let's go back to henry lee there near the scene. henry. >> reporter: yeah. certainly good news that the suspect now in custody. obviously a tense situation out here for oakland police. i recognize a lot of officers here during that tragic situation in 2009 when four officers were killed. they were initially tell us to move back from the location. we are on golf links road north of 98th. they are waiting to make sure that the scene is completely secure. even though they have a suspect detained. they have to make sure that the location does not have any more threats, that there are no other weapons or other suspects. good news that someone is in custody. but everyone is being told to hold tight, hold their positions before everything is what they call code 4, the situation under control. that is the latest from oakland. henry lee, ktvu. >> a great measure of relief even though we're not done with it completely. this is the tweet that brought us the breaking. suspect has been disarmed and detained by the oakland police department. the scene is not yet secure. t

henry lee has been digging into the records with this report. >> reporter: oakland police documents show officers visited the warehouse and nearby properties dozens of times for two years before the ghostship fire. the document was heavily redacted before, confirming officers were very familiar with this man the founder of the ghost ship art group. other tenants were living at the building, even though it was only zoned to be a warehouse. in march 2015 a woman reported an illegal rave there saying drugs and alcohol were being sold at the event. it cost $25 to get in the door. an oakland officer wrote in his report he believes the rave promoter was violating the city's cabaret permit ordinance. the officer had spoken before with almina and knew the building did not have a permit. it was suppose to be just an art studio. the officer broke up the party, but did not arrest or cite anyone. in these documents almena is now identified in a police report as the man who allegedly punched a tenant in the head for being short on rent in december 2014 almost exactly two years before the deadly fire.

ktvu's henry lee was there when police made the arrest and henry joins us from the newsroom. >> berkeley police arrested a 20-year-old special education student in the stabbing but they are still trying to find a motive for the attack. >>> the stabbing happened at v s center, a school in berkeley. the website says it caters to students unsuccessful in public programs. at 1:45 tuesday, angel woreez stabbed a principal. she was taken to the hospital and suffered injuries that were non-life-threatening. woreez was spotted on a westbound interstate 80. mental held workers were called to the scene of the arrest. it is possible that suspect's mental state will be part of the investigation. a motive is not clear. >> henry, too early in the investigation. officers are at the scene and i believe there is another officer at the hospital trying to get a victim statement. >> the suspect has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. prosecutors will decide whether to file formal charges. live in the newsroom. henry lee, fox 2 news. >>> new at six, police in nevada and morin county r

henry lee, fox 2 news. >>> still ahead. concerns about being swept up in the immigration band. >> my families were not happy about it. my neighbors, they were not happy about it. >> coming up next, the two afghan interpreters that came to the the u.s. on special visa forces and why they are worried. >> tracking the rain around the corner. it will have be impact on commute and the weekend. see you back here on the details. last friday president trump signed an order from keeping certain refugees from coming to the united states. a ninety day band to the united states from iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemin. >> there are concerns that some of those swept up in the ban are interpreters that help u.s. forces overseas. we spoke to two interpreters that came here on visas. we have the story. >> amadi learned english from watching movie. which troops showed up soldiers asked him to translate. >> my family was not happy or my neighbors. >> but he believed in the mission to bring freedom and peace to afghanistan. eve

henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> some students in oakland showed their appreciation today for bay area holocaust survivors. 70 survivors met with students at the hebrew school and told about experiences in world war ii and along with their hopes and dreams. roses were handed out to the seniors by an organization called wish of a lifetime. >> many elderly people don get flowers and this is our opportunity to show gratitude. we are hoping to stay connected with these survivors and mostly getting a couple of people to interact with one another. >>> organizers say the students were asked to write notes of gratitude to the survivors that they shared at the event today. >>> time to get another check of the weather. beautiful day around the bay area. but things are changing. want to go to bill in the weather center with a series of how many storms. >> three of them and not as strong as what we have been seeing and they will be here in the next four or five days. get ready. we have had nice weather. temperatures today in the mid- 60s in some places and plenty of sunshine. but we are going to t

. >> henry lee joins us from berkeley with more details. reporter: we are outside on 6th street in west berkeley where the police investigation is under way in to the stabbing. take a look at the video we shot earlier. 1:45 this afternoon. police say 20 year-old student angel woreez stabbed a school principal and fled on foot. the principal what taken to the hospital for injuries and her condition is not immediately known. >> the suspect was caught on the on ramp to westbound interstate 80. berkeley police arrived and found him and taken into custody. motive is not clear. we come out here live. mental health workers were caused to the scene of the arrest. it is possible that his mental health will be looked at as a possible factor. that's the latest from berkeley. henry lee, fox 2 news. >>> henry this is a small school in berkeley that caters to the people with developmental disabilities, is that correct? give us a sense of who goes to the school and how large it is. >> i looked at the website, developmental disability as it is students on

