claudine wong is at the scene right now. claudine just arrived. we're trying to link up with her right now. she has all of the details. she's standing right near the wreckage but will be with us momentarily. >>> right now, seven people are stranded on a boat north of concord. they've been there all night. the coast guard says their 17- foot motorboat somehow got stuck late last night. it is -- this is happening near ryer island in solano county. newschopper2 got aerial shots of the scene just a short time ago. theirs the boat. the coast guard says three adults and four children are stuck in this boat. the crews cannot rescue them yet because the boat, as you can see, it's in very shallow water. it's actually up on a shoreline there at the island. the important thing is here no one is hurt or in any danger. you can see them waving to newschopper2. a rescue is expected later this this, mooing -- is expected later it morning during high tide. >>> let's go live to claudine wong is at the scene where a hospital -- where a helicopter crashed in the sali

claudine wong is out there with the latest aced all the details. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, demolition will begin again, once again at about 8:00 this morning as crews continue

claudine wong is there as close as she can get getting information. we will check in with here is just a little bit. >> here is a quick look at some of the other top stories we are following for you right now. sarah shourd will be set free tomorrow. her mother is on her way now to meet her daughter. some are spec lating she is being released as a humanitarian gesture coinciding with the end of ramadan. investigators found another body inside the hercules home where a 73-year-old man was bludgeoned to death. so far there is no positive id on this second body but authorities fear it may be the body of frederick salas, the son of reds victim ricardo salas. >>> and the florida minister threatening to burn the koran and said he would not do it now says he is reconsidering. he said he only cancelled because he says he was told the planned site for a proposed mosque would be moved. now he essay in he has found out that is not the case. >> next to our -- back to our top story here. the deadly explosion in san bruno. we want to check in with the people evacuat

in the meantime, ktvu's claudine wong could have more. >>> we have been talking to people out here and they told us certainly the question of could this happen again weighs on their minds. pg&e is expected to release a list into areas of concern. and certainly people want to see that less. the question is, what are they going to do about that list? and that is still unclear this morning. now, san jose's mayor, chuck reed, said that the intersection of taz min and first is on the list. that's what he's been told by pg&e. and they are on this apparent list that could be released as early as today. but other than that, it doesn't appear the city has gotten much more. the city wants to make this list public. they have already made public areas of fremont, south san francisco, and livermore, that have been deemed high risk. but what this means in terms of an action plan, still not clear. and people we talked to this morning say they are worried. >> i would probably try to avoid those areas that are high risk. because obviously something bad happened once. and it is possible that it could ha

live here at uc davis, claudine wong, channel 2 news. >>> thank you, claudine. ktvu channel 2 is the only bay area television station where you can watch the debate live. it airs again tonight at 6:00 and it's followed by a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our time now 6:45. reports today of a situation that's making california's budget crisis even worse. the l.a. times says california is owed almost $1.4 billion in taxes. it's money from car dealers, restaurants and other businesses that collected sales taxes from customers but didn't pass along the money to the state. state records show the tab is up about 25% from a year ago and has doubled since 2007. >>> a power problem could be connected to this month's pipeline disaster in san bruno. federal investigators say pg&e lost electricity to a crucial part of its natural gas pipeline system at its control center. that outage occurred just hours before the pipeline explosion in san bruno that killed seven people and destroyed 37 homes. >>> well, pg&e is now responding to a disturbing report involving th

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 7:03. we're now hearing from the first firefighters and police officers who arrived often the scene in san bruno last week. some of those responders are sharing their painful stories about the pipe explosion disaster for first time. they are describing what it is like to race in the middle of an inferno. >> we were left hopeless. we could only go so far because the wall of fire was incredibly intensely hot. it's a hopeless i could not describe. >> first responders say the most frightening moment occurred when they tried to tap into the fire hydrants and heard only a sucking sound. coming up at 7:30, we'll hear from the dispatcher's tape. stay with us for the next two hours for complete coverage and you can get updates at any time at ktvu.com. >>> 7:04. police are investigating an overnight shooting in east oakland and seriously injured one man. the victim was found on hallway street at 2:30 this morning after being shot several times. he was rushed to the hospital. he's reportedly in critic

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine -- claudine. >>> pg&e records show the utility was granted a rate increase to replace a piped selment in south san francisco in 2007, about two and a half miles north of the explosion. the $5 million project was scheduled for last year but it was put on hold due to a change in priorities and now pg&e wants another $5 million for the same job. >> some things happen when we're going down and a year later, maybe some other items becomes more emergent that we need to fix and that's why we'll redirect funds to take care of the things that are urgent today. >> according to "the chronicle" the company spent $62 million on unanticipated company bonuses last year. critics say the mine could have -- money could have been used for the south san francisco job, and they say workers may have noticed a problem with the san bruno segment. >>> mark leno plans to introduce legislation that would make pg&e responsible for uninsured costs from an explosion and fire and not rate payer. this idea follows another proposal under consideration by the p.u.

