i am john sasaki. this is another big day in court for the san francisco police department as the district attorney decides to drop 26 felony cases because of police misconduct. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us live where the district attorney just spoke. >> the district attorney is still holding a press conference right now on the third floor. he is talking about his decision to not pursue 26 felony cases. most of those cases are drug violation, some are gun violations. the reason the cases will be drop and 7 people get to walk is because the people, the officers involved in investigating the crimes are now under investigation themselves. the fbi is looking into allegations that police officers, some in this video took things from some of the people they arrested and did not book those items into evidence. there is no record of where those items are and that amounts to theft. he released this video this month and the fall out as we mentioned, 26 cases have now been dropped. >> the fact they dismissed thes

john sasaki. >>> injured giant fan bryan stow is closer to coming home. six weeks after he was beaten outside of dodger stadium. and maureen naylor spoke to his family. >> reporter: his family arrived tonight and they came here to the scotts valley grand prix to give appreciate for the support. >> we had to leave l.a. who's been amazing to us but we get to come home. and we get to bring bryan home. so it was bittersweet. >> reporter: tomorrow her 42- year-old brother will be taken by medical jet from l.a.x. to sfo then the san francisco trauma center. stow's mother says the first priority will be stabilizing him after the trip. >> hopefully that will be within a day or two so we're going to be excited about that and start his recovery. that's what we were hoping for. >> reporter: while stow is still in a coma, she says that he is responding. while wearing his son's giant hat, bryan's dad finally saw the clothing he was wearing that day. >> i just want my friend back, but i don't think that's going to be immediate. >> reporter: reporting live in scotting v

only on 2, ktvu's john sasaki is live where many parents are demanding answers. john? >> reporter: this is hillcrest school and these are the guidelines for student behavior, what happened here would qualify as an obscene act. the school is regarded as a jewel in the oakland hills. it's not known for children engaging in averant behavior but police were here this morning. >> shouldn't occur in a public space. >> reporter: it happened in a bath room between three boys, 10 and 8 years old. >> it was a game of truth or dare. >> reporter: it happened as they had their pants down. it was discovered last week. parents were shocked to hear the news. >> very disturbing if it's true. i haven't heard anything. >> reporter: that's what has parents upset. the school hadn't informed them. >> i don't know how long it's been going on. i would like to hear more information about it, it's alarming. >> reporter: sexual incidents happened at other schools. >> there have been multiple incidents, it's something we need to take a look at. we will be meeting to see whether this is something

ktvu's john sasaki is in oakland with the video. >> reporter: this is where the gunfire rang out. four spots where bullets slammed into the wall. in this case it dug a hole and bounced on to the sidewalk and that's where i found this bullet. >> reporter: family and friends came to the scene in east oakland this afternoon and set up a memorial for the two people who died. >> still not real. still so much hurt, so much pain. >> reporter: last night the gunfire erupted. this is video that someone gave to us and you can see how chaotic the scene turned. >> we have silly people that don't care about hurting other people. >> reporter: from security cameras you can see the moment when everyone ran for cover. >> we was gone. and then we got the call, police -- >> reporter: the two people who were killed was latoya kenny and eric bush. >> good man. he worked. got kids. took care of his family, took care of his wife. >> no problem. >> reporter: this is his daughter. >> my mom was innocent. she just wanted to have fun. it's crazy how people die over this. >> reporter: the home video shows th

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some people can't get enough of the navy seals. in the aftermath of the raid that killed osama bin laden, books about the unit are flying off store shelves. t-shirt sales are off the charlotte. seal fit is offering exercise camps modeled after the training of the seals. we are learning new information about who is footing the bill for brian stow trip back to the bay area. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, a loss and blow, family members take the place of their son who was beating to death at a san francisco nightclub. plus hailing a cab in san francisco is about to get more exepensive. and the criminal charge an 18- year-old bay area woman is facing. all coming up at 6:00. >>> president obama visited memphis, tennessee today. the mississippi river flooding was not the only reason for the trip. >> all excited about graduating? >> the president praised these graduating students and the entire student body. the school was the national winner of the race to the top challenge for most improved performance. the president also met with flood vi