henry lee spoke to someone who said police were called about this man twice in the the days before that deadly confrontation. >> reporter: this man said they is lucky to be alive after he said that sniper suspect opened fire on him as he was sleeping in his car. >> when he shot it out. he shot it out. he shot through the glass window right here. grazed my head and then he shot again and i hit the horn. >> reporter: he said he ran to a nearby house where a resident promised to call police. then the victim said that he saw the -- not realizing he was the shooter. >> then i actually like an idiot. the guy was outside that shot at me and i ran to him and asked him for help. he told me, i shot you [bleep]. >> reporter: police never arrested him. even after the victim said that he identified him. in fact the same thing happened four days earlier when neighbors say that the same suspect shot up cars on the street again no arrest. >> i definitely think opd dropped the ball. >> reporter: and last friday authorities say that he again opened fire while armed with a long rifle with a scope. police

but within that circle of what they're containing, yeah hell is breaking loose. >> henry lee, ktvu, fox2 news. >> now to the latest on the weather moving through the bay area. this is a time lapse from our roof camera. you can see dark clouds and rain throughout the day. what can we expect tonight and for the weekend. let's go to the weather center for the very latest. >> looks like lingering showers into your saturday morning. but a lot more breaks from the action for a a good portion of your weekend. february starting off very productive across california and the bay area. these are two-day rain totals. santa rosa, all over 2 inches of rain. and parts of the bay area picking up over an inch as well. up towards napa 1.33. san francisco a half an inch and those amounts tapering off for san francisco and oakland at .40. here's our live camera looking out towards the bay bridge lights. we still have lots of overcast in place and some scattered showers. you can see on the radar this is the radar loop over the past six hours, and you see the rainfall here in the region and also some snow out

live in the newsroom henry lee can, tvu fox2 news. >> do we know if most of the members are from this area? >> it's unclear where they're from. but from previous experience when police have made arrests they have told us a lot of the protesters the ones directed in oakland have been outside of the city or the bay area. >> do you think they're getting more organized because part of the people from wednesday night described this group as very organized, they had a specific plan, they had specific people going after one thing while other members went after another thing. what did you hear about that? >> these members are anonymous and don't want to be directly interviewed by the media. how they organize and get together is one thing and whether or not they can be arrested by the police is certainly up in the air. >> henry lee in the newsroom tonight, thank you. >> she's one of the very best coaches, certainly in basketball if not in the history of sports. >> history could be made 90 palo alto, a stanford win would put the women's basketball coach in a very elite club of coaches, a club w

live in the newsroom, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> henry i guess i'm confused here. so it is now required that police report any illegal parties or illegal living situations. it wasn't required beforehand? >> that's right. part of the reason things slipped through the cracks. now they want to have cohesion between police and other agencies so that everyone is on the same page and nothing slips through the cracks. >> henry lee in our newsroom, thank you. >>> now to san leandro and new information about a deadly road rage shooting. police released a surveillance footage of a van that police are looking for. it has a very disifnght roof. police say the people inside that van could have valuable information about whoever shot and killed 45-year-old wardel talafaro. >> we don't know if the people in the van were traveling in the same direction, if they were also shot at or they witnessed this or they themselves could be sins this crime. >> police say the van's roof sticks up about six inches higher than a normal roof and should be easy to spot. they say the van may have b

ktvu crime reporter henry lee joins us with the details on what happened. henry. >> reporter: julie it is unclear why the boy brought the gun to school but in this era of campus violence officials say they are grateful that other students came forward. pinole middle school, home to about 600 students, one of them a 12-year-old boy who brought a handgun to campus. papers were notified in a voice mail message. >> a student was arrested for having a gun and loaded magazine clip while on campus. >> so students saw the weapon and notified a teacher. the teacher notified the school resource officer who is a member of the pinole police department. the police officer then confiscated the weapon and arrested the student. >> police say they found the 7th grader in a classroom with a gun on him and a loaded magazine in his backpack. he was arrested without incident and taken to juvenile hall. his name was not released because of his age. officials say no one was in danger and that the campus was not placed on lockdown. >> we are thankful for the courage of our student

henry lee. ktvu news. >>> nearly half a million people ride bart every day. many say it is a good way to ease traffic on the road. and how much is too for mass transit. part of the infrastructure. the love-hate relationship with funding. >>> highway 50 in the sierra has taken a beating. today another problem as the lane near the american river gave way turning this four lane highway into one lane. >>> also an east bay park closed. parts of it ruined. coming up next. the aftermath of muddy runoff from a nearby hillside. >> we are at sycamore valley park and it is partially closed to the public. those are the bungee cords that have been ruined by floods and the playground is amass with water. the hillside washed over this side of the park as much as contra costa recovers from still another storm. >> a 50-foot live oak tree crashed onto the garage in this home in alamo last night and onto the garage of the neighbors next door. she was home with her four children. >> we were laying in the bed and what felt like an earthquake probably, 7.0 earthquake, it shook the

