city. Reporter and as youve noticed the super bowl logo is in gold instead of the traditionallal silver because the nfl says they wanted to celebrate the gold rush and their 50th year. The number of deaths on b. A. R. T. Train tracks have increased. And one family talks about the loss they had here. New at 10 00, a spike in deaths on the b. A. R. T. Tracks. Today officials removed a mentally ill person from the montgomery station. Jana katsuyama is live with one train operator whos life has been forever changed. Reporter there has been an increase in the last few years including one that happened at the san leandro bus station. Police are trying to reach out to people who feel they have no hope. And today one train operator talks about his experience. You can ride b. A. R. T. For a lifetime and you may never see what b. A. R. T. Operator sees. Reporter i was coming into the station, upon entering the station a patron caught my eye. Reporter in one instant he locked eyes with the woman then she was gone. It went from being a very normal day to a day i can never forget. I could only just watch helplessly knowing there was nothing i could do to change that. Reporter oconner says it was a woman in her 30s with Mental Health illness. She may not have to feel her pain anymore. I know i feel it. The feeling of helplessness never leaves you. Reporter the number of People Killed on the track has increased from five to eight last year. To 10 so far this year. Some train operators say they cant return to work. We go home every night and you have to deal with these things and its not easy. Reporter oconner did go back after 30 days and says he never met the womans family. I hope that in some kind of way, they know that i just, i wish that there was something i could have done. Reporter b. A. R. T. Launched a campaign in april putting up large Suicide Prevention signs and putting a notice on tickets with hot lines staff with people ready to help and listen 24 7. Not only to those in pain but to friends and family. We have talked to people who have said, i saw your number on b. A. R. T. , i saw it on the back of the ticket and im calling you know because i know someone like this and i dont know what to do. And we can tell them what to do. Reporter the director of San Franciscos Suicide Prevention says emotional pain is just as difficult as physical pain. People with emotional pain get very little understanding of it because it doesnt bleed. It doesnt have bandages and people tell them to get over it. Things they would never say to somebody who had a broken leg. Reporter in reaching out and speaking out, many say they just want to show that there is hope. As a society its something were reluctant to talk about. I think its something that we should, that needs to be addressed its not going away. Reporter b. A. R. T. Is considering the possibility of adding barriers to the platform found in other countries such as japan but that could take years to find funding. Jana, thank you. The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department says a man has been detained for killing a wife near her home in san pablo. Officers say they found a womans body in a home. She died at the scene despite efforts to try to save her. Her husband was taken into custody at this time the Sheriffs Department is not releasing their names. But they do say that no one else is being sought. Changes are coming to the Santa Clara County jail following the beating death of an inmate there allegedly by a correctional officer. Reporter in the wake of michael tyresee beating jail at the hands of three correctional deputy, santa clara leaders are calling for swift action to improve their jail system. Amongst their recommendations, establishing an anonymous hot line to report abuse. I asked lori smith if they have to take tyreses state. I dont know who has been saying theyve gone on for years. We respond to complaints all the time. Unfortunately it is, its a huge tragedy. Im sorry it happened. Im very, very sorry to the family to the decedent in this. Im really sorry about the situation. I hold full responsibility for this action and for what happened absolutely. Now would Mental Health training could have prevented this. I feel these are rogue officers who overused force. I think its a good next step in what were trying to do. I wish this tragedy hadn t happened and for us to even be more speedy in terms of our reaction. Reporter the county board of supervisors will hear the proposed recommendations on tuesday if approved this Blue Ribbon Task force could be up and running in 90 days. Im azenith smith, ktvu channel 2 news. Its running cooler out there tonight. Fog back along the coast. And its very dense. Its not pushing very far inland so weve got low visibilities on the great highway. We have low visible up in stinson beach. The fog tomorrow will be right at the coast. Its not going to go further inland. 78 right now in antioch. 79 in fairfield. Cooler right now than it was last night at this time. Todays temperature 102 in santa rosa. Tomorrow goes down to 96. 