janine de la vega is there to tell us what we are finding out about the victims who were randomly tar getted, janine. >>> police right now are going door to door in this neighborhood talking to neighbors to see if they saw the shooting or if they saw the suspects leaving. now the shooting happened right outside that home and officer have flashlights which is close to downtown san jose and they are gathering evidence because as you said the suspects are at large. they heard gunshots just at 4:00 a.m. and they found a man and a woman in their late teens and early 20s sitting on the porch when a suspect vehicle approached. shots were fired and the man was hit 5 times and the man was hit by shrapnel. it appears this shooting may have been random. >> it's very early in the morning, it is 4:00 a.m., these individuals are celebrating out on their porch and based on the information i have it does not appear that the victims and the suspects knew each other. >> victims were taken to a local hospital and we are told they will survive. as far as the information on the suspects, police tell us on

de la vega with that alleged hate crime, janine? >> reporter: the president said he will take accountability for what happened here and he and the n aa c p are speaking at a news conference and they are accused of racially taunting their roommate. here is the statement, by failing to recognize the meaning of a confederate flag intervening or stopping the abuse or impose sanctions as soon as the gravity became clear, we failed him, i failed him. we marched with supporters to that news conference held at the tommy smith statue which is a symbol of civil rights and they had all their mouths taped as assist bell. -- a simple. many have expressed dissat faction. -- dissat faction. a 4th has been charged in juvenile court. they put a lock around his neck called him names and kept racist paraphernalia in their suite. activists are asking why they did not act more quickly. an incident expert will lead a proposed reform and people will receive better training to act on warning signs of abuse and they will act with students to discuss their c

ktvu janine de la vega is on the scene. she will have the very latest from san jose in just a couple minutes. >>> it is friday morning, november 15th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. its 5:30. let's check in with steve paulson for the weekend forecast. >> thank you. its a three dog or three cat night but its definitely chillier this morning. the fog is getting chewed up completely. a little system moving up toward the sierra nevada. any fog won't last very long. the low are a little cooler. 36 napa. yeah if you have any kind of breeze its held up. 56 antioch. although i did see a 54 not far away from brentwood. starting off a little cool might even dip to 49 but we will go to 62. san jose to 44 to start and only a high of 65 until downtown. we are looking for clear skies today. breezy. maybe a little windy at times. some of the higher elevations. so far its not too bad at the surface. sunny, breezy, only a few patches of fog left. i doubt much will be there at 6:00 a.m.. cooler temps

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:35. police searching for three men accused in a halloween home invasion robbery. police say a man and woman were passing out candy to trick or treaters at their home on gonzalez street when three masked men ran into their house. if you have any information about this call watsonville police. >>> happening today a crucial vote is taking place this morning to ratify attentive contract between bart and its two major unions. katie utehs is joining us from oakland where some union members will be voting. >> reporter: we just got off the phone with a representative from atu. her union members will be voting in oakland but in an undisclosed location. they are set to arrive around 8:00 a.m. and the voting opens at 10:00 a.m.. it will be open for about a 12 hour period. union members have been mulling over the tentative contract agreement all week. sicu that represents 1400 barts mechanics custodians require that they have five days to review the proposed contract. so members will have from 10:00

janine de la vega is the the scene. janine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian. sheriffs deputies are in the early stages of this investigation here in the parking lot of the santa fe taqueria. police and sheriffs departments received multiple 911 calls that shots were fired. when emergency crews arrived they found a man on the ground unaccording who had been shot at least one time. they were unable to revive him. there were several witnesses in the area and investigators are interviewing them to find out more information. its unknown what led up to the shooting. >> we need to find out first of all who this person is. we haven't even -- we are still working on that information. and also what this person was doing here. were they a customer here. were they meeting somebody here. and hopefully we'll have those answers sometime today. >> reporter: a weapon has not been found at the scene and there are no suspects in custody. the body isn't lying next to am white car and deputies have not been able to tell if it belongs to the man or if the vehicle has any relationsh

we will check in with janine de la vega who is down there this morning checking in on the work. as expected when there is some weather we often see power outages. we will be checking in on that. thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning november 20th. >> welcome back. >> thank you. i feel better. not great. >> but you brought all that rain with you. >> it was good sleeping weather yesterday. >> i know. let's talk weather and traffic. >> as long as you look good, and you look good. >> so nice for you to say. >>> we have two systems here. the one we had last night is pushing east and south. there is a break right here but then this section that is the one we are looking for later today. probably around the noon hour things will juice up. this one has a little cold air and dynamics so we have to incorporate thunderstorm activity. kind of just a little bit. you might encount aerolittle bit of rain and as you can see there is pockets of it. there is not a lot. the main band has pushed out of the area. and boy is it mild. the cooler air is still up here. that will sweep throu