live in the newsroom, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> henry, thank you. coming up, a new report names a bay area freeways as one of the worse in the country. we'll peek with a group that wants to demolish the road and find out what they want to do in its place. >>> all eyes on the white house. where in less than an hour president trump will name his supreme court choice. we will talk about political analyst about the chances of the president getting nominee by the senate. >>> i will have a look at what you can expect for your bay area week coming up. >>> the president will announce either judge neil gorsuch or thomas hardiman. a surprise candidate is possible. whomever gets the nod will have to be confirmed by the u.s. senate. >>> they have a burden to show that they will be independent and that they will serve that important role that judiciary serve. >> you may remember that president obama nominated judge merrick garland for the vacancy a year ago but senate republicans refused to consider him. that outrage congressional democrats that now say that the

in oakland, henry lee, fox 2 news. >>> it appears the murder of the half brother of the korean leader. >> walking calmly through the airport, he appears relaxed, but a team of north korean agents are watching and would soon strike. after reaching the desk, two women approach him. one appears to lunge and put a cloth over his face and hurries away. the camera captures her face moments. moments later he's seen asking for help before being escorted to a medical report, where he collapsed to a report, and died on the way to the hospital. the police have now detained four suspects, two women from vietnam who claim they were hired as part of a tv prank and this man. he's suspected of arranging the details. the hunt is on for other agents and were at the airport at the time. assassination has caused a spat after an investigator called it politically motivated. >> it's been 7 days since the incident, but there's no clear cause of the death and at the moment, we cannot talk about the investigation by the malaysian politician. >> the prime minister hit back. >> we have no reason why we don't wa

. >> on buena vista avenue near chestnut street that is where we find henry lee who just arrived on the scene.>> reporter: we are at the corner of chestnut and buena vista, behind me and active scene, we have swat teams making entry into the house on buena vista the two story white house with the wooden door they have been here since 10:35 in the morning. i do see police, we don't have confirmation what occurred, there are unconfirmed reports that an off-duty law enforcement agent may have shot a burglary or home invasion suspect that the house. i spoke with neighbors who have been here over the past one and a half hours, they heard numbers -- numerous gunshots back-and- forth. we also have neighbors telling me they saw perhaps one suspect in handcuffs. another neighbor says that she saw someone possibly injured and removed from an ambulance. we do have a shelter in place that is active a couple busy blocks being blocked off to traffic, we have fire traffic -- trucks and ambulances as well as police officers directing traffic, at this point we have a standoff, the swat team went into th

henry lee says there may be witnesses that haven't come forward yet. reporter: marina boulevard a busy street where two drivers got into an argument with deadly results. 9:45 sunday night when a man driving with his wife and two young children began to yell at another driver and heading west. >> the victim was looking out the driver window having an argument with a subject and the woman heard shots being fired. reporter: her husband shot in the head. although the victim's wife managed to take control of the suv. she basically slid up next to the victim in the front seat. and actually operated the vehicle herself while the victim was seated in the driver's seat. >> she drove a half mile to keiser permanentte. the victim could not be saved. the wife and children were not hurt. the woman did not see the driver or the shooter and not clear what they were arguing about. but there were other drivers nearby and, detectives want them to come forward and hope the cameras will tell a story. >> i have never heard of road rage like that and it is sad for the commu

our crime reporter henry lee joins us with new details. henry. >> julie two, drifters will spend decades behind bars. a third defendant who testified against them will also serve a long prison sentence because of their drug fueled crime spree. morrison lampley and laila all i will good both -- laila all i will good -- laila all i laila alligood. the three were arrested in oregon after police tracked them using the g p is in cart kerr's car. lampley, the gunmanl be sentenced to 100 years to life in prison. alligoodwill receive a sentence of -- alligoodwill receive a sentence as well. the families of both victims were consulted and agreed to the deal. as part of the agreement none of them can appeal. the victim's families will address the judge as a sentencing hearing on april 18th. live in the newsroom, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> henry, thank you. >>> and we're tracking the weather out there. we've got a lot going orchlt we've got rain all day today but as we go into the overnight hours into tomorrow, we're set up for heavier rain, and

. >> a crime reporter henry lee has been digging into the information and what he has learned. they show oakland police was well aware for the league activity. >> reporter: they show officers visited the warehouse and nearby properties dozens of times in the the two years before the the ghost ship fire. the documents were confirmed they were very familiar with this man. the founder of the ghost ship arts collector. they were living at the building even though it was just a zone to be in the warehouse. the woman said drugs and alcohols were being sold at event costing $25 to get in the door. an oakland officer wrote in his report he believes the promoter was violating the permit ordinance. they did not have a permit and they were suppose to have an art studio who broke up the party, but they did not arrest or cite anyone. in these documents, he is now identified in the police report for punching a tenant in the head for being short on rent december 2014 just two years before the deadly fire. the tenant told police he might be murdered if both he and almina stayed under the same