84 in San Francisco today. Tomorrow almost 10 degrees drop in San Francisco. Still hot though its 108 in livermore today. They go 103 tomorrow. Air quality better tomorrow. Heat advisory goes away and we start to cool down. But in the forecast, theres some subtropical moisture thats going to come up here on the weekend, high clouds from a dying hurricane is going to create muggy sticky conditions. Just know tomorrow, slightly cooler especially along the coast. A huge reward tonight in a homicide case unsolved but not forgotten. In three minutes, hear the emotional plea today from the family of the young victim. Plus, football is back and theres already controversy involving the patriots. Mark ibanez with the operation for what came for the super bowl champs. And mark ibanez back in controversy. This and donald trump back in controversy. This time its what he said about Carly Fiorina that has him in hot water. Selling 18 homes . Easy. Building them all in four and a half months . Now that was a leap. I was calling in every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. And i knew i could rely on amecan express to help me buy those building materials. There are always going to be unknowns. You just have to be ready for them. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com today were gonna talk about trucks. Works for me. Which truck brand do you think offers best in class hd towing . Ford. I would say the ram. Ok, lets move to the second door. Best v8 horsepower. The ram. I say ford on the v8. Chevy. What about this years motortrend truck of the year . Chevy. What do you think . The ford. Theres no reason why they shouldnt be. Lets see how you did. Oohh thats the Chevy Silverado hd, the Chevy Silverado, and the chevy colorado. No way . chevy, chevy, chevy. Wow. Thats a clean sweep. The white house said today plans are in the works now to accept as many as 10,000 syrian refugees. They have been pouring into europe to escape the war in their homeland and thats resulting in an enormous humanitarian search. So far in the four years of the syrian war about 1,500 people have been allowed to settle in the united states. Republican president ial candidate donald trump is being criticized by both parties for his latest remark about Carly Fiorina. Shes the only woman in a very crowded republican field. Trump is quoted on saying look at that face. Would anyone vote for that. Fiorina reacted by saying it seems her candidacy is getting under his skin. I think those comments speak for themselves and all the many many many thousands of voters out there that are helping me climb in the polls. Yes theyre very serious. Reporter trump later said he was referring to her persona not her face. The two may get a chance to discuss this so next wednesday. They both are set to take part of the republican debate. A 125,000 reward is now being offered in the case of a man who was killed as he was just driving through North Oakland after playing basketball two years ago. John sasaki tells me his family is convinced that someone out there knows something about what happened. Reporter 22yearold iona cona goes everywhere with his mother. Every who would meet him would think its their best friend because of how he is. The perpetrators are roaming the streets of oakland or wherever else. Reporter mccona was shot to death on june 12 of 2013 as he returned home from playing basketball. It happened at 11 00 p. M. Just one hour before his 23rd birthday and immediately followed a minor fender bender in which the gunman rear ended mccana. He pulled over. He thought he was probably going to assess the damage and Exchange Information and he was killed. He did the right thing and he was killed over it. Reporter the gunman and another man then raced away from the scene in in a vehicle that was caught on surveillance camera. Its been years and no one has come over. 125,000 enough money to dramatically change a persons life. Mcconas mother is hopeful for a resolution and she knows iwa would too. Shes a persistent person. I dont know where he gets it from. Im completely the opposite but im still learning from him. Tonight, how three Police Officers have gone beyond the call of duty to make sure a young boy recovers. Salad bar perfectly good but usually ends up in the garbage. How this food will feed the hungry tonight. Hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. New at 10 clock, fresh food left over but not lost new at 10 00, fresh food left over but not lost. A program thats looking to capture and serve what would otherwise be thrown away. This is such a fantastic idea. Debora villalon has the story of a program thats giving these left overs a second chance. Reporter 40 of edible food in the u. S. Now goes to waste but this project even has hospitals on board. So you guys have donations today . Reporter the green aprons are getting familiar behind the scenes where food is made or sold in marin. We have donuts, we have more salad bar items. Reporter this food didnt make it on to a dish at Marin General Hospital cafe or on to a trade headed to a patients room. Go ahead and roll it, there you go. Reporter but it wont be tossed, volunteers will take it away. No jokes about hospital food then. No jokes about hospital food here, everything is cooked fresh. Reporter every day, chicken, potatoes, it all is cooked fresh. When i brought it up i thought it was going to be tough, but everybody was to it. Everybody caters at events that theres too much. Theres too much. People havent shown up or there was too much. We talk to them tell us about your food program. What kind of food do you need, how much do you need and when do you need it. Reporter the leg work comes from volunteers using their cars and food safe containers. This mom and son team look online for a run they can do. 20 minutes after leaving the hospital, theyre pulled into a homeless shelter in nevato where the left over salad and casserole very welcome. Thats survival mode. I think its all very invisible. With people that are low income

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