the family did not know maria garate. she was arrested and booked into the jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. >>> thanks, matt, happening now, the dedication for the new 9/11 memorial museum is about get underway in new york city and these are live pictures from ground zero a lot of dignitaries, past and present, and president obama arrived in the last 45 minutes. >> with the first lady taking a tour before the president speaks and the museum extends underground to the foundation of the world trade center and honors the nearly 3,000 people killed in new york, washington and the pennsylvania countryside by terrorists september 11th in 2001. we will have a special report when the president starts to speak and that is expected to happen between 7:00 and 8:00 this morning. >>> citizen mores is adding five more recalls to the growing list pushing the total number of recalled vehicles to 1 11 millin this year over brake lights and head latches and power bricks. the majority, 2.5 million include the chevrolet and

maria garate appeared before a judge today. authorities say she approached a father and his daughter inside the walmart store and swung a tire iron hitting the girl in the het. the father -- head. the father was also hit. maria garate targeted the victims because they were asian. they say maria garate was disappointed the girl survived the attack tuesday. >>> police found a stash of meth, marijuana, guns and ammunition during a raid in american canyon. the latest in a investigation over the past two months. it happened this morning on american canyon road. two dozen police officers join said sheriff's deputies to search this property. news chopper 2 was over head this morning. police arrested a 44-year-old. >> one of our jobs in law enforcement is to try to take guns off the streets because guns are equated to violence. >> one neighbor told us the property was watched for roosters and the sheriff's office confirms to ktvu deputies have been monitoring the property. >>> limits on how school districts monitor social media has pas

authorities believe maria garate was disappointed the girl survived. shoppers can't believe this happened. >> you don't do that. there is right and wrong. nothing in between. >> it is abnormal. you don't do something like that and have to suffer consequences and not have concern. something is wrong. >> reporter: maria garate's next court appearance is may 23. live in san jose, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the legal battle over public access to a beach took a field trip with a judge and attorneys from both sides. >> that sign used to be painted. it used to say martin's beach. >> we audit up with the attorney general -- caught up with the attorney general after the judge took a tour. they are suing to restore public access. he locked the gate after he bought the property in 2010. >> the people would walk down this road. this exist but it was open so the public had the right to come down here. >> the public has the right to use the beach but because of the locked gate the only way to get there is by boat. testimony wrapped up today, closing argumen

our first look at 20-year-old maria garate in court today. she faces one chargeover attempted murder, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, and a hate crime. >> she targeted the family because they were asian and she attacked them and that this is a premedicated willful deliberate act on her part. >> reporter: police say a four- year-old girl in a shopping cart and her father were in wal- mart when maria garate came out of nowhere and started beating the girl with a wrench. garate tried to hit the girl a second time but her father got in the way and he was hit instead. an employee told kpix5, she was screaming that little asian b- word deserved it. juliette goodrich, kpix5. >>> there was another scary incident at that same wal-mart last year. a guy crashed his car into the front of the store, got out and started attacking people. >>> last night, we told you amazon will hire hundreds of people for warehouse jobs in newark. tonight, they propped a big yellow thing right in the middle of justin herman plaza in san francisco. what is that th

the family did not know maria garate. people we spoke with were obviously disturbed. >> the world is going crazy. people are nervous. people are...it is crazy. especially in this area. we need help in this area. >> if you have little kids...stay close to your parents. watch your kids. you don't know when something will happen. >> i talked with a spokesman with wal-mart and she said our notes and prayers are with the family. we appreciate the police's quick response. security has been increased the past year. wal-mart is working with local law enforcement in the investigation. police were given surveillance video from the store and are saying the father likely saved his child's life. >> this is any parents' worst nightmare happening in front of the parent. he does what any parent would do. he is struck but he stops the attack. aought girl was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and maria garate will face attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime enhancement add an arraignment sche

the family did not know maria garate and police say she is a transient. security guards detained her until the police arrived. >>> oaklands there a new top cop: 39-year-old shawn went has been interim chief for a mayor and mayor quan sworn him in as the sixth police chief 10 years. crime is down under his watch but the union is taking a wait-and-see attitude. he wants to continue using progressive policing strategies and increase community partnerships. >> recoveries plan to urge the california coastal commission to ban offshore fracking weapon the panel meets in marin county. the commissioners will review the updated coastal land to see if it complies with state rules during the meeting. the supervisors have taken a stand against fracking. last year they passed california's first resolution asking the state to ban the practice. >>> san francisco heres want george lucas to consider building a museum on the waterfront across the embarcadero from bi30 and 32. the warriors abandoned plans to build the new arena because strong opposition. lucas has been looki