as john sasaki reports, the attack is causing fear in the employees. >> it is stressful out there. >> reporter: from the outside it looks peaceful and pretty. but inside, napa state hospital is anything but. >> there is no document that says you will be punched in the face, kicked, spit on, murdered, raped. you have no idea. you have no idea when you sign up for this. >> reporter: a psychiatric technician was attacked and beaten yesterday afternoon. >> he was hit repeatedly in the head. >> reporter: i obtained an official e-mail sent to staff that said no optimizations were reported and no staff had bonn -- to be taken to hospital by ambulance. >> they soften it down quite a bit so the point where it sounds like it wasn't much of anything at all. >> reporter: the patient who assaulted the staffer was not arrested. staffers believe the administration is not protecting them. i obtained these photos from staff members who say they were assaulted by patients in the past. >> how many bloody bodies is going to take to get this administration and this department of mental health to wake up a

john sasaki joins us now. he's in napa with what he saw today, john. >> reporter: julie until today, napa state hospital was off limits to our cameras. but after repeated requests from ktvu we finally got behind the curtain. someone was clearly having a bad day as we entered their living space at napa state hospital. but this tour comes because patients and staff feel they are constantly having bad days because they are in so much danger. >> every couple of weeks we get another report of a patient or staff member who have severely been injured. and that tells you, it's still not safe and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: we stopped near the spot where if he technician donna gross was killed. >> we have an alarm system inside the buildings right now, but we've requested for a wireless system on the 138 acres of this campus. >> these incidents just keep happening and there doesn't seem to be an end to them. >> reporter: parent john web says that his son was assaulted for the third time in napa just this morning.

john sasaki is live at the school to tell us more. >> reporter: we are at piedmont high school and it was on that walkway where it began and ended in the girl's locker room. on a friday afternoon of a holiday weekend the field is mostly empty. perhaps the scene was similar on sunday afternoon when a 17- year-old girl was victimized by a school employee. >> an attempted oral copulation with a minor. >> reporter: victor salazar who was a part-time field supervisor convinced the girl to go in the locker room, told her she was beautiful, took pictures of her and reached under her skirt. >> it is disturbing that any adult would try to have a sexual encounter with a student. >> there has been no announcement to the students but some have heard about the incident. >> i believe i know the person who it happened to and that was really upsetting for me because we have been friends for a while. and so it especially hit home for me. >> reporter: salazar appeared in court on wednesday but did not enter a plea. he is held on $120,000 bail. i talked to his son but he declined to comment. police say

ktvu's john sasaki now at the scene of the shooting. and he joins us with more information. >> reporter: you can see about a block away from this beauty supply store, that's where that shooting was. there were multiple people shot. i've overheard from police here on the scene that at least two people were confirmed deceased. and from where we're standing we can see what appear to be two bodies covered with yellow tarps. there's dozens of people standing around. friends and family, that at least one of the deceased -- one of the woman i spoke to said one of the individuals is her sister. and that victim's mother is also in the scene. and people very, very upset. police have not yet told us what happened but one of the victim's family members told me that what she believes happened is that someone drove down international and just started shooting. possibly randomly, possibly targeting someone but started shooting and hit at least two possibly three, possibly more people. so we're here on the scene at 87th and international boulevard. we'

ktvu's john sasaki live now where workers say they are afraid for their lives. >> reporter: one day after this attack we are at the front gates of napa state hospital. >> war zone out there. stressful. >> reporter: from the outside it looks peaceful but to the workers inside, it is anything but. >> you don't find a document that says there is a potential of being assaulted, kicked, spit on, murdered, raped. you have no idea. you have no idea when you sign up for this. >> a technician was attacked beater yesterday afternoon. >> he was hit repeatedly in the head. >> reporter: i obtained an e- mail about the incident that said no major injuries reported, no hospitalizations reported and no staff was taken to the hospital. >> they soften it down to a point where it sounds like it wasn't much of anything. >> reporter: officials told me the patient who assaulted the staffer wasn't arrested. >> how many bloodry bodies iwill it take to get them to wake up? and help us. >>> staffers believe the administration is not protecting them. i obtained these photos by staff members who say they were assaul

we go to john sasaki who has the ground perspective. >> reporter: drivers are still cruising the area showing off their mexican pride. cars and trucks have been cruising santa cruz police flying red, white and green mexican flag. police are out on cars, motorcycles even horse back. problems that seem unconcerning to residents. >> i live here in san jose, i believe our police department does a pretty good job. i think they prepared very well this year. we haven't seen a problem. >> the reason i continue to come out every day is important to be able to separate the culture with the problem that happens on an inherent city. >> reporter: police are outlooking for drunk drives. >> you have 40alka sensor machines. >> they could invest in building the city up and to compete with santana row with free parking and with entizing people to want to come downtown again. >> reporter: plenty of people are coming downtown including these teenagers who showed their love of their heritage. >> i'm really proud of my country, just for that day. because when my grandparents tell me all the stories and the