ktvu's claudine wong joins us to learn if the search has made any progress. >> reporter: good afternoon. no, they've not made any progress. in fact, they've officially called this search off and still don't know who made this mayday call or why. but the coast guard does believe, they say, that the search has been extensive and they say new technology has -- was able to point them what -- point them in what they believe was right direction. >> mayday! >> reporter: that distress came in last night on marin channel 16. think of channel 16 as 911 for anyone on the water. >> the one thing we got was the word "mayday." and that's the signal for us to go out and search for anything. >> reporter: nothing else was ever heard from that caller. despite repeated efforts from the coast guard to get her back on the radio. >> vessel herring. vessel herring, this is the san francisco coast guard. >> mayday, united states coast guard, state your position and nature of your distress. >> reporter: so the coast guard immediately launched a search. even without any information on location, the coast guard s

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. right now we're gonna go to kraig debro who has been watching the officer-involved shooting. he's in richmond. kraig? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. i just talked to a security guard and he said the suspect ran into the ranch 99 market and jumped the turnstile. police are still unraveling the story but there's a chance the suspect could be responsible for up to five homicides. they searched the car looking for explosives. police in vallejo now discovered expossive -- explosives. 38-year-old efrain valdemoro was killed last night following a shootout with police around 8:45. he was a suspect in the death of a hercules man and the strangulation death of an unidentified woman found in the car following the high-speed chase. hercules police say valdemoro kidnapped that woman earlier in the day and police spotted valdemoro's vehicle and gave chase. they backed off when the freeway entered the freeway. about 8:10, the chp took over, chased valdemoro through san ramon, castro valley, all t

claudine wong joins us now with more on the story from san bruno. guilty good morning, claudine. >> reporter: yes. we expect a lot of activity here in the next couple of hours. this will be a long process but a big step for this neighborhood. there were 37 homes destroyed by the san bruno fire and explosion. homes that look like this. talk about getting this neighborhood back to some semblance of normal you can't do it until you talk about demolishing what's left of those homes. it's a complicated process when you consider what's left of those homes. certainly there's not much left of what they used to be. victims spent yesterday going through the debris to salvage what they could. there's a lot that could be considered dangerous. asbestos and hazardous chemicals. there are a lot of concerns from residents about what demolition will do to air quality. they do have some health concerns. >> i'm curious how they're going to protect the houses from this constant wind that comes off the ocean that's right down the street. clean up they've done now are th

claudine wong is live with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. dave. yes, we are at glen copark this morning because that parking lot was just one of the crime scenes in this. this is where police believe the killing may have happened but this is not where the body was found. this story took several twists and turns and a couple of confessions before he was caught and the body was discovered. the story began at 1:20 yesterday when police say he called his wife and confessed to killing his girlfriend. his wife called 911. police went to check the home but find no sign of her. at some point they got a call of a truck in this parking lot. it was empty but covered with what police say is bold. that obviously intensified the search. at 5:45 the story took another turn when a co-worker called police and told them he had driven to his home and confessed to him the killing of his girlfriend. so the co-workers called police. police got there and then found the body of a woman who it appears had been beaten to dit on the floorboard of the front passenger seat of

live in san bruno, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein are pushing for the immediate inspection of natural gas pipelines in the wake of the san bruno explosion and fire. they say the pg&e information of almost 12,000 miles of state- regulated pipelines is not enough. they are demanding the information of an additional 1500 pipelines under federal jurisdictions, especially those near residential areas. pg&e says it will spend up to $100 million to help the fire victims but where will that money come from? well there's concern it might come in the form of rate increases. ktvu's jade hernandez has more on that part of the story. good afternoon, jade. >> reporter: good afternoon. pg&e backed a proposal last year which is being discussed today, have utility customers helped -- help pay for the gasline explosion. but there's concern that this area might face a fee hike because it might be categorized as a wildfire. "wildfire" under the new proposal is defined to include any uncontrolled fire, urban or rural, larger than an

