eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite some objections the new chancellor of uc berkeley will be getting a sizable raise. uc regents voted today too give nicholas dirks a raise over what his pred -- over what his predecessor earned. governor brown says the raise is inappropriate even though the extra money would come from private donations. >>> the santa clara district attorney's office said today the 15-year-old arrested in a series of crimes will be tried as an adult. on friday november 16, police say 15-year-old modro and jonathan wilbanks robbed several businesses, killed a man during a carjacks and fired shots at police officers. the da said the supreme court bars minors from receiving the death penalty but wilbanks being 26 could face capital punishment. >>> a ktvu exclusive, we sit down with san jose's retiring police chief. the one thing he says that would have kept him on the job. >>> the pay treu i -- patrioarch of a family died in jail. today charges against him were officially dropped. >>> about 200 people took part in a candlelight vigil and march in san francisco

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite some objections the new chancellor of uc berkeley will be getting a sizable raise. uc regents voted today too give nicholas dirks a raise over what his pred -- over what his predecessor earned. governor brown says the raise is inappropriate even though the extra money would come from private donations. >>> the santa clara district attorney's office said today the 15-year-old arrested in a series of crimes will be tried as an adult. on friday november 16, police say 15-year-old modro and jonathan wilbanks robbed several businesses, killed a man during a carjacks and fired shots at police officers. the da said the supreme court bars minors from receiving the death penalty but wilbanks being 26 could face capital punishment. >>> a ktvu exclusive, we sit down with san jose's retiring police chief. the one thing he says that would have kept him on the job. >>> the pay treu i -- patrioarch of a family died in jail. today charges against him were officially dropped. >>> about 200 people took part in a candlelight vigil and march in san francisco

eric rasmussen is in pacheco. >> reporter: heather, just over this wall you can see how badly everything here was burned. firefighters got here quickly, but some worry if the response was any slower it could have spread to other homes and neighbors next door to actually feel the heat from this fire. within minutes flames engulfed this home in the sun valley mobile-home park in pacheco. firefighters got the call just after 11:00 a.m.. neighbors used whatever they could to try to help. >> that tree right there, if they hadn't watered that down, it would have come over and got my home. >> reporter: no one was inside at the time, but next door neighborhood penny kirby who says the woman who lived there with her son lost everything. >> he i went oh, my god, you know? she has been here, maybe ten years. she has lost her husband, you know and now her home. it's like oh, i feel so, so sorry for her. >> reporter: to give you an idea of the intensity of the fire, right next door we can show you where the side of the cooler was actually bubbling from the heat. three engineer companies with the cont

eric rasmussen. >>> a tense situation in san josi was peacefully resolved. it started about 5:00 this afternoon on the 600 block of north 12th street where an officer tried to stop a man he thought was carrying a rifle. it took three hours before police realized that the man was carrying a b. b. gun instead, which is legal. he was booked in jail on charges that police say are unrelated. >>> police say they made a second arrest anyway homicide and robbery case and say the arrest was a teenage boy. after a weeklong manhunt police arrested the 15-year-old in concord yesterday. 26-year-old jonathan wilbanks is already in custody both accused killing a man in in an attempted carjack. investigators are trying to figure out how the two men know each other. >> that is the important question we have all been asking ourselveses what the correlation of the tie between -- and i'm sure that will be provided as the investigation continues. >> reporter: as for the $20,000 reward offering during the man hunt, just good police work. >> friends and family remember the young s

eric rasmussen is live at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station where the autistic girl was found. >> reporter: police confirmed that this 16-year-old girl was in fact, found on the other side of the bay in san francisco. but we also talked to her father about 20 minutes ago who told us he got a call from investigators who told us his daughter appeared to have been beaten and sexually assaulted. back on tuesday, the 16-year- old girl who's autistic walked away from the fred finch youth center, a residential facility for children and teens and lost site of her at the fruitvale station. the girl's father says she has the mental capacity of a six or 7-year-old girl. and before she was found, her father told me she believed she had been taken by six or seven men. despite her many challenges she was just like any other girl. >> she likes to color and loves justin bieber music and just adores pink. she loves wearing pink. and likes diary of a wimpy kid. she's just, she's a sweet kid. she has some issues but she's a sweet kid. >> reporter: now ac