we go to john sasaki who has the ground perspective. >> reporter: drivers are still cruising the area showing off their mexican pride. cars and trucks have been cruising santa cruz police flying red, white and green mexican flag. police are out on cars, motorcycles even horse back. problems that seem unconcerning to residents. >> i live here in san jose, i believe our police department does a pretty good job. i think they prepared very well this year. we haven't seen a problem. >> the reason i continue to come out every day is important to be able to separate the culture with the problem that happens on an inherent city. >> reporter: police are outlooking for drunk drives. >> you have 40alka sensor machines. >> they could invest in building the city up and to compete with santana row with free parking and with entizing people to want to come downtown again. >> reporter: plenty of people are coming downtown including these teenagers who showed their love of their heritage. >> i'm really proud of my country, just for that day. because when my grandparents tell me all the stories and the

live in napa, i'm john sasaki. >>> police say they've arrested a fugitive from florida who was featured on america's most wanted a few weeks ago. go ldrich is wanted in forever for failing to register as a sex offender and for indecent exposure. officers did not know at the time they arrested him. >> this morning i received a call from the u.s. marshals in florida who indicated that mr. mcgoldrich was wanted and his story was aired on america's most wanted. >> reporter: it'll now be up to the district attorney who will decide whether mcgoldrich will face charges here or be extradited to florida. >>> jason fredrickson is being held on $50,000 bond. the police department put him on paid administrative leave two weeks ago after receiving a tip. fredrickson is accused of giving more than a pound of marijuana to his drug informant with the intent to sell it. police do not know the source of the marijuana but say they are checking the evidence lockers. the chief says this is an isolated incident. >> i can tell you as the police chief this is extremely disappointing. as an organization the dep

john sasaki reports now from the fairfield house where ten hours later the police remain on the scene. >> my son who was next door told me that he heard a few. actually, we were upstairs and i was changing him. mommy, i heard all of these gunshots. >> reporter: that gunfire erupted on the house on venus drive around noon. a man and a woman were shot to death. jason iesenburg was airlifted to a trauma center where police say he died from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. another man was shot in the foot. >> is it fair it say that you believe that one person shot the other people and then shot himself. >> in the circumstances that's what we believe happened. >> i don't believe it was a love triangle. i honestly believe it was moreover the title to the home. >> reporter: that's where it gets confusing. the alleged shooter owned the home. the female victim who may be his ex-wife was also on the title but also moved out. neighbors told me she moved back in and was even trying to sue the owner. the father of the alleged shooter, who also lived at the home, got out quickly when he realized so

ktvu's john sasaki is live in downtown san francisco to give us a taste of what we're in for for the next couple of days. john? >> reporter: kenny, we've been talking about it for days now. and it just started here in downtown a couple of minutes ago. there is a light rainfalling here. you can see market street right there. now, in about nine hours tens of thousands of people will be hitting the pavement in the centennial bay to breakers, but this year the weather will be less than ideal. a cold storm bearing down on the bay area is bringing gusting winds, rain and even lightning and hail. >> great for bay to breakers tomorrow. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but before the clouds moved in it was a beautiful afternoon in san francisco. >> we were fortunate enough to enjoy the sunshine. so we have just to take one day at a time. >> it is supposed to be 55 and raining today. but out in the sun for the last two hours and a nice time. >> reporter: and then picturesque shots gave way to storm clouds for runners tomorrow morning. >> $perfect and sunny. tomorrow it will be rainy and windy, misera

john sasaki is live. >> reporter: we are at one of the dining hotspots here. it could not be a nicer evening for a party. it is always a celebration that brings people out in droves. police are concerned about the revelry going too far. san jose police are on the lookout but that does not have partiers overly concerned. >> everybody is drinking and driving and getting kind of carried away. you have to curve that. >> the reason i continue to come out is because it's important to be able to separate the culture with the inherent problems that have been. >> reporter: tonight is still young and we have seen officers on horseback and bicycles. there are parking restrictions downtown with no parking for a blocks from market to a. we will bring you -- to eighth. we will bring you the latest on the 10:00 news to. >>> six alleged gang members were accused of killing a german tourist. the mother of one suspects told us that her son is innocent. prosecutors say the six men took part in a shootout that killed mechthild schroer. she was hit in the crossfire. >>> by men and

