i am heather holmes. >>> a judge is ordering six of seven defendants to stand trial. the decision came down late today. the brutal attack took place last year in a dark courtyard at richmond high. as christian cap didn't reports tonight the judge dismissed charges against one -- christien kafton reports tonight that judge dismissed charges against one defendant. >> reporter: the judge says there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial for six of those accused of again rape of a 16-year-old girl. >> the next up is for our office to review and determine what charges -- we may file information with fewer chargers or we may add charges. >> reporter: the judge ruled there is not enough evidence to tie the youngest of the accused was just 16 years old . his family reacted with joy. >> i feel good, but i feel angry because they wasted 12 months of my son's life. >> reporter: prosecutors may seek to refile charges but already prosecutors say they have their hands full. three of the men face rape and speaker charges and two more face enhance sexual assault charges -- and ga

i am heather holmes. >>> the family of a teenager who crashed his car and died after drinking on a party bus is suing the party bus operator. they want lawmakers to crack down on so-called booze cruises. >> reporter: the controversy here is who should be responsible when under age passengers drink. online web ads show a party on wheels with music, lights, dance poles and alcohol. they show for -- chauffer groups and last year one teenager died. his family is calling for a crackdown on all party bus operators. >> he was dropped off at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. basically to fend for himself. >> reporter: assembly bill 45 would require party bus operators to verify each passengers age. drivers would face fines of $2000 or more, habit license revoked or face misdemeanor charges. >> before they take the trip, they find out who was on board and if they are minors they have to sign an agreement. >> reporter: many companies say their contracts already forbid underage drinking. they say the responsibility should rest with the adult. >> instead of focusing on the drivers, they're looking over thei

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wone. another nature didn't take a break for christmas. storms rolling through the area. more on the rain totals in a moment, but we begin with ktvu's christien kafton out with more on the effects. >> reporter: with all the rain we have had, people leaving near urban streams are keeping a close eye on the water levels. you can see that the water is rushing, but so far nowhere near flooding. the rain is slowing everything down this christmas holiday. the wind and rain rushed into the bay area mid-morning, forecasters issued a high-wind advisory until 4:00 this afternoon as the blustery storm blew inland. people out and about this holiday took notice. >> it's been wet. a lot of blowing and a lot trees have blown down on the side of the road. >> reporter: as the storm rolled through, there were isolated reports of flooding, along highway 101, here at lucky drive and at the north san pedro exit. drivers say that the best course of action is to slow down. >> the main thing i would watch for is people driving too close. they seem to be still dri

hello again, i'm heather holmes. a15-year-old girl from redding has been found safe in san francisco. police have arrested her uncle and an unidentified man as they are investigate this as a possible abduction. we have a crew working on this breaking news story and we'll have a live report coming up for you in just a few minute. >>> in other news tonight, deputies from virginia are in san francisco. their goal, to get a 12-year- old girl who had been missing for a week and her alleged kidnapper back to the east coast. ktvu's debora villalon is live in san francisco with new information about where the two were living. >> reporter: ocean beach now figures into this, heather. and yes, at about noon today, four detectives from virginia arrived here in the city, two of them to question the suspect who is jailed here at the hall of justice and the two others to deal with the girl, who is in protective care. this campsite is part of the puzzle, it's where a missing 12- year-old girl from virginia mason and the 32-year-old

heather holmes is there with this story, heather. >> reporter: julie, for the first time tonight the grove here is ill rule nailed. there are blowing, white, green and purple. it was a celebration of a 20th anniversary of the ryan white care act. landmark legislation that changed the fight against aids. diagnosed at 13, her son ryan waged a courageous fight against aids during the height of it discrimination. >> wasn't just about ryan, there's so many families that have been through this aids epidemic that they felt the same suffering and pain that i went through. >> reporter: 25 years after her son died at the age of 18, 20 years after the decide started to take aim. much progress has been made. there's been a downward trend in new hiv infections. but there is still no cure. >> one of my sons is -- he's one of my coldest friends he died five years ago. >> from friends to children. the report showed 1.8 million aids related deaths in 2009. those working on hiv prevention believe the world's attention are turning to something else. >> people are worried about work or fixing their hous