eric rasmussen asks, who's keeping tabs? >> reporter: watches, perfume, bracelets, godiva chocolate, and special blended scotch whiskey. some of the items he claims he gave to international customers as gifts. we went through stacks of receipts that turned out to be from department stores, and five star department stores in china and korea, for hundreds, even thousands of dollars. the port of oakland reimbursed kwan for every penny. just as it did for five years for expenses. >> somebody is asleep at the wheel. >> reporter: kelly is the faculty director for the center of responsible business at uc berkely. we first reached out to her, after discovering kwan and the port's director omar benjamin spent more than $400. benjamin abruptly retired in the wake of our first report. the attorney for james kwan said his client did not take part in any adult entertainment. he also defended kwan's expansions as a public use of money to oversea expenses which invested $30 million in new cranes at the port in 2010. digging into the expens

live in lafayette, eric rasmussen. >>> the fire department in menlo park is getting i pads for all of its fire engines thanks to a $10,000 donation. the fire chief says the i pads can can give crews mapping and information about buildings while they're on their way to an more than. the technology also lets the fire chief track resources and assess each incident. the donation comes from insurance brokers and the fireman's fund insurance company. >>> a bay area woman kidnapped, tied up in her own car and robbed. where the thieves dumped her. >>> it's designing shopping at a discount. some of the problems people faced getting here. >>> you'll neat your jacket and umbrella in the morning. i'll pinpoint how much rain you will get. >>> the newest mall in the bay area opened today, and so many people showed up, there's been major traffic all day. why is this mall so popular, jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: one thing that makes it different from other malls is it focuses on high end names. many said they got big bargains but the problem was getting here. at the paragon new outlet p

eric rasmussen asks, who's keeping tabs? >> reporter: watches, perfume, bracelets, godiva chocolate, and special blended scotch whiskey. some of the items he claims he gave to international customers as gifts. we went through stacks of receipts that turned out to be from department stores, and five star department stores in china and korea, for hundreds, even thousands of dollars. the port of oakland reimbursed kwan for every penny. just as it did for five years for expenses. >> somebody is asleep at the wheel. >> reporter: kelly is the faculty director for the center of responsible business at uc berkely. we first reached out to her, after discovering kwan and the port's director omar benjamin spent more than $400. benjamin abruptly retired in the wake of our first report. the attorney for james kwan said his client did not take part in any adult entertainment. he also defended kwan's expansions as a public use of money to oversea expenses which invested $30 million in new cranes at the port in 2010. digging into the expens

eric rasmussen is live at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station where the autistic girl was found. >> reporter: police confirmed that this 16-year-old girl was in fact, found on the other side of the bay in san francisco. but we also talked to her father about 20 minutes ago who told us he got a call from investigators who told us his daughter appeared to have been beaten and sexually assaulted. back on tuesday, the 16-year- old girl who's autistic walked away from the fred finch youth center, a residential facility for children and teens and lost site of her at the fruitvale station. the girl's father says she has the mental capacity of a six or 7-year-old girl. and before she was found, her father told me she believed she had been taken by six or seven men. despite her many challenges she was just like any other girl. >> she likes to color and loves justin bieber music and just adores pink. she loves wearing pink. and likes diary of a wimpy kid. she's just, she's a sweet kid. she has some issues but she's a sweet kid. >> reporter: now ac

live in lafayette, eric rasmussen. >>> the fire department in menlo park is getting i pads for all of its fire engines thanks to a $10,000 donation. the fire chief says the i pads can can give crews mapping and information about buildings while they're on their way to an more than. the technology also lets the fire chief track resources and assess each incident. the donation comes from insurance brokers and the fireman's fund insurance company. >>> a bay area woman kidnapped, tied up in her own car and robbed. where the thieves dumped her. >>> it's designin >>> the newest mall in the bay area opened today, and so many people showed up, there's been major traffic all day. why is this mall so popular, jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: one thing that makes it different from other malls is it focuses on high end names. many said they got big bargains but the problem was getting here. at the paragon new outlet people waited in line searching for deals. >> people were out here in line waiting before we opened up. >> these retailers here are literally 25 to 65% off full retail every