henry lee was there when they took the suspect into custody this afternoon. >> reporter: the stabbing happened at the via center the school on sixth street in west berkeley. their website says they cater to students who are unsuccessful in alternative programs. about 1:45 tuesday police said the 20-year-old student stabbed the school principal with a knife. the suspect fled on foot and the school was placed on lockdown. the principal was taken to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries, she suffered injuries not life threatening. and chp spotted juarez two miles away near westbound 270 in albany. cameras were rolling as they arrived to take them into custody. mental health workers were called to the scene of the arrest. it's possible their mental state will be a part of the investigation. a motive is not clear. >> it is too early in the investigation. i believe there's another officer at the hospital. >> reporter: police arrested the suspect on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. prosecutors will determine whether to file formal charges. in berkeley henry lee ktvu fox 2

live in the newsroom, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all right. henry, thank you. >>> it is news that raider fans have been waiting to hear. the possible move to las vegas now seems more unlikely. we learned that another group is backing out of the deal. >> joe fonzi is here. what happened today and what does it mean? >> the one thing we have been seeing consistently is that there are too many moving parts to predict what will happen. we told you about the major wrench thrown into the raiders plans to move to las vegas and one day later it seems more unlikely. it is too early to call the idea of the las vegas raiders dead in the water but another major obstacle surfaced today in the plan by mark davis to have the 2 million-dollar stadium built. sheldon addalson that had commit to a third of the financing pulled out. the raiders had said that they had backup financing in the event it happened. that financing was to be provided about it goldman sachs group. today comes word that goldman sachs commitment was contingent on addalson's involvement in th

. >> henry lee. >>> the man had a long rifle and fired at cars, cops, houses and into the air. the police are relieved he's in custody. >> absolutely, we sheltered under the bed in his bedroom and i was concerned. >> the call to oakland police. >> how are you doing? >> you know, this is very surreal. this is not very much like what we would have expected on our quiet block. we're a tight-knit community of neighbors. we dine together in the summertime. and so this is serious. this is serious and will take time for us to feel better. >> the call to police came in just after 9:00 this morning. a woman said her next door neighbor right off 98th avenue was firing shots, but not from an ordinary handgun. >> this was a male described to have a long rifle with a scope. he was reported shooting in the area 9500 block of las vegas. it was reported the shots were fired at residents and some of the cars on the streets. oakland officers responded immediately. when they arrived on scene this individual started shooting in their direction. >> the police returned fire. >> the suspect disappear

in union city, henry lee fox 2 news. >>> something so bad, something good happens. >>> nice that officers stepped into do that. >>> sure is. as we have been showing, troubles on highway 17 with troubles on the road with the highway closed. >>> why one man was stuck and led away in handcuffs. >>> noise being heard from one end of the bay as people use the break-in the rain to get cleaned up. how businesses are struggling to keep up with the work. >>> i'm tracking the bay area week. it will warm up. you knew that. beautiful today. how warm does it get on your saturday and sunday. with alcohol the first thing to go is your judgment. it is gone. >> one of the things that we are dealing with. >> a man ended up being arrested for suspected dui. the recent storms have met big problems for homeowners and big business for companies that handle them. >> local businesses have not been swamped like this for years. >> this oak was 120 feet tall and the largest in saratoga. >> when it fell the damage spanned three processer. the 400 oak tree a casualty. >> the first thing is thank god it didn't fall on

ktvu crime reporter henry lee joins us now after speaking to the map and his attorney. henry. >> julie, this homeless man says police treated him like a. now prominent civil rights attorney john burris has taken his case. burris says oakland police dropped the ball. oakland police shot and killed jesse after he fired a rifle at neighbors' homes and cars, police vehicles, and news helicopters last week but the suspect twice opened fire in the neighborhood in the days before the confrontation. police responded but never arrested him. >> to me this was terrible, terrible police conduct. because this is a man who was actively involved in a shooting. he was allowed to stay in his neighborhood, stay in his home after having been an active shooter. >> reporter: civil rights attorney knee burris is now representing this man. ktvu first spoke to reddick this week. >> he shot again, and that's when i immediately hit the horn. >> reddick said even though he almost got shot police treated him like a suspect and then demanded he leave the neighborhood because he was the problem. now

. >> and ktvu crime reporter henry lee joins us right now after speaking to police about the extra set of eyes on a busy stretch of highway. henry? >> frank and julie, there has not been any shooting for a while. and san pablo police hope it will stay that way. >> reporter: this stretch of interstate 80 is now under surveillance. police say they hope cameras will deter shootings like the one that plagued the i-80 corridor in 2016, including two shootings in san pablo. in many cases they made a speedy giveaway with a few witnesses including the gun battles. >> they are in excess of 55, hard for witnesses to get an accurate description of what occurred or were called in and they were able to witness it. and with these cameras, they will be able to go back to get an accurate vehicle description by what occurred. >> they were less than a mile between two in san pablo. and they would have three cameras on the stretch of i-80 last month. >> they have more than 100 surveillance cameras up along their city streets. this is the monitoring room at the police department, where the video is record

henry lee, fox 2 news. >>> coming up. new leads in the killing after bay area teenager last year. the new sketches just released that police hope will lead top arrest. >>> what reporters are saying about the motive that kill a person and injure two others at a bay area liquor store. >>> [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. ♪ ♪ the hydrogen fueled mirai. its only emission is water. toyota. let's go places. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. >> officers arrested 12 people in santa cruz and other bay area cities. accused of being involved in a criminal gang operating for the past decade. the arrests were part of a five- year investigation involving local police and department of homeland security. >> the officials say that immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e. was not involved. >>> new at 6:30. police in hayward are following up on new leads in the murder after teenager last august. it helped them create sketches of two people of interest. the killing took place on mirror street at 7:30 last a