heather holmes is there with this story, heather. >> reporter: julie, for the first time tonight the grove here is ill rule nailed. there are blowing, white, green and purple. it was a celebration of a 20th anniversary of the ryan white care act. landmark legislation that changed the fight against aids. diagnosed at 13, her son ryan waged a courageous fight against aids during the height of it discrimination. >> wasn't just about ryan, there's so many families that have been through this aids epidemic that they felt the same suffering and pain that i went through. >> reporter: 25 years after her son died at the age of 18, 20 years after the decide started to take aim. much progress has been made. there's been a downward trend in new hiv infections. but there is still no cure. >> one of my sons is -- he's one of my coldest friends he died five years ago. >> from friends to children. the report showed 1.8 million aids related deaths in 2009. those working on hiv prevention believe the world's attention are turning to something else. >> people are worried about work or fixing their hous

ktvu's heather holmes attended the meeting and joins us with the latest, heather. >> reporter: the back and forth continues more than 4 hours after this meeting began. let me show you what's going on right now. i'm going to lower my voice, as you can see, people still waiting to address the city council as those for and against the target store continue to sound off. among those opposed, the owners of t and b sports on 4th street. employees were busy ringing up sales at the long-time downtown business, but fears his bottom line will suffer if target moves in. >> certainly, they have much greater buying power than we do. they would have a distinct advantage. >> reporter: a number of small businesses lined up against the proposed 137,000 square foot store built near home depot. >> it will be pulling sales from the local community and when you lose sales from your local community members, you're going to lose the benefits they provide to the community. >> reporter: aside from the potential harm to mom and pop stores, there are also concerns about increased traffic. city officials show only

ktvu's heather holmes attended the meeting and joins us with the latest, heather. >> reporter: the back and forth continues more than 4 hours after this meeting began. let me show you what's going on right now. i'm going to lower my voice, as you can see, people still waiting to address the city council as those for and against the target store continue to sound off. among those opposed, the owners of t and b sports on 4th street. employees were busy ringing up sales at the long-time downtown business, but fears his bottom line will suffer if target moves in. >> certainly, they have much greater buying power than we do. they would have a distinct advantage. >> reporter: a number of small businesses lined up against the proposed 137,000 square foot store built near home depot. >> it will be pulling sales from the local community and when you lose sales from your local community members, you're going to lose the benefits they provide to the community. >> reporter: aside from the potential harm to mom and pop stores, there are also concerns about increased traffic. city officials show only

i am heather holmes. our coverage continues online at ktvu.com and with the 10:00 news. tmz is up next right here on tv 36.

ktvu's heather holmes is live at one of the schools affected by that problem tonight. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, there is no escaping the cold here at frank middle school. students walk up these steps into their classrooms only to find it's just as cold. for the passed three days this tobacco-free campus has also been heat-free. >> it's been very colorado. >>> i just bundle up a little and just shiver. >> and i can't feel my hands. and i can't think straight. >> reporter: who could. when these students arrived at school this morning it was a bone chilling 40 degrees. >> we asked our teachers if we could turn on the heaters. they say they don't control it, that the district does. but what can help is that we bring coats and stuff and like scarves and gloves and stuff. >> reporter: the district does control the heat at this middle school through a centrally operated system. but that's not the issue. the problem lies in the district's decision to shut down the heating system during the thanksgiving holiday, a move designed to save money. >> but something we encounter at ma

ktvu's heather holmes is live at one of the schools affected by that problem tonight. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, there is no escaping the cold here at frank middle school. students walk up these steps into their classrooms only to j for the passed three days this tobacco-free campus has also been heat-free. >> it's been very colorado. >>> i just bundle up a little and just shiver. >> and i can't feel my hands. and i can't think straight. >> reporter: who could. when these students arrived at school this morning it was a bone chilling 40 degrees. >> we asked our teachers if we could turn on the heaters. they say they don't control it, that the district does. but what can help is that we bring coats and stuff and like scarves and gloves and stuff. >> reporter: the district does control the heat at this middle school through a centrally operated system. but that's not the issue. the problem lies in the district's decision to shut down the heating system during the thanksgiving holiday, a move designed to save money. >> but something we encounter at many of the sites that h