live, eric rasmussen. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another democrat was unseeded last night. brad sherman meet howard burrman. he got 42% of the vote. >>> voters approved the ballot measure to raise taxes. 54% of voters said yes to prop 30. compared to 46% who voted no. governor jerry brown says it puts california on a more solid fiscal footing. >> this takes time and effort but we are on a correct glide path. and the rating agencies gun to put our -- begun to put out their commentary on how california is on a stable path. >> it will raise the sales tax and increase income taxes for people who make $250,000 a year for the next 7 years. >>> the superintendent said today parents and students across the state can breathe a sigh of relief knowing our schools will have the resources for the remainder of the year. >>> californians approved 5-11 ballot measures. the tax measure made the cut, so did prop 35, increases prison sentences and fines for human trafficking convictions. and prop 36, which revises law to impose life sentence only when new felony conviction is serious or viole

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police are investigating a string of smash and grabs. people found this, car windows smashed. you can see here the dashboard ripped apart in this suv. police received 5 reports but can't say if anything was taken. at this point police have no suspects. >>> man was shot and skilled last night -- killed last night. jose rivera estrada was found lying on the sidewalk about 9:30 p.m. he was pronounced dead. the suspect or suspects took off in the victim's car. jose rivera estrada was a cook and may have been on his way home after leaving work. >>> police and the chp are investigating a bizarre shoot out on 580. last night passengers in two cars fired shots at each other. officers found shell casings and two abandon cars covered in bullet holes. >> fortunately no indant bystanders were hit -- no bistandards were hit. >> no gun shot victims turned up at any hospitals. police have several good witnesses and that people can call in tips anonymously. >>> the former president of the school board made a statement. he stepped down november 7 after w

eric rasmussen is live with the last minute deal that ended this strike earlier than expected. >> reporter: union workers told me they were prepared to be out here until 8 or 9:00 tonight. about 90 minutes ago both sides reached a deal to go back to the bargaining table. it means the port is open for business. as workers continue joining the picket line at the port of oakland we broke the news that union leaders and port officials reached a deal to resume contract talks. >> it's great. we have achieved what we set out to do. >> reporter: a yuan youon executive confirmed it say. >> leverage the condition to agree with seiu 10 to 1 to go bark to the bargaining table. >> reporter: earlier workers stared down semi trucks and came face to face with frustrated drivers. he says not making his delivery today cost him at least $500. >> it's a myth. i understand these people. they're doing for their right. but we have our right too. >> concern that some of them feel like this is taking money out of their pockets? >> we understand. butt port has been taking money out of our pockets now for about a ye

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> check this out. another accident tied up traffic this morning. the crash involved a jackknifed big rig and several other vehicles on eastbound 80 in berkeley. happened about 10:15. traffic quickly backed up, but crews were able to clear the mess about an hour later. >> a small plane crashed today in northern california killing the pilot. the lane going down just about two hours ago near the airport in the town of san andreas. these pictures of the wreckage, there is not much left of this plane. authorities are on then scene there looking into the cause. >>> police in clear lake in lake county are asking for the public's help tonight to find these two missing teenage aers. lacy elwood and sarah beck were last seen at a taco bell on saturday. elwood is described as 145 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes. becca is described as 5'7", 135 pounds, also with blond hair and hazel eyes. they may be headed to the ukia area. >>> police arrested two people suspect odd of a shooting a at nightclub. it happened at c

but we begin in san francisco with eric rasmussen and he tells us getting around requires a lot of patience, eric. >> reporter: it certainly did tonight. julie right now we're down to just the slightest mist but the rain was coming down at a good clip. actually talked to some people who said they tried to wait out the run and the rain in the afternoon commute. but when they got on the roads tonight they still got stuck in some heavy traffic. wet roads and rattled nerves had some drivers waiting an hour or more just to get across the bay bridge from san francisco to oakland. >> how's your commute going tonight? >> sucks. >> it's not a good commute. >> reporter: drivers in the east bay shared that frustration. chopper2 captured this massive back up on 580 near liver mother this afternoon even after crews cleared a big rig crash on the highway. parts of the north bay saw some of the heaviest rain tonight but it did not stop natalie from walking her two husky, max and burne. >> there's a story about the two mischievous boys. >> reporter: and they're out in the rain. >> dragging me as usual. whe