. >>> henry lee tells us a prominent civil rights attorney has taken the case. >> reporter: oakland police shot and killed jesse and january after he filed a rifle at neighbor's homes and cars last week. but the suspect twice opened fire in the neighborhood in the days before the confrontation. police responded but never arrested him. >> to me, this was terrible, terrible police conduct. because this is a man who was actively involved in a shooting. he was allowed to stay in his neighborhood, stay in his home, after having been an active shooter. >> reporter: oakland civil rights attorney is defending patrick red dick who said mj shot at him as slept in the car just three days before a dramatic standoff near the zoo. >> he shot through the glass window right here graced my head and went through the dashboard and that's when he shot again and that's when i immediately hit the horn. >> reporter: he said even though he almost got shot police treated him like a suspect while interviewing him and demanded he leave the neighborhood because he was the problem. now he's considering a lawsuit. >> t

. >> henry lee was there as anne kirkpatrick took the oath of office eight months after a police sex scandal forced the former chief to resign. >> perform the duties of the office of chief of police, city of oakland. >> i will. >> thank you, and congratulations. >> thank you, mayor. [ applause ] >> anne kirkpatrick was sworn in monday as oakland police chief, wasting no time in sharing her top priority. >> my thing is to work with the community, to work with the police department, to work with everyone with one goal. and that is to make oakland safe. >> reporter: but as she fights crime, kirkpatrick must also fight a public perception of a department it in disarray. with a scandal involving officers, fallout over the fatal ghostship warehouse fire and just this month, allegations where the officers twice failed to arrest a man for shooting up a neighborhood before being shot dead by police. >> oakland police chief have been frustrated. i asked how she would be different. >> i'm not a quitter, okay, even when there are challenges. there are many hats and many masters that i will serve

. >> henry lee gives us an inside look at the oakland police cadets. >>reporter: they run laps, get classroom instruction and even drive police cars. this is what it is like to be in oakland police cadet, this part-time program pays high school seniors and college students were thinking of becoming cops. colin gilchrist is from walnut creek and he says cadets are taught the intricacies of the open police code which differs from us police agencies. >> this will cancel out an assignment, as far as a career, a job like this you cannot be it and it is a candid look at the ins and outs of the apartment or department. >> i was not in such good shape when i started and so the exercise has definitely been a challenging but i'm getting there. >> oakland police officers here just graduated from the police academy and they were once police cadets themselves. >> the police cadet program did a lot for me and we went on a lot of right along so we get to see the first 10 officers on a day-to-day basis. >> working with officers in a special unit let you go out to do t

in south san francisco henry lee ktvu fox 2 news. >>> so most of your weekend was dry within the past few hours. the chance for some rain showers are moving through the bay area. we'll update the radar in a little bit. but if you can see a dry forecast is coming up for you and a dry weekend. in fact a nice week ahead. temperatures are warming up steadily each day, so no significant storm in our forecast. in fact temperatures, they will be trending up as you can see on monday, tuesday, wednesday into friday. we will be starting out tomorrow in the mid-50s. the warmest location on track by friday as you can see them approaching the upper 60s. so no major storms to talk about at least over the next few days. outside right now though we do have some rain drops to talk about with pretty good downpours to talk about. take a look outside, still some lingering downpours where it will be cold enough talking about snow. but the snow levels will be down to around 3,000 feet. an active radar just over the past, oh three to six hours as you can see the clouds and the showers moving in from the nor

henry lee spoke with the man's heart broken window about what happened right before a gunman opened fire on their car. >> i don't know what he did to make them so upset. for them to decide to fire a weapon. and kill him. >> reporter: wardell tell you fair's widow is heartbroken grieving her husband of 17 years was shot dead because road red. >> came across as a little rough to other people but once you got to know him and he was a good guy. >> reporter: a good guy and a good father she says. she was with their kids in the backseat of the family suburban when shots rang out sunday night in san leandro. 3-month-old luke far too young to understand. >> his son was everything to him. you could see a change in him. he wanted to change. >> reporter: his older son xavier who to -- who turned five a day after the shooting is still waiting for his dad to come home. >> he's doing everything. and was horrible because he doesn't know -- he says his dad is dead but he don't grasp it. you know? you don't know. >> reporter: leilani miller says someone was tailgating them near the gas station at marina

