reporting live in oakland, jody hernandez. nbc bay area news. >>> other breaking story, a woman malled to death by her own pit bull in pacifica. police got a 911 call about a dog mauling around noon today. an officer found the woman lying in the front room of her home when he arrived. she was not breathing. the woman's husband told police he had just gotten home from work and told officers the couple's pit bull attacked his wife. he said the dog had been secured in the backyard but somehow got out. while officers were at the house, the dog approached them and the officers shot and killed the pit bull. >>> there could be a commuting headache tonight. b.a.r.t. police are warning riders about a possible delay tonight because of protests. a demonstration is expected. san francisco's civic center station any minute now. demonstrators are upset over the shooting and killing of a man by b.a.r.t. police last month. this video was a protest from a

we bring in jodie hernandez live from oakland. >> reporter: they are told they are making progress but are releasing few details. but the situation is developing rapidly, and they're confident that the justice will be served. that's what's people have left, a makeshift memorial. people have been visiting the site all day long to grieve for the innocent life lost right here. >> she will never happen, never. >> reporter: the father of 8, victor morales, is one of hundreds stopping by this makeshift memorial to shed a tear for 3-year-old carlos. the toddler after getting caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting monday afternoon. >> these are our babies, these are our kids. they need to have -- to find a safe environment, you know. so we can be free walk on the street. >> reporter: oakland police are putting all they've got into finding those responsible. sources say two people are in custody tonight. one a 26-year-old parolee with a history of possessing guns. >> this is very important. you know, so you can make an example. nobody's going to tolerate this anymore. we need to stand o

jodi hernandez has more. >> every half hour i think. i'm either texing, talking. this is my life. >> reporter: athena admits she has a tough time putting her iphone down. for many, it's become an essential part of everyday life. >> it's my life. if i lose it, i feel like i'm . >> reporter: but thieves have dialled in on that. police are seeing iphone thefts nearly every day. and it's not just happening in berkeley. this video shows a suspect swiping one right from the hands of an unsuspecting user in san francisco last month. >> thieves and robbers are focusing on iphones in huge, huge numbers. >> police say criminals have figured out how to jailbreak or unlock iphones, essentially wiping them clean, reselling them on craigslist for big bucks. >> the individual which buys it can use it with any of the other carriers, transform it into an ipod or i touch. >> nina and her boyfriend michael have learned the hard way just how hot the devices are. they've had five iphones stolen between them. >> you know, i've had a situation where i put one down at a restaurant and yo

jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> well, we've been telling you that today's earthquake rattled the nerves of people on the east coast, but a new headache could be headed up the coast this weekend, as well. hurricane irene is gaining strength as it churns through the atlantic, packing winds up to 90 miles per hour. today it blew through puerto rico dumping ten inches of rain. the storm is expected to make landfall over new england this weekend. >> and there's a lot of unpredictability with that, even though we show you that cone of uncertainty. and we have some updated numbers coming in from the national hurricane center. otherwise, today was hot here across the bay area. 99 in gilroy. 97 in san jose and 75 in san francisco with 83 in san rafael. some of the hottest weather in over a month. only two days with widespread triple digits here across the bay area. last time it was this hot was july 6. it is mild out here. we were lucky to have this for daytime highs. 80 degrees for those of you in livermore. 66 in santa rosa. 62 in san francisco. we are going to see things drop off with

jodi hernandez cc joins us from west oakland. hard to believe it started 28 years ago. is it working? are there any tangible results here? >> reporter: raj, people out here will tell you yes. they say since they've banded together several years ago, they have stopped a number of crimes from taking place. now though the national night parties don't officially begin for another hour, many people up the eady litcc1: barbecue, as you can see. i'll tell you, there will be a lot of sharing going on out here tonight, all in the name of neighborhood safety. >> let's get those coals going. >> okay. good. i'm going to have all the lemonade. >> reporter: angela livermore anet williams-cain are gearing up for their annual west oakland block party. it's become one of the most well attended in town and has made the street much safer. >> now that i know all of my neighbors, i -- i feel more secure. i know that people are watching out for me. know if i'm pulling in the driveway with my kids i can say, hey, ben -- >> reporter: getting to know who lives nearby is what people all across t