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 7:05. a livermore father's in jail this morning suspected of stabbing his 14-year-old son 11 times. this happened yesterday, according to police, when 48- year-old gary gomez took his wife, his son and his son's friends fishing on the bethany reservoir. gomez allegedly became angry when one of the friends said he had to go home. investigators say when the son son -- the father stabbed him. >>> last night on eastbound 80 near fairfield, investigators think she may have been jumped out after an argument with her boyfriend as they drove down the freeway. the girl was treated for minor injuries, then released to her parents, her boyfriend is in jail this morning. facing charges of resisting arrest. >>> this is the final day of the chp's annual labor day crackdown on drunk drivers. so far, drunk driving arrests are up from a year ago. statewide, the chp has arrested 990 people for driving under the influence since friday night. that's nearly 70 more arrests than the same period last year. here i

claudine wong reports. >> nellie bishop never used to see the sunrise from her kitchen window. she used to look out and see her neighbor's house. that house is gone. >> when we woke up this morning and looked out, we couldn't believe it. still can't believe it. it's surreal. >> we're used to seeing our neighbors go to work in the morning. we're waving at them. >> we hope they all come back. >> the bishops say the city, their insurance company and peg have been there for whatever they've needed since this has happened. >> they're right there. we've never had to look around to find these people. they were always there. >> reporter: but local authorities say not everyone has good intentions and say the victims of this disaster are at risk of being victimized again, by people who are looking to make a dime off of this tragedy. >> i've worked so many other fires in northern california; and, you know, these people will come in and just wreak havoc upon these people. >> licensing board investigators say the scam artists and unlicensed contractors will hit a neighborhood ravaged by dis

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> we're following several other developments involving the pipeline explosion in san bruno. this week the coroner is expected to update the official death toll to seven. the bullis family recently confirmed it lost two three -- three loved ones in the explosion. and the pressure in the pipeline was running above the limit it should have been. and cleanup crews will begin to remove debris from the homes. the county health department is concerned the asbestos and other material could create a public health risk even beyond the disaster zone. >>> and st. francis's hospital has an update on four people recovering at a burn center there. doctors say they are making slow but steady process. >>> 8:03. the bay area's first toll lane opened about three hours ago, beginning this morning, solo drivers are being allowed to move into a carpool lane on southbound interstate 680 along the sunol grade between highway 84 and route 237. but for a price. as of today, you can go into the express lane at certain points, where an electronic sign will

claudine wong joins us with details on that. >> reporter: good afternoon, yes, we can show you some of the activity going on inside of the disaster zone here in san bruno as demolition and cleanup continues for a second day out here. this morning we were able to get beyond the barricades to show you a rarely seen look at what it looks like inside the disaster zone. >> safety, safety, safety, a lot of dangerous situations, stay in a tight group. >> reporter: for the first time in days our cameras were allowed beyond the barricades. >> we have three main zones we are working in, really a zone, a, b and c. >> reporter: while we have seen the devastation, inside the disaster zone are compelling images that many have not seen, the flowers someone has placed in fronts of a home where lives were lost. there remains a playground just yards from the explosion site where residents told us so many children used to play. >> get it done and get it done right. >> reporter: inside the disaster zone you can hear another chimney falling down. the ipped of one neighborhood and the start of another. >> y

claudine wong is live in san francisco with some hopeful but cautious reaction. >> reporter: good afternoon. friends and family members that i have talked too to today are being very cautious with their emotions. this release would come at the end of ramadan. it's common on a holiday like this to have a release of prisoners and a talk of clemency. it's been a 405 days that has included a roller coaster of emotions. it seems everyone is holding their breath. iran's culture ministry did confirm today that one of three americans jailed for more than a year will be released on saturday. reporters were told by text message today that they could witness that release at the same hotel where the three americans met with their mothers in may. the information provided to reporters did not say which of the three, shane bauer, josh fattal, or sarah shourd would be released saturday. it's believed that it will be sarah shourd because of her health issues. they report she discover add lump in her breast. we talked to a friend of shane bauer in the last hour. he said while he want them all to come home, h

live in san bruno, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you, claudine. late this morning california regulators announced they are setting up an independent panel to look into the factors leading up to the san bruno gas line explosion. the adopted resolution will also review management practices at pg&e to see what could have been done to prevent the disaster. the puc also voted to have pg&e pay for the entire cost of the investigation. you'll find continuing coverage of the san bruno disaster at ktvu.com. we've also posted the list of the pipelines it considers most at risk. >>> in orinda crews have been repairing a gas line since late last night that caused a brief evacuation of residents. a road construction crew accidentally severed a two inch pipe about 11:30 last night near the intersection. it happened during a road improvement project about 11:30 p.m. at first authorities thought the pipe was a bigger six inch pipe. officials quickly evacuated 14 homes in the area. that evacuation was called off an hour and a half later when it was discovered the

reporting live, claudine wong, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our web site has more video from the crash site. go to ktvu.com and click on the bay area news tab on the front page. >>> 5:34. seven people are stranded right now a boat north of concord. the 17-foot motor boat became stuck in solano county last night. the boat is in shallow waters. there are four adults and three children. the rescue is expected later today during high tide. >>> the suspected gang member charged with wounding a fremont police officer is back in the bay area this morning. the alameda county sheriff's office released a booking photo of andrew barrientos. he is awaiting arraignment on tuesday. on saturday, police in san diego arrested andrew barrientos a few feet from the mexican border. investigators say he has confessed to shooting officer todd young one week ago, but he did not know young was a police officer. >>> doctors at oakland hospital will hold a news conference today to -- police officer. doctors at oakland hospital will hold a news conference to update us on officer todd young's condition.