henry lee is here. first of all, the timeline what are you expecting in this trial in terms of when will it start? today i guess it was just motions. >> they had some motions trying to get some evidence out by the defense. the jury will be selected tomorrow, then we could have opening estimates as early as tomorrow afternoon. >> the state's star witness is someone who is the bay area is now familiar with, jasmine abuslin, the 19-year-old. this is the first of several expected trials. all eyes are going to be on this oakland courthouse because it is expected that she will have to take the stand for the state to make its case. >> her attorney told me she will take the stand. i think she had some immunity here so she can testify in this case freely against that former livermore officer, dan black. an alameda county d.a. says while he may not have paid her money for serks he paid her in the form of dinner and had sex with her in his rv. >> this is an interesting case. first of all you have a prostitution ch

in hayward ktvu henry lee fox 2 news. >>> getting well-deserved national recognition. coming up next a party to celebrate the bay area party artist now up for grammy gold. >>> first the defense gave their opening statements in the sierra lamar murder case. up next how they disputed some of the key evidence against the suspect antolin garcia-torres. >>> and a transgender community celebrating in san francisco tonight as the brand new housing development has been given the green light. we'll let you know more about what's happening in the district in just a few moments. you last let your heart decide a whole new world welcome to aulani it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. for special offers visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent >>> the defense delivered its opening statements in day two of the long-awaited murder trial of antonin garcia-torres. garcia-torres is is charged of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the defense team says because her body was never found there's no evidence the 15-year- old is dead. ktvu azenith smith was i

our crime reporter henry lee was on the scene almost from the beginning. >> reporter: oakland police -- the call to oakland police came in after 9:00 this morning. a woman called 911 saying her next door neighbor was firing shots, but it wasn't from some ordinary handgun. >> a shooter, this was a male described to have a long rifle with a scope. he was reported shooting in the area 9500 block of las vegas. it was reported the shots were fired at residents. some of the cars parked on the streets as well. oakland officers responded immediately. when they arrived on scene, this individual started shooting in their direction. >> reporter: police returned fire. >> the suspect disappeared back into the residence. >> it was a guy with a gun. i was scared, so i stayed inside and locked my house down. >> reporter: as the active shooter situation was unholding, nearby high schools were placed on lockdowns. on and off ramps at 98th avenue was closed by chp. during the incident, sky fox shot this video of what appears to be lewd images spray painted by the suspect on a nearby home. after for an

henry lee gives us an inside look at the oakland police cadets.>> reporter: they run laps, get classroom instruction and even drive police cars. this is what it is like to be an oakland police cadet. this program pays high schools seniors and college students were thinking of becoming cops. he says cadets are taught the intricacies of the police code which differs from police agencies. >> a job like this -- you can't beat it. it is a candid look at the way the department works.>> reporter: that includes physical training. >> i wasn't in such good shape when i started. the exercise has been a little challenging. >> reporter: oakland police officers just graduated from the police academy. they were once police cadets themselves. >> the program did a lot for me. we went on a lot of ride along. working with officers and special units. he let you go out and do things with them. >> reporter: that includes fine- tuning their driving skills and practicing how to parallel park. >> which way do you want the rear end to go? >> reporter: they are put through the paces -- he too was once a cadet. >>

richard henry lee proposed goalie legislation to the continental congress on june 7, 1776 and on july 2, 1776 the revealed will -- we resolution was brought to congress debated voted and ratified into law. our independence from great britain was not a random act by a bunch of elite slave owners who want to separate from their government so that they can have the power to address everybody. it was a legislative act by a duly elect a legislative body and just as legally binding as anything that our congress does today that his constitutional. as a matter of fact this was such a huge day that john adams would write home to his wife abigail on july 3 and say july 2 will be an epic day where americans will celebrate their independence forever. you know it wasn't until the mid-1800's that we started celebrating our independence on july 4? so knowing this not by opinion or interpretation but by legal fact by historical fact became independent on july 2 that we must admit that the state existed prior to everything, right? prior to the declaration of independence even. the declaration of indep

ktvu's crime reporter henry lee learned starting today officers will be required to report any illegal parties or living situations that they come across. >> reporter: i caught up with oakland city administrator in a city hall elevator. >> any thoughts about ghost ship? are you concerned about liability? >> reporter: she is in charge of administrative decisions at least until the new chief arrives in ten days. >> i am running off to my meeting. thank you. >> reporter: in fact, there were plenty of city officials headed to meetings too busy to talk about how different city departments can better share information in the wake of the tragedy. city council president larry reid said didn't have enough information to comment. >> reporter: larry, you sure? and after days of no comment from oakland police we caught up with the department spokesman at headquarters. she said officers' main jobs is not code enforcement. >> that's really not our arena. >> reporter: but she said the department is working to improve communication with other city agencies. in fact, officers were told thursday to imme