the family did not know maria garate a transient. security guards detained her until police got there. matt keller will have a report at the to which hour. >> oakland has a new top cop this morning ... 39-year-old has been interim chief for a year and the mayor quan sworn in him. crime is down under him but the union is taking a wait-and-see attitude. he wants to continue to use progressive policing trait i didn't and increase community partnership. >>> protesters will urge the coastal commission to batch offshore fracking when they meet in marin county today. the commissioners will review the updated coastal land to see if it complies with state rules during the meeting. the marin county supervisors have taken a stand against fracking. last year they passed california's first resolution asking the state to ban the practice. >>> san francisco leaders want director george lucas to consider building a museum for the hollywood and american memorabelia on the waterfront. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the site is across the embarc

. >> reporter: police say this homeless woman, 18-year-old maria garate was trying to hit the girl again before her father jumped in, then he took some hard shots as well. >> i tell you what, if someone was attacking my daughter, not much would keep me from trying to stop the attack. the father did what any father would do. he intervened and was able to stop the attack and he deserves applause. i know he did it out of love, but it was heroic. >> reporter: wal-mart security held maria garate until police got there. she is now in jail. right after the attack 11:00 yesterday morning, one of the employees tells me off camera the woman was screaming and cussing and saying the little girl deserved it. what we know about the little girl's condition is she was taken to the hospital and her injuries where nonlife threatening. reporting in san jose, joe vasquez, kpix5. >>> string winds and hot weather. you know what that means, huge wild fires in san diego county tonight. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. dozens of homes have been lost. the governor has declared a state of

maria garate attacked a 4-year-old girl at a walmart on story road. there you see garate behind her lawyer. investigators originally told us

san jose police say that 18 year old maria garate went into the wal mart on story road around 11 on tuesday morning. for some reason, garate pulled a crowbar out of a bag and approached a man who was pushing his four year old daughter in a cart. police say the garate hit the girl in the head twice with the crowbarcausing serious injuries. lt. jason dwyer san jose police the dad did what any father would do, he sees a person attacking his daughter, this is a parents worst nightmare, he sees it happening right in fron of him, he does what any father would do, he jumps in, he's struck, but is able to stop the attack. police say garate is a transient and does not know either the man or his daughter and say the attack could not have been predicted. dwyer random violence visited upon their child right in front of themas far as a motive, only the person who did it really knows why she did it but it is a pretty brutal crime. police say the little girl suffered non life threatening injuries but was still hurt pretty bad. dwyer you get struck in the head with a steel crowbar and that is going to be,

san jose police say that 18 year old maria garate went into the wal mart on story road around 11 on tuesday morning. for some reason, garate pulled a crowbar out of a satisfy bag and approached a man who was pushing his four year old daughter in a cart. police say the garate hit the girl in the head twice with the crowbarcausing serious injuries. a four-year old girl. attacked with a crowbar inside a san jose walmart. police say, a young woman walked into the store on story road tuesday. and hit the child on the head. kron 4's jeff bush is live in san jose tonight. jeff - do police know what was behind this attack? san jose police say that 18 year old maria garate went into the wal mart on story road around 11 on tuesday morning. for some reason, garate pulled a crowbar out of a bag and approached a man who was pushing his four year old daughter in a cart. police say the garate hit the girl in the head twice with the crowbarcausing this serious injuries. the dad did what any father would do, he sees a person attacking his daughter, this is a parents worst nightmare, he sees it happening rig

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maria garate faces charges of attempted murder and committing a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon. she will be arraigned for beating a four-year-old girl on the head with a crowbar. the girl is expected to be fine. >>> happening today, four major wireless carriers are making it possible now to send a text message to 911 instead of calling but as anne makovec found out, the system is not quite ready. she joins us with more. >> reporter: we are known as being tech savvy here, but none of the departments here are set up for text messages. this is the text message you will get if you try to send a text message to 911. please make a voice call. there is no text service available at this time. even though four major wireless carriers, sprint, verizon, at&t, and t-mobile went live with the new technology today. >> there are just a lot of technological hurdles that people don't think about all the time. unlike phone calls to 911 which are given priority, this text message is not given priority. >> reporter: at this california highway patrol communication center, operators get about

