ktvu, channel 2 news the controversial prop 19 debate. to learn what impact legalizing pot would really have. sunday on the 10:00 news on ktvu, channel 2 news, complete bay area news coverage. . >> a jury decided it was involuntary. so how did it happen? why did a bart police officer fire his gun instead of his taser. it may have been unintentional but it is the reason why oscar grant is dead. and the interview before he was charged with manslaughter rita williams sat down with the former bart police officer and asked him how he could have mistaken his gun for his taser. >> he says it was a mistake, both that he is behind bars and what he did that sent him here. almost four months ago a jury convicted mehserle of involuntary manslaughter and use of a gun. and he has been in the la county jail ever since awaiting sentencing. >> do you think you should go to prison all the? >> no. it was an accident. >> the jury found it was involuntary, not murder, but a crime nonetheless when the former bart police officer fired his gun instead of his tas

on ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning. . >> more evidence tonight that illegal gambling is taking place on store fronts in some bay area strip fronts. we showed you that this week. ktvu's ken wayne talked to a woman who lost $7,000 at one of those computer gaming halls. ken joins us live in vallejo with the details. ken? >> reporter: julie, we have been told there are illegal gambling operations in antioch, concord oakland and behind this strip mall on sonoma boulevard here in vallejo. if you look over the drapes and butcher paper you see tables filled with computer monitors. when we stopped by the lights and computers were on but the doors were locked and no one was inside. the sign says lucky business services provides e-mail fax and copies. but some say these operations aren't set up for those services at all. >> they are lying, yes. they are lying. >> reporter: this woman doesn't want us to reveal her identity but says she was a regular customer at a similar storefront gambling operation at durant square in oakland. >>

we have posted that on the weekend extra tab at ktvu, ktvu ktvu.com. >> we can't say won and done. tonight is not the night for the giants. >> dwayne kuiper said giants baseball torture. you know the situation one more win and they are in. the padres crashed the night again at at&t park. but they are still alive in both the division and wild card race. before the start of tonight's game andre torres was honored with the willy mack award for the player that shows dedication. cane didn't have it. padres led 4-0. padres remember 5-1 now 6-1 at at&t park. matt cane's birthday the brands was blown out with a homerun. sanchez singles and that brings cody ross home for the first giants run of the game. go to the 6th inning. aaron roane. remember him? he had just 20 in his last hits at bat. and suddenly 6-3 with plenty more time to get more runs. the tying run comes to the plate. aubrey cuff takes his best shot against closer heath bell. the man on first sanchez doubled off the base. that's a double play. padres win 6-4. still alive. barry zito takes the hill tomorrow to try to end this th

why the mayor of san francisco asked ktvu, ktvu to televise the giants road game at a time of civil un rest. >>> and then a bit later, a giants' team that barely made it into the world series. ktvu, channel 2 news morning news, the bay area's major news of the day. local news from overnight. live drive time traffic. and weather in the area where you live. dave clark and pam cook, ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning weekdays starting at 5 a.m., complete bay area news coverage. >> good news, bay area. . >> if you have sat lit or cable television you know that every day of the week there is a relevant sing event on t.v. sometimes several at the same time. but there was a time when baseball broadcasts were fairly rare on television. and that's why in the 1960s it was a big deal when the mayor of san francisco asked ktvu to air a game because he thought it might help prevent a riot. craig heath explains. >> reporter: september 27, 1966. a police officer shot and killed 16-year-old matthew johnson as johnson ran from a stolen car in hunters point. as word of the shooting spread so did violen

the only place to see it right here on ktvu. coverage starts at 4:30 following a special early edition of ktvu, channel 2 news at 4. the giants would love to win the pennant at home. follow the battle for the pennant at ktvu.com. find all of our coverage including photos, video and more right on the front page. >>> the military's don't ask don't tell policy is now back in place at least for the time being. late today the 9th circuit court of appeals in san francisco ordered the policy to remain in place while the government pursues a legal challenge. earlier this month, the federal judge in riverside ruled the ban on gays serving openly in the military is unconstitutional. and ordered it suspended. today's order freezes that ruling while the justice department appeals. the president has said he wants the policy repealed but only after a review and an act of congress. >>> there has been a change of plans for president obama's visit to the bay area tomorrow. instead of campaigning in san francisco, the president is going to the pe

ktvu's christian kaplan joins us now, he's in san carlos with the details and reaction. christian. >> reporter: the san carlo city counsel is set to begin their meeting any moment. we will take you inside council chambers. the city council is considering dissolving its fire department and outsourcing emergency services. with sales in property taxes down, san carlos is looking to outsource fire and emergency services as a way to cut $1 million out of the bottom line. >> the issue is cost and if you look at basically cities around california, everybody is downsizing all your sectors of your business except for safety and especially fire where you've added more people and it's more expensive. >> reporter: san carlos has shared fire and emergency services with neighboring belmont since 1979, but this year san carlos opted to dissolve that partnership. san carlos now has one year to figure out how it will cover fires and emergencies. tonight the council will review a consultant's report and weigh some of the options including the possibility of a new partnership with cal fire