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> three minutes after 8:00. it was a busy night for oakland police. they were called to respond to three sheetings and it all happen -- shootings and they all happened at about the same time. jade hernandez is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. we're live at police headquarters. we're waiting to hear back an update from all three of these shootings. these sa shootings happened been -- shootings happened in about an hour. the shootings are not unusual in oakland. we wanted to put all of the shootings on a map for you to show you where the violence broke out. the first, 52nd avenue, the second, 79th avenue at holly street. the third, 36th street and west street. the first happened at foothill boulevard and 56th where a man was shot in the back. while officers were helping that victim, someone drove up to them and reported another shooting on 79th avenue and holly street. officers found a woman there. hadder finger had been shot off. paramedics rushed her to highland hospital. and then officers went on the

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ktvu's claudine wong is following that part of the story. she will have a report coming up at 5:30. >>> we will continue our team coverage of this still developing story. crow can also get more information by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. >> well, preparations are underway for the first major debate of the election season. jade hernandez is at st. mary's college ahead of tonight's face off between senator barbara boxer and her republican challenger carl i fiorina, jade. >> reporter: both candidates have been campaigning but tonight's debate is very important. we are live at st. mary's college this morning where yesterday workers were still getting the stage ready. this is the first and so far only scheduled debate. this is employees and workers getting ready for the debate tonight. it is a much anticipated discussion between the two candidates and one all experts are eyeing to see who prevails. senator barbara boxer the incumbent, has been elected three times, the first back in 1993. she spoke to the commonwealth yesterday in san

claudine wong joins us from the scene. we understand there was some concern but the homes open the hillside. >> reporter: that's right. pam. of course they were concerned. there are homes just behind here. take a look. you can see the firefighters on this hillside. this is where the fire was. they are now telling me the closest home is 100 feet from where they were able to stop the fire so no homes are threatened at this point. they do have one lane of southbound 101 -- we are just before the sir frances drake exit. that lane is shut down so the firefighters can do their work. firefighters from san rafael as well as others around here because we are right on that line here on southbound 101. what firefighters are telling me this morning is that this fire started somewhere around 4:00. they started getting calls from people driving by seeing the flames along this grassy hillside just behind this wall. at one point the first firefighter on scene told me it really caught a tree and then, you know, just went up and that made f

ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong is in concord this morning with more on the story. good morning claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam, yes, i just spoke to a local man who says he spent a lot of time in this park which is near the intersection of 242 and oliverra road, where the search has been focused, he says people here remember here, they say she is often in and around this park and he too is worried about her welfare this morning. he didn't want to go open camera but says he remembered the search going on yesterday. let's show you a picture of amanda sloane, 48 100 pounds in a wheelchair and paralyzed from the waist down, police say she called 911 yesterday about 130 in the afternoon from the area of oliverra road and highway 242, which is where we are this morning. now sloane apparently told the chp she had fallen off her wheelchair and was having chest pains so they transferred her call to the fire department and they went in search of her. but that search came up empty. authorities tracked her cell phone call to make sure of the location and it went to bo

claudine wong is following this very complicated case. she will be back with more on the investigation in a live report later this hour. >>> vallejo police are investigating another homicide this morning. the victim, 21-year-old darrell brackston of vallejo, found shot to death in the driver's seat of a van on callier vista avenue sunday night. no arrests have been made. a motive is still under investigation. >> a warning for women in the south bay this morning after a jogger was attacked along a trail. that happened near the south end of ?el avenue outside san jose city limits around 7:45 sunday morning. investigators say the suspect grabbed the victim, pushed her into an oak we duct and tried to sexually assault her. she managed to fight him off and escape. we talked with people who live nearby. >> i hope the man is caught and -- and justice is served. i mean, there is no way that something like that should happen to anyone. >> the suspect is described as latino in his 20s, 5'6," 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. morgan hill po

we begin our team coverage this morning with claudine wong. where are you and what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: pam, we are as close to the fire line as they will allow us here on skyview. this is the command post, the staging area. there are two lines of police tape leading to that area. they don't want anyone getting closer. they are declaring this a crime scene and pushing everyone back. this has been an unbelievable scene for hours. it rocked this scene and created an inferno that destroyed dozens of homes in its wake. the priority is to get the fire out, which at last estimate was only 50% contained. -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: -- lieutenant- governor abel maldonado, the acting governor was on the scene from 1:30 to 4:00. he has declared a state of emergency and pland a briefing hours from now. and, of course you have everyone asking how this happened. everything points to this being a natural gas explosion. a full investigation was underway but aman said they were warn in signs. >> every day i could smell that smell from