our crime reporter henry lee spoke to police today about this extra set of eyes there on the busy stretch of 80. >> there have not been any shootings along their corridor recently in san pablo police who hope it will stay that way as they have cameras keeping watch around the clock. >> this stretch of san pablo is now under surveillance. they hope they will deter their shootings like the ones that plagued the i-80 corridor in 2015, including two shootings in san pablo. in many cases they would make a speedy giveaway with two witnesses to the gun battles. >> at speeds of 65, in excess of 65. it is really hard for witnesses to get accurate descriptions of what occurred, or even called in if they were able to witness it. and with these cameras, they will be able to go back to give them an accurate vehicle description by what occurred. >> it will be less than a mile between two freeways in san pablo, setting up the cameras along a stretch of 80 last month. >> they have more than 100 surveillance cameras up along the city streets, this is the monitoring room where the video is recorded, then s

henry lee is here in the newsroom with the latest on the situation. >> reporter: alameda police are trying to put together exactly what led up to this deadly confrontation. neighbors in this quiet island city are stunned by the shooting, however. >> this is the alameda police department. the entire house issurrounded. come to the front door with your hands up. >> a dramatic scene unfolded at this house on buena vista near chestnut. a man tried to break into the house and was confronted by an off-duty contra costa sheriff's deputy. >> we know we have an off-duty law enforcement officer that has been involved in a shooting, one suspect or person has been shot. >> reporter: first responders had to give him cpr and he died at a hospital. >> as near as we can figure he broke into the house and broke through the window and there was a kid inside and he shot him. >> we spoke to a neighbor who didn't want to energy on camera. >> all i heard were several shots, about five or six shots, a pause, and then more fire, and a few minutes later, the police surrounded the house. i saw fire engines come out

our crime reporter henry lee is in the newsroom with the story. >> frank, it's unclear why the boy brought the gun to school but in this era of campus violence officials say they're grateful that other students came forward. pinole middle school, home to about 600 students, one of them a 12-year-old boy brought a handgun to campus. parents were notified by the principal in a voice mail message. >> a student was arrested for having a gun and loaded magazine clip while on campus. >> students saw the weapon and notified a teacher, the teacher notified the school resource officer who is a member of the pinole police department. the police officer then confiscated the weapon and arrested the student. >> police say they found the 7th grader in a classroom with a gun on him and a loaded magazine. he was arrested without incident and taken to juvenile hall in martinez. his name was not released because of his age. school officials say no one was ever in danger and that the campus was not placed on lockdown. >> we are thankful for the courage of our students who reported seeing the weapon to a teac

henry lee spoke to 1 of the officers involved and she had an interesting response. >> the student suspected in the case is autistic. the young man allegedly tried to kill the head of his school, the officer treated him with sensitivity and concern. >> you may remember this video shot by ktvu. angel juarez was detained. he's walking freely with this officer near the i-80 free on ram: we asked the officer about her tactics. >> sometimes doing less is more. i wanted to make a connection with him verbally and he was complying. we didn't need to escalate the situation. >> she's one of the first berkeley officers to go through crisis intervention training. >> the big thing to note. >> we showed the video to the head of the berkeley police union. the officer took care not to over stimulate him. >> he's cooperative, he's receptive to what the officers say. she said and careful stepping over this and he does. >> it's important to understand we're looking for the best resolution. >> juarez was handcuffed in the police car. the way the police treated juarez belies the violence that took place. juarez

with a delegate from the state of virginia named richard henry lee. richard henry lee proposes the lee resolution to continental congress on june 7, 1776 and on july 2, 1776, the lee resolution was brought to the continental congress, it was debated, voted, and ratified into law. our independence from great britain was not a random act by a bunch of rogue elite slave owners who wanted to separate from their government so they can have the power to oppress everybody. it was a legislative act. by a duly elected legislative body andous as legallied -- and just as legally binding is a anything that our congress does today that is constitutional. matter of fact, this was such a huge day that john adams would write hem to his wife, abigail, on july 3rd and say, july 2nd will be an epic day where americans will celebrate their independence forever. it wasn't until the mid-1800's started celebrating our independence on july 4th? so, knowing this, our states, not by opinion or interpretation but by legal fact, by historical fact, became independent states on j

our crime reporter henry lee is more on what happen and how union city police are opening up their wallets to help out. >> not only did they donate money, the officers bought their cookies and hope to find the robber. >> rosa is thankful that she and her 12 year-old weren't hurt while selling girl scout cookies. >> my daughter has been selling cookies and never has this happened before. >> i spoke to her after she helped union city police create this scratch of the robber. the stranger came out to the table in union city and made small talk about the cookies. he came back a short while later and cursed at bennett and showed her a gun in his waistband. >> he didn't take it out but pulled it so you could see it. >> the robber grabbed money from bennett's purse and her daughter was out in the car getting more cookies. union city police officers felt they needed to do more than file a report. officers gathered one thousand dollars in donations and replaced the money she lost and bought the unsold cookies. >> the officers wanted to contribute to make things better. >> they bought a lot. they bo