ktvu's ken prichit. it has this story. >> reporter: 18 days until the election and the election office is already a busy place. >> we are busier every day we get closer to the election. >> reporter: ballot county machines are being tested. absentee ballots continued to be mailed out by the thousands. and some early voters such as sandra phillips are casting their ballots in person. >> because this is what we fought for. and it's our duty and obligation to vote. >> reporter: but millions will not have ballots or be allowed to vote if they do not register in a matter of days. >> well, if you are one of the six million californians not registered and you want to vote in this election monday is the deadline. >> reporter: the clerk steve weir said he thought this election might have a low turnout but now says voter registration is up by one percent and will only increase. as the new registrations the registrar said he is surprised by a number of things. first the increased number of new registrations and the

the orange october coverage conditions at ktvu, ktvu.com. you will find an entire section dedicated to the giants and their world series run. >>> and getting rain in the bay area. a long wait for most of us. raining all day in the north bay. but down here in the central bay not a lot of rain until now. the showers are occurring. we've got rain in san francisco ought over the ballpark. rain at alameda, oakland, emeryville. hayward. the rain is moving through rapidly. let's put the movement on this. there is a lot of direction. a lot of north or south to north. translating at a very slow rate off in that direction, the whole system. so i would say by 2 or 3 in the morning it should be mostly out of here. but a chance of sprinkles in the morning. that's saturday. there is the system. you saw it moving east a little bit. just right there. it is slow. because most of the speed is going this way. as it goes this way it is going this way. much faster to the north than to the east. but moving through here. the showers will be around tonight. daytime

ktvu's amber lee joins us now live in san francisco to explain. amber? >> reporter: julie, this was an anti war protest with a twist. on this 9th anniversary of the war in afghanistan, protestors came here to the hilton union square to show their solidarity with hotel workers. as they marched up powell street to the hilton hotel, protestors carried signs promoting various causes, from stopping the war in afghanistan, demanding a fair contract for san francisco hotel workers. protest organizers say the u.s. government should use the money it expends on war to help working americans, such as hotel employees who have been without a contract for 14 months. >> they lit this fire and they will do whatever they want. they have got to help us. >> it is so important that all of those here today talk about this 9th anniversary. >> reporter: one person told us life there has not stabilized despite the ongoing war and that the american military has not been successful in stopping the taliban's violent attacks. >> afghanistan the second day after we arrived there s a

but first let's check in with ktvu's deborah villalon. the rain has been coming down pretty hard for hours now. deborah? >> reporter: that's right, it is still coming down. on the frontage road along 101. you can see all of the water that's collecting. when this happens on the freeway, it's an accident waiting to happen. >> highway 101. >> rerter: one minute this vehicle was southbound. the next pointed north after the driver probably going too fast for the wet conditions lost control and skidded across several lanes. >> hydroplaned, yeah, jammed on the brakes and sent him into a spin. and spun all the way across and slammed right into the wall here. >> reporter: this is just one spin-out in the north bay today. the driver and the paenger shaken up but un injured. in sonoma county, another driver was lucky to survive a 200-foot plunge off an embankment on point ray's petaluma road. only some trees halted the car. again officers say too much speed in slippery conditions. >> time for the umbrella. [ laughter ] >> reporter: umbrellas seemed

ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thanks. and of course you can watch game two of the world series right here on ktvu channel 2 today. our coverage starts at 4:30 right after a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 4:00 . >>> new report says the u.s. government cannot account for billions of dollars spent on rebuilding in afghanistan. the report from the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction says the government knows it has awarded nearly $18 billion in contracts since 2007. but it can't account for spending before that. the agency says it remains to be seen whether we'll ever know how much the u.s. has spent overall in rebuilding afghanistan. >>> in indonesia authorities fear that many of the hundreds of people missing after a tsunami were washed out to sea. the tsunami struck remote islands on monday. 313 people are confirmed dead. another 370 are unaccounted for. reports say that a tsunami warning system failed because of a lack of maintenance. indonesia's also mourning e deaths of 33 people from a v

. >>> ktvu channel 2 news, the first major storm of the season packs a punch, leaving a bay area police station and thousands of customers in the dark and more wet weather is just around the corner. good evening. i'm maureen naylor. >> i'm ken wayne and heather holmes is off tonight. >>> 50 square blocks, 15,000 courts, seven-hour long power outage in oakland has caused problem for poli and fire service and tonight oakland has used help from outside agencies to police streets and try to keep cars from colliding at darkened intersections. ktvu's debora villalon is live with the latest on the power outage that is just now coming to an end. >> reporter: that is right ken. we're at 10th and broadway, part of the outage that ended about half an hour ago. as it got dark police laid flares at intersections and asked chp and county sheriffs for patrol help. they were concerned about collisions, and break-ins because of disabled alarms and on this day, when pg&e had a failure, both police and fire did, too. >> do you see the change in color? does she have any history of heart problems? >> report

