medina, kpix5. >>> tonight, more atf members are joining the investigation into what caused the fire at a construction site in emeryville. the fire broke out saturday. investigators are calling it suspicious. and, this is the second time in less than a year that this apartment building on san pablo avenue has burned. 25 additional investigators have been called in now to determine if it was arson. >>> tonight, new evidence that oakland police knew about illegal activity at the ghost ship warehouse before last year's deadly fire. veronica de la cruz shows us the body camera video. >> reporter: the video is from two years ago, but the east bay times just released it. it shows how police missed a red flag. >> we are working all night. we have like a benefit on saturday. >> september, 2014, derek almina said he worked at the warehouse and planned to host an event there the next day, that would have been illegal, but the officer did not question if he had an event permit. >> the city is culpable in what happened here. they say they protect and serve their citizens. >> 36 people died in de

maria medina spoke with the rescue team trying to save the animals tonight. >> we're hoping that we can save as many as we can. >> reporter: the burns all over their body. >> swollen eyes, severely burned ears. >> reporter: these veterinarians are doing all they can to save them, but only time will tell. >> we still aren't sure how things are going to go with these guys. >> reporter: facing tough terrain and fearful animals, san jose animal care center control officers didn't hesitate to rush to the burning hillside around 1:00 this afternoon to rescue the goats from the flames. >> when the first goat came in, the first thing that we all kind of got hit with was the burning smell. >> reporter: it was pretty much all hands on deck as the goats came in one by one becoming priority for the center that also serves as an adoption shelter. >> we did not expect this. we have to adapt our shelter to make sure that we can have the goats. >> reporter: there are 15 goats in all. most of them are here and this is where they'll stay until they can go home. unfortunately a couple of them are in criti

kpix 5 maria medina is there tonight. >> reporter: this is where the deputy worked for a decade. you can see the flag at half staff in memory. investigators are trying to figure out what led up to the accident. >> reporter: an inpromote ceremony followed by -- impromptu reception followed by a ceremony. after they found the sheriff deputy's badge in his car. >> he had just worked the midnight shift and was headed home. >> reporter: the most recent assignment at the jail. investigators say he slowed down or stopped for unknown reasons going eastbound 580 just after 7:00 a.m. when a bus carrying tesla employees slammed into him. one stockton man wrote on facebook, "got into a major accident, rear ended a buggy." everyone was asleep on the shuttle. >> it is a tragic loss for their family and for our law enforcement community. >> reporter: the department still mourning the loss of a deputy killed by a prison bus a few months ago. now grieving ken's sudden death. as words spread his friends reached out to each other on social media. i sit here and look at the photo in disbelief you're

maria medina spoke to the owner of the hall in an interview you will see only on kpix 5. >> reporter: the honor of royal palace says the bride invited 900 people instead of the 700 she said she would. when police arrived, they even had a hard time controlling the crowd. the video you are about to see may be disturbing. cell phone video of the brawl shows the violence at arrested outside royal palace -- erupted outside royal palace. you can see three men repeatedly beating one man on the ground. the manager of the royal palace and also a witness to what happened. >> all of a sudden i heard a noise.>> reporter: dozens of the wedding party suddenly began fighting in the parking lot and admits he could only get two of the seven security guards he told the bride and groom they would offer that night.>> i agreed that we had security issues. even if we would have had seven or eight, they would not have been out in the parking lot. >> reporter: the security guards are only hired to watch the inside of the building and when one of them did go outside, he got punched as well. the owner of the b

in fremont, maria medina, kpix 5 you can see much more of the interviews with tesla employees tomorrow on cbs this morning at 4:30 am. >>> we are learning about another deadly case of botulism in the bay area. this time in napa county. health officials say the person passed away last month and the cases related to canned goods. the death is not connected to a botulism outbreak traced to this gas station in walnut grove . earlier this month a man from antioch died after eating nacho cheese from the gas station that was tainted with a toxin. health officials say several other people also got sick from the cheese including one woman who is now paralyzed.>>> a family from oakland is living in fear and they are now looking for a new place to live tonight after their nine-year- old son was shot on his birthday. police say the boy is still in the hospital tonight after getting hit in the leg and the torso late sunday night by stray bullets. it happened just before 11 pm. the family was out walking the dog. the boy is in stable condition. the shooter is on the loose. >>> investigators are foll