i'm heather holmes in today for tory campbell. the holiday get away is in full swing. this is what it looked like this morning at oakland international airport. as you can see, there are plenty of people arriving and departing today but airport officials say holiday travel peaked in the past two days that's when 36,000 travelers passed through oakland airport. right now, there are no flight delays and a short wait at the security checkpoint. it's much the same story at san francisco and san jose airport where officials say that the good weather is keeping flights running on time. >> as holiday travelers rushed to catch their flight, they may not be aware that federal security officials have issued a new terror alert. for passengers, it means the less of banned carry-on item is getting even longer. >> nearly 100,000 passengers are expected to travel through sfo on this christmas eve. many of them were unaware of tsa's new terror alert concerning thermoses. i don't carry any extra drinks. i think that's slightly ridiculous but given past experiences, i guess, it's -- i g

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i'm heather holmes. >>> homicide detectives have now taken other of the investigation into a person found this -- over the investigation of a person found on highway 101 in santa rosa. a driver called 911 after seeing the victim in a northbound lane just before 2:00 this morning. the victim was discovered just north of the mendocino avenue overpass. ktvu's claudine wong has been following this story all morning long and joins us live with the latest. claudine? >> reporter: well, good afternoon, heather. we're at the santa rosa police department still trying to get more information from police here. they are in charge of heading up this investigation but at this point they are refusing to make any comment about the case. lots of questions remain u nanswered but it appears from what we have learned that this was not accident -- no accident. the california highway patrol was the first to be called early this morning after a passing driver on highway 101 saw the victim lying in the middle lane just before the guerneville exit in santa rosa. that was just before 2:00 this morning. that driver

i'm heather holmes. >> it started a knock on the door and ended seconds later with a 9-year-old shot and wounded. right now the gunman is on the loose and the girl is in the hospital. ken pritchett live in oakland. >> reporter: that 9-year-old is recovering here at children's hospital. many questions remain unanswered about last night's shooting at this house. who did it, why and the question that likely can't be answered, why would anybody shoot a 9-year-old girl? yesterday there was a door here, a door opened by a child. >> unidentityed individual had come to the individual and knocked on the door, the girl opened the door, one shot was fired and then nine to ten more shots were fired. >> reporter: police say it happened at about 10:30 last night. there are bullet holes and shattered glass and through the window we talked to the victim's aunt. she is afraid and didn't want her face shown. she was upstairs. >> crazy. lot of kids in this house run around crying because some bleep shot the house. >> reporter: the little girl is in stable condition with gun shot wounds to the neck and

i'm heather holmes. >> the world's largest military power will allow gays to serve openly in its military. today at the united states senate cast a historic vote overturning the 17 year old don't ask don't tell policy. eight republicans crossed party lines to join the democrats in passing the measure. 65-31. supporters celebrated the vote saying it parallels the military's decision to end racial segregation in the 50s. they say by eliminating it could weaken the armed forces. >>> in a statement the president said i'm absolutely convinced that making change will only under score the professional i sm of the troops as the best led and trained fighting force the world has ever known. >> closely watching today's vote will the military veterans who are gay and their supports. there were cheers when the bill was approved but not by everybody. we are live with reaction to the end of the 17 year old policy. >> reporter: this is the hornet. a decommissioned air craft carrier on which gay people couldn't openly serve. some time soon they will be able to come out on all military vessels because of t