ktvu's sack sack reports what he saw and heard -- ktvu's john sasaki reports what he saw and heard. >> reporter: someone was clearly having a bad day as we entered their living space at napa state hospital, but this tour comes because patients and staff feel they are constantly having bad days because they are in so much danger. >> every couple weeks we get another report of a patient or staff person who has been severely assaulted and that tells you frankly it's still not safe and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: on the tour we stopped near the spot where psychiatric technician donna gross was killed last fall. there was a brick wall around that area which has been replaced by a metal railing. other changes are in the works. >> we have an alarm system inside the building right now, but we've requested for a wireless system on the 138 acres of this campus. >> these incidents just keep happening and there does not seem to be an end to them. >> reporter: statistics show on average 10 people, three staffers and seven patients, are assaulted here every day. parent job webb said his son w

john sasaki brought us this report six years ago. >> the russell street resident houses 235 people here in berkeley. some of them are chronically homeless. >> when you're mentally ill, you do not know you are mentally ill. i couldn't function myself. i couldn't handle my money. i couldn't do anything. i would just find myself going in circles all day long. >> reporter: the study that shows that half of all americans suffer of mental illness comes to no surprise to smith. >> before i came homeless and mentally ill. i thought it was those people. until i became that person. i became one of those people. >> in my opinion everybody is -- and you have to get that under control. if it's out of control that's a mental illness. so it seems to be a case of the human condition that there's a struggle over controlling your own mind. >> reporter: david little says he suffered from schizophrenia and started to feel its affects when he was in college. >> i could absolutely not study the material. i had never had any problem. i would just see the wall where i could not pass a course at mit in physics.

ktvu's sack sack reports what he saw and heard -- ktvu's john sasaki reports what he saw and heard. >> reporter: someone was clearly having a bad day as we entered their living space at napa state hospital, but this tour comes because patients and staff feel they are constantly having bad days because they are in so much danger. >> every couple weeks we get another report of a patient or staff person who has been severely assaulted and that tells you frankly it's still not safe and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: on the tour we stopped near the spot where psychiatric technician donna gross was killed last fall. there was a brick wall around that area which has been replaced by a metal railing. other changes are in the works. >> we have an alarm system inside the building right now, but we've requested for a wireless system on the 138 acres of this campus. >> these incidents just keep happening and there does not seem to be an end to them. >> reporter: statistics show on average 10 people, three staffers and seven patients, are assaulted here every day. parent job webb said his son w

. >> ktvu's john sasaki spoke with hospital officials, they told him the patient was not arrested. this is the latest of violent incident in the hospital. >>> arson investigators are looking into a fire. the fire started around 11:30 last night. no one was at the home at the time. neighbors say the homeowners have been having domestic problems. someone removed kitchen appliances from the home on saturday. >>> a rattlesnake warning going attitude after several dogs were bitten. ktvu's patty l is live with the action that public health and fire officials are preparing to take tonight. >> reporter: wee at a pet clinic where a dog that was bitten will be held in this room for observation. because of a wave of incidents this clinic ran out of the venom serum. >> all of this red here is abnormal. >> reporter: she is treating two dogs for rattlesnake bites. bitten saturday afternoon, she needs a new catheter and a iv drip. lucy, bitten thursday is on the road to recovery. >> this is the first time in the eight years i have owned this hospital we have seen any bites, let alone multiple bit

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the american military had chances to kill osama bin laden before yesterday. 1998 and 1999 the u.s. chose against launching mission strikes because of collateral damage. in december 2001 osama bin laden slipped out of tora bora. and this american president obama decided against bombing the hide out in order to send in troops to get proof of osama bin laden's death. >>> president obama said osama bin laden death makes today a good day for america and the world. >> the world is safer. it is a better place because of the death of osama bin laden. today we are reminded that as a nation there is nothing we can't do. when we put our soldrs to the wheel, when we work together. >> the president made those comments during a ceremony at the white house for two soldiers killed in the korean war. he praised the spirit of the crowds that gathered. >>> this meeting took place in islamabad hours after osama bin laden's death was announced. pakistan has indicated it was a joint operation. some u.s. government officials are suggesting, based on osama bin laden's loc

live in the san mateo county hills, john sasaki. >> we spoke to the district that contracted out those workers. they hired a company to remove nonnative plants from the la honda area. those workers were employees of that contract company. >> we are very concerned about this. our staff was involved in the response and working cooperatively with the chp to find out what happened. and also, like we said our thoughts are with the families in this situation. >>> the chp is keeping the name of that contracted company quiet until the families of the victim are told about the crash. >>> the regional open space district is a special government district and is not controlled by a city or a county. the district oversees 60,000 acres of open space lamp and cared for preserves many in the peninsula and in san jose bay. >>> the county clerk's department has made a major breakthrough in connection with a robbery. this is a picture of one of the secret compartments that sheriff's detectives found. hidden inside you can see were more than 20 handguns and rifles. the guns according to sheriff's detectiv