jodi hernandez introduces us to the bay area black market and who's trying to stop it. >> it's beautiful. people see it and it's attractive. i love gold. >> reporter: she feels like a million dollars in her gold jewelry. but with the price of gold at record highs, criminals see dollar signs when they spot gold on anyone. oakland police say thieves are stealing gold jewelry at an alarming rate, ripping the metal off of mostly female victims on the street. >> they're approaching those females who most often are distracted by cell phones and running up, snatching the chain and running away. >> reporter: where is all the stolen gold going? pawnshop operators say dozens of unlicensed rogue gold buyers are sprouting up across oakland and the state. >> it's huge. i'm assuming it's probably tens of millions has been channeled out. under the counter. >> reporter: this pawnbroker didn't want to show his face on camera. but he's so frustrated with the illegal deals, he says he fired a private eye to go undercover to videotape just how easy it is to sell gold on the street. time after time, the priv

we bring in jody hernandez at the scene all day. there now things are finally settling down. i know there was a lot of tension and angry comments front parents. what's the latest now? >> reporter: pretty ugly scene. children are home with their parents tonight after spending the entire day on lockdown here at their school now. you can see that the police tape is still up. and police are still out here in the neighborhood. however, we have been told that the neighborhood is secure, police apparently are waiting for some search warrant returns so they can go in search two locations for potential evidence. meanwhile, many parents are not happy about how the school reacted to it all. a kay yo a scene outside horace mann elementary school. parents clamored to get their children. s.w.a.t. teams converged on a home where five home invasion robbery suspects, barricaded themselves inside. >> it is still scary. right up the street. i can see what is going on from where i am standing. it is really skaecary. >> reporter: she raced to the school with her 3-year-old in tow. she wanted desp

in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. police say that they are working on this case nonstop. >>> a story that topped local headlines for weeks. two years ago to the day, a little boy was reported missing in oakland. you might remember, 5-year-old hasani campbell. he was last seen out of a shoe store in oakland's rockridge neighborhood in 2009. he has scerebral palsey and despite oakland police indicating this may be a homicide, a $75,000 reward is being offered for his safe return. >>> a former employee of a clothing star, the great mall in milpitas, is suing over a peeping tom. charges claim 29-year-old david meyer, the store manager at the finish line clothing store installed spy cameras. he's believed to have left the state now. victims were employees between the ages of 16 and 19 years old. their lawyers say they are suffering from emotional distress. the company claims the videotaping was the work of one employee and they didn't know about his activity. >>> a not guilty plea from the two suspects in the bryan stow be

new at 6:00, jodi hernandez reports there are mixed emotions about his punishment. >> i'm glad it is over this chapter. >> reporter: chauncey bailey's family says they're one step closer to justice as the the man who gunned down the oakland journalist heads off to prison. the 23-year-old, who confessed to killing bailey and another man was sentenced to 25 years behind bars. >> of course, you know you want more, or you want what you think is justice. but he is getting some time. >> reporter: broussard eligible for parole in 17 years got a lighter sentence in exchange for testifying against two others including the former leader of your black muslim bakery, who broussard ordered bailey's killing because of a critical story he was writing about the bakery. >> i am proud he came from shooting somebody, cold-blooded murd p murder, to being some one personally more moral. >> broussard's mother says she is glad her son did the right thing in then, she apologized to bailey's family today for her son's actions. >> i just told them that -- that i was just giving them my condolences for what ha

we bring in jodi hernandez. an interesting angle from a local church. what's their role in all this? >> reporter: the folks here at the catholic church want to make sure people do not forget the dozens of lives that have been lost here in the city of oakland. they put up a cross for each and every victim. you can see there's a cross for little carlos nava, the 3-year-old killed a few weeks ago and that's cross is front and center and today they put up another cross for yet another victim. >> it's just really hard to the heart. >> reporter: for the 76, the time this year another cross was put up for a live lost in violence. this surveillance video shows one wounded victim crawling into a liquor store for help. >> it feels like a war zone. i grew up in northerly ireland and i grew up in a war zone and this feels like there's as many people being killed as there was there. >> reporter: the violence comes on the heels of the daylight drive by shooting that killed 3-year-old carlos nava. another toddler was rounded after getting caught in the cross fire this