i'm heather holmes in for tori campbell. >>> well, any moment now, a contra costa county judge is expected to make a crucial decision in the richmond gang rape case. we'll soon learn how many of the selfen defendants will stand trial and on what charges. jade hernandez has been f ollowing today's developments and joins us live from martinez. jade? >> reporter: good afternoon, heather. i can tell you right now, court has been adjourned for now. the contra costa county judge will decide which of the seven defendants will go on to trial and on what charges and which ones will stand trial for the gang raping of a 16-year-old richmond high school student. no cameras were allowed in the courtroom today. contra costa county judge gregory kaskie is expected to decide which defendants will go on trial and on which charges. he had two reservations going into this, first, was there enough to bring cody ray smith to trial. the judge told smith's attorney today that he did not think the 16-year-old enticed the victim over to attack her. the judge says it appears smith walked the girl over to the picnic

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i'm heather holmes in today for tori campbell. today storm clouds are only adding pressure to an already difficult situation in oakland. that's where a giant tree crashed into a house. and that's not the only problem. ktvu's kraig debro is live now with more on the mess the wet and windy weather left behind, kraig. >> reporter: good afternoon. the tree still causing problems. my estimation the tree is about 100 feet long. you can see some of the branches torn off yesterday in the fall. no one has actually scheduled a tree removal service, but remarkably the home is habitable. you'll soon see why these people narrowly escaped the crash. late this morning we had our first look inside the house. two different tree branches broke through the ceiling. six adults and an infant were inside. two people were in the living room at the time of the crash. >> they were sleeping. and it missed their head and bodies by inches. >> reporter: neighbors assessed the damage and shared the stories told by the falling tree. >> it was like thunder. like

. >> hellonne yes, i'm heather holmes. the 15-year-old is classified as a rubaway by law enforcement, but her parents believe she was lured to southern california by a plan she met on the internet. debra villone in concord. >> reporter: heather, we're in todos santos park where concord held holiday festivities. while in another corner of the park, a vigil was held for stephanie cudd. >> bring her comfort, bring her peace and wisdom. >> reporter: a few dozen fem prayed for the safety of stephanie cudd. at the forefront her parents and little sister, flanked by family and stephanie's friends. >> 15 is a tough age. for all of us. >> stephanie's parents woke up monday to find her gone with no warning, no provevation, taking only a laptop, a few clothes, $20 and a backpack. she took the memory from her cell phone and erased computer files so she couldn't be tracked. >> there is no category for a teenager who has been lured away and talked out of house. >> reporter: her family says what set stephanie apart from other runaways ar

good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes gram i'm mike mibach in for ken wayne. it soaked the roadways and knocks out power to thousands of pg&e customers and more rain could be on the way. we have team coverage and mark tack yo is tracking it, but we begin with maureen naylor in emeryville. >> reporter: good evening, mike, all is calm and bright, but that wasn't the case a few hours ago. in emplyville the snowflakes are fake, but the rain was definitely real. bay area gutters gushed with runoff this afternoon as a steady rain drenched the region. >> man, it's crayy. it's raining and whew, it's cold. >> reporter: the chp had its lights flash as this cruiser swerved in oakland. one reason was the hazard lurking here at the flooded market street off-ramp. drivers repeatedly hit this patch of water at full speed, only to find themselves quickly surrounded. >> i didn't realize it was running this hard until i stepped out to get a few items for the week. it's really coming down, especially driving. lots of wait on the freeway. >> reporter: this evening near piedmont,

ktvu's heather holmes has the story about this toll fight. >> reporter: start taking your cash now to drive into and out of san francisco out here on i80 or other major arteries may get very pricey. how's this for a welcome. drive into san francisco at it's southern edge and pay a toll. >> i think it's propostrous. >> reporter: many of whom work in the city are outraged. >> the bay area city is a community, they're going to have to pay more. >> reporter: canipa wants the toll banned. they say the new fee is designed to ease a congestion problem and generate revenue. >> this is not about charging people to come in. it's an opportunity to create a joint expenditure plan, all the money that is collected is reinvested into transit options for people in those corridors. >> reporter: this san francisco couple questions the need for another fee. >> when you're coming out here to shop, for me very frequently a few times a week it's going to up my cost. >> reporter: state assemblyman jerry hill who represents the peninsula plans to generate legislation to block this fee. that's when san franci