it is a ktvu exclusive. for the first time we hear former bart police officer mehserle's firsthand account of his fatal encounter with oscar grant. mehserle has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and faces sentencing next week. ktvu reporting rita williams has -- ktvu's reporter rita williams has pursued an interview with mehserle since the beginning. this week they sat in the jailhouse where he told her his story. >> reporter: he used to enforce the law, now he's sitting behind bars accused of breaking the law. for almost four months now an inmate at the los angeles county jail. >> you have a hand? sorry. >> reporter: a self-described jokester, mehserle trying to laugh about the awkwardness of not trying to shake my hand. that was the last time he laughed for the next hour. why did you agree to talk to us. >> over the last several years i haven't had a chance to say anything. and for most of the people that don't know me i know i've been portrayeded differently than who i actually am. >> some people

it is a ktvu exclusive. for the first time we hear former bart police officer mehserle's firsthand account of his fatal encounter with oscar grant. mehserle has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and faces sentencing next week. ktvu reporting rita williams has -- ktvu's reporter rita williams has pursued an interview with mehserle since the beginning. this week they sat in the jailhouse where he told her his story. >> reporter: he used to enforce the law, now he's sitting behind bars accused of breaking the law. for almost four months now an inmate at the los angeles county jail. >> you have a hand? sorry. >> reporter: a self-described jokester, mehserle trying to laugh about the awkwardness of not trying to shake my hand. that was the last time he laughed for the next hour. why did you agree to talk to us. >> over the last several years i haven't had a chance to say anything. and for most of the people that don't know me i know i've been portrayeded differently than who i actually am. >> some people

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu ktvu. >> victory and it is grounded to the left side. and rollins had to hurry. it is game two to philadelphia. >> the giants get no love in philadelphia. as the team heads back to the bay area with one game each. >> same ballpark different results. the giants didn't pull it off falling to philadelphia philliess 6-1 and leading the championship series tied at one apiece. joins us from citizens ballpark with more sal? >> reporter: ken and heather spoke to a lot of giants fans today. this day now is over in philadelphia. in fact, early in the morning here in philly. a big sports day for them. even though the giants lost, they said their goal, many of the fans say the goal was just to come away with one victory here in philly. they did that. and flying back to the bay area. we spoke to a lot of fans today. >> after last night's victory, how do you feel? >> relieved a little bit. being in this park is a little hard this time. they are not incredibly generous with their chance. but it is a fun place to be at the same time. >> reporter: she sa

ktvu's ken prichit. it has this story. >> reporter: 18 days until the election and the election office is already a busy place. >> we are busier every day we get closer to the election. >> reporter: ballot county machines are being tested. absentee ballots continued to be mailed out by the thousands. and some early voters such as sandra phillips are casting their ballots in person. >> because this is what we fought for. and it's our duty and obligation to vote. >> reporter: but millions will not have ballots or be allowed to vote if they do not register in a matter of days. >> well, if you are one of the six million californians not registered and you want to vote in this election monday is the deadline. >> reporter: the clerk steve weir said he thought this election might have a low turnout but now says voter registration is up by one percent and will only increase. as the new registrations the registrar said he is surprised by a number of things. first the increased number of new registrations and the

ktvu's amber lee joins us now live in san francisco to explain. amber? >> reporter: julie, this was an anti war protest with a twist. on this 9th anniversary of the war in afghanistan, protestors came here to the hilton union square to show their solidarity with hotel workers. as they marched up powell street to the hilton hotel, protestors carried signs promoting various causes, from stopping the war in afghanistan, to demanding a fair contract for san francisco hotel workers. protest organizers say the u.s. government should use the money it expends on war to help working americans, such as hotel employees who have been without a contract for 14 months. >> they lit this fire and they will do whatever they want. they have got to help us. >> it is so important that all of those here today talk about this 9th anniversary. >> reporter: one person told us life there has not stabilized despite the ongoing war and that the american military has not been successful in stopping the taliban's violent attacks. >> afghanistan the second day after we arrived there

ktvu's debra is live with the latest. debra? >> reporter: julie, county officials say this is the most serious incident they've had in 3-4 years. take a look at the flare continuing to burn as it has for almost 12 hours. at its peak, very unsettling for neighbors. >> it's huge. it looks dangerous. >> reporter: for many living on the hills around the refinery, the smoke and flames were scary. >> i thought it's going to blow up, on fire, or they are just releasing some kind of poison. >> reporter: not poison, what was burning was light hydrocarbon burned intentionally to relieve pressure whenever a malfunction forces the plant to shut down. first, hydrogen equipment, later, steam tower. >> it was another day in which a million things have to go right and something didn't. >> i think the rain and drizzle helped us. >> reporter: most of the smoke rose high and over the bay, still, hazardous materials teams scattered to check air quality. >> the zones to do a telephone zone notification. >> reporter: it wasn't nessary to warn people