only on 5 maria medina reports on a federal investigation underway on now executives were allowed to walk right onto the tarmac. >> reporter: one security breach after another, including a teen stow-a way and a woman simply able to jump the fence. >> concerning, but it motivates us to insure we have the safest airport possible. >> reporter: but now kpix5 is learning of yet another security branch at manetta, one that went undetected until a tipster came forward. according to a law enforcement source, the tipster tomorrow investigators he or she worked at google and tech execs of the company were passing along a code that opened the signature flight support gate at manetta. >> they have access to the whole commercial side of the airport. >> reporter: a security issue prompting investigation by the tsa, the agency confirming could result in times. >> al-qaeda has told us they want to come and get us and have done so through the use of airplanes. isis is the same way. everybody knows if you want a lot of bang for the buck, take down a commercial airliner. >> reporter: the tech execs the

maria medina is live at levi's. is the show over yet, maria? >> reporter: that is the big question of the night. a 49ers spokesperson said the show would end at 10:00. that did not happen. youtube just left the stage a few minutes ago well past the deadline and the question now is will the 49ers be fined? ♪[ music ] >> reporter: from start to finish u2 played their classic album the joshua tree for the first time in decades. but did the music go silent right when the clock struck 10:00? city of santa clara leaders say if it didn't, the 49ers leaders who manage levi's stadium will be in violation of city curfew and fines. >> we had some issues in the past with concerts that department start on time -- did not start on time that were being held in the middle of the week. >> reporter: for you two and their fans who -- for u2 and their fans who flew from all over the world found themselves in the middle of a spat they hoped wouldn't impact the show. >> i flew in from el salvador. i'm disappointed. i thought it would last long early. >> reporter:

maria medina reports from oakland with witnesses' descriptions of the chaos. >> reporter: a much different scene out here now compared to this morning. this morning, there was panic and chaos and you can see behind me a tarp where the accident happened. cal/osha preserving that site to figure out what happened. >> next thing you know everything collapsed. >> reporter: the scene unfolded here. >> too much weight. it was a wrap and it was just too much weight. everything broke. >> reporter: he says the second floor scaffold suddenly collapsed as workers poured concrete leaving some hanging from the now bent wire rods. others fell about 2 stories. >> we got here, everyone was on the bottom floor trapped in the wet cement. >> reporter: oakland firefighters say when they arrived around 9:30 a.m., workers were already using shovels and pieces of plywood to rescue the victims. >> it was' great rescue and cooperation. >> i had to go see how they were. >> reporter: investigators say up to 20 workers fell. a dozen of them sent to the hospital. all with minor injuries leaving major questions. >> some

kpix5's maria medina is live in san jose. maria, you discovered some red flags when this guy was working for another bay area city? >> reporter: well, ken, we're talking about a man who was hired to help the very poor find housing in richmond, but while some lived in horrible conditions he was eating $400 meals and taxpayers were paying for it. >> roaches or mice, bedbugs. >> i can't put them in my cab because bugs get in there. >> reporter: several years ago residents at the richmond hacienda apartments got so fed up with living conditions . >> there's still dead roaches underneath my sink. >> reporter: -- they called for the firing of jim jones. audits found under his watch it was at a $700,000 deficit while he ate on the taxpayers' dime. last year he landed a job with san jose as deputy director for the housing department. considering his past, what does the city see in him to hire him? >> he's extremely knowledgeable. >> reporter: the city spokesperson said they knew about jones' past issues when they hired him but say th

maria medina reports. >> reporter: tesla isn't remaining silent. they are speaking out. but so are test will employees who say enough is enough. >> we're all burned-out. >> reporter: jonathan is one of several tesla employees who told "cbs this morning" they are overworked into exhaustion. >> four of us doing a six man job nonstop running a marathon. >> reporter: a report by health and safety group shows injuries at the fremont factory 31% higher than the industry average in 2015. and the rate of serious injuries about double the industry rate. >> it's coming from a small number. >> reporter: but tesla management says there's another side to this story. >> not really reflective of the environment that you see here and that you'll hear from the rest of our employees. >> reporter: kpix 5 spoke to a current tesla factory worker who wanted to remain anonymous. he claims, quote, do i see unsafe practices? yes. however, he says, they are not tolerating unsafe practices anymore. the electric car company admits some employees worked significant amounts of overtime so the company