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. >> reporter: maria garate did not tern a plea. she's due back in court on the 23rd. by the way, we're told that the 4-year-old victim and her father are resting and recovering at home this evening. reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. >>> keeping the memories alive of some palo alto heroes. the trees stand together at the corner of litton avenue and ramona street. they'll now be known as memorial grove for three officers. they were killed in the line of duty between 1969 and 1994. today, by the way, is national police officers memorial day. >>> we have new details on the fiery crash in san francisco. a semitruck crashed into a funeral home on market street around midnight. the big rig burst into flames. you can see here from cell video, rocking the entire neighborhood. >> i was on the phone with a friend. i had just hung up and all of a sudden we heard bam, pow, pow, pow, and he said, oh, my god, did you see that. >> it was loud. now, the driver was the only one hurt and is expected to be okay. thankfully the damage to sull

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--"maria garate" de 20 aÑos le peg a la niÑa con la plancha en la cabeza y cuando iba a darle el segundo golpe el padre de la menor, pudo evitarlo a tiempo. --la niÑa es asiatica y "garate" dijo que escogio atacarla por su raza. vo cesar ---mientras que otra acusada de apuÑalar a su hijo al sur de la bahia se presento hoy en corte... ---"ashley newton" de 23 aÑos fue arrestada el mes pasado luego que conduciendo su carro llego a un parque de livermore donde acuchillo a su bebe de 7 meses de nacido... ---la policia encontro a la mujer que se supone se trato de quitar la vida. blanca --un juez de santa clara decidio que el convicto violador en serie "christopher hubbart" de 63 aÑos... roll open under ...sera dejado en libertad para vivir en alguna comunidad del condado de los angeles. vo --segun las autoridades...hu bbart, habria violado a casi 100 victimas en la decada de los 70 en el area de la bahia y los angeles y desde 1997 cuando termino su tiempo en prision fue trasladado a un manicomio del estado. vo - cesar ---se ha emitido un alerta amber para dar con el paradero de un niÑo

made her first appearance in court thursday. 20 -year old maria garate could face a life sentence, if convicted of the charges she faces. which include attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. the santa clara district attorney is calling the attack a hate crime. is the little girl and her father are said to be at home recovering. if this so ifcourt records show when the suspect was 18. she was arrested for hitting her mother over the head with a 60 of the to the kron4 morning his neck and injured for nearly 50 years the zodiac killer has remained a mystery. there is a connection between the hot weather and three -home invasion robberies this week in oakland police say, intruders armed with guns. in north and east oakland, have invaded three-homes where the windows and doors were open. while residents were inside trying to beat the heat. hamas investigators say no one has been hurt during the home invasions. the robbers are taking electronics, cash and jewelery. police patrols have been stepped up in the areas where the crimes have occurred. right now, san jose police are on

. >>> reporter: it was a brief appearance in court. 20-year-old maria garate is accused of going into a walmart on tuesday to hunt down asians. >> she targeted the family because they were asian and that she attacked them and that this is a premeditated willful deliberate act on her part. >> reporter: a 4-year-old girl and her father were in this area of the walmart when they said garate came out of nowhere and started beating the child with a lugnut wrench. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: the father jumped in but was also hit when he tried to stop the attack. four security guards were able to tackle garate to the ground. one store employee told kpix 5 garate was screaming, that little asian b word deserved it. garate is charged with premeditated murder, assaulted with a deadly weapon and a hate crime. prosecutors say if convicted, she faces life in prison. in the meantime the judge says given the charges, she refused to give her any bail. she will be held without bail until her next court appearance. live in san jose, linda yee, kpix 5. >> and garate is due ba

police say 18-year-old maria garate entered the walmart on story road and approached a father and his 4-year-old daughter when was riding in the shopping cart. officers say she took a crowbar out of her handbag and struck the girl in the head. her father tried to stop the woman and was hit, too. walmart security guards rushed over and garate laid down on the ground. police arrested had her for assault with a deadly weapon. customers have been reacting with sadness and disgust when i have shown them the booking photo of maria garate. >> it's abnormal. i mean, you don't do something like that and then have to suffer some consequences and not have no concern. something's wrong. >> if it's my kid, i'm going after them, you know. i don't care where it's at either. yeah, it's disgusting. i wonder about the little girl. the metal is solid steel. i mean, five years up the road somewhere, i mean, does she have any type of brain damage that's going to affect her later in life? that's what i would be wondering about. >> reporter: the little girl was treated at valley medical center and is recove