ktvu will cover that. more for you on that tonight at 6:00. live jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you, jade. the u.s. government is apologizing for a medical experiment on people that happened 60 years ago. it's the beginning of a new era at the former muni auto plant in the east bay. >>> the weekend is almost here. our meteorologist will tell us if it will be a cool one or warm one. also. >>> doing something extra getting out of the office. kids need changes to run around in a safe place. >> at this hour more than a dozen doctors are rolled up their sleeves and are performing an operation on our bay area playgrounds. >>> latest report on a pipeline disaster in san bruno and allowed photographers to take pictures of the fractures pipeline at its lab in virginia. the catastrophic failure may have started along a weld or in a weakened section of the 54- year-old pipe. investigators are also looking at corrosion and the possibility cracks on the pipeline may have grown over time. >>> this is arraignment day for phillip and nancy gar

ktvu's coverage of game four starts at 4:30 in the afternoon. and with the ranger's win tonight that means there will be a game five on monday in texas. >>> a little more giants coverage later on in this newscast. >>> in other news tonight, a bizarre accident delayed bart service in the east bay. somehow a man and his wheelchair were run over by a bart train. ktvu's janna katsuyama is in hayward with the details. >> reporter: ken, tonight we have learned that victim is 64- year-old curtis fuller. he is in critical condition, still alive. it turns out that a design feature of these bart tracks might be the reason that he wasn't killed on the spot. this afternoon, bart passengers watched stunned as train operators slowly separated the train cars and revealed the spot where a richmond-bound train ran over the man and his wheelchair. it happened around 2:50 p.m. >> when we were pulling up into the hayward station we heard a lot of people yelling on the platform. and then all of a sudden we heard a big bottom. >> reporter: witnesses say 64- year-old

ktvu's tara moriarte is at the scene. and we'll have a live report coming up at 8:00. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street now. dow is up, almost 100 points at the moment. extending their gains for another day after a strong batch of earnings reports from at&t and xerox. and there is also mixed news, basically good fuse about jobless jobless claims. >>> giants fever is bringing a shot in the arm for businesses. claudine wong is in the newsroom. >> reporter: when the giants are doing well, so do the businesses around them. in fact, we are getting word that lefty o'dual's is hoping to have a party tomorrow. hoping to have a world series to plan for. fans will be flocking to the ballpark. and businesses say they are going to be ready. of course, the stadium is sold out. that's a given. but so are the surrounding restaurants and bars. keep in mind, a lot of people can't get into the park, but they want to be close to the action. it's standing room only. not only is it like that during play-off games, and tha

we have posted that on the weekend extra tab at ktvu, ktvu ktvu.com. >> we can't say won and done. tonight is not the night for the giants. >> dwayne kuiper said giants baseball torture. you know the situation one more win and they are in. the padres crashed the night again at at&t park. but they are still alive in both the division and wild card race. before the start of tonight's game andre torres was honored with the willy mack award for the player that shows dedication. cane didn't have it. padres led 4-0. padres remember 5-1 now 6-1 at at&t park. matt cane's birthday the brands was blown out with a homerun. sanchez singles and that brings cody ross home for the first giants run of the game. go to the 6th inning. aaron roane. remember him? he had just 20 in his last hits at bat. and suddenly 6-3 with plenty more time to get more runs. the tying run comes to the plate. aubrey cuff takes his best shot against closer heath bell. the man on first sanchez doubled off the base. that's a double play. padres win 6-4. still alive. barry zito takes the hill tomorrow to try to end this th

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> a ktvu exclusive, why this funeral almost didn't happen today after a bay area hospital lost track of a patient. good evening, everyone, i'm frank summerville. >> i'm julie hayneer. he died in a hospital, but his family never knew. after 10 days, the family's search ended in the hospital morgue. the hospital is scrambling for answers. debra is live now in oakland with the story you'll see only on 2, debra? >> reporter: julie, gerald told his mom on phone he was ill. he died of heart failure that same day, but no one knew it for 10 days. this funeral comes late for gerald constantine. the 47 year old died october 8, but tough the 18th before his loved ones found out. >> my understanding on the computer system they put down he was discharged instead of deceased. >> constantine had kidney disease, so his emergency contacts were on file, they were also in his cell phone, which he had with him, yet no one pursued him. for ten days, relatives visited hospitals and police departments filing missing person's reports, every day more disparate. >> w

check the game right here on ktvu channel 2. coverage begins at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. >>> a hazmat on the peninsula. chopper 2 is on the way. >>> a lot of excitement this morning at a bart station. >>> the bay area is right on the edge of a storm front. some areas may get rain today, some may not. we'll tell you if you'll see showers in your neighborhood. also -- >>> some people will say it's for sympathy. >> this is for the public to see who i am. i'm not asking for any sympathy at all. the fbi is trying to track down the person that fired shots at the marine corp. museum overnight. investigators say the same person might be responsible for three similar incidents recently, including an earlier shooting at the museum and shots fired at the pentagon and a marine recruiting center. the fbi say the first three shootings were connected and the fourth could be. no one has been injured in any of the incidents. >>> we are getting breaking news now into the ktvu channel 2 newsroom. authorities in daily city are responding to a hazar