maria medina shows us how a team of veterinarians is banding together to save the ghost. [ baaa! >> we are hoping to save them. >> reporter: the burns all over their bodies. >> burned eyes and ears. >> reporter: the lead vet say they are doing all they can to save them but only time will tell. >> we're not sure about how things are going to go with these goats. >> reporter: facing tough terrain and fearful animals, san jose animal care center control officers didn't hesitate to rush to the burning hillside to rescue the goats from the flames. >> when the first goat came in, the first thing that we all kind of got, you know, hit with was the smell. you know, the burning smell. >> reporter: it was all hands on deck as the goats came in one by one becoming priority for the center that also serves as an adoption shelter. >> we did not expect this. we have to adapt our shelter to make sure we can have them. >> reporter: there are 15 goats in all most of them here and this is where they will stay until they can go home. unfortunately, a couple of them are in critical condition. >> one

maria medina is there and has been talking with family friends. >> reporter: a fell friend said they are degrees -- a family friended they are devastated. the couple really loved their family. two of the kids were home at the time of the shooting. >> he didn't give this family choices. he didn't give my officer a choice. >> reporter: a couple murdered in cold blood inside their home while their kids were there. >> and it's just a tragic, tragic incident perpetrated. >> reporter: tonight a family friend tells kpix5 this was a really good immigrant family who did everything right and didn't deserve a fate like this. the co-workers say they just saw the vp of engineering yesterday. >> a good person actually and a very good human being. >> reporter: the suspect identified by a police source as mirza tatlik also now dead shot by an officer after taking the couple's 13-year-old son hostage. >> he was armed with a son and really surprised the victims for all intents and purposes. >> reporter: the police chief said the suspect's failed relationship with the couple's daughter is likely a reas

maria medina spoke to the owner of the hall. [ screaming and cursing ] >> reporter: cell phone video of the brawl shows the violence that erupted outside royal palace. at one point, you see three men repeatedly beating one man on the ground. >> it's hard when this kind of things happen. >> reporter: [ non-english language] name manager of the royal palace and also a witness to what happened. >> all of a sudden i heard the noise. >> reporter: he said dozens at the wedding party suddenly began fighting outside in the parking lot and said he could only get two of the seven security guards he told the bride and groom they would offer that night. >> i completely agree that we had some security issues. but even though if we would have had seven or eight or 15 security guards inside the building, they were not meant to be outside in the parking lot with this kind of fight. >> reporter: he says his security guards are only hired to watch the inside of the building. and when one of them did go outside, he got punched, as well. [ screaming and cursing ] >> reporter: but the owner of the banque

raymaria -- maria medina is live on campus. >> reporter: tonight we're learning a professor is suing the university for heaid he wan students, but the university wanted to protect itself. this is the professor at the center of a university investigation put on paid leave accused of sexually harassing students. according to the lawsuit we obtained, it was another professor who brought one of the student's complaints to the university, but then professor jason laker wondered why his colleague stayed on the job even after sjsu concluded he had acted inappropriately. because laker did not agree, he says administrators including former dean elaine chin and associate dean mary mcveigh made up lies about him and encouraged others to file grievances against him. his lawsuit against sjsu says in part, "these retaliatory actions were taken to intimidate laker and show his protected activity of opposing sexual harassment by his colleague." now if you remember, we also uncovered an investigation that was launched into a couple administrators possibly lying about one of the complaints against pro

