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let's begin with ktvu's robert handa, who is inside the search zone. robert? >> reporter: it is still a tense situation. this is a typical scene out here. heavily armed officers that front and back of almost every street. at this hour the sheriff's department says search teams are going door to door. the sweep begin around homestead road, because officers surrounded a house this morning where they believe the suspect might have ducted into. search teams say they believe he is on foot and considered armed and dangerous. a car he fled in was found abandon on wolf road and a rifle was found by the vehicle. about 7:00 a.m. witnesses saw him at the hewlett-packard building where he attacked a woman to try to take her car. >> the guy started running towards her and then -- punched her. so after punching her she fell on the ground, i saw two shots fired. >> reporter: now, back live here where the search continues. street by street. residents are staying inside or left the area and we have been told the woman who was shot during the attempted carjacking here is still
let's begin with ktvu's robert handa, who is inside the search zone. robert? >> reporter: it is still a tense situation. this is a typical scene out here. heavily armed officers that front and back of almost every street. at this hour the sheriff's department says search teams are going door to door. the sweep begin around homestead road, because officers surrounded a house this morning where they believe the suspect might have ducted into. search teams say they believe he is on foot and...
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let's begin with robert handa who is in the neighborhood where the search is going on right now. >> reporter: you can hear behind me the search continues and we have not seen a drop off at all in the intensity, law enforcement have been out here all day. we got off the phone with the sheriff's department and they say there is no plan to cut down on the search efforts. there are s.w.a.t. teams teams and search dog teams going down each street. the search and the sheriff's department have been going through the area in the area because this is where the suspect dumped his first vehicle and tried to carjack a woman. a witness said he was relieved the victim survived. >> she was groggy. she had -- i think she got hit on the face, her nose, broken nose. and her mouth was bleeding. and she was weak. >> reporter: again, that woman is in fair condition and being treated at a hospital. they have no plans to cut down on any of the search efforts and they have not set a time limit on how long this will go on. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all of that violence began this morning at a rock
let's begin with robert handa who is in the neighborhood where the search is going on right now. >> reporter: you can hear behind me the search continues and we have not seen a drop off at all in the intensity, law enforcement have been out here all day. we got off the phone with the sheriff's department and they say there is no plan to cut down on the search efforts. there are s.w.a.t. teams teams and search dog teams going down each street. the search and the sheriff's department have...
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rockert h -- robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> google says it will unveil a new service tomorrow to create web base circular. google is working with best buy and macy's. >>> bart is looking for public imput. the first in a series of meetings is getting underway at the city counsel. bart is required to adjust the boundaries of its 9 districts. the biggest population growth is in eastern contra costa and alameda. you can find the schedule of meetings on www.ktvu.com. >> he will battle the u.s. army corps of engineers over its policy that bans trees on levies. he says they are overreacting. he says the policy banning trees could detablize levies and could impact wildlife that depends on those trees. >>> showers moving through the area right now in the heart of the evening commute. we showed you the traffic cameras, there is slow going out there. look at the storm. it's winding down in the north bay. nonetheless, showers right now on the richmond bridge, on the bay bridge, and hayward bridge. looks like a lot of rain, but so far accumulations have been light. a quarter of an inch in
rockert h -- robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> google says it will unveil a new service tomorrow to create web base circular. google is working with best buy and macy's. >>> bart is looking for public imput. the first in a series of meetings is getting underway at the city counsel. bart is required to adjust the boundaries of its 9 districts. the biggest population growth is in eastern contra costa and alameda. you can find the schedule of meetings on www.ktvu.com....
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robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we want to take you back for more on the developing situation in downtown san francisco where marchers are on the move. they left the plaza a short time ago. went along market, then main and now on spear. ktvu's janine de la vega is marching with the crowd. can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. right now i am at the very head of where the march. approaching market street again. and the protesters, hard to tell how many there are, about 500 at least. completely taken over the street. at one point they were going the wrong way through the cars. cars had to move because they were blocking traffic. now they are -- police are trying to lead them so they could be in an orderly fashion and now they are going again, back down market street. through traffic, on the sidewalk. police are trying to get a handle on this. doesn't seem like they have a plan on where they are going. they are sort of taking over the streets. we will keep you updated but the situation is changing minute after minute. sometimes they are stopping in the middle of the s
robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we want to take you back for more on the developing situation in downtown san francisco where marchers are on the move. they left the plaza a short time ago. went along market, then main and now on spear. ktvu's janine de la vega is marching with the crowd. can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. right now i am at the very head of where the march. approaching market street again. and the protesters, hard to tell how many there...