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us now from berkeley, where iphones are hot in more ways than one. jodi, black market wise now, how much does it cost for a stolen iphone? >> reporter: raj, you can find them on craigslist for as little as 100 bucks depending on the model. many people feel they simply cannot live without their iphone. unfortunately the bad guys don't need dreck tri assistance to find the gadgets and grab them. >> every half hour, i think, i'm either texting, talking, this is my life. >> reporter: athena addison admits she has a tough time putting her iphone down. for many, the iphone has become an essential part of everyday life. >> it's my life. if i lose it, i feel like i'm losing my life. >> reporter: but thieves have dialed in on that. berkeley police are seeing iphone thefts nearly every day. and it's not just happening in berkeley. this video shows a suspect swiping one right from the hands of an unsuspecting user in san francisco last month. >> thieves and robbers are focusing on iphones in huge, huge numbers. >> reporter: berkeley police say criminals have f

jodi hernandez is in marin where they say things are looking bleak. jodi. >> reporter: the killing of that marin county deputy has really rocked folks here nts north bay. tonight a local district attorney admits there was a lack of communication on how that parolee was handled leading up to the tragedy. >> parole is relying upon local jurisdiction to take care of the problem. local jurisdiction was looking at parole assuming they were going to take care of the problem. so at the end of the day the lack of communication resulted in a tragedy. >> reporter: sonoma county district attorney jill ravish says she'll always wonder if something could have been done to prevent the killing of jim matheson. he was gunned down last month by 28-year-old parolee thomas hall ron who was allowed to walk the streets after getting arrested for forging a prescription. at the time prosecutors didn't realize the scope of his criminal past, including restraining orders by two women. >> perhaps the content of those restraining orders would have had an impact. more importantl

reporting live, antioch, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> amazing tale of for giveness. >>> just in to the nbc bay area newsroom, we know the hotel where more than 100 san jose state students have to make move to -- will have to move to make room for larger than expected freshman class. as of august 22, 103 students will take up residents at clarion airport hotel, equipped with wireless internet and it has a gym but no cafeteria. 4,000 freshmen expected to fill the dorms. nearly 1300 more than last year's incoming class. >>> three cities on the peninsula trying to upgrade their 911 call centers with help of a bay area congresswoman. palo alto, mountain view, los altos, looking to generate systems, allowing dispatch centers to accept photos, videos, text messages which they currently don't do. the congresswoman co-authored a bill providing $250 million in grants over the next five years. she introduced a similar bill last year but it didn't make it out of committee. >>> new at 6:00, only in the bay area do we have this. zinfandel and bordeaux, not talking about wine. the new color

we bring in jodi hernandez who joins us now in oakland. where investigators are trying to stop the bay area black market. is that right? >> reporter: that's right, raj. oakland police say the thieves are snatching gold from victims just about every day now. they say thefts are happening just about this time of the evening, as people are walking home from work or out taking their evening stroll. well, tonight we are getting an exclusive look at where the bad guys may be taking their golden loot to turn it into dollars. >> it's beautiful. it beautifies anyone. i love gold. >> she feels like a million dollars in her gold jewelry, but criminals see dollar signs when they spot gold on anyone. oakland police say thieves are stealing gold jewelry at an alarming rate. ripping the precious metal right off mostly female victims on the street. >> they're approaching those females who most often are distracted by cell phones and just running up, snatching the gold chain off their neck and running away. >> reporter: but where is all the stolen gold goi