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it has been a deadly year for the bay area's largest city. >> we are up to 22 homicide in the city of san jose. we had 20 all last year. >> only five of the 22 homicides are gang related, that includes the death of 18- year-old vincent tran. the murder rate does not include two murders on the san jose state university campus. >>> friends of a missing nursing student has been gone since friday are reaching out on twitter and facebook tonight. but they are not going to the neighborhood where she was last seen. >> reporter: late this afternoon we learned police talked to her friends and family and said not to talk too much about the case or to canvas the neighborhood where she was last seen. police could have a lead but they said unless there is a break in the case they are not talking either. >> friends of michelle hoang thi le describe her private. only a small group of people know if someone might want to harm her and they are not talking. >> we are listening to what the police is asking us to do, which is to not comment too much, we don't want to

. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori, in fact a group including our on john sasaki just got out of a tour. for the first time since ronald reagan as president cameras are allowed to record the inside of the institution. that kind of experience you just saw is the exception and not the rule during today's tour but it is the kind of unpredictable situation workers and fellow patients encounter several times a day. the tour took us to different parts of the hospital. a worker we spoke with say we only got to see the best parts of the hospital. the other parts he says are not as neat and clean and the patients not nearly as se date. she called it a cover up but wants to hide her identity. >> the individuals were probably on best behavior and you come around during the time they are medicated. >> so they schedule it around the time people are just medicated. >> that is a medication patch. it is every day. >> there is assaults every day. >> there is practically assaults every day, patient on patient, patient on staff. i have been threatened with murders, oh, she needs to die. that is not right.

john sasaki. >>> fans at today's giants fan say they too were glad to hear of the arrest. saying that it will hopefully close a dark chapter for the the stadium. people in southern california are rooting for stow's recovery. >> we're doing fundraisers trying to raise support for this kid's family. it is awful. i hope it never happens again. >> everybody is very hopeful for a good successful recovery for him. >> baseball is supposed to be fun, a family thing, you should never worry about getting beat up and ending up in a hospital after the game. >>> stow's family and friends also shared their joy after today's developments. we spoke to stow's mother anne by phone after the announcement. she says the family is incredibly relieved that one suspect is now behind bars. stow's fellow santa clara county paramedics also said they are thrilled at this arrest. >> it's wrong, it was wrong for those guys to do that. justice definitely needs to be served, and it's going to happen. definitely happy about that? -z after hearing the news, family and friends visited him at the hospital wh

john sasaki. >>> investigators tonight are trying to determine why a woman lost control of her vehicle and plunged to her death. the accident happened on highway 1 in duncan cove that's north of bodega bay. bodega bay firefighters say the woman was the only person in the car. her identity has not been released. we learned that the gunman in the center of that murder side in solano county has been served court papers and made threats just before the violence. police have been called to the fairfield home many times. >> reporter: a clean up crew spent today working to erase what violently happened. a person went room for room guns. the gunman shot himself and died too after being air lifted. a neighbor remaining nameless describes him as bitter and angry. >> he's filled with hatred. first for the wife. mainly for the wife. and he's very paranoid. >> there has been a build up of tension, a build up of conflict over several months. >> reporter: police say the day before the rampage, the man had been served some sort of decree having to do with a tenant. that night he promised to kill 27-ye

ktvu's john sasaki is live now in oakland where the pastor's prediction stirred up a lot of controversy. john? >> heather, on grant a he have in oakland where four hours later it is clear that life has not ended and the world has not come to an end here. [ music ] everyone was celebrating at the oakland masonic center a non-judgment day party put on by the west coast american atheist culture. >> here is another rap tour and nothing went on. >> all day there was anticipation for 6 p.m. the time that harold camping and his family radio network predicted the rapture. and that brought out christians and believers. >> we are here to offer hope to people who might have bought into harold camping's prediction that this is the rapture. these latest predictions of bronze age tales are getting in the way of progress so it is my job to make fun of it. >> it is not our fault. so we brought our rainbow flag and we will single handedly stop the apocalypse. it won't happen and it will be our fault. >> the countdown to rapture arrived. >> 3, 2, 1. >> hello. >> after the rally we went to harold camping'