janine de la vega is live in cupertino to tell us what has to go down before the space ship can go up. >> reporter: we can't see very much because of the last one and now they need to clear all the trees and they have some are likening it to a space ship because of its sleek appearance. it is located near wolf road on on and they are approving the it is direct and it has been founded by city leaders and there are zoom low -- low and i was raised here when this was all farmland and/or charreds and weep. >> we had to get re-adjusted and plans end loop nearly 4,000 trees need will toen rebled and the city is supposed to run he is entirely on nothing and janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they announced a break in the mysterious cold case dating back 23 years. they announce had a suspect in caster valley. authorities found his body on redwood word and we will tell tell you what led to the news conference. >> they are calling the deaths of 2 men suspicious. they found their bodies in a house boat south of rio vista. a wipe invest dater came close the. >>> -- investigator c

janine de la vega is live. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this proposal is called measure c. and it tightens gun control. now its a controversial issue so that is why the city council voted to put it on the ballot. here's what measure c does. it would require a gun owner to tell police within 48 hours if their firearm is lost or stolen. 9:requires gun owners to -- it requires gun openers to lock up their guns. it also prohibits the possession of ammunition magazines that have more than ten rounds. a local gun store u.s. firearms is against the measure. it will not stop shootings and instead it will generate lawsuits against the city. here's what one resident had to say about all of this. >> i would agree with that. but i still feel safer. i think if you know if they are locked up. just from that perspective. and i think the city makes -- >> reporter: the national rifle association is threatening to sue if measure c passes saying it it infringes on a gun owners constitutional rights. this is being led by the m

ktvu janine de la vega is in concord now to show us the wind damage there. janine. >> reporter: you can see behind me there is this tree that had to be cut down. its in front of an apartment complex. its completely uprooted and you can still see there are some branches here. they haven't cleaned it all up. at one point we were told by a gentleman that was here when it was crashing down that it blocked all lanes of traffic and luckily he says it didn't hit any of the cars. besides doing that, it also damaged the gate that is here at the complex. just completely bending. you know some of the wires. some of the bars. the iron bars here that you see. let's go to video that we took earlier this morning. about a few miles away on clayton road strong winds blew over a big gas station shine showing the prices. it toppled over last night when gusts were blowing 30-40 miles an hour. there were reports of several trees down throughout concord which had crews working to clear them out of the way. one man says he had his head phones on and didn't hear am tree coming down

reporting live from palo alto janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 6:46. a sad anniversary today surrounding the jones town massacre. today is the 35th anniversary of the worse mass suicide in american history. more than 900 people including 200 children died after cult leader jim jones ordered his followers to drink kool-aid sparked with cyanide. this happened after he left his san francisco temple and moved his followers to guy an that. jim jones took his own life. >>> the constant confusion over the affordable care act is turning into outrage for people that received cancellation letters. >> to me its not the affordable care act. it seems like the unaffordable care act. >> he and his family will have to pay double what they do now. and they're not alone. tonight at 10:00 we go shopping anline with the experiment -- online with the experts to show you exactly where you stand and the best options for your family. all in our special report tonight on the 10:00 news. >>> controversial toronto mayor rob ford has been fighting to keep his job. he has a new ch

janine de la vega is out there to tell us what allegedly happened, good morning janine. >> reporter: there has been a lot of chatter on twitter and students can't believe it could happen to the student and his freshman year is ruined. this alleged taunting took place in one of the village dorms. three white student are being charged and the incident happened in august and involved the students calling the black student 3 / 5th and that's how they used to count black slaves. they allegedly placed a bike lock around his neck and refused to engulf him a key -- refused to give him a key to unlock it and then barricaded him and locked him inside of a closet and students are in disbelief over the allegations. >> this is not -- what happened is legal and is bullying and it is not acceptable at all. >> well, the prosecutor said the defendants kept a picture of hitler and a pentagram in their room and they are holding what they call black thursday day and the d.a.'s office had won and all of them are 18 years old and if they are convicted, we are being told the maximum they could face is one

janine de la vega is there on the scene. she will give us an update in 30 minutes. >>> just when you thought the bart contract talks were settled, now there is word of a glitch that may derail the talks that led to the four-day bart strike. ktvu brian flores is joining us live. you are in west oakland where details that the unions say they are not budging. >> reporter: commuters were certainly breathing a sigh of relief when they reached that agreement an the bart strike ended. but now with this language glitch there are signs of a possible is another bart strike. when bart board of directors and management saw it there was language in it concerning paid family leave that management says they didn't agree to. that is being reported the issue resolves around how much they will receive under this new contract. the new contract would have given workers six weeks of paid family leave. prior language reportedly would have asked for workers to use sick leave and vacation time first. in any case bart board members say they are inve