heather holmes. >>> the mount diablo school district counts 36,000 staoubts from k-12. there are six high schools, 10 middle schools and 29 elementary schools. >>> governor elect jerry brown says the state's budget problems are much worse than he thought and california has been living in a fantasy land. brown met with lawmakers and told them he cannot promise there won't be any cuts. brown said the time line is being moved up to allow for special elections next spring that might generate tax increases. >>> in sacramento, a family is grieving tonight after a family was killed by a stray bullet during a gunfire battle. the victim was 30-year-old monique nelson. nelson was in the parking lot putting her 2-year-old boy into an suv when he was shot. sheriff's deputies said it all started when two men walked into a barber shop who started shooting at two other men who then shot back. in the cross fire, the mother of the young child was killed. >> i don't know if there was an argument. as far as i know they walked in and targeted the gentlemen that were getting their haircuts.

reporting live, heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> a san francisco man pleaded not guilty today to attacking a retired jesuit priest who allegedly retired years ago. lynch says he wants a trial. lynch claims the priest sexually assaulted him and his brother when they were both boys. lynch is accused of tracking the priest to a retirement home in los cados. then going and beating up the 65-year-old priest. >>> the union city man accused of sexually accusing a 2-year- old girl is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning to enter a plea. eugene ramos allegedly attacked the toddler at a dollar tree store in union city last wednesday. five years ago the 36-year-old ramos was convicted of sexually attacking another child. >>> julian assange is in jail. assange is says the charges are politically motivated. >> the sweeds dropped any sexual allegations from assange long ago. what happened was there's a politician in sweden asked a prosecutor to begin another investigation. >> despite the arrest, wikileaks remains online. the website released another batch of documents today. >>> the dream act c

. >> and i'm heather holmes. vallejo police tonight are talking to witnesses about the officer involved shooting. the man refused put down a gun. it happened behind sonoma avenue at the intersection of kentucky street. that's where we're new life with the very latest for you, debra? >> reporter: heather, it happened late this afternoon, a deadly confrontation that began here on one of the busiest streets and ended in this valley. police got a 911 call that a man was brandishing a gun and nettening another person with it. they saw the man waving the gun as well and they ordered him to drop it. the suspect instead fled into the alley where one officer fired on the man several times. >> he had a confrontation with the officers. he was in possession of a firearm. the firearm was recovered and he was shot. >> did the suspect ever fire his gun? >> we don't believe so. >> reporter: vallejo pd is not releasing the name of the suspect because they're still contacting his family. the officer involved is on paid administrat

. >> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. a travel nightmare looms for bay area airline passengers this holiday weekend. but it has nothing to do with our rainy weather. a winter storm is barreling across the country bringing snow to place that is haven't seen a white christmas in more than 120 years. ktva's allie rasmussen is at sfo with a look at the possible troubles ahead. >> reporter: no weather related delays at sfo or at oakland national airport. no delays to report at soak airport. but it could be a different story tomorrow. joanne duncan and her travel companion made it out of virginia in the nick of time at 8:00 this morning. >> snow flurries but nice. >> the commissioner: snow flurries at that point. no problems at all. >> reporter: they had a white christmas from north carolina to georgia, slushy snow and frost blanketed the airlines. >> the flight was cancelled. and all delta flights were cancelled to atlanta and then they moved me to come here. >> reporter: after two connections through the midwest she made it t

heather holmes is off tonight. >> i'm ken wayne. mother nature deliver an impressive performance with rain, wind and lightning. here is what it looked like as lightning flashed over the bay bridge. there are no reports of lightning touching any of the bridge towers as was the case last month. another bolt of lightning in emeryville. the quick moving thunderstorm brought with it strong winds and a heavy downpour. earlier today on the peninsula, almost 1.5" of rain translated into floodwaters at this redwood city mobile-home park. those at the park say the trouble was not only due to the rain, but a pump that failed to work when it was needed most. the storm is causing concern among bay area homeowners who have large trees on or near their properties. from the east bay to the peninsula, trees fell onto homes, jangles nerves and causing damage and power outages. ktvu's debora villalon on what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: ken, this home behind me has an unwelcome guest, a tree that crashed through the living room. fortun