. >> reporter: i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> and ktvu.com has all the details. >>> police say one of their own has been arrested one of their own for suspicion of drunk driving. elizabeth robbins was in her pickup and it rolled over an enbankment. robins could be suspended. >>> an update now on a story we have been following all day. vallejo police are investigating the test death of a man in the grounds of masonic temple. investigators say the victim appeared to be in his late teens or early 20s. temple police found the body this morning. residents reported hearing gunshots a few nights before. >>> santa clara police identified a man today who was found dead yesterday morning. 63-year-old l uis tavara. tavara was known to many in the neighborhood as the church man. >>> a public memorial service honored san carlos mayor ahmad. hundreds of people turned out for the service at hiller aviation museum. the 63-year-old mayor died of a heart attack. ahmad was the second muslim in the united states to become a city mayor before he entered politics he was an executive in silican valley. >>>

. >> reporter: i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> and ktvu.com has all the details. >>> police say one of their own has been arrested one of their own for suspicion of drunk driving. elizabeth robbins was in her pickup and it rolled over an enbankment. robins could be suspended. >>> an update now on a story we have been following all day. vallejo police are investigating the test death of a man in the grounds of masonic temple. investigators say the victim appeared to be in his late teens or early 20s. temple police found the body this morning. residents reported hearing gunshots a few nights before. >>> santa clara police identified a man today who was found dead yesterday morning. 63-year-old l uis tavara. tavara was known to many in the neighborhood as the church man. >>> a public memorial service honored san carlos mayor ahmad. hundreds of people turned out for the service at hiller aviation museum. the 63-year-old mayor died of a heart attack. ahmad was the second muslim in the united states to become a city mayor before he entered politics he was an executive in silican valley. >>>

a 10% pay cut for state workers and as ktvu's john sasaki reports, further cuts to social programs to reduce the state deficit. >> reporter: for 12 hours a day, building block center in concord cares for about 40 children. roughly half are here only because the state subsidizes the $215 weekly cost. >> because child care is so expensive, they couldn't afford quality child care and therefor they would have to have their children at home then they would lose their jobs. >> reporter: today assembly republicans put forth their budget plan which would neither raise taxes more cut education funding. >> it's a road map. it's a path way to a discussion. and for us we are putting forth ideas that not necessarily are all ours. >> reporter: but the plan would include major cuts for the poor, elderly, disabled, mentally ill and early childhood development. >> as a society we're going to pay for it later. we will pay for it because families will be losing jobs, we'll pay for it because these children won't be as successful in school and the drop out rate will increase. >> reporter: the county food

i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> now let's go to janine de la vega to find out what's happening to the victims and more on this difficult rescue process. >> reporter: the three victims that were involved in that accident, they are here at stanford. they arrived by air on that helicopter, the helepad that you see behind me. the chp says the accident happened in such a remote area that you heard john mention. it took over an hour and a half before the helicopter took off from the scene. two others suffered minor injuries were transported by ambulance. they were all employees of a contractor company that did work for the state peninsula district. >> we are all concerned about this, and we're working very cooperatively the chp to find out what happened and also like i say our thoughts are with the families in this situation. >>> the chp does not want to release the name of the contracted company until they notify the families. the chp has told us that they do know of at least one person out of the seven involved in the accident did not receive any injuries at all. reporting live from palo

a 10% pay cut for state workers and as ktvu's john sasaki reports, further cuts to social programs to reduce the state deficit. >> reporter: for 12 hours a day, building block center in concord cares for about 40 children. roughly half are here only because the state subsidizes the $215 weekly cost. >> because child care is so expensive, they couldn't afford quality child care and therefor they would have to have their children at home then they would lose their jobs. >> reporter: today assembly republicans put forth their budget plan which would neither raise taxes more cut education funding. >> it's a road map. it's a path way to a discussion. and for us we are putting forth ideas that not necessarily are all ours. >> reporter: but the plan would include major cuts for the poor, elderly, disabled, mentally ill and early childhood development. >> as a society we're going to pay for it later. we will pay for it because families will be losing jobs, we'll pay for it because these children won't be as successful in school and the drop out rate will increase. >> reporter: the county food