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playing dead may have saved the man's life, robert handa has the story. >> reporter: today a worker did tell a chilling at, how he survived and some didn't. >> reporter: michael ambrosio says he's a lucky one even with the bullet wound in his left arm. he says almond broke fire yelling you want to f with me. ambrosio said he could see almond's face as he fired. >> just mad, just mad. you could see the anger in his face. i was seeing him and all the gunshots coming out, coming out, coming out. >> reporter: ambroiso says the bullets were so rapid he does not know if he was shot by the handgun or the machine gun. >> they were just bang, bang, bang. and when he brought out the ak that is faster than the handgun. >> reporter: the back door to the trailer that -- >> the back door to the trailer that would have been an exit point was blocked with a piece of wood. they were unable to open that door. >> reporter: for ambrosio he could only play dead. >> i was bleeding, i covered my head because i was worried about my brain. i had blood on my head. i just kept praying inside saying please. >> rep
playing dead may have saved the man's life, robert handa has the story. >> reporter: today a worker did tell a chilling at, how he survived and some didn't. >> reporter: michael ambrosio says he's a lucky one even with the bullet wound in his left arm. he says almond broke fire yelling you want to f with me. ambrosio said he could see almond's face as he fired. >> just mad, just mad. you could see the anger in his face. i was seeing him and all the gunshots coming out, coming...
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robert handa live to tell us about the changes being made, robert. >> reporter: we're about 300 yards away from bay street and gloria bay where the young girl was killed at another intersection that was also considered dangerous until the city put in these safety features. pedestrian activated lights that light up the sign as well as the light on the crosswalk itself. these are several long term changes being considered for ban gloria and about three hours ago we saw the next short term change. a school district crossing guard appeared just before 2:00 assisting pedestrians at the crosswalk where serieli zamora was hit and killed. her family and friends were surprised to see the crosswalk. >> it makes me feel better but it makes me sad that the girl had to die. >> reporter: the guard says guard will be present from two to 3:30 p.m. every day. he's also forming recommendations that will be presented to the city council friday night. >> we do not want this accident to diswade people in the community from walking to school, from getting their healthy exercise as a pedestrian. >> reporter
robert handa live to tell us about the changes being made, robert. >> reporter: we're about 300 yards away from bay street and gloria bay where the young girl was killed at another intersection that was also considered dangerous until the city put in these safety features. pedestrian activated lights that light up the sign as well as the light on the crosswalk itself. these are several long term changes being considered for ban gloria and about three hours ago we saw the next short term...
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robert handa has the story. >> reporter: we're outside a church that has decided to turn a community struggle of bank foreclosures into what is called a righteous fight which in this case means withdrawing its cash. this condominium complex is quiet, clean and martinez home for 10 years. but martinez fight with her bank loan was bought out by bank of america. but that has put her future in jeopardy. >> i did put down $100,000 for a down payment. so i thought i would get a good loan. you know, it is only 900 square feet i'm living in. and now i'm in foreclosure. >> reporter: martinez working for the community group pack and attends holy trinity church. both organizations say many people are in the same situation, the group has decided to pull out their money in protest. and the holy trinity church has pulled out a large sum of money from b of a. >> what the church decided to do was to take an action. >> reporter: p.a.c.k. is pulling $1 million from wells fargo banks. >> our regulators may not be able too. our banks may not be willing about it, but we can do something. we can affect th
robert handa has the story. >> reporter: we're outside a church that has decided to turn a community struggle of bank foreclosures into what is called a righteous fight which in this case means withdrawing its cash. this condominium complex is quiet, clean and martinez home for 10 years. but martinez fight with her bank loan was bought out by bank of america. but that has put her future in jeopardy. >> i did put down $100,000 for a down payment. so i thought i would get a good loan....