reporting live janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well, the so called knock out game has come to california. the game involves people randomly involves targeting unsuspecting strangers and knocking them out with one punch to the head. an incident was reported in san diego and at least four people have died from this. it is hard to find people involved because they are being knocked unconscious and they don't remember what happened. >>> post are not using it and only eight people have used it. it was first introduce and they have reuse ited the debit piece. >>> later today, a san francisco task force appointed by mayor ed lee will try to fix the transportation system. they have -- they have been studying it and it will cost billions to pay over the next few years. they discussed raising a billion dollars each to help pay the costs. >>> 6:09 is the time and hundreds remain in the dark in daily city. -- dale lay city. it is west of mission street and more than 60 to an under ground cable, right now people don't have elect electric electricity. >>> everybody is talking ab

janine de la vega joining us live from san jose and janine it was tesla's ceo who asked for this. >> yes, dave. tesla's ceo, elan musk stands here with a sign that says it's the safest car in america. by calling for the investigation he hopes to prove the safety safety record to the skeptics. there have been three highly publicized fires involving the company's electric cars in a matter of six weeks. the national highway transportation safety administration originally said it was not going to conduct a probe because it did not find any evidence showing fires were the result of a problem with the car. but tesla wanted an investigation because it says a false perception seems to be growing around the safety of electric cars. musk defends the safety record of the car. the electric cars will be given higher road clearance to make them less likely to strike debris that could potentially penetrate the battery pack and ignite a blades and they're amending the warranty to cover damage due to fire. if regulators offer suggestions on how to improve fire safety he says he will implement them an

ktvu's janine de la vega talked to students and faculty and joins us live from the campus. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon. this latest development really throws a wrench into things for students and the faculty here. some of the faculty told me this is an outrage that they are finding out about the cuts so late and students worry if they will be able to graduate on time. as students headed to class, many were not happy to learn that millions of dollars needed to be slashed from the budget for the upcoming semester. >> it's definitely frustrating. i want to get my classes and graduate on time. >> reporter: they packed into an emergency meeting where they were able to ask questions to the administration. >> who precisely made the decision about where these cuts would come from? >> reporter: faculty members wanted to know how it would affect class sizes. >> how do we do this? we know we have to balance the budget. how do we do this without jeopardizing the quality of our education. >> reporter: two years ago they had a $32 million budget. significant cuts

in sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in pleasant hill a vote on gun regulation is scheduled for tonight. this establishes distance restrictions between gun stores and mark parks -- parks and schools. if approved, owners and employees would have to pass background checks and stores would be required to install alarm systems and surveillance cameras. >>> two battling a house fire discovered multiple marijuana plants in the home. firefighters arrived at the home on altamont road in unincored -- unincorporated san leandro. newschopper2 was overhead. everyone was able to get out of the house. one person was hurt but fire officials don't know the extent of the injuries. it's still unclear whether the marijuana plants fire crews say they found played a role in the fire. >>> could san francisco's at&t park soon be home to both the giants and athletics? we'll tell you about a controversy stadium sharing proposal. >>> warming trend for the week ahead. rosemary will be here to tell you how high the temperatures will go. >>> plus, making schools safer. the measure some north b

janine de la vega reports it's all part of a series of upgrades that police say is needed. >>> testing, testing. >> it will pick up all conversations, anything in the car. >> reporter: this palo alto police sergeant has gotten used to relying okay the mobile camera video that records what's happening outside her patrol car. the department wants to buy cameras they ka wear on their uniform -- they can wear on their uniform. >> if this was successful, we couldn't be surprised at all to see all of our officers wearing these. >> reporter: they would approve the pilot program for nine officers from the traffic safety team. police are asking the council to pay for upgrades the video system in the fleet of patrol cars. the equipment is seven years old. police say there's been dramatic improvements that would help them capture video evidence. right now, each of the patrol cars are outfitted with one outfacing camera. if the new system is approved, evil car gets four -- each car gets four cameras. having that 360 coverage or a lot more coverage will be a better asset for officers and the public

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, janine. >>> tonight in fremont, hundreds of people are expected to attend the candlelight vigil to honor a popular teacher and coach. 76-year-old john webb was killed over the weekend on interstate 680. the chp says he was trying to direct traffic away from a serious crash when another car hit and killed him. webb was a long-time teacher and coach at john f. kennedy high school. the vigil is at 6:00 tonight at the school. >>> santa cruz police are interviewing a person of interest in the suspicious death of a man found partially clothed this person. a woman walking her dog found the body at 7:00 a.m. on cypress avenue. police say the man had blood around his neck but they haven't said what kind of wound he had or why he was partially clothed. they say it's still early in the investigation. authorities -- >>> authorities on the peninsula have broken up a trafficking operation in millbrae. officials from five agencies including the san mateo sheriff's office and the departmen