we bring in nbc bay area's jody hernandez who joins us live in oakland. joe talking about kids carrying lifelong psychological scars here, correct? >> that's right, raj. therapists say they haven't seen anything quite like it. five children have been wounded by stray bullets here in oakland in the past month alone. countless others have witnessed violence in their own neighborhoods. and now, a 6-year-old boy is left with the image of watching his own father get gunned down. maria cario says she can't believe her husband of 13 years is oakland's latest victim of vof violence. the 39-year-old, was shot and killed during a robbery as he and his 6-year-old son left an east oakland market yesterday afternoon. the boy watched helplessly as the two suspects shot and robbed his dad, right in front of him. >> translator: he saw everything the he keeps reselling what happens to his dad. >> it is very sad for me to see a child lose one of the most important people in their life because that's huh they understand their world. >> reporter: this therapist, with family

in fairfield, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> that video is incredible. thank you, jodi. >>> new developments in a case generating national headlines. this morning former antioch police officer christopher butler pleaded not guilty to 17 federal counts. he then posted $1 million bail. the indictment alleges butler and former department of justice agent norman welsh stole drug evidence from police lockers and robbed prostitutes during phony sting operations and ran a brothel in pleasant hill. his father put up the bail. butler is out on $900,000 bond in contra costa where he faces conspiracy charges for arranging the drunk driving arrests of men he was paid to investigate. >>> you don't need reports to know what's going on. you simply need to talk to your neighbors and friends. but today the official report confirmed what many people already know. the latest job numbers in california are ugly. let's bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman. scott, how do you analyze these numbers here? >> let's go right to it. the jobless rate for california is

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez was in the courtroom as the case came to an emotional conclusion. she has the details. >> i'm just glad everything is over with right now. it's been a very long and hard -- a very heart-bearing on the entire family. >> reporter: chauncey bailey's family is relieved the two man convicted of murdering the oakland journalist in 2007 will never be free again. former your black muslim bakery leader usef iv and antoine mackey got life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing bailey, who prosecutors say was targeted because of a critical article he was writing about the bakery. >> i would hope that the message is that there's nothing you can do to kill a story. i mean, a story is going to come out. that's what the freedom of speech, that's what the freedom of press is all about. >> reporter: the men also got life sentences for killing oakland chef, michael wills. a man prosecutors say came under fire simply because he was white. bay and mackey listened without emotion as bailey's ex-wife tearfully told them her son must now grow up without a

in fairfield, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> incredible story. thank you. >>> this just in. a young woman has died in the castro this afternoon after being hit by a muni bus. the woman was hit about 2:30 in the afternoon at the intersection of 18th and hartford streets. fire department crews arrived almost immediately. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. our nbc helicopter was above the scene. she's thought to be in her late 20s. no word yet on what caused the accident. >>> a 4-year-old boy is dead tonight. [ technical difficulty ] >> the boy was rushed to the hospital but died early this morning. >> i can't believe. hurt me so bad. why would somebody do that? if they hit a kid, stop, try to help him. >> reporter: he was walking with his mother, twin sister and 6-year-old sister along the crosswalk to jacobs park on west 9th street in santa rosa at about 6:00 yesterday evening. one car stopped to let the family pass. a man watched in horror at what happened next. >> to see the car, how hard they hit the baby, you know. the baby probably go up a few feet. and they ne

at uc davis medical center, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, jodi, thank you. >>> historic curry village at yosemite national park may soon become a thing of the past. park officials are looking to remove 70 century-old cabins to keep trespassers away. right now many of the structures sit in a rock fall danger area. back in 2008 a group of schoolchildren were sent running because of a rock slide. no one, though, was seriously hurt. >>> well, the weather has been nice for a little getaway before school starts. let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> perfect out there. when school is about to start, we get all that extra rush of traffic on the roadways out there as families are trying to squeeze in that extra family vacation. finding some very pleasant weather today. look at this, 77 san jose, 77 in redwood city. we did have some warm to hot air, though. los gatos with 89. a lot of those areas right up against the mountain can sometimes trap some of that heat, therefore, giving us warmer temperatures. right now the fog moving back into san francisco. currently 62 degrees. 59 her

jodi hernandez joins us live in oakland with the very latest. >> reporter: oakland police say they have worked non-stop for the last 72 hours. detectives have gotten little sleep as they have tried to track the alleged shooter down, and now police say they have got their man. >> this is all about lawrence denard. lawrence denard pulled out a gun, fired at a young child and killed and murdered a young child. >> reporter: and now the man police say fired the gun that killed 3-year-old carlos nava is behind bars. 26-year-old lawrence denard, a parolee with a history of possessing firearms has been charged with murder for the little boy's death. >> the defendant with callous disregard for the safety of everyone womantonally shot and killed the little boy as they walked home. >> reporter: but denard's cousin says she's innocent. she describes denard as loving and carriage. she says he has a 4-year-old daughter himself. >> he probably would have got out and jumped in front of that bullet for that little boy. >> my heart goes out to that boy and his family, but my cousin didn't kill y'all. >>