reporting live, heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> a san francisco man pleaded not guilty today to attacking a retired jesuit priest who allegedly retired years ago. lynch says he wants a trial. lynch claims the priest sexually assaulted him and his brother when they were both boys. lynch is accused of tracking the priest to a retirement home in los cados. then going and beating up the 65-year-old priest. >>> the union city man accused of sexually accusing a 2-year- old girl is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning to enter a plea. eugene ramos allegedly attacked the toddler at a dollar tree store in union city last wednesday. five years ago the 36-year-old ramos was convicted of sexually attacking another child. >>> julian assange is in jail. assange is says the charges are politically motivated. >> the sweeds dropped any sexual allegations from assange long ago. what happened was there's a politician in sweden asked a prosecutor to begin another investigation. >> despite the arrest, wikileaks remains online. the website released another batch of documents today. >>> the dream act c

heather holmes. >>> the mount diablo school district counts 36,000 staoubts from k-12. there are six high schools, 10 middle schools and 29 elementary schools. >>> governor elect jerry brown says the state's budget problems are much worse than he thought and california has been living in a fantasy land. brown met with lawmakers and told them he cannot promise there won't be any cuts. brown said the time line is being moved up to allow for special elections next spring that might generate tax increases. >>> in sacramento, a family is grieving tonight after a family was killed by a stray bullet during a gunfire battle. the victim was 30-year-old monique nelson. nelson was in the parking lot putting her 2-year-old boy into an suv when he was shot. sheriff's deputies said it all started when two men walked into a barber shop who started shooting at two other men who then shot back. in the cross fire, the mother of the young child was killed. >> i don't know if there was an argument. as far as i know they walked in and targeted the gentlemen that were getting their haircuts.

ktvu's heather holmes has the story about this toll fight. >> reporter: start taking your cash now to drive into and out of san francisco out here on i80 or other major arteries may get very pricey. how's this for a welcome. drive into san francisco at it's southern edge and pay a toll. >> i think it's propostrous. >> reporter: many of whom work in the city are outraged. >> the bay area city is a community, they're going to have to pay more. >> reporter: canipa wants the toll banned. they say the new fee is designed to ease a congestion problem and generate revenue. >> this is not about charging people to come in. it's an opportunity to create a joint expenditure plan, all the money that is collected is reinvested into transit options for people in those corridors. >> reporter: this san francisco couple questions the need for another fee. >> when you're coming out here to shop, for me very frequently a few times a week it's going to up my cost. >> reporter: state assemblyman jerry hill who represents the peninsula plans to generate legislation to block this fee. that's when san franci

. >> good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a 14-year-old boy is behind bars tonight accused of a crime that has stunned both the police and the neighbors. investigators say he entered a home and sexually assaulted and stabbed a teenage girl. and stabbed an 18-month-old ddler. ktvu reports. >> reporter: people who live in this neighborhood are sickened by what happened to two innocent children inside this home on balsam way on vacaville. >> i am horrified. i mean you can't imagine a child being stabbed 20 times. >> reporter: just before 3 a.m. a 13-year-old girl sleeping in bed next to her 18 monthold brother was awakened by an intruder who was stabbing her in the back. >> unfortunately, the 13-year- old was also sexually assaulted during the course of this. and when the 18-month-old woke up, he was also assaulted and stabbed. >> reporter: the 13-year-old girl managed to run from the house with her baby brother and got help from a neighbor. their mother had gone out for the night. police surrounded the home for more than two ho