ktvu's debra is live with the latest. debra? >> reporter: julie, county officials say this is the most serious incident they've had in 3-4 years. take a look at the flare continuing to burn as it has for almost 12 hours. at its peak, very unsettling for neighbors. >> it's huge. it looks dangerous. >> reporter: for many living on the hills around the refinery, the smoke and flames were scary. >> i thought it's going to blow up, on fire, or they are just releasing some kind of poison. >> reporter: not poison, what was burning was light hydrocarbon burned intentionally to relieve pressure whenever a malfunction forces the plant to shut down. first, hydrogen equipment, later, steam tower. >> it was another day in which a million things have to go right and something didn't. >> i think the rain and drizzle helped us. >> reporter: most of the smoke rose high and over the bay, still, hazardous materials teams scattered to check air quality. >> the zones to do a telephone zone notification. >> reporter: it wasn't necessary to warn peopl

stay with ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com for any new developments in this case. we'll bring them to you as they happen on air and on land. >>> the decomposing body was found near the intersection of fullton shipyard road. it appears that to be a a transient man. >>> one of the men accused of killing matt garcia was sentenced today to 15 years in prison. the prosecution said combs and henry don williams went after garcia in a case of mistaken idea thinking that he was a drug dealer. williams is serving 50 years to life on a first degree murder conviction. >>> late this evening, authorities released a sketch of a man wanted with connection with a recent attack of an apartment complex in it's just ha the latest in a string of attack. >> you should feel safe in your own home. and i'm not. and management doesn't care. >> reporter: she saw a strange man in the stairs of her apartment, she says in hindsight she matched the description of the man who committed two attacks. >> as we went to my apartment, this man pulled her baseball cap down and made both of us feel very

ktvu's rita williams is keeping an eye on today's accusations. she is in the newsroom now with our live report. rita. >> reporter: with just two weeks before the election, voters seem to know the two major candidates for governor, republican meg whitman and democrat jerry brown and that seems to be the problem. a recent ppic poll shows about half the voters surveyed are dissatisfied with both of them. >> so i'm very proud to be here and endorse and present jerry brown as our next governor of the state of california. [ applause ] >> reporter: dissatisfaction or not, someone will be elected governor and today california's former governor wants to be governor again, jerry brown was in san francisco picking up the endorsement of asian pacific islander leaders and he again was criticizing his opponent for not releasing how much money she herself would save under her proposal to eliminate the capital gains tax, which he favors keeping. >> she can talk all she wants but the truth is she wants to enrich herself and her contributors and the very wealthies

live in san jose, robert handa, can,ktvu news. >>> ktvu has learned joe biden is expected to arrive in the bay area tonight for a campaign event. the vice president will attend a private 9:00 a.m. event tomorrow in oakland with congressman jerry mcnurry. the vice presidt's office won't say what time he's arriving but ktvu has learned flight restrictions are being put into place at 7:30 this evening over oakland. >>> the scandal surrounding republican meg whitman and former housekeeper escalated today. diaz' attorney gloria alred released a copy of a social security administration letter sent to whitman in 2003 notifying her that diaz number did not check out. >> we never saw the letter, nikki did bring in our mail and sort the mail. >> meg whitman should be ashamed. embarrassed, she has lied. >> reporter: whitman says she dismissed diaz in 2009 after finding out about her immigration status. diaz' says she was abruptly fired after asking help getting a green card. >>> the budget is now a record 92 days late. that is near a quarter of the new fiscal year. the so called big five met last

that's ahead on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >>> good afternoon. we begin this noontime with big changes about to happen at the bay bridge. a big part of the new eastern span is come together and it comes with an important washing from caltrans for drivers. claudine wong has the latest. >> reporter: from our vantage point on treasure island, we can show you the work that's underway. what you are looking at leaning in that 75-degree or so angle is the section of the tower that's supposed to be lift. they are gonna get it perpendicular and raise it hundreds of feet in the air. when that goes up, the drivers on the bay bridge will get a front-row seat. at around 5:00 this morning, ktvu got this exclusively look at this 107-foot section of tower that will be part of the signature tower of the new bay bridge. the section was brought over on a barge to the construction site before dawn. as crews got ready to undertake this massive project. this is phase ii of a five- stage project. this work is happening right at eye level to drivers at the bay bridge. a

in washington caroll hahn ktvu channel news. >> twitter has a new executive optioner. the chief operating officer will move up to ladder to ceo. the word of his promotion came in a blog post from former ceo, evan williams. the internet calling service skype is getting a new ceo the company's named cisco executive tony baits who headed a division that had 12,000 employees and generated $20 billion in sales. joshua silverman left skype after his slip off from ebay. >>> continuing coverage of the police officer who was hit. >>> also at 6, ktvu learned newen formation involving former bart police officer, meheserle, what his attorney is asking for and the reaction from the person representing the family of the victim oscar grant. >>> this man admitted to a crime that made bay area headlines and left a lot of people disgusted authorities sate it was pictures on ktvu that lead to his arrest. >> plus the bay area school district given life saving equipment after a frightening situation on a high school campus. and why that equipment is just sitting in a school closet and not