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maureen naylor is at the cement plant where the shooting started but we begin with robert handa with that video that police say shows the suspect gun in hand. >> reporter: well there is finally an ends to some of the tension that has engulfed this two days when the suspect was shot and killed by deputies on this street. >> reporter: two hours ago the santa clara sheriff's department showed us this surveillance video of a gun toting owens. a disturbing picture that confirms almond was in the area. it led to a search that ended this morning. a barrage of gunfire erupted a block north of homestead road. what they saw when they arrived was a man believed to be almond dead on a driveway. sheriff smith says two sheriff deputies in patrol cars were patrolling the area when they saw someone with almond's description crouching behind a car. the deputies approached the man. >> the deputies did fire shots. >> reporter: did they see the suspects do anything with the gun, point it at them. >> we believe, this is still pending the investigation we believe he displayed the firearm in a threatening
maureen naylor is at the cement plant where the shooting started but we begin with robert handa with that video that police say shows the suspect gun in hand. >> reporter: well there is finally an ends to some of the tension that has engulfed this two days when the suspect was shot and killed by deputies on this street. >> reporter: two hours ago the santa clara sheriff's department showed us this surveillance video of a gun toting owens. a disturbing picture that confirms almond...
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robert handa. craig heaps. jade hernandez. heather holmes. mark ibanez. fred inglis. jana katsuyama. la west >>> it was two years ago this month that he took over the oakland police department. >> he leaves this police department with almost 200 police officers left than when he started. you know, so that was a huge transition. you know, i think that's something he didn't see coming. >> you know, yesterday keith bats made it official he will no longer serve the people of oakland. in his resignation letter he said he had limited control with a lot of bureaucracy. >> he wants to be in a position where he or she has been held accountable but has been able to make a traumatic impact. >> he didn't say it was any one person's fault that he was leaving, but did say the landscape of the office has changed. last week mayor kwan cast a vote to send things back to the committee. these are things that batt supported. >> if he were to leave, this is a good time. he is talking with harvard about a part-time teaching and research position. some feel the chief was never really into t
robert handa. craig heaps. jade hernandez. heather holmes. mark ibanez. fred inglis. jana katsuyama. la west >>> it was two years ago this month that he took over the oakland police department. >> he leaves this police department with almost 200 police officers left than when he started. you know, so that was a huge transition. you know, i think that's something he didn't see coming. >> you know, yesterday keith bats made it official he will no longer serve the people of...
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but we go now back to robert handa, who was there as the sheriff gave her press conference minutes ago. robert. >> reporter: we are here at the santa clara county sheriff's department and again, as we were talking during the live presentation of the press conference, the sheriff's department had planned to have a news conference, but the events this morning made it so that they could only go into some limited information and that leaves some questions answered and some issues unresolved at least for now. now again, the timetable for this was that shortly after 7:30, about 7:41, they got the first reports that something was happening out there, that shots were fired. about five or six minutes later the police swarmed that area on lauren way, only a block way from homestead avenue, where most of the action in the search initially took place. now, because of the actions that took place, there will be an investigation involved with the officer-involved shooting aspect of this. but in terms of what happened, the sheriff talked about the fact that there was three deputies in two different un
but we go now back to robert handa, who was there as the sheriff gave her press conference minutes ago. robert. >> reporter: we are here at the santa clara county sheriff's department and again, as we were talking during the live presentation of the press conference, the sheriff's department had planned to have a news conference, but the events this morning made it so that they could only go into some limited information and that leaves some questions answered and some issues unresolved...
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live in sunny vale, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there may have been warning sign that is violence was on almond's mind. maureen naylor is live now at the quarry with new details and what the company told her for the first time about the tragedy. >> reporter: this afternoon the road up here to the lee high cement plant opened up. someone has since placed some flowers, a bouquet of flowers at the front. tonight we spoke to one friend who says almond told them. >> he said that they were racist at the place and that they were going to try to end his livelihood and that, that it wasn't going to go down that way. and that if they were going to end his livelihood he was going to end theirs. >> reporter: she came to the latest sunny vale crime scene and said the san jose father had a permit to carry concealed weapons and that almond feared he was losing his job. >> the severance pay being taken away from him that he was going to do some damage basically. that if he was going to go out, and he was going to kill some people that was going to happen to him and his family. >> reporter: the co
live in sunny vale, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there may have been warning sign that is violence was on almond's mind. maureen naylor is live now at the quarry with new details and what the company told her for the first time about the tragedy. >> reporter: this afternoon the road up here to the lee high cement plant opened up. someone has since placed some flowers, a bouquet of flowers at the front. tonight we spoke to one friend who says almond told them. >>...