raymaria -- maria medina is live on campus. >> reporter: tonight we're learning a professor is suing the university for retaliation. he said he wanted to protect students, but the university wanted to protect itself. this is the professor at the center of a university investigation put on paid leave accused of sexually harassing students. according to the lawsuit we obtained, it was another professor who brought one of the student's complaints to the university, but then professor jason laker wondered why his colleague stayed on the job even after sjsu concluded he had acted inappropriately. because laker did not agree, he says administrators including former dean elaine chin and associate dean mary mcveigh made up lies about him and encouraged others to file grievances against him. his lawsuit against sjsu says in part, "these retaliatory actions were taken to intimidate laker and show his protected activity of opposing sexual harassment by his colleague." now if you remember, we also uncovered an investigation that was launched into a couple administrators possibly lying about one

kpix 5's maria medina on her ordeal that ended hundreds of miles away in another state. >> reporter: the san jose state student just one day away from graduation told investigators a man she didn't know kidnapped her at knifepoint at her off campus apartment complex in san jose on friday between 8:30 and 9 a.m. he then forced her to drive 500 miles north into oregon. but it was there in coos county where her car ran out of gas. and that's when the 22-year-old victim says she seize the a small window of opportunity to escape her abductor running into a grassy area off highway 101 near ban done where she hid for a couple of hours until she flagged down a driver who helped her call police at 10:18 p.m. the entire ordeal lasted more than 12 hours. an investigator in oregon says he believes the victim's story. san jose police have yet to interview her. the search for the suspect continues. maria medina, kpix 5. >>> a passionate plea from a prosecutor in the sierra lamar case as he urged jurors to sentence antolin garcia-torres to death. he said the fact that sierra has never been found sh

kpix 5's maria medina joins us live at the construction site in oakland with the latest. >> reporter: this was the scene of chaos and panic this morning. one worker described to us why he rushed to the site. >> some of those coworkers are my family members. >> reporter: the screen dramatic, the injuries minor but the investigation could mean serious citations for the subcontractor largo concrete incorporated. >> they want to preserve the site to see what happened. >> reporter: cal/osha will try to find out what happened. the scaffold collapsed as workers poured concrete sending up to 20 people falling to stories into the wet cement and now they are dangling from the now bent rebar. >> like quicksand. but they were only trapped up to their knees. >> reporter: oakland firefighters say when they arrived, workers were already helping the victims using shovels and pieces of plywood. >> it was a very great rescue. >> some of them were not doing their job. >> reporter: lewis says someone is supposed to always watch the site in case something goes wrong. but he claims no one got a warning. a

but kpix 5's maria medina is back with new information. she says the d.a.'s office has some serious questions. >> reporter: hours after our story aired uncovering the santa clara district attorney's investigation into two sjsu administrators last year, the university wanted its side to be heard releasing this statement: it's important to note that the investigation initiated by the deputies district attorney did not result in any criminal charges. the crime was even identified and the investigation was formally closed in september 2016. and the university is right. there is no evidence dean alain chin and associate dean mary mcvay lied. in a letter to a whistle-blower obtained by kpix 5 the deputy district attorney says their investigation was hampered because the sjsu lawyer objected to witness interviews being recorded and also because of this. chin and mcvay told an investigator before a 2015 sexual harassment complaint against a professor he had no other formal or informal complaints against him but turns out there was. air 2014 anonymous complaint. the

maria medina, kpix 5. >> now, the bus driver says the sun was in his eyes and he didn't see that car. as maria mentioned, just a few months ago, the alameda county sheriffs department lost another deputy, mike foeley. this is back in february. he was hit and killed by an inhate bus working at the san la rita jail, the same jail where deputy kin worked. >>> an arsonist in the east bay has struck again. this morning, that fire bug is still on the loose. there have been at least 7 cars technologicalled in the east bay over the past -- torched in the east bay in the past few days. firefighters found in car burned out yesterday around 2:00 a.m. in the morning. that 911 call came in as firefighters were putting out another car fire just a couple miles away. the owner of the car says he woke up to flames and smoke in front of his house. >> do you know who called 911. >> i heard it was a neighbor. if it had been left to me, it probably would have ended up in my house because i was asleep. >> so far investigators say it appears the cars were chosen at random in the middle of the night. right n