. >>> ktvu henry lee is working to find out more details. be sure to tune in on ktvu at five for the latest again on that shooting. >>> the leaning tower of san francisco and now a second group of tenants has filed a lawsuit. michael cardoza weighs in. >>> continuing coverage on the emergency at the oroville dam. we will speak to a congressman affected by the evacuation. that is coming up next. >>> continuing coverage on that tense situation at the oroville dam. and the evacuation of 200,000 people. >> 188,000 people under evacuation orders in northern california. in certainty of the structural integrity. >> i was surprised about the traffic. my neighborhood was leaving and i was in panic. >>> heavy rain to the west coast apt emergency spillway was used for the first time in 50 years. that's when officials noticed erosion had spilled through sending the concrete flying and creating a huge hole that kept throwing. >> we tried to go to the area to go home and we would be probably stuck. >> i am scared because i have never been in anything like

. >> henry lee in the newsroom. thank you. >> we are keeping a close eye on the dam in butt counties. evacuation orders for 200,000 people have been lifted and work is under way to shore up the spillway. at this level it continues to drop as water pours out of the spillway. down 17 feet when the lake reached 902 feet and water went over the spillway. people are going back home after the order was lifted. oroville police are preparing for traffic jams as people return home. >> the quiet streets of oroville will fill back up with people as many return home after being away for days. in anticipation of another round of traffic and potential gridlock oroville police say their teams are ready. >> we have officers to expedite. >> we found dee hammer trying to get back to her hotel room that she had to leave on sunday. >> we did the bike ride on sunday. got to get out. we left in a hurry. i need my medication. i need to get back into my hotel room. >> she is staying in sacramento waiting for the all clear. she thought gett

in alameda, henry lee, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> coming up at 10:30, an act of kindness that keeps on rolling. we'll meet an east bay man who fixes bicycles, and puts smiles on the faces of many. >> first, a tense standoff in delaware, where inmates have taken hostages at a maximum security prison. latest on the negotiations there. >> and thieves using old tricks in a new way to steal your information. where criminals are putting card skimmers where you can't see them. >> reporter: and tonight, it is last call at lefty o'douls. we talk to people about their memories of this iconic restaurant that is closing its doors. we're southwest, and we have one word for you... yes. ♪ yes to flying further for less. and yes to new international nonstops. that's just one more reason we're the official airline of the "yes" coast. and yes you can now fly to more of your favorite places from right here. that's transfarency. (sfx: clap, clap, ding) >>> new at 10:00 tonight, last call for a san francisco institution. lefty o'douls is closing down tonight, and it's unclear if the famous bar and restaurant wil

. >> reporter: henry lee gives us an inside look at the oakland police cadets. >> reporter: they run laps, get classroom instructions, even drive police cars. this is what it is like to be an oakland police cadet. paying high school seniors and college student who is are thinking of becoming cops. he says cadets are even taught the police code. different from most agencies. >> as far as like that and a job like this you can't beat it. it's a very candid look. >> reporter: that includes physical training. >> i wasn't in such good shape when i started, so the exercise has definitely, you know, been a little challenging, but i'm getting there. >> reporter: the oakland police officers just graduated from the police academy. they were once police cadets themselves. >> the the police cadet program really did a lot for me going on a lot of ride alongs to see firsthand what they do on a day- to-day basis as they would let you go out and do things with them. >> reporter: including fine tuning your driving skills, maneuvering through their cones and practicing. >> if i want them to go in this

as henry lee tells us the former officer is the first to go to trial in the bay area police sex scandal. >> 80 prospective jurors called to the courthouse and 12 will decide the fate of this man, dan black. he has pleaded not guilty to charges of engaging in prostitution and lewd acts with jasmine abus lin described as a sex worker. prosecutors sabrina says that black had sex with her and paid for it in the form of dinners at restaurants. there were pictures of her posted on facebook that seemed to match the dates listed in the complaint. i asked black for his response to the charges. >> i would like to tell my side but you have to talk to my attorney mr. cardoza. i can't comment. thank you, i would like to tell you but i can't. >> black had three attorneys. he said they had consensual sex in an rv. black is free after posting $14,000 bail. jasmine will testify in the trial. the legal analyst michael cardoza is an attorney and says that jasmine has given inconsistent statements. >> we will talk about the number of times she has changed her story. it is like a fine wine. she amplifies th

lee has more. >>reporter: someone smashed into jeff sanchez's car and stole his backpack containing his ipad, he use the find my ipad app and tracked it to a home in east oakland, sanchez and his wife were stunned when they called police and the dispatcher said if he wanted to he could knock on the door himself and an officer would be there with him with -- but would not be able to force anyone to open the door or return the ipad. >> i am putting myself in harms way and they are physically there to take care of something. >> we stood there with our mouths hanging open, we were dumbfounded as to why someone would suggest something so unsafe.>>reporter: oakland police said they would never tell someone to go knock on strangers stores, that is not their policy, police have listened to a recording of sanchez's call and confirm that he is right and the dispatcher misspoke, dispatch should of said that the police can do the knocking while he stood by.>>reporter: in an email sent to sanchez oakland police