. >>> reporter: our first look at 20-year-old maria garate faces one charge of attempted murder, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime. >> she targeted the family because they were asian and that she attacked them and that this is a premeditated willful clinton act on her part. >> reporter: police say a -- deliberate act on her part. >> reporter: police say they were in the walmart when garate started beating the little girl with a lugnut wrench. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: garate tried to hit the girl the second time but the father got in the way and was hit. store security guards tackled her to the ground. an employee telling kpix 5, she was screaming that little asian ""b" word" deserved it. juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> there was another troubling incident at that very same walmart on story road last year. a man crashed his car into the front of the store and then attacked four people. >>> investigators in lodi are looking into what caused a four- alarm fire at a recycling plant. it began about 8:00 last night. the fire spread thro

. >> reporter: police say this homeless woman, 18-year-old maria garate was trying to hit the girl again before her father jumped in and then he took hard shots, as well. >> if somebody was attacking my daughter, not much would keep me from trying to stop that attack. i think the father did what any father would do. even though he was getting hit, he intervened and was able to stop the attack and he deserves applause. i know he did it out of love but it was heroic. >> reporter: walmart security held the woman until the police got there and charged her with assault with a deadly weapon. >> the girl was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. no word of motive. >>> 4:34 right now. let's check the weather. going to cool down, right? >> yes, it should. very hot around the bay area. i had a smoothie yesterday. >> cool air making its way along the coastline and just inside the bay. going to stay hot in some of the valleys but we have a couple of patches of fog out there along the coastline that are creeping closer. i think toward the afternoon we may see a couple of patches develo

miss say maria garate used a tire iron to attack the little girl and her father at wal-mart because they are asian. if convicted she could spend life in prison. the girl and her father are recovering. >>> animal rights advocates want the petaluma wildlife museum after high school students were caught on video abusing rats. one student is handling feeder rats intended to be eaten by other animals hike reptiles. the museum is part of petaluma high school and a student claims the classmates smashed rats against rocks and walls and urging the we governor to close the museum with a thousand signatures. >> the first signs of west nile virus turned up in sonoma county. vector control says there have been positive mosquito we samples in sonoma, the usualliest the environmental has been detected in the local mosquito population since 2008 and partly blamed on the rise in average temperature which speeds up the breeding process and allows the virus to spread. >>> meteorologist mike nicco says things are changed? >> indeed. they started changing change and now we will feel it everywhere today. this

maria garate made a brief court appearance today. the victim's father says she came out of nowhere and attacked his daughter. the prosecutors say race was a factor. >> she targeted the family because they were asian and she attacked them and that this is a premeditated willful deliberate act on her part. >> garate faces attempted murder and hate crime charges. she is being held without bail. >>> market street is open this evening after a big rig hit a funeral home. youtube video shows the flaming wreckage. the driver says the hood popped up, he heard a bang, lost control and crashed. crews shut down market near sanchez for hours to mop up after the fire. what was left of the truck was towed away. business owner's wife says a funeral home appears to have survived the crash. >> so as a semi truck lost control and hit our building. he maneuvered not directly into it. >> the driver and passenger were injured but they are expected to recover. >>> other bay area headlines tonight, a judge, lawyers and the jury took a field trip today in a