"ktvu channel 2 news." >>> and tomorrow night, a different part of the story, ktvu's rita williams sits down with mesolli for his first interview since the shooting. how he describes that night and what he says grant was doing when mesolli pulled the trigger. that story tomorrow night exclusively on the 10:00 news. >>> a message said to be from osama bin laden warns france to get its forces out of afghanistan or says bin laden, you will be killed. the message also attacks france for banning women from wearing burkas or covering their faces in public saying it oppresses muslims. france has recently stepped up security around landmarks because of possible terror attacks. >>> the fbi today said a terror plot against washington, d.c. has been foiled. a man was arrested at this home in virginia. the fbi said akmed met with agents posing as members of al qaeda intending to carry out multiple bombings. >>> oakland residents received a rare look at the inner workings of their city's police department today when the twice-monthly comp stat meeting was held in public for the first time. the depar

ktvu's maureen naylor joins us from san francisco with more. maureen. >> reporter: ken, behind me is one big reason why this is one of the busiest weekends for some businesses here. also juxt next to the bay bridge the 884-feet long makin island is here for fleet week, add in the giant's game, the 49ers game and the burning man party, this city was packed. rowdy fans spilled out on the street at bloom's saloon in san francisco to watch the giant's playoff game. the win wasn't the only reason that the bartender was toast, saying that business was up four times compared to a typically sunday. >> a great boost. we're in a winning mode. >> reporter: down the street, more than 10,000 partiers were at this potrero neighborhood for a punishing man decompression party. >> i pretty much expected a lot of time to get ovhere because of fleet weekend and burning mangression and the nine game. so a busy day. >> reporter: the blue angels were the biggest draw and lured rebekah peterson from southern california. >> we probably send $500 to $600 in a weekend.

ktvu caught up with fans in san francisco. he'll join us live with local reaction coming up at 10:30. >> giants fans felt a wave of emotions both high anxiety and deep joy at times. we caught up with fans at the phoenix irish pub where optimism for the hometown boys abounded early. >> just unbelievable for the giants to do so well, the workman team, it's unbelievable. >> it's amazing. giants, they are unbeatable. >> speaking of, aubrey huff at bat. >> reporter: some listened on the radio. no matter how fans listened, they were happy tonight brought them one game closer to a possible world series. this has been called a torture tour with each giant's post season game being decided by one run. >> the torture part, you can pretty much predict. what didn't go according to form was the matchup between the starting pitchers. roy halladay was coming off the second no hitter. halladay's no hitter and shut out both went on the wayside. that gave the giants a 1-0 lead. phils tied the game with a homer of their own, but ross again tool h

stay with ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com for any new developments in this case. we'll bring them to you as they happen on air and on land. >>> the decomposing body was found near the intersection of fullton shipyard road. it appears that to be a a transient man. >>> one of the men accused of killing matt garcia was sentenced today to 15 years in prison. the prosecution said combs and henry don williams went after garcia in a case of mistaken idea thinking that he was a drug dealer. williams is serving 50 years to life on a first degree murder conviction. >>> late this evening, authorities released a sketch of a man wanted with connection with a recent attack of an apartment complex in it's just ha the latest in a string of attack. >> you should feel safe in your own home. and i'm not. and management doesn't care. >> reporter: she saw a strange man in the stairs of her apartment, she says in hindsight she matched the description of the man who committed two attacks. >> as we went to my apartment, this man pulled her baseball cap down and made both of us feel very

by the way, you can watch the entire world series right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage of game 1 begins right after this newscast at 4:30. . >>> a tragic story is unfolding this afternoon where police are investigating whether a brother murdered his twin or if they had a suicide pact. live in hayward with more. >> reporter: investigators say this started yesterday around noon when one of the twins broke into this home. departments say he came outside, demanded to be shot, but was then tasered. during the investigation, deputies learned his twin brother was missing. then today they went to this area, they found a body. investigators found the body this morning. this afternoon, news [ cheers and chopper 2 was ahead, the body was taken to the coroner's office to find if it is indeed the burglar's brother. when it comes to the boys death, both disturbing. >> at this point, we're frying to determine whether -- trying to determine whether this was a suicide by the brother and attempted suicide by the other brother or if the brother arrested murdered the sibling.