reporting live from menlo park, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, janine. >>> neighbors are concerned about the death of a san jose man that's being investigated as a homicide. officers found the man unresponsive last night next to a fence and a house on san antonio street. it appears the man lives in that home but police have not released information about his identity or how he died. neighbors say they were asked if they had heard people arguing. >> they didn't say who it was, two men, a woman. they just said arguing. >> people say the neighborhood is normally quiet and trouble free. this is the city's 40th homicide. >>> police are warning female students to watch their drinks carefully. people say there have been reports at spiked drinks at recent party. one victim said she was sexually assaulted. u cu. santa cruz police and -- uc scrauz police and the -- santa cruz police are investigating. police say don't leave drinks unattended, never accept an open drink from a stranger and avoid going to parties alone. >>> a private school commun

reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> we have new information this noontime on an outbreak of illness at a stanford dorm tire, santa collar county public health officials say it appears norovirus was the likely cause, as we told you last month 62 students who live at florence moore residence hall became ill, 7 had to be treated at stanford hospital. the university says it moved quickly to sanitize the hall which kept the virus from spreading. health officials say frequent hand washing is the best defense against norovirus, which is most common in the winter. >>> an entire town evacuated. we will tell you where this firey explosion occurred today and what officials believe caused it. >>> plus some lingering fog, ktvu's mark tamayo will be here to tell you when and where the strong winds are expected. >>> patrol officers in san francisco getting a new high tech device to fight crime. what advantages it will give officers on the streets. >>> a small town near dallas, texas, was evacuated today after a pipeline exploded and sent flames a

janine de la vega is at the airport now. you have talked to passengers who were happy they were safely able to land. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're here at the american airlines terminal where passengers who were on board that flight are now inside trying to get rerouted on another flight. now, we know that there was 136 people on board. they are all safe and they are now praising the pilot for keeping everybody calm. this is video from our rooftop camera in san jose of the american airlines md80 making that emergency landing. at around 6:45 this morning. flight 1118 departed from san jose at 6:20 headed for dallas. passengers say about 5 minutes into the flight and heard a boom. and pilot announced birds had struck one of the engines. the plane turned around and landed safely, but fire trucks were waiting on the tarmac as a precaution. here's what one passenger told us. >> we were going fine and then all of a sudden a dig big deceleration, you could feel the engine running down, stopping, a little bit

janine de la vega is live at san jose state with more on project pearl. >> reporter: several student groups have set up here in front of the events center here at san jose state university. you can see people have already dropped off canned goods and items like toilet paper and baby formula. those are items desperately needed overseas. >> it hits home for a lot of us. so we are raising awareness and raising funds and collecting canned foods, dry foods, medicineses. any -- medicines. any items that would help toward recover. >> reporter: they organized this drive at san jose state. the student filipino club and several fraternities and sororities will be stationed outside of the events center today through thursday. items needed are canned food, soap, feminine products, baby items, such as diaper and wipe. there's also a great need for medical supplies. so many people watching the coverage dropped off donations this morning. >> you never know when it will happen here with an earthquake or anything. a ka cass industry -- a catastrophe. we're fortunate enough to to be able to give back

. >>> but first, janine de la vega shows us all of the damage created by the wind including a deadly accident. she joins us now in oakland to show us how much work crews have where accomplished. good afternoon, janine? >> reporter: yes, they still have a lot more work to do. we're here on fifth street at jackson where you can see this tree is completely blocking the roadway and cars have to detour around it. it's been this way since 9:00 last night. a security guard is standing around here making sure that employees at the nearby businesses don't come running into this because earlier this morning, a car did come crashing into it because there was no yellow tape up at the time. they are wondering when public works crews will come. >> it would seem like somebody would be out here trying to do something about it. i got here about 7:30 this morning and it was downed and, you know, this is obviously a busy thoroughfare going through to 880. >> reporter: public works crews are coming because of the calls of downed trees. the department received 120 kiles for service that trees or limbs ha

janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to tell us what's in the agreement. janine? >> reporter: well, we're here at the police officers association union headquarters where a city representative just walked in and he went in with a signed copy of this tentative agreement. now, this agreement is a little more than a 10% increase for officers as far as pay goes. it's something the officers have been wanting for years. these are the terms of the tentative agreement. a 4% immediate increase plus retroactive pay. then on july 1st, 2014, officers would receive a 3.3% increase on on top of -- on top of that. and then in july of 2014, another raise kicks in. that basically restores the pay cut officers took back in 2010. morale has been low. since 2010, nearly 300 officers have retired or resigned from the police department. a portion of the 40 new recruits that just graduated had left to go work at other police agencies. now, the city voted in a closed session this morning and approved that meditated deal that was negotiated last week with the police union. the poa says th

ktvu's janine de la vega is live at the school. so janine, is the university doing anything about this? >> reporter: well, the d.a. 's office is reacting. but we reached out to the spokesperson to find out if there will be action taken, if the students will be sanctioned. we've not heard back. this alleged taunting happened at one of these high rises in the campus village dorms that you see behind me. the district attorney's office says three white male students are charged with misdemeanor hate crime and battery against their black freshman roommate who was 17 at the time. the incidents began in august and involved the defendants calling the black student a three-fifths or fraction, referring to how the u.s. census used to count black slaves. they placed a bike lock on the teen's neck and refused to dwiv him -- to give him a key to unlock it. they also hung a confederate flag in the room and barricaded the victim inside the closet trying to lock him in there. >> there's no joking about what's going on. i don't know how they though