. >> reporter: police say this homeless woman, 18-year-old maria garate was trying to hit the girl again before her father jumped in and then he took hard shots, as well. >> if somebody was attacking my daughter, not much would keep me from trying to stop that attack. i think the father did what any father would do. even though he was getting hit, he intervened and was able to stop the attack and he deserves applause. i know he did it out of love but it was heroic. >> reporter: walmart security held the woman until the police got there and charged her with assault with a deadly weapon. >> the girl was sent to the hospital with nonlife-threatening. no word of motive. >>> the chp is telling bay area drivers to gas up before going up highway 1. the green bridge station at point reyes station is closed and it will be for at least three days before drivers can fill their cars up once again. apparently, a car crashed into the station yesterday. while it doesn't look like much happened there, it was enough to force the station to shut down its pumps. this puts drivers in a real tight spot since

maria garate made a court appearance on thursday. a man said she attacked his daughter in the store. prosecutors say race was a factor. garate faces attempted murder and hate crime charges being held without bail due in court next friday. >>> this morning, cal fire is making sure a fire that burned a house near gilroy didn't flare up again. flames from a grass fire spread to the two-story home yesterday afternoon, an outbuilding also burned. neighbors say the homeowner didn't clear grass and brush around it as required by state law. >> according to the fire captain what saved our property that we had cleared three, six, five hundred feet away from the road. he said that's what kept it from jumping the road and coming on to our property. >> the cause of the fire still under investigation. the homeowner got out in time and there were no injuries. >>> there is a new $7 million plan to clean city parks. supervisor weiner wants to double the number of patrols in san francisco parks. he wants more workers watching for vandalism, dumping, g

maria garate attacked a 4-year-old girl at a walmart on story road. there you see garate behind her lawyer. investigators originally told us she hit the girl with a crowbar, not a wrench. now she is being charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon and it is considered a hate crime. >> she came into walmart and targeted the family because they were asian and that she attacked them and that this is a premeditated, willful, deliberate act on her part. >> garate is believed to be homeless. she did not enter a plea yesterday. shoppers at the walmart say they see a lot of homeless people in that area. there is an encampment nearby known as the jungle. >> we need to feel that we are safe in the city, that is very important. that is very, very important. >> you feel safe now? >> no. of course. >> the little girl is recovering at home. >>> it is 5:01. this morning local congressman eric swalwell will present in light of the recent stow away case. he toured the perimeter of sjc a few weeks ago to evaluate the fencingpet a news conference lat

garate targeted this woman. an 18-year-old transient is expected in court today later with assault with a deadly weapon and her victim a 4-year-old girl who you can see is at home with her family recovering from this attack that took place wednesday. she's in pain, but expected to be okay. in an exclusive interview with nbc bay area her father tells us they were on a family shopping trip at the store and his daughter was in the shopping cart and she approached them armed with a crowbar and alle d allegedly hit his daughter twice and the dad put up his arm to prevent further harm to his young daughter. >> the lady hit me, again. >> on the arm? >> yeah, on my arm. >> i know he did it out of love, but he's heroic. >> reporter: what was also odd about this attack is how the woman gave up. the father show us how she lay on the ground expected to be arrested and she was. now she's in jail and the father tells us he does not know who this woman was and this attack was random, something the police say, as well. the woma

. >> reporter: police say this homeless woman, 18-year-old maria garate was trying to hit the girl again before her father jumped in and then he took hard shots, as well. >> if somebody was attacking my daughter, not much would keep me from trying to stop that attack. i think the father did what any father would do. even though he was getting hit, he intervened and was able to stop the attack and he deserves applause. i know he did it out of love but it was heroic. >> reporter: walmart security held the woman until the police got there and charged her with assault with a deadly weapon. joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the girl was sent to the hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life- threatening. no word of possible motive. >>> amazon is about to bring hundreds of jobs here to the bay area. the online retailer is about to open up a huge warehouse in newark. it will create some 400 new jobs and the mayor says it will be a big boost for the city. >> you have 400 jobs, those people go out and buy lunch. they will do some of their shopping in newark. >> amazon's newark distribution cent

maria garate made a brief court appearance on thursday. the victim's father said she came out of nowhere and attacked the little girl inside the store. prosecutors say race was a factor. garate faces murder and hate crime charges. she is held without bail due back in court next friday. >>> happening today, we are going to get an update on airport security from the bay area congressman who is on the house homeland security committee. kpix 5's kiet do joins us now from san jose airport where a teenager's security breach has representative eric swalwell looking for changes. kiet. >> reporter: yeah. the congressman will be looking for the best and most cost- effective way to prevent intruders from either jumping over or cutting through an airport fence. the way he sees it, that 16- year-old might as well have been a terrorist. shortly after that teen hopped over the fence in san jose, swalwell toured the fence. he said the 6-foot-high fence with only parts topped with barbed wire actually met faa standards. the congressman has invited companie