ktvu named bruce byart as the winner. in a small ceremony last night, he was one of five and received the most votes on the online poll to become the winner. he plans to donate his $5,000 reward to the bay trail project. >>> apple is apologizing to some anxious fans. we'll tell you what they are waiting for. >>> carly sheen's having problems again -- charlie sheen's having problems again. we'll tell you what about now. man: empty nest? new kitchen, new us? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom countertops until november 28th at ikea. the life improvement store. >>> stocks slipping a little bit about the -- speculating about weather buying bonds will be as big as thought. >>> apple says the white ver

you can watch all of the games including game three right here hon ktvu channel 2 news, or ktvu channel 2 sorry excuse me. and tomorrow's game starts a little earlier than usual. coverage begins at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. >>> two prominent san franciscans, newsom and harris are hoping to make the leap to holding office. at least one of them has a pretty good chance. randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: according to a new ktvu field poll, gavin newsom's chances of becoming california's next lieutenant governor appear to be brightening. he has a five point lead over republican able maldonado. 42% for newsom, 37 for maldonado. >> i don't care. >> reporter: you don't care? >> no it's irrelevant. >> reporter: newsom told us what matters more is getting his supporters out to vote and he's worried. >> if the pundents are right, and voters do go out, people like me lose. >> reporter: voters frantically removed seats so that the room won't look empty for our cameras. young democrats were hoping for hundreds, but only about 50 people showed up. a similar problem for able maldonado who pulled up

let's go live to ktvu's tara live on the scene. tara. >> reporter: well, sal, we just spoke to police and they say that this suspect is responding but it appears he may have been injured in this shootout. now we are here in a san jose neighborhood. some people have been evacuated. right behind me here you can see two blocks from where we're standing is where the suspect is in a car. he is armed and in a standoff with police. they are trying to get him to turn himself in. you can see that they've cornered a several blocks here around seminole and sam tampa way. you can see there are cops littered throughout the entire neighborhood. some over here and some over in this section as well. there are dozens and dozens of officers and s.w.a.t. teams that have just stormed this area. so a heavy, heavy police presence. now authorities have just loaded up with more ammunition apparently. and rifle specialists are hunkered down on the second story of a nearby home planning their strategy. now san jose police zeroed in on this man yesterday. th

this is ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> finger pointing and name calling. the attacks get personal in the debate between jerry brown and meg whitman. good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. there were heated exchanges during the candidate's second debate. with the issue of meg whitman's former housekeeper taking center stage. the faceoff in fresno, the state's first spanish language debate focused on immigration issues and things got intense when it came to the fourth question. just 15 minutes in, and the gloves were off inside fresno's state student union as the univision addressed the elephant in the room. the matter of republican candidate's meg whitman former housekeeper an illegal immigrant. >> jerry, you should be ashamed you and your surrogate put her deportation at risk. you perfect her out there. and you should be ashamed for sacrificing nicky diaz on the altar of your political ambition. >> meg whitman blamed her democratic rival for the controversy claiming jerry brown orchestrated the scandal that erupted e

ktvu has learned that the suspect has a violent record. they've learned he is violent and can be violent. they want to track down these two as soon as possible. >>> a kidnapping suspect is in the hospital and a mother and baby are safely back home. this is after a terrifying incident that ended on 280 on woodside saturday night. police say a 26-year-old kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and the couple's 11-month-old daughter from the san jose home. they say he then raced up and down the peninsula before intentionally crashing his car and jumping off a 30-foot overpass. the suspect is at stanford hospital. his condition is not known. today japan and sweden joined the u.s. and britain in issuing a warning about a possible terror attack. britain's foreign office warned travelers that the terrorist threat there was high. yesterday, the state department advised american citizens and travelers in europe to take precautions about their personal security. the japanese and swedish messages were similar but there are no details about specific targets. >>

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> a ktvu exclusive, why this funeral almost didn't happen today after a bay area hospital lost track of a patient. good evening, everyone, i'm frank summerville. >> i'm julie hayneer. he died in a hospital, but his family never knew. after 10 days, the family's search ended in the hospital morgue. the hospital is scrambling for answers. debra is live now in oakland with the story you'll see only on 2, debra? >> reporter: julie, gerald told his mom on phone he was ill. he died of heart failure that same day, but no one knew it for 10 days. this funeral comes late for gerald constantine. the 47 year old died october 8, but tough the 18th before his loved ones found out. >> my understanding on the computer system they put down he was discharged instead of deceased. >> constantine had kidney disease, so his emergency contacts were on file, they were also in his cell phone, which he had with him, yet no one pursued him. for ten days, relatives visited hospitals and police departments filing missing person's reports, every day more disparate. >> w

following a 4:00 edition of ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu news is getting a first glimpse of the sentence that will be called for mehserle. he faces up to four years in prison for that gun, but a gun enhancemented could add another 10 years. in court papers filed today, prosecutors argued that mehserle deserves a gun sentence. the prosecution wants the gun charge tossed out, but beside that they are asking for probation. rita williams spoke to mehserle this week inside the jail. for the first time, you will hear about the shooting and what he thinks will happen at the the sentencing. our special report airs tomorrow night. >>> and carly fiorina is in the hospital recovering from an infection. but it won't deter her from her candidate. >> reporter: boxer spent the day talking to workers of cisco while her opponent fiorina was hospitalized. boxer did not speak about fiorina's hospitalization but she did say. >> my opponent has never served in office. but has voted against every position i've had. >> barbara boxer loves to complain about companies that shift job overseasseas. so why is she g