ktvu's claudine wong joining us now with more on why that bail was lowered. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it all has to do with the charges he faces or could face. we are on upland court. behind me is charles' home. that is where two bodies were found a little more than a week ago. hours after those bodies were found he was arrested. but this morning he's free on bail. and that is largely because prosecutors say they don't expect to file charges against him in connection with the deaths at least not any time soon. that is why his bail hearing was reduced yesterday from $2 million to $25,000. he still faces explosive charges for chemicals found in his home last week. but at this point it appears all of that is unrelated to the deaths of his wife and her friend. what happened to them is still being sorted out. but initially police were concerned because it appeared the bodies had been decomposing for some time in the house and believed he had been living there any way. but his lawyer tells a different story telling reporters yesterday

claudine wong joins us now with reaction to the city council's decision. claudine. >> reporter: there were 90 minutes of public excellents but the vote was unanimous. $1.5million from the general fund will help keep kennedy high school and two other elementary schools open. school board member charles ramsey joining me now live. certainly this was good news for the families who were really concerned about this closure. >> more than just the family, it was good news for the community. it was good news for the school board and good news for the richmond city council. we found a way to collaborate and work together and make sure that we kept kennedy high school open and viable. >> reporter: one city council member did express concern that the general fund would be like an atm where you would keep coming back and saying we need more money to keep this open. this is only a temporary fix. what's going to happen so that you're not going back to them again and saying we might need a little more? >> we're hoping that we can come up with a long-term plan to work thi

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> many of the victims are at st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco now and ktvu. >> reporter: a spokesperson from st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco says a little later on this morning we will hear directly from the physicians and medical personnel that work in this hospital's burn center. they spent the entire evening and the overnight hours treating the critically injured burn victims from testimony explosion and fire. here at saint francis, there are a total of four patients receiving care. three are in critical condition suffering from burn wounds one is in serious condition. the four patients that are here at st. francis started out at keizer south san francisco medical center last evening in the aftermath of the fire, a tote total of 15 people were brought. four had serious enough burn injuries so they were transferred to the burn center at st. francis. nine others treated and released. two patients receiving treatment at keizer medical center. several people were brought to san francisco g

ktvu's claudine wong is out there now. she'll bring us a live report at 7:30. >>> oakland police are looking for at least three gunmen outside of a bar and nightclub. it happened just five hours ago, on 14th and webster street. ktvu's kraig debro joins us live with more. >> hi, good morning. it all stemmed from this nightclub. people filed out of here. and some went down the street. in fact, you see the guy sweeping up right there. you're going to see in a second, two bullet holes went through that window. one witness said up to seven people pulled out guns and opened fire here on webster this morning. stray bullets landed everywhere. two in the front window of a bank where you saw that guy sleeping. across the street, a plate glass window was shot out. and the front windshield of a mercedes suv. two people were also shot. the motive was an attempted robbery, where the victim refused, he was shot twice. the unidentified man was taken to highland hospital. police say he has nonlife- threatening injuries. but those set off g

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:04. the bullis family just released a sad statement regarding their loved ones. the statement says "it's with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of lavonne, greg and william." the statement goes to on to say, "it's with hope and love that we hope the community will continue and grow." now, you can get update at ktvu.com. >>> police shot at a man who they say shot at a gun -- shot a gun at them on capitol hill. >> the officers fearing for their lives and those who might be around them, fired their weapons. >> police say they opened fire at the man who refused to drop his weapon. he was taken to the hospital. his condition is unknown. >>> we're hearing that the foreign minister of oman says he doesn't know of any current plans to release the two other americans detained in iran. oman played a key role in helping the reless of -- release of sarah shourd on tuesday. today, he says his country is willing to act as an intermediary between that country and the united states to help free j

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 8:33. the state's financial problems could cause water bills to go up in san francisco. "the examiner" is reporting the budget mess has delayed about $30 million in anticipated grants that were supposed to pay for replacing and repairing some of the city's sewer system. the utility commission is now considering issuing $30 million in bonds to pay for those improvements and rate payers would have to pay back that in time. >>> ibm announced it plans 20 buy blade network -- to buy blade network technology. the deal will put ibm in a better position to compete with cisco and hewlett-packard. blade's technology runs data two an from sinner and -- and from servers and is used by fortune 500 companies. >>> two clerks at the freemont hall of justice are facing charges for allegedly dismissing traffic tickets in exchange for hundreds of dollars in cash. >>> 31-year-old juan francisco hernandez and 34-year-old felix chavez have been charged with grand theft and embezzlement by a public officer. in on