kpix 5's maria medina discovered as >>> one of san jose's new employees mysteriously quit after only two weeks on the job. mar ia discovered some red flags when he was working for another bay area city. >> roaches, mice, bed bugs. >> reporter: several years ago, renters at the richmond apartments got so fed up with filthy living conditions -- >> there's still dead roaches underneath my sink. >> reporter: they called for the firing of tim jones, the man who oversaw the city's housing authority. audits found under his watch, the agency ran a $700,000 deficit. but last month, jones landed a new senior management job with san jose. as deputy director for the housing department. considering his past, what did the city see in him that you guys hired him? >> he's extremely knowledgeable. >> reporter: the city spokes person says they knew about his past issues when they hired him but said that experience made him a top candidate. >> when you have somebody who's been through a spot of trouble some areas, you learn from that and become very -- have a deeper knowledge and awareness. >> reporter

as maria medina reports, many are reaching out to support the family including steph curry. >> kimberly -- she is one of a kind. >> reporter: kimberly's number one fan and not just because he's her dad. she was that good on the court. he was there as always watching kim play basketball at mission college on saturday. >> she fell and hit her head on the floor. >> reporter: he says his daughter fought to stay in the game insisting she was fine. minutes later, she collapsed and had a seizure. >> keep praying hopefully i hope and -- >> she was one of my best friends. >> reporter: doctors did everything. but they couldn't save her. they also couldn't tell them why she died. >> happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: she just turned 16 last month. >> we will always remember her for the amazing person that she was. >> reporter: her classmates at homestead high said it's been emotional for them and her teachers. she was named most valuable player on the jv basketball team. >> how happy was she when she got that? >> oh, she was so happy. >> reporter: her passion for basketball displayed on her ro

kpix 5's maria medina is live outside the meeting with the response from the school district tonight. maria. >> reporter: the board is now in a closed-door session. before that parents lined up to talk saying the district failed to tell them a predator was among their children until the media reported it. >> we need to know when we have an active predator around. >> and i just don't trust you guys. >> there's not a sense of safety in terms of the administration making us aware because it's obvious that a lot of this is kept private. >> reporter: one by one parents expressed concerns to school board members. >> they have not only allowed the predator to remain on campus but failed to tell the community about the disturbing events. >> reporter: it comes interest district staff allowing a teenager to stay in school even after learning this february about his 2015 conviction for a sex crime. but that wasn't only blemish on the boy's record. last year a female student reported him to school leaders also for sexual assault. >> my daughter has two classes with the person in question. he has

maria medina existence. >>> we are learning details about the victim of a deadly crash in alameda. coroner identified the two people a 17-year-old man and 17- year-old woman. "skydrone5" flying over the crash scene where a silver pickup truck came to rest. the female was driving and speeding when she hit a minivan and rolled. five other young people in the truck were critically injured. >>> investigators may be zeroing in on the cause of a waterslide accident in dublin over the weekend. a camera on the emerald plunge at the city's new waterpark the wave shows a ten-year-old boy being launched over the side rail and landing on the concrete. this happened on opening day. that slide and two others have been closed since then while cal/osha investigators find out what happened. >> we are looking into the angle of descent, whether the water level was right for riders of all sizes and how it was configured and whether there needs to be changed made before it's opened again. >> the boy's injuries were not serious. >>> new at 5:00 more questions about accounting at cal. the latest issue ce

at levi's stadium maria medina, kpix5. >> the mayor got back to us late tonight and said the city did get a lot of noise complaints despite what the team told us. >>> a hike along a remote trail in humboldt county could have ended in tragedy. instead this happened, a coastguard helicopter rescue. a 29-year-old woman was hiking the lost coast trail in humboldt county, got injured. fortunately she was carrying an emergency radio beacon and was able to signal for help. she was medevaced to the hospital with unknown injuries. >>> he was one of california's most notorious serial killers. investigators across the state worked tirelessly to track him down. in the end it was a 13-year-old boy who brought the night stalker to justis it. now he's a grown man and tonight he's telling his story to tom wait. >> reporter: richard ramirez terrorized, raped and murdered. his killing spree was brought down with the help of this 13- year-old boy james romero, now 45 living in arizona. >> he looked right at me. >> reporter: james is describing his face to face encounter where ramirez on a summer night b