made thursday. 20 -year old maria garate could face a life sentence, if convicted of the charges she faces. which include attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. the santa clara district hate crime. the little girl and her father are said to be at home recovering. court records show when the suspect was 18. she was arrested for hitting her mother over the head with a hammer at her san jose home.s. the robbers are taking electronics, cash and jewelery. police patrols have been stepped up in the areas where the crimes have occurred. students showed up to a san francsisco school this morning, wearing ties in solidarity with a student taken out of the yearbook because of what she wore. kron 4's will tran new this morning.a san francisco private equity firm is the new owner of red lobster. welcome back to late one but as our first house on the other morning as connected to air early morning accident that care grants deficits go on 11 north done to the 80 split. is in arrears were damaged by a 11 crash. they've shut a lain down on the no. 711 that backed up the traffic of with t

san jose police believe a woman named maria garate beat a girl with a crowbar inside a wall mart store. the girl's father stopped the 18-year-old from attacking his child further last night. she's in jail, and the child is expected to recover. your morning commute now with leyla. >> we have a crash clearing at the maze westbound 580 just assist you come up 280. as we take a look in san francisco, this big accident we were telling you about all morning long. it appears we have the left lanes blocked, and those won't reopen until noon. mike. >> thanks. it's warm to hot today. the heat is going to break along the coast, and into san francisco. not many records set all together. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. there's a sea breeze. much better sleeping weather. about 23 cooler by saturday. kristin. >> the news continues with good morning america. tillamook marionberry pie ice cream right nows i'll explode into creamy happiness. wha? oh. tillamook ice cream, tastes better because it's made better. [♪] >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and we're seeing double everywhere

police say maria garate there behind her lawyer entered the walmart last week, hit the little girl in the head. the girl's father blocked the second blow. officers say that's when garate started singing show tunes and posing for surveillance cameras before getting down on the ground and waiting for police. the 20-year-old faces charges, inclouding assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement. the little girl is asian and garate picked out of the girl because of her race. the young girl is expected to fully recover. >>> let's check your weekend weather with christina. good morning. >> happy friday, scott. happy friday to you at home. taking a live look overcast start here over emeryville. check on your drive with mike in just a moment. 57 degrees in san francisco and 56 degrees in oakland. get out and about for that memorial day weekend. you can see here definitely picking up. so, we'll check with him momentarily. what we can tell you is that this fog will not get in the way of the drive at this point and already starting to see it clear. little mist and drizzle for the n

garate faces hate crime enhancements of the charges. prosecutors say she is a transient who targeted her victims last week because they are asian. both are recovering from injuries. >>> and today there's another hearing for the man accuse of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. the morgan hill teenager disappeared two years ago and has never been found. antolin dar zia torres faces murder and kidnapping. he pled not guilty. santa clara county prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against garcia-torres. >>> this morning an ex-oakland cop has been collecting thousands of dollars in disability benefits all while working as an fbi agent. how is that possible? christin ayers says that's exactly what oakland wants to find out. >>> reporter: when fbi agent and ex-oakland cop aaron mcfarlane shot an associate of the boston bombing suspects at this florida home last year, he was collecting a disability pension from the city of oakland. he retired from opd in 2004 for medical reasons. for the past 10 years he collected more than half a

made her first appearance in court today. 20 -year old maria garate could face a life sentence, if convicted of the charges she faces. which include attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. the santa clara district attorney is calling the attack a hate crime. "she came into walmart and targeted the family because they were asian, it's premediated.on her part." the little girl and her father are said to be at home recovering. court records show, when she was 18. she was arrested for hitting her mother over the head with a hammer at her san jose home. police in menlo park are looking for a man who robbed a woman. who is eight- months pregnant. it happened last night on sevier avenue. police say, the victim returned home around 9oclock. and was sitting in her car in her driveway when a man approached her. police say, the man used an object to smash the side window. and took money before running off. the woman was taken to the hospital for scratches sustained during the attack. a u-c berkeley student is accused of filming female students in the dorm showers. with his cell phone. jason