eric rasmussen is live in oakland who talked to people in attendance there. >> reporter: many of the people actually got video of the whole thing on their cell phones. we have some folks having fun out here tonight as well. but many of the folks say not only was katt williams but he also disrespected the city of oakland. things were headed downhill when katt williams threatened to fight a heckler at the audience in oracle arena in oakland. this cell phone video provides the view when his entourage carried him off the stage. >> another person with a cell phone caught this view of williams earlier in the night mocking the crowd. more than a dozen videos hit you tube today. >> this might be the end of this man's career. he's definitely done in the bay area. he's done out ear. >> it comes days after an 18- year-old said williams pulled a gun on him in oakland, california. >> on this night too short told the crowd 39-year-old williams has high on drugs. >> i'll tell you right now, [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: fans who paid as much as $100 to see williams feel like the joke was on them. >>

eric rasmussen live in oakland where who they are trying to reach, eric. >> reporter: frank they want to talk to both potential victims and perpetrators of crime. everyone who volunteered out here got one of these cards with the three reasons they're out there tonight, they say they care, they want the violence to stop, and they want to know how they can help. friday night on international boulevard more than 20 people in white jackets walked both sides of the street. talking to everyone they met. it's a side pastor marty peters wants people in this city of oakland to get used to. >> we care about oak land -- oakland and we want the violence to stop. >> reporter: these weekly walks makes a difference in oakland. >> it's about to get rough. >> reporter: tonight leaders asked us not to follow them for too long to avoid the perception that they're out for publicity. >> people who look out for perpetrators or victims, we love those people. we want to show them by being out here with them. >> reporter: bringing together members of the african americans and latin communities. >> reporter: p

eric rasmussen is live with what's behind these numbers. >> reporter: it comes down to not having enough officers. how about this number of, the chief says the average response time around 11 minutes and we heard from people tonight who say that's just unacceptable. >> tonight we were there as officers had to force their way into a home with guns drawn responding to a domestic dispute on sicamore drive. tonight, they arrested two people for a homicide. so far this year violent crimes and property crimes are up 44%. arrests are down 17% compared to a month ago. >> they are worked under staffed and as a community we need to help them. >> i think the community realizes what's going on in antioch but they don't know what to do about it. >> reporter: the department is now taking tips on its facebook page and through anonymous text messages. >> i've been involved in that. i know people that have been involved in that and that's led to several arrests. in the last six weeks i know there's three arrests to my name. >> i was assaulted after i dropped off my son. >> reporter: jonathan hernandez is

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with what led to the upset. >> reporter: even he is crediting this to the new top two new primary. we talked to him here today but hearing from pete stark wasn't so simple. >> reporter: this was pete stark earlier this year. today he was nowhere to be found to talk about

eric rasmussen live in oakland where who they are trying to reach, eric. >> reporter: frank they want to talk to both potential victims and perpetrators of crime. everyone who volunteered out here got one of these cards with the three reasons they're out there tonight, they say they care, they want the violence to stop, and they want to know how they can help. friday night on international boulevard more than 20 people in white jackets walked both sides of the street. talking to everyone they met. it's a side pastor marty peters wants people in this city of oakland to get used to. >> we care about oak land -- oakland and we want the violence to stop. >> reporter: these weekly walks makes a difference in oakland. >> it's about to get rough. >> reporter: tonight leaders asked us not to follow them for too long to avoid the perception that they're out for publicity. >> people who look out for perpetrators or victims, we love those people. we want to show them by being out here with them. >> reporter: bringing together members of the african americans and latin communities. >> reporter: p