. >>> i'm jodi hernandez in west oakland where neighbors are firing up the grill in the name. we'll take to you the national night out festivities coming up.

let's bring in nbc bay area's jodi hernandez who joins us in antioch where this is all unfolding. aside from this twnl case now, this is a case of betrayal, isn't it, for the barber? >> reporter: that's right. the man feels very betrayed in a big way. al holmes, the barber who owns this shop, had been mentoring the teenager for the past couple of years. he said he did his best to steer him in the right direction. so learning that the boy was allegedly part of the heist that happened out here is crushing. >> he was like a son. he was like little brother, like a nephew. >> reporter: barber al holmes says he can't understand how someone he took under his wing could betray him. holmes was held up and carjacked at gunpoint by an armed man monday afternoon. he watched helplessly as his 16-year-old employee, hasan ford, was allegedly kidnapped during the holdup. >> i almost broke down myself because i felt at that point his life really, truly could have been in danger. there was nothing i could do to help him. >> reporter: turns out the teenager was allegedly in on the heist. police arre

let's bring in jodi hernandez outside of horace mann school with the story. there's a procedure and protocol to all of these things. are they following it there in oakland now? >> reporter: well, they say that they did. but parents weren't happy about it. clearly. children here at horace mann elementary spent some six hours on lockdown, locked inside their classrooms. you see the police tape is still up here. but the children were finally dismissed a short time ago. i'm going to tell you, it was a chaotic scene out here as hundreds of parents lined up outside the gate clamoring to get their children. many children came out in tears, crying, as tempers flared outside over what was a very long and terrifying day. the s.w.a.t. team converged on an east oakland neighborhood this morning, surrounding a house where police say five armed home invasion robbery suspects who they believe struck four times this morning, barricaded themselves inside. >> the amount of suspects and that they were armed heightens our awareness and adds an element of danger and requires addi

at candlestick park, i'm jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> as you heard jody touch upon, the 49ers unveiled new steps that the team will take to ensure that candlestick is safer. among those changes, there will now be dui checkpoints as people leave the stadium, more patrols in the park, foot and more patrols will be added, brighter lights in the parking lot and you will no longer be allowed to clinic alcohol as you wait to get in to tailgate. >>> two months after the city invested $10 million in a brand new system have complaints. the rumblings in complaints and breakdowns have been circulating among first responders and today the city answered those claims. the city said it's allowed up to 120 days to work out the glitches and this is just day 78. still, the problem was so bad the city manager gave the radio company an ultimatum. get the critical problems fixed in two weeks. problem? that window closed on friday. the city said while structural issues related to radio performance have largely been resolved, a number of additional findings still need to be addressed, which is littl

in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> well, a potential danger in your laundry room. they may be bad for your health. >>> a renaissance in east san jose. coming up, the tools the kids at this school have just been given. >>> and the battle in sacramento over a controversial plan involving microchips and pets. >>> and i'm in for jeff ranieri. this evening we have a strong sea breeze cooling things off in san francisco. first pitches of the giants game you can catch here on the bay area following the newscast. >>> he'll remain a free man for now. 50-year-old norman welsh was released from federal custody after pleading not guilty to conspiracy, drug sales, theft and extortion. he's the former head of the drug task force, an assessment of his mental health determined he was not a suicide risk and he was released on bond. he and his co-defendant butler are expected to appear in court in early december. >>> at&t may need to rethink the plan to install utility boxes throughout san francisco. a number of community groups are in hopes of slowing or stopping the installation o