i want to take you out to a scene right now ktvu janine de la vega is down at a fire seep. we understand this is some kind of party supply store. caught on fire. we can see a very big response down there. we understand we still see smogs there million but will go bag down to the scene. its friday, black friday november 29th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. you brought steve paulson? >> isn't it nice to see steve back? >> clear skies and everything as far as active weather. and its not that active down in southern california. for us we have clear skies. we will start off 30s, 40s, and 50s. for san jose we will start off with 42. here is sal. >>> the chp is investigating a deadly crash. it happened around 12:40 this morning. a driver got out of his car after crashing it into the center divide. another car struck and killed him when he left the crash scene and walked across the freeway. the chp says the driver immediately stopped and is cooperating with investigators. alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this tragic crash. let's go to

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we're also following developing news in the east bay where a woman was shot late last night in hayward. claudine wong is at the apartment complex where police found the victim. >> there are certainly a lot of questions here. and at this point we still do not even know who the victim is. police will tell us she is in surgery right now in critical condition. here's what what we know. it happened around 11:00. they got multiple 911 calls about shots fired. they got on on scene and found the parking lot area in the apartment complex. they went to hospital. she was suffering from multiple gunshot injuries. here's what she said about what happened >> right now there is not a lot of leads for us to go on. our inspectors or working every angle and eventually we will be able to get something from this. >> certainly we ask was there a party? was there something happening overnight in terms of halloween festivities or any kind of altercation that could be happening? that is what they are trying

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time 6:07. violence comes in the heat of the shopping frenzy. there was gunfire last night near chicago at a kohls department store. police chased two men suspected of stealing clothing. as one officer struggled with the suspect, his arm become tangled in the car. he was dragged by the car briefly before other officers fired shots into that car. >> we were telling him to stop the car because he was dragging the cop around. he didn't stop. the cop shot about four or five times. >> you saw that car it had several bullet holes and a shattered window. the police officer and driver were treated for nonlife threatening injuries. the investigation continues. >>> with retail stores staying open all night for black friday sales, san francisco police are warning you be extra vigilant. katie utehs is live in union square right now. the shoppers will converge out there. or are they doing it now? >> reporter: dave, we haven't seen the density of shoppers we normally would. that is because many of the stores

. >> ktvu janine de la vega has been live at the scene since 4:30. she will have a report coming up in our next half hour. >>> i want to go to live pictures now. westbound as you can see at the toll plaza. we still have not had the metering lights turned on and you can tell because people are just kind of coming up and the metering lights or the toll plaza is not getting filled in. when that happens we'll let you know. still a pretty decent drive. san mateo bridge the same thing goes. traffic is still moving along pretty nicely over to the peninsula as you drive over to 101. as we look at a big view of the south bay, no major crashes that are reported anywhere. let's go back to the desk. >>> all right. we go back to our breaking news in san jose. we've been following for nearly an hour now. the past half hour that situation changed. we are live overhead news chopper 2 of this victorian that caught fire. flames no longer can be seen there from the roof. we did just get off the phone with the fire department and they tell us that fire is still not cont

ktvu janine de la vega is joining us live from san jose state. what are students saying? >> reporter: a lot of the students i'm running into say they haven't heard this news and they are worried. its already tough to get the classes they want and they think the cuts will make it even more difficult. over the past couple of years san jose state faced a $32 million budget deficit. we were originally told by some faculty members that they said that $16 million needed to be cut. i just got off the phone with the university spokeswoman who say said that its more around the $4 million range that needs to be cut for the spring semester. now department chairs have been asked to combine class sections and increase class sizes in an attempt to accommodate as many students as last year. some students are worrying if they will have to push back graduation and they are frustrated. >> it sounds crazy. we are building new buildings and then we have budget cuts. its disheartening. we are paying good money for our education and every year it gets worse. >> reporter: its unknown how many c

janine de la vega is at the scene right now to tell us what happened out there, janine. >> reporter: we're on monterey road near san jose avenue. the scene has been cleared here but you can still see the police markings here on the ground where the car hit the woman crossing the road right around this area here. now, let's go to some video where you can see right around where you see this man crossing monterey. it's where a 50-year-old woman was hit by a small silver sedan. it happened last night just before 11:00. emergency crews were not able to save the woman who police say appears to be a transient. the male driver of the car that hit her who we're told was in his late 60s stopped and is cooperating with police. he was not arrested. police are still investigating. they've interviewed witnesses and they were able to determine that the woman was not crossing in the crosswalk. now, this is the 23rd pedestrian death of the year in san jose. we're told that's the highest that it's been in the past eight years in san jose. so some alarming numbers there. reporting live from san jose, j