eric rasmussen is live with what's behind these numbers. >> reporter: it comes down to not having enough officers. how about this number of, the chief says the average response time around 11 minutes and we heard from people tonight who say that's just unacceptable. >> tonight we were there as officers had to force their way into a home with guns drawn responding to a domestic dispute on sicamore drive. tonight, they arrested two people for a homicide. so far this year violent crimes and property crimes are up 44%. arrests are down 17% compared to a month ago. >> they are worked under staffed and as a community we need to help them. >> i think the community realizes what's going on in antioch but they don't know what to do about it. >> reporter: the department is now taking tips on its facebook page and through anonymous text messages. >> i've been involved in that. i know people that have been involved in that and that's led to several arrests. in the last six weeks i know there's three arrests to my name. >> i was assaulted after i dropped off my son. >> reporter: jonathan hernandez is

but we begin in san francisco with eric rasmussen and he tells us getting around requires a lot of patience, eric. >> reporter: it certainly did tonight. julie right now we're down to just the slightest mist but the rain was coming down at a good clip. actually talked to some people who said they tried to wait out the run and the rain in the afternoon commute. but when they got on the roads tonight they still got stuck in some heavy traffic. wet roads and rattled nerves had some drivers waiting an hour or more just to get across the bay bridge from san francisco to oakland. >> how's your commute going tonight? >> sucks. >> it's not a good commute. >> reporter: drivers in the east bay shared that frustration. chopper2 captured this massive back up on 580 near liver mother this afternoon even after crews cleared a big rig crash on the highway. parts of the north bay saw some of the heaviest rain tonight but it did not stop natalie from walking her two husky, max and burne. >> there's a story about the two mischievous boys. >> reporter: and they're out in the rain. >> dragging me as usual. whe

at the port of oakland, eric rasmussen. >> > >> reporter: you can see from these pictures taken late today, workers have made significant progress in cleaning us the massive mess. how hay figures into their efforts, mike has the story. >> >> reporter: you nailed it. hay will be playing a pretty big ricky foley in this incident. let me set the stage for you right now. behind me, a neighborhood park. there is a few feet of mud below it. this mud will stay here throughout this coming weekend, the focus is on the hillside above and the storm brewing off the coast. day two in daily city, one filled with spraying -- >> people play there or walk their dogs. >> doesn't look like it today. >> not any more. >> reporter: buried, a critical one in the park. today, the hunt to find it got underway. meantime, romero is talking about this massive hole in the hillside, the engineers deemed it stable, the focus is on erosion control. we are basically trying to create a buffer zone around. basically the mud will stay until the weekend. right now, we are fighting the weather. >> >> crews are digging to

in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu. >>> striking workers also picketed oakland international airport which is also operated by the port. the strikers said they wanted to alert holiday travelers to their cause. airport food and beverage workers joined the port's striking clerical workers and janitors on the picket line. >>> hosz hostess said it is unable to reach an agreement with its second largest union the baker's union. the company's largest union the teamsters accepted concessions. hostess plans to return to bankruptcy court tomorrow. 18,000 jobs across the country will be lost. the company is expected to sell it popular brands such adds twinkies and ding-dongs. >>> the major turning point that we learned about from the nurses union. and nurses say they are not happy. >>> the dow industrials dropped seven points the nasdaq gained a fraction. markets were dragged down by hewlett-packard. executives of otonomy corporation lied about their financial status. it is now taking an $8.8 million charge. that news sent hp stocks slightly lower to $11.71. that is it lowest level in 10 years. >>>

in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu. >>> striking workers also picketed oakland international airport which is also operated by the port. the strikers said they wanted to alert holiday travelers to their cause. airport food and beverage workers joined the port's striking clerical workers and janitors on the picket line. >>> hosz hostess said it is unable to reach an agreement with its second largest union the baker's union. the company's largest union the teamsters accepted concessions. hostess plans to return to bankruptcy court tomorrow. 18,000 jobs across the country will be lost. the company is expected to sell it popular brands such adds twinkies and ding-dongs. >>> the major turning point that we learned about from the nurses union. and nurses say they are not happy. >>> the dow industrials dropped seven points the nasdaq gained a fraction. markets were dragged down by hewlett-packard. executives of otonomy corporation lied about their financial status. it is now taking an $8.8 million charge. that news sent hp stocks slightly lower to $11.71. that is it lowest level in 10 years. >>>

ktvu's eric rasmussen has more. >> the reason for stopping delivery of the newspaper when you are out of town is to keep