following a 4:00 edition of ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu news is getting a first glimpse of the sentence that will be called for mehserle. he faces up to four years in prison for that gun, but a gun enhancemented could add another 10 years. in court papers filed today, prosecutors argued that mehserle deserves a gun sentence. the prosecution wants the gun charge tossed out, but beside that they are asking for probation. rita williams spoke to mehserle this week inside the jail. for the first time, you will hear about the shooting and what he thinks will happen at the the sentencing. our special report airs tomorrow night. >>> and carly fiorina is in the hospital recovering from an infection. but it won't deter her from her candidate. >> reporter: boxer spent the day talking to workers of cisco while her opponent fiorina was hospitalized. boxer did not speak about fiorina's hospitalization but she did say. >> my opponent has never served in office. but has voted against every position i've had. >> barbara boxer loves to complain about companies that shift job overseasseas. so why is she g

you can see that game right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage starts at 4:30 following a special early edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 4:00 . >>> you can follow the battle for the pennant at ktvu.com. you're going to find all our conch including photos, video and more on the front page. >>> president obama comes to the bay area today. unless you have a lot of money, you probably won't see him. he's attending a fundraiser where he'll pose for pictures for people for $6500. then he'll deliver remarks at a democratic party fundraiser at the palo alto home of a google executive. the price of admission $30,000. most people we talk today in the neighborhood didn't even know the president was coming. >> the other morning there were a lot of people at the home standing around the driveway and we were walking our kids to school. so we knew something was going on there. and now it's wonderful to hear that's what it was. it's an honor. >> i didn't know. but it's pretty cool. actually, i'll tell my mom. she'll be pretty excited. >> the presid

ktvu akraig debro is live -- ktvu's kraig debro is live with more. >> reporter: i got this jacket when they opened the park and i'm wearing it this morning. there are barricades up. the reason for that, we have an insource telling us the giants are leaving this morning no later than 9:00. the team figurings the word will get out, the fans will come down, and so they put out the barricades. this morning, they are just two wins away from clenching the world series. >> to the right. >> and the giants win it 9-0! [ cheers ] >> reporter: giants have a 2-0 series lead over the rangers of texas. the giants also have history on their side. giants have set some records along the way, 20 runs in the first two games. 11 wednesday night and 9 last night. >> always played a lot of close games. that's just the way this ballpark turns out games to be. it's one of those things where you get used to pitching and then try to really understand, you know, which situations to bear down on. >> probably expected shutouts but our -- shootouts but our guys have been putting out good hits. sticking to the plan.

this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news. you made it to friday again, the first day of october. >> time now is 5:30. what does october look like weather-wise? >> it'll be cooler. on monday, i didn't think i'd make it to friday with it so hot. today though, temperatures coming down. 60s, 70s, now, high clouds, east bay. south bay. the showers down south. look at that later, talk about your weekend as well. here's my good friend sal. >> traffic is moving along pretty well. highway 17, no major problems in the south bay so far. commute looks good on westbound 24 up to the caldecott tunnel. now let's go back to the desk. >>> police officers are standing guard at an east oakland neighborhood at this hour. they're watching out for a gunman who vanished following an overnight shooting and standoff on burrow wood avenue. what are they saying jade? >> they're securing the house nate the incase the man tried to come home. we're live in front of police headquarters this morning, waiting for an update. the standoff began after neighbors

that series of exclusive ktvu reports will begin here thursday night on the 10:00 news. reporting from the newsroom, i'm rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two new developments today concerning a jailhouse attack in contra costa county. we know now the suspect faked a medical condition just moments before the attack and now the sheriff is saying that changes may be in store. a rob roth live in martinez with more -- our rob roth live in martinez with more. >> reporter: we're at the contra costa county jail, and it was inside this facility that an inmate attacked a nurse. the sheriff says that he plans to study protocall so that this doesn't happen again. >> that's what angers me the most, that this knuckle head attacked a person, a good person that was trying to help him. >> reporter: that attack happened yesterday afternoon. officials say 34-year-old burglary suspect aaron nigard began having what appeared to be a seizure. after medical staff arrived, he told the nurse that he faked the seizure because he didn't like the room he was in. he then struck the nurse over

it's all ahead here on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning to you. welcome to tuesday, october the 5th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. let's start with steve paulson. >> today, if you're in the north bay, i think it the be okay. to the south bay, though, you're more in line for showers. especially from the santa clara valley. over toward eastern monterey county. for some, yes, that's an 80. here's sal. >>> right now, traffic on 80 westbound is doing pretty well. heading to the macarthur mays. -- maze. no major problems here in oakland if you're heading to do you want. we have a serious closure. one of the major ways to get to alameda because of some police activity. let's go live to ktvu reporter claudine wong who is on this breaking news. >> reporter: good morning, sal. we are on the side. you can see behind me, this crash that is making a mess. what you're looking at is a traverse behind that vehicle, however, are two more vehicles. this is a three-car accident that one vehicle you see was going the wrong way down the tube when this