claudine wong joins us live with more on what will be on the list. good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. yes, the p.u.c. made its request on friday and pg&e has this 1:00 press conference scheduled. we're told we get to see that list. the list will be the top 100. you no we have spent -- now we've spent this morning dealing with what will be on that list. this morning, it was a typical scene at tazman and 1st. no one seemed overly concerned about the pipe running underground. but chuck reed says he's already been that that section of pipeline will be on the list. but pg&e didn't give any details as to why. >> we don't know the specific locations of the section. we don't know what they plan to do about it. so we're anxious, like everybody else, about what needs to be done. >> reporter: this is the director sent to pg&e's president. it asks for seven areas of information. eventually they want to know which projects is high priority. and what specific public safety concerns put these projects on the list. it also asks for informat

ktvu's claudine wong is live in vallejo now with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i just got off of the phone with vallejo police. they tell me 39-year-old william ubando has "made statements and cooperated fully with police." police are also telling us this morning the victim was trying to breakup with ubando when he brutally attacked her. they believe it happened here at glen cove park in this parking lot. police believe they recovered what they believe is a murder weapon. a bag that was found in ubando's car. the victim is a mother with three children. neighbors tell us 32-year-old lei campued has lived in the neighborhood with her family. police went to her home yesterday after getting 911 call after the accused killer's estranged wife. she said william ubando told her he killed his girlfriend of ten months. police went to the home but found no sign of the 32-year- old moth. >> some time later they got a tip. >> it was covered with a large amount of blood but still no sign of campued or ubando. that is until 5:25 last ni

we have claudine wong with what is being done to remember the victims. >> reporter: good morning. you know for days we have been out here in san bruno looking at the incredible damage behind us in the neighborhood. we have been so struck by the loss to the community and neighborhood. the greatest loss in all of this is the loss of life. the grieving today will continue with funerals for two of the victims. 44-year-old jacklin and her 13- year-old daughter. there was a vigil at st. cecelia's in san francisco. more than 1,000 people came out to remember and mourn. friends describe jacklin as a devoted mother. they remember the girl as a role model who always had a smile on her face. they played this video of her confirmation. there was also a vigil last night for 20-year-old jessica morales. she was at home at the time of the blast watching a football game with her boyfriend. her boyfriend survived, but is in the hospital. last night, friends prayed for his recovery and they mourned jessica morales' loss. >> i could not go to sleep. i still have trouble sleeping. it is really hard.

live in vallejo, claudine wong. >>> a week-long search tied to the case is about to resume in about 30 minutes from now. crews will go back to a pittsburgh landfill at 8:00 a.m. they'll keep looking for the body of a missing hercules man. frederick has been missing since his father was found dead on august 27th, inside their home in hercules. investigators say baldemmoro may have killed both men and then disposed of frederick salas' body in a dumpster. >>> it has been 90 days since someone shot and killed a respected community activist in the parking lot of a hillsdale shopping mall. and the case is still unsolved. last night, about 40 people held a vigil, remembering the victim. 54-year-old david louis. louis was well-known for his work in helping recovering addicts and parolees, trying to reenter society. police say that night he was shot in the back as he was going into that mall. >> i think it was somebody that actually was still in the disease of addiction, and you know, probably couldn't help the guy. >> the v

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the seven people who were burned in the pipeline disaster face a long and painful road to recovery. four of the victims are being treated here at the burn unit at san francisco's memorial hospital. they will move to another phase of the treatment that will likely require surgery. we need to get rid of and remove the scar tissue. the non viable tissue is a source of infection. >> the three other burn patients are being treated at san francisco's general hospital. doctors are not say the extent of the injuries. they are citing patient privacy laws. >>> there is new evidence the pipeline disaster has many people on edge. three times, crews ordered emergency evacuations. one scare happened here lake merritt when a crew installing a telephone line cut into a gas pipe. >> i saw a firefighter coming up and told me to evacuate. i left all my stuff. >> the smell of gas prompted a false alarm at a san bruno school that is not far from the disaster zone. there was a similar scare at san francisco's gallellio high school. >>> 5:35. pg&e is firing a company t

live here, claudine wong. ktvu news. >>> campus police at city college say they have increased their patrols, following two attacks on women. but some say they knew nothing about the recent crimes. kraig debro is back live with details. good morning, craig. >> good morning, dave. so what we did was drive around the other side of the campus, next to the science complex. because on september 14th, that's where the rape occurred. the two assaults here. one a rape, one a sexual assault. this is the science lot right here. these spaces right here for students. there are some up there for staff. we wanted to show this to you. look how open it is. not only do you have the lot here. but have you -- you have this access road here. 880. even though it was 5:30 in the morning. here's what police are saying. they say the woman was getting out of her car at 5:30 this morning. and this person came by and pushed her out of the car and raped her. a lot of people we talked to said they hadn't heard what happened. i want to sho