medina says the d.a.'s office has some serious questions about how san jose state handled it. maria. >> reporter: well, veronica, professor here has not one but two cases of sexual harassment against him and the d.a.'s office wanted to know if administrators lied about one of those cases essentially breaking the law. professor lewis counselor of education, accused by a student of sexual harassment in 2015. a university investigation concluded he did act inappropriately. but it wasn't until the "mercury news" asked questions that san jose put him on leave. the santa clara county d.a. looked into how san jose state handled the investigation, specifically whether two administrators lied. a former dean and associate dean allegedly told a university investigator they knew of no other formal or informal complaints against the professor. but there was another case against him a 2014 anonymous complaint. the word anonymous is key because chin and mcvay said there weren't any formal or informal complaints. in other

in oakland maria medina, kpix5. >>> tonight we're learning that subcontractor, largo concrete, has a long list of safety problems on its record. cal-osha tells us it has inspected largo concrete, incorporated, a total of 11 times in the past five years. four of those indents were accident related inspections and three of the 11 inspections conducted statewide resulted in violations for workplace safety hazards. the agency will now look to see what happened in oakland. largo concrete is based in southern california. it does have an office here in the bay area. the company's been in business more than 25 years. >>> new revelations tonight about contacts between president trump's son-in-law and russia. reporter dave bryan has the very latest on senior white house advisor jared kushner. >> reporter: one day after it was revealed that jared kushner is now being scrutinized by the fbi in the russia investigation of election meddling and possible collusion, the washington post reports kushner and the russian ambassador sergey kislyak talked about setting up a secret and secure back channel

kpix 5's maria medina reports. >> didn't give this family choices. he didn't give my officer a choice. >> reporter: a couple murdered in cold blood inside their home while their kids were there. >> it's a tragic, tragic incident perpetrated by evil. >> reporter: a family friend tells kpix 5 this was a good immigrant family who did everything right and didn't deserve a fate like this. the coworkers at juniper say they just saw the vice president of engineering. >> he was a good person. good human being. >> reporter: the suspect identified by a police source as mirza tatlic. also now dead, shot by a cop after taking the couple's 13- year-old son hostage >> he was armed with a gun, got to the residence and really surprised the victims. >> reporter: the police chief says the suspect's failed relationship with the couple's daughter the reason behind the motive to kill. according to a police source, rachel prahbu may have moved to boston to get away from tatlic. his instagram account includes texts with rachel and rambling captions but says: >> i know he h

kpix 5's maria medina, live in san jose, state, maria, we appreciate it, thank you ... >>> a development involving legalized pot and an effort to ban growing it. the santa rosa city council is meeting tonight on an emergency measure banning outdoor cultivation even for medical use. city leaders say the measure is the result of complaints with the smell and concerns over security. the city sped up the timetable because of proposition 64. that's been push back from the community because of smell, sight and security and those were brought up for discussion. the other thing we found with the passage of prop 64 it adds the ability for anybody to grow up to 6 plants. >> opponents of the back say it would force users to buy more expensive commercial products. if passed tonight, the law would go into effect immediately and last 45 days. a green light for san francisco cyclists. the sfmta voting today to add protected bike lanes on upper market street after disturbing numbers reveal 70% of the city's serious and fatal traffic injuries happen only on 12% of city streets. >>> new at 6:00 oakland's

live in palo alto, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> also at 6:00 a case of justice delayed. the wife of a bay area deputy accused of driving drunk and killing a 3-year-old. now she has been arrested again. so why is this woman still on the street? kpix 5's juliette goodrich with the family's frustration over a delay in charges. jules. >> reporter: veronica, we're talking about three arrests related to drugs or alcohol in less than a year. and this families who' little boy died in the crash why the alameda county sheriff's deputies' wife is out free on bail. >> they should have never let her out. they should have kept her in jail period. with no bail. they give her a bail. and now look what happened. >> reporter: 8 months ago, chuck's 3-year-old grandson elijah dunn was killed in a car crash. 40-year-old yarenit liliana malihan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and now this is malihan's recent booking photo taken friday. her third alcohol-related or drug-related arrest in less than a year. she was arrested for public intoxication in pleasanton.