eric rasmussen is live at the port. temperaturers sure boiled over. >> reporter: a lot of people fired from the people picketing to the drivers. there's a deal to go back to the bargaining table. the picket line is breaking up. a shuttle bus has arrived to take some of the workers back over to the airport where they're supposed to be having a party. in the last 30 minutes both sides with the help of the mayor of oakland came together, decided to go back to the bargaining table. operation could resume as early as 7:00. this comes after some truckers say this shut down of the port cost them hundreds of dollars today. frustrated drivers all laid on their horns trying to clear a picket line of union workers determined to shut down the port of oakland. a driver told us he was trying to get home to a sick wife. >> i can't go in the parking lot. >> reporter: you're saying this is different than trying to deliver something? >> i'm not delivering nothing. i'm going to park my truck until it's over with. >> unfortunately truckers

eric rasmussen is at the port tonight with the frustration that carried over today. eric? >> reporter: even here at 5:00, we're seeing a fairly steady stream of traffic. the drive from the freeway over here to the terminals normally takes a matter of minutes but this morning truckers waited for hours, because nobody could drop off or pick up anything here yesterday. it was a traffic jam at the port of oakland, with time and money on the line. >> we waited till they opened up. what can we do? >>> chopper 2 captured this view of semitrucks, backed up for miles this morning, all waiting to get to terminals shut down by workers. driver grace hemingway says it cost her a day's pay and possibly her thanksgiving. >> i'm not gonna make it back. i gotta go clear to reno. >> reporter: we got inside one of these containers to show you just how big it is. thousands of these go in and out of the part of oakland every day. we know today was far busier than a normal day. we're talking a busy week in general, because of the holiday shipping season and the fact that we're facing a large ha

eric eric rasmussen has been following the social media. >> you have to consider that twitter says there's been more than 20 million election related tweets and that's just today. at the height of it around the time that the major networks were calling this election for president obama. twitter was reporting some where in the neighborhood of 370,000 tweets a minute related to the election. and although we are eagerly awaiting some words from president obama, i'm going to look away here on twitter the first lady michelle obama not too long ago has tweeted that this is just a huge moment for them, i'm trying to find the exact wording that she used here. but michelle obama has come out and thanked supporters for everything they've done for her during this campaign and again as you see some of the images of folks in chicago waiting for the president to come out, many people getting on twitter and on facebook to express their opinions about how this election is playing out. as we see some of it although the commentary come in tonight. a lot of celebration, a lot of people are saying they are ha

eric, why do you look at some of the polls rasmussen. >> i think it's part of a larger phenomenon. why do people watch fox news to be misinformed over and over. time and again their stories prove to be not true. rasmussen, whatever it is, great news for the republicans. it's splashed on the report and fox news talks about it all day. it's a short-term sugar rush, but this fantasy has an expiration date. votes were going to be counted. that's what has been amazing. you can argue that climate change does not exist. you can argue about all these kinds of things. >> cenk: did they say we won't know the truth about that for 100 years. >> you count the vote and everyone steps back and says, we were duped. the question was were we knowing knowingly duped? what was going on? a lot of conservatives were upset that they were misled by fox news. come on, again, they were voluntarily sucked into this premise. the landslide, that was fantastic. there was no data whatsoever. >> eliot: tina, i found one of the most amazing tv moments to be the karl rove refusing to accept that he was losing ohio,

so, not on is the new black panther not too chatty but eric shawn lost his desire to have a discussion with us. but we want to get to this important piece our discussion today. ever since the drama of the 2010 mid-terms pollster scott rasmussen has been an almost weekly guest on this broadcast. after hundreds and hundreds of surveys the president of rasmussen reports.com joins with us his predictions. your prediction is? >> i have no idea whose going to win tonight. i look at the numbers. i keep looking for them to tell me who's going to come out on top and it's too close to call. our latest daily tracking poll, obama 49%, romney 48%. so i'm going to do what a lot of people do. i'm going to wait to see what michael barone says about the county by county turnout in some key swing states. megyn: i want to ask you what emerged now is a discussion about whether these polls that have shown president obama a little ahead. a couple show him a little ahead and there is a question about whether they are assuming this electorate will look like it did in 2008. the dem's final number was dem plus