ktvu's janine de la vega is live with more. good morning, janine. >> reporter: goorl -- good morning. we're here at silver creek high school. there's a sign that says no school today. no electricity. there are some students hanging around. they didn't get the message. they were surprised some -- the principal has just been informed in the last 20 minutes by pg&e that electricity won't come back on until noon and that's just a safety hazard for students to stay here in the school in the morning without power. so the principal canceled it. >> i'm gonna go back and make sure they get a second message through the phone and e-mail saying there's no school today and tomorrow we'll resume at the normal time. >> reporter: that was the sound of power coming back on at 10th and julian streets in downtown san jose at about 5:30 a.m. last night, a power pole had caught on fire and pg&e crews de-energized it and worked to repair it. that was one of many outages, causing 15,000 customers to lose electricity. at this point, we're being told m

janine de la vega will tell us what is planned ahead of today. >> reporter: this is on the mind of many of the student here on campus and some are saying suspend being the four students accused of this hate crime is not enough so an online petition has been started. more than 1200 people have signed asking the university to expel the students who racially taunted them. they also want financial aid to it be take an way from them. another aid should be held responsibility for nor -- responsible for not taking action sooner. they released this last last week for putting a bicycle lock around his name. they willen adding force imprisonment and they are trying to find out why this went on so long and why immediate action was not taken a news press conference will take place and the black student union is also having a black monday event right before that to discuss their next action. we do hear that the president of san jose state university will also be speaking at today's news conference. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well the strong wind

janine de la vega is in sunnyvale to tell us more about what's going on out there. what people are saying. >> reporter: dave, whenever the issue of gun control comes up, people have passionate opinions. one man says he thinks more regulates -- regular lates are needed -- regulations are needed. this measure would require anyone whose gun is lost or stolen to inform police within 48 hours. and it requires those who sell ammunition to log and track sales. a local gun store is against the measure. opponents say it will not stop shootings. instead, it will generate lawsuits against the city. we found residents who plan to vote tomorrow and found differing opinions. i plan to vote yes, on measure c. i think from the perspective of being a parent protecting my kids. >> they make it impossible for the good people to have a gun. the good people who have a gun could be at risk from these rules if you read it, you will see what i mean. if you have a magazine, if you -- if you have a stolen gun, you report it. >> reporter: the nra is threatening to sue if this passes, saying i

janine de la vega joins us now with the damage elsewhere in the east bay. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. well, the winds were so strong last night that it blew over this sign showing the prices at the world gas station. you know, it's very heavy. so that tells you how powerful the gusts were. fortunately, it didn't injure anyone. just damage to the sound and the plants below. there were numerous reports of trees down throughout concord that came down last night when winds were blowing hard. this tree uprooted and toppled over into the street. it damaged the gate, bending the iron bars at the apartment complex where it was growing. it also started one man walking on the sidewalk when he says it came crashing down in front of him. >> it took off this whole lane right here all the way to the next curb. tried to take a picture. it was too dark. hopefully there's nobody out here that got blocked off. vehicles going around. buses. >> reporter: earlier this morning, the winds were blowing about 30, who miles an hour. here's video that we took ear

janine de la vega just talked to a police lieutenant and why there is a need out there. janine? >> reporter: police tell me right now, they just have one front viewing camera on their patrol cars. but the equipment that they want the council to approve tonight would have four cameras. one in the front, one on the back. it would all be in high definition. now, the department would like to start a pilot program for nine of its officers who regularly work as a traffic safety team. a lot of them ride motorcycles. they say it will help them capture -- capture video. the video has become instrumental in law enforcement training and in collecting evidence. city leaders say the camera has served as a toll for officers' safety and accountability. we asked people if they thought the city should spend money on the technology. >> i think it's a good idea to record what they are seeing and make sure everything ask accurate. >> that's too much, you know. i don't think it's necessary. we have one on the street. we got one in the tree. that's -- i mean, my opinion, i don't think it's necessary.

janine de la vega, cut. >> thank you. >>> 8:36. several agencies are investigating the big scrap metal fire in redwood city. sunday even's fire prompted shelter-in-place warnings in three bay area counties. people living in parts of the san mateo, alameda and zlar counties were -- and santa clara counties were all sold to stay indoors to avoid breathing unhealthy air. the air quality management district is looking into dozens of complaints and the company could be facing stiff fines. investigators are also trying to determine how the fire started. >>> only on 2 -- ktvu has learned that oakland police officers flew to chicago last week to find out new ways to reduce crime. last year, chicago had more than 450 homicides. but this year, the city's police department says homicides are down 19%. there's been a 15% drop in overall crime. the chicago police credits its procedural justice training. it teaches police officers how to treat people fairly and let them know their voice is being heard. six oakland police officers went to chicago