claudine wong starts our coverage in vallejo. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have moved over. we are in the yard next to a storage facility. you can see behind me the bomb squad here working a storage locker. we are told by our police sources that this is all related to this case. the bomb squad actually has two locations in vallejo they are trying to get to. they are trying to process this one and one on upland court. that one is secondary. we were just over on upland court and that is where police say the bodies of two women were found overnight. the husband of one of those women has been taken into custody. and those details are still unfolding. these women were reported missing last wednesday. 60-year-old carol smart and her friend 67-year-old deana allen. it was ellen who actually knew the suspect that people have been talking about in this case. because he according to family members stayed at the home and sometimes passed himself off as her son. they have been missing again since last wednesday and the confusion has been how they have been all connec

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are hearing from the first firefighters and police officers on the scene. some of those first responders are sharing their painful stories of the pipe explosion disaster for the first time describing what it is like to race into the middle of an inferno. >> we were left heapless and we could only go so far pause the wire wooer was just so incredibly intensely hot and beyond anything i could describe so it was a helpless feeling knowing there were people we could not get to. >> in all more than fur hundred firefighters and police officers responded to the scene of that explosion. we will have live team coverage of the san bruno pipeline disaster and the investigation throughout the morning. you can also get updates anytime of day at our website ktvu.com. >>> well, two men were arrested in san francisco overnight following a fatal shooting that happened right at the victim's front door. jade hernandez is in the bayview district this morning and has talked to relatives of the victim. jade. >> reporter: well, san francisco police just opened up pa

claudine wong is out there with the latest aced all the details. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, demolition will begin again, once again at about 8:00 this morning as crews continue to try to clear debris from this san bruno neighborhood. they are trying to get it back open in just a few weeks. it was a very busy day yesterday. we are on glenview just up the hill from where the crater is where this all happened. that is one of the areas they are focused on this morning. air monitors are being used to make sure levels stay safe. it is unrecognizable and emotional. certainly crews well aware they are dealing with someone's home. they are being as careful as possible. we talked to them yesterday. they survived and watched them scoop up the home they had lived in for decades and dumped what was -- what was left. >> they picked up my rv and just threw it in the garbage can and there wasn't too much of it left to throw in actually. >> almost a sense of lows sure it is really over and to see the big jaws come and lift up our car and just -- >> drop it -- >> drop it in the garbage y

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 7:32. well, four suspects accused this a different type of disaster scam were already in jail this morning. police accuse them of trying to cash in on pipeline disaster by claiming they lost their homes in the fire. but investigators say dmv records show their homes were actually miles away from the disaster zone. those four suspects were booked on suspicion of burglary, and others charges. >>> investigators are still at the scene of an early-morning officer-involved scene that happened near clayton road at 2:0 this morning -- 2:30 this morning. police say officers spotted the man walking who they thought was wanted on several robbery warrants. police tryied to kak contact the man he ran off. ty caught him and he's in the hospital and the officers, two of them, are on paid leave. >>> an 11-year-old boy told police that a man in a blue or turquoise-colored prius tried to rush hour him into the car tried to lure him into a car. on monday, two 14-year-old byes told police that two men in a jee

ktvu's claudine wong joins us outside the vallejo salon where she worked. guilty good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. with five dead police are trying to figure out how all the victims are related to the key suspect efren valdemoro. this shopping center appears to be central to all this. inside the safeway is a wells fargo bank and that's where homicide victim worked as a security guard. became roommates with valdemoro's girlfriend who if we pan just a few doors down you can see the salon and spa that is where cindy worked as a hair stylist. valdemoro was a client there and that's how they met a couple years ago. employees at that salon watched this drama unfold through tran's eyes. sales was killed in hercules at the home where he rented rooms. now tran also lived there with her four sons and co-workers say police had come by the salon to ask questions. and they say tran was scared. >> she did say she was a little afraid and she was fearful. she wanted to take the boys and just leave. that's when we offered our home to her. i offered my