. >> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. well, down one rainstorm and another one to go now. the bay area is expected to get another soaking with more rain into your holiday week. we are talking about bay area residents as they prepare. we begin the storm coverage with mark tamayo live in the weather center. mark? >> reporter: heather, basically in between storm systems. still some rain showers out there but the coverage is on the increase. that trend will continue over the next 3-6 hours. you can see on live stormtracker 2 up in the north bay santa rosa reporting light to moderate rainfall. down towards the south bay for the bay and the rainfall pretty much a constant over the past 24 hours. this will continue to be on the increase at least for tonight. there you can pick out the storm developing offshore in the pacific. a series of storms. as far as rainfall with the next system can you see about three-quarters of an inch to three inches. once again, the heaviest cells targeting the coastal hills. the timeframe with the heavy rain downpours will be from tomorrow morning fro

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. police in vacaville investigating an attack that left two children critically injured, one ever them 18 months old. they were stabbed sleeping in their own home. we are in vacaville with the latest. >> reporter: nobody is at the home tonight where the attack happened. both of the children are at uc davis medical center in critical condition. their mother is by their side, she is distraught over what happened inside this home when she was gone. >> i was horrified. you can't imagine a child being stabbed 20 times. >> reporter: people in this neighborhood can't make sense of why someone would attack two little children inside this home. just before 3:00 a.m. a 13-year-old girl sleeping in bed next to her 18-month-old brother wassa weakened by an intruder stabbing her. >> unfortunately the 13-year- old was also sexually assaulted during the course of this and when the 18-month-old woke up he was also assaulted and stabbed. >> reporter: the 13-year-old girl managed to run from the house wi

. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. both frank and julie have the night off tonight. virginia officials are headed to san francisco to bring an alleged killer and kidnapper to justice. the man was wanted for killing his girlfriend and then abducting her daughter last week. now, tips had been pouring into police in rowanoak, virginia, about the girl's whereabouts. about today nearly 3,000 miles away in san francisco a confirmed sight. ktvu is now live with the latest development. >> reporter: well, heather, a sighting followed by an arrest. we are outside the safeway on fulton in san francisco. a safeway spokeswoman tells me that this shopping cart area right here behind me is where the police found and arrest that had virginia man and brought into custody the 12- year-old girl he was travelling with. the safeway spokeswoman says the parent never actually made it inside the store, but they were pan handling outside right here on this spot when a customer recognized them and called the police. >> 32-year-old jeffrey scott easely is now in san francisco county jail facin

heather holmes reports. >> democrats hope to launch a successful vote on a nuclear arm's reduction treaty with russia. supporters of what is called the start treaty, provides a crucial way for u.s. inspectors to make sure that russia is complying with the agreement. >> all of our military leaders want this treaty. >> reporter: but a number of republicans oppose the bill's language. >> if you really want to have a chance of passing start, you better start over. >> reporter: the senator of arizona says that start is too restrictive and it could leave america vulnerable. he says democrats are trying too hard to push a last-minute vote at the end of the legislative session. >> this treaty needs to be fixed and we're not going to have the time to do that in this way. >> despite opposition from republicans, one democratic lawmakers believes their party has the votes they need. >> i think we do. we have 66 votes for those who wanted it moved. >> president o baa many and therussian's president signed off -- president obama and the russian's president signed off on this treaty. >> all of the head

. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. both frank and julie have the night off tonight. virginia officials are headed to san francisco to bring an alleged killer and kidnapper to justice. the man was wanted for killing his girlfriend and then abducting her daughter last week. now, tips had been pouring into police in rowanoak, virginia, about the girl's whereabouts. about today nearly 3,000 miles away in san francisco a confirmed sight. ktvu is now live with the latest development. >> reporter: well, heather, a sighting followed by an arrest. we are outside the safeway on fulton in san francisco. a safeway spokeswoman tells me that this shopping cart area right here behind me is where the police found and arrest that had virginia man and brought into custody the 12- year-old girl he was travelling with. the safeway spokeswoman says the parent never actually made it inside the store, but they were pan handling outside right here on this spot when a customer recognized them and called the police. >> 32-year-old jeffrey scott easely is now in san francisco county jail facin