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. now there are many, local, national, international efforts to help the typhoon victims. we posted a list of ways you can help out. go to ktvu.com. just scroll down to the web links. >>> there's a warning out for female students at u.s. santa cruz. police say -- uc santa cruz. police say there have been reports that women's drinks at recent parties may have been spiked with unknown drugs. in at least one incident, the victim said she was sexually assaulted. uc santa cruz police and city of santa cruz police are now investigating. police say to avoid this happening to you, don't leave your drinks unattended. never accept and open drink from a stranger and avoid going to parties by yourself. >>> a mother in el sobrante is warning for others parents after a stranger walked into her daughter's school and apparently tried to pick her up. the girl attends el sobrante christian school on argyle road. it's a small, private elementary school. the principal admits mistakes were made when the man

janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right janine, don't lose the hat. >>> sal has been talking about this all morning long. chp has issued a wind advisory. drivers being urged to use caution. slow down. the highway patrol warning drivers keep both hands on the wheel. i will tell you i definitely felt my car move this morning. it will be a bumpy ride as you pass through windy areas especially on a bridge. ? get used to the sounds of that. electric chain saws. you will probably hear that all morning long. we've been showing you cleanup crews have been working hard to cut trees that were blown right on to the roadways. this is is in the east bay. last night workers spent several hours removing all the mess in the area of magnolia avenue and el cerrito avenue in piedmont. strong winds snapped a tree, damaged a nearby car but fortunately no one was injured. >> we want to show you this story from brian perez. he came across this fence. it look the like it collapsed because of the wind. check out this photo. a tree and branches fell down on top of a car. we want to see your pictures o

before you vote ktvu's janine de la vega gives us both sides of the argument. >> year after the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut sunnyville mayor is leading the push for stricter gun control here. >> it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: it require as gun owner to tell police if their gun is lost or stolen and prohibits ammunition magazines of more than 10 rounds and required to lock their guns away if they aren't in their immediate possession. >> if you have a magazine stolen and you don't report it you are liability. >> reporter: gun stores would be required to maintain records of ammunition sales. those who are prohibited from owning guns would be detoured from purchasing ammunition. they say it infringes on rights. some say the restrictions make them vulnerables. >> going to make us more targets. they know you can't have an armed weppened. >> supporters say -- weapons. >> reporter: supporters say it is needed. >> it has to stop. the only way is maybe make people more aware that if you legally own a gun take care of it better. >> reporter: voters will get a chanc

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:37. many people without high school diplomas are now rushing to take the g.e.d. before the test changes this january. it's the first update to the test in more than a decade. test takers will be required to use a computer instead of a pencil and paper. it will cost more to take the test. some testing centers are extending their hours due to the increased demand. >>> new details this morning about a man who was shot and killed yesterday by fairfield police. police say 24-year-old deante trailer was on patrol for robbery and had a long criminal history. the incident started when police responded to a home and found a woman stabbed 30 times. police say they chased trailer and opened fire when he came at them with a knife. the woman who was stabbed is still in critical condition. >>> people protesting the deadly shooting the 13-year-old andy lopez say they will conduct their own investigation into what happened. lopez was shot and killed two weeks ago by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy while

janine de la vega is joining us live. she is in sunnyvale now. what is it all about janine? >> reporter: its called measure c and tightens gun control in the city. opponents say sunnyvale already has a low crime rate and the ordnance isn't needed. but supporters say that this measure is all about trying to prevent another mass shooting, injuries, and accidental death. measure c would require a gun owner to report to police more than 48 hours if their firearm is lost or stolen. it would require those that sell ammunition to log and track sales. the push is being led by the mayor saying he wants to minimize risk to families from stolen, improperly secured, or incapacitated weapons being in the wrong hands. opponents say it will not stop shootings instead it would generate lawsuits. we reached out to both the mayor and the gun store this morning to talk about the issue and we're still waiting to hear back from both of them. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new information on the desperate search for a missing man in san francisco. police now hop

reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:37. i want to show you more bay area election results. by a 62 and 38% vote, voters in san francisco rejected proposition b the waterfront condo project. and despite the support of lieutenant governor gavin newsom and mayor ed lee am companion measure that would wave a height limit for that project it also lost. proposition b supporters out spent opponents 2-1. it would allow two condominium buildings to replace -- the project would have created jobs and a public park. critics which included the sierra club says the condo project exceeded the height limit in that area. we have new details about other high profile propositions in the bay area. voters in antioch approved measure c. starting next april the city's sales tax will go up half am cent so they can hire more police officers. you can find complete election results on our channel 2 website. but also have the final numbers you will see them on the bottom of your tv screen throughout our newscast. >>> in a story you will see only on 2,

ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live at the great mall in milpitas, somehow it going out there. >> reporter: it's going good. you're going to see a lot of signs like this, additional 50% off. lots of signs like that in the store windows, now right now there's a little bit of a lull right now. it's not as crazy as it was when the doors opened at 8 last night. we are told there's about 1500 people waiting in line at each of the entrances to get in. now it's died down. it may be a good time if you're thinking about coming and you're sort of on the fence about coming here. there's a lot of sales happening here. people of course want to take advantage of that. economists are predicting merchants are going to do much better this year compared to the rest of the country. the reason, the robust local economy. outside the area, analysts say consumers may be looking for essentially, practice call -- practical items for the holidays. the unemployment rate is lower than the national average, and shoppers say they are going to be spending more than last year. the mall spokeswoman said they will

janine de la vega is joining us now from san jose to talk about how many people still in the dark. >> reporter: yeah. there is good news. they have been able to make some progress. the latest numbers i got from pg&e is now just about 400 people are still without power in the san jose area. now right now we are in downtown san jose at santa clara street and 26th street where you can see the traffic lights are out here. power has been out since 8:45 last night in this neighborhood. we just witnessed a lot of people just running this light because its not on instead of stopping and waiting. and now the video that you are looking at, that is video of the power coming back on at tenth and julian street in downtown san jose. the top of the power pole caught fire last night. pg&e crews de-energized it and that is what caused an outage to 4300 people in the area. they work to repair it and restored power around 5:30 a.m.. pg&e crews have been scattered throughout the south bay. there were 20 outages effecting 15,000 customers in san jose. one customer told us he is not surprised. >> every tim

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:46. george zimmerman arrested again in florida, and this morning we're hearing the 9-1-1 call his girlfriend made after he allegedly assaulted her. >> i'm doing this again? you just broke my glass table. you just broke my sunglasses and you put your gun in my fricken face. get out of my house. do not push me out of my house. >> and george zimmerman is due to appear in court later today after being charged with felony aggravated assault and two misdemeanors. he was arrested in seminole county florida. his girlfriend claimed he upon thed a gun at her during an argument. zimmerman told police his girlfriend is pregnant. but she denied that. tonight people living at a san fransisco housing complex will hold a rally right outside the mission district police station. this follows a violent confrontation between police and residents of valencia garden apartments on friday. this was caught on tape. a lot of residents claim police brutality. they say the police officers overreacted while trying to

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us what is being targeted. >> reporter: holiday shoppers are already hitting stores for early sales. but how well are they hiding valuables in the car. >> i always lock it, make sure there's nothing obvious sticking out. >> i've had my car broken into before. it's made me more cautious. >> reporter: police say in mountain view say they've experienced a rash of car break- ins. so far this month, 46. in palo alto, 40. last night six vehicles were hit at restaurants including the fish market on el camino real. officers are noticing a good portion of the cars are rentals. >> they are seeing if there's any bags, computer type equipment and smashing the windows and removing the autos and fleeing the scene. >> reporter: downtown palo alto was getting a lot of activity and say thieves seem to be traveling south. officers are following leads to track down the various groups operating the. with the holiday season police know that stanford shopping center will be a hot spot for thieves. officers advise keeping your cell phone with you and to put shopping bags in the trun

ktvu channel 2 news, janine de la vega. >>> police in san francisco are searching for the man accused of shooting and killing a woman outside of a nightclub over the weekend. he's identified as michael green, a 23-year-old pacific islander 5'11", 230 pounds who lives on the peninsula and is known to drive a 2001 mercedes. green is accused of killing malqwisha warren and injuring her friend after an argument over a minor fender-bender at a club called omg. >>> some san francisco police officers could be equipped with wearable cameras. the police chief said the cameras would have been again fishal in last -- beneficial in last week's confrontation at the valencia gardens apartment complex. the pilot program is set to begin in two weeks and is being funded by a $250,000 federal grant. >>> and a wanted parolee is in police custody after leading police on a high-speed chase this morning. the chp says 38-year-old ryan campbell was wanted on a no- bail arrest warrant. he was driving a stolen utility truck and led police on a high- speed chase on highway 101 around 1:30 this morning. chp fina

i want to take you out to a scene right now ktvu janine de la vega is down at a fire seep. we understand this is some kind of party supply store. caught on fire. we can see a very big response down there. we understand we still see smogs there million but will go bag down to the scene. its friday, black friday november 29th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us what passengers experienced on board and what the airport has in place to handle bird strikes. >> reporter: as this american airlines m.d.-80 made an emergency landing this morning many passengers breathed a sigh of level as it landed, several minutes prior those on board heard a loud noise. >> i heard a pop, seen a flash and the airplane slowed down a little bit. >> you could feel the engine was stopping so harrowing really. >> it departed heading to dallas but a bird struck the engine, the pilot immediately turned it around to land, fire trucks were waiting as a precaution but no one was injured. >> it is a huge concern for us, safety is our number one priority for aircraft operations. >> from january to july the faa reports 46 bird strikes at the san jose bird strike and has a plan to discourage them from being at the airport, this is the time of the year that birds my great so since september they have been stepping up efforts and biologists have been deploying tactics, including shooting birds down and hazing. >> hazing is using sound makers. >> fro