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> meantime, some former police officers from vallejo will now be working in richmond. that's because the richmond police department is hiring at a time when other bay area police departments are cutting their first. now, richmond hired six more officers just sworn in. three of them have been in the vallejo police d, which has seen layoffs -- police department which has seen layoffs. they will go through more training and orientation before they go out and hit the streets. >>> the american red cross will hold a special blood drive today and tomorrow in honor of fremont police officer todd young. officer young remains in serious condition at highland hospital in oakland after he was shot and wounded last month. his injuries required multiple surgeries and enough transfusions to replace his blood ten times over. you can call the red cross to make an appointment. >>> the man charged with shooting officer young made his first court appearance yesterday. about 70 fremont police officers were also there to show their support for t

claudine wong is in the shopping center where two of the victims worked. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. police have been trying to put this case together piece by piece trying to figure out how the suspect knew the victims, how the victims knew each other. that is why we're in this shopping center because this is where at least two of the victims met. behind me is the salon and spa that is actually where his girlfriend worked. also in this shopping center an elderly victim worked here. this shopping center seems to be a place where they all kind of connected. now cindy was a regular customer here where tran worked. after the two and a half met a year ago they did become a couple. friends say the relationship was rocky and he was she was upset over the killings. >> she said she was afraid and fearful and wanted to take the boys and leave. that's when we offered our home to her. i offered my home to her, but that was the last time we seen her. >> reporter: it was also here that tran met the 73-year-old. he worked as a security guard in th

claudine wong is in oakland now with more about last night's spirited debate. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, so who won and that is the question everyone always asks after these debates. both candidates claim victory, that is pretty standard but it is hard to tell who actually won. this race is a dead heat and every moment counts and both meg whitman and jerry brown had memorable moments. jerry brown certainly has been on the political scene for decades and is trying to re- establish himself not only with his relevance but also his focus. in classic brown style he did stray off message, trading a more serious response for a more humor russ when asked if he would run for president when in the governor's office. >> what assurances can you offer voters that this time around should you be elected you would focus on this job? >> age, hell if i was younger you know i would be running again. one other thing i now have a wife and i would come home at night. i don't try to close down the bars in sacramento like i used to do when i was gove

claudine wong is live on the scene right now with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, we have moved to clairmont and vermont and this is one area of this naibtd that is not being demolished right now. you can actually tell the progress they are making by these signs they have put in front of these homesites. they have a basic check list toted tell them where things stand as far as clearing and cleaning this site. as you can see this one has quite a bit of debris on it and they have jet to go town the six step process. they are going by piece by piece through this neighborhood. only three at a time but they are hoping to clear out all of this in just a few weeks. now there are a couple of things that are happening today that we are watching. first things are really expecting to start picking up pace wise. yesterday the county said it was really going to go slowly, take its time because it was the first day of demolition, but they do want to get this cleared by the first of october, the start of the rainy season. crews

claudine wong has more on the pilot's condition and the f.a.a. investigation. >> reporter: it's hard for imagine anyone survived this mangled mess that was a crop dust helicopter. at about 6:00 this morning, 63- year-old frank gomes had just taken off when he came crashing down upside down on got already busy lanes of southbound highway 101 in salinas. it happened just in front of a big rig. >> we did talk to the big rig driver that was driving when this helicopter landed, crashed directly in front of him. and he was able to avoid just narrowly hitting the helicopter. >> hit his brakes? >> hit his brakes and swerved and missed it by about five feet. >> incredibly, this pilot survived a crash with only minor injuries. in fact, when the chp got here, he was hanging upside down, still seatbelted in. >> he was conscious and was able to tell us what happened. he went back to what happened, does not appear he ever lost consciousness. his seatbelt probably saved his life. according to the pilot, he got disoriented in the fog and got a little vertigo and

claudine wong is at uc davis right now where the debate will be held. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we are at uc davis. behind me is where the debate will take place at 6:00 tonight. media trucks already getting in place, everyone getting ready for tonight's debate. the first debate traditionally holds a lot of weight because it's the one people pay most attention to. early absentee voting takes place next week. never too early to get people on your side. this debate will be one hour long and analysts say voters will see two very different candidates with very different views on how to handle california's mere myriad of problems. jerry brown often speaks with a stream of confidence that can get him in trouble. whitman plays it safe with sound bites. >> she is highly disciplined but doesn't know that much about government and therefore she has to stay on message and has to keep saying the same thing. >> jerry has a tendency to have bubble thoughts come out of his mouth. >> reporter: analysts say expect whitman to label brown as

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> its highest risk natural gas pipelines in the bay area are both in the east bay. the times reports the documents filed rated a pipeline in 40 monte and another in panol as the highest risk. >> a motorcyclist, who police say was driving around the site of last thursday's blast is facing serious charges. 34-year-old paul vai is accused of evading and assaulting a police officer. they pulled him over. while he was being questioned police say he took off on his motorcycle and ran over an officers foot. stay with us, we will have continuing team coverage of the pipeline disaster throughout the morning. we have incredible audiotapes from dispatchers and firefighters during that whole scene at ktvu.com. >> 5:34. police are investigating an overnight shooting that happened in east oakland that injured one man. the victim was found at 2:30 this morning, shot several tiles. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. crime scene investigators spent the morning searching the area for evidence. so far there is no word of arrestor what may have led up