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robert handa is at the latest shooting. >> reporter: many san jose police officers tell me they have never seen a crime surge such as this. the shooting death of a teenager here in san jose is the latest in a bloody two week span. san jose police investigators are busy today and have been since early october. working numerous shooting death cases such as one here on ross circle of an 18-year-old man last night. at a news conference, detailing five shooting deaths including several involving officers, police displayed this picture of 38-year-old hell's angel member steve joseph ruiz who investigators believe killed steve pallson during a confrontation at the shooting of another hell's angel biker pettigrew. police with a warrant searched pettigrew's grave in case that ruiz was killed and put in there. >> we . police today said a man with a handgun killed by police, ricardo moreno is the person investigators believed murdered two students on third street near the san jose state campus two days earlier. >>> we have subsequently been able to confirm that the firearm that ricardo moreno w
robert handa is at the latest shooting. >> reporter: many san jose police officers tell me they have never seen a crime surge such as this. the shooting death of a teenager here in san jose is the latest in a bloody two week span. san jose police investigators are busy today and have been since early october. working numerous shooting death cases such as one here on ross circle of an 18-year-old man last night. at a news conference, detailing five shooting deaths including several...
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robert handa roberts on their own feelings of liberation. >> reporter: this is no doubt a scene being played out in many libyan american homes today. kalifa and katani have been watching the news of their hometown libya around the clock. gadhafi's death generated a rush of emotion and eventually a sense of relief. >> just the fact that he's dead and he's gone, and that they have his body, you know ensure that is he's not going to be there to haunt us. >> we're hoping that we see this day, because you know people have suffered a lot for 42 years now. >> for care the largest muslim american group in the u.s., the most important thing now is that the libyan people control their destiny. >> to say we're going to make determinations about our country, we're going to make determinations of who our leaders will be and to explore what comes next. >> reporter: returning to libya is the plan for rima and samaya's family. for rima it'll be the first time in 25 years. but now with gadhafi gone -- >> do you now have less fear. >> we hope to go visit at least and see family and see how the situatio
robert handa roberts on their own feelings of liberation. >> reporter: this is no doubt a scene being played out in many libyan american homes today. kalifa and katani have been watching the news of their hometown libya around the clock. gadhafi's death generated a rush of emotion and eventually a sense of relief. >> just the fact that he's dead and he's gone, and that they have his body, you know ensure that is he's not going to be there to haunt us. >> we're hoping that we...
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robert handa roberts on their own feelings of liberation. >> reporter: this is no doubt a scene being played out in many libyan american homes today. kalifa and katani have been watching the news of their hometown libya around the clock. gadhafi's death generated a rush of emotion and eventually a sense of relief. >> just the fact that he's dead and he's gone, and that they have his body, you know ensure that is he's not going to be there to haunt us. >> we're hoping that we see this day, because you know people have suffered a lot for 42 years now. >> for care the largest muslim american group in the u.s., the most important thing now is that the libyan people control their destiny. >> to say we're going to make determinations about our country, we're going to make determinations of who our leaders will be and to explore what comes next. >> reporter: returning to libya is the plan for rima and samaya's family. for rima it'll be the first time in 25 years. but now with gadhafi gone -- >> do you now have less fear. >> we hope to go visit at least and see family and see how the situatio
robert handa roberts on their own feelings of liberation. >> reporter: this is no doubt a scene being played out in many libyan american homes today. kalifa and katani have been watching the news of their hometown libya around the clock. gadhafi's death generated a rush of emotion and eventually a sense of relief. >> just the fact that he's dead and he's gone, and that they have his body, you know ensure that is he's not going to be there to haunt us. >> we're hoping that we...
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ktvu's robert handa is here now and tell us what they're accused of stealing, robert. >> reporter: the san jose chapter of the national latino police officers association used to be in this building behind me. as we first reported at noon, this complaint filed by the d.a.'s officer, says that two leaders may have embezzled money and forced the association to collapse. villanueva spent 17 years on the force, filagrana helped give scholarships to children. but filagrana is now in custody for embezzling from the association. filagrana withdrew large amounts of cash for his own use. in 2007 more than 23,000. and in 2008 more than $50,000. and another 9,700 in 2009. >> we thought it might be a few thousand dollars here and there cash. not accounted for or poor bookkeeping but we encountered a significant amount of theft going on. >> reporter: vilegrana was released from the force for separate reasons. but another man, marco ibarra was also arrested for embezzling money. no one responded at vilegrana's house today. a friend said she was in shock. >> it's hard for me to believe because manny
ktvu's robert handa is here now and tell us what they're accused of stealing, robert. >> reporter: the san jose chapter of the national latino police officers association used to be in this building behind me. as we first reported at noon, this complaint filed by the d.a.'s officer, says that two leaders may have embezzled money and forced the association to collapse. villanueva spent 17 years on the force, filagrana helped give scholarships to children. but filagrana is now in custody...